Anti-fraud manual for the cultivation world

Li Gu let go and pushed Qin Zhen forward.

The latter stumbled forward a long way before collapsing face-first in front of the merchant.

But he quickly got up and was clearly unharmed.

The people were released, but the tense atmosphere did not ease much.

The merchant sneered, "You'd better keep this constable's uniform and not get fired by the yamen. The day you lose your job, you'll lose your head the moment you step out of the yamen."

Li Gu turned and left.

The merchant didn't move, but the men in green did. A dozen or so men in green followed behind him, clearly "monitoring" his departure.

Li Gu strode forward and quickly crossed the street lined with pharmacies. After turning a corner, the pharmacies were gone!

The men in green behind him shrank back, and Li Gu then realized that his back was covered in sweat.

No wonder the veteran constables bet the new recruits wouldn't survive more than a month; this damned Jiangzhou City is no place for a human to live.

Fortunately, the medicine was eventually obtained.

Li Gu's mood immediately improved when he thought about the 150 Jade Marrow Pills that could enhance cultivation that he had in his pocket.

Fortune favors the bold! This saying has now become a reality.

Li Gu rushed to the yamen as fast as he could...

They had only gone halfway when they suddenly sensed something moving in the sky. Looking up sharply, they saw a middle-aged man standing on an axe, flying into the sky. The axe emitted red spiritual energy, trailing a red spiritual tail, like a comet.

Behind him, three golden bamboo stalks followed, each with a man in black standing on it.

Li Gu recognized them at a glance. The three golden bamboos behind them were clearly members of the Golden Bamboo Gang, but the gang leader, Tie Cangzhou, was not among them. All three were unfamiliar faces.

The man wielding the flying axe was overtaken by the three golden bamboos in the blink of an eye. The man turned around and roared, "I didn't provoke your Golden Bamboo Gang! What are you doing?" His voice was so loud that Li Gu could hear it clearly from a great distance.

The Golden Bamboo Gang member scoffed, "Killing someone on our Golden Bamboo Gang's territory and you call that not provoking us?"

The man wielding the flying axe roared, "New here! Who the hell knows which street belongs to whom?"

The Jinzhu Gang members laughed loudly: "If you don't understand, don't fucking make a move. Keep your tail between your legs and behave yourself. You don't even know such a simple principle? You dare to come to Jiangzhou to cause trouble?"

The man wielding the flying axe roared, "I'll fight you to the death!"

He waved his hand, and several flying axes flew out from behind him, spinning and slashing towards the Jinzhu Gang members.

The three members of the Golden Bamboo Gang immediately dispersed and surrounded the group in a triangular formation. The sky instantly became lively as flying axes and golden bamboo flew everywhere, spinning and attacking. The magical artifacts, driven by spiritual energy, flew around the four of them like telekinetic drones, entangled and fighting with the opponent's magical artifacts.

The four people approached each other from time to time, attacking with close-quarters combat techniques.

In just a few breaths, the four of them used all their magical weapons, fist techniques, axe techniques, and staff techniques, creating a dazzling display of red and gold light in the sky.

More and more people gathered on the ground to watch the spectacle.

The saying goes, "When gods fight, mortals suffer." Logically, mortals should stay as far away as possible in such situations, lest a magical artifact fall from the sky and wipe out an entire mortal household in an instant.

But the mortals of Jiangzhou City were clearly already used to it. Large numbers of mortals flooded the streets and even sat on rooftops to watch the battle, with some shouting, "Hey, well done!"

"Left, left side!"

"An axe is coming from the right."

"Wow, I won! I won!"

Amidst a burst of laughter, a golden bamboo stick knocked a flying axe away. The axe went out of control and fell from the sky, crashing straight down into the middle of a street.

Just as the axe was about to smash several ordinary people, a constable jumped up from the crowd and used an iron ruler to deflect it in mid-air, causing it to bounce off and land in an empty place.

Li Gu recognized the constable as Kai Long.

Standing next to him was a female constable, Zhang Yi.

Li Gu looked around and realized that the crowd was mixed with constables, yamen runners, and soldiers...

Even Zheng Xiaodong, who was in charge of wielding the stern rod to set up a scene in the yamen hall, is now on the street.

It seems the imperial court is ready to clean up the mess.

The fierce battle raged in the sky, with flying axes, golden bamboo, darts, jade seals and other objects falling from the sky from time to time. Cultivators who had reached the Foundation Establishment stage often carried a variety of magical treasures, and it was difficult to determine the winner until all these things were used up.

Kailong and his men desperately tried to intercept these things, preventing them from falling on the heads of ordinary people.

Li Gu saw a flying knife falling from the sky with golden light, seemingly landing not far from him. He quickly jumped up, tapped his toes on the roof, and used an iron ruler to deflect the knife with a clang, sending it flying far away.

From a distance, Kailong shouted, "Hey kid, you're out here? Where were you just now? Chuqimen?"

Li Gu asked, "Uncle Kai, how did you know?"

"Hmph! You asked Master Tie right in front of me, how could I not guess?" Kailong swayed, leaping a great distance to Li Gu's side, and whispered, "How was it? Did you almost lose your life catching those fake medicine dealers?"

Li Gu rolled his eyes: "You knew perfectly well what was going to happen, yet you didn't stop me from going? I've been calling you Uncle Kai for a while now; I'll have to drop that title from now on."

Kailong laughed heartily: "The Thirteen Gangs are businessmen; making money is their top priority. They won't easily provoke the imperial court. At most, they'll scare you, but they won't kill you. Otherwise, I wouldn't have let you go."

After saying that, he suddenly jumped up and caught a golden bamboo in mid-air.

Li Gu clapped his hands: "Wow, we've struck it rich! A single golden bamboo stalk can fetch a lot of money, right?"

Kailong laughed, "This is just an ordinary bamboo carrying pole, painted with a layer of gold paint. It's worthless. Every member of the Golden Bamboo Gang has one, even the lowest-ranking members. If it were pure gold, the Golden Bamboo Gang would go bankrupt! The high-ranking members use it as a magic weapon for defense, while the low-ranking members just swing it around like a stick. That's why the Golden Bamboo Gang also has a nickname: the Mountain City Stick Army, hahahaha."

By the time the two finished talking, the outcome of the battle in the sky had already been decided.

A scream rang out as the man wielding the flying axe was struck by a club and plummeted from the sky. A large group of Golden Bamboo Gang members, whose cultivation was below the Foundation Establishment stage and who couldn't yet fly, were already waiting on the ground. As soon as the man landed, the gang members surged forward and began smashing him with their golden bamboo clubs.

These people were quite methodical in their smashing; they all hit the man's hands and feet, but not his head or body.

All that could be heard were the man's screams, each one more agonizing than the last. In no time, all four of his limbs were smashed into a bloody pulp, leaving only his torso writhing and struggling in a pool of blood.

Tie Cangzhou, the Jiangzhou branch leader of the Golden Bamboo Gang, finally made his appearance, coldly saying, "Remember, if you cause trouble on my Golden Bamboo Gang's territory, you need my permission first. This time, I'm breaking your limbs as punishment. Next time, I'll rip off your head and use it as a football. Understand?"

These words, ostensibly spoken to one person, were actually meant for everyone; they were spoken at an extremely high volume and carried far and wide…