Yefutidaolu

Chapter 235 Arrested on the Spot
Along the way, Gao Jian gave Dan Sha directions while listening to Dan Sha ramble on about all sorts of random things.

how to say……

This little dragon girl has limited self-care abilities; no wonder Lord Jingjiang is worried.

But after this experience, Gao Jian could clearly sense that the other party was now very close to him... as if they were less willing to act alone.

Indeed, it's very difficult to live in a place like Shen Du Yang Jing.

Fortunately, Dan Sha wasn't entirely without resilience. She quickly put aside what had happened that day and followed Gao Jian to a random inn within the Taiwei Enclosure.

However, the inns at Taiweiyuan are more than three times more expensive on average than the one yesterday, which means this place is obviously more upscale.

But it doesn't really matter. It can be high-end if it's high-end, it's not like I can't afford it.

Actually, even though it's said to be three times more expensive, it's only around four or five gold bars a night.

Four or five gold coins is certainly expensive. In other places, it would be equivalent to three months' income for a cultivator at the first level. In the capital city, considering the price level and income, it would be roughly equivalent to one month's income.

Even cultivators at the second level or above would need about seven days to earn it.

But for Dansha, this little rich woman, it's nothing special. She's very wealthy, much wealthier than Takami.

"Poor people usually wouldn't come to a place like this, would they?" Dansha played with her fingernails in the lobby.

It's clear she's much more relaxed now; otherwise, she definitely wouldn't be in the mood to play with her nails.

Speaking of which, the purple jade nail polish on her hand can be removed, but it seems she never removes it except when she's sleeping. It must be so hard for her; she can't even hold chopsticks while eating with something like that on her hand.

Hmm... But thinking about it carefully, perhaps this is the way she's more used to it. After all, a dragon's body also has claws. After transforming into a human, she's not used to using her fingers. These purple jade fingernails should serve this purpose.

While thinking about these things, Gao Jian replied to Dan Sha: "That's not necessarily true. Many people are willing to spend a lot of money just to come and take a look, take a picture, and keep a souvenir. It's a rare trip to the capital, and many people are willing to spend their savings."

During their conversation, the two had already booked a room and then found a place to sit down in the lobby.

The restaurant is located below the lobby, and Dansha was starving and ready to have a big meal.

"Do people come to places like this even if they don't have money? I don't understand what these people are thinking." Dansha sat in a chair, looking around while anticipating the food, seemingly trying to figure out who was really there and who was just putting on a show.

Gao Jian smiled but didn't reply. He simply closed his eyes and began to recall the divine charm he had encountered before.

I was too excited when I woke up to savor the moment.

Now, he vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

...The divine aura within that ancient ice seemed to reveal something extraordinary.

After repeatedly observing what Shen Yun revealed, Gao Jian vaguely perceived the situation it conveyed.

The gods... seem to have engaged in some kind of battle.

And this battle is precisely the reason for the world's deathly silence.

That warrior, who could be described as an 'overlord,' stood with his feet on the sky and then hurled his halberd downwards, as if to shatter something.

But the owner of that halberd, that overlord, seems to have failed.

The halberd broke, and along with the heads of those people, it was sealed in the ancient ice, leaving only the divine essence on it, which continues to repeat the various messages within the divine essence.

But Gao Jian didn't know the specific outcome.

However... he now feels that the departure of the gods may not necessarily be a bad thing.

In the past, Takami believed that if gods existed, it would certainly be a good thing for the world.

Offering fruits and holding regular sacrifices will allow the gods to control the wind, rain, and thunder, and the world will become vibrant. Colors, beauty, vitality, and many things hidden within them will manifest—how rich, how happy, how free, how fulfilling! A vitality, dazzling scenery, sudden appearances, and vivid things will slowly blow across the vast land along the long road and slowly disappear.

These situations will no longer exist; Heaven and Earth will naturally be able to easily provide cultivators capable of transforming everything.

But the divine charm before him made him realize something else.

That kind of fantasy seems a bit naive.

The gods... might be even more terrifying than he imagined.

This terror has nothing to do with the other party's good or evil, or whether they are friendly to mortals; it is simply that their very existence is enough to bring about some indescribable changes in this world.

