Chapter 5: Copying Divine Skill

"This thief girl, don't let Dad find a chance to get me!" As he walked, Chen Yi He cursed, his mind still thinking of unhealthy things.

Following the direction Xiao Xiao Yu pointed, Chen Yi He quickly found the Zhang Family Pawnshop.

"Boss, I'm here to pick something up." He said to the pawnshop boss, handing over the ticket.

Chen Yi He thought that by taking a beautiful woman as his master he could reach the pinnacle of life, but he never expected that Xiao Xiao Yu was a pitfall; saving his life was just to make him come out and do hard labor and run errands!

Not long after, the pawnshop boss came out holding a small, flat mysterious object wrapped in blue cloth.

"Thanks!" Chen Yi He received it.

Xiao Xiao Yu had warned him that once he got the item in hand, he must not open it, or he would surely die.

"Heh heh, what's wrong with opening it? I'll just wrap it up again, that girl won't know..." Chen Yi He secretly laughed, but only after he took the item in hand did he discover that the blue cloth was bound with a tin-gold seal; it had to be torn open before the cloth could be lifted.

"If the tin-gold seal is broken, I'll twist your neck off." —Warning from Xiao Xiao Yu.

He put the item in his chest pocket, left the Zhang Family Pawnshop, and walked down the street. Chen Yi He saw the crowds coming and going, the bustling shops on either side, and red flags bearing the three large characters "Clear Water City" fluttering above the rooftops. He felt as if he were in an ancient market, without any sense of being out of place in time.

"Hey!"

Chen Yi He's steps were halted by a call from behind; he turned his head and saw, to his surprise, the white-clad scholar from yesterday! He embarrassedly rubbed his head, not knowing what to do……

"I've been following you behind for a long time, and indeed it's you! I didn't expect you to still be alive!" The white-clad scholar walked up to Chen Yi He's side.

"Uh, um……" Chen Yi He struggled to speak, embarrassed.

"You saved my life yesterday; come on, I'll take you to have some fun! Consider it my repayment!" The white-clad scholar gave Chen Yi He a shrewd glance.

"Have fun?"

"You'll find out when we go!" The white-clad scholar put his hand on Chen Yi He's shoulder, hooking arms and back, very affectionate…… His eyes never left Chen Yi He: "By the way, I'm Xu Jia, what's yours?"

"Chen Yi He." Chen Yi He felt extremely uncomfortable with Xu Jia's affection; two grown men, so close……

It turned out that Xu Jia's idea of having fun was going to a brothel!

"Hey there, wanna come in and play?" A scantily dressed, oddly made-up elderly woman stood in the middle of the street, "Yo, isn't that Master Xu?"

"A brothel?!" Chen Yi He was shocked! Xiao Xiao Yu hadn't given him money, and besides, he's still a minor.

"Zhang Dameiren, hello hello, I've brought another new customer today!" Xu Jia flung out a silver ingot.

"Got it, got it, as the big beauty I am, I'll definitely arrange things perfectly for you two!"

Chen Yi He was in a dazed state……

"Heh heh, I finally found the treasure's location, let you see my divine thief Xu Jia's abilities!" The reason he was so kind was that he had been eyeing Chen Yi He's black box, his phone! "Where exactly did he hide it?" Inadvertently, he ran his hands all over Chen Yi He's body…… He never remembered that Chen Yi He had hidden the treasure in his crotch……

Chen Yi He hadn't noticed yet!

Suddenly, Chen Yi He heard a voice from upstairs: "Boss, this time it's really comfortable!"

"No kidding! Damn, that white-clad scholar's gold and silver jewelry is worth a lot, enough for us to have fun many times!"

Chen Yi He felt this voice sounded very familiar, especially those two words "damn"……

"Hahaha! Brothers, we've gone all out today, having a blast."

"Boss, it's just a shame that yesterday that kid was rescued and got away; otherwise, if that treasure had fallen into our hands, we could have properly claimed credit to the gang leader!"

"Smack!" a slap.

"You damn well still bring up yesterday! Ruining the brothers' good mood! Clear Water City is just this big; if he doesn't stay away, if I run into him in the city, I'll flip his skull open!"

The voice grew closer……

Chen Yi He lifted his head and saw a shiny bald head emerge from the stairway above, then saw more bald heads following one after another.

"Not good!" Chen Yi He immediately sprang into action; he saw the Evil People Gang's bald boss!

He immediately shoved away Xu Jia, who had his arm around him, and turned to run!

"Boss! That person looks really familiar!"

