334: Jingwang Operation

Hanging up the phone, Li Ziyuan put her cell phone back into her pocket.

The entire private room was dead silent.

Everyone's movements seemed to have been paused, except for that "Master Liu" who was kneeling on the floor, his body shaking like a leaf in the autumn wind.

What does a fraudster fear most?

Bumping into the real deal!

He never dreamed that by simply crashing a dinner party to play the part of a mystic, he would run headfirst into the Chief Disciple of Kunlun Academy!

What the Hell kind of catastrophic collision scene was this!

Li Ziyuan's uncle, Zhang Tianlong, was deathly pale, his mouth gaping wide enough to fit an egg, and a large wet patch stained his trouser leg —wine spilled from the dropped glass —but he was completely oblivious.

The other bosses at the table didn't dare breathe, each one wishing they could shrink into a ball to reduce their presence, terrified of being noticed by this true Immortal.

The most bewildered were the couple, Li Jun and Sun Hui.

They stared blankly at their daughter, the obedient girl who had only ever buried herself in books, now radiating a powerful aura that was completely foreign to them.

Kunlun Academy... Chief of the Artifact Refining Department... these terms they had only ever heard in the news were now connected to their own daughter.

The shock was simply too immense!

"Yuan Yuan..." Sun Hui carefully tugged at her daughter's sleeve under the table, her voice trembling.

Li Ziyuan turned back and gave her mother a reassuring look; the coldness instantly melted into gentleness.

"Mom, it's fine."

A few minutes later, the private room door was abruptly pushed open.

Two uniformed security officers walked in, their expressions serious.

"Who called the police?"

"I did." Li Ziyuan calmly raised her hand.

The lead officer's gaze swept across the room. Seeing "Master Liu" kneeling and sobbing, and then looking at the composed Li Ziyuan, he frowned, about to proceed with standard questioning.

Li Ziyuan didn't waste any words, pulling a document directly from her pocket.

It was not an ordinary ID card, but a jade-like token, engraved with the ancient emblem of Kunlun Mountain and emitting faint Spiritual power fluctuations.

"This is my identification."

The moment he clearly saw the token, the professional seriousness on the lead officer's face vanished instantly, replaced by extreme shock and reverence!

He snapped his body straight, heels together, and gave Li Ziyuan an impeccably standard salute.

"Good day, Superior Officer!"

This shout of "Good day, Superior Officer!" was even more shocking than Li Ziyuan announcing her identity had been!

Zhang Tianlong and the group of bosses felt their eyes were about to pop out.

They finally understood firsthand the terrifying weight the name Kunlun Academy carried at the level of The Authorities!

"No need to be so polite." Li Ziyuan waved her hand. "This person impersonated a member of Kunlun Academy to commit fraud outside. Take him away and deal with him."

"Yes! We guarantee the mission will be completed!"

The officers immediately turned, swiftly handcuffing "Master Liu," who was still wailing on the floor.

"Let's go! Be honest!"

"Fairy, spare my life! I won't dare do it again! I was wrong!"

The mournful wails of "Master Liu" gradually faded into the distance.

Silence returned once again to the private room.

Li Ziyuan didn't even glance at the dumbfounded Zhang Tianlong, instead pulling up her parents, who were still in a daze.

"Dad, Mom, we should go home."

"Ah... oh, alright, home, let's go home." Li Jun and his wife nodded mechanically, following their daughter as she stood up.

As she passed Zhang Tianlong, Li Ziyuan paused slightly, her cool gaze falling upon him.

"Uncle."

"In the future, when making friends, keep your eyes peeled."

Her voice was soft, but it made Zhang Tianlong shiver all over, cold sweat instantly soaking his back.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but couldn't utter a single word, only able to watch Li Ziyuan and her parents walk out of the private room.

The door closed.

Leaving behind a room full of mess and a group of terrified businessmen... Meanwhile, on Kunlun Immortal Mountain, in the Principals Office.

Li Heng had just finished his call with Zhang He, his brow slightly furrowed.

"Cases of people impersonating the Academy for fraud are increasing?"

The incident Li Ziyuan encountered in Gusu was immediately reported by the local Special Affairs Department and summarized for Zhang He.

These audacious fraudsters, like flies smelling blood, were severely damaging the image of Kunlun Academy in the hearts of the common populace.

