Chapter 107: Limitations

"666"

"Mu Ming Milk has made a fortune on this wave."

"Compared to other novice villages, the style of Jiamu City has changed drastically; it's simply too wild."

"This is the most severely ruined version of Xianxia."

"I really want to join them and have a blast."

"The richest one is the Beggar Sect. Compared to the Beggar Sect, the expeditions from other novice villages are too shabby; they don't even have a single carriage and just left the city on foot."

"It's not that they can't afford carriages, it's that the team leaders wouldn't allow it. The key is that Shopkeeper Lin has charisma and managed to woo the team leader first."

"It feels like watching a variety show. No one is even watching the livestreams of players in other novice villages anymore."

"The Beggar Sect is going to attract so much hatred with this wave. I'm afraid many teams will target the Beggar Sect in the future. I wonder if Shopkeeper Lin can hold his own."

"Don't say that, I'm actually really looking forward to the day Shopkeeper Lin crashes and burns."

……

On the city wall.

Gazing at the carriage procession moving further and further away, Zhou Jiang asked, "City Lord, do you think Shopkeeper Lin will come back?"

Xu Longyun glanced at him without saying a word.

Zhou Jiang scratched the back of his head and said, "Shopkeeper Lin was used to causing a stir in the city; now that he's suddenly gone, it feels a bit hard to get used to..."

"He will come back." Xu Longyun stood with her hands behind her back. "The Chef God Rice Shop is here, and besides, he promised me he would host the Tiancan Cultural Festival. Lin Bai is not a man who goes back on his word."

Zhou Jiang stole a glance at Xu Longyun and chuckled, "This subordinate thinks so too."

"A stubborn dragon enters the sea; I wonder what kind of state he will turn Qian City into?" Watching the motorcade disappear from sight, Xu Longyun sighed, a look of gloom flashing across her face. She composed her thoughts and said, "Zhou Jiang, a large number of Heavenly Descended will enter Jiamu City tomorrow. Notify the City Guard and the security team to maintain order in the city and strive to send everyone into the Beggar Sect..."

……

"Master, are we going to Qian City?" Under the corner of a wall, Longxi watched the Beggar Sect's carriage procession and asked Daoist Qingfeng sourly. He once thought he had encountered a hidden NPC and had latched onto a powerful backer; he hadn't even started his livestream, just waiting to stun everyone.

As a result, in just a few days, the Beggar Sect was in its prime, and everyone was living better than him. Longxi couldn't even begin to describe how depressed he was. Now, he dared not even start a livestream; before, he wanted to keep it hidden, but now, he was afraid of being laughed at.

"We're going. I'll take you to Huilong Temple to register." Daoist Qingfeng was also quite depressed. He had originally thought that since Longxi was Baimaicutong, he had picked up a treasure.

But later, he discovered that everyone was Baimaicutong, and by that time, he couldn't even compete with Lin Bai for disciples.

Compared to the massive Beggar Sect, those Heavenly Descended didn't care for his small, dilapidated Chenghuang Temple at all.

And Lin Bai's lightning-fast growth rate also made Daoist Qingfeng feel afraid.

He had a feeling that the shares he had in the Chef God Rice Shop were nine-to-one likely to go bust. With Lin Bai controlling Jiamu City, he was afraid that the Lingjie Fengxi would also be swallowed up by him alone.

After thinking it over and over.

Daoist Qingfeng felt he had to make a trip back to Huilong Temple. Whether to confess his sins or file a complaint, he at least had to make Huilong Temple realize the danger Lin Bai posed.

Lest the wealth accumulated over a lifetime be lost, and the Lingjie Fengxi be lost to him as well—by then, he would be the one who was neither here nor there, and it would be too late to regret it.

……

Jiang Qingqin and Lin Bai each rode a horse, walking at the very front of the carriage procession.

A little white fox crouched in front of Lin Bai's saddle, and a small white rabbit was placed in a small cage beside Jiang Qingqin's saddle.

"A Demon Beast?" Lin Bai glanced at the white rabbit and asked.

"No." Jiang Qingqin smiled. "Just a wild rabbit that hasn't gained sentience. I use it to practice 'Words Follow the Law'."

"How is the practice going?" Lin Bai asked.

"It's too hard." Jiang Qingqin sighed. "It stalls at every turn, and besides, even when talking to a rabbit that hasn't gained sentience, sometimes I feel so embarrassed."

"Don't worry, it's like that at the beginning. You'll get used to it after a few more times." Lin Bai smiled. "The key to practicing 'Words Follow the Law' is to let go. When practicing this technique, your mindset will also be tempered. My master said that even if you fail in the end, it is enough to temper your mindset to be incomparably strong. No matter how difficult the situation you encounter, you won't panic..."

