Chapter 118: The Players' Negotiation

【Silver】 had not run far before he used the team voice chat to convey Lin Bai's intentions to the players in the front courtyard.

【Gugao Laoren】 was slightly stunned, then immediately understood Lin Bai's purpose.

This was a test from Lin Bai for them.

When it came down to it, they were still being influenced by their previous habits of playing games; when encountering problems, they only thought of using violence to solve them. Subconsciously, they still did not treat this as a real world.

A flurry of rapid voice communication occurred in the team chat.

Then, in front of Zhao Ang and the four others who had come to stir up trouble, the players, who had been at daggers drawn, quickly put away their weapons and dispersed.

"What is happening?" Peng Ze of Medicine King Valley felt somewhat strange about the players' sudden change. "They aren't planning to run away, are they?"

"Where could they run to?" Qingming Daozhang of Huilong Temple said disdainfully. "What they rely on is nothing more than Lin Bai. Once Lin Bai is dead, unless they are willing to live in the secular world forever, they will still have to obediently find a sect to attach themselves to."

"..." Jiang Qingqin gripped her precious Sword, feeling somewhat distracted.

The words Lin Bai said kept echoing in her mind. Ever since entering Hundred Flowers Valley, she had been taught that the rules of the Seven Righteous Sects were correct; by acting according to the rules, everyone could live well.

But what happened at the Immortal Supervision Bureau today made her feel exceptionally uncomfortable.

Lin Bai had only established the Beggar Sect and had not done anything to wrong the Seven Righteous Sects, yet people from the Seven Righteous Sects had actually come to his door to wipe him out.

Just because Lin Bai's Beggar Sect intercepted a Heavenly Descended from Jichu Cheng?

However.

Standing from Lin Bai's perspective, he hadn't done anything wrong; he didn't know the rules of the Seven Righteous Sects...

What was the difference between their current conduct and the evil sect members who blocked the road to rob the Heavenly Descended?

No.

There was still a difference.

Compared to evil sects, Lin Bai was just an individual, hailing from an obscure Righteous Sect; killing him wouldn't have any impact.

But angering evil sects like the Blood Shadow Sect would very likely trigger a great war between the Righteous and Evil factions.

When it came down to it.

It was nothing more than because Lin Bai was weak.

Furthermore.

Upon learning from her that Lin Bai had not formed a Golden Core, Huilong Temple had even deliberately sent a Golden Core True Person to oversee the situation.

Disgusting!

While they were talking.

The players returned to the front courtyard.

Tables were carried over and placed in the front courtyard, some people set tea and snacks on the tables, and flags were planted around the yard. They were the flags taken down from the carriages; some were written with the character 'Beggar', others with the character 'Milk'...

"What is this for again?" Peng Ze was dumbfounded, looking at the Beggar Sect Disciples busy setting up tea and snacks, not understanding why they had such a huge change all of a sudden.

"Grandstanding." Zhao Ang frowned.

Qingming Daozhang frowned repeatedly and couldn't help but look at Jiang Qingqin.

"Senior Qingming, they have always been like this." For some reason, when the Beggar Sect set out the tea and snacks, the worry Jiang Qingqin felt for Lin Bai instantly calmed down, and she said sheepishly, "They did even more excessive things in Jiamu City."

"Natural good milk, Mu Ming Milk welcomes all Immortals to visit the Beggar Sect for guidance." Once everything was prepared, 【Lao Mi】 stepped out from the crowd and looked smilingly at the five people lined up. "Beggar Sect Chief Lao Mi, greetings to all Immortals. The hospitality was lacking just now, I ask all Immortals to please forgive us."

"Don't mess around with these things, where is Lin Bai?" Zhao Ang frowned. "Make him come out."

"Zhao Xiansheng, Shopkeeper Lin is a guest of the Beggar Sect. I wonder what business you have with him?" 【Lao Mi】 smiled slightly and looked at Zhao Ang.

"You..." Zhao Ang was just about to speak.

Suddenly.

The surrounding Beggar Sect Disciples blurted out a sentence: "A taste of quality life, originating from Mu Ming Milk."

"..." Zhao Ang was stunned right there.

Qingming Daozhang and the others were all somewhat bewildered.

Only Jiang Qingqin, who had experienced this scene before, burst into laughter. Seeing the unfriendly gazes of her teammates, she explained somewhat awkwardly: "They have always been like this. When they encountered the Blood Shadow Sect on the road, they also said things like this..."

"Jiang Xianzi is right." 【Lao Mi】 smiled slightly. "This is our business. I ask the few Immortals to please forgive us. The Beggar Sect is entrusted by Mu Ming Milk to do promotion for them. Everyone can ignore them; it won't affect our normal conversation. The day is getting late, and you Immortals have come from afar as guests, why don't we sit down and talk."

