Chapter 00198: The Great Thief (Self Proclaimed)
# The Great Thief (Self-Proclaimed)
Chapter 198
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 198: The Great Thief (Self-Proclaimed)
Dayong Calendar, Year 1154, mid-eighth month.
Qin Yan walked through the city gate of Heavenly Water City.
The soldiers guarding the gate did not even give her a second glance, busy as they were checking the carriages entering the city.
As the great thief (self-proclaimed) of the Sixteen Fortresses, this feeling was irresistible to her.
She even pondered how much chaos it would cause if she revealed her identity in front of the soldiers; it would surely be a lot of fun.
However, the instructions her Big Brother gave before she left made Qin Yan dismiss the thought.
She had come to Heavenly Water City on official business, not just to mess with the soldiers for fun.
Previously, the brothers of the Sixteen Fortresses, out of respect for their past relationship, were truly reluctant to fight Escort Leader Wang Zhen.
After several failed attempts at persuasion, they had no choice but to watch him leave the territory of the Sixteen Fortresses.
However, the other people responsible for robbing the escort were not like the Sixteen Fortresses and had no old ties with Wang Zhen.
Before long, news arrived.
As expected, the cargo Wang Zhen was escorting was a decoy; the real goods were not with him.
So, Qin Yan's group changed their route and came to Heavenly Water City to investigate another matter.
Not long after entering the city gate, Qin Yan noticed the Sixteen Fortresses' secret contact symbol carved in a hidden spot at the corner of a nearby wall.
Since the people of the Sixteen Fortresses were basically a band of great thieves, seven or eight out of ten wanted posters pasted on a whole wall were for them.
Therefore, if they wanted to enter a city, they had to disguise themselves and enter in separate groups, then meet up at a pre-arranged time and place.
Seeing the secret symbol, Qin Yan knew that everything was going smoothly.
Disguised as a country girl from a nearby village, she lifted her feet and walked towards the designated meeting place.
"This person's surname is Yang, given name Yiyi! With her external martial arts, blades and spears cannot pierce her skin, and her strength is infinite! In Yue Prefecture, she single-handedly crushed the water bandits with ease. Unarmed, she charged into the midst of the bandits like a fierce tiger plunging into a flock of sheep. With a pull of her hands, ha! She'll rip your big head right off!"
Passing by a storyteller's stage, Qin Yan stopped to watch for a moment.
The term "water bandits" caught her attention—after all, the Sixteen Fortresses were also a band of great thieves.
Listening to the storyteller's spit flying as he boasted, Qin Yan wondered to herself who was stronger, this Yang Yiyi person or the one she met at the ruined Daoist temple.
Both possessed immense strength.
As she listened, she almost lost track of time.
Qin Yan tossed two copper coins onto the stage, quickly pushed her way out of the crowd, and headed for the meeting point.
She walked into a small alley, and before long, she saw a person walking towards her, looking dejected.
At first, Qin Yan didn't pay much attention, but as they got closer, she took another look.
Isn't this the person she ran into at the ruined Daoist temple that night!
Back then, Qin Yan was being chased and beaten.
She relied entirely on her agile movement technique; otherwise, if she had been hit by a single punch, she would have needed her Big Brother to come and save her.
The thought that she, a famous great thief (self-proclaimed) of the Sixteen Fortresses, was chased and hammered by a little girl who was just a rookie, made Qin Yan's blood boil.
She didn't have the time or opportunity back then, but now, hadn't she just run into her?
So, with a roll of her eyes, Qin Yan subtly shifted her path as they approached each other and deliberately bumped into her.
Although Qin Yan was a self-proclaimed great thief, her skills were truly masterful, no worse than the genuinely famous thieves in the fortress.
In that brief moment of collision, Qin Yan's hand moved like lightning.
She quickly reached into Yang Yiyi's robes and snatched the object hidden deepest inside into her own.
She felt this maneuver was effortless, mainly because the other party seemed dazed.
If she didn't have other business to attend to and didn't want to cause extra trouble, Qin Yan might have even been able to steal her dudou.
With the object in her possession, it felt a bit like jade, or rather, a fairly large jade tablet.
She didn't care what it was for now; since it was hidden in the deepest part of her robes, it must be something very important.
After all, this was a much better lesson than simply stealing a few coins.
Qin Yan was so pleased she almost laughed out loud.
No matter how strong you are, you're still just a brute!
She quickly covered her mouth to keep from making a sound that would arouse suspicion.
