Still Being Stubborn

"Northern Country, have you noticed that the weather has suddenly gotten much colder?" Lin Wuchi asked, arms crossed, watching Li Beiguo tiptoeing away at removing the roof tiles.

Li Beiguo's ten fingers glowed with a fluorescent light as he silently picked up and dropped the tiles, picked them up and dropped them.

"Now that you mention it, it does seem a bit cold. Maybe it's because it's almost dawn!" Li Beiguo replied, struggling to remove the tiles.

Lin Wuchi looked up at the sky; it was already getting brighter, and the moon was fading.

"That shouldn't be the case!" Lin Wuchi, somewhat puzzled.

"Stop thinking about it, okay? You've sewed enough, hurry up and get down." Li Beiguo had already made a gap wide enough for his body to move aside, gesturing for Lin Wuchi to start.

Lin Wuchi nodded, slowly walked to the entrance, took out a thick rope from his sleeve and handed it to Li Beiguo, then threw the other end into the house.

"Po~"

The rope seemed to hit something the instant it was thrown in, and bounced back.

"There's a formation!"

The two exchanged a glance. Lin Wuchi took a step back, while Li Beiguo stepped forward, his ten fingers glowing with light as he touched the array.

"Po~"

Li Beiguo's hands were bounced back, and he almost lost his balance and fell off the roof.

"Something's fishy," Li Beiguo said, steadying himself and frowning.

"I'll do it!" Lin Wuchi took out another compass, aligned it with the gap, and the needle on the compass began to spin.

"It's absolutely flawless!" Lin Wuchi exclaimed in surprise as he watched the compass spin for a long time without stopping.

"Ninth-tier formation!"

Lin Wuchi exchanged a wry smile with Li Beiguo, realizing that he had encountered some difficulties tonight.

"Withdraw?" Li Beiguo asked.

Even Spirit Saint couldn't break Ninth-tier formation, let alone two tomb raiders like them. They had that much self-awareness.

Lin Wuchi was clearly unwilling to give up. He peered into the room through the crack. Although it was pitch black inside, Lin Wuchi knew that as long as he could get in, his life would be completely different.

"It's almost dawn, shall we go?" Li Beiguo wasn't really in favor of stealing the book to begin with, and now that he was faced with this situation, his resolve to retreat was even stronger.

This is Mysterious Bookstore! A phenomenal little shop that has turned the entire Dubian Town into a gathering place for Mysterious Bookstore practitioners.

The fact that the Mysterious Bookstore still exists despite being watched by millions of people speaks volumes.

Lin Wuchi sighed, knowing that Li Beiguo was right, and was about to nod when suddenly...

"Whoosh~" A cold wind blew by.

"Click click click~"

The next day, the sun shone on the earth, and a new month began.

'Crunch~'

Ma Feifei opened the door, walked out, looked at the rising sun in the sky, and stretched.

Ah~~~ That feels so good!

The sunlight is warm, but it seems a bit reflective. Hmm? Reflective?

Ma Feifei shielded his forehead with his hand and looked up, only to find two lifelike ice sculptures that had appeared on the roof of the Bookstore at some point.

"What is this thing?" Ma Feifei asked, somewhat puzzled.

"There seem to be people inside! And they look somewhat familiar." Looking at the two ice sculptures on the roof, Ma Feifei pondered for a while and finally remembered why they looked so familiar.

"Lin Wuchi and Li Beiguo!"

"Tomb raiders!"

"The mission is here, the mission is here!" Ma Feifei looked at the two people on the roof, and happily somersaulted up onto it.

"You two have finally arrived! I've been waiting forever!" Ma Feifei said happily, looking at the ice sculptures of Lin Wuchi and Li Beiguo.

Unfortunately, they've all turned into ice sculptures, so of course there's no way to talk to Ma Feifei.

"Oh right, I forgot you two have some issues." Ma Feifei suddenly remembered and quickly channeled her Spiritual Power to try and remove the ice from their bodies.

