The Thieves Have Arrived

The night was deep, and the waning moon hung high in the sky.

The Dubian Town was dimly lit and the streets were silent.

Two shadows, darting about in the moonlight, quietly approached the entrance of the Mysterious Bookstore.

Masked and dressed in black.

"Wu Chi, are you really going to do this? This is the Mysterious Bookstore!" Li Beiguo's voice trembled slightly. Ever since he learned Ma Feifei's identity, Li Beiguo had been speaking like this.

Lin Wuchi remained calm, glanced around, and whispered, "What are you afraid of? We're not looking for a fight. Don't panic. Just pry the door open."

"But have you thought about what would happen if we were discovered?" Li Beiguo's hands trembled as he touched the door, hesitating to make a move.

There are Saint among them! Saint! Not just any saints, this is no joke!

"Why are you being such a coward today?" Lin Wuchi couldn't help but complain as Li Beiguo stubbornly refused to use his lock-picking skills. "We've traveled all over the country over the years, scaling sect walls, sleeping with fairies, digging up Saint's graves, and robbing kings' tombs; we've done quite a few things, haven't we? How come your courage hasn't grown at all?"

"When did you climb into a fairy's bed? How come I didn't know?" Li Beiguo stared at Lin Wuchi with wide eyes, then suddenly realized and said, "Oh! That's why you always made me stand guard outside when we went to steal things, saying it was for my safety and that I should take the blame for the dangers myself. So you were off enjoying yourself? Lin Wuchi, you really are shameless!"

"What nonsense are you spouting?" Lin Wuchi lightly slapped Li Beiguo and scolded, "I was just using a metaphor! It was all for the sake of rhyming, why are you taking it so seriously? Besides, are these even important points? You fucking unlock it already!"

"Get out of the way." Li Beiguo glared fiercely at Lin Wuchi.

Lin Wuchi chuckled and turned away.

"Next time, let me handle this kind of thing, do you hear me?" Li Beiguo said in a gruff voice.

"Alright, alright, from now on you can climb over the wall, and I'll keep watch." Lin Wuchi nodded repeatedly.

Li Beiguo possesses a unique martial art called "Unlocking the Restriction." Once mastered, his hands alone can conquer the world.

To put it simply, it's just a few lock-picking tricks.

Li Beiguo's ten fingers began to turn transparent, and then he placed his hands upwards against the door. The fluorescence on his fingers gradually seeped into the Bookstore through the crack in the door.

Li Beiguo's ten fingers began to wiggle rhythmically, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right, sometimes tapping twice with his index finger, sometimes tapping once with his ring finger.

A while later.

"Are you done yet?" Lin Wuchi couldn't help but urge from behind.

Li Beiguo pressed his ear against the door, looking puzzled, and said, "Something's not right? Why can't I open it?"

"What's going on? Don't tell me your 'unbanning' means you can't even open the door to a Bookstore," Lin Wuchi mocked from behind.

Li Beiguo shook his head and said, "This door is strange. It seems to contain the principles of the Five Elements. I've been searching for it for ages and still can't find the doorknob."

"Is it even harder to open than the lock on the imperial tomb?" Lin Wuchi asked from behind.

"I don't know if it's hard to open or not, but the most important thing right now is that Laozi can't find the lock! I can't even try it." Li Beiguo was a little frustrated. He had explored almost the entire back of the door, but he couldn't even find the doorknob. Let alone unlocking it, he didn't even have a chance to try it.

"Is it that strange?" Lin Wuchi asked with a puzzled look. He wasn't good at picking locks and didn't know much about them; he was a complete novice and could only observe from the sidelines.

"No, I can't find it." Li Beiguo's face was already sweating; it was really tough for him in the dead of winter.

This "lifting of the seal" consumes a lot of his Spiritual Power, and given his low cultivation level, his Spiritual Power was almost completely depleted in just a short time.

Seeing that Li Beiguo couldn't get past the main gate, Lin Wuchi stroked his chin thoughtfully for a moment and said, "This courtyard house should have a back door. Let's go check the back door."

Then the two quietly went to the back door, and Li Beiguo continued to try.

"It still doesn't work."

"Let's climb over the wall!" In the end, the two decided to climb over the wall.

The courtyard was quiet. A cold wind blew, scattering leaves from the large tree in the courtyard, which slowly drifted towards the two of them.

Li Beiguo grabbed the fallen leaf and began to break it apart with both hands.

"Wu Chi, I'm running out of stamina and Spiritual Power. This Concealment Technique can only last for five minutes at most. Can you give me some medicine to replenish my Spiritual Power?" Li Beiguo poked Lin Wuchi's arm and said with his eyes.

Lin Wuchi rolled his eyes, indicating that he didn't have any either, and that Lin Wuchi should figure it out himself.

"The Concealment Technique disappeared a moment ago and the Saint discovered it, so don't blame me for tricking you." Li Beiguo retorted with his eyes.

Lin Wuchi turned around, glaring at Li Beiguo with anger on his face.

Li Beiguo shrugged and met Lin Wuchi's gaze.

The two exchanged a glance.

"Take it!"

Slowly, they arrived at the back door of the Bookstore.

Yes, their purpose for this trip was no longer Ma Feifei, but the books in the Mysterious Bookstore!

It's so popular, it would be a disservice to their profession not to steal from them.

"Why can't I open this one either?" Lin Wuchi gently pushed the door, only to find it seemed to be locked from the inside as well. He felt a surge of annoyance, gestured for Li Beiguo to come over, and stepped aside.

Li Beiguo threw away the leaf he had broken down into a single tree stump, rubbed his hands together, and the glowing light on his fingers reappeared. He placed his hands on the door and continued to unlock it.

Three minutes later, Li Beiguo was still unlocking the door.

"No." Li Beiguo shook his head, wiped the sweat from his face, and still couldn't find the doorknob.

"That's strange, their design is amazing!" Lin Wuchi propped his head up with his hand, staring at the door with a puzzled look on his face. "The front and back doors are locked from the inside, how do we open it?"

"That's right!" Li Beiguo also realized. How does this design open?

'Call'

Suddenly a cold wind blew by, and the temperature dropped sharply. The two of them couldn't help but hug each other and shiver.

"It's almost dawn. If all else fails, we can go down from the roof." Lin Wuchi winked at Li Beiguo.

Li Beiguo immediately understood, and the two began to find footholds to climb onto the roof.

You can't fly or disappear into the ground at this time, otherwise the Concealment Technique will disappear, and once it fails, things will get really messed up.

The roofs of Ma Feifei's courtyard house are all covered with bricks and tiles, and the Bookstore is no exception. Once the bricks and tiles are removed, you can see inside. With this structure, it is naturally possible to jump off the roof.

The two of them crept up to the roof, their shadows stretching long in the moonlight.

Looking down from the sky, the two shadows stretched from the rooftop all the way down to the well in the yard, merging with the shadow of the big tree.

However, the shadow of this big tree seems a bit short.

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