Chapter 423: Chapter 423

No wonder he... or rather she—let's go with the current form—no wonder she could become the world's number one divine thief. With just this skill alone, she could infiltrate anywhere undetected. Combined with some thievery techniques, wouldn't that make everything easy to steal?

However, it seemed rarely heard that she had such abilities. Of course, previous people simply hadn't discovered this point, so naturally she wouldn't go around advertising it. Since Xuanwu Lingxiao had already seen through her today, she demonstrated it.

In fact, she had never thought to hide this point and wouldn't worry about anything!

"Alright, let's get to the main topic. Divine Thief, do you know if anyone can enter this secret chamber—silently entering under guard? Besides you, how many people in the world can do this?" Xuanwu Wenyuan pointed at the door.

"What kind of guard are you talking about? If it's like the current situation, even I couldn't do it, let alone anyone else," the divine thief replied. She was very proud—whether she had the credentials for this or if it was just arrogance was unclear.

She was confident that no other thief in the world possessed thievery skills as superb as hers. This confidence had some basis—she had specifically sought out several world-famous divine thieves for competitions and won all of them with absolute advantage. That's when the title "world's number one divine thief" began.

"The guard wasn't . There were two people guarding this entrance, with thirty-eight more keeping watch nearby, positioned at..." Xuanwu Wenyuan described the positions of those thirty-eight watchers. Such an arrangement was almost seamless—even a fly would be detected entering.

"..." The divine thief frowned. Even she would find such an arrangement very difficult to penetrate. But she said "very difficult," meaning there were still ways. As long as it wasn't an arrangement so tight that people couldn't squeeze through, she could still manage.

It was just somewhat challenging. But wasn't she here precisely to challenge the difficulty?

"I could do this, but it would be somewhat difficult for others. A single person definitely couldn't do it. If there were a group of three or more, it might be possible," the divine thief analyzed. "Yes, it must be like that!"

"But he was alone, and he entered silently without anyone noticing any abnormalities," Xuanwu Wenyuan said. It seemed he couldn't get any useful information from this divine thief—she didn't know of such a person's existence either.

"Impossible. Even I would need to use some means to attract your attention or disguise myself. It's impossible to enter completely silently unless all the people you arranged were blind," the divine thief shook her head, negating the possibility of Xuanwu Wenyuan's statement.

"The people I arranged were all elite, and moreover, the person inside wasn't discovered by anyone, didn't do any disguising, and entered the secret chamber without making any commotion," Xuanwu Wenyuan said.

"You're not lying to me?" The divine thief looked at Xuanwu Wenyuan. She felt that unless the other party was deceiving her, such a possibility shouldn't exist. How could anyone do that? Impossible!

"I'm not lying to you. So you're saying your thievery skills are inferior to the person inside?" Xuanwu Wenyuan looked at the divine thief. From her expression, he understood that the divine thief probably didn't know who the person inside was.

"If what you say is true, then I must meet this person!" The divine thief didn't seem to refute Xuanwu Wenyuan. She was confident but definitely not arrogant to the point of ignoring facts. If someone truly surpassed her, she would acknowledge it—though true acknowledgment would require her personal verification.

"So you don't know who this person is?" Xuanwu Wenyuan asked.

The divine thief shook her head and said, "I don't know! I really haven't heard of such a person. There definitely isn't such a person in the thievery world, unless he hasn't entered our domain yet, or he simply doesn't want people to know. There are quite a few unknown masters in the world."

She acknowledged that many unknown masters existed in the world. She had tried to seek out such people and had found several, but she still emerged victorious. This was why she became increasingly confident.

However, even so, she didn't reject the existence of other masters in the world. There were heavens beyond heavens and people beyond people!!

"Are you saying he's inside right now?" the divine thief asked Xuanwu Wenyuan.

"That's right, he's inside. But he threatened me with the treasures inside, so I could only retreat. Now he's locked himself inside alone, and we don't know what he's doing in there," Xuanwu Wenyuan said with a bitter smile. Since the person inside wasn't the divine thief, he might not necessarily be after the Xuanwu Heart Scripture. All previous speculation would have to be overturned—it might be for something else.