"But what about you guys? How did you all end up frozen solid?" Ma Feifei said, channeling her Spiritual Power.

"And what did you guys do up on the roof? Were you planning to steal from the Bookstore?"

At this point, Ma Feifei suddenly paused, glanced at the two people's state, and then noticed the row of messy tiles next to them.

"Tsk tsk, so you really came to steal books." Ma Feifei shook his head and said, "Looks like Yun Qingyang was behind your current state."

"Look at you two, why did you have to steal from here of all places? Don't you know this place is known as the safest place on the Azure Dragon Continent? Even if Saint Chu came, he wouldn't be able to steal any books from the Bookstore. You guys are still too young." Ma Feifei had been nagging on and on since early morning, but the ice on the two of them didn't change at all.

"Yun Qingyang, come out here and remove the ice from their bodies." Ma Feifei was a little frustrated when he realized that he couldn't remove the ice even with his Spirit King Stage Three cultivation. He called out to Yun Qingyang's house.

"Crunch~"

The door opened, and Yun Qingyang, dressed in black and carrying a sword, walked out.

"They are thieves," Yun Qingyang said calmly.

Ma Feifei shrugged and said, "I know, but they're useful to me now."

Lin Wuchi and Li Beiguo are characters in the Main Quest and are very important to Ma Feifei, so even if they are thieves, Ma Feifei cannot kill them now.

"Whoosh~" A beam of light shot out from Yun Qingyang's body, then split in two in mid-air, striking Lin Wuchi and Li Beiguo.

Smack!

The ice cube exploded with a loud crack, splitting open.

"The Northern Kingdom will cover our retreat; I'll withdraw first." Lin Wuchi took the lead and jumped down.

Li Beiguo reacted quickly; some ice was still stuck to his body. He tried to push off... but his legs went numb and he couldn't get up. He fell headfirst to the ground.

"Hey, trying to run?" Ma Feifei flashed in front of Lin Wuchi, turned around and delivered a kick. "Watch my Wind God's Leg..."

"Bang!" Lin Wuchi was kicked directly into Ma Feifei's yard.

Immediately afterward, Ma Feifei appeared in front of Li Beiguo in a flash, throwing a punch at Li Beiguo's chest. "Heavenly Frost Fist..."

"Bang..."

Li Beiguo was also beaten and thrown into Ma Feifei's courtyard.

The passing practitioners who witnessed this scene all showed expressions of admiration.

"Please excuse my poor performance, everyone!" Ma Feifei gave a traditional martial arts salute, cupping his fists in a polite gesture.

The courtyard of the Mysterious Bookstore.

Ma Feifei lay back in his rocking chair, looking at the two men slumped over, and asked, "Do you plead guilty?"

Confess? Li Beiguo and Lin Wuchi exchanged a bewildered glance.

"What crime are you going to confess to? We didn't do anything!" Lin Wuchi said innocently.

Li Beiguo stood to the side, trembling, and dared not speak.

"What do you mean you didn't do anything? Why are you up on the roof in the middle of the night?" Ma Feifei questioned.

"Can't we just admire the moon?" Lin Wuchi asked stubbornly.

"Slap!" No one knew how Yun Qingyang did it, and no one saw his hand reach out, Lin Wuchi was slapped across the face.

"You hit me?" Lin Wuchi covered his face, looking at Yun Qingyang in disbelief.

Smack!

Another slap landed, and this time Lin Wuchi covered his face with both hands. But this time he behaved himself, lowering his head and remaining silent.

"Still stubborn?" Ma Feifei asked.

Lin Wuchi shook his head: 'I'm not stubborn anymore...'

Ma Feifei was very satisfied and turned to look at Li Beiguo.

"Shopkeeper, we confess. We shouldn't have had such thoughts. We hope you'll forgive us this time since our theft attempt failed. We promise we'll turn over a new leaf and never do such petty theft again." Li Beiguo knelt down in front of Ma Feifei and said very sincerely.

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