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"Then I guess I should take my leave." Waving his hand to Xiao Pang, Yang Ze bid his farewell. For the past hour, he had been listening to his nonsense. Now that he finally left the scene, he was feeling a bit better.
"Then, see you later Brother Hua Ji. I know you must be missing me already, and I too wanted to explore this city with you. But unfortunately, as you can see, I am pretty occupied with the task of running this business here. I had to show my father about how I ...."
"Yes, goodbye."
Without looking back, Yang Ze turned around the corner before disappearing amongst the crowd.
"Brother Hua Ji is truly one of a kind..." Nodding his head, Xiao Pang looked at the crowd for a long time before turning his gaze back to the people shopping inside.
"Hey... I remember you. You are brother Lin. What are you doing here? Well, since you are my dear friend, I will give you a special discount on the things that you wish to purchase. Hey, don't look at me like that... I know you must be thankful to me..."
"HEY wait... Why are you leaving? At least buy something."
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"Now, just wait for the night." Sitting inside his room, Yang Ze was waiting for the Sun to set. And after waiting for around four hours, the town was already covered in dark.
Yang Ze stood up before taking a look at the night sky. If he had to measure it in easy terms, then it was perhaps 8'o clock. The night was still young as he could see the figures of many people roaming the streets.
After thinking for a while, Yang Ze decided to go out after three hours. And soon enough, those three hours passed in the blink of an eye.
Standing up slowly, Yang Ze opened the window and jumped out of it. Yang Ze didn't dare to use the power of heaven and earth. According to the little intelligence that he had gathered, there were a number of Innate powerhouses in this city. Unless absolutely necessary, he didn't want to come in contact with them.
Still, for a powerhouse like him, his strength without the use of the power of heaven and earth was not something that anyone could compare to. Coupled his physique with the willow steps, one below Innate could not even sense his presence, much less his figure.
Within a few moments, Yang Ze was already standing in front of the shop.
"Hehe... Fatty. In the future, I will be sure to pay you back." Suppressing his guilt, Yang Ze slowly stepped forward before stopping at the front door. However, before he could make a move, he sensed the presence of a group of four men slowly making their way towards the place.
As soon as he sensed them, Yang Ze disappeared into the dark alleys.
The group in front of him were all wearing the same dress with similar swords hanging on their waists. Attached to the sword were tokes which have the word 'Watchers' carved on them.
"City guards." As soon as Yang Ze saw them, he immediately identified them. These were the city guards with whom he had already met before entering the city.
"Looks like, entering through the front door is not a good option." Yang Ze could still make his way inside after the group leaves. But, once the front door is opened, they will still be able to see it the next time they make a round here. So, after thinking for a while, Yang Ze slowly moved to the back of the shop. Looking around, he picked up a small stick from the ground.
"This will work perfectly." Running his Qi, Yang Ze covered the entire stick with his Qi. This was the power that one only had after reaching the late stage of the Qi Guiding realm. In the past, Yang Ze never had the chance to use it. His own strength improved at such a terrifying speed that he never felt the need to use this technique. But now in the situation where he couldn't use the power of heaven and earth, he could only rely on this power to make his way forward without alerting someone.
'Swish...' With the swipe of his hand, the stick cut through the wall like a hot knife through the butter. After making a crude door-shaped space in the wall, Yang Ze stepped forward. Even though the inside of the shop was pitch black, he could still make out the majority of the room with his powerful senses.
"Now... Where is that safe?" Just when Yang Ze was about to take a step forward, he stopped. His left foot was still in the air suspended when his eyes drifted towards the small paper rune plastered some distance away.
"I see." Slowly stepping back, Yang Ze looked around him more carefully this time. The entire shop seemed to be covered in small runes integrated with each other. This was a simple and crude way to form formations that many loved to do. Instead of paying for a formation, they would just stick runes of different properties together which will act as a small formation. This was one of the most popular practices. Not only was it somewhat effective but also cheap and time-saving.
However, compared to the real formations, this had its own shortcoming. The formations that were set up this way only had a single source of control. Once it is damaged, then the entire formation will become useless. Compared that to the real formations where the formation will retain some of its function even after being destroyed more than half, the difference was as clear as a night and day.
"It is good. But unfortunately...." It might have been effective against someone else. But against a formation master like Yang Ze, it was nothing but a crude joke. Yes, he had problems drawing even the simplest runes, but this doesn't mean he could not see the weakness of the runes and formations.
Just a single glance at the rune formation in front of him, and he could already see the main rune used to control this formation.
"A pity." Shaking his hand, Yang Ze infused his Qi into the stick before throwing it towards the rune up in the ceiling.
"Wiishh.." With a small sound, the rune lit up for a moment before going dim. At this moment, all the runes that were plastered all over the shop slowly fell to the ground.
"Now then... Where was it again?" Walking forward with a smile, Yang Ze finally stopped in front of the safe. Bending down, Yang Ze touched the safe all over before narrowing his eyes. Just like that fatty said, the hardness of this thing was impeccable. Concentrating Qi in his fingers, Yang Ze slashed it down, In an instant, a deep mark was imprinted on the safe, but it was still not opened.
The fatty Xiao Ping wasn't lying when he said that even those in the Qi Guiding realm would find it hard to open. Even Yang Ze, whose Qi was far better and stronger than any Qi guiding expert was having a hard time opening it.
"It will take some time." After calculating, Yang Ze came to the conclusion that without using the power of heaven and earth, this was going to take more than six hours. However, it was impossible for him to just stand here and try to open it. Taking a deep breath, he tried to pick up the safe, but to his surprise, it was extremely heavy.
"How the fuck did they put this thing here?" Looking at the small safe that was about half a meter long and wide, Yang Ze cursed while gritting his teeth. This thing looked small and simple but was extremely heavy and firm. Just depending on his physique, it was almost an impossible task to accomplish.
"Should I just use some power?" For a second Yang Ze was tempted to deploy some heaven and earth power to instantly crush open this safe, but after thinking for a while, he gave up on this idea. It was foolishness to use the power of heaven and earth this late at night. For other Innate powerhouses, this would be like a brightly lit torch in the darkness, easy for them to discover him.
Closing his eyes for a moment, Yang Ze suddenly patted his forehead. The next moment, he put his hand on the safe before it instantly disappeared.
"Great... Now I can do whatever the hell I want with it." Looking at the safe in his personal space storage, Yang Ze nodded. After looking around, Yang Ze hesitated for a moment. Right now he had two options in front of him. He could either go back home or go and loot all the other shops in the vicinity.
If he decided to go home, then he could focus on opening this safe. But if he decided to make a move on the shops near him, he would be able to get a significant number of spirit stones.
It took him half an hour to finally come to a conclusion. It was one thing to steal from a single shop. But if he decided to rob all the shops, then it would cause a huge stir in the city. Needless to say, at that time even Innate powerhouses will take action. So, to offend so many people just for the sake of some spirit stones seemed to be a bad decision.
And even if he honest rob them, he already had his own way of making tons of spirit stones. Even the shop that he just robbed now was done because of the requirement for entering the Martial Alliance.
After making up his mind, Yang Ze breathed in relief and slowly made his way back home. He still had a night of hard work.
