Chapter 133: Yue Lao's Red Thread

"We cannot retreat," Gelige said. "If we miss this opportunity and the Beggar Sect spreads its influence, we won't be able to kill Lin Bai."

"Great God Ge, there are sect rewards," Fire Under the Sun said. "Lin Bai is asking us to participate in the planning and mess things up. If we do that, we might not even be able to survive in our sects anymore!"

"Exactly," Little Cat Doesn't Eat Fish said. "Great God Ge, let it go. It's not worth it. Killing Lin Bai fair and square is better than resorting to these underhanded schemes."

"Give me your account details, and I'll compensate you for the money," Gelige said after a long silence. "We have the highest levels; it's impossible that we won't be able to survive in our sects. We can pin all the blame on Lin Bai. Lin Bai's death has nothing to do with the players' choice of sect. By then, perhaps the people in the Beggar Sect will also look for other ways out."

"How much are you paying?" Golden Lion glanced at Gelige. "I won't do it for a small amount. The Blood Soul Banner is a mid-level Dharma Treasure. In the early stages of the game, such a treasure can sell for at least one hundred thousand. Entering the Blood Pool once raises one's level by at least twenty. By then, I might be the number one person in the game. I don't want to sacrifice my future for your justice. Once my level is high, I can take on endorsements; the future prospects are immeasurable..."

"Exactly, we have no grudges against Shopkeeper Lin. Everything he has done during this time is clearly advancing the game's progress. Let the Beggar Sect players play the Beggar Sect, and we'll play our own way. Isn't that better?" Little Cat Doesn't Eat Fish said. "Why must we go against him? I think things are pretty good right now. If we fail, we might lose all the advantages we gained from the closed beta."

"Thirty thousand, thirty thousand each," Gelige scanned them and gritted his teeth. "Consider it compensation for your losses. Do it or don't, take it or leave it..."

The few of them looked at each other and nodded simultaneously.

Golden Lion said, "Great God Ge, let's get this straight! Whether the matter succeeds or not, the money is non-refundable."

"No need to refund," Gelige's face darkened. Watching Lin Bai, who was still chatting and laughing with the NPCs, the resentment in his heart erupted uncontrollably.

He, who had always been the most opposed to advertisements entering the game, was now thinking of finding a sponsor to offset his losses.

It was so damn infuriating!

He hadn't even done anything yet, and he had already lost over one hundred thousand...

A grand conspiracy to take down Lin Bai—sponsors would definitely be interested in that, right?

And then, a live stream of all the NPCs battling Lin Bai; with his fame, he might even be able to make a profit...

What a deep grudge!

Spending money just to mess with me?

Great God Ge?

What a load of crap!

If I don't drive you to bankruptcy, I'll change my surname from Lin...

Hearing their conversation, Lin Bai shook his head slightly and stood up to see off the few members of the evil sects: "Everyone, it is settled then. We shall meet again on the day of the recruitment fair. I, Lin, guarantee that I will handle things beautifully."

"We leave it to you, Shopkeeper Lin." Lan Nuotian and the others said goodbye to Lin Bai one by one, leaving behind a floor full of gifts.

"Shopkeeper Lin, do you have any arrangements for us?" Gelige suppressed the resentment in his heart, looked at Lin Bai, and asked.

"I don't concern myself with the recruitment fair; go find Lao Mi to handle the handover," Lin Bai smiled at him and said. "The Beggar Sect is full of Heavenly Descended; you can treat this place as your own home. Eat what you want, drink what you want; the Beggar Sect has plenty of money..."

【Resentment from Gelige: +1+1+1+1】

【Resentment from Golden Lion, Fire Under the Sun, Little Cat Doesn't Eat Fish...: +1+1+1】

It would have been better if he hadn't said that.

After Lin Bai finished speaking, the few players suddenly felt that he really deserved to die; he was just too hateful!

"Lin Bai, what did the people from the Blood Shadow Sect come to find you for?" As soon as the evil sect people left, Jiang Qingqin came to him and asked.

