Fang Yi marched the two thieves into the dense little grove, boiling with anger.
Along the way, the two thieves felt like a bucket brigade fetching water—seven buckets bobbing up and down—with no idea what was about to happen to them. They secretly wondered to themselves: how could this student walking ahead of them look so scholarly and refined, yet possess such formidable martial arts skills? Why is he taking us into the grove? The more they thought about it, the more terrified they became. Their legs shook so violently they could barely walk, and they dragged their feet, taking a long time to finally reach the depths of the forest.
Fang Yi stopped in his tracks, slowly turned around, raised one leg, and planted it firmly on a large stone monument in front of a new grave. In an extremely deep voice, he demanded, "Speak! Was the school theft your doing?"
Chapter 21