Chapter 46 - Little Tanuki the Magnificent Thief (1/2)
Ye Chen set foot into his room which was situated adjacent to Ye Changxuan’s. The place looked pathetically small and messy as it had not been cleaned. Even the bed seemed to be in a bad shape.
The Yun Clan must have deliberately done this intending to prank them!
Given his circumstances, he could only compromise. At the very least, the good news was that he would be able to meditate at night. To hell with sleep anyway. Most importantly, he had brought along enough provisions with him.
“Tsk tsk!” Little Tanuki was frustrated. Just minutes after it had climbed onto the table, a ball of soot had already clung onto its fur!
It did not seem like anyone cared to run a rag across the extremely dusty table at all!
Ye Chen comforted Little Tanuki, “The Yun Clan is the Ye Clan’s sworn enemy. They must be trying to give us a difficult time. Someday, we’ll get even with them!”
Little Tanuki returned a sad look, cooed a few times as if it was trying to say something. Then, with a swoosh sound, it turned invisible and darted out of the room swiftly.
“Where are you going, Little Tanuki?” Ye Chen asked in surprise. Little Tanuki was as quick as lightning and Ye Chen could not stop it. Instead, he could only astral project himself to locate Little Tanuki.
Little Tanuki zipped in and out between the crowded corridors. Being invisible, not a single soul in Yun Castle saw it!
Meanwhile, Ye Chen’s Astral Body remained in close pursuit of Little Tanuki. He wondered just what was Little Tanuki up to?
After running a certain distance, Ye Chen’s Astral Body could no longer keep up with Little Tanuki as it was out of his radius of astral projection.
Ye Chen began to panic. Grandpa had warned him not to wander around the compounds of Yun Castle alone or he might bring himself some unwanted trouble. Relying on his Astral Body, Ye Chen spent an entire hour searching the grounds of the castle for Little Tanuki when suddenly, his Astral Body detected a familiar presence.
It was Little Tanuki!
Ye Chen was surprised to see it, only to be greeted by the sight of Little Tanuki darting back to the room at a blinding speed of light.
“Where did you go, Little Tanuki!? Don’t run off like that again!” Ye Chen sternly warned the critter.
Little Tanuki looked at Ye Chen with dewy eyes, a sense of indescribable hurt showed on its face.
“Forget it, I didn’t mean to get mad at you.” Ye Chen softened after looking at Little Tanuki’s expression before realizing it was holding onto a Heaven-Earth Pouch in its mouth. “Where did you get that Heaven-Earth Pouch?” He could not help but ask.
Using its tiny claws, Little Tanuki pushed the pouch to Ye Chen’s direction.
Ye Chen could tell that the pouch seemed rather spacious as he picked it up. Opening the pouch, he found several porcelain vases, each containing a ton of Chi-Amassing Pill. A rough count showed that there were at least five to six thousand Chi-Amassing Pills, fifteen Chi Deposition Pills, and Fire Quintessence Pill.
He was appalled. Where did all these pills come from? Ye Chen had so many questions running across his mind. He proceeded to open the bottom compartment of the pouch and found a few manuals and a strange-looking wooden box.
Ye Chen glanced through the titles of the manuals when suddenly, three words caught his eye – Concentrated Celestial Construct!
Ye Chen took a deep breath and looked at Little Tanuki in confusion. “Little Tanuki, you didn’t ransack the Yun Clan’s pile of treasure and stole all of their medicinal pills and guides on Martial Techniques and Cultivation Systems, did you?”
Little Tanuki responded cheekily by flexing its little claws and wagged its tail.
It turned out that Little Tanuki stole all of Yun Clan’s treasure to get back at them for dumping the two at a pathetic little room.