"To give gifts!" Lin Bai glanced at Jiang Qingqin and continued to keep an eye on Gelige and the others. "Speaking of which, your Hundred Flowers Valley is the stingiest. I am such a high-ranking Supervisor, yet while other sects have gifts, you have nothing..."

"Am I not the greatest gift?" Jiang Qingqin smiled. "My master has even given me away; isn't that more precious than their gifts?"

"Can you be eaten or used?" Lin Bai glanced at her and asked with a smile.

"Both." Jiang Qingqin, refusing to be outdone, leaned close to Lin Bai and whispered in his ear, "I can stay in your Beggar Sect starting today. Do you dare to accept me?"

"Too ugly." Lin Bai stepped back calmly and shook his head. Jiang Qingqin always provided Pleasure Value whenever she saw him.

The aftereffects of the sweet talk were too severe; it had broken through her psychological defenses. Being with him, Jiang Qingqin became increasingly unbridled, and it no longer had anything to do with the orders of her sect.

"Hmph! You have no taste." Jiang Qingqin rolled her eyes at him. "When you go to the Hundred Flowers Valley, you will know that among the disciples of this generation, I am considered the most beautiful. The rest of the sisters are simply unwatchable; they are all holding their breath, waiting to condense their Golden Core and reshape themselves to start anew! Among them are princesses of kingdoms and daughters of sects. If you wait until they have their Golden Cores to choose someone, you might truly be the one who gets cheated."

"..." Lin Bai was speechless. Just based on this set of beauty-reshaping techniques, the status of the Hundred Flowers Valley in the martial arts world could not be shaken; it had too much of a market.

"You can tell me what kind you like?" Jiang Qingqin suddenly blushed. "After I condense my Golden Core, I will reshape myself into the way you like."

"So you're really going to latch onto me, huh!" Lin Bai asked with a smile.

"Yes." Jiang Qingqin turned to Lin Bai, her beautiful large eyes nodding earnestly. "Whenever I am idle, I cannot help but think of you. When I am doing things, I always wonder how you would do them. The sweet words you said to me that night also involuntarily surface in my mind. Thinking of those words, and even thinking of your face, my face burns and my heart beats faster. I asked the sisters in the sect, and they said this means admiration. I don't want to make myself suffer, so I've decided to latch onto you."

"..." Lin Bai was stunned.

"It's all your fault." Jiang Qingqin looked at Lin Bai, her face becoming even redder. "If you hadn't said those sweet words to me that night, none of these things would have happened later. I am about to condense my Golden Core, yet I have no heart for cultivation..."

What a disaster!

Lin Bai looked at Jiang Qingqin, slightly dazed.

If the other party had an ulterior motive, that would be one thing, but the emotional backend would not lie; Jiang Qingqin was indeed serious, so it was hard for him to refuse.

Furthermore.

Jiang Qingqin becoming the way she was now was indeed a disaster he had caused.

Lin Bai sighed softly: "Jiang Qingqin, do you understand me?"

Jiang Qingqin looked at him and shook her head: "I don't understand. I don't even know which of your words are true and which are false. Although my master said on the surface that she was betrothing me to you, her true intention was for me to get close to you, win you over, and spy on the secrets of your sect. She doesn't believe that set of things you say..." She paused. "However, I am willing to believe."

Uh!

Lin Bai's heart was inexplicably touched, and he asked: "Are you not afraid that I am truly a demon?"

"It doesn't matter to me." Jiang Qingqin smiled. "From the time I met you until now, although you have done many strange things, you have never actively harmed anyone. Therefore, I believe you are not a demon."

"If one day, you find that I have provoked many enemies, what will you do?" Lin Bai asked.

"I will fight side by side with you." Jiang Qingqin said without hesitation.

"What if the enemy is the Heavenly Dao Sect?" Lin Bai pressed. "The conflict between me and Huilong Temple is already irreconcilable. This time at the recruitment fair, I don't even intend to let the Heavenly Descended enter Huilong Temple..."

