Chapter 879: Saint of Thieves vs. Saint of Thieves

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When these two lines floated past Chen Ling, his heart trembled instantly!

No...

An ominous premonition surged into Chen Ling's heart. He immediately stopped searching and looked around vigilantly...

"What's wrong with you? Did you find it?" Jian Changsheng asked in confusion, seeing his inexplicable reaction.

Chen Ling didn't answer, but thought for a moment with a serious face, walked to the door of the Imperial Study, quietly opened a crack, and looked out.

Outside the Imperial Study, it was empty.

Chen Ling relaxed slightly. Just as he was about to close the door, his peripheral vision caught a glimpse of the floor behind the crack of the Imperial Study door, where a playing card had been lying there for some time.

[Queen of Hearts].

Chen Ling's pupils contracted slightly.

"This is..."

……

"You're a thief, why act so scholarly? Are you trying to take the civil service exam?"

Above the Imperial Study, Mo Lian carried his cane and spoke with some disdain.

“……”

Bai Ye's back was already soaked with cold sweat.

Bai Ye never expected to run into Chen Ling and the others here... If it were normal times, it would naturally be a happy reunion of old friends, but now he had Mo Lian beside him, a Thief of the Fire-Tamperers of the same rank as him!

This feeling was too strange, like cheating during a marriage, taking the spouse out to handle business, and running into an old lover...

Bai Ye was a member of the Twilight Society. Even if he still retained the identity of a Thief of the Fire-Tamperers, he was more like a double agent, and now, he was in a predicament that no double agent in the world wanted to see.

Running into Chen Ling and the others in the Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury, although Mo Lian didn't know their background, given his personality, he would definitely kill them. And Chen Ling and the others were far from grown up; it was impossible for them to be a match for a Saint of Thieves...

If Bai Ye didn't make a move, Chen Ling and the others would surely die;

If he made a move, he would be completely exposed, and Mo Lian's path was quite tricky. If they fought, even Bai Ye didn't have much confidence in winning.

Fortunately, Bai Ye used [Heart Python] to temporarily steal a memory from Mo Lian, stabilizing the situation.

He calmed his emotions and answered calmly:

"A profession is a profession, and learning is learning. You can actually learn a lot from history... Besides, I have a criminal record, so I can't take the civil service exam."

"So you're trying to say that you're nowhere to be seen on weekdays because you're reading?"

"What I do doesn't seem to be something I need to report to you, Mo Lian. You're overstepping."

Bai Ye repeated the conversation just now, minimizing the abruptness of Mo Lian's memory loss.

"Heh."

Mo Lian sneered.

A moment later, he spoke again, unhurriedly,

"As expected of you... This kind of method, if there was no preparation in advance, I'm afraid that even if I noticed something strange, I would forget it... What a great trick to deceive the heavens."

Bai Ye's pupils contracted suddenly.

He turned his head abruptly, only to see Mo Lian unhurriedly take off the bowler hat on his head, shake it gently, and the playing card he had just stuffed into the Imperial Study was pulled out by him casually.

The corners of Mo Lian's mouth curled up slightly.

"The Silver King's guess was indeed correct. After following all the way, I finally found the flaw..."

"Should I call you the Saint of Thieves Bai Ye, or... [Queen of Hearts]?"

A thunderclap sounded in Bai Ye's mind. His thoughts moved like lightning, and he pulled away from Mo Lian without hesitation!

The next moment,

Two Thief God Paths were activated, and two rays of light, one black and one white, flashed out almost simultaneously!

"Unfortunately, you can't steal my memory."

Mo Lian turned the bowler hat over and put it back on his head. On the inner edge of the original hat, a silver flame pattern was emitting a silent, faint light.

Demigod pressure!

The moment he saw this pattern, Bai Ye's heart sank to the bottom.

That pattern came from the Silver King, the leader of the Thief God Path... The Silver King mastered all "theft" methods, naturally including stealing memories. This pattern was specifically designed to counter Bai Ye.

No wonder they had to send two Saints of Thieves to hunt down a group of children... No wonder Mo Lian seemed to be testing him intentionally or unintentionally after entering the Gray Realm this time...

From the beginning, this was a trap set for him!

"When did you start suspecting me?" Bai Ye asked in a deep voice.

"Then you have to ask the King." Mo Lian spoke leisurely. "To be honest, I didn't expect you to join the Twilight Society... Among us, you are the most lazy and casual. How dare you take such a big risk to be a spy under the King's nose?"

Bai Ye didn't answer, just looked at the bowler hat in Mo Lian's hand with a solemn expression, quickly calculating his subsequent plans.

Since the Silver King had long suspected him, he definitely couldn't go back to the Fire-Tamperers. Moreover, Mo Lian possessed the pattern given by the Silver King, which could ignore Bai Ye's "theft." Now, he was definitely not Mo Lian's match!

The only way now was to abandon his spy identity and leave the Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury immediately with Chen Ling and the others!

"I know you want to leave, but since I came prepared, can you still leave?"

Mo Lian lowered his hand, and his black leather gloves were already covered with a faint white light... That was Bai Ye's [Heart Python].

"You can't steal my memory, but I can steal your ability... You'd better forget everything, honestly follow me back to the Wuji Domain, and wait for the King's disposal."

Mo Lian's leather glove grabbed into the air, and a flash of white light instantly enveloped Bai Ye's figure. An invisible giant python rushed past, snatching away his memory in one bite!

A breeze blew past Bai Ye's side.

He stood blankly on the spot, looking down at his hands, as if he had even forgotten how to use his own abilities.

The black leather glove seemed to steal space, instantly covering Bai Ye's face. After a flash of black light, Bai Ye fell into a coma and fell down powerlessly...

Mo Lian let go of his hand, and the cane softened visibly, binding Bai Ye's figure like a vine, hanging and following behind him.

"I didn't expect... you'd have this day too." Mo Lian patted his black leather glove, his eyes full of mockery as he looked at Bai Ye.

Mo Lian was about to leave when he suddenly seemed to remember something and looked at the Imperial Study below...

"Almost forgot, there are a few little mice."

He snorted coldly and quickly landed toward the palace below, carrying the unconscious Bai Ye.

……

Inside the Imperial Study.

"This is Bai..." Jian Changsheng saw the playing card and subconsciously wanted to say something.

Immediately after, Chen Ling stepped directly on the playing card. After glancing at Jiang Xiaohua not far away, Jian Changsheng silently closed his mouth.

Almost forgot, Jiang Xiaohua was here too... The playing card was too obvious. If the three of them reacted, it would soon be linked to the Twilight Society...

No, perhaps he had already realized it?

In the silent atmosphere, Jiang Xiaohua blinked and said nothing.

"Things are not right." Chen Ling said in a deep voice. "We'd better leave here as soon as possible."