Chapter 28 (Stealing)
"Aaaaaah!!!"
A scream once again roused the sleeping camp.
Bai Shijing was the first to fly to the front of the tent. Just as he grabbed Kang Min, he saw a figure walk out of the tent.
"Aaaaaah!!!"
The next moment, one more person screamed.
"What happened?" Elder Chuan Gong was the second to arrive.
He had vaguely sensed something was amiss during the day. However, his years of trust in the Enforcement Elder made him hesitant to fully believe it. Therefore, although he had also been drugged, that lingering suspicion ultimately had some effect, allowing him to wake up in time.
As soon as they stood still, they saw Madam Ma scream and hide behind the law enforcement elder.
Bai Shijing, the law enforcement elder who always appeared before the disciples of the gang with an incorruptible image, was now completely devoid of his former demeanor.
While waving his hands wildly, trying to pull Madam Ma out from behind him, he shouted, "It wasn't me, I didn't kill her."
"It was her, she killed you! If you want to find someone, find her!"
Opposite the two was a smiling Xiu Xiu, who had just experienced a wonderful encounter.
She seemed completely unsurprised by the situation; the Transmission Elder even saw a hint of mockery in her eyes, as if she had been waiting for this good show for a long time.
The thought that flashed through his mind was fleeting. After all, Elder Lü Zhang, the master of transmission, was a seasoned veteran who had weathered many storms.
In a flash, he flew behind Bai Shijing, stretched out his hands, and simultaneously grabbed Madam Ma and Bai Shijing by the neck, subduing them.
After placing the two unconscious people on the ground, the Transmission Elder looked at Xiu Chu's extraordinary encounter and asked a question.
"Miss Xiu, what has happened here?"
"Oh, it's nothing serious," Xiu Chuqi said calmly. "They didn't want me to revive your Deputy Chief Ma, so they killed me while we were under the influence of drugs."
"To prevent me from being resurrected, they took my body outside and buried it deep inside."
If someone else were to say such outrageous things, the Transmission Elder would definitely slap them hard to bring them to their senses.
But these words were spoken by someone who had a miraculous encounter.
There were so many mysteries surrounding her that when the Transmission Elder heard this, his first reaction wasn't to question her, but rather to feel a chill run down his spine.
He forced back the fear that was rising in his heart and continued to speak.
"So, Miss Xiu actually faked her death, but they thought she had really killed you, which is why they were so frightened when they saw you?"
“No,” Xiuchu tilted his head, revealing a horrified smile, “I really died. If they hadn’t confirmed that I was really dead, they wouldn’t have been so scared.”
Elder Chuan Gong felt the chill of the entire forest rushing towards him.
He swallowed hard and forced himself to speak.
"So, Miss Xiu, what are you now?"
"Oh, I'm back to life."
"call!"
The elder who was passing on his skills let out a deep breath, and the chill in the forest finally dissipated somewhat.
Indeed, how could someone who can bring the dead back to life and heal the wounded not have some skills to save their own life?
The Transmission Elder strongly advised himself not to pry too deeply, lest he be frightened into the same state as Bai Shijing and the others.
He untied a rope from his waist and tied Bai Shijing and Madam Ma together before personally going to wake up the Beggar Clan disciples who had been drugged.
"Elder, what happened?"
The elder who was transmitting the skills did not explain, but first gathered everyone together and instructed them not to speak under any circumstances. Then he arranged for someone to fetch some cold water and splash it on Bai Shijing and Madam Ma.
Seeing them slowly regain consciousness, the Transmission Elder spoke in a deep voice.
"Bai Shijing, as an elder in charge of law enforcement, you knowingly broke the law. Do you know your crime?"
Bai Shijing hadn't yet recovered from the shock of what had just happened. Upon hearing this, his immediate thought was that his murder of Ma Dayuan had been discovered. His expression darkened.
"I……"
"If you want to find fault, you can always find a pretext." A woman's voice suddenly rang out, interrupting Bai Shijing's words.
“Elder Transmission of Skills, you colluded with outsiders to launch a sneak attack on us, and you even tried to pin the crime of murdering my husband on Elder Enforcement in order to eliminate dissidents.”
"What exactly are your intentions?"
Kang Min spoke sternly.
She was, after all, a person of strong will, and having previously experienced the fright of the dead coming back to life, her resistance was ultimately stronger than Bai Shijing's.
Not only did he immediately grasp the situation upon waking up, but he also tried his best to shift the blame onto the Elder of Transmission of Skills, arousing suspicion among the other Beggar Clan disciples present in order to save his own life.
Suddenly being blamed, the Transmission Elder was so angry that his face turned red.
"Nonsense!"
"You were clearly guilty and afraid that if Miss Xiu were resurrected, Deputy Chief Ma would expose your secrets, so you drugged us and tried to kill Miss Xiu to silence her."
"If you say we're going to kill her, then how come she's still standing here perfectly fine?"
Kang Min retorted, "Besides, your martial arts skills are on par with the Elder of Law Enforcement. If you had discovered our plan halfway through, you should have fought with the Elder of Law Enforcement. How come there are no signs of a fight at the scene?"
"It's clearly you who's crying wolf! You took advantage of the Elder's trust in you and colluded with this witch to ambush the Elder, which is why you knocked us unconscious and tied us up."
"this……"
Kang Min was indeed clever; what she said made perfect sense, and the Beggars' Sect disciples present already showed expressions of doubt.
