Chapter 108: The Beggar Sect's Debut

The Blood Shadow Sect, Canyang Sect, Profound Nether Cult, and Xueli Sect are four relatively famous evil sects near Qian City and Kun City; they act without restraint, and their cultivation arts are cruel and bloodthirsty.

From Jiang Qingqin, Lin Bai learned that apart from certain extreme Demon Sect members who use living people or vengeful spirits to practice, most evil sects do not offend mortals in the slightest, spending most of their time cultivating within their sects or clashing with Righteous Sect members over resources, but that is a war between cultivators.

Of course.

Even for Righteous Sect cultivation sects, their sects are mostly located in deep mountains where Spirit Qi is dense and more conducive to cultivation.

If not for the appearance of the Heavenly Descended, cultivation sects would likely not establish footholds or select disciples in towns where mortals live.

In a broad sense, the struggle between the righteous and evil factions is more like a dispute over orthodoxy; the world they usually live in is fundamentally detached from the mortal world.

……

So.

The cultivators, who represent the world's highest productivity, are severed from the mortal world.

Then the reason why civilization has not developed has been found.

In the final analysis, it is because Immortal Art is not used for the people's livelihood.

From Jiang Qingqin's narrative, Lin Bai quickly understood the reason for the distorted development of world civilization. Cultivators are accustomed to being high above; they must look at the mortals in the mundane world much like looking at a group of ants.

Once a sign appears among the ants that could threaten their status, these immortals and demons will likely strike directly to nip the crisis in the bud...

The existence of immortals and demons severely hinders the development of civilization.

Or rather, the cultivation civilization has always been developing, but they have used their own methods to isolate the channels for mortal advancement.

"What are you thinking about?" Jiang Qingqin asked.

"Thinking about what kind of changes the Heavenly Descended will cause to the world after entering the Cultivation World!" Lin Bai said.

"Actually, everyone is considering this question," Jiang Qingqin said. "The Heavenly Descended are Baimaicutong and fear neither life nor death, so they have almost no bottlenecks when cultivating. If left to grow, they will inevitably crowd out the living space of the original disciples within the sects. Therefore, most sects are unwilling to accept these Heavenly Descended, yet they have no choice but to accept them. Because if you don't accept them, once another sect does, by the time the Heavenly Descended grow up, it will be a disaster for your own sect..."

"Forced into it, then!" Lin Bai said.

"Yes!" Jiang Qingqin looked back at the high-spirited players and said, "Lin Bai, your Beggar Sect has recruited so many Heavenly Descended; if you don't distribute some when you reach Qian City, it will inevitably cause trouble!"

"It's fine, let them scramble," Lin Bai laughed. "The Justice Sect emphasizes harmony as the most precious thing; if they can develop peacefully, I would be more than happy for the disciples under my sect to have a bright future!"

"..." Jiang Qingqin was stunned, looking once again at the Heavenly Descended on the carriage who had suddenly shouted "Fresh, good milk," and a bad premonition inexplicably arose in her heart.

Lin Bai is too indulgent toward them; other sects probably wouldn't allow them to mess around like this.

If other sects want to poach people from the Beggar Sect later, I'm afraid it really won't be that easy.

Unless their own sect also allows these Heavenly Descended to advertise!

A strange thought suddenly popped into Jiang Qingqin's mind.

But she immediately denied it; it wasn't that she didn't want to, it was just that her sect was too rigid and wouldn't allow them to mess around in the name of the sect...

"Shopkeeper Lin, how many days will the journey take?" Gugao Laoren sat on the first carriage, cupped his hands around his mouth, and shouted at Lin Bai.

"About two days!" Lin Bai said.

It is only a little over a hundred miles from Jiamu City to Qian City, but the mountain roads are rugged and the journey is not easy.

Moreover, there are mountain bandits and Fierce Beasts along the way; without certain skills, it is not easy to go from a novice village to a higher-level city.

Under normal circumstances, people living in this world do not need to go out to be self-sufficient, and the Government is happy that the common people do not go out, as it is easier to manage that way.

The circulation of goods is mostly controlled by large families, and these large families usually have their own guard teams and are not afraid of mountain bandits or Fierce Beasts.

At worst, there are escort agencies to transport goods, and there is also the Kuangfeng Gang, which controls the transportation industry.

The three major martial arts halls in Jiamu City rely on this road with its high mountains and dangerous paths to build a profit model of their own.

……

This time.

The evil sects are robbing the Heavenly Descended along the way, which is why the players have people from the righteous sects to escort them.

Once there are more players in the future, or if the evil sects also set up footholds in Qian City, they won't have such good luck and will have to rely on themselves to fight their way through, or spend money to have people from the martial arts halls escort them; that is the normal game mode.

……

"Old Deng, the live streaming effect is good, the manufacturer is very satisfied, but they still hope we can create a big scene." Gugao Laoren asked Lin Bai, then stopped talking and switched to the team voice chat to talk to all the players.

Sitting on the same carriage with him were Deng Li Buduo and Kanhmu Yihao.

Strictly speaking, Deng Li Buduo is a disciple of the Justice Sect and has nothing to do with the Beggar Sect.

