Senior Brother's Nagging

'Someone actually fell for that...'

Jiang Beiran, covering his forehead on the rooftop, looked helpless.

The situation Fang Qiuyue was currently in was a rather common scam in the world, known in the Jianghu as the "Night-Crying Granny."

The "profession" of conmen understood the principle of judging people by their appearance better than anyone. They had ways to scam young girls and ways to scam old girls.

And on the Profound Dragon Continent, where sects were as common as trees and chivalrous heroes roamed, conmen had a target demographic that Jiang Beiran had never heard of before his transmigration.

That was the heroine.

There were never a few Hot-blooded girls like Fang Qiuyue who had just entered the Jianghu, wanting to act heroically. Naturally, various scams arose to deal with this target demographic.

For example, the "Night-Crying Granny" was one of them. Simply put, it involved an old woman lying on the ground and crying loudly until a "newbie" heroine like Fang Qiuyue came to her aid.

In Jiang Beiran's eyes, the stupidity of this scam was on the same level as "I, Qin Shi Huang, send money." Yet, from time to time, young "heroines" would still be tricked.

Now, Jiang Beiran was witnessing it firsthand. He didn't know whether to call Fang Qiuyue naive and innocent or genuinely lacking in common sense.

However, as he said before, Jiang Beiran didn't dislike girls like Fang Qiuyue. It wasn't really her fault; it was society's fault.

Tightening his mask, Jiang Beiran leaped nimbly across the rooftops, following Fang Qiuyue and the others.

After turning a few alleys, the old woman, supported by Fang Qiuyue, arrived at a courtyard with cabbages planted in it. She walked to a hut and banged on the door forcefully, shouting, "Open up! You wicked daughter-in-law, come out!"

"What are you banging for! Are you trying to kill someone in the middle of the night!"

A moment later, the door creaked open with a "bang," and a fierce-looking woman rushed out, shouting.

Upon seeing the woman's detestable appearance, Fang Qiuyue immediately got fired up, convinced she was definitely a bad person!

"Wicked woman! How dare you be so arrogant! I'm here today to seek justice for Auntie!"

When the woman heard Fang Qiuyue's voice, she obviously froze. Looking closely, she saw a woman standing behind the old woman.

How strange... I didn't notice her when I came out. I was wondering why the old woman was making random signals.

Despite the strangeness, the woman quickly reacted and said to Fang Qiuyue, "Who are you!? You're meddling in my business!"

Seeing how fierce the woman was, Fang Qiuyue's fiery temper flared up. With a "clang," she drew her White Rainbow Sword.

"Hey! You dare draw your sword? If you have the guts, cut me! Come on, cut here." The woman said, fearlessly stepping forward.

Fang Qiuyue, who always managed to intimidate others by drawing her sword, had never encountered such a situation. She actually took two steps back.

Seeing the situation stall, the male owner quickly stepped forward to play the peacemaker, saying, "Oh dear, let's talk this out. Let's talk this out. Heroine, please put your sword away." He then turned to the old woman and said, "Mother, what's wrong this time?"

"What's wrong with me? You can't control me, this old woman, so can't I find someone to uphold justice for me?"

Suddenly, a shout came from the hut next door: "What's all the noise about! Can't people sleep!"

The male owner quickly said, "Sorry, sorry, we'll go back inside right away."

After speaking, he clasped his hands together and bowed repeatedly to the three women beside him, "My esteemed ancestors, can we talk inside? Don't make a spectacle of ourselves outside for others to see."

The old woman first snorted, then looked at Fang Qiuyue and said, "Miss Fang, why don't we go inside and talk? After all, family shame should not be aired publicly."

Fang Qiuyue, unsure of what to do with the fierce woman, took the opportunity to put away her sword and nodded, "Alright, I originally just wanted to reason with you properly, I didn't intend to hurt anyone."

"Heh, you dare." The fierce woman shot Fang Qiuyue a glare.

However, the male owner appropriately pulled the fierce woman back into the room, saying as he pulled, "Let's talk inside, let's talk inside."

Seeing the fierce woman pulled back into the room, Fang Qiuyue stepped forward to support the old woman, "Come, Auntie, let me help you inside."

"Ah." The old woman nodded, her face filled with relief.

After Fang Qiuyue helped the old woman into the room, the male owner poked his head out from inside to observe the surroundings before closing the door.

'This stronghold doesn't seem small...'

On the rooftop, Jiang Beiran looked at the large courtyard and mused inwardly.

The "Night-Crying Granny" scam was usually a group operation. Since it was a group, there wouldn't be any good people living in the courtyard.

'Huh? There's even a mystic practitioner? Sunset Glow Town truly has hidden talents, to have such a strongman in a conman gang?'

In the beginning, for straightforward attributes like strength, constitution, and agility, Jiang Beiran knew their functions almost immediately. However, the spirit attribute truly puzzled him; he conducted many experiments but couldn't figure out its use.

But as his spirit points increased, Jiang Beiran finally began to understand its functions.

Firstly, Jiang Beiran could unleash spirit pressure towards a target, making them fear him.

Secondly, he could use his spiritual power to scan all cultivators within a certain range and know their realms.

Both functions were incredibly useful.

Inside the hut, Fang Qiuyue had already been reasoning with the fierce woman righteously for a while. However, the fierce woman was always aggressive and her words were extremely vulgar, leaving Fang Qiuyue blushing furiously.

"You...!"

Once again rendered speechless, Fang Qiuyue was about to stand up when she realized her legs felt a bit weak.

'What's going on!?' Fang Qiuyue frowned, suddenly remembering some things the cowardly senior brother had rambled on about during their descent.

"If you suddenly feel your legs go weak, don't overthink it. Use your last bit of strength to run as fast as you can, because nine times out of ten you've been hit with sleeping incense. If you don't run, prepare to die."

'But I didn't smell anything strange?'

The more Fang Qiuyue thought, the heavier her head became, and she gradually felt her upper body losing sensation.

'Not good!'

Knowing she had encountered the situation the cowardly senior brother had described, Fang Qiuyue abruptly stood up!