Shameless Thief, You Have a Death Wish!

Seven days later, at the cemetery halfway up the mountain.

"Grandpa, it's time for me to go." Having completed the mourning period according to the continent's customs, Zhu Wu knelt before the gravestone and murmured to himself.

After a long while, he bowed three times and kowtowed three times, then rose and walked down the mountain.

After returning home and packing simply, he called Uncle Jerry over and distributed everything in the house except the furniture to the surrounding neighbors. Cured meat and other meat products were given to Old Jack's family, as well as the Old Wang Family, whose daughter-in-law had nursed him when he was little.

After saying his farewells one by one, he walked out of the village beneath the warm spring sun, watched off by the villagers.

He first wandered alone through the fields, then broke into a run, disappearing beyond the lush green horizon of the vast farmlands.

That afternoon, he entered Notting City on foot and purchased supplies for the journey: a tent, food, pots and bowls, porcelain bottles, inexpensive jade boxes, and more. After dinner at an inn, he headed toward Notting City Academy, stopping in a nearby small grove to cultivate quietly as he waited.

Not until three or four in the morning did he rise and make his way to the outer wall behind the academy.

"Martial Soul Possession." Calling forth Little White and possessing it, his body flashed with white light and transformed into a sparrow, which flew toward Dorm Seven.

Having lived in Dorm Seven for seven months, Zhu Wu knew its interior layout like the back of his hand. In the warm spring month of March, to keep the room ventilated, the window closest to the corner was left open morning and night. A little sparrow could easily fly inside.

And indeed, that was exactly the case.

With a light flutter of its wings, Zhu Wu quickly flew in and drifted down into a shadowed spot on the floor.

Using the corner of the wall for cover, a faint glimmer flashed from between his brows. A small black snake appeared on the spot, slithering toward the beds inside.

Before long, it reached Tang San's bedside.

Looking up in the faint moonlight, Zhu Wu saw a small wooden stool with clothes piled atop it. Naturally, there was also a pair of pants, along with a belt pinned beneath them. It was entirely black, with a milky-white piece of jade set in the middle.

Clearly, no one slept with a belt on, and Tang San did not have that habit either.

Without wasting a moment, Zhu Wu controlled his body to rise upright and pressed his forehead against the pant leg. A seven-colored flash flickered, and everything vanished.

I didn't expect I could really store them inside. He had originally thought a storage-type spatial Soul Tool might not be able to be taken in.

Looks like my Dragon God Parasite Martial Soul has the higher status after all.

So, Tang San...

His icy gaze swept toward the sleeping Tang San. Feeling the Soul Power within him was far from depleted, killing intent suddenly surged. This was undoubtedly an excellent opportunity to kill Tang San. The fact that he had been able to fly inside meant Tang Hao had not noticed him.

Perhaps Tang Hao was not even keeping watch outside. After all, it was the middle of the night. People had to sleep.

But is Tang San really worth the price?

His gaze involuntarily drifted toward the other beds. These were roommates who had lived alongside him day and night, and who had treated him fairly well. At the same time, the dean's figure surfaced in his mind—the man who had patiently introduced him to soul beasts in the Beginner Soul Hunting Forest and helped him hunt his first soul ring.

In his previous life, there had been plenty of cases where children got injured at school, only for their parents to storm the academy and make trouble.

What about this world? If Tang San really died at the academy, would Tang Hao spare Notting Academy?

At that thought, he fell silent. His vertical pupils gleamed as he stared intently at Tang San.

Then Tang San's brows suddenly furrowed, as though he might wake at any moment.

Zhu Wu instantly came back to himself. Without the slightest hesitation, he quickly lowered himself beneath the bed and shot toward the washroom.

"Who's there!?" Tang San abruptly jolted awake at that moment, his body snapping upright.

He looked around and immediately discovered that his clothes and Soul Tool were gone. His expression changed, and he hurriedly rolled out of bed.

Then he heard movement coming from the washroom. He immediately activated Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and sprinted over.

With a bang, he shoved open the washroom door. The sound of beating bird wings reached his ears.

His purple-tinted eyes shot upward, following the narrow gap in the slightly open window. In the distance, he caught only a glimpse of a palm-sized sparrow vanishing into the night.

His hidden weapons were inside the Soul Tool, so he could not even shoot it down. His brows could not help but knit. His gaze swept around, and it was clear that the narrow window gap was not large enough for a person to climb out through. Looking down, he saw traces of a snake slithering across the floor.

Did a snake enter the room to prey on a sparrow? he guessed inwardly, then swiftly turned and ran out of the washroom.

Xiao Wu was already out of bed and running toward him. Several nearby roommates had also awakened, all looking bewildered. Clearly, his instinctive shout just now, combined with the noise of his subsequent sprint, had woken Xiao Wu and the nearby roommates.

"Third Brother, what happened?" Xiao Wu asked with a frown as she ran over.

"Someone stole my academy uniform and the belt the teacher gave me!" Tang San said grimly.

Having lived two lives, he had always been the one taking things from others. Never had anyone taken so much as a needle or thread right beneath his nose. A hunter of wild geese all his life, only to have a goose peck out his eye today—and what he had lost was an extraordinarily precious Storage Soul Tool containing all the hidden weapons he had crafted over the years, along with many other treasured possessions. How could he possibly accept that? His mood was at rock bottom.

Shameless thief! You dare steal my treasure? You truly have a death wish! Don't let me catch you, or I, Tang San, will dismember you into ten thousand pieces! he snarled inwardly.

"What? Someone came in and stole something just now!?" Xiao Wu was shocked.

The roommates were equally stunned, their reactions genuine as they instinctively looked around to check whether they had lost anything too.

Tang San swept them with a cold glance. He knew perfectly well what sort of people these roommates were. They did not possess that kind of skill, so they definitely were not the culprit.

I'm afraid I've been watched for a long time already. Clenching his fists, he voiced his guess.

A Soul Tool capable of storage was undoubtedly a valuable item. He just did not know when someone had started watching him. He had not noticed at all.

There was no doubt about it—the culprit was a master thief!

"Damn it! Don't let me catch him, or I'll make him pay!" Xiao Wu said, fury blazing in her eyes.

"Tang San, let's notify the teacher first. We can all search together," Wang Sheng, who had already gotten out of bed, chimed in.

In this situation, Tang San could think of no other solution. He could only nod slightly.

He had a feeling that the thief had not left long ago. The reason he had awakened earlier was surely because he had sensed the other party. As a Tang Sect disciple skilled in hidden weapons, keen observation and swift reactions were essential. As a result, he had developed excellent perception.

Especially when it came to sensing danger.

In that instant earlier, he seemed to have sensed an intense killing intent.

If I had reacted even a little slower just now, the consequences... A wave of lingering fear rose within him. He hurriedly said, "Xiao Wu, you and Wang Sheng go notify the instructor. I'll search around the dormitory and see if I can find any traces the thief left behind."

"Third Brother, I'm going with you! If we run into that thief, we can look out for each other," Xiao Wu quickly said.

The thief had managed to sneak silently into the dormitory, so he clearly had some skill. She felt it was unsafe for her Third Brother to go alone.

"Alright." Tang San had considered that as well. Without hesitation, he nodded and quickly ran toward the dormitory door.

Sorry, something came up today, so this was a little late.