Debt Collector (2/3)

There were no walls in the world that didn't leak wind, much less when Zhou Heng had not the slightest guilty conscience about being a thief. He spent money lavishly to gather information—there was no way he could avoid drawing attention!

The wealthy household he had patronized was one of the city's prominent clans: the Chen Family. With Earth-Splitting Realm experts stationed within, the Chen Family ranked among the foremost powers in all of Bright City. During a routine inspection a few days ago, they discovered that their storeroom had been robbed!

How could they possibly tolerate that!

While the Chen Family launched an internal investigation, they also searched the city for traces of the thief. At first, they suspected an inside job. The Chen Family's defenses were so tight that outsiders... not even a fly could get in. How could anyone have carried away six heavy chests without alerting a single person?

But before long, they found the real culprit.

—The Chen Family stamped all its gold and silver ingots with its private seal, making them extremely easy to identify! Zhou Heng, meanwhile, had scattered money around without the slightest restraint, and the Chen Family immediately locked onto him.

Because the theft from their treasury had been so inexplicable, the Chen Family did not dare take it lightly. They sent four Third Heaven of Initial Division experts at once! For this petty thief to enter the Chen Family unnoticed and steal so much, his strength could not be underestimated!

In truth, with the Chen Family's vast wealth, they could have ignored the loss of a little gold, silver, and jewelry. The "petty thief" possessed extraordinary methods, after all. Better not to provoke him if they could avoid it—if they lost even one Initial Division Realm clansman over this, it