Anti-fraud manual for the cultivation world

Bai Yan was so different from her usual self that not only Li Gu couldn't adapt, but Zheng Xiaodong, Zhang Yi, and Meng Ting were also dumbfounded. They couldn't believe that their usually dignified and aloof senior sister would say such a thing.

Hey, hey, hey, what's going on here?

Meng Ting unconsciously tightened her grip on Li Gu's neck...

Li Gu sighed inwardly: Sure enough, the jealousy has finally overflowed. Stop it, stop it! The more jealous and angry you get, the more the witch on the other side will tease you. Don't you even understand that?

Sure enough, Bai Yan saw through Meng Ting's little trick, and her smile became even more charming: "Junior Sister, this is nothing! After you escape and enter the mortal world, Junior Brother Li might be going to brothels every few days. You're even jealous of this little bit from your older sister. How will you live in the future?"

Meng Ting: "!!!"

If these two women keep causing trouble, who knows what will happen? Will they even be on the run? Can't you get to the point? Li Gu quickly spoke up: "Senior Sister, you're not here just to say these useless things, are you? Please state your purpose."

Bai Yan flicked her wrist, and a piece of paper flew out from her sleeve, landing precisely in Li Gu's hand: "Sister guessed you were going to Jiangzhou. Here's a letter for you to deliver to the prefect of Jiangzhou. Just give it to him; you don't need to say anything else. It's just a small favor, consider it compensation for the hurt I felt after you abandoned me. You certainly won't refuse, will you?"

Seeing that the paper was just folded casually and not sealed in an envelope, Li Gu couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you afraid I'll peek at it? Aren't you afraid that if Hua Qianfang catches us, he'll use this letter to find you?"

Bai Yan laughed: "You don't need to peek, you can look now."

Li Guzhen unfolded the paper and looked closely. It read: "1134, 1521, 3541, 5325, 3397, 4216..."

No wonder she wasn't afraid of being seen; it turned out she had encrypted it.

Li Gu nodded and put the paper in his pocket: "As long as we can get to Jiangzhou alive, we will definitely deliver it for you."

Bai Yan's smile widened: "If Hua Qianfang catches you, please don't betray me, okay? But... it doesn't matter if you do, because if I were afraid of him, I wouldn't have come here, hehe..."

After saying that, she swayed and disappeared without a trace. None of the four people present could see her movements clearly, which showed that if she wanted to kill the four of them, it would be effortless for her.

Only after she disappeared did Zheng Xiaodong let out a heavy breath: "That scared me to death! I was so afraid she would suddenly attack us."

Zhang Yi frowned: "She has been lurking in the Hidden Flower Sect for many years, rising from a novice disciple to the senior disciple. It's clear that she has grand ambitions. This is not something people of our cultivation level can get involved in. Let's leave quickly."

Li Gu nodded, picked up Meng Ting, and ran quickly along the stream, thinking to himself: In this small flower valley, everyone, human or ghost, is putting on an act.

What kind of crappy cultivation world is this?

Couldn't there be more people like my junior sister? The world would be a better place that way.

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At dawn, a horrifying scream rang out from the lonely house in Flower Valley.

A young disciple who was responsible for taking care of Zhou Shijie stumbled out of the isolated house, shouting, "Help! Something terrible has happened! Second Senior Brother has been murdered, and Senior Brother Zheng and Senior Brother Li are also missing! Help!..."

Soon, all the disciples in Flower Valley gathered together.

Bai Yan arrived immediately, her face calm and composed. Even such a major event failed to alarm her. She simply ordered, "Line up immediately and take roll call."

Soon, the disciple in charge of roll call stepped forward and reported: "In addition to the paralyzed Zheng Xiaodong and Li Gu, Ouyang Ming, Ouyang Liang, Zhang Yi, and Meng Ting are also missing."

Bai Yan calmly ordered, "Search every corner of Flower Valley in groups. If they are still in the valley, you must find them."

The disciples responded in unison and quickly split up to get to work.

Soon, someone reported: "Reporting to Senior Sister, we found two sets of footprints leading from the Ouyang brothers' room straight to the mountaintop. At the end of the footprints, we found a tunnel that leads directly outside the defensive formation... They must have escaped through the tunnel."

Bai Yan sighed softly: "Since they have already escaped from Flower Valley, they are no longer under our jurisdiction. I will inform Master and leave it to him to decide."

She took out a paper crane, which was given to her by Hua Qianfang. Every senior brother and sister who "taught on behalf of their master" would receive such a paper crane to use in an emergency to contact Hua Qianfang.

She lightly dotted the paper crane with her pen, and with a flick of her wrist, the paper crane gracefully took flight, soaring towards the summit of the north slope.

But Bai Yan knew that Hua Qianfang was not in the cabin on the mountaintop today, but had gone to Jiangzhou and would not return until noon.

A sly smile flashed across her face, but it disappeared in an instant, and no one noticed.

Sure enough, nothing happened all morning until after noon, when a sword light flashed on the northern peak. Hua Qianfang flew into the flower valley on his sword and landed in front of Bai Yan: "What happened in the valley? Why did they have to use the emergency communication paper crane?"

Bai Yan clasped his hands in a respectful gesture and said, "Greetings, Master. This morning, a disciple discovered..."

One hundred million words omitted here...

After listening, Hua Qianfang snorted coldly and released his divine sense. In an instant, his divine sense covered the entire Flower Valley and even enveloped the surrounding mountains for twenty or thirty miles. Even the slightest movements of flowers blooming and withering, as well as snakes, insects, and rodents, could not escape his perception.

With just a glance, he knew that the six missing men had already escaped far away.

Cultivators at the Qi Refining stage cannot fly using magical artifacts, so they cannot escape very far. It's still not too late to catch up now.

Hua Qianfang asked in a deep voice, "Did they escape through the tunnel in Dongpo?"

The disciple who discovered the tunnel immediately stepped forward and respectfully said, "Yes! We discovered the tunnel on the top of the eastern slope."

Hua Qianfang nodded: "Block it up as soon as possible."

After saying that, he flew up on his sword, leaving a long trail of sword energy in his wake, and headed west.

The disciple who discovered the tunnel was completely bewildered, muttering, "Master, you've gone in the wrong direction, haven't you? That's west."

Bai Yan glanced back at the disciple and thought to himself: There are still idiots out there.

He glanced at the west again and chuckled to himself: There are people who are too clever for their own good.

That's what makes life interesting!

Hahaha!

Cultivating the path of worldly affairs was indeed the right thing to do.

As evening fell, Hua Qianfang returned, carrying two severed heads—Ouyang Ming's and Ouyang Liang's. In front of all the disciples, he threw the two heads to the ground and said in a deep voice, "The six disciples who ran away from the mountain have all been dealt with according to the sect rules. The other four were cut to pieces by sword energy, leaving no trace of their bodies, so I did not bring their heads back."

The disciples in Flower Valley were all terrified.

Bai Yan sneered inwardly: The other four must have arrived in Jiangzhou by now, right?