But Deng Li Buduo has cultivated the Nine Suns True Scripture and is the number one expert among the players in Jiamu City; with Gugao Laoren's personality, he naturally wouldn't let such an expert drift outside the Beggar Sect.

Taking advantage of this opportunity to make money from advertising, he pulled him into his group, and Lin Bai did not force Deng Li Buduo to stay in Jiamu City.

"How do we do it?" Deng Li Buduo asked.

"The reason Jiang Qingqin from Hundred Flowers Valley came to escort us is because people from the Blood Shadow Sect and Canyang Sect are intercepting players on the road," Gugao Laoren said. "The road to Qian City should be the watershed for players joining the righteous or evil factions; if captured by the evil sect, they join the evil sect; if they enter Qian City, they join the righteous sect. Therefore, the manufacturer hopes we can create a big scene when facing the interception of the Demon Sect."

"No problem," the players echoed one after another.

"What does the manufacturer value in us? Not just Lin Bai, but this group of ours," Gugao Laoren said. "That is to say, the Beggar Sect can neither join the righteous sect nor the evil sect. Once we are split up, the halo will be gone. After all, once captured by the evil sect, the Resurrection Point will be redefined within the sect, and who knows when we will be able to gather together again! Once the Beggar Sect is scattered, the subsequent advertising investment will definitely be withdrawn; I believe no one in the team wants to accept this consequence!"

"Gao Laoda, you say it, we will all listen to you," Kanhmu Yihao said.

"Once we are captured by the evil sect, we will commit suicide immediately and resurrect back to Jiamu City," Jiang Buzhijiang said.

"Suicide is a bad strategy," Lao Feng said. "We can't all just commit suicide and go back, right? Then are we still going to walk this road? Besides, committing suicide drops one level; regardless of whether others join the righteous or evil sect, their levels will definitely rise rapidly, and it won't be cost-effective for us to drop levels anymore."

"Old Feng is right, suicide is indeed a bad strategy. In fact, the key to the problem is not force, but our attitude and performance," Gugao Laoren said. "The last time we besieged Shopkeeper Lin proved that the gap between our levels and high-level BOSSes is too large. We can't beat Lin Bai, so naturally, we can't beat the people from the evil sects, even with Old Deng.

In terms of force, we can only rely on Jiang Qingqin and Shopkeeper Lin. Once Shopkeeper Lin or Jiang Qingqin cannot protect us, what we can do is state our position and make the people from the Blood Shadow Sect or Canyang Valley think that we are not worth capturing."

"How do we do that?" Lao Mi asked.

"Publicize the advertisements extensively; it would be best to shout the slogans of the Beggar Sect and the Justice Sect as well; this is what the manufacturer wants to see," Gugao Laoren said. "NPCs have intelligence, and I presume they wouldn't accept people who have already joined other sects and are acting crazy! This is also the best time for us to show our loyalty to Shopkeeper Lin.

If everyone has any good ideas, feel free to express them; in short, the more boisterous the scene, the better. After all, we are no longer playing a game; we are doing a career..."

……

While chatting with Jiang Qingqin in a disjointed manner, Lin Bai put all his attention on the content of the players' discussion behind him, and the more he listened, the more surprised his expression became.

Damn it!

This wave of players could be considered ruined by his own hand...

"What are you laughing at?" Jiang Qingqin asked.

"Nothing, just thought of some happy things." Lin Bai's mouth corners curled upward.

"Tch." Jiang Qingqin pursed her lips and rode her horse closer to Lin Bai. "Senior Brother Lin, you've been asking me questions for half a day, tell me about your Righteous Sect!"

Lin Bai smiled: "There's nothing much to say about the Righteous Sect, it's nothing more than the sect having a slightly longer history, having a few more cultivation techniques and classics, and having a few more old monsters inside... You already know the rest."

"..." Jiang Qingqin's mouth corners twitched as she listened. "Alright, stop talking, let's talk about something else!"

"Sure!" Lin Bai was multitasking, listening to the players' conversation behind him while casually fobbing off Jiang Qingqin.

"Then help me practice Words Manifesting into Law!" Jiang Qingqin said.

"Mm." Lin Bai nodded.

The little white fox riding the horse glanced at her and mumbled indistinctly: "Shameless!"

"I'm talking, you listen!" Jiang Qingqin didn't pay any attention to a little fox at all, and looked at Lin Bai with great interest.

"Okay," Lin Bai said.

"An encounter only takes a moment, but falling in love with someone often takes a lifetime..." Jiang Qingqin coughed lightly, looked at Lin Bai tenderly, and said.

"Wrong." Lin Bai interrupted her without the slightest courtesy.

"What was wrong?" Jiang Qingqin was stunned.

"I interrupted you," Lin Bai laughed.

"..." Jiang Qingqin's face flushed red. "You... you're cheating."

"Junior Sister Jiang, you must be focused when practicing Words Manifesting into Law. You asked me to help you train..." Lin Bai said. "Therefore, the role I should play is someone who tries every possible way to interfere with you, not someone who goes along with you. If I went along with you in everything, we could just lock ourselves in a room and act it out; how could Words Manifesting into Law ever become a technique that no one has ever mastered?"