"..." Jiang Qingqin was slightly stunned. She bit her lip lightly. "If things truly reach an irredeemable point, I will definitely die before you. This is not sweet talk; I am serious."

"You will not die before the Master; I will." The little white fox felt its status had been snatched away. It raised its head from Lin Bai's arms, glared angrily at Jiang Qingqin, and said, refusing to be outdone.

Are there people competing for favor, and others competing to die?

Lin Bai stroked the little white fox's head twice and sighed to himself; he hadn't realized that, before he knew it, his bonds with this world had already become so deep!

He looked at Jiang Qingqin and shrugged: "Alright! Let's try being together for now. If one day you find that I'm not your cup of tea, you can leave at any time."

"Once I, Jiang Qingqin, have set my mind on something, I will absolutely not go back on it." Jiang Qingqin finally received Lin Bai's response, her eyes instantly lighting up; she also tilted her neck back and said triumphantly.

【The second pair of CP has successfully held hands; Reward: Yuelao's Red Thread (already issued)】

【Yuelao's Red Thread: A marriage spanning a thousand miles tied by a single thread. After selecting a target, it automatically binds. No matter how far apart the two bound parties are, they will inevitably develop a love stronger than gold and iron;】

【As a successor to Yuelao, your responsibility is to ensure every pair of lovers ends up together. Please create the third pair of CP; Reward: Yuelao's Lüxian】

System, oh System!

Do you have some misunderstanding about what a CP is?

I just casually said "let's try being together," and the mission is already complete?

Lin Bai was also speechless.

At this moment.

Inside the Yuelao System were two items: Pan Jinlian's Bamboo Pole and Yuelao's Red Thread.

Pan Jinlian's Bamboo Pole didn't really matter.

But this Red Thread looked quite overbearing; once tied, it bypassed the stage of cultivating feelings entirely.

Doesn't this mean he could directly find a super expert from the Seven Righteous Sects, bind her to himself, and instantly possess a great helper?

Was the ultimate goal of the Yuelao System to let him recruit helpers for himself through the Red Thread?

A harem?

My army of warrior-goddess wives?

But the Yuelao System only mentioned binding, not unbinding!

If two people look at each other with disgust yet are still forcibly bound by the Red Thread, wouldn't that be a bit terrifying?

Although the Red Thread seemed like a super shortcut, Lin Bai inexplicably didn't want the Red Thread to dictate his own feelings, and Yuelao hadn't bound all the Red Threads to himself either!

Like with Jiang Qingqin, developing naturally, and splitting up if they don't like each other anymore—that's quite good!

However, what the hell is Yuelao's Lüxian?

A cuckold thread?

Pan Jinlian's Bamboo Pole, Yuelao's Lüxian!

It seems the Yuelao who invented this system is not a proper Yuelao...

The image of Xu Longyun suddenly flashed through Lin Bai's mind.

Come to think of it.

He and Xu Longyun are also a CP!

I wonder what kind of face is hidden beneath Xu Longyun's mask...

Having just successfully held hands with Jiang Qingqin, Lin Bai started thinking about other women. He glanced at Jiang Qingqin and felt inexplicably guilty; men really are lustful.

However.

Jiang Qingqin was in a very good mood and clearly hadn't noticed Lin Bai's abnormality: "Lin Bai, have you really mastered the first level of Words Follow the Law?"

"Yes!" Lin Bai said. One move affects the whole situation; Words Follow the Law involves the disguise of Lin Bai's identity, so he absolutely could not let anything slip.

"But it's so hard!" Jiang Qingqin said with a bitter face, "I've practiced it many times, but it's very easy to get distracted. Why don't you help me practice together?"

"No." Lin Bai looked at Jiang Qingqin and shook his head decisively, "I have many things to do; it's impossible for me to accompany you in your cultivation. Jiang Qingqin, I hope you remember one sentence: if a woman affects the speed at which I draw my blade, then I really wouldn't mind splitting up with you immediately..."

