Compared to Alicia's awkwardness, Zhang Hao seemed more relaxed. He put the money in the box in the storeroom and looked at the yellow gold coins. Zhang Hao felt satisfied. He didn't have to worry about money for a while.
On the way back to the Union, Zhang Hao noticed that groups of people were rushing toward the city center. Zhang Hao had no intention of joining in the fun, but when he heard the people calling out 'Barrier Tree,''Water Root,' and 'New Sprout', he had an idea and followed the crowd to the church in the city center.
At this time, the sky was already dark. On the right side of the church, there was an unknown thing that faintly emitted a blue halo. The citizens surrounded the thing, watching and celebrating with each other.
Zhang Hao also wanted to go up and see what treasure it was. Unfortunately, there were too many townsfolk surrounding it. It was like an iron wall. Without internal strength, he could not squeeze in at all. Zhang Hao looked around to see if there were any big trees nearby. He should be able to figure out what was emitting the blue light if he looked down from above.
Unfortunately, the trees near the church were crawling with citizens. Zhang Hao shook his head helplessly and smiled. It seemed that he was not the only smart one. Just as he was shaking his head, Zhang Hao seemed to see a black shadow passing by the church's roof. He thought to himself, The roof of the church is at least 20 meters high. Ordinary people definitely can't go up. Could it be another " thief "?
Pretending as if nothing had happened, Zhang Hao slowly walked to the back of the church. Perhaps the people in the church had all gone to watch the show, but there was no one in the back. Zhang Hao yawned loudly and counted in his heart. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, the light breathing of five people.
Six? Just as Zhang Hao was about to leave and ignore this matter, he vaguely heard an even lighter breathing coming from the forest opposite the backyard. If it wasn't for Zhang Hao's pure Taiji internal energy, he wouldn't have heard it. Frowning, Zhang Hao gathered his Qi and slowly walked toward the sound of breathing in the forest.
The forest was very dark. With Zhang Hao's current internal strength, he could only see things more than ten meters away. When he walked to the bottom of the breathing sound, the breathing sound above his head disappeared. Zhang Hao laughed wickedly in his heart. Hold your breath? 'Let's see how long you can hold back,' he thought to himself. Instead of walking, he leaned against the tree trunk and sat down.
" The person on the tree is quite powerful," Zhang Hao thought to himself." I've been sitting here for about half an hour, but the other party hasn't made a single sound of breathing. If I didn't hear his heartbeat, Zhang Hao would have thought that he had left long ago." But now, that person's heartbeat was getting louder and louder. Zhang Hao knew that the other party could not hold it in any longer. This was a sign that his body was extremely short of oxygen. It was time. Zhang Hao stood up and walked towards the back of the church, pretending to leave.
After walking for about 10 meters, a heavy exhalation came from behind him. It was the sound of exhalation that allowed Zhang Hao to accurately lock onto this person's method. With a tap of his right foot, his body instantly floated back to the tree. Then, with a kick of his left foot, he did a [Picking Green Onions on the Dry Land] and leaped four meters straight. He had already seen the Bandit in black night clothes. It seemed that he had not reacted yet and was still exhaling the foul air that he had not finished exhaling just now.
Zhang Hao tapped his feet on the tree branch and landed behind the Bandit with a somersault. He did not even make the sound of his clothes tearing through the air. The poor thief then realized that the person dressed as a bartender had suddenly disappeared while he was walking forward. Before he could take a breath, he felt an iron clamp on his neck. He could not breathe and his face turned red.
Practically all martial artists knew how to use some basic grappling techniques, and Zhang Hao was no exception. Zhang Hao pinched the thief's throat with three fingers and deliberately threatened him in his ear,""As long as you dare to scream, I will immediately crush your neck.”Sensing the Bandit nodding, Zhang Hao used a little more strength. After the Bandit panted a few times, Zhang Hao lowered his voice and asked hoarsely,"What are you guys doing here?"
