Chapter 116: Lin Bai Wants to Cross the Single-Plank Bridge

"I treat you as a friend, which is why I came to advise you; otherwise, why would I say so much to you?" Jiang Qingqin glared at Lin Bai with a deep sense of grievance, stamped her foot, and left.

"Boss, are we really going to go head-to-head with the Seven Righteous Sects?" Lao Mi leaned in and asked.

"What else can we do?" Lin Bai glanced at him. "Let the Beggar Sect be dismantled by them? They just want to use their power to pressure others. We already know the result of going to the Immortal Supervision Office, so why deliver ourselves to their doorstep to be trampled? First, avoid their sharp edge, then break them one by one..."

He paused and instructed the Beggar Sect members behind him, "Do not count on victory before calculating defeat. Earlier outside the city, no one wanted to quit the Beggar Sect. Then we shall be of one mind and overcome this difficulty together. If anyone from the Seven Righteous Sects comes to lobby you, you know what to do. If they forcibly abduct you and I cannot save you in time, each of you find a way to commit suicide; I will compensate you for the losses."

"Understood," the Beggar Sect Disciples said in unison.

"A sect's reputation is not gained by compromising or relying on others' charity; it is fought for. The Seven Righteous Sects walk the broad road, while we, the Beggar Sect, walk the single-plank bridge." Lin Bai laughed disdainfully. "I originally intended to observe you for a period before teaching you martial arts, but I didn't expect the Seven Righteous Sects to be schemed against by evil sects and come to cause us trouble. Without skills to rely on, I fear you won't be able to handle them. Since we are settling down, I will teach all of you martial arts."

The Beggar Sect Disciples were overjoyed and said in unison, "Shopkeeper Lin is mighty!"

Deng Li Buduo felt a bit sour; he looked at Lin Bai gloomily, feeling that he, as a disciple, had been ignored again.

Equally sour were the live-stream viewers filling the screen:

"The Beggar Sect Disciples are too lucky!"

"Yesterday I was still saying Shopkeeper Lin was stingy, and today he's popularizing Skills for everyone."

"If Lin Bai isn't nerfed, the game is unplayable."

"Actually, it's the same whether Lin Bai is nerfed or not. The balance of this game isn't reflected in a single sect or a single NPC; the game itself is a whole."

"Looking at the big picture, haven't you noticed that Lin Bai's situation became difficult the moment he arrived in Qian City?"

"Blood Shadow Sect is his enemy, and now even the Seven Righteous Sects have turned against him, plus the players—it can be said that Shopkeeper Lin is an enemy of the whole world. If Lin Bai falls, the Beggar Sect will scatter like monkeys; opportunities are often accompanied by greater risks. This is likely what the officials consider balance."

"Agreed. Many players are abducted by evil sects for training, and they are also learning high-level Skills. The Beggar Sect being forced by circumstances to collectively learn high-level Skills is actually leveling the playing field. This is the real world."

"Those clamoring to nerf Lin Bai have probably played too many brain-dead games and don't understand the ingenuity of this game at all."

"The biggest unfairness is actually the batch-by-batch distribution of beta player accounts; those who entered the game early benefited too much."

"Not necessarily. Remember what the Game Company calls beta accounts? Pioneers. When everyone was unfamiliar with the game flow, the benefits they enjoyed were actually very limited. Those who entered the game later can directly enjoy the benefits they explored, develop according to their own wishes, and avoid many detours."

"The reason the Game Company opened up live streaming is to let those who enter the game later truly understand this world through the Pioneers, and then make the choices most suitable for themselves."

"Allowing live-stream donations is actually equivalent to the Game Company having these people do their early promotion for free."

"Moreover, the number of accounts the Game Company is opening is increasing. Those who enter later can directly form teams and help each other, so the advantage of beta players isn't as big as you think."

"666, one word from the master is better than ten years of reading."

"Sure enough, the live-stream room has the most masters. Awesome, I'm going to take the master's argument to the forum and earn some attention."

With money and people, things are easy to handle.

To persuade Lin Bai, the advertising sponsors poured a large amount of money into the Beggar Sect. Lin Bai didn't touch a cent of this money; it all became the Beggar Sect's activity funds.

