Anti-fraud manual for the cultivation world

Li Gu quickly opened several more drawers, and finally his eyes lit up. There were several books inside, still exuding a strong smell of ink, indicating that they had been made not long ago. The cover of the top book had a line of large characters: "Honeycomb Divine Palm". Turning to the second book, he found "Wolf Pack Fist", "Shared Path Demon Blade", "Combined Edge Sword", and "Walking Together".

The names weren't exactly impressive; they sounded like the kind of awful names that uncultured people would force together by racking their brains. Li Gu thought about the names of the five founders of the Lotus Sect: Fu Yiyang, Fu Erhai, Fu Sanjiang, Fu Sihe, Fu Wuhu... That's it, that feels right.

These are the names that those uncultured founders could come up with!

Li Gu stuffed all five manuals into his robes, causing his belly to bulge out in a large heap.

She had no choice but to press her stomach with one hand and quickly slip out the door.

Down on the first floor, two gatekeepers were directing a large group of ordinary laborers to move books. As Li Gu walked past, he cursed at the laborers, "Get your hands dirty! Have you all skipped meals or something? Damn it!"

The two gatekeepers quickly greeted him: "Senior brother... have you rested well? Does your wound still hurt?"

"Of course it hurts, damn it, I'll give you a Tang Clan hidden weapon in the face and see if it hurts." Li Gu cursed under his breath, "Now that I've applied the medicine, I'm a hero again. I'm going to go back and chop all those rogue cultivators into seventeen or eighteen pieces. Oh, and don't let me catch any female rogue cultivators, or I'll definitely show them what it means to be 'eighteen kinds of people'."

The two gatekeepers, still frightened when they saw Li Gu return injured, now looked on with envy upon hearing that he could manipulate female rogue cultivators in all sorts of ways. They thought, "Ah! Being good at fighting has its advantages. Although it often puts his life in danger, there are also benefits to be gained. We low-level gatekeepers don't have any female rogue cultivators to play with. Sigh! We need to make a good impression and try to join the sect so we can get guidance from our senior brother and soar to great heights."

Li Gu swaggered out the door, pretending to be in a hurry to help, and ran a long way in the blink of an eye, while the two gatekeepers were still waving behind him...

Zhang Yi was getting a little anxious. His senior brother Li hadn't come out for a long time. Could something have happened to him?

She was hesitating whether to sneak in and check it out herself when Li Gu strode over and said quickly, "Got it! Where are my clothes?"

Zhang Yi handed over the clothes that Li Gu had just taken off and turned his back.

Li Gu quickly took off the clothes of a demonic sect disciple, stuffed them into a crack in the rock, and put on his own: "Alright, let's go."

Without exchanging any unnecessary words, Zhang Yi didn't even ask Li Gu what he had gained. Grasping the key point, they first left the dangerous situation. The two left the riverbank and ran towards Linjiang Gate, which was also called "Manure Wharf." It was the largest manure transfer wharf in Jiangzhou, where urban and rural manure was loaded, unloaded, and transferred to supply the nearby farmland. As a result, it was stinking all day long.

Even the most unafraid-of-stealing Beggar Clan disciples stayed far away from here, leaving the dock entirely to ordinary people to manage.

The two crossed the manure transport dock, slipped into Linjiang Gate, and wandered aimlessly through the streets and alleys until they reached the side of the yamen. They slipped in through the side door where food was supplied... Zheng Xiaodong and Meng Ting had been waiting there. When they saw the two return, they quickly pulled them into the kitchen and handed them their constable uniforms.

The two took off their martial arts attire, changed into constable uniforms, removed their beards and unibrows, and changed back into their usual costumes as Li Mujin and Zhang Chunyu. Only then did they breathe a sigh of relief.

"What did you succeed in?" Zhang Yi finally had a chance to ask Li Gu.

Li Gu chuckled and took out a bunch of secret manuals.

He hadn't had time to look at it carefully before, but now he finally had time to open these manuals and examine their contents closely. Fist, palm, sword, knife, footwork—a complete set of external martial arts techniques.

The person who created this manual has excellent calligraphy skills; every single character is of a master's caliber. He also has a high level of literary skill, using concise and elegant language. Clearly, his literary talent far surpasses that of the five patriarchs of the Lotus Sect. Some of the technical movements are even illustrated with corresponding miniature figures, and his drawing skills are also excellent, with each miniature figure being drawn to life.

This person even wrote a poem for each martial art, such as "Honeycomb Divine Fist": Ten thousand palms gather like bees in a hive, their forms and movements combined to conquer. A small body possesses the power of unity, its overlapping shadows breaking through ten thousand moves.

This makes the content and the cover somewhat incongruous.

The names on the cover indicate that these martial arts techniques were created by a semi-literate person.

However, the content inside is the work of a literary master.

Zhang Yi was a little skeptical: "This can't be fake, can it? Something feels off."

Li Gu thought to himself: Something's definitely not right! The Demonic Sect originally had no manuals; everything was passed down orally. The five founding masters were semi-illiterate; they only gave the names but lacked the ability to write the content. If I forced the system to create a manual, the system must have secretly influenced some educated member to write a new manual for these external martial arts techniques.

The scene he had seen earlier near the Beggars' Sect's territory flashed through his mind: the leader of the Demonic Sect flying over on a giant calligraphy brush. Since that person used a calligraphy brush to create a flying magic weapon, he must be someone who liked literature and calligraphy. The secret manual was most likely written by that guy.

Upon further reflection, I realized that the numerous calligraphy and paintings in the room were all signed with the three characters "Mo Xuan Ye".

Li Gu touched the cover of the manual and sighed inwardly: Thank you so much! Brother Mo Xuanye, when I deal with you someday, I'll leave you a whole corpse as a thank you for your meticulous work.

"Should we practice this kind of unverifiable manual?" Zheng Xiaodong asked hesitantly, "What if we practice it incorrectly and end up with the wrong skill?"

"I plan to give it a try," Li Gu interjected. "If you practice the mental cultivation method incorrectly, you'll suffer a qi deviation. If you practice the external skills incorrectly, it's just a waste of time. If these external skills are really fake, I'll realize as I practice them that they don't fit with the [Common Path Demonic Scripture]. If I stop practicing them, I'll only lose some time."

Li Gu still remembers that when he was in Flower Valley, he felt that he was absorbing pollen into his body while practicing the Hidden Flower Heart Technique. However, when he practiced the Hidden Flower Blade Technique with its wide and sweeping movements, he blew the pollen away. At that time, he felt that something was wrong. This was the problem caused by the mismatch between the heart technique and the external skills.

This kind of problem is easy to spot, and you won't be fooled for long.

Zhang Yi nodded: "I also plan to try out the external martial arts that Junior Brother Li risked his life to bring back. Even if I practice it wrong, it will only be a waste of time, which is fine."

She immediately chose the [Combined Edge Sword]: "The iron ruler and the sword are very similar. I'd like to try out the swordsmanship first. What about you, Junior Brother Li?"

Li Gu chuckled: "I want them all! But let's start with the swords first."

Zhang Yi was speechless. She had almost forgotten that Junior Brother Li's learning ability far exceeded that of ordinary people.