43. The Great Deception
This sudden interruption startled the two.
Was this woman a ghost? How did she move so silently?
“And who are you, little girl?” The Crane Boy Demon scrutinized Gong Yiling. Although he couldn’t see her face, her curvy figure piqued his interest.
A sinister glint appeared in his eyes.
Of course, Miss Gong just sneered.
The Life and Death Reincarnation Dao had to bow before the Pear Blossom Blood Orchid Palace. And this guy dared to have ideas about her?
He should take a look in the mirror and see his own worth.
“Who am I?” Gong Yiling glanced at the two and said calmly, “Before you ask that question, causing trouble in a place like this, do you think no one has ears? Do you think the Hundred Paths Mountain and the Five Demonic Abysses are just a bunch of impotent rages and petty villains?”
“Miss,” the cultivator from the Hundred Flowers Dao immediately bowed. “If we don’t vent this anger, we’re not worthy of being cultivators of the Hundred Flowers Mountain.”
“Eh, little doll,” the Crane Boy Demon added fuel to the fire, “so far, it’s all just your slander. You say I said something? Where’s your proof?”
“Proof…”
The cultivator was speechless.
But just then, a recording stone flew onto the table before them, and the Crane Boy Demon’s voice echoed from within.
His words were explosive, the kind that would definitely be censored if written down.
Hearing this, some of the more thin-skinned female cultivators blushed and cursed, “Pervert!”
And most of the others now looked at the Crane Boy Demon with strange expressions.
Although they knew he wasn’t a good person, his words were beyond just lewd.
As for the Crane Boy Demon himself, his face darkened. He frowned and looked at Gong Yiling coldly. “You recorded me?”
“Don’t misunderstand,” Gong Yiling shrugged. “I also heard what you said, and I didn’t think it sounded like the real Crane Boy Demon.”
“So, I recorded it to report to the real Elder He.”
Her words were so sincere that the Crane Boy Demon couldn’t refute them.
The cultivator from the Hundred Flowers Dao was overjoyed. “Miss, you’ve been a great help.”
“Don’t thank me yet.” Gong Yiling grabbed his collar impatiently. “You just spilled a very commemorative plate of peanuts. You have to compensate me.”
“Huh???”
The cultivator was stunned.
What?
A plate of peanuts… peanuts?
Lady, are you serious? It’s just a plate of peanuts.
“How… how much do you want? I’ll pay you…”
Gong Yiling said with a heartbroken expression, “This isn’t about money. You don’t understand the importance of this plate of peanuts.”
“What… what importance?”
“This plate of peanuts was the first gift my disciple ever gave me. It’s like your elder giving you a gift when you first became a disciple, or when you graduated. Don’t you think that’s meaningful?”
“Uh…”
Well, if you put it that way, the commemorative value was indeed quite significant.
But it still felt… strange.
Why would a memento be… uh… a plate of peanuts?
Could that even be considered a proper memento?
Leng Yuli, also confused, was equally speechless.
Although she had indeed bought them for Gong Yiling, they were just a plate of peanuts, not some so-called memento…
“See? Since you also think it’s a memento, and you know how important a memento is, then that means one thing.”
Gong Yiling held out her hand and said seriously, “I want another form of compensation.”
The cultivator’s eye twitched. He suddenly felt this girl was more troublesome than the Crane Boy Demon.
“Then what do you want?”
“Nothing much.” Gong Yiling crossed her arms. “The cosmetics from the Hundred Flowers Dao are top-grade, and I remember you also have special beauty pills. Just give me some of those.”
Ah…
These things, if you calculated their price, weren’t cheap at all.
However, if these were just material things, without any commemorative value, he did have some.
So, the disciple from the Hundred Flowers Dao didn’t think much of it and gave them to Gong Yiling.
“Notification—Small scam completed. However, the scale of this scam is too small and will not be recorded in the system’s data.”
She quickly ignored the notification.
She just wanted to see if she could scam someone without using her skills, and it seemed… it worked.
She took the items and stuffed them into the bewildered Leng Yuli’s hands, who was still trying to figure out how she exchanged a plate of peanuts for a pile of cosmetics.
Then, she turned her attention to the Crane Boy Demon.
Although she could scam the disciple from the Hundred Flowers Dao, he wasn’t a very calculating person and had a good temperament.
But this guy was different. Scamming him would be a bit… difficult.
“Why are you still here?”
“Hilarious.” The Crane Boy Demon sneered. “Why should I leave?”
“A scammer should leave after being exposed.” Gong Yiling said with wide-eyed curiosity, “If you don’t leave, and the real Crane Boy Demon comes, what will you do?”
The Crane Boy Demon was so angry he laughed. “Are you kidding? I am the real Crane Boy Demon. Are you challenging my patience, little girl?”
“Yes,” the disciple from the Hundred Flowers Dao chimed in. “This demon is clearly the Crane Boy Demon. What do you mean, miss?”
“Are you stupid? Would the real Crane Boy Demon say such things in front of so many people?” Gong Yiling said seriously, “Although that old man is indeed lecherous, there are many important figures here. Is he worthy? He’s not!”
This… actually made some sense.
“If he’s not the Crane Boy Demon, then who is he?”
“To stir up conflict between the Hundred Paths Mountain and the Five Demonic Abysses, he must be someone from outside these two organizations.” Gong Yiling’s analysis was flawless. “In my opinion, this person must be a remnant of the Divine King’s Court from the recent Qian Yue Academy incident.”
