Chapter 246 Cat Catches Mouse

Li Xuan walked into the store following the smell and found that the smell of kerosene was getting stronger and stronger.

"Why is there kerosene in this grain store?"

Li Xuan kept sniffing his nose, looking for the source of the kerosene smell.

As a result, he came to the bottom of the counter, and the smell of kerosene was coming from inside.

"Is this the mechanism that Shang Zongguan mentioned?"

Li Xuan couldn't help but be shocked.

Shang Zongguan once mentioned to him that they were so sneaky tonight because they were afraid that the shopkeeper of the Siyun Grain Store would have the means to destroy the account books.

Now it seems that Shang Zongguan's guess was indeed correct.

Although Li Xuan still didn't know the principle of the mechanism in the counter.

But if it was triggered by the shopkeeper, I'm afraid the account books inside would be destroyed in an instant.

Li Xuan was attracted by the smell of kerosene just now, and he had already walked into the store of the grain store in a daze, but fortunately he didn't attract anyone's attention.

He did not dare to delay here any longer, and quickly swung his tail and used the Emperor Hong Bone Ring to get close to the counter, just like using a stethoscope, carefully probing the contents of the counter.

Manager Shang had told him that the Emperor Hong Bone Ring's ability to retrieve objects from the air might be able to directly retrieve the account book hidden in the counter, but the distance would probably be very limited.

Now it seems to be true.

The counter in the Siyun Grain Store was made very thick because it had a mechanism.

Li Xuan searched the front of the counter and could vaguely sense that something was hidden inside, but because the distance was not enough, he could not use the Emperor Hong Bone Ring to retrieve the contents.

He anxiously walked behind the counter and continued to use the Emperor Hong Bone Ring to probe the counter.

Li Xuan carefully probed the part where he felt something was hidden before.

As a result, when he put the Emperor Hong Bone Ring on his tail to the place where the counter and the ground touched, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"It's right here!"

Li Xuan did not dare to delay, and directly used the Emperor Hong Bone Ring's ability to retrieve objects from the air.

The next moment, several thick account books appeared in the space inside the Emperor Hong Bone Ring.

"Did it work!?"

Li Xuan was immediately surprised. He had never expected that tonight's operation would go so smoothly.

But then, the smile on his face froze.

The Emperor Hong Bone Ring had stopped sucking the account books in the counter, but he could still clearly feel that there were still some things left in the counter.

"This..."

"Didn't you take it all?"

Li Xuan was immediately anxious.

He circled the counter several times, but found that no matter how he sucked, he couldn't suck out the remaining things.

"What should I do?"

Li Xuan returned to the position where he had taken out the account books before.

Here he could vaguely feel that there were still a few account books under the counter that had not been sucked out, but this distance was beyond the distance that the Emperor Hong Bone Ring could take things through the air.

No matter how it swung its tail and changed the position of the Emperor Hong Bone Ring close to the counter, it was still the same.

"I can feel that it's just a little bit short."

Li Xuan was very unwilling.

He only needed to go down a little bit further to let the Emperor Hong Bone Ring suck out the things inside.

But the problem now was that the place where he was sticking the Emperor Hong Bone Ring was already the junction of the counter and the ground.

"The counter is where the mechanism is, and you must not touch it."

"That is to say..."

Li Xuan looked down at the ground paved with bluestone.

"Can I only dig down?"

He thought so and silently ejected the claw blade.

Li Xuan looked towards the backyard worriedly.

"I can't use the power of blood and qi, otherwise it will definitely alert the masters here."

"I can only use the power of my physical body, so there may be a possibility of success."

Li Xuan couldn't help but swallow nervously.

The next moment, after he was ready, a pair of claws tore at the bluestone on the ground.

The hard bluestone was easily torn apart like a piece of tofu, and the soft soil and rocks below could not stop this pair of sharp claws.

During the whole process, Li Xuan tried his best to suppress all kinds of noises that might be made, but he did not dare to delay his actions.

He quickly dug out the pile of earth and stone debris on the ground silently, and then stretched his tail in without hesitation.

This time, Li Xuan sucked all the account books hidden in the counter into the Emperor Hong Bone Ring.

"Success!"

Li Xuan looked at the ten thick account books lying quietly in the space inside the Emperor Hong Bone Ring, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But at this time, some movement came from the backyard.

It was the sound of opening the door.

Although the sound was so small that it could not be ignored, it could not be hidden from Li Xuan's ears.

"Oh no!?"

Li Xuan hurriedly restored the bluestone fragments on the ground, but his heartbeat accelerated a few points.

He really didn't expect that even though he was so careful, he still alarmed the people from the Siyun Grain Shop.

"Are these people too vigilant?"

Li Xuan couldn't help but feel a little speechless.

He was very careful when digging the ground before, and the noise he made was probably not as loud as when someone turned over in bed.

But even so, he actually attracted the people from the Siyun Grain Shop to come and check.

"These people really have something to hide, I'm afraid the secret they are hiding is not small."

