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Chapter 23: The Chicken-Thieving Fiend

It was late at night, and Fragrant Cloud Peak was blanketed in darkness If you held your hand out in front of you, you wouldn’t even be able to see your fingers Other than the whispering wind, everything was peaceful and quiet Not even a peep could be heard coh the darkness, Zhou Xinqi’s silk bank tied around his ar the path that led to one of the Spirit Tail Chicken far, he would occasionally duck into a nearby thicket and proceed along in concealment

Soon, the Spirit Tail Chicken farm came into view up ahead Most of the chickens were asleep, although a fealking about to and fro There was even one chicken in particular which was strolling in Bai Xiaochun’s direction

He crouched there in the thicket, licking his lips until the Spirit Tail Chicken neared the fence Just as he was pulling out his bailance filled his eyes

At the sa could be heard froh the night They even had flaht

“Damned chicken thief! Finally you show your face!”

“We’ve been waiting for you here for days! Noe’ve got you surrounded, let’s see how you try to escape!” As the cries echoed out, eight figures closed in on Bai Xiaochun, coe of taking care of the chickens Even after days of painstakingly laying in wait, they had never i paid off Their hearts were filled with righteous ardor as they prepared to immediately execute justice upon the chicken thief

When their words rang out, Bai Xiaochun looked shocked at first But then he looked up in thought for a moment and let out a cold snort

“Shut up, you people!” he said “Keep it down!” His words were spoken without the slightest politeness, as if justice were on his side He did nothing to atte sure that the silk band on his arm was clearly visible

“See that?!” he asked “I’m the captain of the chicken thief task force” Brow furrowed, he looked around at the eight disciples, clearly displeased

This sudden developht interlopers to stare in shock Some of these disciples had seen Bai Xiaochun earlier in the day After exa him a bit closer, they started to hesitate

One of the disciples seemed a bit skeptical about the situation “Oh, it’s Junior Brother Bai Well… what are you doing here so late at night, huh?”

His words caused the other disciples to stare suspiciously at Bai Xiaochun

Flicking his sleeve and frowning, Bai Xiaochun angrily said, “Elder Sister Zhou herself asked me to be the captain of the chicken thief task force, so of course I’ll do everything in htly cultivation routine to co how , I’ since fled” He really did look like the picture of so to catch a thief

The chicken farlances, and some of them even looked a bit embarrassed As for the most suspicious of the disciples, his expression softened a bit, although he still didn’t see that their suspicions hadn’t been coave a cold harrumph and, before anyone could ask any more questions, he decided to seize the initiative and put the onus on them

“No wonder you people have lost so ent Look over there, your fence is even broken!” He pointed over to a spot where there really was a hole in the fence, although it wasn’t very obvious It had actually been punched into the fence by a struggling Spirit Tail Chicken that he had been in the process of stealing a while back

The chicken farm disciples looked in the direction that Bai Xiaochun was pointing, and when they saw the hole, expressions of shock appeared on their faces It was true that they really hadn’t paid much attention to tiny details like this in the past

“And look at that Spirit Tail Chicken How did you plan to protect it after it walked all the way over here!?” Bai Xiaochun see his voice, causing the chicken far to ht here is the uarding this place especially closely But look, I was here for ages before any of you people showed up” The ot In the end, he let out a long sigh

“How do you people expect to catch a thief like this, huh? Based onthieves, if my speculations are correct, then this is the location in which the most chickens were taken” As soon as the words left his an to trelances, they saw the shock in each others’ eyes Based on the information they had, this was indeed the location where they had lost the most chickens

In fact, that was the reason why they had decided to stand guard here Bai Xiaochun had hit the nail square on the head, causing the entire group to look at hi admiration