Anti-fraud manual for the cultivation world

Chapter 111 Black Knife Sect Money Shop

Li Gu copied the lie told by the shopkeeper, saying, "This sword is called Qinghan Feixue Sword. The weapon's blank was made of extraterrestrial cold iron, with cold crystal spirit stones from the far north as auxiliary materials. It was burned with icy flames for a full forty-nine days—ultimately creating this superior magic weapon."

He memorized it all, almost word for word.

Tie Cangzhou liked it even more.

The symbol of the Golden Bamboo Gang is a golden bamboo, leading many people unfamiliar with the gang to believe that its martial arts are based on the element of metal. However, this is not the case. The Golden Bamboo Kung Fu only has the element of metal in its name; in fact, it belongs to the element of water in the Five Elements theory.

Legend has it that the founder of the Jinzhu Gang was just an ordinary porter. One day, he received a job to deliver a load of goods to Jinzhu Temple at Chaotianmen Wharf. He searched for a long time at the wharf with the goods, but could not find the temple.

Just then, the river parted, revealing a staircase leading directly to the riverbed, where the Golden Bamboo Temple was located. It turned out to be the palace of the River Dragon King.

The porter carried the load into the temple. When he returned to the shore, the river had returned to its normal course, and Jinzhu Temple had disappeared. However, the bamboo carrying pole in the porter's hand had turned into a magical golden carrying pole.

The inscription "Golden Bamboo Skill" was engraved on the golden carrying pole. The porter practiced it and eventually became a grandmaster, thus founding the Golden Bamboo Gang.

This technique originated from the Jianglong King's Palace and is naturally associated with the water element, making it extremely deceptive. Many rogue martial artists, unaware of this, mistakenly believe that the Golden Bamboo Gang's disciples, wielding a golden bamboo, are associated with the metal element and counter with fire-based techniques. Little do they know...

Dao was completely countered by the Golden Bamboo Technique of the Water System.

Tie Cangzhou had always wanted a good magic weapon with the element of water to better unleash the power of the Golden Bamboo Technique, but truly good things are hard to come by. Even if the Golden Bamboo Gang had a lot of money, it wouldn't help. Although rare and precious materials are not necessarily very expensive, they only belong to those with the right destiny.

Those with little fortune always miss out on rare and precious treasures.

Tie Cangzhou felt his good fortune had arrived! Afraid this good fortune would slip away, he quickly asked the price: "How much?"

Li Gu lowered his voice: "This good thing should have sold for at least five high-grade spirit stones, but you know it's evidence and can't be shown in the light, so I'll only sell it to you for three high-grade spirit stones."

Tie Cangzhou was overjoyed and didn't even bother to haggle, paying on the spot.

After getting his hands on the flying sword, he still asked with unease, "This sword is so ornately decorated, it'll definitely stand out among the evidence. Are you sure it's okay to steal it and sell it? Aren't you afraid of being discovered?"

Li Gu chuckled and said, "So I need to ask Hall Master Tie for help to change the hilt of this sword, to give it a new look, so that no one can recognize it, otherwise the imperial court will definitely investigate me."

Tie Cangzhou chuckled, "That's a must. The carving on this sword hilt is too intricate; it doesn't suit the style of our Golden Bamboo Gang at all. I plan to make a bamboo-joint hilt and a golden bamboo scabbard. Once the sword is sheathed, it will look just like a golden bamboo, haha! Brother Li, don't you think it's cool?"

Li Gu: "Handsome! Master Tie is so handsome!"

In his heart, he couldn't help but complain: The Golden Bamboo Gang has really questionable taste. You should move to Mount Shu, wear panda costumes, and hold bamboo in your hands. That would be really cool.

As Li Gu walked out of Chaotianmen Wharf, he had three high-grade spirit stones in his pocket.

A few days ago, his starting capital was only six mid-grade spirit stones, but in just a few days it has increased more than fivefold.

If we keep this pace, we'll soon be able to play with some even more arrogant big swindlers.

He used to have little money, so many of his ideas couldn't be implemented.

Because scammers also come in different levels.

The scammers that ordinary people encounter usually swindle small amounts of money from you, selling you low-end counterfeit goods. For example, the most common scammers you might run into these days would try to sell you ordinary milk powder by claiming it's colostrum, swindling you out of tens of thousands of yuan. Or they might try to sell you a piece of wasteland as a real estate project, tricking you into investing tens or hundreds of thousands of yuan.

It's highly unlikely that an ordinary person would encounter a truly master swindler.

For example, they might present you with an ordinary painting or calligraphy, claim it's the final work of a famous Song Dynasty master, and offer it to you for 5000 million. Ordinary people wouldn't even be able to encounter such a scam; scammers wouldn't even consider you.

A certain telecom fraud group once said that they don't target people with cartoon avatars when scamming money. Why? Think about it yourself.

Li Gu planned to make a few more moves to accumulate dozens of high-grade spirit stones, which would allow him to pursue a more high-end career path.

I was just thinking about high-end, and here it is!

At the intersection ahead stood two men with long black swords hanging from their waists. These long black swords were standard issue weapons for the Black Sword Sect, and all members, regardless of rank, were required to carry one.

Lower-ranking members typically use black knives as weapons, while higher-ranking members each have their own magical artifacts, with black knives being just one of them.

Those two Black Knife Sect members looked to be the lowest-ranking members, and among the lowest ranks, they were the least popular salespeople.

Upon seeing a well-dressed passerby, the two men bowed and smiled, saying, "Brother, looking to deposit money? Come to our Black Knife Sect's money exchange! A thousand-year-old establishment, guaranteed reputation, deposits and withdrawals accepted worldwide, safe and reliable. If you don't want to deposit, you can borrow money too; our Black Knife Money Exchange has very low interest rates—"

Li Gu wasn't wearing a constable's uniform, but rather the clothes of a rich second-generation heir. The two men from the Black Knife Sect immediately greeted him with smiles: "Young hero, want to deposit some money?"

Li Gu deliberately smiled and asked, "Which rich person doesn't have a storage ring? Why would you store your spirit stones here?"

The two gang members, clearly trained in rhetoric, immediately chuckled, "Young hero, you're unaware of this. As you know, once you leave the jurisdiction of the imperial court and enter the martial world, your valuables may no longer be yours. Storage rings are expensive magical artifacts, easily stolen. Especially for cultivators with lower cultivation levels, carrying a storage ring is practically inviting death. But if you deposit your money in our Black Blade Sect's bank, you can enter the martial world empty-handed and withdraw it in another city—wouldn't that be wonderful?"

When Li Gu heard what he said, it seemed to make some sense: "Well, to deposit and withdraw money, you definitely need banknotes, right? What if someone steals my banknotes?"

"Hmm! That makes sense." Li Gu said, "Looks like I should save some too. I happen to have some pocket money on me, so I'll deposit it with you guys."

The two henchmen were overjoyed and quickly greeted Li Gu with smiles, leading him into the money exchange.

The Black Knife Sect's money exchange is not far from the government office. Last time, when Hong Lin fought Hua Mingyuan, Hua Mingyuan detonated his Golden Core, and the shockwave almost reached the money exchange. The Jiangzhou Hall Master of the Black Knife Sect stepped in to block it.

As Li Gugang walked to the door, he ran into an acquaintance: Cai Xinzi.

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