Anti-fraud manual for the cultivation world

Hua Qianfang began pressing Wu Wangshu for the "reason for his escape." If this matter couldn't be explained clearly, it might affect Li Gu's escape plan. Therefore, Li Gu and Zheng Xiaodong, both inside the isolated house, focused their energy on their ears, listening intently.

Hua Qianfang's gaze fell on the face of Junior Brother Huang, who shared a room with Wu Wangshu.

Upon seeing Wu Wangshu's head, Junior Brother Huang was visibly saddened, his voice choked with emotion: "I...I...I guess he wanted to escape down the mountain because of Junior Sister Meng Ting...Ever since the argument with Junior Sister, Senior Brother Wu has been in a bad mood..."

Hua Qianfang frowned: "What's their argument?"

Junior Brother Huang then recounted in detail the incident where Wu Wangshu deliberately bumped into Junior Sister, hoping to get closer to her, only to be rejected in front of a large group of disciples. He concluded by summarizing and analyzing the situation: "Senior Brother Wu is a very proud person. He probably felt that being rejected in front of so many people was a loss of face... so he's been in a bad mood ever since... I guess... I guess he probably felt too embarrassed and was afraid of being pointed at and gossiped about by his fellow disciples, which is why he had the idea of ​​leaving the mountain... Ah, that's just my guess..."

His analysis was completely off-topic, making Li Gu and Zheng Xiaodong almost burst out laughing.

However, to those who are unaware of the situation, this is the most reasonable explanation.

The disciples suddenly realized what was happening, and then felt a deep sense of regret.

Meng Ting was also in the crowd, and her expression was rather unpleasant.

Hua Qianfang stared at Meng Ting for a few seconds, his furrowed brows relaxing slightly. He could tell from the disciples' expressions that this explanation had been unanimously accepted by everyone, even Meng Ting herself.

As long as everyone agrees, that's fine!

If there were any deeper reasons, he was too lazy to solve the case. A mere tool was not worth his trouble. As long as he didn't disrupt the normal operation of Flower Valley, there would be no problem.

Hua Qianfang put on a kind and gentle expression again: "Alas! Why bother with this? Children, you are all orphans. Many of you have personally experienced the dangers of the martial world. You should understand the painstaking efforts I made in establishing these rules. The Hidden Flower Sect has been able to protect everyone peacefully all this time thanks to the disciples of each generation who have defended the secrets of the Hidden Flower Sect with their lives. Any violation of the rules is risking the safety of hundreds of disciples of the Hidden Flower Sect."

Hua Qianfang pointed to the head on the ground: "This person, for the sake of a little bit of so-called face, disregarded the rules of the sect. If he really escaped down the mountain, it won't be long before he reveals the location of Flower Valley to the martial arts world. At that time, evil spirits and heretics will swarm in, and the peaceful life that everyone has worked so hard to achieve will be completely destroyed."

Upon hearing this, the disciples all showed indignation on their faces.

Hua Qianfang waved his hand: "Everyone must remember this, never become that kind of person. Disperse, everyone! Your master must also go back to cultivate."

He couldn't be bothered to stay a moment longer, so he flew up on his sword, flew over the mountain peak, and disappeared.

Li Gu and Zheng Xiaodong both breathed a sigh of relief.

Soon, the sound of disciples reciting the sect rules in unison could be heard outside. They were neat, uniform, and full of energy. Many disciples who had only recently joined the sect were only now beginning to understand the seriousness of the rules, and they recited them with extra force.

A day passed in the blink of an eye.

In the evening, Meng Ting and Senior Sister Zhang came in together carrying basins of water. It seemed that the two had met while preparing hot water in the kitchen and came over together.

Once inside, the two women sat on the edge of Li Gu and Zheng Xiaodong's beds, respectively.

