A Senior Brother's Nagging

Someone actually fell for that...

On the rooftop, Jiang Beiran covered his forehead, his face full of helplessness.

What Fang Qiuyue had run into was a fairly common scam in the world of martial artists, known as the "Night-Crying Granny."

The "profession" of conmen could be said to understand better than anyone the principle of serving different dishes to different guests. There were ways to swindle young girls, and ways to swindle older women.

And on the Profound Dragon Continent, where sects stood in great numbers and heroes flourished, conmen had another target group Jiang Beiran had never heard of before crossing over.

Heroines.

There was never any shortage of hot-blooded girls like Fang Qiuyue, fresh to the martial world and eager to uphold justice. Naturally, all sorts of scams had arisen to target this group.

The "Night-Crying Granny" was one of them. Simply put, they found an old woman, had her lie on the ground, and then cry her heart out until a newbie heroine like Fang Qiuyue came over to help.

In Jiang Beiran's eyes, this scam was about as idiotic as "I am Qin Shi Huang, send me money," yet every so often, some young "heroine" would still be duped by it.

Now Jiang Beiran had witnessed it with his own eyes. He truly did not know whether to say Fang Qiuyue was innocent and lively or that she was missing a screw in her head.

But as he had said before, Jiang Beiran did not dislike girls like Fang Qiuyue. She had not really done anything wrong; the fault lay with society as a whole.

Tightening his mask, Jiang Beiran nimbly leaped across the rooftops and followed Fang Qiuyue's group.

After turning through several narrow alleys, the old woman, supported by Fang Qiuyue, arrived at a large courtyard planted with cabbages. She walked up to a small house and pounded hard on its door. "Open up! You wicked daughter-in-law, get out here!"

"What are you banging on about!? Trying to kill someone in the middle of the night!?"

Before long, the door flew open with a bang, and a fierce-looking woman rushed out, shouting.

The moment Fang Qiuyue saw the woman's hateful face, her spirits surged. She decided at once that this was absolutely a bad person!

"Vile woman! Don't act so arrogantly! I came today to seek justice for First Madam!"

Hearing Fang Qiuyue's voice, the woman was clearly stunned. Only after taking a closer look did she notice a woman standing behind the old woman.

How strange... I didn't even notice her when I came out. I thought the old woman was shouting some signal for no reason.

Strange as it was, the woman quickly recovered and snapped at Fang Qiuyue, "Who are you!? You dare meddle in my business!?"

Seeing how ferocious the woman was, Fang Qiuyue's fiery temper flared at once. With a clang, she drew her White Rainbow Sword.

"Ah! You even dare draw a sword? If you have the guts, chop me! Come on, chop right here." As she spoke, the woman fearlessly stepped forward.

Fang Qiuyue, who had always managed to frighten people off by drawing her sword, had never seen such a scene before. Instead, she took two steps back.

Seeing the situation deadlocked, the male owner hurried over to play peacemaker. "Oh dear, let's talk this out, let's talk this out. Heroine, please put your sword away." Then he turned to the old woman and asked, "Mother, what is it this time?"

"What is it? You cannot manage this old woman, so am I not allowed to find someone to uphold justice for me?"

Just then, a voice suddenly rang out from the small house beside them. "What are you making such a racket for!? Are you going to let people sleep or not!?"

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

Then, clasping his hands together, he repeatedly bowed to the three women beside him. "My Ancestors, can we talk inside? Do not let others see us making fools of ourselves out here."

After hearing that, the old woman first gave a snort, then looked at Fang Qiuyue. "Miss Fang, how about we go inside and talk? After all, family shame must not be aired in public."

Not knowing what to do with the fierce woman, Fang Qiuyue took the opportunity to put away her sword and nodded. "Fine. I came here to reason things out properly in the first place. I did not want to hurt anyone."

"Heh, as if you'd dare." The fierce woman rolled her eyes at Fang Qiuyue.

But the male owner promptly dragged the fierce woman back into the room, saying as he pulled her, "We'll talk inside, we'll talk inside."

Seeing the fierce woman dragged back into the room, Fang Qiuyue stepped forward and supported the old woman. "Come, auntie, I'll help you inside."

"Ah." The old woman nodded, her face full of gratification.

Once Fang Qiuyue helped the old woman into the room, the male owner poked his head out and looked around outside for a while before finally closing the door.

This hideout looks pretty sizable...

On the rooftop, Jiang Beiran looked at the enormous courtyard and remarked inwardly.

Scams like the "Night-Crying Granny" were generally carried out by gangs. Since it was a gang, naturally no good people would be living in this courtyard.

Hm? There's even a Mystic Practitioner? Sunset Glow Town really is a crouching tiger, hidden dragon. A gang of conmen actually has such a strongman?

At first, Jiang Beiran more or less knew the functions of straightforward attributes like strength, physique, and agility. But the spiritual attribute truly left him scratching his head. He conducted many experiments, yet still could not figure out what it was for.

However, as his spiritual points steadily increased, Jiang Beiran finally began to understand its uses.

First, Jiang Beiran could unleash spirit pressure upon a target, making them fear him.

Second, he could use spiritual power to search for all Cultivators within a certain range and learn what realm they were in.

Both functions could be said to be extremely useful.

Inside the small house, Fang Qiuyue had already spent quite some time lecturing the fierce woman with righteous conviction. Yet the fierce woman was always aggressive in her retorts, and her words were exceedingly crude, leaving Fang Qiuyue flushed bright red.

"You...!"

Once again rendered speechless, Fang Qiuyue was about to rise when she discovered that her legs had gone somewhat weak.

What's going on!? Fang Qiuyue furrowed her brow and suddenly remembered some things Cowardly Senior Brother had nagged them about during their descent from the mountain.

"If your legs suddenly go weak, do not overthink it. Use your remaining strength and run as hard as you can, because there is a ninety-nine percent chance you've been hit by sleeping incense. If you do not run, then prepare to die."

But I didn't smell anything strange?

The more Fang Qiuyue thought about it, the heavier her head became. Gradually, she began to feel as if her upper body was about to go numb as well.

Not good!

Realizing she had encountered the situation Cowardly Senior Brother had described, Fang Qiuyue abruptly sprang to her feet!