It turned out that just yesterday, two villagers in the village went to the town to do errands. Before returning, they had a slight quarrel with a strange man while eating and drinking in a small restaurant. At that time, the two villagers did not take the matter too seriously, but when they were about to check out, they found that all their money bags were missing.
In desperation, the two of them persuaded the shopkeeper to give them a day or two, and they would go back to the village to collect money and then come back to pay the bill.
I originally planned to check out early this morning, but I didn't expect that all the money and valuables in the entire village disappeared overnight.
You know, these villagers store money and valuables in a variety of places. Some hide gold and silver in noodle jars, some stuff it in closets, some hide it on the roof beams, and some bury it under the floor tiles. Yes, even some people’s private money hidden in secret places was completely stolen.
However, no one in the village noticed anything unusual last night. Even the dogs in the village didn't bark much last night.
After carefully asking about the man's appearance, when the catcher felt that he was at a loss, Qu Wuming, who had been listening quietly beside him, suddenly spoke up and said that the man's appearance and behavior seemed to match the characteristics of a certain person - that was the so-called man. Xing Xin from "The Ghostly Thief".
Xing Xin has no bottom line when it comes to stealing. Sometimes she steals out of necessity, and sometimes it just depends on her mood. There are rumors that Xing Xin once stole all the underwear of everyone in the palace of a small country and piled them in the busy city because of a bet. For this reason, she was hunted by the sect of that small country for half a year.
Later, Xing Xin was so worried about being hunted that he sneaked back to the small country and randomly killed ten people in the capital every day. In the end, the killings were so frightening that the sect had no choice but to call off the pursuit of him.
Since then, Xing Xin's name has spread almost throughout the Eastern Continent. All the sects and forces with wealth have kept a distance from him. Even if he was stolen from him, they would not dare to push him too hard. Xing Xin As a result, he became even more arrogant. It was not until he provoked two difficult casual cultivators and almost caught them and beat them to death that Xing Xin became more low-key and restrained again.
However, after pointing out that the person who committed the theft might be Xing Xin, the catcher became even more helpless - without him, Xing Xin was already in the God Transformation stage, and he was a small Qi Refining stage catcher. , even if Xing Xin is found, there is no way to bring him to justice, let alone recover the villagers' losses.
Qu Wuming had a disdain for people like Xing Xin, especially as a monk who had lived for thousands of years, he actually attacked ordinary people in a village indiscriminately, which made Qu Wuming already furious. The little catcher couldn't do anything, so he took the initiative to take on the task of arresting Xing Xin.
But Xing Xin actually didn't escape at this time, and he didn't even have the intention to escape at all.
He actually came here to steal the treasure of a monk who lived in seclusion in the town.
Originally, he was wandering around the area after putting on a disguise. Unexpectedly, he got into a quarrel with the two villagers. Worried about alerting the monks who lived in the small courtyard opposite the restaurant, he did not dare to hurt anyone in public, but stole the two villagers. He took the money bag as punishment, and then followed the two back to Huajia Village, stealing all the gold, silver, money and belongings in the entire village.
In the past, when gold and silver were needed, he had often done this kind of thing. After every spell to steal, he would almost take away all the gold, silver and jewelry from every household, leaving nothing behind.
As for how these latter people should live, that is not something he needs to consider.
Although the head catcher's cultivation level was not high, he was very experienced. In just half a day, he led Qu Wuming to find traces of Xing Xin.
Xing Xin did not care about the life and death of ordinary people in this village. At this time, she had already returned to the town and continued to try to figure out the daily activities of the reclusive monk.
When Qu Wuming appeared in front of him, he was squatting at a market stall, pretending to buy something. The monk he was staring at was buying meat at a meat stall more than ten feet away.
Many ascetics who choose to live in seclusion among ordinary people will absorb all their aura and live like ordinary people. Many ascetics regard this practice as a kind of practice and a process of refining the mind. Many cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage, the peak Tao refining stage, will have such a cultivation process, and they do not just practice in isolation and isolate themselves from the world.
Qu Wuming didn't know the man's existence. When he came directly to Xing Xin, he squatted down casually and pretended to pick the radishes on the stall, but he grabbed Xing Xin's wrist.
Xing Xin was startled, her wrists shook and she tried to break away. Unexpectedly, Qu Wuming's hand gripped him tightly like a pair of pliers. Not only that, Qu Wuming seemed to be holding a sealing talisman in his palm. Shi has already been firmly attached to his wrist, and even if he wants to cast a spell, he can't do it.
Xing Xin turned around to look, and found that the man holding her hand was a burly man with a square face and a beard whom she had never seen before. Because she was worried about alerting her target, she frowned and asked in a low voice: "Who are you? You want to do it?" Well?"
Qu Wuming grinned and said through the message: "You don't care who I am, hand over the gold and silver from the people of Huajia Village, and I will let you go. If you want to resist, don't look at the crowd at this time, I will do the same." There are dozens of ways to kill you!"
