Chapter 76: The Art of Stealing from a Master Thief

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  It was clear that the man had just sucked dry the corpse of the beautiful princess, Matthew this time to break the stimulating fatigue, specially increased stimulation, brought a female college student into the ancient tomb to play torture and kill, did not expect to encounter such a terrifying insect.

  That blood-red, armored beetle-like creature coldly sized up Matthew and the woman beneath him with its beady little eyes, clearly not understanding what these two humans were doing, but the woman's body, as white as ivory, was apparently more to its taste.

  That man's face flashed with a bloody light, and then he drilled into the woman's body. Matthew watched as his plaything turned into a dry corpse again, and what was even more terrifying was that some important part of his own body was still connected to this dry corpse.

  Suddenly, Matthew saw his own body wither away rapidly as well. Thinking that he would soon become a mummy too, even someone with nerves of steel like Matthew couldn't resist such horror and let out a loud cry before fainting.

  When Matthew woke up, he looked at his body under the moonlight and found that it had become thinner than before. However, it was clear that he hadn't turned into a mummy yet. It was likely because Matthew's blood contained a high concentration of antidotes for hallucinogens, which he often took as a precaution. As the saying goes, "all things are interconnected and counterbalanced." If you take an antidote for hallucinogens but don't smell the mist, you'll still be knocked out, let alone a human-faced beetle.

  The man-faced beetle sucked out half of Matthew's vital energy and was stunned. Matthew originally wanted to burn the disgusting insect to death directly, but at that time, the evil Matthew felt a sense of sympathy for the evil insect, especially when he found two smaller man-faced beetles crawling on the mother beetle's body, he couldn't bear to destroy them.

  Soon after, Matthew met Mina, who had just finished the beauty pageant and was on a big shopping spree. After getting involved with Mina, to be precise, it wasn't that Matthew had cast a spell on her. At that time, Matthew didn't know much about casting spells, he had only read a lot of materials and had some basic understanding of the human-faced beetle.

  However, after letting Mina go, Matthew found that he was missing a small person-faced beetle shell. Matthew had been searching for Mina everywhere, but Mina seemed to have evaporated into thin air and could not be found again.

  Matthew killed several hundred female college students with long hair and slender figures in the United States to avenge Mina's disappearance.

  Later, Matthew felt that it was getting more and more dangerous to stay in the United States, so he left the country and traveled around the world, hunting beautiful women. When he arrived in Asia, he specifically went deep into the Miao territory on the west side of Mount Shu, where he began to study Gu sorcery. After several years, when his skills in Gu sorcery had become very advanced, he met a wounded Mao Mi outside Mount Shu and subsequently implanted his second child Gu into Mao Mi's body.

  Now that the dense child has been recalled, the only remaining child is the one on Mina's body. Ye Qing stood at the forefront of the Kitchen God Treasure Knife, his clothes fluttering as he gazed at the human-faced beetle speeding by in front of him. The more he looked, the more pleasing it became to his eyes. Although the human-faced beetle had a pair of cold, small eyes, it knew its place and wouldn't cause any trouble. As long as it didn't get too presumptuous, Ye Qing even considered rewarding it with some green leafy vegetable seeds to eat. These were seeds he had casually picked up from Yao Ji's thatched cottage on God Beast Mountain last time, which had yielded a bountiful harvest when planted in the Green Leaf World. Moreover, they discovered that Fen'er loved eating these green leafy vegetables, and after consuming large quantities of them, she seemed to have entered a phase of continued growth.

  The human-faced beetle naturally didn't know that the leaf was about to bestow a reward on it, but instead flew according to the subtle and elusive spiritual response of the child cicada. Looking at its cruel eyes, it's estimated that it wanted to suck dry all the people who blocked its way to see the child cicada.

  An hour later, Ye Qing saw the beautiful forest and lake in front of him. Matthew immediately introduced it like a tour guide: "That is St. Moritz surrounded by the Alps, a high-altitude tourist resort with pleasant weather. This is Switzerland's famous high-end resort area, known for hosting high-level winter sports events. St. Moritz has hosted two Winter Olympics, so the skiing facilities are of extremely high level, making it a vacation spot for the British royal family, with princes and princesses running around everywhere. In St. Moritz, you can enjoy walking, golfing, sailing, horseback riding, and many other colorful activities in all four seasons...

  Ye Qing didn't let Matthew continue, but instead directly ordered him: "Alright, slow down the speed of the beetle shell, we can only ski now!"

  Car repair just had time to say a sentence will not ski, was Ye Qing pinched dizzy and thrown into the world of green leaves. Then looked at Matthew with ill intentions, Matthew immediately said: "I have won top ten in the Winter Olympics, I will never drag my feet."

  Something that almost made Matthew's tongue burst out happened, and Ye Qing actually conjured up two pairs of skateboards out of thin air. How was this possible?

  Only Ye Qing understood in her heart, it seems that such a procurement method can be promoted and developed in the future.

  As expected, Matthew's skiing skills were not covered, he could always use the slope of the terrain and the rhythm of body twisting to make himself so light.

  Ye Qing actually didn't know how to ski, but Ye Qing's speed was a bit faster than Matthew's. The skis were just for show; Ye Qing floated lightly like a shadow. If someone could stick tightly to Ye Qing's feet and observe, they would find that Ye Qing's feet were floating above the skis with at least a millimeter of gap in between.

