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nIt seemed that something serious had happened.

nLu Ming looked solemn.

nHe took a closer look. Zhang Wei was seldom seen around this place, but he had made seven to eight rounds around this area, and he seemed like he would keep patrolling this place.

n“What has happened?”

nHe motioned for Zhang Wei who passed by to come into the shop.

n“What else could it be?”

nZhang Wei lowered his voice. “I heard that the highly skilled thief ‘Cloud Explorer’ is here in Qing Ming City, right in our city. All the police have been dispatched.”

n“Cloud Explorer?”

nLu Ming was surprised.

nHe heard that the four-star and above cultivator was a highly skilled thief!

nWhy would such a highly skilled thief be in their city??

nWhat could he be stealing?

n“That’s right.”

nZhang Wei whispered. “A few days ago, a four-star powerful cultivator who lives in seclusion in the suburbs had his house broken into. He made the police report personally. Don’t you think it’s scary?”

n“Look, in general, big shots would deal with this kind of problem by themselves!”

n“After all, they are the most powerful of all.”

n“But now…”

n“What does it take for a four-star big shot to make a police report regardless of his status? He must be very furious.”

nZhang Wei expressed his surprise.

nObviously…

nThe big shot wanted to make use of the police force to help him to track down his target.

nBut that was already very scary.

n“In the suburbs…”

nLu Ming felt that there was something amiss, this story sounded very familiar.

n“Southern suburbs?”

nLu Ming asked automatically.

n“That’s right, have you heard of it as well?”

nZhang Wei continued. “Initially, a few lads created trouble for him… and he dealt with them by himself. But the strange thing was that after he left and set up several layers of protection, someone actually stole things from his house! Without anyone noticing! The defenses were left untouched!”

n“Don’t you think that person is very formidable? He was a four-star cultivator! Think about it— The person must be very capable to avoid all the barriers set up by the four-star cultivator and to enter the house. The Cloud Explorer seemed to be the only person capable of that.”

nZhang Wei was in awe.

n“That’s right.”

nLu Ming smiled wryly.

nTo hell with the prohibitions!

nHe did not trigger the prohibitions not because he was very powerful. It was because he was already inside! He merely walked around the house!

nIt was useless to set a high security setting.

nNo one would direct one’s thief alarm system against people inside one’s house.

nCough.

n“Well… We are a peripheral city, why are there so many things happening in these two months?”

nZhang Wei felt very puzzled. What happened in these two months was far more than what happened the entire last year!

nLook, the mine cave collapsed, the old town was demolished and the four-star cultivator’s house was broken into… Previously, all these would be considered as the biggest cases of the year!

nHehe.

nLu Ming suddenly felt a little guilty.

n“Well… Are you hunting down the suspect?” Lu Ming asked.

n“Of course not.”

nZhang Wei waved his hands. “We are only in charge of the investigation.”

n“The Cloud Explorer might be powerful, but the cultivator that he provoked this time contacted several other powerful cultivators and they’re all ready to join hands to take him down.”

nZhang Wei was excited.

nAfter all, he was only a three-star cultivator.

nFour-star battle?

nHe had never seen one before!

nBuzz—

nZhang Wei’s phone rang.

n“Who is that?”

n“Has the target been located?”

n“Hurry, inform the chief. Let’s go.”

n“The target is very powerful. We will only be in charge of the investigation. Never engage in combat with him. Leave all this to the superiors.”

nZhang Wei was burning with anxiety.

nObviously…

nThey had located the so-called Cloud Explorer.

n“Uh…”

nLu Ming was speechless as he looked at his back.

nWhat else could he say?

nHe could only observe a moment of silence for the “Cloud Explorer”.

nBrother!

nI really didn’t mean it!

nYou have to blame it on the damn black cat!

nWell…

nInitially, Lu Ming was thinking of going out to purchase some information. But he dared not go out after what Zhang Wei told him.

nForget it.

nMaybe tomorrow.

nSince Qing Ming City was in a state of unrest today, as a lawful citizen, he must not add any more trouble to it.

n…

nIt was very late at night.

nIn Qing Ming City.

nLeisure Hotel.

nAs the most popular hotel among the local young people, it would be fully packed even at one o’clock in the morning. Many people would go to this place to stay for the night.

nHowever…

nNo one would have thought that something would happen there.

nIn the dead of the night, a group of police officers rushed in, startling numerous couples who were having fun in the hotel rooms.

