Chapter 29 Female Thief
Anyone who enters without knocking at the door in the middle of the night is either a thief or an enemy seeking revenge. Li Daoxuan calmed down the Qi in his Dantian, stood up, put on his clothes, and walked out of the door in his shoes.

The Li family's house is very large, with houses connected on all four sides. It has high white walls and short green tiles. There is a patio in the middle of the house, which is a typical Hui-style building. These houses are connected together, and there are rarely spacious entrances like those of a single-family house.

The initial entrance is limited to the main door, windows and patio, so many wealthy families in the countryside will build this type of house near mountains and rivers.

Li Daoxuan's room was on the second floor, and he could clearly hear the footsteps of more than one person. Although there were servants on night watch in the room, it was hard to say whether they were in good spirits. After going downstairs, he felt that he was still short of a weapon, so he picked up the rolling pin beside the kitchen and walked towards the patio.

Perhaps it was because he had improved his martial arts recently and often fought with Uncle Jiu. Li Daoxuan's feet were glued to the ground, and he moved lightly. He only glanced at the man who was keeping watch in the hall, and he was already sleeping soundly against the wall.

Li Daoxuan just curled his lips at this, thinking about his state when he used to work the night shift. How could he sleep at that time? If the surveillance camera saw it, he would be fined. He didn't blame these people for not being vigilant. After all, there is no such thing as guarding against thieves for a thousand days. Besides, when his parents left, they took many people with them. There are not many people left in the family, and there will always be times when they are tired.

Fortunately, he was still awake, so he could see what the thief's purpose was. He dared to break into the dragon's den and the tiger's lair in the middle of the night, which really underestimated him, a true disciple of Maoshan and the living successor of Uncle Jiu.

I walked towards the central hall by the dim light and heard a faint sound. I thought those people must have found the entrance and started planning to invade the house.

Li Daoxuan looked around and chose a place with good visibility to wait quietly. He calmed down his breathing, and he was still very excited. It was like when he secretly ran out to stay up all night with his classmates when he was a child. The emotion of doing something exciting for the first time is unforgettable.

He held the rolling pin tightly in his hand and watched the movement in the patio. As he expected, he saw a thief sneaking down from the patio soon. The thief was also alert. He did not act rashly immediately, but looked around and found a dark corner to hide his body.

The movements were smooth and flowing, and it was obvious that the thief was quite agile. It was a pity that he was an thief who broke into the Li family without permission.

The thief was still exploring the surroundings, and Li Daoxuan had been observing him in the dark for a long time. The thief was thin and had slender limbs. He didn't look like an ordinary person, but more like a child. But when you think about the fact that people of this age don't have enough food or warm clothes, and there are many people of short stature, maybe it is because of this characteristic that they are better at being thieves.

He put away his contemptuous attitude and waited quietly for a while. Seeing that no one came down from the skylight, Li Daoxuan probably understood the purpose of this group of people.

The gang committed the crime, and there were accomplices waiting outside. It seemed that they were just ordinary thieves seeking money, not the kind of enemies who wanted to kill him. In this case, it didn't matter if he didn't take the rolling pin. He had been practicing martial arts with Uncle Jiu for so long, and it was time to test his skills.

Seeing the little thief start to move, Li Daoxuan held his breath and moved as well.

Walking along the dark corners, the thief slowly approached the stairs to the second floor, avoiding various angles of view. Li Daoxuan could see that his target was the upstairs, where the Li family lived.

He thought to himself that this little thief had quite complete information, knowing that the masters of the Li family all lived on the second floor. Those rooms were indeed filled with gold and silver, as well as a lot of rare Western stuff. At least there were a lot of gold ingots in Li Daoxuan's room, which were the New Year's money given by Master Li.

Li Daoxuan looked around, found a shortcut and jumped. His body was as light as a swallow, and he jumped two or three meters. He tapped his feet lightly on the wall and easily climbed to the second floor.

This skill was nothing to him. He just moved the Qi in his Dantian to his feet and then he could jump up with a little force on his feet. Just like the martial arts heroes in the movies, it was easy for him to jump two or three meters out of thin air. If he practiced a special method of light body, like Wudang's Tiyunzong, Li Daoxuan even felt that he could jump four or five meters high from the ground. It was no different from the light skills in martial arts novels, and even more entertaining. This was also the fulfillment of Li Daoxuan's long-cherished dream after he came to this world.

He walked forward with a tap of his feet, and when he looked downstairs, he saw that the thief had already reached the stairs. He held the railing with one hand, tapped the wall with his left foot, and jumped lightly, somersaulting to the second floor.

He was so agile that he was like a monkey and completely ignored the multiple obstacles when climbing the stairs.

"Looks like a veteran." Li Daoxuan muttered to himself as he squatted at the corner waiting for the fish to take the bait.

The footsteps of the thief were getting closer and closer, making a slight creaking sound on the wooden floor. Li Daoxuan calmed down and listened to the thief's breathing and heartbeat.

The house was extremely quiet, with only the occasional barking of a dog, and not even a bug in the middle of winter.

Li Daoxuan looked at the shadow that appeared on the floor, and his right hand stretched out like a spirit snake, striking at the thief's chest and shoulder Zhou Rong and Ling Xu acupuncture points. These two acupuncture points are important parts of the chest and shoulders, and once they are hit, it is equivalent to removing half of the strength of the arm.

Fighting was a matter of seconds, and being attacked first meant being at a disadvantage. Li Daoxuan thought that his sneak attack would be successful, but he didn't expect to feel a faint soft touch when his fingers touched the opponent's chest. The little thief called out softly, and his reaction was also extremely quick. His body leaned back as if it had no bones, making his sneak attack useless.

Li Daoxuan was no fool, so he continued to attack after failing to hit the opponent. He used his peck to transform his fist and attacked the opponent's lower dantian. However, although he was fast, the little thief was even faster.

Just like a nimble monkey, it flipped left and right to escape from Li Daoxuan's close range.

Seeing that his offensive was resolved, Li Daoxuan naturally knew that he could no longer attack recklessly. What he learned the most from Uncle Jiu was to plan before taking action. When he was aggressive, he was also beaten the worst by Uncle Jiu.

Uncle Jiu also said that he had a great talent for martial arts, but he needed to be modest and not impatient. When fighting with others, one must not be impatient. One must seek defense while attacking, and seek attack while defending. Only in this way can one be both offensive and defensive, and be invincible. Even if he is defeated by a strong opponent, he can retreat completely.

Li Daoxuan felt that Uncle Jiu's philosophy was somewhat similar to Tai Chi. Perhaps Uncle Jiu also practiced Tai Chi when he was young, so he incorporated the concept of using softness to overcome hardness into what he learned.

Li Daoxuan had gotten used to the fact that he always lost in the fights with Uncle Jiu. But now that he was fighting with someone in real life, it was the first time he experienced the feeling of physical collision.

At this moment his mind was extremely clear. He looked at the little thief and wondered what to do next.

(End of this chapter)