It's like... human malice towards animals can kill them, but so can goodwill.

The malice of the gods towards mortals is undoubtedly terrifying, but their kindness... is equally terrifying.

The best protection is to stay away.

The departure of the gods brings both loss and gain.

If we lose our horses, we can't know what a blessing is.

That's a brilliant idea.

As he pondered, the dishes were slowly brought over and laid out on the table. Dansha had a large appetite, so he ordered quite a lot.

Dansha started eating.

Dansha suddenly realized something.

Dansha suddenly raised his head and slapped Gao Jian.

"That liar!" Dansha immediately pointed at the other party, surprised but still lowering her voice as she spoke!

"A liar?" Gao Jian snapped out of his thoughts and looked over there.

Then he saw a woman.

She is a very beautiful woman.

She wore a simple white robe, her temperament was like a peony, her eyes were clear, her figure was slender, her appearance was beautiful and elegant, her face was serene, and her eyes were cold. However, although the robe she wore was simple, it was not cheap.

At first glance, her profession might be that of a teacher or a sword immortal, someone who has no worries about food and clothing and has plenty of room to maintain her aloof and arrogant demeanor.

You can see that she is very polite and courteous, yet calmly extending her hand to order in the lobby.

Because of her striking presence, quite a few people turned to look at her.

"This..." Gao Jian looked at Dan Sha in astonishment: "Really?"

Such a serene and aloof fairy doesn't seem like a fraudster.

"That's right! She cheated me out of more than a thousand gold coins!" Dansha immediately stood up, stopped eating, and rushed off to chase after her!
"Liar! Stop right there!" The voice arrived before the cinnabar.

Gao Jian immediately covered his forehead...

No, sister, could you please not shout when you're arresting someone?

Looking at the other party's almost perfect form, to be honest, Gao Jian even felt that the two might be a misunderstanding.

With such a deceptive appearance, and considering Dansha's stubborn nature, it's no wonder she was fooled.

Gao Jian still didn't quite believe the other party was a fraud, but since the cinnabar had already been applied, he naturally couldn't just sit idly by.

"Check, please." Gao Jian slammed six or seven precious coins onto the table, then stood up and rushed out, following Dan Sha.

Her name is Ye Qingmu.

A very nice name.

Coupled with her face, everyone who meets her will believe that Ye Qingmu is a person who cannot lie, a fairy who is untouched by worldly affairs.

There's nothing we can do; that's just how she was born.

With a bit of acting skill, a bit of arrogance, and some intimacy hidden beneath that arrogance, coupled with her current cultivation level at the fourth realm, people will naturally be deceived.

Of course, scammers don't get repeat customers, but the capital city has a population of over a billion, and new people from all over the world keep pouring in. Many of them are wealthy people who have just never been to the capital city before. There are plenty of fresh fat sheep to fleece, including some with profound cultivation.

They all believed that a cultivator at the fourth level would not lie.

It's not their fault; after all, they're from out of town and don't know the situation in the capital.

In the capital, what does high cultivation level matter? Even if someone is at the sixth realm, so what? Therefore, all sorts of people do all sorts of things, and it's not surprising that someone at the fourth realm would use their power to deceive others.

Similarly, for this very reason, this place is not a place where any newcomer can run wild; most people will neither be able to find her nor catch her.

It should be noted that various forces are intertwined in the capital, and ordinary people at the sixth level have no say here. It is impossible to mobilize the capital's forces to conduct a search. Even if she were to use divination, she would have various protective items and would not be without the protection of a powerful force behind her. When she chooses her targets, she usually picks those who do not know the way.

If she doesn't know the way, it means she's new to Yangjing, has no influence, and is unaware of the various rules of the capital. She can easily deceive people without any problems, and the deceived people will never be able to find her.

Of course, as the saying goes, "He who walks by the river will eventually get his shoes wet," and she was well aware of this. But so far, she hadn't made a mistake, so she became bolder and bolder.

The second reason is that the road to the capital is too difficult to travel, and there are regulations for cultivators. Even those at the fifth or sixth realm cannot travel quickly, let alone catch up with her.

So, over the years, she has managed to swindle several thousand dollars every year.

