I Just Won't Play By The Book
chapter-126

“The storage ring?” According to Guan Shi’an’s words, Jiang Beiran took out the item from the storage ring and found that it was a gray storage ring, and it looked quite old.

“Are big shots like to give this kind of lain and unadorned item?” Jiang Beiran pondered.

Looking at Jiang Beiran’s puzzled eyes, Yin Jiang Hong said, “Your cultivation is only at level five of the qi refining stage, and you can’t control a magical item that is too good for you. Therefore, we have decided to give this yellow grade low tier magical item, the Ruyi Fortune Bucket, to you.”

“Low tier yellow grade!?”

Jiang Beiran was shocked. Although he had thought that the item that the two top magnates of Fengzhou would reward him a good item, he had never thought that it would be a yellow grade magical item! Even the mystic emperors would want one desperately!

In an instant, he felt that the fortune bucket in his hand was not old but had a sense of age.

Seeing Jiang Beiran put the container back into the storage ring, Yin Jianghong said directly, “Don’t you refuse the reward. I told you before that I owe you a favor. If your cultivation was not too weak, I would have given you something better.” Before Jiang Beiran could say thank you, Guan Shi’an said to Yin Jianghong first, “You’re really shameless. You always take the credit. This magical item clearly belongs to my Sect of Masked Moon. How could say like it’s your magical item?”

“Didn’t I return you an item of equal value? You are the leader of the righteous sect, so don’t be so stingy.”

Hearing this, Jiang Beiran finally understood. This Cult Master Yin was kind of wicked. He didn’t give out any benefits out or contribute anything, and he liked to take all the credits.

“He’s a shrewd person…” Jiang Beiran thought.

Probably to change the topic, Yin Jianghong said to Guan Shi’an, “Tell him how to use it.”

“You don’t have to remind me.” Guan Shi’an replied unhappily. He took the storage ring from Jiang Beiran’s hand and said, “Although this magical item is only of the low tier of the yellow grade, it has high spirituality. Beiran, pay attention to it.”

As Guan Shi’an spoke, he took out the Ruyi Fortune Bucket from the storage ring. Holding the Ruyi Fortune Bucket with both hands, Guan Shi’an looked at Jiang Beiran and asked, “Do you know how to do divination?”

Jiang Beiran shook his head. “No.”

“Then you can try to learn it. The better the user is at divination, the more effective the Ruyi Fortune Bucket will be. Of course, even if you don’t know divination at all, you can still use it. As long as if you are sincere when using it, it will respond to you.”

After Guan Shi’an explained, he shook the Ruyi Fortune Bucket three times.

“Ka-cha. Ka-cha. Ka-cha.”

After a strange sound, a golden stick fell out of the bucket. However, it did not fall to the ground like an ordinary stick. Instead, it floated in the air as if it was showing off its extraordinariness.

Before Jiang Beiran could see how the stick looked like, Guan Shilan grabbed it and shouted, “Change!”

In the next second, the golden stick emitted a dazzling light, and under Jiang Beiran’s astonished gaze, it turned into a scale-armored cloak and rest on Guan Shi’an’s body.

“This is the effect of the Ruyi Fortune Bucket. It can help you in all aspects. It’s the most suitable magical item that I can think of for

you.”

“Yellow grade magical item… that’s it?”

Although the process of changing from a fortune-telling stick to a cape was very flashy, through Jiang Beiran’s professional vision, he could tell at a glance that the cape on Guan Shi’an’s body was at most a high tier defensive equipment. It was not even an excellent tier, let alone a peerless tier.

At the same time, two options appeared in front of him.

[ Option 1: Directly state that this cape is at most a high tier defensive equipment. Reward for completion: Thousand Wonders Skill (high tier yellow grade)]

( Option 2: Pretend to be amazed. Reward for completion: Random basic attribute points + 1]

“Is my desire to ridicule the item strong enough for the system to trigger the option…”

After choosing option 2, Jiang Beiran took out his acting skills that he had honed for five years. He revealed a look of surprise, joy, and excitement as he said, “What a powerful magical item!”

Seeing Jiang Beiran’s reaction, Guan Shi’an nodded with satisfaction. He put his right hand on the scale-armored cloak, and the cloak turned back into a stick and was stuffed back into the bucket.

“This is really too precious, I…” “Hey!” At this time, Yin Jianghong shouted, “I just told you that you can’t refuse my…” halfway through his words, Yin Jianghong sensed at Guan Shi’an’s gaze. He then quickly changed his words, “You can’t refuse our reward. It’s all yours.”

Guan Shi’an nodded and put the Ruyi Fortune Bucket back into the storage ring. He handed it back to Jiang Beiran and said, “Keep it. It can do more things than you think. Use it well.”

“Yes, thank you, Sect Master Guan. Thank you, Sect Master Yin.”

After Jiang Beiran put the storage ring away, Yin Jianghong suddenly came up to Jiang Beiran and asked, “I have a question for you.”

Jiang Beiran cupped his hands and said, “Please ask, Cult Master Yin.” “What do you think about the incident a few days ago?”

Jiang Beiran was stunned after hearing that. He was a little curious why Yin Jianghong would suddenly ask him this question.

Yin Jianghong reached out and patted Jiang Beiran’s shoulder. He said, “Don’t be nervous. I just want to see if we have missed anything from the perspective of a disciple like you and the person at the center of the incident.”