"..." Qingming Daozhang's brow twitched a few times, feeling that things were slipping out of control. In his impression, the previous situation of being at daggers drawn was normal; the most convenient and fast way was to cleanly and neatly finish off Lin Bai in front of these Heavenly Descended, let them witness his methods, and then take them to the Immortal Supervision Bureau to be divided up.

"Where is Lin Bai?" Zhao Ang was already somewhat impatient and asked.

"Try something fresh to lead tomorrow. Mu Ming Milk reminds you: a cup of milk before sleep, for calcium and good sleep." Another voice came out of the blue.

"..." Zhao Ang gripped the Sword in his hand tightly, almost unable to resist slashing at those Beggar Sect Disciples shouting slogans. These guys were doing it on purpose!

Otherwise.

Why did they interrupt him every time he spoke?

But Zhao Ang ultimately did not strike.

He knew that if he slashed out, he would lose completely.

The Heavenly Descended would not die, but their impression of him would definitely be extremely poor, and they would likely never choose the Chaoyuan Sword Sect again.

Even though he was currently also disgusted to the extreme by this group of Heavenly Descended in Jiamu City.

He had also gone down to Basic City to escort Heavenly Descended; although those Heavenly Descended would also say some inexplicable things, they were still respectful to him, not at all as annoying as these Heavenly Descended in Jiamu City.

It must be Lin Bai, directing them to do this...

"Jiang Xianzi, we have traveled together for a while, why don't you take a seat first? Set an example for them!" 【Lao Mi】 glanced at Zhao Ang and looked smilingly at Jiang Qingqin.

He who has no desires is strong.

The players had Lin Bai behind them and were not afraid of death; only when facing these NPCs could they truly be fearless.

In their hearts, these NPCs were much easier to deal with than Lin Bai.

When facing Lin Bai, their actions and thoughts seemed to be completely seen through by him, and they were constrained at every turn.

Facing the people from the Seven Righteous Sects, Lao Mi felt absolutely none of that.

Especially since he knew that the people before him were at a critical stage of competing with the evil sects for the Heavenly Descended, he cared about them even less.

The team voice chat was their cheating weapon.

It appeared that Lao Mi was dealing with Daoist Qingming and the others alone, but in reality, a group of people behind the scenes were offering advice and strategies all at once.

"Fine." Jiang Qingqin hesitated for a moment, then actually nodded, walked forward two steps, and sat on the stool by the tea table; a player had already refilled the hot tea in the cup before her.

"She really sat down!"

"Is Jiang Qingqin actually interested in Shopkeeper Lin?"

"Maybe."

"Don't let your guard down, continue to be conciliatory, play dumb, and prevent them from using force."

"May I ask for your Daoist name, Daoist?" Lao Mi naturally turned his gaze toward Daoist Qingming and asked with a smile.

"Huilong Temple, Qingming." Daoist Qingming said coldly.

"Greetings, Daoist Qingming." Lao Mi bowed to him again.

Daoist Qingming frowned and returned the bow.

"Lin Bai, come out here! What kind of skill is it to hide behind the Heavenly Descended!" Zhao Ang used his Sword sound again, his sharp voice covering the entire Beggar Sect branch.

"Mu Ming Sour Milk, sincerely accompanying you every day." Another advertisement slogan rang out.

Lao Mi smiled, his gaze sweeping past Zhao Ang, and he invited Daoist Qingming: "Daoist, I know your intentions; let's sit down and talk calmly! I am the Chief Beggar, and Shopkeeper Lin is the World Walker of the Righteous Gate."

"The Beggar Sect was indeed established under his guidance. But in essence, we have no relationship with him; the affairs of the Beggar Sect are still managed by us Heavenly Descended ourselves."

"Jiang Xianzi and the City Lord of Jiamu City both know about this; we have always called him Shopkeeper Lin, and I have always been the Chief Beggar."

"If you want to make things difficult for Shopkeeper Lin on the grounds that he violated the rules of the Seven Righteous Sects, I'm afraid that won't hold up. Moreover, the Seven Righteous Sects have no rule stating that the Heavenly Descended cannot establish their own sect."

"..." Jiang Qingqin's eyes suddenly lit up.

Daoist Qingming's expression turned extremely ugly in an instant.

Lao Mi sighed leisurely: "Daoist Qingming, you are the oldest among these people. I might as well speak plainly! The Heavenly Descended are connected to one another; perhaps our interests are not the same, but if you try to force us to join the Seven Righteous Sects, I fear it will trigger a strong backlash from the Heavenly Descended, and it is not impossible that the Heavenly Descended might collectively join the evil sects then."

(End of chapter)