They used a mechanism to hide the account books, and there were masters sitting in charge, and then they were so vigilant at night.

These people, what are they planning?

The people outside walked silently, but Li Xuan had already smelled a strange smell that was getting closer.

He couldn't help but speed up his movements and buried the traces on the ground.

But in the process, it was inevitable that he made a bigger noise than before.

"I can only fight once."

"If it doesn't work, I will force a breakthrough and ask Shang to come to support me."

Li Xuan made up his mind, then took out something from the Emperor Hong bone ring and held it in his mouth.

He could smell that strange smell getting closer and closer to the store.

While the way out was not blocked, Li Xuan rushed out without covering his footsteps.

When he rushed to the door leading to the backyard of the store, he saw a figure standing not far away, looking at him coldly.

The figure did not use his strength, but just standing there was already quite intimidating.

Li Xuan was startled, and with a "meow", he bounced up in place, like a spring, and the thing in his mouth fell to the ground.

After this action, the figure's head moved slightly, and his attention was obviously attracted by the things on the ground.

Although it was pitch black in front of him, Li Xuan still saw the other person's face clearly with his night vision ability.

It was the shopkeeper of the Siyun Grain Shop whom he had seen during the day.

He was only wearing his inner clothes at this time, standing in the yard.

Seeing that his attention was attracted by the things on the ground, Li Xuan quickly climbed up the beams along the debris in the yard and then fled.

During the whole process, the shopkeeper of the Siyun Grain Shop did not stop him.

At this time, the shop assistant in the store was also awakened by the movement in the yard and hurried out.

He was holding a dagger in his hand, and his face was full of cold expressions, which was completely different from when he was selling goods during the day.

The shop assistant opened his door and saw a figure standing in the yard. He was immediately startled and tightened the dagger in his hand.

"Don't worry, it's me."

The shopkeeper of the Siyun Grain Shop was the first to remind him.

The shop assistant then adapted to the darkness and saw who was standing in the yard.

The waiter was obviously relieved.

"Boss, what happened just now?"

"I seemed to hear..."

The shopkeeper of Siyun Grain Store waved his hand and looked at the mouse with its neck bitten off on the ground.

"Nothing."

"It's just a wild cat catching mice at night."

"It's a false alarm."

Following the shopkeeper's gaze, the waiter also saw the dead mouse on the ground.

He picked up the mouse's tail without any care and found that the mouse was dead.

"So that's it, boss, you are still alert."

"I didn't even hear a wild cat breaking in."

The waiter's tone at this time couldn't help but relax.

The shopkeeper of Siyun Grain Store nodded and didn't say anything.

Instead, he walked to the entrance of the store and reached out to touch a beam.

Seeing the shopkeeper's actions, the clerk couldn't help but ask:

"Did the wild cat touch anything?"

The shopkeeper then retracted his hand and replied:

"Fortunately, there is no sign that the mechanism has been triggered."

"Okay, go to bed early."

The shopkeeper waved his hand and went back to the house.

Every day, they have to run the grain shop business during the day and be vigilant at night. It is really a tiring job.

The clerk also yawned, then said good night to the shopkeeper and went back to the house to rest.

At this time, Li Xuan, who had successfully left the Siyun Grain Shop, was finally able to breathe freely.

Fortunately, he made preparations in advance and stuffed a mouse into an empty space in the Emperor Hong Bone Ring.

Unexpectedly, he got away so easily.

But there was one thing he didn't expect.

In pursuit of authenticity, Li Xuan specially caught a live mouse.

But he didn't expect that the space inside the Emperor Hong bone ring couldn't hold living things. When he took it out just now, the mouse was already dead.

There were no wounds on the mouse's surface, and it was probably suffocated to death.

"It seems that there is probably no air in the space of the Emperor Hong bone ring, or it can't keep life alive for other reasons."

Thinking of this, Li Xuan couldn't help but think of the situation when he stuffed the mouse into the Emperor Hong Bone Ring.

Although the mouse's power was very weak, it would instinctively resist the absorption power of the Emperor Hong Bone Ring, which made Li Xuan feel quite tricky at the time.

Li Xuan had no choice but to use his tail to stun the mouse before stuffing it in.

He found that after the mouse stopped struggling, it was obviously much easier to stuff it into the Emperor Hong Bone Ring.

This made Li Xuan have to think about a problem.

"If you stack a person in a cubic meter of space, it seems that you can stuff it in."

"But the other party must be in a state where he can't resist."

"And there is a high probability that he will die."

Li Xuan thought about it and shook his head.

He couldn't be sure whether a living thing would die immediately after being stuffed in, or there would be a corresponding process.

"You have to catch more mice to do experiments and see."

Of course, these are all later stories.

At this time, Li Xuan looked at the ten neatly arranged account books in the Emperor Hong Bone Ring, and his mood was so proud that he couldn't mention it.

Especially when he saw that there was no movement in the Siyun Grain Shop, he couldn't help but smile crookedly.

"Ling Ling Meow, complete the mission!"

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