Anti-fraud manual for the cultivation world

Li Gu was helped back to the yamen by two hangers-on, and soon a doctor came to treat his injuries.

Another hour passed, and Cai Xinzi returned with her team, along with a large number of Hankou gang members. Song Jinlang, the Jiangzhou Hall Master of the Hankou Gang, and Zhou Weishou, an important minor leader known as Fanjianglong, were also brought back.

The Hankou gang's branch in Jiangzhou City was almost completely wiped out.

Many constables and yamen runners were injured and lay down with Li Gu, being treated by doctors in turns. The entire Six Doors was in a state of chaos.

Li Gu had no interest in handling the aftermath of the matter and, using the excuse of recuperating from his injuries, returned to his room. At this time, Zhang Yi and Zheng Xiaodong were still helping the yamen deal with the group of Hankou gangsters, and his junior sister Meng Ting was still helping in the kitchen. The backyard was quiet, with only Li Gu there.

He quickly reached into his pocket...

Fifty "Dapai Pills" rolled around at the very bottom of his pocket. Li Gu hadn't had a chance to pack them up along the way, and he was actually a little worried that they would wear out from rubbing against each other.

When I took it out and looked at it, thankfully it was fine!

The hardness is acceptable; it is not worn out.

Li Gu quickly took out the small porcelain bottles he had prepared beforehand and filled them with the contents.

He took out another pill, put it to his nose and smelled it. It had a strange fragrance and smelled nice, but he knew in his heart that it was made with moldy medicine. He was under a lot of psychological pressure to eat it.

Li Gu thought to himself: Although the system can turn lies into truth, the process will be tortuous, and it will occasionally trick me. Just like the last time I broke through the realm, although I finally broke through, I was really paralyzed for a few days.

I hope they don't mess with me this time!

Fortune favors the bold, let's take the risk!

He pinched his nose and popped the medicine into his mouth.

Soon, it felt like a fire was burning inside his stomach, a hot and scalding sensation that rushed into his eight extraordinary meridians. The bloating and pain traveled rapidly along the meridians, climbing to every corner of his body, even the thinnest meridians on his fingers and toes were scorched by this heat.

The burning sensation is unbearable!

Li Gu wanted to lie on the bed and roll around to relieve the pain, but he had to force himself to endure it so as not to disturb others. The intense pain caused sweat to stream down his temples, quickly wetting his face.

He gritted his teeth and struggled on, not knowing how much time had passed, when he suddenly felt a relaxation throughout his body, as if the air pump that was inflating his meridians had stopped working and was no longer inflating him like a balloon.

Li Gu was panting heavily, and it took him a while to recover.

The first thing to do after recovering is to activate one's cultivation level.

Hey!

The true energy in his Purple Mansion was instantly transferred to his palm, and he no longer felt the sensation of being "blocked by the meridians" and unable to be transported.

Overjoyed, he thought: Sure enough, his meridians had widened, allowing more vital energy to circulate within his body.

Now I can finally consume the second "Jade Marrow Pill". From now on, I can continuously consume "Jade Marrow Pills" to increase my cultivation, and then continuously consume "Meridian Expanding Pills" to ensure that my meridians are large enough to accommodate the increased cultivation...

Hey!

I refuse to believe that this kind of upgrade speed is slower than Hua Qian raising livestock.

Li Gu had basically understood why Hua Qianfang allowed his disciple to graduate at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

Because the seventh level of Qi Refining is a threshold, it usually takes about ten years for an ordinary person with average talent to go from knowing nothing to reaching the seventh level. However, for those with good talent and strong learning abilities, like Li Gu, it only takes four years.

However, after passing the seventh level of Qi Refining, the cultivation speed will become slower and slower.

For a typical cultivator, the time it takes to progress from level 7 to level 9 in Qi Refining is usually the same as the time it takes to progress from level 1 to level 7.

The journey from the ninth floor to the foundation was fraught with difficulties.

