Chapter 1169

Looking at the empty tabletop, Xiaodie panicked: "This... how could this happen..."

"What mysterious thief gang have you gotten yourself into?"

Xiaodie's face grew more confused: "I, I'm not some corrupt adult, am I..."

Suddenly, Xing noticed something golden glinting at the edge of the scroll on the desk corner; she picked it up and saw it was a golden coin etched with strange patterns, and a stone tablet inscribed with nearly the same pattern.

"Huh? This is... Zha Gelisi's coin, and this stone tablet..." Xiaodie nodded firmly, "Surely it's her."

"Who?"

"Lady Sai Feier, as Lady Aglaea mentioned earlier, the Demigod of Zha Gelisi, a sky thief who left mythic legends across Weng Faluosi..." Saying this, Xiaodie's brows furrowed slightly, looking a bit angry: "Long time no see, her way of appearing is still so... 'nasty'."

"My lady, let's first find Lady Sai Feier as the tablet says."

The back of the tablet is a letter, roughly saying she reluctantly helped Xiaodie "keep" something specific, and arranged for the two to meet at Yunshi market, where Xiaodie could personally negotiate to buy back the crafts she had stolen.

Xing and Xiaodie found the flying spear indicated in the letter and followed it to a workshop of the earth beast; the spear unmistakably pointed at the earth beast.

The earth beast let out a low "wong-wong-wong" roar.

Lady Sai Feier—if this earth beast is indeed she—she appears quite pleased, her eyes filled with three parts sincerity, three parts approval, three parts success, and three parts "haha, gray kid, if you take it seriously you lose."

Xing clenched her fists: "Say it again, what are you calling me?"

"Wong-wong..."

The earth beast's expression seemed to say: "Ahaha, Lady Sai Feier doesn't know."

"Ah, this, she says she doesn't know."

——

Original God.

"How does this sound a bit... familiar?"

Qin unconsciously looked toward the room where Klee was hugging a coconut and drinking.

Apparently sensing the oppressive gaze of Captain Qin, Klee skillfully hid the coconut behind her back, shaking her head like a rattle: "Klee doesn't know."

Qin helplessly rubbed her forehead: "Klee... I haven't even asked anything yet."

"By the way, this demigod has quite a personality, stealing others' things and calling it 'safekeeping'—no wonder she doesn't dare see Aglaea." Kaeya couldn't help chuckle, "But judging from Xiaodie and the others' attitude toward Lady Sai Feier, she's probably not a particularly nasty sky thief."

"Any sky thief who makes city security harder should be arrested." Qin frowned, speaking sternly, "We can't give them a free pass just because they're a demigod or for any other reason; as the ruler of Aohema, Lady Aglaea should certainly understand this."

"You think Lady Aglaea is giving her a free pass?" Kaeya raised an eyebrow.

"Hmm." Qin lightly nodded, "I'm not underestimating that lady, since all of Aohema is under her golden-thread control. Rather than a matter of ability, I think Aglaea wants to bring this neutral demigod into the Fire Pursuit Journey, which is why she hesitates to truly move to capture her."

"My opinion is the opposite of yours." Kaeya gave a light, offhand laugh, resting his chin on one hand, "Between people, there's nothing that can't be discussed. Since Lady Sai Feier is a sky thief, she must like wealth—and coincidentally, Aglaea happens to be the richest person in all of Aohema; if Aglaea were willing to offer her a generous reward, do you think Lady Sai Feier would accept?"

Qin pondered briefly: "Hmm... probably?"

"Lady Sai Feier has also lived for over a thousand years; in that millennium, Aglaea has surely extended an olive branch more than once, but the result is... if Lady Sai Feier ever nodded once, the Fire Pursuit Journey wouldn't have made no progress for hundreds of years. If wealth can't move this demigod who's been a sky thief for a thousand years, then there likely exists some irreconcilable conflict between them."

——

"... Lady Sai Feier, please come out."

A playful female voice suddenly came from midair: "You, you're still so careless. Shouldn't an important gift be kept safely in your pocket?"

"Since you know it's a gift, please return it to me. Don't send it via voice across a crowd." Xiaodie was a bit angry.

"Since I know it's a gift—I naturally have to set a high price! The children of the wind won't linger in one place for long, unless your sincerity can make the wind stay. How about it, huh?"

Xiaodie boldly said: "Give me whatever amount you want—name your price."

"???"

Xing's face showed shock: "If you don't need the money, you can donate it to me."

Xiaodie's response was a bit dazed: "Ah... sorry, I'm not good at haggling..."

"Hahaha—'Cottage Princess' epithet, truly well-deserved!" Lady Sai Feier laughed uproariously, and even through the wind one could sense the other's branches trembling with mirth.

"You two, come to my manor as guests, let's discuss business in a more formal setting. Follow the wind I've scattered, find my dwelling—no problem, right?"

"Just being able to sense your soul breath is enough... easy as pie."

"Alright, a deal's a deal. Ah, by the way... before we settle, I'll first take a deposit, no objections? Hey, you—"

Xing suddenly felt her pocket grow lighter; she almost instinctively reached for the divine blood honey dew—but it was already too late, in less than a blink her treasure vanished right before her eyes.

Like Xiaodie, her pocket now held a coin and a letter.

"Gray kid, where'd you get the divine blood honey dew? Won't it be from the seamstress? Let me taste it for you."

——

One-Punch Man.

"What just happened??"

Flashy Flesher's face turned pale; in that instant, he completely failed to see anyone approach Xing's side!

Did he missee?

No... he wouldn't make such a rookie mistake, and Lady Sai Feier certainly didn't use invisibility or the like; just now someone snatched the divine blood honey dew from Xing's pocket in an instant!

"Hmm... could the Trickster Demigod's ability be remote retrieval?" Yuanzǐ Wushi stroked his chin, analyzing seriously, "I also didn't see how he stole things... no, to be precise, I didn't even see what the opponent looked like at all... so-called Trickster Demigod must be someone using some kind of spatial ability."