Anti-fraud manual for the cultivation world

Zhang Yi whispered, "Xiao Dong, go and prepare some firewood. We need to burn these three to ashes in a bit, lest the Ghost City use some strange methods to bring them back to life and hunt us down. Junior Brother Li and I will interrogate these two."

Zheng Xiaodong nodded and ran towards the nearby woods.

Li Gu has almost drained the two demonic sect disciples dry...

He discovered something: the [Gongdao Demon Palace] absorbed the spiritual energy provided by the "Liuwei Dihuang Pill" very slowly, taking an entire night to absorb just one pill.

However, the merging of similar items was very fast. At first, Li Gu was actively absorbing the other party's cultivation, but after a while, the other party's cultivation was actively being sent to him, like a feeling of "I am about to die, so I entrust everything to you and ask you to use my cultivation to attain the Great Dao".

The true essence of this skill seems to be not "absorbing" but "giving"?

Before long, both Qi Refining Stage 8 cultivators lost all their power. Li Gu released his grip, while the two demonic sect disciples lay limp like mud, their faces ashen...

Zhang Yi gently poked the two men with the tip of his iron ruler and asked in a low voice, "How many people did Hua Qianfang send to Jiangzhou to look for us? How many corpse puppets are left? Where are they looking for us?"

This is an interrogation technique passed down in the family of the famous constable Zhang Kuaidao. First, ask a few questions whose answers are already known. If the other party answers incorrectly, the interrogator knows that the other party is lying and not cooperating, and can then begin to torture them until they give the correct answer, indicating that they are willing to talk and cooperate, and then interrogate them about the real questions they want to ask.

The two disciples of the Demonic Sect did not want to speak.

With a "thud," Zhang Yi's iron ruler pierced the left little finger of a demonic sect disciple. The sound of the finger bone shattering rang out, and the man groaned, curling up like a shrimp in pain. Zhang Yi's voice turned cold: "Answer honestly, and I'll finish you off quickly. If you don't talk, then I'll kill you slowly."

The demonic sect disciple gritted his teeth and said, "The entire Jiangzhou branch has been mobilized, with over a hundred disciples searching for you. You're all doomed."

[The Cultivation World Anti-Fraud Handbook Lv.1 reminds you: Wang Mazi's statement earlier, "The entire Jiangzhou branch has been mobilized, and over a hundred disciples are searching for you," is a lie. Do you want to force this lie to become true? Yes/No.]

Li Gu quickly selected "no".

Zhang Yi whispered, "Unless all the disciples of the Demonic Sect are bored and have nothing better to do, how could they all come out looking for us? You're lying to us."

She swung her iron ruler and crushed another bone in the demonic sect disciple's hand: "Talking nonsense will only make you suffer more."

The demonic sect disciple said, "I said... ten... Hall Master Hua sent ten disciples to find you..."

[The Cultivation World Anti-Fraud Handbook Lv.1 reminds you: Wang Mazi's statement about "ten" was a lie. Do you want to force the lie to become true? Yes/No.]

Li Gu was unsure whether to choose yes or no this time. When he was lying in ambush outside the Ghost City gambling den, he only saw six disciples and three corpse puppets of the other side. But what if there were more that he just didn't see? He couldn't make a hasty choice here. If he chose wrong, it would be like adding more enemies to his own ranks.

Just ignore the system and leave it aside.

But she said aloud, "Senior Sister Zhang, this guy is lying, but I don't know if he's lying too much or too little."

Zhang Yi nodded: "I also feel that he is lying."

"Crack!" Zhang Yi crushed another of the man's fingers: "Keep lying. After your fingers are crushed, there are your toes. After your toes are crushed, there are your arm bones and leg bones. We'll break them one by one."

The demonic sect disciple was sweating profusely from the pain: "Including us, there are six in total. We'll divide into two groups of two, each with three corpse puppets. The two of us will take Zhou Shijie to keep an eye on the government office, while the other two corpse puppets will be in the upper city and the lower city, one in the upper city and the other in the lower city."

Li Gu didn't hear the system alarm this time, and nodded.

Zhang Yi nodded: "That's right."

The demonic sect disciple gritted his teeth and said, "You can only be happy for a little while now. Once the hall master arrives, you will all be doomed."

Zhang Yi reached into his robes and pulled out the paper crane he had just released, saying in a deep voice, "Hua Qianfang won't be coming."

The disciples of the Demonic Sect felt utterly disheartened upon seeing the paper crane; the message hadn't even been sent. The other side was prepared, having intercepted the message crane – damned! These animals had been raised by the sect leader since childhood, living in seclusion in Flower Valley. Logically, they should be like farm children raised deep in the mountains, ignorant of the world and knowing very little. How could they possibly know how to intercept a paper crane?

Zhang Yi pressed further, "Where is Hua Qianfang now? What do you usually talk about in your regular communications with Hua Qianfang? How do you use paper cranes?"

The demonic sect disciple was heartbroken: "The sect leader has returned to Flower Valley. Pinch the paper crane between two fingers, shake it, and say a few words to it. It will then deliver those words to the sect leader... If they find you, contact the sect leader immediately. If they don't find you, report 'not found yet' every five days."

[The Cultivation World Anti-Fraud Handbook Lv.1 reminds you: Wang Mazi's statement "every five days" is a lie. Do you want to force the lie to become true? Yes/No.]

Li Gu said, "Senior Sister Zhang, this guy is still lying. What he said earlier was nine-tenths true, but the crucial point about contacting us only once every five days is a lie. He wants to use this method to expose us and drag us down with him. Then it will be very easy for Hua Qianfang to find us. When the contact time is not right, the paper crane will arrive. He only needs to put the paper crane back and follow it to easily find us."

The demonic sect disciple looked at Li Gu with horrified eyes. He really couldn't understand how this guy could see through his lie. This time, his lie was nine parts truth and one part falsehood. A normal person wouldn't be able to see through it, right? But this guy named Li Gu could actually see that his lie was about time.

"Snap!"

Zhang Yi crushed another of his fingers: "Keep lying, let's see how long you can keep this up."

This time, the demonic sect disciple dared not speak nonsense anymore. He gritted his teeth and said, "Three days. Contact me every three days to report that nothing is wrong. The next contact is tomorrow. Alright! I've told you everything I know. Just give me a quick death."

Zhang Yi turned to look at Li Gu.

Li Gu nodded: "He's telling the truth this time."

Zhang Yi struck the man on the head with one palm, and the man died without uttering a sound.

She turned to look at the second disciple of the Demonic Sect. The man looked sorrowful and didn't even think about begging for mercy. He was just waiting for Zhang Yi to kill him. At least he wasn't tortured before he died, and his fingers were still intact. He could be considered lucky.

Li Gu suddenly spoke up and asked, "Do you have any external martial arts manuals from the Demonic Sect? Give me a few to look at. I don't want to keep using fake [Hidden Flower Sword Technique] and [Hidden Flower Movement Technique]."