Anti-fraud manual for the cultivation world

"You? You? To be a demon?" Zhang Yi said, "Go out and kill a few disciples of the demonic sect for no reason and see if you can bring yourself to do it."

Zheng Xiaodong: "..."

Zhang Yi said, "Otherwise, you can make your move now, use your Qi Refining Level 6 cultivation to defeat me, a weak woman with only Level 5, carry me into the house and forcibly pose me in eighteen different ways. If I resist, you can beat me. Even if I cry, you can't stop. If you have the guts to do such a thing, I'll allow you to be a demon. Otherwise, you'd better obediently become a great hero."

Zheng Xiaodong collapsed to the ground with a "plop": "I lost."

Therefore, Zheng Xiaodong transferred all his cultivation to Zhang Yi.

This process doesn't take much time; the [Common Path Grimoire] merges similar items quite quickly.

Returning to a mortal body, Zheng Xiaodong felt no regret whatsoever; instead, he felt a sense of relief, a smile on his face: "I'm going to find Lady Hong now and see if she'll accept me."

Given his character, there is certainly no problem.

After absorbing Zheng Xiaodong's Qi Refining Level 6 cultivation, Zhang Yi's own cultivation instantly surged to Level 8. However, she immediately encountered the same problem as Li Gu a few days ago: although her cultivation had increased, her meridians were not wide enough to accommodate so much cultivation. Whenever she tried to circulate her Qi, she would experience a stinging sensation. She needed time to slowly expand her meridians before she could unleash her full strength.

The next day, early morning.

Just as Li Gu and Zhang Yi finished their roll call at the Six Doors, Cai Xinzi waved to them with an unhappy expression, signaling them to come over.

"Yesterday, you two showed up for work and then disappeared. When it was time to leave for the day, you were nowhere to be seen." Cai Xinzi said with displeasure, "This is unauthorized absence! Even if you have Lord Hong backing you up, you can't act so recklessly."

At the hour of You (5-7 PM), Li Gu and the other two were burning corpses at "Zhao'erpo" outside Jintang Gate to cover up the crime, so they had no time to come back and paint You.

Zhang Yi was a little embarrassed and quickly apologized: "Chief Constable, I promise this will not happen again. As for the amount of salary to be fined for this absence, just do as you say. I plead guilty and accept the punishment."

But Li Gu wasn't so honest. Modern people have flexible moral boundaries. He leaned close to Cai Xinzi's ear and whispered, "Didn't you ask me last time what our relationship is to Lord Hong? Let me tell you honestly, my woman is Lord Hong's junior sister."

Cai Xinzi: "!!!"

Hong Daren's junior sister, that means she's a formal disciple who has entered the mortal world?

Although the imperial court was involved in worldly affairs, most of the officials in the government offices were not formally recruited; they were merely "hired" from outside.

Jiangzhou is a place where the mountains are high and the immortals are far away. There are very few true disciples who have entered the mortal world. In the past, there was only Hong Lin. The others were all kinds of miscellaneous martial arts people who were "hired" from outside.

The prestige of being a disciple who has entered the mortal world is quite obvious.

The charge of "severe reprimand by imperial decree for neglecting the task of apprehending thieves and being negligent in official duties" would have resulted in demotion and reassignment to the position of county magistrate had the offender been a prefect appointed from outside the capital. However, when it fell upon Honglin, a disciple who had entered the secular world, the punishment was merely "a deduction of salary while retaining the post," which was practically no punishment at all.

Li Gu's situation falls under the category of "family members who have entered the mortal world," where he enjoys incredibly good treatment. As long as he doesn't commit any major crimes, minor violations are no problem for him.

Cai Xinzi felt her head buzzing...

A quarter of a second later, Cai Xinzi's displeasure instantly turned into ingratiating words: "Oh dear, why didn't you say something so important, Brother Li? Painting You is no big deal at all. I'll paint the You you painted yesterday for you two."

Zhang Yi: "!!!"

Cai Xinzi smiled and said, "You two just go ahead and do what you need to do. Hey, skipping work is no big deal. It's fine if you don't come to work at all."

Not showing up for work at all is just drawing a salary without actually working, which is not a big deal. Many officials draw salaries without working.

Zhang Yi: "!!!"

As Li Gula pulled Zhang Yi away, a huge exclamation mark hovered above her head, nearly knocking the roof beam down: "Junior Brother Li, using this to pressure Cai Xinzi, isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

Li Gu had long realized that Zhang Yi was an upright person at heart. She was capable of using any means necessary when outwitting villains, but she was much more disciplined than Li Gu in her daily work. She was not willing to do things like using back channels, taking advantage of others, or bending the law for personal gain.

Li Gu said in a low voice, "We still have to outwit and outmaneuver the Demonic Sect. It's really impossible for us to completely abide by the Six Doors' attendance system. If we don't use this method to solve this problem once and for all, it will cause us a lot of trouble in the future."

Zhang Yi thought about it carefully and sighed softly: Never mind! That's indeed the case.

Li Gu said in a low voice, "Senior Sister Zhang, you said last night that you wanted to be a demon, but you don't look like one at all now."

Zhang Yi: "..."

"Speaking of which, yesterday that disciple from the Demonic Sect said that he needs to release paper cranes to Hua Qianfang every three days to let her know he's safe. Today is the day for that communication, so we need to release the paper cranes." Li Gu said in a low voice, "We can't release these things inside the yamen. If someone sees them flying out of the yamen, we're finished."

When this topic came up, Zhang Yi's intelligence immediately returned: "But we can't go too far from the yamen. This paper crane should have been sent out by the 'Zhou Shijie Group that monitors the yamen.' They should be operating near the yamen. Let's release it in the alley diagonally opposite."

The two walked out of the yamen together. Just then, Cai Xinzi came in with a newly arrived official gazette. She brushed past the two at the door and Li Gu said in a low voice, "We're going out for a stroll."

Cai Xinzi smiled broadly: "Go ahead, go ahead! I'll take care of things here, you can stroll around without worry."

Zhang Yi was extremely upset; she simply couldn't get used to this.

The two walked out of the government office and went into the alley diagonally opposite. This was the alley where Zhou Shijie and his group had hidden yesterday. They could still faintly smell the stench of rotting corpses, which made them feel very uncomfortable.

Zhang Yi took out a paper crane from his bosom and examined it closely. It was made by folding a piece of incantation paper, on which were drawn some incomprehensible talismans.

This again highlights the difference between formal disciples of the Demonic Sect and livestock. Formal disciples must learn the drawing and use of various talismans step by step, but livestock have no one to teach them, which is why the two of them cannot even understand them.

Zhang Yi sighed softly, "I think the techniques of talismans are pretty much the same across different sects. We can find a manual on talismans that are commonly used in the martial arts world and take a look."

After saying that, she followed the method the demonic sect disciple had taught her yesterday, pinching the paper crane between two fingers and gently shaking it. Just as she was about to say something to it, she suddenly woke up and quickly handed the paper crane to Li Gu.

Li Gu immediately understood. If the paper crane transmitted the voice, it would completely copy the speaker's voice. It wouldn't be good if Zhang Yi's female voice reached Hua Qianfang's ears. He had to handle this.