As soon as Yin Jianghong finished speaking, three options popped up in front of Jiang Beiran.

[ Option 1: Perfunctory. Reward for completion: Brocade Cloud Holy Scroll (middle tier black grade)]

[ Option 2: Do a little analysis. Reward for completion: Red Star Sword Scroll (low tier black grade)]

[ Option 3: Help Yin Jianghong and Guan Shilan investigate. Reward for completion: Random special attribute points + 1)] “F*ck! Why am I involved in this?” Jiang Beiran cursed in his heart.

Jiang Beiran felt his chest tighten. He wanted to flip the table. He had already prevented a catastrophe. Why did he have to do such a small thing as catching the mastermind?

However, after he calmed down and thought carefully, Jiang Beiran analyzed the reason from the reward of the special attribute points.

“I should have pretended to be dead until the day we’re leaving! No, I should have pretended to be dead until I returned to the Sect of Returning Hearts!”

If he had been recuperating in the Sect Master’s side hall, Yin Jianghong would not have found him. However, because he was anxious to “collude” with Guan Shi’an, he went out to look for him. This led him to intervene in this matter, which then caused the current outcome.

In fact, he could have stayed in the side hall all the time and not come out. This way, he could have avoided being praised in public. However, he was single-minded and determined to “rehearsal” with Guan Shilan.

“Sigh, I was not thinking it thoroughly.” Looking at Jiang Beiran’s changing expression, Yin Jianghong said, “Did it evoke bad memories for you? If so…”

“Oh no…” Jiang Beiran shook his head and chose option 3. He then answered, “I was thinking about how to answer your question, Cult Master Yin.”

“Then what did you think of?”

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Beiran answered, “I was very weak at that time. Actually, I didn’t feel much. But after hearing what happened, I felt that their division of labor was very clear.”

Seeing that Yin Jianghong had an expression that told him to continue, Jiang Beiran continued “The person who tried to kill me was responsible for stirring up a riot, making everyone’s eyes focus on me. It also ignited the anger of our Sect Master.”

“However, if Cult Master Yin could step forward at this time, the situation could still be saved. However, at this time, the second demonic cult disciple cooperated and shouted. His purpose was not to kill the righteous sect disciples, but to lure the Sect Master to attack. Once the Sect Master killed him, the conflict would be intensified. If that happened, both sides will fight each other until the very end.” Yin Jianghong nodded. “Hmm… your analysis is good. What else?”

“If I follow this train of thought, I think there might be other people in the demonic cult who will continue to intensify the conflict. He might be hiding among the disciples, the middle-level, or even the upper level of the righteous sects.”

“How is that possible!” Guan Shilan immediately frowned and snapped.

“Don’t get excited.” Yin Jianghong directly reached out and stopped Guan Shi’an. “Let him finish. I think this kid’s analysis is quite good.”

Jiang Beiran cupped her hands toward Guan Shilan and said, “Sect Master Guan, I said this because I think that since someone wants to provoke a war between the righteous sect and demonic cult. There must be an external force invading. The mastermind of this invasion will definitely not only plant spies in the demonic cult, but also in the righteous sect.”

“Pa!”

Yin Jianghong slapped Jiang Beiran’s back, “Good! You’re really smart. I totally neglected this issue. All I could think of was to investigate Yu Yangrong’s background. Your deduction makes sense, it makes sense! Since they want both of us to die, there’s no reason for them to only play tricks on me.”

Guan Shi’an fell into deep thought after hearing this. Just as Lu Yinlong had said, the misunderstanding between the righteous sect and the demonic cult had been resolved. Guan Shi’an started to believe that the riot this time was not caused by the demonic cult, but by an external force which want both factions to die. Therefore, Jiang Beiran’s analysis was indeed very reasonable.

“Go on, go on. What else have you thought of? If it’s well said, I’ll give you another yellow grade magical item!”

Yin Jianghong had been feeling quite aggrieved these few days. He had been explaining to Guan Shi’an that this matter had nothing to do with him. Now that he had the opportunity to turn the tables, so he responded to Jiang Beiran positively.

“Has Cult Master Yin investigated the other disciples and higher-ups in the past two days?”

“No, the investigation scope will be too big. We mainly focused on interrogating Yu Yangrong, but his mouth was really tight. He didn’t reveal any information about his companions.” Jiang Beiran continued, “If we want to search carefully, then we have to question all the disciples and higher-ups one by one. We’re not interrogating them, but to let them carefully recall if there were any people around them who responded positively when the riot happened.”

“For example, who was the first person to cause conflict between the disciples. Who was the first demonic cult master to fight with our Sect Master Lu, and who was the first righteous Sect Master to help Sect Master Lu?”

“Wait.” Yin Jianghong interrupted Jiang Beiran. “If you put it that way, why does Sect Master Lu have no suspicion at all?”

“If our Sect Master Lu is the mole, does you think he will stop just because he heard that I was fine?”

“Hahaha, I asked a stupid question. Continue.”

“After a round of questioning, we should be able to narrow down the number of suspects to a certain range. At that time, we can think of a way to find out the real mole.”

“Okay! We’ll do as you say.” Yin Jianghong looked at Guan Shi’an and said, “We will push it back the competition. It seems that we still have a lot of serious work to do.”

Guan Shi’an nodded. “If we can find out who exactly wants to reap the benefits from the quarrel between us, it would be a good thing. Let’s do as our little friend says.”