After Being Possessed By A Witch, I Became An Outlaw

Chapter 22: The Great Thief of Spirit Stones

Spirit stones are the hard currency of this world and have a wide range of uses.

Formation arrays require spirit stones, large-scale Law Weapons require spirit stones to activate, and sometimes even artifact refining and alchemy require spirit stones for catalysis.

Spirit stones can also be used for cultivation, but most cultivators do not indulge in such luxury.

The spiritual energy between heaven and earth can be absorbed naturally, except in areas with insufficient spiritual energy, which can generally meet the daily cultivation needs, albeit with slightly lower efficiency.

Zhang Chi didn't need to use spirit stones before.

But after his spiritual roots were replenished, the efficiency of his cultivation through absorption improved so much that the spiritual energy in that area was not enough, making cultivation uncomfortable.

Gu Youyou went out and returned with a full load.

Thinking that having too many spirit stones would take up space and cause trouble if someone saw them later, she moved the bed and buried the extra spirit stones.

She had seen Zhang Chi do this many times before, so she naturally knew how to do it.

She even set up a simple concealment formation on the surface, as long as it wasn't dug up, no one would discover what was underneath.

But this time she stole a bit too much, and there was no space left under the bed, so she had to put some on the bed as well, then sat cross-legged and began to cultivate.

She spent a bit more time stealing things tonight, so she wouldn't need to go out tomorrow.

When Gu Youyou's "online" time was up, Zhang Chi naturally woke up.

He woke up and realized that it was almost dawn.

He had no memory of falling asleep last night, which meant that as long as the time came, the second personality could take over his body.

And he didn't actively relax to let the second personality wake up, so when the second personality took over, he wouldn't see what happened.

This was not good news.

Zhang Chi didn't dare to investigate further. Since he couldn't stop the second personality from taking over his body, he couldn't have any thoughts about the second personality until he cultivated his Divine Soul.

Moreover, the Divine Soul of the second personality might be even stronger than his.

Until he had absolute strength, he had to be friendly when dealing with the second personality.

That's what Zhang Chi thought, but when he casually put his hand next to him, he discovered the pile of spirit stones on the bed and couldn't help but complain, "You've seen me handle stolen goods many times, don't just throw them on the bed every time. What if someone sees them?"

The quality of the spirit stones on the bed was very good, while he, an ordinary disciple, could only receive the most common quality of spirit stones every month.

These spirit stones were obviously the work of the second personality. Fortunately, the quantity wasn't large, so there shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Zhang Chi didn't blame the second personality for loving to steal things, but if you steal, you have to hide the stolen goods properly.

You can't lose your identity as the eldest senior brother for a small gain.

Hearing Zhang Chi's complaint, Bone Master, who had been busy all night, became angry. This guy, does he think I'm a fool?

"I hid them, but there wasn't enough space under the bed!"

"???"

At this moment, Zhang Chi's forehead throbbed, and he suddenly had a bad premonition.

Sure enough, not long after, footsteps approached from afar.

"Elder Senior Brother, the Sect Master requests your presence at the River Temple for a meeting."

Here it comes, the familiar rhythm is back.

Zhang Chi resisted the urge to cover his face and appeared calm and composed as he left.

"The Sect Master's order is for Senior Brother to quickly go to the River Temple on his flying sword."

Zhang Chi: "..."

Even when Tang Ruoling was kidnapped last time, they weren't this urgent!

What kind of trouble did he get himself into?

Zhang Chi's scalp tingled, but he followed the order and flew on his sword.

Only then did he realize that his True Qi was incredibly solid, even stronger than the average Foundation Building Stage cultivator.

Was this the result of the second personality's work overnight?

Thinking of this, Zhang Chi stopped complaining.

Lao Er can rest assured and leave the aftermath to me!

Zhang Chi has become accustomed to handling the aftermath. This time, he will certainly do his best to resolve the situation.

At this moment, the atmosphere at River Temple is much more serious than last time.

Several leaders of the Left River League have arrived, but the meeting has not yet begun.

Zhang Chi found a place to stand and did not forget to bow to each elder.

After a while, the leaders of Pill Hall and Weapon Refining Pavilion also arrived. Jiang Qingyun announced, "Everyone is here. Cao Sect Master, please tell us about last night's incident!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chi knew that the incident of him stealing the spirit stones must have escalated.

The Left River League has a vein responsible for mining, and it is the Spirit Stone Cave.

The disciples of the Spirit Stone Cave are responsible for mining in the mine and then exchanging the produced spirit stones with other forces of the Left River League.

Of course, it is an internal price.

Thirty percent is supplied to the Sword Sect. The Sword Sect is the main force of the Left River League and provides shelter for the Spirit Stone Cave.

Pill Hall and Weapon Refining Pavilion each receive twenty percent. These twenty percent are not given for free, but are purchased in the name of procurement from these two forces, in a series of forced buying and selling, but at least something is given.

The remaining thirty percent is kept by the Spirit Stone Cave, and the remaining twenty percent is used to purchase things from other sects, of course, at a relatively fair price.

Don't underestimate the one percent income of the Spirit Stone Cave. Others can't even beg for it!

All the spirit stones produced by the Spirit Stone Cave are temporarily stored in the cave's warehouse, which is guarded by a strict defensive formation inside and outside.

In addition, there is an elder from the Sword Sect stationed there at the Divine Soul realm, as well as dozens of disciples at the Foundation Building Stage patrolling.

And just last night, the warehouse was stolen.

Cao Sect Master is Cao Yan, the master of the Spirit Stone Cave. He looked nervous and, after bowing to the elders, tremblingly said, "Last night, a thief broke into the warehouse and stole 500,000 spirit stones."

"What!"

After Cao Yan finished speaking, the whole scene was shocked.

The Spirit Stone Cave's mining output is only two million a year, and suddenly losing a quarter, who can bear it?

Naturally, the most angry are the Sword Sect, Pill Hall, and Weapon Refining Pavilion. These three are the ones who have lost the most. Out of the 500,000 stolen, 350,000 belong to them!

The Hall Master of Pill Hall, Chihuo Perfected Being, couldn't sit still.

"Is this true?"

Cao Yan hurriedly said, "Elder Qinghui can testify to this."

Elder Qinghui is the one sent by the Sword Sect to guard the warehouse. He was also present at the scene.

He looked very steady, and when everyone's gaze fell on him, he also stood up and said, "There was no abnormality in the formation last night, and I didn't notice anything unusual until we counted in the morning and found that the warehouse was nearly half empty. Roughly estimating, there were also 500,000 stolen spirit stones."

In other words, the actual loss may be more than 500,000.

Zhang Chi's scalp went numb, and he was also very shocked.

What is the concept of 500,000 spirit stones?

A spirit stone is about the size of a ping pong ball, and it is irregular in shape.

He doesn't have any storage tools on him. How powerful is Lao Er to be able to transport so many spirit stones?

"Don't you know how to steal less? This is a big problem now!"

Zhang Chi was already thinking about how to escape.

The matter of 500,000 spirit stones cannot be easily brushed aside.

The Left River League will definitely investigate thoroughly and will not give up until the spirit stones are found.

By then, all the conspiracies and tricks will be useless. It's better to just run away.

Gu Youyou was also shocked.

"I carried 500,000 spirit stones in two bags?"

(End of this chapter)