"So you're just waiting here now?" the divine thief asked. She didn't ask if Xuanwu Wenyuan was afraid the person inside would escape because she understood this secret chamber and knew its structure. No one could escape from it.

"What else can we do besides wait?" Xuanwu Wenyuan said with a bitter smile.

"True. How about I sneak in to take a look? Although this door is locked from inside, I can still open it," the divine thief said, walking toward the door.

"No! Many of our Xuanwu family's precious treasures are placed behind the door. We can't open it! Unless... we abandon these treasures," Xuanwu Wenyuan said. By the end, his face was full of struggle—should he abandon these treasures to capture that person, or preserve these treasures and possibly let that person achieve his goal? Check latest chapters at noⅴelfire.net

This was truly a difficult decision, especially for him as family head who had to consider too many things. If it were someone else, they would probably decisively choose to abandon these family heirlooms.

This was also a weakness that Xiaoyao exploited. As family head, he had to consider more things than others, and at moments , that became a weakness!

"It's fine. It's just some treasures by the door. If I break them, I'll compensate you!" the divine thief said unconcernedly, preparing to open the door.

Xuanwu Wenyuan fell silent. Perhaps this was also an option—let nature take its course!

Just then, something unexpected happened. The door seemed to be ajar, not truly closed. With the divine thief's gentle push, the door opened.

"Eh, this door is open? That's not right. When I came earlier, this door was closed. I paid special attention to it," the divine thief was somewhat puzzled. This door was what she focused on most. She had specifically looked at the door's condition, and it seemed somewhat different from just now.

"Lingfeng, Lingxiao, go in and look!" Xuanwu Wenyuan frowned. This open door made him think of one possibility, but he felt this possibility was impossible. The best approach now was to have people go check the situation inside while he guarded here, just in case.

"Yes!" The two rushed into the secret chamber to check the situation. Most importantly, they needed to find Xiaoyao.

"Wait here!" The divine thief had also wanted to enter and take advantage of the chaos, but Xuanwu Wenyuan was already guarding against this, speaking a reminder while making some defensive moves.

"Hehe, I just wanted to go in and look. Don't be ," the divine thief laughed but didn't actually move, because she could see that Xuanwu Wenyuan was very serious. If she moved, she might be injured by his palm strike.

"Outsiders are not allowed to enter the Xuanwu family's secret chamber!" Xuanwu Wenyuan said lightly. "You'd better wait here!"

"Alright then, I'll wait here! Xuanwu Wenyuan, I suspect there might already be no one inside," the divine thief said while standing to the side. She wasn't idle either—she took the opportunity to unsettle Xuanwu Wenyuan, making his heart chaotic.

Although she didn't want to admit it, it might really be !!

"I've also thought of this possibility. Let's see first!" Xuanwu Wenyuan said calmly. If his heart became chaotic at this level, then he would be wasting his position as family head.

Xuanwu Wenyuan had already thought of this possibility from the beginning—that impossible possibility that the person inside had already left. While they were all guarding, he had silently departed, just as mysteriously as he had entered. This seemed incredible.

"If it's true, then this person is really interesting. I must meet him. It's normal that you couldn't detect him, but for even me not to detect him—that's too unreasonable," the divine thief held her chin with a thoughtful expression.

"..." Xuanwu Wenyuan remained silent. What do you mean "it's normal that we couldn't detect him"? Forget it, too lazy to deal with this narcissist!!

After a while, the two came out, their expressions not looking very good.

"What's the situation?" Xuanwu Wenyuan asked. Although he had already guessed—since they came out instead of notifying him from inside that they'd found someone, it meant they couldn't find anyone.

This was truly somewhat incredible. Such a thing had never been heard of!!

"We searched inside for a long time but didn't see anyone!! And everything inside seems to be intact..." Xuanwu Lingfeng replied. Even though he felt this was impossible, the facts were just .

"Divine Thief, you may leave on your own. I won't see you off!" Xuanwu Wenyuan first spoke to the divine thief, then instructed his subordinates to close and guard the door properly when he went inside. He definitely needed to go in and check the situation.

"Follow me inside!" Xuanwu Wenyuan said to the two, then went in to see the situation inside, confirming whether Xiaoyao was there and whether any treasures were missing. He was most familiar with the treasures inside.