Senior Sister Zhang skillfully took off Zheng Xiaodong's clothes and prepared to wipe his body. But when she pulled down his pants, she suddenly paused for a moment, glanced back at Meng Ting, and found that Meng Ting had her back to her and obviously hadn't noticed what was happening. So she put Zheng Xiaodong's pants back on, wiped his upper body, picked up the porridge bowl, and slowly fed Zheng Xiaodong the porridge spoonful by spoonful.

Meng Ting was also feeding Li Gu porridge, her eyes glazed over and her movements slow...

Li Gu knew what was making her sad, and she needed comfort at this time, but Li Gu couldn't bring himself to speak.

Just then, Senior Sister Zhang spoke up: "Junior Sister, are you thinking about Wu Wangshu?"

"Yes!" Meng Ting's voice carried a hint of sadness: "I shouldn't have rejected him in front of so many people. I should have saved him some face, then he wouldn't have wanted to run away from Flower Valley..."

"Don't be silly, it has nothing to do with you." Senior Sister Zhang said coldly, "That guy wasn't a good person, and his death couldn't possibly be because he lost face and wanted to leave."

These words startled Meng Ting: "Huh?"

Senior Sister Zhang lowered her voice and said, "Master is not stupid. He can see that Wu Wangshu's death is not that simple, but Master is too lazy to investigate in detail. This matter is not worth his effort. He is not as caring as you think about his disciples."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this!

Senior Sister Zhang seemed to realize she had spoken out of turn, so she shut up, picked up the basin of water, and went out the door.

Meng Ting hurriedly packed her things and chased after him, calling out, "Senior Sister Zhang, wait for me! Hey, wait for me!"

After a long time...

Li Gu slowly opened his mouth and asked, "What's Zhang Shijie's background? And how come she's so clever?"

Zheng Xiaodong sighed softly and said, "Her name is Zhang Yi, the daughter of Zhang Kuaidao, a famous constable. Zhang Kuaidao offended a gang while investigating a case, and his entire family was slaughtered. She hid in the backyard of her house waiting to die, and I was just a little beggar at the time. I happened to sneak into her backyard to steal food. I helped her escape from the gang's pursuit, and we traveled hundreds of miles before being adopted by my master... I don't need to say more about what happened after that."

Li Gu said in a low voice, "The daughter of a famous constable? No wonder."

Zheng Xiaodong said with a wry smile, "We probably can't hide it from her for more than a few days."

Li Gu: "Let's keep it a secret for as long as we can. Let's hurry up and dig the tunnel. Then we won't have to hide it anymore. We can take her with us and escape."

That night, it was cloudy, moonless, and pitch black.

Li Gu and Zheng Xiaodong, one at the sixth level of Qi Refining and the other at the fifth level of Qi Refining, both need to focus their energy on their eyes to barely see a distance of a few meters.

This is the perfect time to take action.

The two stepped on the stones and reached the top of the south slope.

Li Gu moved aside the branches and leaves covering the tunnel entrance, and Zheng Xiaodong crawled inside to take a look. He discovered that the tunnel went deep into the ground, nearly two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters), then turned a corner and extended forward another zhang. Some sections of the tunnel walls were reinforced with wood and stones to prevent them from collapsing.

Zheng Xiaodong asked in surprise, "Dug this deep?"

Li Gu pointed to the open space in front of him: "The defensive formation is over there. I don't know how deep it can penetrate underground, but for safety's sake, we have to dig it deeper. I'll dig it tonight, and you're in charge of carrying the soil out and scattering it on the surrounding slopes, then covering it with leaves."

The two divided the tasks and began their work.

The two of them worked much more efficiently, at least twice as fast as usual. The tunnel stretched forward at a rapid pace. When they were about to dig directly under the defensive formation, Li Gu stopped. He first dug a shallow hole in the mud wall in front of him, then caught a mole and put it into the hole.

The mole immediately began digging diagonally down to the other end of the shallow hole...

"puff!"

A spray of blood exploded in the cave, turning the mole into minced meat.