Anti-fraud manual for the cultivation world

Chapter 107 A New Beginning

Cang Jin's embarrassment vanished instantly, and she felt much more relaxed. She developed a great liking for Li Gu, thinking: I only knew that this man was cunning and dared to face strong enemies head-on, but I didn't know that he was also quite considerate of others. He has quite a few good qualities.

"Okay, this meal is on me." Cang Jin took his hand out of his sleeve, and his expression relaxed considerably.

"Wow, the heroine is so generous." Fang Wushang had never seen much money in his life. He was really shocked when he heard that the meal cost 1.8 taels. He secretly thought that his senior brother was spending too much. Now that he heard that an outsider was treating him, he was overjoyed. In a whirlwind, he swept away half of the food on the table in the blink of an eye.

Meng Ting quietly moved closer to Cang Jin and asked in a low voice, "Sister, why are you here going on blind dates every day?"

"It's not every day!" Cang Jin replied seriously, "It's once every one or two hours, but you only come once a day, so you think it's every day."

Everyone:

This is just outrageous!

Li Gu really wanted to complain, but he couldn't complain to strangers as freely as he would to friends, so he had to force himself to hold it in.

Meng Ting asked in a low voice, "Sister, you're so beautiful, doesn't anyone pursue you? Why do you need to stop people in the street?"

Cang Jin sighed deeply: "Well—for some reasons that are inconvenient to say outright, alas!"

Li Gu couldn't help but say, "Isn't being single good enough? Why do you have to find a man?"

Cang Jin sighed again: "Being single is good, but being single for too long is not so good."

Everyone:

Cang Jin ate countless meals here in a day, so he was probably quite full and barely touched his chopsticks. He basically just watched Li Gu and the others eat, and only after everyone had eaten and drunk their fill did he politely take his leave.

Watching her walk away, Li Gu couldn't help but sigh, "Such a nice girl, why did she have to be so foolish? She had to jump into the pit of love."

Never mind, it's someone else's business after all.

In the blink of an eye, several days have passed.

The ruins of the houses destroyed during Hong Lin's fight with Hua Mingyuan have finally been cleared away, and reconstruction has begun. The damaged roads have also been filled in. Almost all the disciples of the Demonic Sect have been captured or escaped from Jiangzhou. The major gangs have finished dividing up the Demonic Sect's paper and salt business, and the livestock from Flower Valley have been properly settled.

The tense atmosphere in Jiangzhou City finally eased.

People from all walks of life are starting to get active again.

Li Gu also decided to do something serious.

Previously, with the pressure from the Demonic Sect, every time he left the government office, it felt like he was risking his life, which prevented him from making good use of the system's functions.

Now that the threat from the Demonic Sect has been temporarily eliminated, he has more freedom of action and naturally wants to start making good use of his system.

As is customary, he took off his constable's uniform; no one would sell him counterfeit goods while he was wearing this uniform.

I disguised myself as an ordinary wandering martial arts practitioner, but then I thought, no, if I dress too plainly, scammers will only swindle small amounts of money from me, they won't go for anything big.

What Li Gu wanted was to expand it significantly.

He pondered for a moment, then suddenly recalled the attire of Yu Song, a disgraced disciple of the Qingcheng Sect. Anyone could tell at a glance he came from a prestigious family, a prodigy of the sect, and certainly wouldn't be poor. If he made himself look younger, like a newcomer just entering the martial world—

That would make them the easiest to fool—rich second-generation kids who are naive and have too much money.

Li Gu acted on his idea immediately. He rummaged through the evidence pile of the Six Doors and found a set of chivalrous clothes that looked quite respectable. The clothes were decorated with gold and silver threads and had a jade pendant that looked quite expensive hanging on them. He also found a longsword with a gemstone inlaid on its hilt and hung it at his waist.

Just as she was happily getting ready, Cai Xinzi burst in. Seeing Li Gu fiddling with the evidence, she was slightly taken aback, then turned and left as if she hadn't seen him, saying, "Write me a complaint later, stating that these pieces of evidence have been damaged."

Li Gu smiled and said, "Thank you, Commander Cai."

It turns out that Cai Xinzi, having led the constables to a successful thief capture, had already received verbal notification from Hong Lin that he had been appointed as a centurion of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

The Imperial Guards of the Celestial Court are directly under the central government and do not have dedicated offices in various places. So what happens to those places?

These were held concurrently by local minor officials, such as constables and post station officials, who held official positions in their localities while also performing duties as members of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Cai Xinzi's current situation is just like this. On the surface, she is the chief constable of Jiangzhou government, but in secret she has become a member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and has the power to report directly to the central government.

Of course, this matter could not be made public; only a few people in the Jiangzhou government office knew about it, and Li Gu was one of them.

Li Gu thought to himself: You've been promoted, you're just afraid others won't know, aren't you?

Cai Xinzi chuckled and said, "Oh dear, so busy! As soon as I was promoted to the Embroidered Uniform Guard, I had a lot of important things to do. You know about the disappearance of the Immortal Emperor. Now the most important task for all the Embroidered Uniform Guards is to find the Immortal Emperor. I am in charge of the Jiangzhou area. I have to go out and get busy. If I can find the Immortal Emperor, it will be a great achievement."

Li Gu quickly pulled him back: "Commander Cai, you can't put too much effort into this."

Cai Xinzi: "?"

Li Gu lowered his voice and said, "The Embroidered Uniform Guard is a department directly under the Immortal Emperor, right? Now that the Immortal Emperor is missing, it's temporarily being handled by lower-ranking officials. If you bring the Immortal Emperor back, then you'll be back under his control, right? Think about it, your department head is on strike and acting out. If you listen to the second-in-command and bring her back, forcing her to return to work unwillingly, will she be able to accept you in the future?"

Cai Xinzi was taken aback: "Oh dear, Brother Li, you're right! I almost fell for it. I have to skip this."

Li Gu lowered his voice: "That's right, just pretend to be busy."

Cai Xinzi thanked her profusely and went out to swim!

Li Gu finally got dressed and was ready to go out and "get scammed".

He didn't have much money on him. The money he won from the Ghost City gambling den was just a small amount, and he didn't dare to win too much. He had received a reward for defeating the Demonic Sect. In total, Li Gu only had six mid-grade spirit stones, which was equivalent to 600 low-grade spirit stones.

After thinking about it, I realized that the first thing I needed to do was to increase the value of the spirit stones I had.

Only with a lot of spirit stones can one withstand the "big swindler" and make a fortune.

Li Gu left the city, mounted his iron ruler, took flight, and headed towards Longshui Town.

Longshui Town is an important satellite town surrounding Jiangzhou City. It is also the largest gathering place for craftsmen in the poor and remote southwest region. A large number of ordinary blacksmiths and unaffiliated weapon refiners gather here, making everything from ordinary kitchen knives to magical artifacts and spiritual treasures.

Previously, Li Gu dared not leave the city and therefore could not come here, but now he can come and have fun without worry.

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