The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 435 - 256 Little Thief_2

Fortunately, this figure also performed well, winding around in the Array, moving like a drunkard, awkward and inelegant, but astonishingly without making a single misstep. After 15 minutes, he broke through the defense of the Array and entered the rice field, carefully picking three or four heads of grain and placing them into a small cloth bag.

The Nine-Grain Millet is, after all, the Immortal’s millet, and has been stimulated by secret techniques. At this moment, the heads of grain were full of juice, perfectly ripe. However, Ning Xiaoxian noticed that the thief was also dressed in night clothes, had his face covered, and the bag he used to hold the millet was not a storage bag. Moreover, he was only at the late-stage Qi Refining in his cultivation.

Even the Chi Xiao Sect provides storage bags to disciples above the Foundation Establishment Stage, though the capacity might be small, they do provide them. What had this fellow done to lose his storage bag? He really is a dunce in the sect, where did he get the guts to steal the millet? His adept handling of the arrays was so smooth that even Ning Xiaoxian, under Changtian’s guidance, might not necessarily move faster than him, showing that this was not his first or second time stealing in the Jade Field.

Clearly a habitual offender! No wonder he would eventually expose himself. But since Guangcheng Palace chose not to station anyone to guard the rice field, it shows their full confidence in the Arrays laid out, and Changtian had checked them as well. The Arrays were indeed set up skillfully, linked seamlessly with deadly traps, how could a disciple at the Foundation Establishment Stage move in and out freely through the sole narrow Life Gate?

She glanced at the farmhouse, where the sounds of breathing grew heavier, obviously the owner was agitated. However, the little thief in the field was too inexperienced in cultivation to hear, so he put the bag back inside his chest and returned along his original path, swaying out of the Jade Field.

He had just laboriously stepped out of the Array when a figure flashed in front of him, and three men from the farmhouse emerged, blocking his path. These three were also covered with black cloth, and lowering their voices they said, "Junior Ji. You’re not sleeping in the middle of the night, running around in the Jade Field for fun?"

The little thief, Junior Ji, was startled by the sudden appearance in front of him. Hearing the man speak, he trembled and said, "Senior Brother Wei? Why are you here?"

Senior Brother Wei chuckled coldly: "These past two months, Junior Ji, your night movements have been mysterious, causing your seniors great worry. So it turns out you’ve been coming here to steal the Nine-Grain Millet!"

Junior Ji was caught red-handed, his eyes darted around, and after a long time he sighed deeply: "I... what do you want?"

"Go inside the house!" Senior Brother Wei pointed to the farmhouse at the edge of the field. Even standing under the flickering tree shadows, the figures of several people were still vaguely visible. Recently, too many cultivators have been stationed in Guangcheng Palace, being discovered would be bad.

Junior Ji fell silent and followed the three into the farmhouse.

There was a two-foot square window on the back wall of the farmhouse. Ning Xiaoxian had no choice but to move, sliding to the big tree at the back of the farmhouse, using the dense leaves to hide her figure and quietly looked inside.

Since being discovered, Junior Ji initially appeared very disheartened. After these few moments of contemplation, he seemed a bit more composed, asking again: "What do you want?"

Without waiting for the others to answer, he continued: "Someone said, the brothers who caught me in the rice field surely don’t intend to report this to the sect otherwise the restrictions would have been triggered immediately, there was no need to let me come inside." He had the seeds of the Nine-Grain Millet on him; if the Array’s restrictions were triggered, it would be a case of catching both the thief and the goods. Obviously, this wasn’t beneficial for the other three masked people.

With a slight chuckle, he said, "Junior Ji is not as stupid as he looks. You’re right, we also don’t want you to endure severe punishment from the sect, but stealing crops from the Jade Field is a great offense that could lead to the loss of your cultivation! If you don’t want us shouting this out loud, from now on, you must obediently follow our orders."

Junior Ji bowed his head, his expression unclear, and didn’t make a sound.

Suddenly, Senior Brother Wei reached out. Junior Ji was caught off guard, his face-covering was removed, revealing a pale face. He was facing the window just right, and Ning Xiaoxian just glimpsed his face and understood why Senior Brother Wei called him "stupid in appearance"; Junior Ji had small eyes, a garlic nose, a wide and thick mouth, hanging half-open, with a very short jaw, his face indeed bore no trace of spiritual aura or fortune, only a dumb air.

Senior Brother Wei paused and said, "Our Guangcheng Palace plants the Jade Field exclusively, even cultivators who have reached the Golden Core Stage are not allowed in this field. I don’t know how you manage to get in and out of this Protecting Field Array, nor do I want to know. What we want is, from now on, when you steal the millet, you must also take our share!"

Junior Ji was shocked: "You... you too?"

Senior Brother Wei laughed loudly: "Why not? The sect rules state that only disciples above the Golden Core Stage have the right to enjoy this Nine-Grain Millet rice. Most of the people in the sect will spend their lives just hovering at the Foundation Establishment Stage, not even smelling this rice fragrance! You, this waste, are actually lucky and don’t know how much rice you’ve stolen. From now on, we also want a share."

Another person behind him said softly with a grin, "The spiritual energy of the Nine-Grain Millet is so abundant, there is no other spiritual rice to compare. If we could get its help, perhaps we could also break into the Golden Core Stage!"

"Exactly! Junior Ji," Senior Brother Wei softened his face, speaking gently, "From now on, you need to be more careful in your actions. We’re all counting on you! Don’t even think about playing tricks, or we’ll report you to the sect. At worst, we can just part ways, which wouldn’t harm us, but you would be expelled!" His tone carried a warning, stern and severe.

Junior Ji’s body trembled again, clearly understanding the crux of the matter, he responded in a low voice, "... All right. Starting from the next time." He also realized these people wouldn’t expose him, so turned around intending to leave. (To be continued. If you like this novel, you are welcome to go to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)