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As Chi Chen'an caught up, he saw the person lying on the ground, with Li Cu sitting on their back, looking perfectly fine without a scratch.
Li Cu squinted at Chi Chen'an and asked, "What? Are you worried I might scratch him? I won't scratch him; I just want to scratch you! Do you think I'm a fool? This poor wretch, covered in calluses and dirt, without an ounce of Inner Strength, and you actually tricked me into believing he was a flower thief?!"
"My mistake, my mistake," Chi Chen'an hurriedly replied. "I just wanted to catch him quickly. There are so many bad people outside; why bully a poor person?"
"I didn't bully him!" Chi Chen'an explained. "I just wanted to see his travel permit. I had just asked him one question when he turned and ran."
Li Cu pressed her paw against the man's face. "Are you really a bad person?"
The man, realizing that the heavy weight on him was just a cat, exclaimed in surprise, "A cat? A cat can talk? Could there be gods in Jingjing City too?"
As he spoke, he became agitated and tried to get up. Li Cu jumped from his back to Chi Chen'an's shoulder.
The man looked at Li Cu with wide eyes. "You are... the Cat God?"
"What nonsense!" Li Cu thought the man must be out of his mind and decided to play along. "The gods granted me a pill, and that's how I learned to speak."
No sooner had she finished speaking than the man suddenly prostrated himself on the ground as if performing a very devout worship. After bowing once, he stood up and began jumping around wildly while mumbling some incoherent chant.
It sounded terrible!
After patiently waiting for him to finish his antics, Li Cu asked again, "Are you a bad person?"
"I... I'm a good person," the man said, looking at Li Cu with noticeably friendlier eyes. After thinking for a moment, he added, "And I'm not poor! In Shanxia Village, there are no poor people."
"Shanxia Village? Where is that?"
"In Pengzhou Changlong County's Shanxia Village! Our village is quite famous; haven't you heard of it?"
Li Cu exchanged glances with Chi Chen'an, confirming they weren't simply ignorant before continuing to ask, "What makes your village famous?"
With an air of pride after standing up, the man declared, "Our Shanxia Village produced a deity! We villagers are all messengers of that deity."
"Ha," Li Cu whispered to Chi Chen'an, "You chased for so long only to find a fool."
Chi Chen'an continued questioning the man. "Let's set aside the matter of deities for now. Commoners in the Great Jing Dynasty need travel permits issued by the government for long journeys. Show me your travel permit first."
"What travel permit? I don't know what you're talking about."
"You don't have a travel permit? Then how did you come from Pengzhou to Jingjing City?"
Pengzhou is not close to Jingjing City, and there are many counties along the way. Upon entering any county, there are officials who check travel permits. Without a permit, one would be immediately sent back; how could a common villager travel this far?
Perhaps this person is lying.
However, listening to his accent, it is quite similar to that of Pengzhou.
Something is amiss!
Chi Chen'an was contemplating how to handle the situation when the man spoke again, claiming that a divine being had guided him here.
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