The Three Realms Thief Chapter 72

Shopping in the store is an inevitable thing.

However—

Xu Yuan glanced at the clock on the wall.

He had to hurry!

He quickly brushed his teeth, washed his face, changed clothes, and put on his shoes to go out.

Buy breakfast.

Deliver food to the hospital.

The girl wasn’t in the ward.

“She left?”

Xu Yuan asked.

“Yes, it was very sudden. Her brother picked her up,” Zhao Shulan said.

“Mom, why the long face? She’s a student at Luofu University, with a great future ahead of her. Nothing bad will happen,” Xu Yuan said, looking at Zhao Shulan’s expression.

“Alas, I found that girl Yiyi to be so well-behaved, but I don’t know why no one in her family cared for her,” Zhao Shulan sighed.

Xu Yuan was about to respond when he suddenly slapped his head, remembering something.

In the Apprentice Qi Cultivator’s Combat Preparation Room, he had spent 100 gold coins to buy a Note.

The content of the Note was: “My Yiyi.”

“Remember to look at your most treasured items. Mom has left you a farewell gift.”

At the time, he thought the Note was a scam.

But looking at it now.

Could it be her?

Could it be a homonym?

What’s the point of thinking so much? Why not just ask?

Xu Yuan pondered for a moment, then suddenly pulled out his phone and sent a message to “Senior Sister Yi.”

“Are you there?”

He waited for a while.

No reply.

She might be busy.

Xu Yuan continued to type: “Ten years ago, when you were little, did you live in Border Town?”

He finished typing and was about to send it, but then deleted everything.

————Asking directly like this seemed to disregard his own safety.

Xu Yuan held his phone and stared blankly for a while.

“Who are you, and why are you asking about this?”

To ask this, he would have to reveal the information from the Note: “Ten years ago, you were only six or seven years old.”

“How do you know such a secret?”

Mom also said that no one around this girl cared about her—

Don’t underestimate the keenness of a middle-aged housewife on such matters.

Moreover, she had just been hospitalized and was already picked up again.

This might suggest that she was often “powerless over her own destiny.”

So.

What if he told her, and it matched this Yiyi’s past? Would that be a good thing?

If the people around her questioned him, demanding to know how he knew so much—

How would he answer?

If he couldn’t answer, what would be the consequence?

Xu Yuan gradually became vigilant.

His family was just an ordinary one, unable to withstand any storms.

Even for self-preservation, he couldn’t reveal this matter!

He’d observe slowly.

Later, he could also participate in a training match and secretly investigate to find out everything!

Xu Yuan quickly made a decision.

He packed his things, stood up, and said goodbye to his mother: “Mom, I’m going to school.”

“Listen carefully in class and don’t copy your homework,” Zhao Shulan instructed.

“I’m so awesome, why would I need to copy my homework? Mom, you’re overthinking it.”

“—You need to seize the opportunity yourself.”

“Got it!”

Xu Yuan left the hospital, looking at the Airship in the sky and the giant GG Brand billboards on the commercial street.

Those who endorsed the GG Brand were all cultivators.

This was completely different from Earth.

Yes.

He needed to be more vigilant.

This was not a world where problems could be solved by just calling 911.

Cultivators controlled everything!

He absolutely could not expose his “competition” ability.

He walked, contemplating, all the way to school.

Morning.

First and second periods.

Swordsmanship class.

The swordsmanship teacher, who had an eight-pack, used the two periods to have the third-year students practice combat.

The entire class went to the Training Ground.

Xu Yuan stayed behind.

—This was because of what the physical education teacher had said: “Xu Yuan is the first student in the class to master Flying Swallow Chain and Sword Moves Eight Directions. Getting a perfect score in this course is no problem.”

“He can stay in the classroom and rest.”

Meeting countless envious and jealous gazes, Xu Yuan merely yawned.

—He was too tired last night.

After the classmates left, the Homeroom Teacher, Liu Mingdao, came into the classroom, seemingly with something to say.

“Teacher?”

Xu Yuan stood up, asking in confusion.

“A delegation is visiting the school today. It’s the Provincial High School Grade 3 Team from Xiaoxiang Province. They’ll be sparring with our school’s third-year students at 2:00 PM in the gymnasium. Please be there on time,” the homeroom teacher said.

“Ah, okay.” Xu Yuan agreed.

“Even if you’ve learned Flying Swallow Chain, don’t slack off. Sparring with experts from other provinces will broaden your horizons and be beneficial to you.”

“Yes, thank you, teacher.”

Seeing his humility and reverence, the teacher patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction and left.

Only Xu Yuan remained in the classroom.

A delegation?

Alright, as the teacher said, learning from others is always a good thing.

He sat in the back row of the classroom, eating Zhao Afei’s bread, and opened the Shop to refresh the shelves with gold coins.

—This was the time for harvest.

The “Apprentice Qi Cultivator’s Combat Preparation Room” was rooted in the Border City Battle.

Initially, he thought he would simply find some equipment for cultivators, or even Firearms for police and military.

But now, after seeing that incredibly huge monster, his ideas were completely overturned.

So.

Could the shop refresh with unheard-of items?

Could the items and equipment belonging to monsters be refreshed in his shop?

