83: Steal a Night Pearl

Hong Tai rushed in, his eyes filled with struggle.

He was wondering whether to stop Liu Jiangyi.

But Young Master Lu had told him to observe first.

If he were to make Liu Jiangyi stop the mission now, how would he explain it to Young Master Lu?

Hong Tai was filled with frustration and could only silently pray that Liu Jiangyi wouldn't cause any trouble next.

...

Liu Jiangyi had long noticed what was happening behind him.

His Thousand-mile Eye and Wind-following Ear were not just for show.

“Heh heh, so you're not sure about my identity, are you?”

“Then just follow behind me and clean up my messes.”

Liu Jiangyi led Ya Ya all the way inside, directly to the City Lord's Mansion Treasury.

“Who goes there?” The guard stopped Liu Jiangyi again.

Liu Jiangyi took out his token, “Deputy Director Liu Jiangyi of the Law Enforcement Bureau, on official business!”

“Greetings, Director Liu!” The guard quickly greeted him.

Although Liu Jiangyi was dressed strangely.

But since he could successfully enter the City Lord's Mansion and also had the Deputy Director's token, the guard naturally dared not question him.

“Move aside, I need to investigate.”

“This… this isn't appropriate, is it?” The guard hesitated.

“Presumptuous! The Law Enforcement Bureau is investigating, and you're pushing and shoving, not letting me in. Could it be that you stole the items?”

“Guards! Apprehend this person and take him back for severe torture!”

Although Ya Ya was innocent, she wasn't a fool.

She took a step forward, intending to apprehend the guard.

The guard was scared silly.

He never expected that merely following the rules would lead to such a huge accusation!

If he were to be taken back, he would at least lose a layer of skin, if not die!

Thump!

The guard immediately knelt on the ground, begging for mercy, “Innocent! I'm innocent! I'm just a doorman, I don't know anything, I don't know anything!”

“Hmph! If you don't know, then why aren't you getting out of the way?”

“Go! I'll go now! I'll go now!”

The guard was completely flustered and scrambled away.

Liu Jiangyi snorted coldly and led Ya Ya inside.

The City Lord's Mansion Treasury was a seven-story small pagoda.

“Wow! What bright beads! So beautiful!”

As soon as they entered, Ya Ya's gaze was drawn to the luminous pearl placed directly in front of them. She couldn't help but step forward, pick it up, and examine it carefully.

“Do you like it?”

“Mhm mhm, I like it!”

“If you like it, keep it.”

“Ah? Can I?” Ya Ya asked in surprise.

“Heh, it's just a luminous pearl. How could Director Hong's qiankun bag not have one?” Liu Jiangyi said playfully.

“Ah? Director Hong, what does this have to do with him?”

“It's hard to explain in a few words. Anyway, if you like it, just take it.”

“Okay! I'll listen to you!” Ya Ya wiggled her rear, and her sleek, black cat tail appeared.

She squeezed the luminous pearl hard, forming it into a ring, and then threaded it onto the tip of her tail.

“Wow! So pretty, so pretty!”

Ya Ya jumped up and down excitedly, just like a child.

Liu Jiangyi: ???

What the heck?

He had heard of bracelets, anklets, and earrings, but this was the first time he had seen a tail ring!

What kind of fashionable accessory was this?

Being ignorant was indeed a sin!

Liu Jiangyi collected himself and walked upstairs.

Undoubtedly.

The upstairs held the true treasures; the downstairs only had some valuable decorations, not worth mentioning.

Arriving upstairs, Liu Jiangyi activated his Thousand-Mile Eyes, using a thousand-fold magnification to scan every corner little by little.

Soon!

Liu Jiangyi found slight friction marks on the floor between the fifth and sixth floors.

These marks had clearly been dealt with and were barely visible to the naked eye.

But under a thousand-fold magnification, these marks could not escape Liu Jiangyi's eyes.

Liu Jiangyi approached the marks, followed them, and saw that on the left wall, there was a secret door!

Liu Jiangyi suddenly understood!

No wonder the treasury seemed very wide when looking at it from the outside just now, but felt a bit small after entering.

So there was a hidden compartment?

Liu Jiangyi immediately activated his X-ray vision to look.

He indeed saw the hidden compartment behind the wall.

Inside the compartment were several scattered treasures, but each one emanated a strong Qi.

Liu Jiangyi even saw an eighth-tier Magical Artifact!

The highest known Artifact Refiner was only seventh-tier.

Magical Artifacts above the eighth-tier could not be crafted by anyone and were almost all naturally produced in places of Opportunity.

They contained heavenly might, and even Martial Arts Grandmaster powerhouses rarely possessed such Magical Artifacts.

As far as Liu Jiangyi knew, the City Lord of Tianjiang City's Lower City only had a cultivation of Martial Arts Grandmaster Ninth-Grade.

Although he held high status and power, such a Magical Artifact was not something he should possess!

“This guy's things really have an improper origin!”

Liu Jiangyi continued to look and indeed saw traces on the wooden shelf at the very back, indicating that something that had been placed there for a long time had been moved.

“Is this what was lost?”

There was only one such mark, which seemed to be a round disk.

It seemed the City Lord's claim of losing a bottle of Medicinal Pills and three Magical Artifacts was a cover-up.

In reality, the important item was just that round disk!

Liu Jiangyi retracted his gaze and called Ya Ya up.

“What is it?” Ya Ya asked impatiently, her gaze still directed towards the first floor.

In her opinion, these treasures were not as attractive as those beautiful decorations.

After all, what kind of treasures hadn't she seen?

Liu Jiangyi pointed to the wall and said, “Can you smell the things inside?”

“Inside?” Ya Ya looked at the wall, then leaned against it and sniffed.

“Wow! There are so many treasures in here!”

Liu Jiangyi was overjoyed!

Indeed, an animal's nose was better than a human's.

Although Ya Ya was a cat, her nose was certainly not as good as a dog's, but it was still much better than a human's.

Liu Jiangyi asked again, “Can you distinguish the smell of the things inside?”

“A piece of cake!” Ya Ya proudly raised her head.

Liu Jiangyi immediately said, “Then smell the last row of shelves, the empty space in the middle of the third row.”

Ya Ya twitched her nose, “The scent is very faint.”

“Can you find this item based on this scent?”

“I'll try.”

Ya Ya followed the scent out, and after arriving at the door, she nodded and said, “Hmm, the general direction is confirmed, it should be no problem!”

“That's great!” Liu Jiangyi was overjoyed.

He didn't say anything more and left the treasury with Ya Ya.

...

After Liu Jiangyi left, Hong Tai rushed over.

“Director Hong?” The guard, who had just gotten up, was so scared that he knelt on the ground again, begging for mercy, “Director, spare my life, I really didn't steal it, it wasn't me!”

“Nonsense, do you have that ability?”

Hong Tai glared at the guard, then quickly entered the treasury.

“Damn! This Bastard actually has dirty hands?”

As soon as he entered the treasury, Hong Tai's face turned green.

He immediately saw that the luminous pearl placed in the center was gone.

When he first received the case, he had investigated the treasury and had not specifically instructed the City Lord not to touch anything here yet.

But now that the luminous pearl was missing, how could it not have been taken by Liu Jiangyi?