Awakening Of The Ancient: Rise Of The Fallen 140 Chapter 137: Stealing

"Strange. I never thought that those guys would allow something like this to happen, but then again, people change. I can't deny the possibility of that happening," Valeria said as she folded her arms and nodded her head.

"That would explain you not having a high cultivation from birth as well," she said.

"Yeah. That's why I'm working hard to increase my Cultivation from the bottom. I can't sit here and waste time. The time I have is limited," Xu Ming said.

"Anyway, it looks like you'll have to stay here as well and work hard as I do. The chances of finding the spirit crystals for your Cultivation are really low. It might take some time, but we'll definitely get to the level to get to our destinations," Xu Ming said.

"True. I can understand what you're saying. I have no other choice but to follow this world's rules," she said.

"Exactly. You can rest for a while, or you start right now. You can decide. If you want to go on a walk, you can take a walk outside as well. From what you told me, I don't think anyone else would be able to see you here," Xu Ming told her.

Why are you telling me all this? Are you going somewhere?" Valeria asked.

"Not really. I'm just going to cultivate, and I might not wake up anytime soon. You might start getting bored. That's why I suggest that" Xu Ming replied.

Valeria nodded her head.

"I understand,"

He sat down on the bed and started his Cultivation.

As Xu Ming was lost in cultivation, Valeria climbed to the bed and started sleeping instead. 

She slept for 4 hours before she woke up. She sat up and watched Xu Ming, who was still cultivating.

She again laid down on the bed and started watching the roof. 

She was actually starting to get bored, but she didn't feel like cultivating at the moment.

"Hey, can you hear me?" She asked Xu Ming.

Xu Ming didn't reply as if he didn't hear her.

"I'm so bored!" she muttered.

She started flying towards the door. She had to struggle to open the door, but she managed to succeed. The door was opened, and she left the courtyard.

Valeria flew inside the Sect as if she was taking a tour of her new place. As she flew, she saw many disciples outside, but those disciples weren't able to see her. 

The rain had stopped now, and the sky was clear, which made the guys who didn't like the rain to finally come out of the houses and give some sunlight to their body.

As Valeria was flying, she pa.s.sed by Zi Zhenfeng and Sui Ru and even many of the elders.

She flew from the inner sect to the Core Sect.

Valeria entered the Core Sect and got to the Cleansing Lake.

"This place should be a good cultivation place. I feel like if it's her, then I can cultivate in peace," Valeria muttered as she floated above the cleansing pond.

"I'll come here to cultivate after telling him, but first, I need to complete the tour. Who knows, I might find a spirit Crystal," She muttered as she flew further.

After flying for over 10 minutes, she reached the place when the core disciple's courtyards were situated.

She entered the nearest courtyard and started looking inside.

After not finding anything of use there, she left that place and flew towards another courtyard.

Just like that, she kept hopping from one courtyard to another, hoping to find something of use to her.

Soon, she entered the courtyard of the girl that was known as the Battle Fairy throughout the sect.

The courtyard was empty. The battle fairy had gone outside to talk to an Elder about something and wasn't her.

Valerie searched through the whole place and tried to find something of significance. As she was going through her bedroom, she found something that brought a smile to her face.

There was a crystal lying under the pillow on the bed. The crystal seemed like a crudely cut diamond. 

"Awesome! I finally found it! I need to take it from here before the owner of this place comes back," Valeria muttered as she picked up the spirit crystal and started flying away.

As she left, she tried to be as careful as she could to not come under anyone's attention. Even though she couldn't be seen, people could still see the Spirit Crystal. They would definitely find it suspicious if they saw a crystal flying.

She didn't want anything to go wrong here as this spirit crystal was useful for her cultivation.

She flew as carefully as she could and when she felt like she needed to. 

After all the hard work, she managed to pull it through as she left the Core Sect without getting caught. She got back to Xu Ming's courtyard and reached his bedroom.

She threw the Spirit Crystal on the bed and landed on the bed.

As soon as she got to the bed, she fell down as if she was exhausted after all this hard work.

She didn't move from her position for over 5 minutes.

After those 5 minutes, she sat up.

She looked towards the Spirit Crystal.

"I never thought that I would have to work so hard for a low-level Spirit Crystal. I never lacked anything back home, but now I'm poor. I even stole something. It's all because of that a.s.shole! I would definitely watch him die right before my eyes. Just wait for me to get home," She muttered as she clenched her tiny fists.

Valeria placed her hand over the Small Spirit Crystal and started absorbing its energy through Cultivation.

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Back in the Core Sect, Battle Fairy walked back inside her courtyard.

She instantly went to her bedroom and sat on the bed.

"They can't even do one thing right," she muttered 

Battle Fairy removed her pillow to take her Crystal, but her expressions changed as she saw that there was nothing under the pillow.

She stood up abruptly and started looking everywhere inside the room. No corner was left unturned in her search for that crystal.

"It's nowhere. Someone actually dared to steal from my place! They took my Concentration, Crystal. It was a rare gift given to me by my master. I can't believe someone actually dared to do it. They must have a death wis.h.!.+" she let out loud as she clenched her fist.

She left her courtyard and walked to the punishment hall. She had decided to find the culprit no matter what it took. She was ready even if she needed to have every courtyard checked.

She entered the Punishment Hall of the Core Sect and went to the Punishment Elder, who was one of the top powerhouses of the Sect.

The Punishment Elder was a woman who seemed like she was in her early 30s. She was wearing a red dress, covered by a grey robe.

"Oh, it's you. What brought you here today?" The Punishment Elder asked her.

"Sometime dared to steal something from my Courtyard. I'm here to ask you to declare a lockdown in the whole sect and search every place. I need that item back at any cost," she told the Elder.

"Can there really be someone stupid enough to steal from you? Anyway, what was stolen?" the Elder asked 

"The Concentration Crystal. It was a gift from my Master, and I want it back," she insisted, which also seemed as if she was commanding the Punishment Elder.

"Alright. I'll find it. The Core Sect doesn't allow stealing. The person will definitely be punished accordingly," the Elder said.

"I'll be the one punis.h.i.+ng him. You just bring me back my crystal," she told the Elder.

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As Valeria was using the Spirit Crystal to cultivate, she had no idea that the whole core Sect was going through a commotion because of her.

Every disciple's courtyard was being searched thoroughly. The Core Sect was in chaos. Some Core Disciples were even angry that the sect was treating them as thieves. 

Valeria had no idea, but even if she knew, she wouldn't have cared about it. Her cultivation and her going back to home was more important to her than anything else.

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Three days pa.s.sed, and Xu Ming briefly stopped his cultivation. He stood up and stretched his arms.

She turned back to look towards the bed, hoping to see Valeria there, but he was stunned as he saw a Crystal there. Valeria seemed to be cultivating from it.

"Is that the Spirit Crystal she talked about? How did she get it?" he wondered.

Even though he was curious about the crystal and where she found it, he decided not to disturb her as she seemed to be deeply engrossed in her Cultivation.