Chapter 39: The Ingenious Young Thief

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  When Chu Yu arrived on deck, he saw that Hua Tianxiong was tightly grasping the wrist of a slender young boy who couldn't be more than ten years old.

  "After brushing past you, the small purse in my arms disappeared. If it wasn't you who stole it, then who could it be?" Hu Tianxiong's voice was originally loud, and now that he was anxious and irritable, his decibel level was even louder, to the point where even Chu Yu, who was still at the staircase entrance, felt her eardrums vibrating.

  "Old man, let me go quickly. I wouldn't dare to steal your things. If you don't loosen your grip, I'll be rude to you." The young man wore a small round hat on his head and had bright eyes and white teeth, with a handsome appearance. His voice was also crisp and clear, very pleasant to hear. At this moment, he was waving his arms trying to shake off Hua Tianxiong's big hand.

  "Don't return my things, you can't leave." Although Hua Tianxiong had never cultivated his true self, Chu Yu had given him three old subordinates who took the Ling Dan and ate the wonderful medicine. As a result, Hua Tianxiong, at nearly sixty years of age, had strength that was far greater than that of young men forty years his junior. One of his hands grasped the youth's large hand like an iron claw, full of power.

  "Believe it or not, I'll blast you with my magic treasure." The young man gritted his teeth and threatened.

  "It doesn't matter if you don't admit it, just wait for the head of the Longsun family to come and let them preside over justice. If I'm wronging you, I'll jump into the sea myself." Hu Tianxiong said resolutely, staring fiercely at the young man.

  "This is all your fault." The young man had just seen Hu Tianxiong make a phone call, obviously looking for help. Now he heard that he was going to take himself to see the person in charge here, and his heart was racing with anxiety. He secretly said to himself, only to see the young man's free hand quickly reaching into his waist, a black light flashing onto the young man's arm, followed by the young man punching Hu Tianxiong in the chest.

  A black line as thick as a thumb wrapped around Huatian Xiong's neck like a spirit snake.

  "Not good." Chu Yu had already felt a sense of foreboding when he saw the dark, glossy black light, and without hesitation, he activated the "Yu Hu Ling" (Tiger Command), a virtual shadowy tiger head that appeared out of thin air and countered the black light just as it was about to wrap around Hua Tianyuan's neck.

  Moreover, the residual energy of "Yu Hu Ling" that solidified the tiger's head also shook the boy's body, and his small round hat flew far away. His waist-length black hair suddenly fell down like a waterfall, and along with her restored original voice due to the emergency, everyone confirmed that the "boy" was actually a girl dressed as a man from Western Beihai.

  He stole something and almost hurt Hu Tianxiong, which was unbearable for Chu Yu. A few steps forward, one hand grasped the black light wrapped around his right arm, and with just a pull and a flick, the black light was completely taken away by Chu Yu.

  It's just a first-level magic treasure, and it hasn't been integrated with the owner's divine consciousness. With Chu Yu's current cultivation nearing the late stage of spiritual movement, combined with the secret transmission of the Refining Treasure Pavilion's lineage, taking it back would be an easy task.

  "Ah! You can't take away my 'Hei Yun Suo'......" Xī Bèi Huò's voice was tinged with a hint of sobbing.

  "You robbed me of my things, I'll take your magic treasure, it's a fair deal. And the value of this shoddy magic treasure is only enough to pay for one interest payment." Chu Yu Xin was annoyed that the western barbarian had almost injured Hua Tian Xiong, and coldly hummed without any sympathy or affection.

  "Boss..." Hu Tianxiong seemed somewhat surprised that the person he had grabbed was actually a young girl, and since he had also seen Chu Yu appear, he didn't expect her to escape. He loosened his grip on the girl's hand and leaned in close to Chu Yu, saying: "It was her who snatched the small pouch from my chest, I'm absolutely certain I didn't mistake it."

  Unexpectedly, having escaped from Hua Tianlang's iron-like grip, the Westerner didn't show any intention of fleeing. A pair of almond-shaped eyes stared intently at Chu Yudao: "Return my treasure to me, or else... we can make a deal. You return my treasure and I'll give you back that old man's lost item."

  "Lost...!" Hu Tianxiong's mouth was wide open, with a mixture of laughter and tears on his face. "You little girl are truly a master of lies! Are you trying to say that you stole my stuff and then returned it to me, and I have to admit that I lost it myself and you picked it up and kindly returned it to me?"

  "A girl who is only in her teens, and has not even begun to lay the foundation of her cultivation... No, it's uncertain whether she has even started on the path of cultivating the truth. She actually possesses a first-grade magical treasure, and dares to steal from others in such a grand auction venue. Moreover, she deliberately disguises herself as a man..." Unbeknownst to him, Chu Yu had become somewhat curious about Xi Bei's identity and background.

  "If you weren't a girl, if there weren't tears welling up in your eyes, and if the magic spell you just cast at my master hadn't been harmless to him, only capable of startling him into loosening his grip, I would have thrown you into the sea to feed the fish by now."

  Here is the translation:

  Chu Yu said three "ifs" in a row, and each time he spoke, Xi Bei's head drooped lower, but after Chu Yu finished speaking, Xi Bei suddenly raised her head and countered: "If it weren't for seeing you two, one old and one young, if it weren't for me not wanting to create more karma, if it weren't for... If it weren't for me being hungry all day and having no energy, today's unlucky ones would definitely be you two. However, you two can rest assured that I'm not cruel enough to throw you into the sea. Hurry up and return my treasure, and I won't make things difficult for you. Of course, I'll also kindly return the old man's lost bag..."

  "My goodness! Have you eaten bear heart or leopard gall, to have reached this point and still insist on struggling? Forget it, forget it, I won't argue with you anymore. My boss will naturally give you a reply..." Hu Tianxiong stared at Xi Bei Huo as if he were looking at an alien.

  Chu Yu also couldn't help but smile at the absurdity of the situation, "Hero, it's almost seven o'clock, you go to the performance hall and grab a sales counter first. I'll take care of things here and join you later."

  Hua Tian Xiong responded with a "yes", and with great interest, he took another glance at Xi Bei Hou before shaking his head and quickly leaving the deck to hurry towards the performance hall.

  "Give me back my things." Chu Yu stretched out his hand and said, "This is your last chance, I won't ask you again."

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