"Us? Oh, I'm watching them!" Her voice was as sweet as milk. Zhang Hao was shocked. It was a woman? Indeed, his throat was warm and soft. It was flat and there was no Adam's apple at all. After knowing that the other party was a girl, Zhang Hao felt a little embarrassed. It was very awkward to pinch a girl's neck like this.
"You should be the Fire Spider, right?”The girl asked carefully.
"How did you know?" Zhang Hao felt strange. He guessed it from my voice?
"You're the only person in Crocco City who can move so fast. How could I not guess such an obvious characteristic? By the way, are you really a sommelier? I just saw you wearing a white sommelier's shirt!”The girl said happily," I admire you very much. You are the idol of all the thieves in Torres.”
" Oh no!" Zhang Hao was shocked. He had been too careless. He had come to arrest her without changing his clothes. He was going to expose himself. What should he do? He could not really kill her. He would not do something like silencing her. Just as she was burning with anxiety, the girl suddenly spoke again,"That's not right. You, Fire Spider, are such a powerful person. You can't possibly make such a mistake.”
Hearing this, Zhang Hao smiled and said,""You're right. My real identity is a sommelier.”
"Only a ghost would believe you!" The girl turned her head and snorted."I'm not a child. I won't fall for your trick.”
Zhang Hao was bursting with laughter. From the way she spoke and her voice, she must be a little girl who had not grown up yet. However, she did not seem much older than him. Wait, this voice and way of speaking seemed familiar. Zhang Hao began to search for women he had seen recently.
'Alice.' Zhang Hao suddenly remembered and asked,""What are you doing here?"
"Didn't I say it just now? We're monitoring them.”Alice's tone was a little unhappy." This mission is so troublesome. If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have agreed to take this mission. I didn't take a shower for three days.”
"What are they doing here?"
"Stealing the Tree of the Water God." " It wasn't easy for us to get a new Water God's Tree in Crowe City," the girl said fiercely." They want to steal it? How despicable."”
"What is that thing?" Zhang Hao had always asked questions when he didn't understand.
"You don't even know this?" The young girl exclaimed in disbelief. It turned out that this so-called 'Water God Tree' was the branch of the Barrier Tree that Zhang Hao sold to the owner of the magic item shop and then resold to the city lord's wife. After the city lord's wife placed the branch in the spring of the Water God Iskar's Spring, it grew a water root and transformed into the 'Water God Tree'.
Only by placing a thousand-year-old enchantment branch into the Water God's Spring in Crotch City would it become the Water God's Tree. Eight years ago, Crotch had a thousand-year-old Water God's Tree. One day, an underage fire dragon came and wanted to eat some leaves of the Water God's Tree to calm down the fire in its stomach. The previous city lord not only refused to let it eat, but also organized a few groups of mercenaries to shout that they wanted to kill the dragon. The dragon race was extremely arrogant. On the spot, the 'dragon' face was furious. He burned the barrier tree into ashes with a mouthful of flaming dragon breath and left. As a result, the previous city lord was removed from his post and permanently stripped of his noble status, never to be hired again.
Zhang Hao shook his head after hearing this. At most, he could just find one and put it in the spring. It would be so troublesome to steal it. Zhang Hao only knew one thing, but he didn't know the other. Only adult elves and grand mages could deliver the thousand-year-old tree branch from the Lost Forest within 2 tower hours (about 4 hours). These two types of people weren't so easy to hire. Otherwise, the Water God's Tree would have been planted long ago.
"Brother Fire Spider, can you let go of your hand?”Alice saw that Zhang Hao did not speak for a long time, so she asked timidly.
" Why did you call me 'brother'?" Zhang Hao felt cold sweat dripping down his back. This girl was too smart. She could even guess his age?
"I knew it! There's no reason!" The girl answered confidently.
Zhang Hao felt depressed. Was this girl naive or was she just pretending to be stupid? Or did his voice sound like a young man's?。。。。。
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