The bald boss was still lost in his reverie, following Chen Yi He's back with his gaze, feeling familiar, but this person's attire was different from yesterday's!

He slapped his own bald head, then realized, pointing his fat hand at Chen Yi He: "Great! It really is him, brothers, go after him for me!"

"Stop! Give me a stop! I want to see where you run this time!"

Xu Jia was furious beyond measure! He still hadn't found the treasure's location! As a divine thief, he felt he had failed utterly!

Chen Yi He, however, felt he was doomed, frantically fleeing down the street, with a gang of man-eating bald brutes hot on his heels!

Fortunately, he had rested well the previous night, and besides, the bald brutes had just been playing in the brothel; Chen Yi He ran farther and farther, turning into a corner and hiding behind a pile of old wooden frames, panting.

"That little bastard disappeared somewhere around here; you lot, search for him for me!"

"Damn, what are we supposed to do?" The trembling Chen Yi He was on the verge of tears. It's still a ways to the inn…… He had forgotten everything about learning the "Overlord Fist" last night……

In critical moments or at crucial junctures, when modern people are at a loss, they pull out their phones to scroll through news, check out the entertainment scene, to relieve some pressure.

Chen Yi He was no exception; he reached into his clothing pocket for his phone. "Pop." The mysterious object wrapped in blue cloth fell out of his chest pocket……

The tin-gold seal snapped…… Chen Yi He stared, dumbfounded.

"Boss, there's no one here; let's go look ahead!"

"Damn, didn't expect that kid to run so fast! Come on, let's catch up!"

Hearing the Evil People Gang's footsteps fade away, Chen Yi He let out a sigh of relief, but looking at the fallen tin-gold seal on the ground, he sighed again…… "How miserable I, Chen Yi He, am……"

"Since it's broken, I might as well see what treasure this is; maybe I can use it later to threaten that little girl……"

Chen Yi He carefully lifted the blue cloth, revealing a booklet; he recognized those four characters, "Wither and Prosper Heart Sutra." It turned out to be Xiao Xiao Yu's internal cultivation manual!

Chen Yi He opened the first page; dense with characters he didn't recognize…… A miracle occurred: those letters, like spirits suddenly awakening from sleep, flew off the yellowed pages and into Chen Yi He's forehead!

Chen Yi He watched, wide-eyed, as something flew into his own head!

Chen Yi He felt his body brimming with energy; looking at his hands, his palms seemed to have tiny white lights, just like Xiao Xiao Yu's white light……

"Golden Finger! My Golden Finger!" Chen Yi He was beside himself with excitement!

Chen Yi He quickly flipped through the pages of the "Wither and Prosper Heart Sutra"; the characters on the second page flew out, those on the third page flew out, all drilling into his mind, but the absorption speed gradually slowed, and by the tenth page the characters on the page remained still.

"Huh? There are still ninety pages left?" Chen Yi He flipped back and forth, but no more characters flew out——"What's going on?"

Chen Yi He turned his palm over; the white light in his palm was brighter than before. He guessed, saying, "It should be that my level is not enough, or my cultivation depth is not enough; currently I can only copy and absorb the first ten pages... I'll first note down the latter part, then once I get rid of the bald guys and the thief girl, I'll find a place to study slowly! Dealing with these bald guys now is no problem!"

After all, being a top-tier reader who has read countless webnovels and martial arts books, Chen Yi He believed that this book, "Marvelous Martial Arts Grand Melee", could not escape such a pattern.

He took out his phone, turned off the flash, set it to silent, and photographed the "Heart Sutra of Wither and Glory" page by page, from beginning to end.

Thinking that the bald thugs had also gone far away, Chen Yi He proudly walked out of the corner and onto the main street.

"Swish swish swish!" The bald thugs sprang out from various hidden corners!

"Hahaha! I'm truly a master of divine strategy; this brat really is hiding here!" The bald boss, wielding a big knife, with dozens of bald thugs behind him, surrounded Chen Yi He in the middle...

Chen Yi He didn't expect that this group of bald thugs were all scheming boys... and they even set an ambush! He still wanted to explain, "Big brother, listen to me!"

"Brothers, attack! Chop him into meat paste!!!" The bald boss's hatred toward Chen Yi He was already unstoppable...

"This time I'm done for!" Chen Yi He shouted to the heavens. "Never mind, what's there to fear? Might as well test my skills!"

He gritted his teeth, stomped his foot, and struck forward with both palms at the bald thugs rushing ahead!

"Bang!" Four or five bald thugs were sent flying back, a full six or seven meters, knocking down many of their comrades behind them...