"That makes sense." Jiang Qingqin pondered for a moment, then clapped her hands. "Again, this time I absolutely will not be interfered with by you. Lin Bai, you are the lush parasol tree of summer..."

"There are enemies."

Lin Bai said suddenly.

Jiang Qingqin had an expression of having seen through Lin Bai's little trick, her mouth corners slightly raised, and she continued: "The bright sun that shields me from the scorching heat..."

But Lin Bai's gaze was already fixed ahead, and the kitchen knife he had reforged had also landed in his palm.

In front of the road.

Seven youths wrapped from head to toe in blood aura blocked the path.

"Master's information was indeed correct. The ones escorting the Heavenly Descended from Jiamu City are a little girl from Hundred Flowers Valley, and she doesn't even have Golden Core cultivation. They look down on us too much."

The leader among them had a face as if it had been meticulously carved, wearing a black robe embroidered with spots of splattered blood. Standing there, he gave off an air of effeminate beauty.

"Senior Brother, this group of Heavenly Descended looks so awkward. They seem a bit different from the Junior Brother Jin that Master brought back to the sect. Don't tell me we got the wrong people!" The person behind the black-robed youth looked at the players on the carriage, frowned slightly, and lowered his voice.

"People from Hundred Flowers Valley wouldn't escort a batch of mortals to Qian City, it must be them..." The black-robed youth had already seen the advertisements on the carriage, and he felt a bit doubtful in his heart; if he really got the wrong people, he would be a laughingstock when he went back.

"Blood Shadow Sect?" Jiang Qingqin finally came back to her senses, her expression turned serious, and she drew her Sword for the first time.

"Not bad, it is indeed us. Little girl from Hundred Flowers Valley, be sensible and let us take this batch of Heavenly Descended away. Otherwise, if we resort to weapons, I'm afraid you won't be our match." The black-robed youth had an expression of having victory in his grasp.

Before the words had even faded.

With a commotion, the players all jumped down from the carriage, and at the same time, dozens of people shouted the advertising slogan in unison:

"Natural good milk, nutritious and fresh."

"Drink Mu Ming Milk, enjoy a quality life."

"Mu Ming Youchun Milk, caring for balanced nutrition, fresh milk that even babies can drink."

"Mu Ming Milk, the taste of home."

"Drop by drop of rich fragrance, Mu Ming Milk assists Shopkeeper Lin to defeat the Blood Shadow Sect."

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.

The earth-shaking sound of the advertisements startled countless birds in the forest.

At the scene.

Except for Lin Bai, Jiang Qingqin and the people from the Blood Shadow Sect were all stunned there.

"What is the situation?" Jiang Qingqin looked at Lin Bai with a bewildered face.

Lin Bai smiled slightly and gave an advertisement for the manufacturer: "Mu Ming good milk, makes the Beggar Sect strong."

【Resentment from Jiang Qingqin; +1+1+1】

【Resentment from Lishan, Qian Jinzu, Lechuan, Huwanshui...; +1+1+1】

【Excitement from Deng Li Buduo, Gugao Laoren, Crazy Man...; +1+1+1】

"Senior Brother, did we get it wrong?" Lechuan of the Blood Shadow Sect swallowed his saliva and asked, "Did we fall for the opponent's scheme and hijack a group of milk sellers?"

"When have you ever seen milk sellers with such a grand formation? Besides, milk sellers don't talk like that either." Lishan glared at him. "Playing god and acting like a ghost."

He took a deep breath and forced himself to stay calm. "Are you the Heavenly Descended?"

【Gugao Laoren】 counted in the team voice chat: "One, two."

The players waved their arms and said in unison: "Born as Beggar Sect people, die as Beggar Sect souls."

"One, two."

"Better to eat the food of a thousand families than to enter the gate of an evil sect."

"One, two."

"Swear to follow Shopkeeper Lin to the death, fearless and dauntless in roaming the world."

"Senior Brother, is this a group of lunatics?" Huwanshui's brows were tightly furrowed, and he could no longer maintain his expression. "Are we really going to take this group of guys back to the sect?"

"..." Lishan opened his mouth, suddenly not knowing what to say. The mission he received was to snatch a batch of Heavenly Descended back to the sect, but he truly did not expect that the Heavenly Descended of Jiamu City would be in such a state!

What the hell is the Beggar Sect?

Are they even more formidable than the Blood Shadow Sect?

In life, one is a person of the Beggar Sect; in death, one is a soul of the Beggar Sect!

This group of people must be suffering from some serious illness!

If he were to bring such a group of lunatics back to the sect, his master would surely scold him until he was drenched in dog's blood!

"Perhaps they do not know the power of the Blood Shadow Sect." After hesitating for a moment, Lishan said, "Junior brothers, use your most dashing moves to finish off the girl from the Hundred Flowers Sect and that Shopkeeper Lin. Let us show the Heavenly Descended the prestige of our Blood Shadow Sect before we make any further decisions."

(End of this chapter)