When Xing Xin heard this, her brows knitted into knots. She shook her head and replied via voicemail: "You are so slanderous. What is Huajia Village? It has nothing to do with me."
"So, you want to give me a toast instead of a penalty drink? Do you have the guts to do it but don't have the guts to admit it?" Qu Wuming's voice transmission coldly snorted, "I dare to come to arrest you, you should know that my cultivation level is far away Higher than you, if you want to die, I don't mind finding a place to help you, this ugly thief." After saying that, Qu Wuming made a gesture to pull Xing Xin to stand up.
Xing Xin was anxious, worried that if she made a big fuss at this time and alerted her target, she hurriedly sent a message and said: "Wait! I admit that I did it, I admit it, I admit it. I'll pay back everything, okay. Bar?"
As she said that, Xing Xin reached forward with the hand wearing her storage ring and motioned for Qu Wuming to hold out her storage ring. Qu Wuming saw that he was so bachelor, but thinking of his past reputation, he was slightly moved. After hesitating for a moment, he finally took out an empty storage ring and faced it.
The surfaces of the two storage rings separated at the first touch, but Qu Wuming's empty storage ring already contained a small pile of gold and silver jewelry.
Qu Wuming checked it briefly, and felt that the amount of money lost was almost the same as what the villagers described. Then he let go of Xing Xin with a cold snort, and before turning to leave, he did not forget to leave a harsh word, warning Xing Xin not to do it again. Attack ordinary people, otherwise they will not be spared next time.
Xing Xin didn't answer, she just glared at Qu Wuming fiercely, turned around and squeezed into the crowd, and disappeared without a trace.
Half a day later, Qu Wuming and the catcher returned to Huajia Village and returned the lost money to the villagers. Naturally, the villagers were all happy. The people who had been given some money by Qu Wuming to take medicine and see a doctor were even more grateful and wanted to pay back the money. Give the song no name.
Qu Wuming couldn't hold back the crowd's enthusiasm, and finally had to cast a spell to restrain the villagers in place for a moment. By the time the villagers recovered, Qu Wuming and the head-catcher were no longer in the village...
It was considered a good thing, and Qu Wuming was naturally in a good mood. He took the catcher back to the best restaurant in the town for a meal and dinner, and stayed in the town that night, preparing to continue on the road the next day.
But what he didn't expect was that early the next morning, before Qu Wuming could check out and leave, the head catcher had already hurried over and told Qu Wuming a piece of outrageous news - there were more than 100 people in Huajia Village who had died last night. All of them died suddenly overnight, and the whole village was left with no chickens or dogs left!
There were no scars on anyone's body, but the death state was extremely miserable. Both adults and children seemed to have seen something extremely terrifying before they died. Their faces were hideous and twisted, making people intimidated.
"Well done to you Xing Xin!" Qu Wuming saw the miserable situation of the villagers in Huajia Village and couldn't guess who had done the good deeds! Recalling that the villagers gathered around him the day before, with smiles and joy on their faces, but now they had turned into ghosts, my heart was already itching with hatred, and I wished I could immediately arrest Xing Xin and execute him on the spot!
However, when he and the catcher returned to the town again, they could not find any trace of Xing Xin. While the two were looking around on the street, they bumped into a figure that suddenly rose into the sky from an ordinary courtyard— —That was a furious cultivator in the Void Refining Stage. His powerful spiritual power swept through the surrounding space of nearly a hundred feet in an instant. After not discovering his lost treasure, he suddenly turned into a ray of light and went straight to pursue it in a certain direction. passed...
From that day on, Qu Wuming began a pursuit of Xing Xin that lasted for more than ten years.
Maybe Xing Xin knew that she had too many enemies, a bad reputation, and her whereabouts were erratic, so it took a lot of effort for an "old man in the world" like Qu Wuming to track her down.
For more than ten years, Qu Wuming followed Xing Xin's footsteps and traveled almost a quarter of the Eastern Continent. During this period, he actually blocked Xing Xin several times.
However, although Xing Xin's cultivation level was slightly inferior to Qu Wuming's, he had endless ways to save his life, and he narrowly escaped from Qu Wuming's hands several times.
Later, Xing Xin also found out that the person who was chasing her was Qu Wuming, a San Xiu who was known as a knight-errant. She hated Qu Wuming with all her teeth. However, Qu Wuming was alone. Even though he wanted to take revenge on Qu Wuming, he couldn't. Nothing can be done.
In the end, Xing Xin was forced to defect to the Yin Yang Ghost Sect and became an elder there. From then on, she rarely left the sect, which completely stopped Qu Wuming from pursuing the hunt. The dispute finally came to an end...
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Qu Wuming didn't expect that this time the Yin Yang Ghost Sect would send Xing Xin to the underworld, and she would appear in front of him again by chance. He couldn't help but secretly rejoice, seeing that Xing Xin had turned into a A ray of light came straight towards him, and in a flash of thought, he already had an idea...