Then, Qin Yan casually quickened her pace and walked away.
But just at that moment, while still feeling smug, Qin Yan suddenly felt a weight on her chest, as if something was pressing down hard on it.
Her already small cup size was completely flattened by the pressure.
Qin Yan's face paled in shock.
There was no one around.
What was pressing on her chest?
She hurriedly reached out to feel in front and to her sides but found no mechanism like a silk thread.
Yet, the pressure on her chest not only didn't lessen, but grew stronger and stronger.
Qin Yan gritted her teeth and resisted with all her might, her face turning red from the effort, but she couldn't take a single step forward.
She was even being dragged backward by the force on her chest.
Now, Qin Yan was truly panicking.
In broad daylight, could she have run into a ghost?
Reaching out to touch it, Qin Yan felt a warm, soft object that seemed to be jade.
It was a rectangular jade tablet about the size of her palm, and that thing was pressing hard against her chest from inside her clothes.
Isn't this the thing this old lady just stole?
Qin Yan, who had been feeling quite smug just a moment ago, instantly felt a chill.
Could this be some kind of evil object?
The jade tablet pressed against her chest as if someone was pushing against it with all their might.
Qin Yan tried to pry it off with her hands but couldn't.
Her small frame was completely unable to resist this force, and she was pushed back step by step.
Could it be that she discovered I stole her thing and is messing with me using her internal energy?
It wasn't strange to have such a thought.
Someone in the Sixteen Fortresses could use internal energy to draw water from a distance.
Although drawing water and drawing a living person were two different things, the principle was the same.
Qin Yan really couldn't hold on any longer.
She quickly turned around to see if that was the case.
As a result, she saw Yang Yiyi still walking forward, lost in thought, completely unaware that she had lost something.
And the jade tablet that had been pressing firmly against Qin Yan's chest, as she turned, changed from pushing to pulling.
It tugged at the front of her clothes, making what was barely an A-cup look like a massive 34D.
That's right, this jade tablet must be the one causing trouble!
There was no reason to easily let go of something she had already obtained.
The jade tablet seemed to be chasing after Yang Yiyi, so Qin Yan quickly used both hands to grab the tablet inside her clothes.
The two of them looked like they were playing a game of remote tug-of-war, which was quite comical.
It was just that Yang Yiyi felt nothing at all, while Qin Yan was using every last ounce of her strength.
A little further ahead was the main road, bustling with pedestrians.
If someone saw this strange scene, Qin Yan would stand out too much.
Don't forget, she was from the Sixteen Fortresses.
Being conspicuous in the city was equivalent to attracting the attention of the soldiers.
Of course, she could run, but doing so would jeopardize their important business.
Qin Yan was anxious, and on the other side of the screen, Li Chengxi, who was watching this scene, was also anxious.
After all, he really didn't know any Thousand Mile Sound Transmission.
When he spoke through the microphone, everyone around the jade tablet could hear him.
That time with Li Yingluo and Zheng Yinping, they really had nowhere to hide, so he had to explain.
Otherwise, even if Yang Yiyi were traveling with the two of them, Li Chengxi would not have revealed himself.
But Yang Yiyi was still in a daze and hadn't noticed at all.
On the premise of not revealing that he could speak, how could he get out of this situation?
Li Chengxi thought it over and over, and finally pressed the 'A' key on his keyboard.
The jade tablet could move on its own, it was just that its movement speed was rather slow.
Qin Yan was originally holding onto the jade tablet tightly, refusing to let go.
Suddenly, the tablet erupted with a tyrannical force.
She couldn't hold on at all; her fingers went limp, and her grip loosened.
But the jade tablet was actually inside Qin Yan's clothes.
With this tug, a ripping sound was heard, and a tear opened in the front of her clothes.
Qin Yan no longer had time to worry about her clothes.
She saw the jade tablet emerge from her clothes, seemingly being dragged as it floated in Yang Yiyi's direction.
Because a large piece of cloth had been torn off and was covering the jade tablet, Qin Yan didn't see the words 'Sky-Upholding Book' written on it.
But a jade tablet that could float on its own was clearly not normal.
There was something wrong with this thing, but it was definitely a treasure!
At the same time, the sound of tearing cloth finally caught Yang Yiyi's attention.
She turned her head and saw a piece of cloth floating in mid-air, with the faint shadow of a jade stone visible beneath it...
Yang Yiyi quickly felt inside her robes—the jade tablet was gone!
(End of this chapter)