"Alright!" Jiang Qingqin pouted in disappointment, "Then I'll go talk to my little white rabbit instead!"

"I have an Enlightenment Pill here that can let your rabbit eat it and awaken its intelligence." Lin Bai looked at Jiang Qingqin, took the bottle containing the Enlightenment Pill from his bosom, and handed it to her.

"For me." Jiang Qingqin excitedly took the pill bottle and began providing Pleasure Value to Lin Bai at a high speed. She looked at the bottle in her hand, "This is an Enlightenment Pill! It's too wasteful to feed it to a rabbit. When we have some free time, let's go to the Beast Taming Palace and buy a Demon Beast! A Demon Beast raised from a young age will be completely obedient to you even without a contract!"

"Good!" Lin Bai replied perfunctorily, his mind elsewhere.

The Pet System didn't seem to have any intention of opening a second slot, and he wasn't actually very interested in finding a new pet.

Besides.

Getting 10 Enlightenment Pills as a reward at every turn really wasn't anything rare for him; they weren't as precious as the Red Rope of Yuelao!

However.

Playing matchmaker and tying red threads—he wasn't very good at that!

Could it be that after the weapon workshop, he has to open a marriage agency?

In the dark, Lin Bai felt that the items provided by the Yuelao System would be of great help to him; he liked these items that were simple to operate yet had overbearing effects.

They were much more awesome than the Blacksmith set that required him to do the work himself!

After discussing some matters of the Cultivation World with Jiang Qingqin, time arrived at midnight before they knew it, and Jiang Qingqin was called back by someone sent by her master.

During this period.

People from Medicine King Valley and Spirit Tool Pavilion also arrived at the Beggar Sect one after another to discuss the job fair with the Disciples of the Beggar Sect.

The passage had been opened.

The Heavenly Descended could come to Qian City at any time.

The job fair was already imminent; this was a grand event for all the sects. If they couldn't recruit any Disciples, they wouldn't be able to explain it when they returned.

Of course, they also wanted to observe Lin Bai's attitude.

After all.

It was no secret that people from the evil sects had come to find Lin Bai.

Tong Cha of the Chaoyuan Sword Sect even kindly warned Lin Bai not to get too close to people from the evil sects, or he would end up pleasing neither side.

There is no possibility of reconciliation between the Seven Righteous Sects and the Demon Sect; if he blindly gets too close to the Demon Sect, when there are any grand events in the Cultivation World in the future, such as exploring ruins, they won't bring him along, and that would be the Beggar Sect's loss.

Lin Bai humbly accepted the instruction, but he did not take the matter to heart.

If they don't bring him, he won't play?

There are no secrets among players; if he really discovers ruins, wouldn't he just take the people of the Beggar Sect there himself?

What righteousness or evil?

Once the players arrive, they are all evil!

These natives still living in the past will understand this point sooner or later.

……

While everyone was busy preparing for the recruitment fair, True Person Qingling of Huilong Temple was overwhelmed.

He never expected that the people of the Blood Shadow Sect would be so shameless as to come to the door to offer gifts and curry favor with Lin Bai!

This immediately cut off his thoughts of backroom dealings and sowing discord.

All the sects went to the Beggar Sect to discuss the recruitment fair.

True Person Qingling was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, and he even began to complain that Daoist Qingfeng was slow, as he still hadn't brought reinforcements by this time!

If the reinforcements don't come soon, once the recruitment fair begins, everything will be over!

Midnight.

Ding Gouzha quietly snuck into the Huilong Temple's residence and met with Qingling Daozhang, saying straightforwardly, "Qingling Daozhang, I want to make a deal with you..."

Having watched the live stream of Daoist Qingming being abused from start to finish, the players naturally knew who in Qian City was at odds with Lin Bai; they couldn't count on their own masters, so they needed someone who could stir up trouble...

(End of this chapter)