Chapter 1257: Chapter 30: Mysterious Old Man [2-in-1]_3

"Weapons like swords and such, total one piece."

"..."

The four sat beside with faces like charcoal.

"Several times we forgot to seize..."

"Got carried away in the killing, didn’t notice this stuff."

"Other weapons are worthless, didn’t bother to take them."

"Yeah, gold and all... I remember there were several big chests, how come we didn’t take a single piece back?"

"So many Spirit Crystals, where did they come from? Even the Low Grade ones got taken back? Who’s that low?"

"..."

The four chatted away, all feeling a bit cheated.

Especially the last action, when Qiu Yunshang got injured, everyone couldn’t take care of anything else, came back directly, but at that time it was the moment of harvest, gave up over ninety percent of the major income.

Ye Meng with black lines on his face: "I say, everyone, you have high standards, that’s your business, but these accumulate over time, and can be exchanged upstairs for performance rewards, turning into your Cultivation Resources, and various Elixir Pills... Can you pay more attention in the future?"

"Are you giving up on the Internal Affairs warehouse?"

"Coming back empty-handed every day? If not empty-handed, collecting trash to deal with tasks?"

The four gazed at their noses, noses watched their hearts.

Got reprimanded thoroughly.

Finally, Ye Meng said he was tired, no more talking.

The four finally exhaled simultaneously. They were scolded so much just now that they completely couldn’t breathe.

Including Fang Che.

Ye Meng rolled his eyes in frustration: "Alright, finished talking, pay attention in the future."

The four instantly stretched lazily at the same time.

"Boss, is that old man who runs the bookstore strange?"

Qiu Yunshang asked.

Fang Che chuckled: "Feng Xiangdong, what do you think?"

"Expert!"

Feng Xiangdong said: "My wallet, firstly, isn’t something any thief can steal, secondly, the Heavenly Silkworm Silk connected to my chest wallet can’t be silently broken by just anyone."

"First, break the Heavenly Silkworm Silk, steal the wallet, and leave a cluster of Spiritual Energy similar to the wallet in its place, slowly dissipating... and this aura, not being detectable by me."

Feng Xiangdong said: "To be honest, when the boss was facing off with that old man, I was truly sweating bullets, once I got my wallet back I just wanted to leave, someone like that, not someone we can deal with."

"Indeed."

Fang Che also took a breath: "That old man’s strength, likely not below the top fifty in the Cloud Weapon List."

"So powerful!"

The four were all shocked.

"Indeed powerful, and if not for the Life and Death Order, he wouldn’t have been bluffed."

Fang Che sighed: "But such a person, running a bookstore here, with so many Conquer the World inside, don’t you think it’s strange?"

Dongyun Yu looked down at his toes, he never likes such brainy things.

Just listens.

Feng Xiangdong said: "Could it be related to the Guardian?"

Fang Che rolled his eyes: "Even if he has a connection with Ninth lord, he couldn’t have gotten so many books!"

Everyone thought about it, and indeed that’s the reason.

"When looking at those books, did you notice some books... aren’t even new?" Fang Che said.

"Ah??" The three were stunned for a moment.

"Look closely, you can see, some among them have slight dog-ears."

Fang Che said: "Also, some book sides aren’t clean white anymore. You must know that human fingers are actually quite dirty. No matter how clean they are washed, a new book, once you flip through it, it will pick up some stuff."

"One single book, you might not notice, but put together with truly brand-new, unread books, it’s easy to observe."

"Especially for someone like us..."

Fang Che looked at the three, lightly coughed a bit: "...especially for someone like me, with particularly keen senses, firstly, can observe and see, secondly... the smell on the book is different, thirdly... the feeling is also different."

"Of course, none of you noticed."

Fang Che sneakily jabbed a cut into each of the three.

The three instantly felt the gap so obvious, momentarily a bit introverted.

"No wonder you flipped through several books back then."

Qiu Yunshang had a sudden realization, then said: "But what does that prove?"

"Are you serious or something!" Fang Che said: "Think about Feng Xiangdong’s wallet stolen without him noticing!"

"Stolen back!?"

Qiu Yunshang gasped, only feeling incomprehensible: "You’re saying, he sells the books here, after guessing people finished reading, steals them back? Hiss..."

