Anti-fraud manual for the cultivation world

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

These past few days, my second senior brother hasn't come to the solitary house to show off anymore. Only three visitors, Senior Sister Zhang, Junior Sister Xiao, and Junior Brother Fang, have been coming in turn. Senior Sister Zhang is very quiet. Every time she comes, she just quietly serves Senior Brother Zheng his meals and cleanses him. She often doesn't say a word. After finishing her work, she will occasionally sit quietly with Senior Brother Zheng for a while.

The junior sister was much more lively than her. Every time she came, she not only fed Li Gu and cleaned him up, but also sat on the edge of the bed and talked to him for a long time, telling him about how a junior brother was chased by a wild boar while chopping wood on the mountain, how a junior sister fell while carrying water, how a senior brother looked at her strangely, and so on...

When she spoke, Li Gu listened quietly, and even Senior Brother Zheng would prick up his ears to listen.

But nobody spoke to them!

Li Gu suddenly understood why Senior Sister Zhang was so quiet. Perhaps in the beginning, she, like Junior Sister, would tell Senior Brother Zheng what was happening in the sect, but each time she was the only one talking and received no response. Day after day, year after year, she gradually stopped talking.

That night, a torrential downpour began.

The torrential rain lashed down on the flower valley, knocking countless blossoms down and causing them to droop. Petals fell to the ground, rolling into the mud with the water.

Senior Brother Zheng stared blankly at the rain lines outside the window.

Li Gu, however, was concentrating and calming his mind, looking inward at his own meridians.

The system repaired itself bit by bit, reconnecting the broken meridians little by little. Li Gu's true energy also extended downwards along with the restored meridians, and the area he could see internally became wider and wider.

The system finally repaired the abdomen.

The abdomen was the key to this qi deviation: the Guanyuan acupoint!

Li Gu was finally able to get a glimpse of its condition.

"It's connected!"

The Guanyuan acupoint has actually been opened.

The system didn't lie; it did turn Pigsy's lie into reality. The process was a bit convoluted, but the result was fine.

Li Gu had actually reached the sixth level of Qi Refining! It was just that after losing control of his body, his true essence could not reach all his meridians, so he could not confirm this.

Now that I can see through my internal eyes that the Guanyuan acupoint has been opened, I realize that my strength has reached a new level.

Level 6 of Qi Refining is the highest level in Flower Valley, because Level 7 of Qi Refining is enough to graduate from the apprenticeship.

The second senior brother is only at the sixth level of Qi Refining, about to reach the seventh level. If Li Gu were to fight the second senior brother now, he would have a fighting chance and wouldn't be completely crushed.

Li Gu quickly circulated his internal energy through a small cycle, gathering his true energy, passing it through the Guanyuan acupoint, and reaching the lower abdomen where the system was repairing. He used his own true energy to assist the system in repairing the broken meridians and accelerating the recovery process.

In the dead of night, just as he had finished repairing his legs...

The door to the lonely house creaked open, and the second senior brother, Zhou Shijie, actually walked in.

It was raining heavily outside, so his hair and shoulders were soaked. The wet hair stuck to his head was still dripping water, which made his expression look even more ferocious than last time.

As soon as he entered the room, he sat down on the edge of Senior Brother Zheng's bed, snorting, "Junior Brother Zheng, do you remember that junior brother surnamed Sun from the group of disciples who entered the sect with you? That guy was a wolf in sheep's clothing, keeping quiet and making progress faster than me, all while secretly cultivating without telling anyone. Outrageous! Absolutely outrageous! I thought I would be the fastest to graduate among our group of disciples, until today I found out that he has already applied for the Cold Jade Stone from Senior Sister and will break through to the seventh level tomorrow in front of everyone. If he succeeds, he'll graduate before me! Damn it, I'm so angry!"

Senior Brother Zheng couldn't speak, but a hint of mockery flashed in his eyes...

Li Gu thought to himself: So that's why this guy came to this lonely house in the middle of the night. He doesn't dare to tell anyone his true feelings. Only in this house can he unleash his dark side.

According to the rules of Hidden Flower Valley, one can graduate after reaching the seventh level of Qi Refining. Therefore, tomorrow, Master will come to Flower Valley to "personally guide" him. Once Senior Brother Sun successfully breaks through, Master will announce on the spot that he is allowed to graduate and send him away from Flower Valley.

With their master present, the second senior brother dared not try anything funny and could only watch helplessly as it all unfolded.

That's why he was so furious!

Li Gu sneered inwardly: What's there to be jealous of if someone graduates from your apprenticeship a few days earlier? After graduation, you're just a stranger. You're even jealous of strangers. With such a narrow mind, you're destined to achieve nothing in this life.

Just as he was thinking this, he heard his second senior brother say fiercely to his senior brother Zheng, "What's with that look? Are you mocking me?"

"Snapped!"

A crisp slap rang out as the second senior brother slapped senior brother Zheng across the face.

The hatred in Senior Brother Zheng's eyes intensified.

"You still dare to look at me like that?" The second senior brother waved his hand again, "slap slap slap slap."

He slapped Senior Brother Zheng four or five times in a row, then stopped...

He was worried that the handprint wouldn't fade away overnight and would be noticeable the next morning.

Senior Brother Zheng clearly knew he wouldn't dare continue slapping him, and his eyes gleamed with even more mockery, as if to say: "No matter how much you scheme, there's still a junior brother who will graduate before you. Hahaha, what a pathetic and pathetic fellow. Go ahead and hit me again! Hit me again! You don't dare anymore? What if Junior Sister Zhang finds out I was hit tomorrow, reports it to Senior Sister, and they investigate? Let's see how you handle that then."

The second senior brother, still seething with anger, turned his head and looked at Li Gu: "I can still hit you, can't I?"

He walked to the edge of Li Gu's bed, sat down, and looked at Li Gu with displeasure: "What do you mean by this taste?"

Li Gu's gaze was one of contempt, as if he were looking at an idiot.

This look made the second senior brother even more uncomfortable than Zheng's hateful and mocking gaze.

His jealousy stemmed from his arrogance. He always felt that he should be the most talented among the disciples of this generation. He couldn't stand anyone who surpassed him and felt he had to cripple the person who surpassed him to feel comfortable.

Arrogant people hate it most when others look down on them.

Li Gu's disdainful gaze stirred up the deepest darkness within him.

The second senior brother raised his hand, as if to slap Li Gu, but then lowered it, chuckling softly, "Hitting you would be too easy! I suddenly have a better idea. Why don't I go knock on junior sister's door now and say you vomited blood in the middle of the night? Do you think she'll rush over to see you? In this hut in the pouring rain, only she and I can move. I can easily subdue her, strip her naked, and pose her in all sorts of ways in front of you. You'd definitely enjoy watching that, wouldn't you? Afterwards, I'll kill her to silence her, and dump her body in your and junior brother Fang's room. No one will guess it was me. Everyone will just think that junior sister went to your old room to help you pack, and junior brother Fang, lusting after her, raped her, and then killed her. Hahahaha!"

Before his laughter had even subsided, Li Gu suddenly raised his hand and slapped his second senior brother in the abdomen, hitting the Guanyuan acupoint.

He channeled all his Qi Refining Level 6 power into that spot.

The second senior brother was careless and failed to dodge. Even his protective true qi, cultivated at the sixth level of Qi Refining, was unable to withstand Li Gu's sudden attack.

The Guanyuan acupoint was struck hard, causing a violent tremor in the meridians throughout the body.

The second senior brother's smile froze on his face, and he slumped down.