Anti-fraud manual for the cultivation world

Resolution 90

As evening fell, the sun began to set.

Cai Xinzi, Kailong, Niu Xin, and Ma Zhi were packing their things, preparing to go home together. The four of them were now living together. Three other Qi Refining stage constables also came over and said, "Chief Constable, Uncle Kai, let the three of us stay with you too. We're a little scared."

Cai Xinzi welcomed everyone, laughing, "Come on, come on! I can make a few beds on the floor at home. The more people, the safer it is!"

Head Chef Cai Xinlan also came over from the kitchen, packed her things, and planned to go home with Cai Xinzi and the others.

Now, the Six Doors are in a state of panic, and everyone is on edge. Even family members have to be careful. Ordinary people like Cai Xinlan are at even greater risk, so she can only hang out with her cousin every day.

Just as the group was about to leave, Li Gu and Zhang Yi returned from outside, followed by a coroner who had wrapped the bodies of two members of the Demonic Sect in straw mats.

Niu Xin and Ma Zhi were overjoyed and rushed forward: "You two have helped us get revenge again, hahaha, well done!"

Li Gu's face darkened, and he quickly rushed to Cai Xinzi's side, lowering his voice to say, "Chief Constable, I've extracted very important information from these two gang members."

"Oh?" Cai Xinzi asked curiously, "Tell me about it?"

Li Gu whispered, "Eight days from now, at the fourth watch, the Demonic Sect will attack your home."

"Holy crap!" Cai Xinzi nearly jumped up, but his eyes darted around, quickly scanning the surrounding constables, especially noticing Yao Xingjuan, who had received money from the Demonic Sect. Seeing that Yao wasn't looking their way, he immediately pulled Li Gu a few steps away, hiding in a corner of the corridor: "Really? Kailong and I live together, and the Demonic Sect dares to attack us? Aren't they afraid of causing magical artifacts to fly everywhere and alarming the whole city?"

Li Gu said, "I don't know if this news is true. If it is, then the Demonic Sect has gone a bit mad."

Cai Xinzi's eyes swept over the two corpses that Li Gu had brought back. She thought to herself, "Those must be two low-level gang members. How could they be qualified to know such an important thing?"

To kill me and Kailong, either Hua Mingyuan and Mo Xuanye would have to do it themselves, or all four other Foundation Establishment disciples from the Jiangzhou branch would have to be mobilized; otherwise, it would be impossible to defeat me and Kailong with certainty.

What is Hua Mingyuan's status? He wouldn't do such a thing.

Mo Xuanye is in charge of the operation of the entire Jiangzhou branch and will not easily take risks.

Those are the other four Foundation Establishment stage cultivators!

Even if these four people could really kill me and Kailong, it would inevitably cause a huge uproar. Wouldn't the Demonic Sect be afraid of attracting the Celestial Army to attack and wipe out the entire branch?

After thinking about it, Cai Xinzi felt that it was unlikely that the Demonic Sect would do something like that.

Maybe it's fake news?

Although Li Gu seems shrewd, even the most shrewd person can be fooled sometimes, right? He might have been deceived by the two gang members' superb acting skills and brought back false information.

Cai Xinzi pondered for a while, but still felt that the news was not very credible.

But he has always been afraid of death and cautious. This time, he had to make a decision because he had lost face too much. Now that he has heard this news, he would rather believe it than not.

Let's be skeptical and cautious then.

Cai Xinzi patted Li Gu on the shoulder: "This news can't get out. The constables in the Six Doors aren't a monolithic entity. Maybe someone has been paid by the Demonic Sect and is reporting our movements to them at any time. If the Demonic Sect finds out the news has leaked, they can come after me at a different time, and I'll be even more vulnerable."

Li Gu nodded: "I know, that's why I secretly told only the chief constable."

Cai Xinzi felt a chill in her heart and began to mentally race, planning how to protect herself. She had no mood to talk to Li Gu anymore and staggered back to Kailong, Cai Xinlan and their group to go home with them.

The people around her were chatting and laughing, but Cai Xinzi remained silent.

Three days later————

At dusk, at Hongya Gate, several salt boats docked at the riverbank, unloading their salt cargo in the last moments before nightfall. The boatmen and laborers were sweating profusely and working tirelessly.

Mo Xuanye, along with four Foundation Establishment stage disciples, were sitting together having a meeting.

A full-scale war with the imperial court has begun!

Both sides have their wins and losses.

During the day, the imperial court always comes out on top, because the members of the Demonic Sect can't all just sit idly by. They still have to find the four escaped livestock, run shady businesses, and there are always territorial clashes with other gangs.

These things will not all stop just because there is a war with the imperial court.

The search for livestock, in particular, is the most likely way for members of the Demonic Sect to appear in sparsely populated areas. Once there are no witnesses, the constables will resort to dirty tricks, capturing members of the Demonic Sect and killing them mercilessly.

Anyway, they can say whatever they want afterward, and they can pin a charge of "attacking an official" on the members of the Demonic Sect, leaving the Demonic Sect with nowhere to protest.

But once night falls, the Demonic Sect gains the upper hand.

At night, most of the disciples of the Demonic Sect would stay in the stilted houses under the Hongya Sect. Everyone was gathered together, so the constables could not ambush them, but they could go out and ambush the constables at any time.

The constables did not live in the yamen; they each had their own homes scattered throughout the vast city. Although they lived together in groups of five or six, there were still opportunities for them to be ambushed.

Three days —

The Demonic Sect lost seven or eight low-level members, and the Six Doors also lost five or six rookie constables.

Although they seemed to be evenly matched, Mo Xuanye was not satisfied with the result.

Cai Xinzi and Niu Xinma Zhi, whom he most wanted to kill, are still alive and well. Killing a few unrelated rookie constables is useless; it can't establish his authority, vent his anger, or subdue the Six Doors.

What he wanted was for the Six Doors to behave like ostriches, obediently turning a blind eye to everything the Demonic Sect did, and not seeing anything at all. The Demonic Sect could even bribe a few constables to do things for him.

"It was all caused by those livestock." Mo Xuanye's expression was unfriendly. "It all started when those livestock escaped."

"Senior Brother, who should we target next?" a Foundation Establishment stage junior brother asked. "The constables are gathering in increasing numbers. Some of the Qi Refining stage constables are even living together in groups of more than ten. It's becoming quite difficult to kill them all without anyone noticing. Targeting any group could cause a huge uproar."

Mo Xuanye was well aware of this. The most troublesome thing about dealing with constables was that the scale of the operation couldn't be too large. Once the court obtained solid evidence, things would be much more complicated.

He frowned and fell into deep thought.

A Foundation Establishment disciple chuckled, "Since we're going to make a big scene anyway, why not just kill Cai Xinzi? She's living with Kailong, Niu Xin, Ma Zhi, and three other Qi Refining stage constables. If the four of us Foundation Establishment disciples attack together, we're guaranteed to win. Let the commotion get big enough. At worst, the rest of us who did the fighting can just leave Jiangzhou and go back to Flower Valley to stay with Master for a few years. As long as our eldest brother insists he knew nothing and that it was our four acting arbitrarily, nothing will happen."