So You Are the Thief from Last Night!!!

Translator: AnubisTL

"Boom, boom, boom—"

The alchemy room was filled with sparks and thick smoke. Gu Feng, Bao Shaoqiong, and Bao Xiaoli's faces were blackened, with only their bright eyes visible.

The only difference was that Gu Feng's eyes grew brighter as he looked at the densely packed handprints on the thin notebook beside him, his grin stretching from ear to ear.

On the other hand, Bao Shaoqiong's pupils were dull, the light within visibly fading. She had been completely demoralized by the explosions.

Pursing her lips, she mechanically spat out two words after each explosion: "Again!"

Bao Xiaoli, watching her mistress, was filled with anxiety. If this continued, the entire Bao family would be bankrupt.

"Miss... Miss, you're not in the right state of mind. You really can't continue like this!"

"Shut up! Even if I'm not in the right state, I can still beat him!" Bao Shaoqiong gritted her teeth and started a new batch of pill refining.

"Keep it up, I've got all the time in the world!" Gu Feng chuckled, handing the thin notebook to Bao Shaoqiong, who didn't even glance at it before biting her finger and pressing her handprint onto it.

"Senior Brother Gu, my mistress hasn't even finished this round yet. Why are you having her press her handprint so early?" Bao Xiaoli pouted.

"I'm just preparing in advance. I think your mistress is going to blow up the furnace again."

Before Gu Feng could finish his sentence, another explosion erupted, sending flames soaring into the air!

"Xiaoli, grab a pill furnace and compete with him too!" Bao Shaoqiong, red-eyed from losing, shouted at Bao Xiaoli.

Gu Feng shook his head. It was a clear example of how even the most rational person, once caught in the grip of gambling, could hardly break free. Bao Shaoqiong was a living testament to that!

"Xiaoli? How much wealth does your Bao family have?" Bao Xiaoli didn't know the answer to this question. Her entire focus was on refining pills.

"I must do my best. My mistress is already at her limit. Whether we can turn this around depends entirely on me!" Bao Xiaoli silently cheered herself on, feeling a surge of mission and honor to save her family, which made her blood boil.

"The Spring Return Pill, the most basic pill in the Qi Refining Realm, I, Bao Xiaoli, will not make a mistake!"

At first, Bao Xiaoli was full of confidence, but as time went on, she grew nervous. After dozens of furnaces, she too was red-eyed and gritting her teeth, just like Bao Shaoqiong.

"Miss, one more round, this time we'll definitely win!"

"Yes!"

The two of them had clearly fallen deep into the vortex of gambling, unable to extricate themselves.

After they joined in, the number of handprints on Gu Feng's thin notebook increased at a visible rate.

Gu Feng was enjoying himself and didn't bother to remind them. In such a red-eyed state of losing, anyone who reminded them would be seen as an enemy. Why invite scolding?

"Senior Zhu, where exactly is that Immortal Eye you mentioned earlier?" Gu Feng, relaxed and without any psychological pressure, took the opportunity to chat with Zhu Qingyan while refining pills.

To soothe her agitated heart, Gu Feng even painted her a rosy picture, "Senior Zhu, once we collect the debt from Bao Shaoqiong, we'll have the money to buy you that Thunder Attribute treasure!"

Hearing this, Zhu Qingyan finally responded.

"Judging by the geographical location, the Immortal Eye should be within the inner sanctum of the Sunset Glow Sect, probably beneath the Sect Master's Hall!"

"That's troublesome. I can't enter the Sect Master's Hall!" Gu Feng was somewhat distressed. Knowing where such a treasure was but being unable to obtain it was truly regrettable.

"To maintain the sect's prosperity, the Sunset Glow Sect's master serves for a hundred years before stepping down to become an Elder... If this rule has been strictly followed to this day, then it should be within the next year or two that a new sect master will be appointed!" Zhu Qingyan replied in a low voice.