  After a whiff of fragrance, Matthew spun around and stopped. In front of him was a precipice of ten thousand feet, the human-faced beetle still flying at an unabated speed, Ye Qing directly pinched Matthew dizzy and threw him into the world of green leaves.

  After accelerating flight for half a stick of incense, it finally stopped on another cliff. On that cliff, leaning against the cliff wall, stood an ancient castle, and in the front square, all sorts of luxurious private planes were parked, apparently there was a private gathering here.

  Yeh Ching's eyes immediately fell on Mina, who was sitting in the seat of honor. There were over a hundred distinguished guests present, and the surroundings were filled with roaring fireplaces, beautiful women, fine wines, and exquisite cuisine, all showcasing the host's wealth and extravagance.

  In front of the main seat, there is a round platform, on which stands an oriental man who looks like a middle-aged person, giving a speech eloquently, with occasional applause from below.

  Originally, Ye Qing had planned to directly knock Minna out and take her away, but the middle-aged man's speech was so fascinating that Ye Qing couldn't help but order a cup of coffee and sit down to listen.

  If it were only the content that was brilliant, Ye Qing probably wouldn't have had the leisure to listen, but rather his speech's content was extremely ancient and practical, to the point where Ye Qing even planned to learn from it immediately.

  The middle-aged man's title was called Nine-Fingered God of Thievery. No one knew his real name, and everyone in the Jianghu would respectfully address him as Ninth Master.

  Jiuye is extremely high in the pickpocketing world, just like Luban in carpentry and Wu Song in tiger-beating, a legendary ancestor-level figure.

  The old man's entire speech only talked about one topic, which is the art of pickpocketing. Small pickpocketing can make a living, while big pickpocketing can bring prosperity and stability to the country. Pickpocketing is different from theft, as it mainly involves taking things from awake people, requiring not only quick hands and eyes but also great courage, meticulousness, and thick skin. To have the audacity, composure, skill, and ability to divert attention, one must have a stunning performance that is almost magical. Without a natural talent for pickpocketing, it's impossible to be a good pickpocket.

  Jiu Ye had someone bring out an old bell test, and had a person hang a wooden man dressed in a neat three-piece suit in mid-air. Then they started stuffing banknotes, pens, rings and other things into the wooden man's body. After that, they hung bells on the wooden man's body, which was made to perfectly imitate human bones and joints.

  Ye Qing thought of making a move to grab Mina several times, but his curiosity was killing him. At the world's top pickpocketing conference, a master thief like Ninth Master wouldn't mess with something inexplicable. Ye Qing had no choice but to calm down and patiently figure out the strange behavior of this wooden person.

  When he hung the eleventh bell, Ninth Master waved his hand and said: "Alright, it's not that I look down on today's thieves, who is willing to try their skills now?"

  Soon there was a reaction, and the first to come up was a blond-haired, blue-eyed young man. Judging from his agile movements as he came on stage, he was obviously an experienced pickpocketing expert. He stretched out two slender fingers that shone like jade and swiftly pulled out the pen clip from the breast pocket of the jacket. His swift movement even left behind a trail of afterimages. Unfortunately, just then, "ding ding ding", the bell rang loudly, and the young man, with a face full of shame, put the pen back in its place under everyone's laughter, and returned to his seat.

  During this time, several pickpocketing elites from various countries came to try their luck, unfortunately, none of them succeeded in the challenge.

  Jiuye let the beautiful female assistant continue to add bells, when she added forty bells, Jiuye raised his hand to stop her from continuing to add bells.

  Only then did Ninth Master stroll up to the wooden man, covering his mouth with his right hand to stifle a yawn, and produced that fountain pen.

  A hall of over a hundred people, suddenly quiet as if no one was there. If any bell rang, it would definitely be heard. Three seconds of silence, then thunderous applause.

  Ye Qing was also completely absorbed in this art of thievery, and amidst the applause of everyone, Ninth Master continued to have his beautiful assistant add bells. When they reached fifty bells, Ninth Master stopped her from adding more, as usual. This time, Ninth Master didn't yawn, and he even used his right hand. He was much more serious this time, taking over ten seconds to remove the ring from the wooden man's finger.

  This time everyone basically went crazy, to vent their inner madness, they all stood up, many people clapped their hands red and swollen, still crazily clapping.

  As Jiu Ye continued to make the bell ring, the scene entered a state of complete madness. Ye Qing was also attracted by this wonderful art of pickpocketing, but not to the point of being infatuated or crazy. Moreover, Ye Qing thought that apart from the skillful technique of quick hands and eyes, there was another condition for pickpocketing, which was to cleverly shift everyone's attention. Not only could the person being pickpocketed not notice, but also the people around them should not notice it either. This was the ultimate art of pickpocketing.

  Is it considered the art of pickpocketing if I steal from Minna, a big shot? Moreover, there are over a hundred top-notch pickpockets in the world here, their eyesight should be far superior to ordinary people, especially that Ninth Master, if I don't do well, I'll become a laughing stock, and that would be a disaster.

  However, Ye Qing immediately thought of an excellent opportunity to steal from the crowd, which was when Master Ji stopped adding bells and began performing his most brilliant sixty-bell stealing art. Logically speaking, Master Ji would stop at sixty bells and then steal the banknotes from the wooden man's shirt pocket. At this moment, it was Ye Qing's best chance to steal from Mina.