Xu Yuan tossed in a gold coin.

The shelves immediately refreshed.

A bronze hammer.

A magic robe.

A pair of basketball shoes.

None of them were suitable for him, and they were expensive.

Refresh again.

The three items on the shelves disappeared, replaced by new goods.

They were an Apple, a Helicopter, and a Yoga Mat.

The apple was barely food.

The helicopter was a vehicle.

—What did a yoga mat mean?

Tiny glowing words immediately appeared: “Please note, everything in the Border City Battle may be refreshed in the shop.”

Xu Yuan was a little speechless.

He had 300 gold coins, used 2, and had 298 left.

Nothing came up.

It seemed he had to continue.

Xu Yuan tossed in another gold coin.

A waist bag.

A computer.

A long saber.

The saber was Excellent Grade, PASS.

No need for a computer, PASS.

The waist bag—

He also had a waist bag, brought back by his father from a trip years ago, which he used daily.

But it was just an ordinary waist bag, with limited storage.

Should he buy it?

Xu Yuan’s gaze fell on the waist bag and instantly he saw its attributes: “Spirit Ruin Wanderer Waist Bag.”

“Rare Grade, Spatial Storage, Luxury Backpack.”

“Description: Possesses three hundred cubic meters of space, five layers of locks, and once bound to soul fluctuations, it can be opened and closed by thought alone, without the need for incantations or movements.”

“—Demon-Subduing Daoist Xie Fuguang endorses the ‘Ethereal’ brand.”

“Price: 60 gold coins.”

This space was more than enough.

Zhao Afei even had a spatial storage, which was incredibly convenient.

He might as well get it all at once.

Xu Yuan paid the gold coins.

A black-patterned waist bag appeared in his hand.

He put on the waist bag, then bound his soul fluctuations according to the hand seals in the instruction manual inside the waist bag.

It was indeed very convenient.

Xu Yuan tried it out; with a thought, the Exercise Book in his hand was absorbed into the waist bag; then, releasing the thought of “retrieve,” the Exercise Book reappeared in his hand.

Very convenient!

And not just convenient.

In the future, if he encountered anything and needed to buy things urgently from the shop, the waist bag could at least conceal it.

To others, he would appear to be taking things from his waist bag!

Alright, alright.

He still had 238 gold coins left.

—Let’s buy some other things.

Refresh the shelves.

This time, a bronze hammer, a Notebook, and a mask appeared.

The mask was for women.

The bronze hammer was not suitable.

The Notebook was useless—wait!

Xu Yuan suddenly noticed something.

The price of the Notebook was “0” gold coins.

It was free!

Why was this?

Out of curiosity, he directly took the Notebook from the shelf.

The Notebook was originally illusory and glowing faintly, but after being taken down, it gradually solidified.

Xu Yuan flipped through it.

—This was an ancient Notebook, depicting the sewer layouts of various urban areas in Border Town.

Someone had circled several locations in red pen, with “Shelter” written next to them.

—It seemed that when the disaster broke out, someone had tried to hide in the sewers?

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Xu Yuan sighed.

These people didn’t know that the entire city was actually in the mouth of a monster, and hiding held no meaning at all.

He turned to the last page of the Notebook, where a small line of text read: “The monster is coming, I can feel death approaching.”

“Whoever finds this Notebook, please come to Shelter No. 2.”

“I’ve placed a pile of bombs here.”

“I won’t kill, but if you will, these are given to you free of charge.”

“Please let them turn to ashes.”

So that’s how it was!

Because the owner of the Notebook wrote “given free of charge,” there was no fee!

Alright.

I’m also somewhat familiar with the art of explosion.

I will fulfill your wish!

Xu Yuan put the Notebook into his storage waist bag and carefully placed it.

He was about to continue browsing when he saw a round array disk appear on the windowsill.

This array disk had four feet, like a dog, and leaped from the windowsill, rushing to Xu Yuan’s front.

Xu Yuan squinted and saw that four Talismans were stuck to the four corners of the array disk.

Well.

Four Liezou Talismans, with an array disk.

—Playing too much.

If it were me, I would set the array disk as a one-time explosive array.

A tactical weapon!

Wait—could this array disk be a terrorist attack?

He jumped up, about to escape, when a voice suddenly sounded from the array disk: “Xu Yuan, are you free right now?”

It was the voice of Luofu University teacher, Lin Weiliang!

Could it be about the Independent Admissions?

Once Independent Admissions were successful, there was no need to take the Gaokao!

“Teacher Lin, I’m free.”

Xu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and quickly said.

“Then I’ll activate the array disk and teleport you over — don’t move,” Lin Weiliang said.

A spiritual light shot up from the array disk.

In an instant.

Xu Yuan disappeared from his seat.

The next second.

He found himself standing in a small Martial Arts Training Ground.

This training ground was only about 200 square meters, far inferior to the school’s gymnasium, which could accommodate thousands of people.

A great beauty wearing a black uniform, a Hip-hugging Skirt, and a captivating figure stood not far away.

“Hello, Teacher Lin.”

Xu Yuan greeted her.

“You’re at the Fourth Level of Qi Refining now,” Lin Weiliang observed him, surprised.