Chapter 419: Chapter 419

Xiaoyao now understood that he had once again become someone else's scapegoat. He could imagine that this time it was definitely that world's number one divine thief who had issued the advance notice, and he had very unluckily crashed into the ambush others were waiting for.

Originally today could have gone smoothly, but now the chances looked slim. Forget it—what was left at the end was the least interesting anyway. If it was gone, so be it!!

This damned world's number one divine thief—why couldn't he come a day later? Or if you were coming, why issue any advance notice? Was this fun?

"Still not talking? In that case, I'll use force first!" Xuanwu Wenyuan said coldly.

"Wait!" Xiaoyao spoke up, but his voice seemed somewhat different—not like his own voice!

This was Xiaoyao deliberately changing his voice. Otherwise, if he had a chance to meet this Xuanwu Wenyuan in the future, his voice would give him away. For someone like Xuanwu Wenyuan, hearing it once would definitely make him remember.

"I want to say that I'm actually not the world's number one divine thief!" Xiaoyao said.

"Indeed, you're not anymore. How could the world's number one divine thief be caught? But falling into my hands, you can't really complain!" Xuanwu Wenyuan said.

"Actually, you've exceeded my expectations. I thought that even if we couldn't stop you, we'd at least discover you. But when you appeared here, there was still no information from outside. I'm very curious—how were you able to pass through so many watchful eyes?" Xuanwu Wenyuan continued, looking at Xiaoyao, hoping he would provide an explanation.

Xiaoyao reflected and seemed to realize only now that the personnel outside had indeed increased quite a bit and were much more alert than before. Compared to previously, the vigilance level had indeed increased greatly.

However, this level of strengthening still hadn't caused Xiaoyao any trouble—it just required a bit more effort. Sadly, Xiaoyao hadn't even noticed this extra effort.

"It's actually very simple. Hide your body's aura and pass through quickly," Xiaoyao replied casually, thinking about ways to resolve the current situation.

"No matter how well you hide or how fast you go, couldn't the guards standing at the entrance see you?"

"That's a secret I can't tell you!" Xiaoyao replied. If I told you, how would I manage in the future? Besides, even if I told you, would you understand?

This involved not just the application of drugs, changes in light, human blind spots, mystical arts, mechanical techniques, plus movement skills, and more. There were too many elements involved, each requiring half a day to explain. Moreover, even understanding one wouldn't mean understanding another.

In short, explaining or not explaining would be the same—he wouldn't understand!

In this world, perhaps only Wang Yanyu could understand; others couldn't possibly know...

"Then leave that secret here along with everything else!" Xuanwu Wenyuan said coldly, then struck out like lightning. This was Saint Level speed—Xiaoyao couldn't match it at all.

However, if he could predict the behavior and movements, he could still dodge, even if only temporarily. At least it wasn't completely unavoidable.

Xiaoyao sidestepped, avoiding Xuanwu Wenyuan's attack. Xuanwu Wenyuan wasn't very surprised by this. He was convinced Xiaoyao was the world's number one divine thief, and being able to avoid his attack wasn't unusual for the world's number one divine thief.

Xuanwu Wenyuan had only one purpose—to occupy the doorway position. The only exit here was that door, which was equivalent to blocking Xiaoyao's retreat. By pressing closer from here, he could capture Xiaoyao.

However, what he hadn't expected was that Xiaoyao wasn't trying to escape but to approach something, moving in the direction he was being pushed toward.

Just as Xuanwu Wenyuan struck, Xiaoyao casually grabbed an object and held it in front of him...

"..." Xuanwu Wenyuan immediately stopped, not advancing another step, just staring at the object in Xiaoyao's hands.

"Put that thing down!" Xuanwu Wenyuan said in a deep voice.

"Is this thing very precious? I'll hold it for a while to absorb some precious aura, and this one too," Xiaoyao not only didn't put the object down but picked up another.

"What do you want to do?" Xuanwu Wenyuan asked coldly.

"Nothing much. You retreat outside the door first! Otherwise, I'll destroy what's in my hands..." Xiaoyao said with a smile.

Everything here was the Xuanwu family's precious heirlooms. Missing even one item would pain the Xuanwu family greatly, let alone the two extremely important items in Xiaoyao's hands.

This was also due to Xuanwu Wenyuan's overconfidence. He should have secured the items here first, putting some things away safely. Then this situation wouldn't have occurred—being threatened by Xiaoyao with the treasures.