It can be said that the Beggar Sect players are currently the richest players on the entire server. With large amounts of money splashed out, a manor built by a wealthy merchant at great expense became the Beggar Sect's branch.

It has rockeries, flowing water, and gardens; it is quite luxurious and grand.

The plaque at the main entrance openly hung the "Beggar Sect" sign. A group of beggars dressed in rags, yet entering and exiting the wealthy district, looked completely out of place with the surrounding environment.

With Lin Bai about to teach Skills, the enthusiasm of the Beggar Sect Disciples was fully mobilized.

The players had a goal, and their work was twice as effective with half the effort after a simple division of labor.

The scale of the Beggar Sect expanded rapidly.

In just one afternoon, the native beggars in Qian City were all gathered into the Beggar Sect.

In this world, there is no real Beggar Sect. Beggars are mostly composed of idle loafers and fallen poor families. They united to huddle together for warmth and were at the very bottom of society; recruiting them was actually very easy.

As long as there were one or two observant ones among this group of beggars, the players would have gained something.

After all, Qian City was equally unfamiliar to them, and they needed to collect a large amount of information to make the most correct judgments.

These local beggars, with a little training, would be a rudimentary intelligence agency.

Of course.

They were also their advertising promoters...

At the same time.

At Lin Bai's request, all kinds of medicinal herbs, ingredients, iron ingots, copper ingots, and other materials were transported into the manor, cart by cart.

There were also various knives, spears, swords, and halberds...

It was truly spending money like water.

The players had been working from the start with the standard of building the Qian City Beggar Sect into an all-around sect.

After entering Qian City, their Resurrection Point was correspondingly moved to Qian City.

Since they were going to take root here, the facilities for learning Skills definitely had to be set up.

Seeing the Beggar Sect Disciples spending money lavishly to build the sect themselves, the voices in the bullet comments feeling sour toward them became even quieter.

If it weren't for the support of advertisers behind them, ordinary players probably couldn't afford to play the Beggar Sect profession; it's just too damn expensive.

After all.

When entering other sects, everything is ready-made; why would one need to spend their own money to purchase things!

However.

The audience felt sorry for them, but the people of the Beggar Sect didn't care. Their money came easily, so they naturally didn't feel the pain when spending it.

Even if people on the forum resisted Shopkeeper Lin, there would be no shortage of people joining the Beggar Sect. After all, compared to other sects, the Beggar Sect is currently the most complete and commercially valuable sect.

They must expand this advantage.

At least let those who join the Beggar Sect later not quit because they are afraid of spending money.

The Beggar Sect Disciples knew that the advertising sponsors didn't care how much money was spent; what they always cared about was exposure and traffic...

When Lin Bai was leading his Beggar Sect Disciples in full swing with construction in Qian City.

The Immortal Supervision Bureau.

A scene of deathly stillness.

The heads of the Five Great Sects sat in their respective chairs, their expressions gloomy.

At the head of the table sat a scholar in his thirties, eyelids drooping, sipping tea in a leisurely manner, with an attitude of indifference.

"It is outrageous! Who does Lin Bai think he is? He clearly does not hold us in any regard at all!" Qingming Daozhang of Huilong Temple, who had a fiery temper, slammed the table heavily and said, "These young juniors are becoming more and more arrogant."

"His interception of the Heavenly Descended in Basic City alone has already violated the rules set by the Seven Orthodox Sects," Wang Jintian of the Spirit Tool Pavilion said sinisterly. "If we eliminate him, no one else will be able to say anything."

"Uncle-Master Wang, Lin Bai is not yet a Golden Core True Person," Jiang Qingqin timidly defended Lin Bai. "Moreover, he came out of the Justice Gate and simply does not know the rules of the world..."

*Cough! *

Jiang Yuru of Hundred Flowers Valley gave a light cough, interrupting her disciple: "Say less."

"The Justice Gate—I fear it is some small, obscure sect; how can it be mentioned in the same breath as the rules set by the Seven Orthodox Sects?" Wang Jintian sneered.

"Indeed, if he does not know the rules, then let him learn them," Zhao Ang of the Chaoyuan Sword Sect sneered. "I already met with him outside the city today; he is just a fellow who relies on a bit of cleverness and does not know the immensity of heaven and earth."

(End of this chapter)