"Something concerning all living beings? This was the first time I'd heard a thief come up with such a fresh and refined excuse!"
Upon hearing that, Xiao Xie looked Li Xiaoyao over as if he were an idiot.
Seeing Xiao Xie's utterly disbelieving expression, Li Xiaoyao could only look helpless.
Although what he said was true, it really did sound rather absurd.
Li Xiaoyao knew he could not convince Xiao Xie, so he did not intend to waste any more words. With a flash, he used Sword Flight, passed over Xiao Xie, and flew off into the distance.
Ten minutes later, outside Yuzhou City, Li Xiaoyao stopped, took out the jade pendant he had stolen, glanced at it, and shook his head. "This is truly humiliating, but at least I got the jade pendant."
"Brother, you're quite fast. I suppose you must have been chased often while stealing things, and trained that speed through experience!"
Just as Li Xiaoyao breathed a sigh of relief, a teasing voice suddenly came from a large tree nearby.
Hearing that familiar voice, Li Xiaoyao's pupils shrank sharply. He looked up at Xiao Xie, who had somehow appeared in the tree, and asked solemnly, "Who exactly are you?"
Li Xiaoyao considered himself quite capable. Though he could not compare to experts like Demon Lord Chonglou, his strength was still among the best in the mortal realm, likely not much weaker than Daoist Qingwei of Shu Mountain.
Yet this Xiao Xie had intercepted him without him noticing in the slightest. His strength was unfathomable; he was definitely no ordinary person.
"Who am I? I'm the owner of the item you stole, of course."
As though he had not caught the deeper meaning behind Li Xiaoyao's question, Xiao Xie shrugged.
"Sigh... Why did you have to make