This couldn't be blamed on him entirely. First, he felt that securing items would make people think the Xuanwu family was afraid. He didn't think anyone could enter under such heavy guard, so naturally there was no need to put things away.

Second, he never would have thought the world's number one divine thief would threaten him with these objects. Ordinary people in such situations wouldn't think to use these items to threaten the Xuanwu family—after all, they were just inanimate objects.

Only now did Xuanwu Wenyuan suddenly understand a principle—sometimes threatening with such inanimate objects could be even more effective. Otherwise, why would the phrase "refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases" exist?

Xuanwu Wenyuan could only slowly retreat outside the door. But at the doorway, he stopped retreating. The reason he could retreat so easily was that even standing outside the door had the same effect as being inside—he could still block Xiaoyao's escape route.

This door was the only exit!!

"Family Head, this..." The people outside saw Xuanwu Wenyuan come out and, seeing his expression, understood that something had definitely happened inside—someone must have gotten in.

How was this possible? They had been guarding this door the whole time. How could someone have entered without their knowledge? Could there be another exit?

Xiaoyao closed the door and locked it from inside. Since sometimes people would do things inside this vault, it could also be locked from within.

"I've placed the items by the door and conveniently moved some more. Don't try to force your way in, or you know the consequences!" Xiaoyao's voice came from inside, making Xuanwu Wenyuan so angry he could only grit his teeth. What he most wanted to do right now was kill this detestable "world's number one divine thief."

The whole incident made Xuanwu Wenyuan very depressed. Although it was incredible, he had actually caught this "world's number one divine thief," but due to his own mistakes, it had led to this result—the opponent had occupied the secret chamber. Although the opponent couldn't escape either, this situation was very frustrating.

"Family Head, how did he get in? Could he escape?" the guard asked Xuanwu Wenyuan.

"He can't escape. This secret chamber is built from the hardest blue steel stone on all sides. No tool can break through it! Moreover, this blue steel stone is over ten feet thick. Even if it could be chiseled, it would take ten to eight years," Xuanwu Wenyuan said. It would be strange if the Xuanwu family's secret chamber didn't have such arrangements.

Not only was the secret chamber cast from blue steel stone, but the only exit—that door—was also forged from thousand-year cold iron. The door frame was deeply embedded in the blue steel stone, and the door was over three inches thick, all forged from thousand-year cold iron!

This door alone was priceless—thousand-year cold iron was excellent material for forging weapons!

"Then how did he get in?" the guard asked somewhat disbelievingly. Since there were no tunnels dug inside, the only possibility for Xiaoyao to enter was through this door. But why hadn't they noticed while guarding?

"I don't know how he got in either. I only know he entered through this door!" Xuanwu Wenyuan shook his head helplessly.

"Then Family Head, what should we do now?" the guard asked again.

"Send word to surround this place, then we can only wait!!" Xuanwu Wenyuan said helplessly. Surrounding this place was actually something he felt was unnecessary—the person inside couldn't possibly escape from anywhere else. He could only exit through this door, and he was watching it, so there would be no problems. Thᴇ link to the origɪn of this information rᴇsts ɪn novel·fiɾe·net

Surrounding this place was just a precautionary measure!

After doing this, Xuanwu Wenyuan could only wait—wait for Xiaoyao to come out himself. He believed this time wouldn't be too long. There was no food or drink inside, so it couldn't last long.

Xuanwu Wenyuan believed Xiaoyao would understand this and should soon negotiate again. Actually, even if Xiaoyao was mistaken for the world's number one divine thief, it wasn't really a problem. Although Xuanwu Wenyuan was angry, after calming down, there wouldn't be anything more.

If Xiaoyao wanted to leave, he would agree, because in his heart, this world's number one divine thief hadn't done anything excessive—this was just a contest. If he lost, he could only accept it. Moreover, the current situation wasn't really a loss, because he had caught this "world's number one divine thief."

So if Xiaoyao came out to negotiate terms, he should be able to escape easily!

However, Xiaoyao didn't plan to come out and negotiate, because he felt that since he'd been discovered and had such an environment, he might as well finish reading the remaining books!

If Xuanwu Wenyuan knew Xiaoyao's current thoughts, he would definitely be even more depressed. Here they were all wondering what the person inside was doing, but you kid didn't take this matter to heart at all and treated this place like a library, reading books!!

No one would think that a person trapped in a secret chamber would be so calmly reading books!