After Being Possessed By A Witch, I Became An Outlaw

Chapter 8: Let's See Who Can Outsmart Us

Gu Youyou has been waiting here for some time.

After sending Tang Ruoling away, she hurried back to the Sword Sect and set up an ambush at Zhou Ran's residence.

At first, Gu Youyou had some doubts. After all, others were not Zhang Chi's puppets, so how could they act according to his plan?

But the fact turned out just as Zhang Chi had expected. Zhou Ran actually brought back the cultivation technique.

This guy is truly terrifying.

As the Demon Race Saintess, Gu Youyou has always been indifferent to life and death. If she doesn't agree with someone, she fights them with her strength, and she despises scheming and plotting.

She herself doesn't have much intelligence, so naturally she doesn't want to see others succeed.

But now that she is possessing Zhang Chi's body, watching others fall into traps one by one, she also feels a strange sense of satisfaction.

And it's really fun to knock people out.

Zhang Chi knows Zhou Ran's character very well.

If the thief doesn't go to the Scripture Pavilion for a long time, he will definitely become impatient. If not today, then tomorrow.

And when he becomes impatient, he will naturally start to think if there is something wrong with Zhang Chi's plan. In this case, he will soon realize that the Scripture Pavilion is heavily guarded and the thief wouldn't dare to come.

In this situation, Zhou Ran, who is arrogant and eager to make a name for himself, will definitely choose to exchange the cultivation technique himself and create an opportunity for the thief.

He would never have thought that the real thief had been squatting in his house all along, waiting for him to come home, knocking him out, taking the cultivation technique, and leaving without any delay.

When Zhang Chi saw the Nine Probes of the Divine Dragon, he couldn't help but feel delighted.

He had known about this cultivation technique when he borrowed books from the Scripture Pavilion.

According to the general rule, such high-level but mediocre things would definitely come in handy at some point.

Unfortunately, it's not so easy to pick up a bargain.

The ordinary techniques of the Sword Sect are taught by their respective masters, and anything beyond the teaching content needs to be exchanged with contribution points.

Inner disciples have their own share of contribution points, which the sect distributes every month. If they want more, they need to complete some tasks issued by the sect.

And some advanced techniques also require a corresponding status.

Even if some outer disciples accumulate enough contribution points, they are not qualified to exchange for the core secret scripture of the Sword Sect, the Great River Sword Scripture.

Zhang Chi had spent a lot of effort to exchange for the Great River Sword Scripture. He also needed to use contribution points for his usual cultivation resources, so he didn't have the spare energy to exchange for such mediocre techniques.

Now being able to obtain it for free and also harm Zhou Ran, it can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

With the high-level cultivation technique, it won't be wasted when dealing with Tang Ruoling next.

After committing the crime, Gu Youyou didn't rush back to see it. Instead, she went to the Spirit Beast Market again and killed a chicken and a goose before leaving.

According to the usual practice, she should have put the chicken and goose at Zhang Chi's bedside. But now that Zhang Chi is awake, of course he wouldn't let her do that. Instead, he asked her to find a remote place, gather some firewood, and start giving instructions on the spot.

Gu Youyou: "..."

If it weren't for the fact that this chicken is beneficial for cultivation, she really wouldn't bother with Zhang Chi.

But now, she did everything as instructed.

Zhang Chi had already prepared and even put some seasoning on himself. After marinating the chicken and goose, the rich aroma of the meat filled the air when they were roasted over the fire.

Gu Youyou still had control over the body, so naturally she was the one to eat.

With one bite, it was so delicious.

Gu Youyou, who had some resistance at first, was now in a very pleasant mood.

I roasted it and ate it myself. I'm not doing it for Zhang Chi.

Leaving behind a mess, Gu Youyou still felt unsatisfied.

For the sake of cultivation, I will come again tomorrow.

After eating and drinking to her heart's content, Gu Youyou leisurely made her way back.

Upon returning to her residence, Gu Youyou still had some time left, so she decided to meditate and cultivate.

She had already gone through the Foundation Building stage once, so she was naturally more familiar with this stage.

The faster one's realm improves during the Qi Condensation stage, the better. The sooner one opens up more acupoints, the more efficient their cultivation becomes.

But when it comes to breaking through the Foundation Building stage, one needs to slow down and solidify their foundation in order to go further.

Zhang Chi had already reached the tenth level of Qi Condensation, and she could help him break through to the Foundation Building stage at any time. However, she chose not to do so and instead continued to refine the True Qi within Zhang Chi's body, making it difficult for him to enter the Foundation Building stage in a short period of time.

This was also Gu Youyou's way of suppressing Zhang Chi's cultivation progress, as she was certain that he wouldn't be able to break through.

The next morning, Zhang Chi woke up again, and the person in control of his body had changed once more.

He checked his mental state and realized that even after a night without sleep, he was still full of energy.

It seemed that even when he watched his second personality in action, his body could still recover energy as if he were asleep.

Well, in that case, who could possibly defeat him?

Feeling good about himself, Zhang Chi left the house.

Today's Sword Sect would be lively.

But he still needed to continue investigating Tang Ruoling's whereabouts. It wasn't time for him to sit back and relax yet.

So, many disciples who were practicing early in the morning also saw Zhang Chi being caught by the Law Enforcement Hall for flying his sword within the sect. He was fined ten spirit stones and had to reflect on his mistake.

Zhang Chi apologized to the people from the Law Enforcement Hall, explaining that he was in a hurry to investigate Tang Ruoling's situation and that there weren't many people around at that time, so he broke the rule of not flying his sword.

He paid the fine without hesitation, but he planned to make the reflection and apology later when he had more time.

Having worked in the Law Enforcement Hall before and having a good reputation, no one made things difficult for him, and he was allowed to leave.

Afterwards, Zhang Chi immediately flew away on his sword, and the people from the Law Enforcement Hall turned a blind eye.

Since he had already been fined, they let him go.

The disciples who witnessed this incident and the Law Enforcement Hall disciples who punished Zhang Chi couldn't help but feel amazed. The eldest senior brother was truly selfless.

They all knew that Zhou Ran was the chief executive who caught thieves, while Zhang Chi was only helping to find people. Zhou Ran didn't even have a capable subordinate and had to personally run around.

This matter was probably a thankless task, and Zhang Chi was fined half a month's worth of his stipend just to find someone, yet he didn't complain at all.

People are afraid of comparisons.

Every day, Zhang Chi ran around alone, investigating the case, while Zhou Ran, leading the large Law Enforcement Hall, was just pretending to be busy, clearly fooling around.

Although the disciples didn't say it out loud, they also had some thoughts in their hearts.

Not long after Zhang Chi left the sect, Zhou Ran, who had slept on the cold ground all night, was finally discovered and sent for treatment.

When Zhou Ran regained consciousness, he instinctively reached for the secret manual in his embrace, only to find that it was missing.

Just waking up, his mind was still not clear, and he didn't think about hiding his mistake. Instead, he exclaimed without thinking, "Oh no, the Nine Probes of the Divine Dragon has been stolen by a thief!"

This statement caused a commotion among the crowd.

Not long after, the news spread.

At this time, Zhang Chi was in the Spiritual Medicine Valley, sharing his progress.

"Tang Guzhu, I have found a clue..."

(End of this chapter)