"Why aren't they out yet!"
Li Yang paced outside the door. Ten minutes had passed, yet the activity inside continued.
After much thought, Li Yang suddenly had a brilliant idea.
He deliberately coughed twice outside, then made footsteps to attract the attention of those inside.
As expected, as soon as he made a sound, it immediately became quiet inside.
"Shhh!"
The woman inside made a shushing gesture, quickly stopped her actions, and whispered, "Darling, did you hear someone walking outside? Could we have been discovered?"
"We shouldn't have been. No one should be here today; didn't they all go to eat?" the man's voice also came out.
"Ahem!"
Suddenly, a cough came from outside again, followed by a man with a very nasal voice knocking on the door and asking, "Is anyone inside? Who is in Mr. Ku Teng's office?"
The next second, there was complete silence inside!
The footsteps outside also gradually receded. After it was completely silent outside, the man and woman inside, both panicked, quickly put on their clothes without a word and sneaked out from inside.
Li Yang saw all of this. After they had completely fled, Li Yang finally came to his senses and quickly entered the office.
He began to search for clues meticulously in the office. He believed that as Ku Teng's lair, he would surely leave some important clues inside.
Li Yang searched with extreme speed. In a short while, he had opened all the drawers and cabinets in the office and searched inside.
However, after searching one by one, Li Yang did not find what he was looking for, and he couldn't help but wonder: Did this old thief hide the items?
It wasn't in his office!
Just as Li Yang was closing the cabinets and drawers in disappointment, his peripheral vision accidentally caught sight of a locked safe in the corner.
This immediately caught Li Yang's attention. Li Yang quickly ran over and observed the safe. It was an antique box made with a bronze lock.
If it were a modern digital safe, Li Yang would have been somewhat troubled to open it, and even if he opened it, it would create a lot of noise. However, with an ancient bronze lock, he had no worries.
Even without a key, Li Yang had his own way to pry it open.
Li Yang grabbed both sides of the bronze lock with his hands, gathered some true qi in his palms, and with a "crack," he forcibly destroyed the internal mechanism of the bronze lock, easily removing the lock.
When he opened the safe, he saw several very precious night-blooming pearls placed inside. The pearls flickered with a dazzling, evil glow. Beneath the pearls were several cards.
He quickly picked up the cards and saw that they all described the origin of these pearls.
These pearls were secretly given to him by people who were colluding with him. One of them was Situ Jue. Besides Situ Jue, Tang Yilong, and the Song and Ma families from the provincial capital were also involved.
At this moment, Li Yang suddenly realized why these treacherous villains from Sakura Country had obtained the clues so quickly. It turned out they had colluded with so many prominent families in secret. It was truly shameful.
Since Li Yang had discovered these treasures, he was not polite either. He directly stuffed all the night-blooming pearls onto himself, thinking that these items were priceless. If he took them away and exchanged them for money, then he could help the children in impoverished mountainous areas, wouldn't that be wonderful?
In a short while, Li Yang had stolen all of Ku Teng's treasures.
In addition to this, before leaving, Li Yang also discovered a small bottle of spiritual medicine hidden by Ku Teng under a drawer. He accidentally saw it when he was about to get up after taking the night-blooming pearls.
"This belongs to me too."
Li Yang grinned slightly and unceremoniously took the bottle of spiritual medicine with him.
This medicine could detoxify all poisons. It was most likely developed by those蛊毒师 (gu poison masters) for him. As long as he had this medicine, he would not fear any poison from the蛊毒师.
Li Yang had a great harvest. After carrying everything with him, he left the office unnoticed.
He thought the entire process would go smoothly, but he never expected that just as he walked out of the office and hadn't gone far, a familiar figure suddenly appeared before him.
This person was none other than the Divine Thief King!
"You?"
Li Yang was greatly surprised. It turned out this guy was also not a good person. He took advantage of others being drunk to sneak in here as well, wanting to steal Ku Teng's treasures.
"Hmph, what wild kid are you, how dare you sneak into Mr. Ku Teng's place? What crime do you deserve." The Divine Thief King, knowing he was in the wrong, first pointed at Li Yang and questioned him.
"Divine Thief King, you are clearly here to steal too, and you dare to question me now? I think it's better if neither of us sees the other, and we each do our own thing. Otherwise, whoever calls out first will be at a disadvantage." Li Yang's eyes rolled as he tried to negotiate with him.
"Kid, what treasures are you hiding? Did you take the clues to the treasure map? I advise you to hand it over, or I won't be polite to you tonight."
The Divine Thief King saw that Li Yang's pockets were bulging and asked sternly.
Li Yang frowned and sneered, "I don't have any treasure map clues. I just took some valuable items. There are other things inside. If you want them, you can go get them yourself. I'm leaving."
"Stop right there."
Li Yang didn't want to waste time here with him, but unexpectedly, after taking just two steps, he was blocked by the Divine Thief King. The Divine Thief King said coldly, "You dare to quibble, kid. If you don't take out what you have, you won't leave today."
"Heh, if you want my things, you have to earn them. If you have the ability, then come and take them." Li Yang said calmly.
"You're looking for death, kid!"
As soon as the Divine Thief King finished speaking, his feet moved as if with wind, and his figure quickly appeared before Li Yang. His hands moved like flying swallows' wings, so fast that his movements were invisible.
But his moves were like child's play in front of Li Yang. Li Yang easily dodged them, not even touching a corner of his clothes.
After repeatedly dodging his moves, Li Yang stepped back and chuckled, "Divine Thief King, didn't you say on stage that you could enter a person's body and take out their kidneys? How come it's not working at all with me?"
"Damn it, you dare to mock me? I, the Divine Thief King, have never feared anyone. I don't believe it today."
The Divine Thief King, red with anger, lunged at Li Yang again.
His left and right hands constantly reached towards Li Yang's pockets, but each time his hand was about to touch his pocket, it would be instantly flicked away by Li Yang, as if a magical force was preventing him from touching Li Yang at all.
Just as he was unconvinced and intended to attack Li Yang's vital points with true qi in his palm, Li Yang, having anticipated this, suddenly leaped up and kicked him to the ground with a "divine dragon wagging its tail."