Chapter 115: Rules

【Big Brother's Career Crisis: The Beggar Sect is facing a crisis of being broken up; please assist Big Brother in overcoming the immediate crisis; Reward: 30 Luck】

The Chief Supporting Role System suddenly popped up a new task.

Lin Bai was speechless for a moment.

Still calling him Big Brother?

Who doesn't know by now that I am the real boss!

First clashing with players, now clashing with the natives!

The system is really trying to push me to the point of being a lonely man!

However.

30 points of Luck looks truly tempting.

It is impossible for Lin Bai to leave the system task undone and rely on his own hard work to maintain any interpersonal relationships...

The Immortal Supervision Bureau is clearly a trap.

The system is right.

The crisis of the Beggar Sect is his own crisis.

The players are live-streaming; once the Beggar Sect falls apart, it will be difficult for him to form another sect, and furthermore, he won't even have bodyguards left.

Lin Bai stopped in his tracks: "Jiang Shimei, what if the Heavenly Descended do not wish to be managed by them?"

"..." Jiang Qingqin looked at Lin Bai in astonishment, as if she had never expected him to ask such a question.

"The Beggar Sect can develop on its own; why bother finding a group of managers for ourselves?" 【Gugao Laoren】 had been eavesdropping on their conversation and couldn't help but say, "Knowing full well that we will face censure by going to the Immortal Supervision Bureau, why should we go and look for trouble?"

"Does the Immortal Supervision Bureau pay us?" 【Kamu Yihao】 said, "They don't give us money, they don't give us secret manuals, and we aren't planning to leave the Beggar Sect, so why go to the Immortal Supervision Bureau?"

"Exactly, we aren't going, we aren't going, our Beggar Sect will develop on its own," 【Kuguateng】 said.

In an instant.

The players all expressed their stance.

Game players yearn for freedom and loathe any rules forced upon them.

Unless it can bring them benefits.

What's more.

The Blood Shadow Sect, Hundred Flowers Valley, or that so-called Chaoyuan Sword Sect NPCs they encountered were all being suppressed by Lin Bai.

These sects held no appeal for them at all.

Since that is the case, why go to the Immortal Supervision Bureau to find trouble while they are still weak?

With that time, it would be better to swindle some Skills out of Shopkeeper Lin, and in the future, rob money and resources, then sweep through all the sects.

The most critical thing is that they are still carrying advertising contracts!

Two fists are no match for four hands; if Shopkeeper Lin fails to withstand the pressure and lets the major sects dismantle the Beggar Sect, they won't be able to pay the breach of contract fees either.

"You..." Jiang Qingqin looked at everyone in shock, and after a long while, she said, "But if you want to walk the path of cultivation, you must deal with these cultivation sects. The Spirit Tool Pavilion controls the refining of Dharma Treasures in the Cultivation World, the Medicine King Valley maintains the trade of medicinal pills, the sword cultivators of the Chaoyuan Sword Sect have the greatest attack power in the world, and behind Huilong Temple is the Heavenly Dao Sect, the ancestor of Daoist cultivation. If you offend the cultivation sects from the very beginning, I fear the disciples of the Beggar Sect will find it difficult to take a single step in the future..."

"So, in order to survive, we must act according to their rules?" Lin Bai asked with a smile.

Jiang Qingqin saw the disdain in Lin Bai's eyes, hesitated for a moment, and explained: "The Righteous Sects have long avoided the world, and perhaps your master has never told you about these things. In the current Cultivation World, the seven righteous sects are the greatest, and every sect is basically derived from the seven righteous sects. Therefore, although there is often competition between the disciples of various sects, they basically act according to the rules set by the seven righteous sects. Master says that only with rules can there be standards. Otherwise, the Cultivation World would be like it was before, with sects scheming against each other and fighting to the death, and no one would have any peace."

A mature and massive interest group indeed!

I am afraid only players can break their monopoly.

Once, Lin Bai thought players would bring disaster to their lives.

But now, he has to rely on players to rise, and he doesn't know if he should feel fortunate. Sighing inwardly, Lin Bai changed the subject: "What about Hundred Flowers Valley? What are your specialties?"

"Wood-element spells and the art of shaping and preserving youth." Jiang Qingqin puffed out her chest and said proudly, "Relying on these two skills, most female cultivators are willing to choose Hundred Flowers Valley. The reason Hundred Flowers Valley can survive among the various sects is due to the large number of female cultivators and the social skills of the Elders within the sect."

"The art of preserving youth?" Lin Bai subconsciously looked at Jiang Qingqin's face.

"Don't look at me." Jiang Qingqin gave Lin Bai an annoyed look and said, "Only after reaching the Golden Core stage can one be considered a formal cultivator, and only after forming the core does one have the first opportunity to reshape one's appearance..."

