Doomsday Stewed Salted Fish C31.1

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Chapter 31. (1/2)

Gu Fan first went downstairs to open the door for Lu Ya, then ran back to the monitoring room on the second floor to continue observing the woman in the green camouflage outfit.

Phoenix Mountain was covered with green trees, and this woman, wearing a camouflage hat and face paint, could easily blend into the woods. Without careful observation, no one would notice her.

In disguise and acting suspiciously, it was clear she had ulterior motives.

Gu Fan guessed that the woman was either here to steal the pills or the herbs since the contribution points were in the account on the bracelet and could not be transferred.

It was frustrating not knowing the woman’s power level. Gu Fan would have already captured her and interrogated her harshly if she were just a C-level ability user. In extreme cases, she wouldn’t let her leave alive. Gu Fan might be timid, but she wasn’t particularly kind-hearted.

Hearing the sound of a car parking downstairs, Gu Fan went to the window on the second floor and signaled for Lu Ya to come up.

Lu Ya looked up, but she had already disappeared before he could look at her.

The hall door was open, and Lu Ya stepped into her home for the first time.

The interior of the meticulously decorated villa remained unchanged. The spacious living room had only a set of sofas, a tea table, and a TV cabinet, with no extra furniture, making the place look cold and empty.

Lu Ya ascended the spiral staircase to the second floor, noting the clean handrail without a speck of dust.

He had already noticed how much she valued cleanliness. Even outside the base, she managed to keep herself neat and tidy.

There were three rooms on the second floor, one with its door open. Lu Ya walked straight in.

Seeing her standing by a row of monitors with her hands on the desk, seemingly having discovered something, Lu Ya knocked on the door. After confirming she didn’t object, he approached her and looked at the monitor with her.

Gu Fan asked the woman, “Can you tell her power level?”

Lu Ya replied, “I can’t tell, but if she’s above B-level, she could climb over your wall with her physical abilities.”

Gu Fan touched her chin, pondering, “Should I capture her now?”

Gu Fan would have acted already if she were sure the woman was only a C-level, but she was worried the woman might be hiding her true power.

If Lu Ya offered to capture the woman for her, it wouldn’t count as a favor.

Lu Ya looked at her and asked, “On what grounds? This kind of surveillance doesn’t violate base laws.”

Gu Fan: …

She had forgotten about the base’s laws, thinking only that if she captured the woman and never let her out, no one would know the woman was in her hands.

Just as she had this thought, the woman outside suddenly stopped walking along the wall, retreated a few steps, and then sprinted and leaped over the thorn-covered wall with a graceful and efficient motion, landing silently inside. The distance from the villa was about two miles, so Gu Fan wouldn’t hear anything under normal circumstances.

Gu Fan’s heart pounded.

It turned out she was indeed an ability user. Luckily, she had been cautious and hadn’t rushed over, or she might have been the one captured.

“Can I capture her now?” Gu Fan asked Lu Ya.

Lu Ya nodded.

Gu Fan turned to lead the way.

Lu Ya suddenly grabbed her wrist, and as Gu Fan paused, he let go immediately and looked at the internal monitoring screen, “Let’s wait a bit and see what she intends to do. If she doesn’t steal anything, it’s just a minor offense of trespassing.”

Gu Fan: …

“If it’s just a minor offense, let her be. Let her backers waste their efforts and give up thinking about it.”

Lu Ya said, “They can’t replicate your herbs, but they will fixate on you.”

Gu Fan knew this too, but since Lu Ya seemed disinclined to help capture the woman, what could she do?

She looked at Lu Ya, hoping he would decide to capture the woman.

Lu Ya said nothing, walking to the window where one could see the snowy mountain.

To Gu Fan, it seemed he hadn’t done anything, but in the next second, something flew over from the wall. Gu Fan, startled, ran to the window and looked out, seeing the woman in camouflage bound tightly by a metal rope, struggling fiercely on the ground.

It was clearly Lu Ya’s doing.

Gu Fan couldn’t help but feel envious.

She could also cultivate the Metal Element, but cultivators relied on the techniques created by their predecessors, and attacks required learning specific spells. It wasn’t possible to just conjure a rope at will. In other words, if a cultivator only cultivated spiritual power without mastering any spells, they wouldn’t be able to unleash any attacks.

Moreover, techniques varied in quality. The techniques Gu Fan possessed were merely basic ones available to all outer sect disciples.

Apart from the techniques for tending herbs and basic spells like dust removal, Gu Fan only knew one important Five Element technique each: Metal Sword Art, Healing Art, Ice Arrow Art, Fireball Art, and Earth Shield Art.

The outer sect had other attack techniques, but these five were the most suitable for low-level cultivators. It was difficult enough to master these to the point of instant casting.

“Let’s go down and take a look.”

Lu Ya’s cold voice pulled Gu Fan back to the present.

She jumped directly from the second-floor window, not bothering with the stairs.

Seeing this, Lu Ya followed suit.