"It's time to carry out a rectification."

A cold glint flashed in Li Heng's eyes.

He picked up the phone on his desk and dialed Zhang He directly.

"Immediately contact all channels of The Authorities and issue a nationwide online announcement in the name of the Kunlun Cultivation Academy and the Dragon Country Special Affairs Department."

"I want everyone to know that there is only one path leading to Kunlun."

"Any Evil Path is a dead end!"

A moment later.

A joint statement, worded with extreme severity, swept across the entire Dragon Country internet like a tsunami.

[Solemn Declaration]

[Recently, a large number of lawless individuals have impersonated "peripheral members" and "admissions teachers" of the Kunlun Cultivation Academy, engaging in fraudulent activities under the guise of "paid tutoring" and "internal quotas," severely damaging the Academy's reputation and the public's interests.]

[The Kunlun Cultivation Academy hereby solemnly declares: The Academy's only admission channel is the public, unified assessment open to the world. There are no forms of internal channels, paid tutoring, or special quotas.]

[Any and all activities carried out under the pretense of the Kunlun Cultivation Academy constitute illegal criminal behavior. The Academy will collaborate with the Dragon Country Special Affairs Department to deliver the most severe crackdown on such behavior; once verified, no leniency will be shown!]

[We urge the general public to heighten their vigilance and avoid being deceived!]

As soon as this statement was released, the entire internet was in an uproar.

Hashtags such as #KunlunAcademyIssuesStatementToCombatFraud# and #NetPurificationAction# instantly soared to the top of the trending lists on major platforms.

A nationwide "Net Purification Action," personally led and spearheaded by Kunlun Academy, was vigorously launched... In an old residential building in Jinghai City, at Fang Yuan's home.

The atmosphere during dinner was exceptionally warm.

Wang Xiulan looked at Frieren, who was sitting across from her —blonde, blue-eyed, and as beautiful as a doll —and her smile never stopped as she continuously piled food into her bowl.

"Here, Frieren, eat more of this braised pork. It's Auntie's specialty!"

"Thank you, Auntie! It's really delicious!" Frieren replied in fluent Chinese, her eyes shining as she ate.

Fang Yuan watched from the side, his scalp tingling, as he tried to explain for the nth time.

"Mom, she really is my classmate, an exchange student!"

"I know, I know, classmates, Auntie understands." Wang Xiulan winked at him, wearing an expression that said, "Stop pretending, kid."

Halfway through the meal, Wang Xiulan seemed to suddenly remember something.

"Oh right, Yuan Yuan, your high school classmate Lin Xue called the house again this afternoon."

"She said she sent you a WeChat friend request and asked why you haven't accepted it yet?"

Fang Yuan paused his movement of picking up food.

Lin Xue?

After finishing dinner, he returned to his room.

Fang Yuan took out his phone, opened WeChat, and sure enough, saw a red notification dot under "New Friends."

He clicked it open. It was Lin Xue's profile picture; in the photo, she was smiling sweetly.

The request message read: Fang Yuan, it's me, Lin Xue.

He stared at the profile picture for a few seconds, his fingertip twitched, and he finally pressed the "Accept" button... Hundreds of miles away, in Modu.

Inside a women's dormitory at a certain university.

Lin Xue was delighted to see the notification pop up on her phone screen: You have added Fang Yuan. You can now start chatting.

She was so excited she almost cried out loud.

Instead of sending a message immediately, she first took out a delicate small box from her bedside table.

Inside the box, a lychee-sized Medicinal Pill, emitting a faint fragrance, lay quietly.

This was the "Heart Calming Pill" given to her by "Teacher Wang," rumored to cleanse the dust from the Soul and make it easier to sense the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

Without hesitation, Lin Xue put the Medicinal Pill into her mouth and swallowed it.

A cool, refreshing sensation instantly spread throughout her limbs, making her feel completely mentally refreshed and her body incredibly light.

"It really works!"

She excitedly clenched her fist, her confidence in the "Kunlun Immortal Destiny Consultation Center" growing even stronger.

However, deep within her Soul, where she couldn't detect it, a wisp of cold black Qi, thinner than a strand of hair, was silently winding itself around her, like a maggot clinging to bone.