"A sect full of beauties!" 【Kuguateng】 said in the team voice chat, "Players whose goal is romance will probably choose to join this sect."

"I'm afraid Hundred Flowers Valley will end up being all men." 【Jingbuyi】 chuckled.

"Female players will likely choose this sect as well," 【Baiyin】 said, "After all, character creation in games is all about the novelty of the moment; after a long time, one will always be dissatisfied with their own appearance."

"Hundred Flowers Valley doesn't sound like it has any powerful combat Skills!" 【Jiangbujiangjiu】 said.

"Do they need to? How many female players enter the game for the sake of fighting?" 【Fengzinan】 said, "As for Hundred Flowers Valley, didn't you hear her say the elders are socially adept? If they look good, a Marriage Alliance is enough to ensure the sect has a foothold in the world. Otherwise, why would she deliberately approach Shopkeeper Lin? I don't believe there is such a thing as love at first sight in this world..."

There are indeed many people with ulterior motives among the players.

Hearing the players' private chats, Lin Bai smiled slightly: "Think about it carefully, the Beggar Sect really doesn't have anything we need to ask of them. Since that's the case, we won't go to any Immortal Supervision Bureau. Jiang Shimei, please feel free to do as you please!"

"Lin Bai, you can't do this..." Jiang Qingqin's expression changed drastically, and she said anxiously, "You took the Beggar Sect disciples away, what am I supposed to do? This time, going to the lower four cities to pick people up, I was the one who brought back the most people. If you don't go, the harvest of the five sects for this trip will be equal to zero."

"Then just keep going to the lower Basic Cities to bring the Heavenly Descended over!" Lin Bai looked at Jiang Qingqin teasingly, "There are plenty of Heavenly Descended; find more experts to escort them, or simply bring them back to your sect from Jiamu City—isn't that better than scheming against the few people in my Beggar Sect?"

"The Heavenly Descended have Baimaicutong, but they only descend in the Basic Cities. The sects under the seven righteous sects simply dare not openly send people to take all the Heavenly Descended under their command." Jiang Qingqin said, "Otherwise, once it provokes a misunderstanding from the evil sects, it will trigger a disaster..."

"In other words, you dare not provoke the evil sects, but you dare to provoke me?" Lin Bai chuckled, "Jiang Shimei, it is in vain that I have always treated you as a friend, even taught you the cultivation method of 'Words Manifesting into Law', and should have saved your life along the way. This time, I fear you have sold me out completely!"

"I..." Jiang Qingqin stammered, "I had no choice, I could only tell the truth..."

Lin Bai said: "Then just keep telling the truth."

"Domineering."

"Shopkeeper Lin is mighty."

"That's the spirit of not fearing heaven or earth."

"Don't be afraid, just clash with them."

"We are your backing."

……

The sound of a private message rose again.

Jiang Qingqin looked at the stubborn Lin Bai and said anxiously, "Lin Bai, the Justice Gate formed the Beggar Sect in Jiamu City and intercepted the Heavenly Descended of an entire city; that was already against the rules. I am doing this for your own good. Taking a step back will broaden your horizons. You have already offended the Blood Shadow Sect, and now you are setting yourself against the Seven Righteous Sects. Do you want to make an enemy of the whole world?"

"Jiang Shimei, I told you to speak the truth, not to add fuel to the fire." Lin Bai frowned. "My Beggar Sect only wants to develop quietly in the secular world; we have no intention of invading the Cultivation World. The way you put it, you make me sound like a great demon king. Are your Seven Righteous Sects so overbearing now? If one doesn't act according to your wishes, it's making an enemy of the whole world?"

"I... I didn't mean that..." Jiang Qingqin was dumbfounded, but she was clearly no match for Lin Bai in an argument, so she said anxiously, "The leaders of the major sects are all waiting for us at the Immortal Supervision Bureau. If we don't go, they will think the Beggar Sect looks down on the Seven Righteous Sects. In short, the matters involved here are very complex; I would never harm you."

"Jiang Shimei, I won't make things difficult for you either." Lin Bai looked at Jiang Qingqin and smiled. "The people of the Beggar Sect have already arrived in Qian City and won't be going anywhere for the next few days. I am not an unreasonable person. If the sects at the Immortal Supervision Bureau can persuade my Beggar Sect disciples to join them, then so be it. But if they use violent means to coerce them, I, Lin Bai, will stand up for them no matter what. The Justice Gate does not provoke trouble, but we have never been afraid of it..."

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

"To even set their sights on a group of beggars, the stature of the Seven Righteous Sects is only so much. They do things without reason or grace, not even as good as those evil sects." Lin Bai gave a disdainful smile, looked at Jiang Qingqin, and shook his head. "Jiang Shimei, take my advice: don't practice 'Words Follow the Law.' With your temperament, you won't succeed..."

(End of this chapter)