"That's not a mindset, that's just having a thick skin." Jiang Qingqin smiled and shot him a glare, then asked, "Lin Bai, what does 'Mu Ming Milk' mean?"

Lin Bai said, "An industry of the Beggar Sect's financier."

Jiang Qingqin asked in confusion, "But I have traveled the world and have never heard of any merchant selling milk. Milk is not easy to store, and it is even less conducive to transport..."

"A merchant from the kingdom of the Heavenly Descended; it has nothing to do with us." Lin Bai sat leisurely on the horse's back, letting the little white fox hold the reins, while he stuffed pills into arrowheads one by one, then placed the loaded arrows into different quivers.

"The kingdom of the Heavenly Descended!" Jiang Qingqin muttered, her expression suddenly changing. "Are you saying that the people in their kingdom can see everything we do?"

"Mm." Lin Bai gave Jiang Qingqin an approving look and nodded.

"Heavens!" Jiang Qingqin looked up at the sky, her face turning very ugly in an instant.

"Scared?" Lin Bai looked at her with a smile and asked.

Looking back at the high-spirited players on the carriages, Jiang Qingqin shook her head and frowned slightly: "It's not fear, I just feel a bit flustered. I don't know what the world will become in the future!"

"What the world becomes depends on how we act." Lin Bai smiled.

"How to act?" Jiang Qingqin asked.

"Like me!" Lin Bai shrugged and laughed. "Look at how well I get along with them; so many people follow my lead. Try to accept them, and you will find that these guys are actually very easy to deal with. As for the group of people watching us from the sky, what does that have to do with us? You can't pierce the sky anyway. Legend has it that there is an ultimate divinity in the sky who knows the past five thousand years and the future five thousand years, and can know the thoughts of all living beings in the world with a single thought. With him watching from the sky, are you not going to live anymore?"

"……" Jiang Qingqin was lost in thought.

"Do you remember the night I held a kitchen knife to your throat?" Lin Bai asked.

"I'll never forget it for the rest of my life." Jiang Qingqin bit her lip and hummed.

"When you can't resist, you might as well calm down and enjoy it first." Lin Bai smiled. "At the very least, you listened to a whole night of sweet talk that made you feel happy, didn't you?"

"How do you know I felt happy?" Jiang Qingqin said. "At the time, I hated you to death and was thinking of skinning you and pulling out your tendons..."

"You can't fool me." Lin Bai glanced at her sideways and inserted the last batch of Rejuvenation Arrows into the quiver. "Junior Sister Jiang, tell me about the outside world!"

"Why are you putting pills on arrows?" Jiang Qingqin did not respond to Lin Bai, but looked at his quiver with curiosity; she had wanted to ask just now.

"Supply arrows." Lin Bai pulled out an arrow and introduced it to Jiang Qingqin. "What's embedded on it is a Rejuvenation Pill. During battle, if there's no time for rescue, one arrow can extend a teammate's life. My new invention, super practical..."

"……" Jiang Qingqin was stunned. Looking at the cold, gleaming arrowheads, her eyelids twitched violently a few times. "Let's get this straight, your arrows can take care of your own sect disciples, just don't use them on me!"

"Fine!" Lin Bai smiled and put the arrow back. "You don't know quality; you have no idea how expensive my pills are."

Jiang Qingqin rolled her eyes at him and said, "Before you came down the mountain, did your master never tell you about the situation in the world? Isn't he afraid that you might offend someone and die halfway?"

"Don't be afraid. If I die young, it's because I lack the ability. Everyone in the Righteous Sect has forged their own path just like I have." Lin Bai looked ahead and said, "Master said that everyone is a blank sheet of paper, and the content upon it must be written by oneself. The losses one has suffered and the deceptions one has fallen for can only be etched into the heart if one has tasted them personally. If he told me everything, I would be confined within a framework, and my growth would ultimately have a limit."

Losses?

Deceptions?

Jiang Qingqin recalled everything that had happened since meeting Lin Bai and felt that these two words didn't seem to have anything to do with him at all. However, regarding his whimsical method of delivering pills by bow and arrow, there was truly no limitation to his thinking...

What kind of sect is the Righteous Sect, anyway?

Jiang Qingqin muttered and asked, "What do you want to know?"

"For example, the distribution of power in Qian City, who the Main Hall Masters of each sect are, what their personalities are like, and what their cultivation levels are? At our current speed, how many days will it take to reach Qian City, and what kind of dangers might we encounter along the way? You can tell me about what kind of spells each sect excels at," said Lin Bai.

"Aren't you afraid I'll lie to you?" Jiang Qingqin asked.

"I've already taught you the cultivation method for Word Manifestation, so by putting myself in your shoes, I believe you won't lie to me." Lin Bai smiled slightly, "If I can't even trust someone who sees injustice and draws their blade to help, who else in this world can I trust?"

(End of chapter)