Out of a thousand cultivators, only one can successfully establish their foundation.

The success rate is only 1 in 1000.

Since Hua Qianfang is raising livestock, he wouldn't gamble on a one-in-a-thousand chance. Raising livestock requires attention to the optimal "marketing period".

By removing the most difficult levels 7 up to Foundation Establishment and only keeping the simplest Qi Refining levels 1-7, Flower Valley can ensure efficient livestock production. It's similar to modern pig farming, where pigs are ready for market in five to six months. It's not that pigs can't continue to grow fat, but rather that the cost of continuing to fatten them up is not worthwhile.

On average, Huagu can produce a 7-layer refining fish every 1-2 months.

In other words, in addition to the progress he made through his own cultivation, Hua Qianfang could gain an extra level of Qi Refining 7 every 1-2 months.

Li Gu calculated that he could absorb one "Jade Marrow Pill" in one night, and he would need to take one Meridian Expanding Pill every few days to cooperate.

Two Jade Marrow Pills would be enough to advance his cultivation from the early stage of Qi Refining Level 6 to Qi Refining Level 7. The number of Jade Marrow Pills required for each subsequent level would increase, but he had a total of 150 Jade Marrow Pills, which would take him at most six months to consume.

It is possible to upgrade to the Golden Core stage using these methods.

Based on his current observations, most of the members of the various gangs in Jiangzhou City are only at the Qi Refining stage, and there are very few experts at the Foundation Establishment stage. As for those at the Golden Core stage, they are extremely rare.

If one can refine the Golden Core, one can basically hold a position of "having one's word" in Jiangzhou.

I just don't know if someone at the Golden Core stage is good enough to spar with Hua Qianfang!

Li Gu put aside his random thoughts, looked at the sky, and realized it was already evening. The Hankou gang members had all been imprisoned, and the yamen was quiet.

Leaving the guest courtyard of Prefect Hong's house and passing through a corridor, you arrive at the back door of the yamen. Pushing the door open, you see Cai Xinzi grinning mischievously as he writes a "report." You don't even need to look to know that he'll be praising himself as incredibly wise and powerful in the report...

Upon seeing Li Gu, Cai Xinzi smiled and said, "How are you injured? Are you alright? You've done a great job this time. Don't worry, I'll definitely report it to the authorities. I won't take credit for it. Just focus on recovering, hehehe."

Li Gu clicked his tongue: "We've done such a great service this time, the imperial court should give us a lot of reward money, right? Will it be silver for mortals, or spirit stones for cultivators?"

Cai Xinzi chuckled: "We're a cultivation dynasty, of course we'll give you spirit stones. You'd better get rich quick."

Li Gu was secretly delighted: Very good, as long as I get spirit stones. Before, I was penniless and had nothing. I couldn't even afford to buy counterfeit goods. I could only use my identity as a constable to cause trouble, which was too risky. Now that I have spirit stones, I can disguise myself as an ordinary rogue cultivator and use the spirit stones to buy counterfeit goods. This way, it's safer to get counterfeit goods, and I don't have to risk my life every time.

He chuckled and said, "Let's put in a little more effort and next time wipe out the Yangtze River Gang, the Golden Bamboo Gang, the Black Knife Sect, and all that. Wouldn't we be rolling in bounties then?"

"Shh!" Cai Xinzi quickly covered his mouth and whispered, "You can't just say things like that, it could kill you. As your boss, I have to kindly remind you, the thieves you can afford to mess with are the real thieves, the ones you can't afford to mess with are legitimate merchants. Our job is to protect them, and protecting them can be profitable, not necessarily less than the bounty from the imperial court, understand? If you understand, then answer me properly, what are the ones you can't afford to mess with?"

Li Gu: "They are legitimate businessmen! They need protection."

Cai Xinzi patted his shoulder: "Very good, you learn very quickly, I have high hopes for you."