"You, you..."
The elder who was passing on his skills was furious with Kang Min's words, but he was not good with words and didn't know how to refute her. He could only point at Kang Min and keep saying "you, you, you," which only made him seem more suspicious.
"Have you forgotten the big pit where I was buried?"
At the crucial moment, the voice of a miraculous encounter faintly rang out.
Kang Min and Bai Shijing both shuddered.
"The traces of that big crater should still be there, right?"
"Even if he's gone, we're not far from Ma Dayuan's grave. At worst, we can travel through the night and resurrect him so he can tell us himself who his real killer was."
“That’s right, we also have Vice Chief Ma, the victim, to testify personally. You can’t argue with that.” Elder Chuan Gong finally straightened up and stopped stuttering, his eyes sharp as he looked at Kang Min.
It's not that he forgot Bai Shijing.
But ever since Kang Min interrupted him, Bai Shijing had been feigning death, refusing to utter a single word. He could only stand there, locked in a standoff with this cunning and venomous woman.
The man has been dead for so long, and Kang Min is just gambling that the extraordinary encounter won't be able to revive Ma Dayuan.
As long as Ma Dayuan cannot be resurrected, she still has a glimmer of hope.
Therefore, he is not resigned to his fate like Bai Shijing at this moment.
She never admits defeat.
"Alright, then we'll see how it goes in time."
Kang Min was put into a sedan chair, while the law enforcement elder and the transmission master rode on one of them. The group rushed to Ma Dayuan's grave overnight.
"I'm feeling a bit unwell. I wonder if this young man could help me invite the girl who had the amazing encounter to come and take a look at me?"
Inside the sedan chair, Kang Min, whose hands were bound in front of her, suddenly spoke.
Perhaps it was because Kang Min was too calm. The Beggar Clan disciples carrying the sedan chair did not completely believe the Transmission Elder's words, so their attitude towards her was still relatively kind.
“Sister-in-law, you may not know this, but Miss Xiu charges ten gold coins for each treatment. We don’t have that much money to invite her over.”
Kang Min had heard about the pricing for showing off one's extraordinary encounters before, and she wasn't disappointed when she heard this. Her eyes flickered, and she continued to speak.
"It's not that I need her treatment. It's just that I'm feeling a bit unwell, and since my hands are tied and the others are all men, I can only ask Miss Xiu to check if any poisonous insects have gotten into my clothes."
Kang Min was already a stunning beauty, but now she was dressed in plain clothes, her face was pale, and her eyes were slightly red.
How could a disciple who saw this scene through the gap in the curtain possibly have the heart to refuse?
He hurriedly asked another disciple to take his place for a while, and personally went to invite Xiu Chuqi to come over.
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Showing off her extraordinary encounter, she lifted the sedan curtain and sat down next to Kang Min.
Checking the character's status, I found that she didn't have any injuries, only a dozen or so stacks of fear buff above her head.
"Wow, this time the fear buff is at seventeen stacks and I haven't fainted yet. That's progress!" Showing off his adventure couldn't help but exclaim.
Upon hearing this, the NPC sitting next to her reacted by jumping up and down, gaining another layer of fear buff.
"!"
He immediately shut up after revealing his extraordinary encounter.
If the NPC level rises by two more floors, she'll be dead; she dared not scare her any further.
"You don't have any bugs on you, so what do you need me for?" Xiu Chuqi asked curiously.
Kang Min: "Actually, I wanted to apologize to you, Miss."
Kang Min: "A woman with weak martial arts skills traveling the world will inevitably encounter many unavoidable situations. Please don't blame me, young lady."
Perhaps out of concern for the NPCs outside the sedan chair, Kang Min spoke vaguely.
Having just witnessed a good show and having a strange encounter, he wasn't bored, so naturally his mind wasn't quite working. It was understandable that he didn't understand what Kang Min was saying.
"Ahhh," Xiu Chu replied haphazardly, "It's okay."
"Do you still have the pastries you gave me before? Give me a few more packs and I'll forgive you."
The person, obsessed with the poisonous plum cake, shows off their unexpected encounter and takes the opportunity to extort money from the NPC.
However, NPCs are not so easily fooled.
Kang Min: "We are indeed out of pastries, but I have a handkerchief on me, which was a gift from this pastry shop. The shop's address is written on it."
Kang Min: "Miss Xiu, if you like the pastries from that shop, I can give you this handkerchief as a gift. You can buy them yourself when you have time."
"Alright."
Although what I actually wanted was poisonous pastry, which the shop might not even sell, I figured I might as well take the NPC's gift. I love collecting all sorts of random things when I'm showing off my adventures.
Kang Min: "Miss Xiu, remember to look at the handkerchief carefully, so as not to miss any information."
"Okay, okay, I know," Xiu Chuqi replied dismissively.
Which player wouldn't carefully examine a new item? NPCs just love to worry about things for no reason.
He happily accepted the handkerchief, showing off his adventure and wanting to chat with the beautiful NPC for a bit more. But then he suddenly noticed that the fear status above Kang Min's head had increased by another layer.
"It's the nineteenth floor!!!"
Showing off an amazing encounter.
"I didn't do anything, so why are you suddenly scared by me?"
Fearing that the NPC might suddenly die, Xiu Chuqi dared not stay in the sedan chair any longer and jumped out of it with a whoosh.
Before reviving Ma Dayuan, she must stay as far away as possible and never give the NPCs a chance to take advantage of her!
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