The sword cultivator’s harsh reprimand made Pei Min’s body go cold, his mind buzzing.
Meanwhile, the sword cultivator felt completely at ease.
He had wasted an entire day sitting here just for the pleasure of looking down on them and mocking them right in their faces!
This bunch of bumpkins have no idea what real cultivation means! Strong cultivators are forged by countless resources and Spirit Stones.
The new emperor ordering our sect to accept people like you is completely useless except for robbing us, the original disciples, of our resources!
You are the burdens of the sect! No, you are the burdens of the entire Shenzhou!
“If you’re not going to accept me, then don’t. Why do you have to be so harsh?” Jiang Ke’er quickly stepped in to mediate, feeling sorry for him.
The surname Pei was already rare, and Min was even more uncommon. Jiang Ke’er thought it over and concluded that the probability of a coincidence was extremely low.
This Pei Min in front of her was most likely that devoted little fan who had tirelessly contributed countless Orthodox Points to her.
Even if it was just for those Orthodox Points, she couldn’t bear to watch him get scolded!
“Where does this little girl come from to dare lecture me?” The sword cultivator saw another chance to explode. He immediately stood up angrily.
“You bunch of ungrateful, fish-stinking commoners, you plebs! What’s wrong with cursing you a bit? Cursing you is giving you face!”
The surrounding villagers, intimidated by his aura, hurriedly stepped back in fear.
They couldn’t afford to provoke him.
After all, he was an immortal who had come down from the mountains! Indeed, it was already their fortune that he had come to the village to recruit disciples.
If they weren’t lucky enough to catch the immortal’s eye, how could they dare to talk back?
Jiang Ke’er frowned.
“You came here to recruit, yet you set an exorbitant tuition fee. It’s obvious you’re just making things difficult. You have no intention of recruiting at all!” Jiang Ke’er stood in front of the table and stared coldly at the sword cultivator.
“The villagers may not have the power to resist your Donglai Sword Sect, but that doesn’t give you the right to come here and insult and bully us!”
“Oh? What’s this?” The sword cultivator gave a frivolous smile.
“Not satisfied? Want to die?”
“Heh…”
In the past, Jiang Ke’er would have already planted this guy’s head in the ground by now.
To avoid revealing her identity, she naturally couldn’t use such brute force to solve the problem now.
However, she had a better idea.
Jiang Ke’er pulled out a Communication Stone.
“Hey, is this the government office? There are people here oppressing the villagers.”
The sword cultivator burst out laughing upon hearing this.
“The government? Give them eighty times the courage and see if they dare to mess with our Donglai Sword Sect! In hundreds of years, I’ve never seen a fearless government office dare to cause trouble for us!”
Jiang Ke’er smiled but said nothing.
“What’s going on?”
The government soldiers arrived with unprecedented speed. There was no yamen in the village; they had rushed over from Linshui City.
“Captain Wu, long time no see!” The sword cultivator greeted Wu Butou familiarly.
Seeing the scene, the villagers’ hearts tightened, and they thought to themselves, ‘This is bad.’
That bold little girl today probably wouldn’t have a good ending.
Captain Wu saw the sword cultivator and the attire of those around him and immediately got a headache.
“Donglai Sword Sect? What’s going on? Who just filed the report?”
“I did!” Jiang Ke’er puffed out her cheeks, looking innocent and aggrieved. “Officer, they’re oppressing the villagers!”
Although he didn’t understand what “police uncle” meant, Captain Wu could still understand the second half.
However, the one who reported it was such an innocent and naive little girl. It seemed like just a child throwing a tantrum, didn’t it?
“In what way are they oppressing?” Captain Wu asked with a headache.
The corners of Jiang Ke’er’s mouth turned up.
She adjusted the glasses on her nose, a cold glint flashing in her eyes, and her tone suddenly became extremely serious and formal.
“The Donglai Sword Sect ostensibly responds to His Majesty’s recruitment policy, but maliciously charges high tuition fees, deliberately obstructing the path of humble-born disciples to receive education, and dampening their enthusiasm for learning. They are opposing the new policies implemented by His Majesty… They are paying lip service to His Majesty’s policies while acting otherwise! The evidence is solid. There is suspicion of rebellion!”
Holy crap?!
This sudden, well-structured accusation stunned the recruiting sword cultivator.
He had thought the villagers were ignorant and easy to fool. Even if they reported to the authorities, they’d be the ones to suffer in the end.
Who would have thought that a big black pot would be slammed onto his face, with the two big characters “rebellion” written on it? The counterattack was so sharp that he was caught off guard.
Captain Wu’s headache got even worse.
At this critical juncture when the new regime had just been established, the new emperor was especially sensitive and wanted to establish national prestige.
Even if the charge of rebellion was a bit far-fetched, defying the new policies was already a crime of treason.
His Majesty had repeatedly ordered strict crackdowns. And of all times, the Donglai Sword Sect had to run right into the line of fire.
In fact, ninety percent of sects were implementing the same policies as the Donglai Sword Sect. It’s just that ordinary people didn’t pay attention to or understand the policies, so no one reported it.
But if someone did report it, the government absolutely wouldn’t dare to ignore it.
The recruiting sword cultivator understood the stakes, but he never expected to run into such a tough opponent in this small fishing village.
The new emperor ordered all sects under heaven to go deep into the populace and implement a recruitment plan with lowered thresholds.
Every sect had to comply.
Fine, comply then.
The higher-ups have policies, the lower levels have countermeasures. Just set up a recruitment booth as a front for the inspectors, but don’t actually accept anyone.
So he deliberately chose this small fishing village with simple folk and limited information, rather than a populous city, as the recruitment location.
First, because country folk are afraid of trouble; even if they know something is wrong, they won’t report it.
Second, because information is scarce in the countryside; most country folk are already struggling to survive, so they have no time to learn about national policies. If they don’t know, they can’t complain.
Who would have thought he’d run into a freak like Jiang Ke’er, who had nothing to do because her business was slow and spent all day reading newspapers?
“Don’t talk nonsense!” The recruiting sword cultivator immediately became anxious.
“Since the establishment of the Great Tang Empire, our Donglai Sword Sect has been fully responding to every policy of the new emperor! We have never paid lip service or deceived superiors! You stinking girl are spewing blood!”
“Hmm…” Captain Wu also took the opportunity to mediate.
“Everything needs evidence. Although this matter is serious, if there’s no evidence…”
Jiang Ke’er let out a long, long sigh.
“You villains…” Jiang Ke’er’s face was full of the pain of disappointment.
“It’s not the first or second time you’ve been recorded. Why don’t you ever learn? Get your act together! If this keeps up, this book is going to get flamed for being dumbed-down again. Though it really is kind of retarded…”
The recruiting sword cultivator stealthily glanced at the Recording Crystal that Jiang Ke’er had taken out.
A fierce light flashed in his eyes!
Meanwhile, Captain Wu’s expression began to turn serious.
Seeing that Jiang Ke’er was about to press the play button, the recruiting sword cultivator decisively drew his sword!
A sharp sword light, like a bird swooping through the sky, slashed toward Jiang Ke’er’s arm!
‘What kind of turtle-crawling speed is this…’
But she acted as if she hadn’t noticed at all, still standing there dumbly.
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