Boom—.

Two simultaneous explosions rang out again. Gu Feng mechanically handed out the thin notebook and started a new batch of refining.

"So, to obtain that Immortal Eye, I must become the Sunset Glow Sect's master?" Gu Feng was stunned.

The Sunset Glow Sect's master was a powerhouse beyond the Innate Realm. His future was certainly not limited to this, but the chance of him advancing beyond the Innate Realm within a year or two was slim.

"Not necessarily the sect master. As long as you have the qualifications to enter the Sect Master's Hall, you have a chance to obtain it.

However, comparatively, becoming the Sunset Glow Sect's master is easier and more reliable!"

"How so?"

"Only Elders can enter the Sect Master's Hall, and Elders have strength restrictions. But to become the sect master, you just need to be the top disciple, with no major character flaws!"

Hearing this, Gu Feng's heart stirred. Zhu Qingyan was clear: as long as he became the top disciple in the inner sanctum by the time of the hundred-year cycle, he could become the sect master. That was indeed relatively easier.

Who was currently first on the Inner Sanctum Heaven Ranking? It seemed to be that Shu Yuheng, who didn't like him.

"So, Senior Zhu, what do you think of my character?" Gu Feng asked with a cheeky grin.

"If I were the sect master, I'd rather choose a dog as my successor than you!" Zhu Qingyan said indignantly.

"Thank you for the compliment, Senior Zhu!" Gu Feng smirked!

Boom—

Another explosion sounded. Gu Feng instinctively grabbed the thin notebook and handed it over.

Huh?

Not playing anymore?

Noticing the lack of movement from the other side, Gu Feng looked up.

The two women were disheveled, their eyes bloodshot, like wandering ghosts in the wilderness, devoid of any life.

"Is it over?" Gu Feng asked softly.

The two women just pursed their lips, not speaking. Gu Feng then realized they had run out of spirit herbs for refining pills.

"Wait, I'll go get some more!"

Gu Feng turned around, then as if remembering something, came back to the two women.

"Let's just call it quits. Your debts are recorded in this entire notebook, totaling no less than five hundred million. I assume that's about the total assets of your Bao family. Continuing to win would be pointless."

Five... five hundred million?

The two women shuddered, finally realizing they had unknowingly blown up over five hundred furnaces of pills!

They didn't doubt the number because the explosions happened so quickly, sometimes the moment the spirit herbs were added. But the problem was, how could they ever repay such an astronomical sum?

"Miss, we've lost five hundred million spirit stones!"

"Yes, five hundred million."

"What do we do? Even if we sold ourselves, we wouldn't have that much money!"

The two women looked at each other, and soon, the sound of wailing filled the alchemy room.

"Miss, we've lost the entire Bao family!"

"Xiaoli, we're doomed!"

Watching the two women cry, Gu Feng grinned, placing the notebook recording their debts into his storage ring, and coldly said:

"Debts must be repaid, it's only natural. Don't think about running away, and don't think I can't collect from the Bao family. The Sunset Glow Sect or your family's enemies would be very interested in this IOU. I could even sell it to them at a discount!"

Hearing this, the two women collapsed to the ground, clinging to each other, their faces filled with terror.

Gu Feng smiled smugly, feeling that his soot-covered face would look unseemly if he went out. He casually took a piece of cloth from his storage ring and began to wipe his face.

A flash of yellow caught Bao Shaoqiong's eye. She trembled as she pointed a finger and asked, "How... how did you get that dress?"

What?

Gu Feng instinctively looked at the cloth in his hand.

Oh no—

The cloth he was using to wipe his face was actually the robe he had stripped off Bao Shaoqiong the previous night, which he hadn't disposed of yet.

"So, it was you! You're the thief who robbed my storage ring, stripped my clothes, wrapped me in 'Azure Glazed Banana Leaves,' and then threw me into the lake last night!!!"

(End of the Chapter)

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