42. Wait a Minute!
Her cheat, in fact, involved a new system she had started studying on the road.
Yes, this new system was called “The Swindler.”
How did this Swindler system work? It was all about… breaking the law.
Ahem… as an upright and outstanding youth of the new era, Miss Gong would never engage in such fraudulent activities.
She only accepted the title “Immortal Master” when others called her that, and she just happened to make up a sect name that actually existed. And at Qian Yue Academy, besides the one incident she couldn’t explain, everything else was the truth.
It wasn’t her fault that some people were gullible and insisted on believing she was a reliable person, a demonic sect leader.
And what did these actions bring her?
“Name: Gong Yiling
Profession: Swindler
Profession Level: Bumper Car (Requires one more grand scam to reach the next level, “Counterfeit Money”)
Innate Skill at this Level [Insight A++]: By staring at someone for ten seconds, you can determine their general identity through key details. The accuracy depends on the current profession level.
Innate Skill at this Level [Swindling Basics EX]: You can lie without blushing, without any micro-expressions, without any emotional fluctuations. This skill can be manually turned off or adjusted.
Active Skill at this Level [Selling the Eiffel Tower]: By using extreme deception and persuasion, you can lower the target’s intelligence to a considerably low level, making them agree to many absurd conditions (P.S.: This skill can only be activated after reaching the “Eiffel Tower Selling Master” level, and its actual effect depends on the target’s intelligence and the stacked persuasion techniques).”
This Swindler side-job system was quite interesting.
The reason she could identify those people was because of the “Insight” skill.
If she could level this up high enough, she could become a super fortune-teller, setting up a stall and telling people’s fortunes.
Whether she was right or wrong didn’t matter. With a barrage of confident pronouncements, she could easily convince people.
Hey, even if she said he would be cheated on by a hundred women, the man might just start dating men instead.
Ahem… although this was a bit exaggerated, Gong Yiling felt that if she could master this skill, it would be incredibly powerful, and it fit her current style perfectly.
But leveling it up was a bit troublesome.
There were only two ways to advance: completing various grand scams or achieving various accomplishments.
The achievements were quite stimulating. Besides a cumulative requirement, there were also achievements for scamming various prominent figures.
There was even one for scamming Gong Muzhi.
Of course, this wasn’t a simple lie. It had to be a complete deception, one that left the target utterly bewildered—the criteria were vague, and it was up to the system to decide.
Completing grand scams was exactly what she had been doing, like fooling Shangguan Long and the Divine King’s Court.
These two grand scams had directly raised her level by four, bringing her to the current “Bumper Car” level.
If she could scam the Eight Desolations Sword Alliance or the Eight Desolations Sword Master, or both, her experience would skyrocket.
Besides this, the system also seemed to have upgrade rewards, but Gong Yiling had never seen them.
In the system’s own words:
“When did the system upgrade? And when did the host complete this quest?” The system asked her seriously.
“Uh… I think you were later than me?”
“Not ‘I think.'” The system said, “The fact that the system can count both of these towards your progress after the upgrade is already a huge benefit. As for the upgrade rewards, of course they won’t be given.”
“…Is there such a rule?”
“Of course.” The system said, “And based on the host’s style, accelerating the upgrade is a piece of cake.”
“How come I feel like you’ve just improved your ability to trick and scam me? Is that your upgraded effect?”
System: “If the host really wants to understand it that way, then you’re not wrong.”
Gong Yiling: “???”
In short, this matter was settled by the system.
Miss Gong felt it was unreasonable, but her feelings were irrelevant.
Thinking of this, she slammed her head on the table.
“Ah!”
Leng Yuli, surprised, was startled. “What are you doing?”
Gong Yiling turned her head. “I used too much energy observing people earlier. I’m a bit tired now. Go and get me something to eat.”
“Why are you bossing me around? I’m not going.”
Although she said this, Leng Yuli still went and brought back a plate of peanuts.
“Want some peanuts?”
“Yes, I’ll eat anything.” Gong Yiling smiled and took the peanuts, even thinking of asking for some fruit wine. But the person at the next table suddenly flipped their table, which then crashed into theirs.
“Crane Boy Demon!” The person who flipped the table was the cross-dressing expert. He kicked a chair away and said to the child-like person beside him, “You demon, how dare you slander our elder!”
“Heh, little doll.” The child’s voice sounded like an old man’s—was this rejuvenation technique so realistic? Only changing their appearance, nothing else? What a joke!
“Which ear did you hear me slandering your elder with?” The child sneered. “Tell me what I slandered!”
“Such shameless words, and you want me to repeat them? Crane Boy Demon, you truly are the number one pervert of your Life and Death Reincarnation Dao.”
“Pervert?” The Crane Boy Demon scoffed. “Little doll, you can’t even say what I said, and now you’re insulting my reputation? Is this the magnanimity of the Hundred Paths Mountain?”
“You!”
“What? Did I say something like ‘your Elder Hua is a common whore’? Or perhaps…”
Before he could finish, the disciple couldn’t take it anymore, drew his sword, and charged forward.
“Demonic scum, I’ll kill you!”
“You’re courting death!”
Just as they were about to clash, a woman in a bamboo hat suddenly intervened.
“Wait a minute!”