n“Police?”

n“Damn, why are they here?”

n“We will be fined five thousand yuan if caught. Run!”

nMany people were in a panic.

nHowever, what was surprising was that the police ignored them and dashed straight to one of the rooms, directly opening the door.

nBang!

nThere was a loud bang.

nThe door and windows burst.

nA figure leaped out from the sixth floor, disappearing into the night.

n“He has run away!”

n“Lock in on his aura! Chase him!”

nBang!

nThe figure exploded.

nPowerful energy surged. There were three different kinds of four-star energy surging in the air!

n“Damn it!”

nThe figure that was on the run gritted his teeth.

nFour-star cultivator!

nWhy would a four-star cultivator chase after him?

nHe could not have made a mistake!

nThe person who broke the windows and fled was none other than Chu Xiao, the Cloud Explorer.

nUnder normal circumstances, after completing his mission, he would go to an unrelated city and have some fun with the ladies.

nWell…

nIf anything went wrong, he would be able to escape.

nThe reason why he chose Qing Ming City was because his friend asked a small favor of him. He did not expect that he would be caught in a vice operation!

nAt the very least, that was what he thought initially…

nHe thought differently when a group of four-star cultivators appeared and he was almost killed on the spot!

nIf he was not adept at hiding and fleeing, he would have been dead!

nDamn it!

nWhat the hell was going on?

nChu Xiao was perplexed.

nCould it be that he provoked people in his previous mission?

nImpossible!

nHe had made many detours along the way. Even if someone from that city hunted him down all the way here, he would have noticed something amiss!

nFurthermore…

nHe was smart, he would never provoke the powerful cultivators!

nHe would not rob the rich to help the poor.

nThere was simply no way of him doing that.

nTherefore…

nHe was able to survive till now.

n“Who could it be?”

nHe was puzzled.

nSwoosh!

nThere was a burst of icy cold frost.

nThe group was after him again!

n“Damn it!”

nChu Xiao’s face turned pale, he had to continue to run for his life.

n…

nThe next day.

nEarly morning.

nLu Ming opened the shop early in the morning.

n“Teacher, breakfast~”

nXiaobai put the food on the table.

n“Okay.”

nLu Ming looked through the morning news.

nThe first news was that something happened to the Leisure Hotel on San Li Street.

nLu Ming had no need to read the details and he knew that it must have to do with Zhang Wei. But from the looks of it, the Cloud Explorer had escaped. Lu Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

nFortunately…

nAs long as the Cloud Explorer was not being captured, no one would know that the culprit was someone else.

nThe second news was that when the police raided the hotel yesterday, many couples were alarmed.

nThey fled from the room and discovered to their surprise that their friends, relatives, girlfriends, close friends and husbands were coming out from other rooms…

nWell, it was very lively.

nHe heard that there was a long queue of people filing for divorce at the Civil Affairs Bureau today.

nLu Ming was between laughter and tears.

nHe supposed that this had nothing to do with him.

nThat afternoon.

nThe shop ran out of blank cards.

nLu Ming went out as usual to buy some reading materials and a batch of blank cards.

nHowever…

nThere was a crowd when he passed by the Leisure Hotel at San Li Street.

nLu Ming was surprised to find that the shining sign of the hotel turned into a bright green color, and it seemed to be mysterious as if a ritual was going on.

nThe men and women at the hotel entrance were still fighting with each other.

n“I treated you as my brother, how dare you go to bed with my husband!”

n“We are merely going dutch!”

n“Damn you!”

nCrash!

nCrash!

nPeople quarreled and fought at the entrance. Several couples were engaged in a tussle. The security was embarrassed to stop them and could only put on a straight face, pretending not to have seen them.

n“They have been here since the middle of the night, and stopping people from booking rooms!”

n“Why didn’t the police do anything about it?”

n“I suppose the truth was very hurtful. I heard that some of the police saw their wives among those people who came running out of the rooms in fright… I don’t think there will be any peace for now.”

n“Psst—it’s that terrible!”

n“Of course.”

nA few of them chatted while watching the fun. Lu Ming could not help but be terrified by their words.

nGoodness!

nIt seemed that something serious had happened.

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nLu Ming looked from afar and left quickly.

nHe only took a bell and a Charging Card, why did things turn to be so serious?

nHe had sinned!

nThis…

nThis should have nothing to do with him, right?

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