Chapter 189: Chapter 131 Thief_2

Utilizing the cover of darkness, he skimmed through it twice but only found it puzzling:

“What is this? Is it really so important that they’d spend big money for me to retrieve it? In the end, it’s just a musical score. What are these rich people thinking?”

He shook his head, carefully stored the musical score, swiftly closed the chest, locked it, and put it back where it was.;

Striving for perfection, he nodded in satisfaction, stood up, and prepared to leave.

Then… he saw Su Mo, who smiled at him.

“…”

The man thought for a moment, and returned the smile to Su Mo: “Goodbye.”

After saying that, he twirled on his toes, spun around Su Mo, and attempted to walk out.

“Why rush away? You’ve come here in the dead of night, clearly we have a deep connection. If I don’t invite you for tea, wouldn’t it make others laugh at my lack of hospitality?”

Su Mo reached out and grabbed, employing the Great Opening Sun Dispersal Hand technique.

With his current level of martial arts, he couldn’t claim to be the best in the world, but there weren’t many in the Southwest who could dodge his grab.

Unexpectedly, this Jianghu lowlife, who used the Five Confusion Powder, possessed excellent movement techniques. Su Mo’s grab was narrowly dodged by him, who then swiftly moved towards the window, intending to escape.

While running, he didn’t forget to look back and say: “No need, we’ll talk next time.”

But as he looked back, Su Mo was nowhere to be seen. Startled, he turned sharply only to find a shoe sole facing his face.

Instantly, his body went limp, as if boneless, and collapsed to the ground. Yet, like a spinning top, he swiftly tried to dodge past Su Mo with great speed.

What kind of person was Su Mo?

Having witnessed this man’s movement techniques, there was no underestimating him.

The kick was merely a feint; the actual move still belonged to the Great Opening Sun Dispersal Hand, not aimed directly at the man’s body, but instead grabbing the back of his neck.

Using the momentum, the man tried to perform the golden cicada shedding its skin escape technique.

Su Mo chuckled, tripped him with his foot, stopping the man mid-escape technique, making him roll on the ground.

Suddenly, silver notes and jewels scattered all over the floor.

Holding onto his collar, regardless of what the man did, Su Mo made sure he couldn’t take off his night clothes. Instead, while the man had partially removed his outfit, Su Mo shook it and trapped his arms inside. He then wrapped the clothes around the man’s ankles, tying an ’8’ figure between them, and finally covered his head with the other end of the cloth.

Now completely restrained, the man had both legs off the ground, arms trapped within his clothes, and his head covered, unable to do anything but shake back and forth on the ground.

Su Mo casually sealed his acupoints, but after pressing his fingertips down, he hesitated for a moment: “Impressive skills.”

He felt his fingertips on the acupoints but couldn’t feel the inner strength penetrating as expected.

“Hehe… not bad, not bad,” the man responded modestly to Su Mo.

Su Mo smiled, then slapped the man’s back with his hand.

What was his strength like?

Powerful and heavy; nearly enough to shatter the man’s bones. The compressive force spread all around him was instantly discharged.

Taking advantage of this, Su Mo sealed his acupoints, leaving the man immobile.

“Your Qinggong is exquisite, and you’re even proficient in the Acupoint Sealing Technique. Yet, who exactly are you?”

Su Mo casually pulled over a chair and sat down, looking down at the man from above.

Seeing this, the man knew he was utterly defeated.

Immediately, he sighed and then started crying loudly, “Chief Su, spare my life! I truly had no other choice but to resort to this. Please, in consideration of my aged mother and my children who depend on me, let me go! I swear, I’ll never dare again!”

Su Mo’s expression gradually darkened, he grabbed the man’s clothes and tore them off with a flick of his wrist.

The man, having lost his restraint, instinctively tried to turn and get up.

However, when he tried to mobilize his inner breath, he found it completely dissipated and suddenly remembered that Su Mo had sealed his acupoints.

Looking pitifully at Su Mo, he only saw a pair of extremely cold eyes.

His heart tightened, and he dared not speak recklessly any longer.

Su Mo spoke lightly: “Your Qinggong is extraordinary, and your skills are not those of a common thief. Yet, I am unaware of any offenses I have made to you. Why would you choose to break into my room in the middle of the night to steal? It is often said that there is a top scholar in every profession, and even those who pick locks have their own rules among peers.

“But what should be the consequences when one’s actions are caught in the act?”

“That…”

For a moment, the man was at a loss for words.

“You possess Five Confusion Powder, and your methods of lock picking are fluid as flowing water, clearly not your first offense.

“Just now beside my bed you spoke confidently, claiming others wouldn’t dare to confront me, yet you dared to come and pull whiskers from a tiger. Now, why are you silent?”

“I… I was captured due to inferior skills, I have nothing else to say.”

“No more playing the victim?”

Su Mo smiled: “Well, you chose not to follow the righteous path and veered into crooked methods instead. I won’t pry further into your motives. Today, I shall break the two fingers you use for your theft craft, ending your ability to pick locks. Do you accept this?”

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