Anti-fraud manual for the cultivation world

Chapter 109 This is Evidence

After he finished praising it, Li Gu said, "No matter how good you say it is, it's still just a low-grade magic weapon, not worth much money. Give me a price."

The shopkeeper said, "I'll sell it for four mid-grade spirit stones."

Li Gu immediately shook his head: "This price is too expensive. You probably don't know, do you? The price of a custom-made magic artifact for the imperial court is only four mid-grade spirit stones. The price for a magic artifact custom-made for one's own disciples in a sect is about the same. Custom-made artifacts also allow you to choose the items you like. Your cost must be cheaper than a custom-made one."

The waiter quickly said, "Young hero, the internal custom prices from the imperial court and various gangs are not something ordinary people can obtain—"

Ordinary independent cultivators can only get eight pieces, but my price is already half off.

Li Gu tossed an iron ruler at him with a snap: "Who says I can't get it? I have friends who work in the imperial court; I can ask them to customize things for me anytime, at the imperial court's internal price. Why should I buy your stuff for four mid-grade spirit stones?"

The shop assistant thought to himself: "Even if we sell the defective products that are going to be destroyed, we'll still make a killing. I shouldn't overcharge them and ruin the business."

He quickly said, "Alright, alright, let's be friends, here's three mid-grade spirit stones for you."

Li Gu: "Two for a bundle, I'll take three bundles."

"Sold!" The shopkeeper was overjoyed: Three defective products can be sold at once! That's a huge profit! The price doesn't matter anymore, as long as we can sell them.

He took out three flawed flying swords and boasted, "Young hero, please keep these. These three flying swords are all low-grade, high-quality magical weapons."

"These weapons are almost of mid-grade magic weapon quality, and I'm only selling them to you for two mid-grade spirit stones each. I'm losing money hand over fist!"

[The Cultivation World Anti-Fraud Handbook Lv.1 reminds you: Wang Mazi just said, "These three flying swords are all of the highest quality."]

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The claim of "pursuing Buddhist implements" is a lie. Should we force this lie to become the truth? Yes/No.

Li Gu naturally chose yes, and then took out six mid-grade spirit stones, and the deal was made.

He carried the three swords out of the shop, turned two streets, then circled around and walked back to the vicinity of the shop he had just left. From a distance, he secretly peeked and saw that the shop was closing down and running away.

Li Gu chuckled inwardly. "Don't run away. It would be such a waste for such a useful conman to run away. I'd have to come back to find you later, which would be too much trouble."

He carried three flying swords and flew back to Jiangzhou City at top speed. After changing into a constable's uniform, he went out again and arrived at Chaotianmen Wharf, which was controlled by the Jinzhu Gang.

Wearing a constable's uniform and walking on Jinzhu Gang's territory, he was spotted by several gang members almost instantly. Of course, they just watched; as long as Li Gu didn't do anything, the gang members wouldn't bother the constable.

Li Gu walked straight up to a member of the gang and said with a smile, "I have something to discuss with your leader, Master Tie. Could you please lead the way?"

The group chuckled, said nothing more, gave their report, and then led the way.

When Kailong first arrived in Jiangzhou, he brought Li Gu here once. At that time, the two sides even discussed cooperating to solve the watchman case. Li Gu and Tie Cangzhou became acquainted through that time. This time, when Li Gu came again, Tie Cangzhou didn't put on airs at all, and greeted him warmly, "Oh, Officer Li, what brings you here? Tsk tsk! You're quite famous in Jiangzhou now, no one..."

To think that the Jiangzhou branch of the Demonic Sect would fall into your hands, truly, heroes have always emerged from among the young.

He said those nice words, but what he really meant was: I'm well-informed and I already know who you are, so don't try anything funny with me.

Li Gu smiled and said, "Master Tie, I've come here to make a fortune with you."

Tie Cangzhou: "What's the point of me and the constables getting rich together?"

Without further ado, Li Gu handed over the three flying swords in his hand: "Take a look at this batch of goods, Master Tie."

Tie Cangzhou was a little surprised. He took the flying sword and began to examine it carefully: "Oh? A flying sword magic weapon? The workmanship doesn't look very good."

Li Gu lowered his voice and said, "On the surface, it doesn't look like much, but in reality, it's a high-quality low-grade flying sword, comparable in quality to a mid-grade flying sword."

Tie Cangzhou found this intriguing. He immediately channeled his spiritual energy into the flying sword, causing it to slowly take flight. The higher the quality of the flying sword, the more spiritual energy it could hold, making it more agile, faster, and more powerful.

Tie Cangzhou controlled his spiritual energy to the point where he could vaguely manipulate a mid-grade flying sword, and the flying sword in front of him actually managed to bear it.

He waved his hand forward, and the flying sword "whooshed" out of the window, circled over the Chaotianmen Wharf, and returned to his hand. Its speed was incredibly fast, an effect that no ordinary low-grade flying sword could achieve.

"Interesting!" Tie Cangzhou laughed. "This flying sword is not bad. You brought this thing to me; how about we make a fortune?"

Li Gu chuckled and said, "To be honest, this is evidence that the imperial court has confiscated. It is usually stored in the evidence warehouse. I stole it and urgently need to find a place to sell it."

Tie Cangzhou chuckled: "So that's how it is. Tsk tsk tsk, no wonder you're the head constable Li who brought down the Jiangzhou branch of the Demonic Sect. You've got ideas, hahaha, you've got ideas—but my Golden Bamboo Gang does legitimate business, we wouldn't dare to resell evidence seized by the imperial court."

Li Gu laughed and said, "Master Tie, save that for fooling the new constable. I, Li, have been in Jiangzhou for quite some time now, and I know the rules here. Which gang that can survive in Jiangzhou is afraid of trouble? I will bring out more and better evidence in the future. This is a long-term business. If Master Tie doesn't want to make this money, I'll have to find someone else to cooperate with—and then the endless stream of evidence will have nothing to do with Master Tie."

Tie Cangzhou: "Wait! Who said I don't want to make this money? The key is, what price are you going to give me for this batch of goods, and how much can I profit from it?"

Li Gu quickly said, "The price for a mid-grade flying sword from a rogue cultivator is usually 20 mid-grade spirit stones. Although my flying sword is low-grade, it is close to the quality of a mid-grade flying sword. Once Hall Master Tie gets his hands on it, as long as he finds a good buyer, it shouldn't be too difficult to sell it for 15 mid-grade spirit stones, right? How about this: I stole it from the evidence room, which is riskier, so I'll take 10 spirit stones. Hall Master Tie only needs to resell it, which is less risky, so he'll take 5 spirit stones."

Tie Cangzhou chuckled: "How is my risk of selling stolen goods smaller? You get eight, I get seven!"

Li Gu shook his head: "I'll take nine, you'll take six."

"make a deal!"

Tie Cangzhou didn't waste any words. He immediately took out twenty-nine mid-grade spirit stones and swallowed all three flying swords. He was in a great mood. This kind of business was more profitable than robbing the Demon Sect's book and salt business. The book and salt business mostly earned money from mortals' silver, but this business earned spirit stones. A few spirit stones could equal the profit of a ship full of smuggled salt.

He put his arm around Li Gu's shoulder and said affectionately, "Officer Li, it's true that heroes have emerged from among the young since ancient times. When you first came to Jiangzhou, I could tell that you were destined for great things. Hehehe! We're definitely friends now. In the future, if there's anything good left in the imperial treasury, you should bring it out as much as possible."

Li Gu cursed inwardly: How does stealing evidence become "doing something"? Is your understanding of the word "doing something" a little wrong?

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