She had to give a portion to her protectors, and she could keep about half for herself. For a fourth-realm cultivator with no background, that was a huge sum of money.

Keep in mind, this is a 'year'. Over the years, after deducting Yang Jing's various expenses, she has accumulated nearly 10,000 gold coins.

Even in the capital, ten thousand taels of gold is no small sum.

With this money, and by saving a little more, she could buy a cultivation technique that would give her a chance to advance to the fifth realm.

The martial arts techniques in the capital city... are very expensive.

In addition, she closed another big deal today.

I was very lucky to run into a rich but dim-witted guy who was visiting the capital for the first time. He was cowering by the roadside, too afraid to move, a complete waste of his cultivation.

It looks like a dragon, but I don't know if it's a real dragon or a jiaolong (a type of dragon).

But they're probably dragons; there aren't that many real dragons.

I earned over a thousand gold coins from her, which is more than I used to earn in a month.

Having earned such a large sum of money, Ye Qingmu decided to splurge a little!
She found a high-end restaurant in Taiweiyuan and prepared to have a good meal.

At that moment, she was in the restaurant, having just ordered her food.

The food here is very expensive; a meal costs six or seven gold coins. If it weren't for today's bumper harvest, she would never normally be willing to eat at a place like this.

Cultivators' income is indeed not low, but the expenses required for cultivation are also considerable. A cultivation manual can easily cost tens of thousands of gold coins, and it must be bought without any expense. Cultivation supplies are also very valuable, and elixirs start at hundreds of gold coins. Various magical treasures, talismans, incense, and even simple consumables are all quite expensive.

Therefore, most ordinary cultivators without any background have incomes that seem ridiculously high to ordinary people, but when it comes to daily expenses, they are actually only a few gold coins.

Of course, a few gold coins are actually very expensive. The purchasing power of the 'gold coins' in the Divine Dynasty Treasure Coins is quite exaggerated. If you use them to buy things like grain, you can buy them by the 'ton' unit.

Well... the supplies for cultivators are just too expensive.

Cultivation is extremely difficult, especially in a place like the capital, where prices are outrageously high.

Ye Qingmu is already much stronger than ordinary cultivators. After all, she is quite good at swindling money and is much wealthier than ordinary fourth-level cultivators. However, because she does not have inherited cultivation techniques, she can only find the path to the fifth level on her own. Saving money to buy cultivation techniques is a very stressful thing for a fourth-level cultivator.

but……

That's spiritual practice.

That's the only way to become a superior person, the only way to stand out from the crowd.

Nothing but spiritual practice can earn you respect.

It's meaningless to reach the pinnacle of a certain skill, because any improvement in one's cultivation can easily crush your so-called 'pinnacle'.

To become the true 'ultimate privileged without any scruples', one must cultivate oneself.

Ye Qingmu understood this very well, so she had no complaints and was willing to invest most of her money in cultivation. She had already reached the fourth realm, enjoyed countless benefits of cultivation, and also suffered a lot of hardships in cultivation, so she knew exactly what she wanted.

However... those things are too heavy.

Let her rest for now.

Even for scammers and those in industries that make quick money, it's not easy. When it comes to cultivation and the immense pressure of life in the Divine Dynasty, who can truly have an easy time?

Perhaps only those from aristocratic families and sons of officials can live such a carefree life, and only they can live in such places every day without any pressure.

I, a weed growing from the bottom, can't compare to those golden branches and jade leaves.

Ye Qingmu said, looking forward to the food she was about to serve.

At this moment——

"fraud!"

It seemed like a voice was ringing in my ears.

Why does it sound a bit like that silly dragon's voice from earlier in the day?

That dragon during the day was really silly. Its owner must have been injured, so it huddled by the roadside, too scared to move. It would breathe on anyone who came near. Luckily, it was good-looking.

She actually felt a little guilty for deceiving such a simple-minded child.

But there is no way.

That's just how the world is.

Homelessness, begging, theft, fraud, imprisonment.

Even prominent figures from official families cannot escape these five things.

If you've been scammed, just accept it.

As she was thinking this, she suddenly had a jolt!
etc--

It feels like magic!

She saw it!

Run!

(End of this chapter)