For a moment, everyone was disarrayed in the wind.

"Such an awesome Thief Shen, with such advanced combat power, such profound skill, doing...such things?"

Truly unable to understand.

"We don’t know where he got his initial batch of books from, but it was heard that when Conquer the World first came out, it experienced robbery and theft."

Fang Che said.

Everyone was speechless.

"In other words, this person must have first stolen a large batch and placed it in the bookstore. Then kept looping..."

Fang Che spoke as he tried to make sense of it: "...Selling them, stealing them back, selling them again... and stealing again... My god, is there really such a shameless person in this world?"

Including Ye Meng.

They were all deep in thought, speechless.

They all felt... Fang Che’s conjecture was really quite unreliable!

But there was no other way to explain the marks on those books. You can’t just keep reading identical books set after set before selling them, right?

"So at the time, I speculated that this old man should also have some connection with the Guardian. Because... it couldn’t be left alone just like that."

Fang Che said, "So after guessing the old man’s methods, when Feng Xiangdong lost his wallet, I didn’t think much and just brought you all over. No one but such a weirdo could pull off such a thing."

"After all, Feng Xiangdong offended him."

Fang Che stated.

Feng Xiangdong looked confused, "How did I offend him?"

"You took his book to check out but didn’t buy it and put it back." Qiu Yunshang said gloatingly.

"This... this is considered offending him?"

Feng Xiangdong was completely bewildered: "I didn’t buy it, but I didn’t steal it either."

"But according to him, you offended him."

Fang Che said confidently: "As you saw, when we went over, we got it back."

"He wasn’t giving us face, he was giving face to the Guardian and the Life and Death Order."

Fang Che said: "Otherwise, the four of us wouldn’t have been a match for him with one hand."

"So later, when the old man seemed a bit annoyed, boss, you immediately retreated?"

Qiu Yunshang asked.

"Not retreat... Stay and get beaten?"

Fang Che rolled his eyes and said: "Even you realized the old man got annoyed, so he really was annoyed."

"But boss, why did you take his broken silver later?"

"This... I can’t tell you guys."

Fang Che’s eyes flashed.

As they spoke, Ye Meng finished his work too.

So they wrapped up, and three of them went to sleep in the dormitory, while Fang Che and his wife went back... to the inn.

Using their movement technique all the way, the two returned to the inn.

Fang Che immediately entered the room and instructed Ye Meng to close the window.

Maintaining absolute stillness.

Ye Meng, unsure, blushed and complied, thinking Fang Che wanted to...

But then saw Fang Che extend his finger.

Focusing on the fingertip, the aura wrapped in spiritual energy was finally released.

This was the scent he detected from the piece of broken silver at the bookstore, which he had locked onto all this time.

Suddenly, a faint smell spread out.

Ye Meng wrinkled his nose immediately, utterly disgusted, "Did you tear the paper in the bathroom?"

Fang Che sighed: "You’re truly living life."

"And this..."

"I’m comparing!"

Fang Che said irritably: "Quiet!"

Then he took out a jade bottle from his pocket, inside was something black.

"What is this?"

Ye Meng asked.

"Qiu Yunshang’s meat." Fang Che said.

"Ugh..."

Ye Meng nearly vomited: "Why keep this? Are you going to eat it?"

"What are you even talking about?" Fang Che was angry: "Smell this, can you eat it?"

Then he opened the bottle cap.

Suddenly, an indescribably foul odor burst forth.

"Ugh ugh ugh ugh..."

The unsuspecting Ye Meng was hit right in the face, and her delicate face was completely covered by the stench, causing her to scream and then rush to the bathroom.

Then came the sounds from inside: "Ugh ugh ugh... Fang Che! I hate you so much... ugh ugh..."

Just from the sounds, it was clear that the gourmet meal Ye Meng ate tonight was completely wasted.

After a long time, Ye Meng came out with a handkerchief soaked in cologne covering her nose, seeing Fang Che still observing.

She couldn’t help but gag again.

"Still watching? Is it important?"

Ye Meng held her nose: "Qiu Yunshang... his meat is that smelly? Usually, I didn’t notice..."

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