Chapter 149: The World I Gradually Fail to Understand

"Lin Bai, do you know what you are doing?" Peng Ze trembled all over. "Throughout history, there have been countless alchemists abroad; do you know why a pill formula has never been leaked? The pill formula is the most critical asset of Medicine King Valley. Today, if you obtain the pill formula from me, in the future, Medicine King Valley will surely spare no cost to retrieve it. The consequences then will likely be more than you can bear."

"So that is what you are worried about." Lin Bai smiled and glanced at him, offering a sincere suggestion. "Rest assured, in a moment, those two will also speak. Once everyone has revealed their secrets, the three of you will have formed a mutual defense pact, each holding the other's leverage, and all three of you can remain safe and sound."

Zhao Ang and Peng Ze's complexions changed drastically, and in an instant, they contributed a massive wave of Negative Emotion to Lin Bai.

"Are you incapable of understanding human speech?" Peng Ze was furious, completely forgetting his own attitude. "You have already offended Huilong Temple and the five great evil sects; do you still want to offend our three sects? Lin Bai, do you truly think that by relying on your own strength, you can oppose the entire world?"

"So that is what you are worried about?" Lin Bai looked at Peng Ze in surprise. "But that is my business; I will handle it myself. All you need to do is tell me the pill formula..."

"..." Peng Ze.

"Tell me the pill formula, and I will have a mountain of trouble. Don't tell me the pill formula, and perhaps you won't even make it through tonight. Which is lighter and which is heavier, why can't you distinguish that!" Lin Bai looked at Peng Ze as if he were looking at a mentally disabled person. "Even if you tell me the pill formula truthfully, you can just go back tomorrow and sell me out! After being tormented by me like this today, don't you want to see me hunted down by Medicine King Valley across the world?"

Zhao Ang and the other were dumbfounded. Is he relying on his own audacity?

The veins on Peng Ze's forehead throbbed. He had a Poison Pill hidden in his palm, but looking at the smiling-yet-not-smiling Lin Bai, he simply did not dare to crush it...

In a trance.

In his mind, he pictured those players from Medicine King Valley who feared nothing but a peaceful world. Could this be the reason why Lin Bai was able to subdue them?

"Fine, I can tell you the pill formula." Peng Ze took a deep breath. "But you must tell me, what are you and the Beggar Sect going to do tomorrow?"

"One pill formula won't do." Lin Bai bargained. "At least five are needed."

"Don't push your luck," Peng Ze said angrily.

"What is the difference between betraying once and betraying five times?" Lin Bai laughed. Originally, he thought telling the truth was difficult, but now, he had fallen in love with this straightforward way of communicating.

【Resentment from Peng Ze; +1+1+】

Peng Ze took a deep breath and held up three fingers: "Three. An alchemist of my level only has three complete pill formulas in his possession."

As if anyone would believe that!

Lin Bai snorted inwardly: "Deal."

Even a rabbit will bite when pushed to the limit. If this guy is driven to desperation and not even one pill formula is obtained, that would be a loss that outweighs the gain.

Once a breakthrough is made, it will be much easier to deal with them in the future.

"I must trouble the two of you to step aside." Peng Ze bowed to Zhao Ang and Sun Lie nearby.

"Please, Brother Peng, seal our hearing." Zhao Ang and the other looked at each other and sighed.

The two nodded and walked away. Provoking one Lin Bai was already annoying enough, and since they didn't know how to refine pills, they didn't want to offend Medicine King Valley as well.

Peng Ze cupped his hands to the two again, then struck with lightning speed, sealing their hearing.

Lin Bai's eyelids twitched slightly; he was quite envious of the natives' ability to apply Internal Energy in such a practical way.

All his Martial Arts were rewards from the system, and even the moves were fixed. What he lacked was this flexible application of Internal Energy. He had to find an opportunity to get his hands on these things!

"Speak!" Lin Bai gestured.

"Seven and a half taels of drought lotus grass, one catty and three taels of polygonatum..." Having already decided to reveal the pill formulas, Peng Ze did not hesitate further and recited the formulas for the Peiyuan Pill, Xiaohuan Pill, and Qi and Blood Pill all at once.

【Obtained Peiyuan Pill formula; Reward: Poison Identification Technique (already issued)】

【Obtained Xiaohuan Pill formula; Reward: Golden Needle Pulse-Fixing Technique (already issued)】

【Obtained Qi and Blood Pill formula; Reward: Toxicology (already issued)】

【Used Poison Identification Technique and Toxicology to research a Poison Pill formula; Reward: Divine Wood King Tripod (can attract and refine poisonous insects)】

Peng Ze was actually quite honest; he didn't play any tricks with the three pill formulas, and they were acknowledged by the system the moment he spoke them.

Lin Bai's medical skills improved rapidly.

Just a moment ago, he had envied Peng Ze for being able to seal someone's hearing so easily. After learning the Golden Needle Pulse-Fixing Technique, sealing a person's five senses was no longer a problem for him. The only pity was that he still had to rely on silver needles to seal the acupoints...

But Lin Bai was already very satisfied. Who knows when he would complete his set of Skills? No need to rush.

Sure enough.

Only by forging ahead can one grow rapidly. Being afraid of this and that, and developing in a cowardly way, will only lead to being crushed to death by others!

After Peng Ze finished speaking, Lin Bai immediately asked: "Do you have any Poison Pill formulas?"

"Lin Bai, don't push your luck." Peng Ze glared at Lin Bai, panting heavily. He regretted coming to find Lin Bai today more and more. This guy was truly not a human being; he really was grabbing him like a sheep and shearing it to the end!

"Unlock their acupoints!" Lin Bai smiled and instructed.

"You still haven't told me what the Beggar Sect is going to do tomorrow?" Peng Ze asked.

"Say it together." Lin Bai said. "You've already told me the pill formulas; if those two don't leak something out, won't you feel unbalanced?"

Peng Ze looked at Lin Bai helplessly, swept his hand back, and unlocked the two men's acupoints.

Sun Lie was quite straightforward. Without waiting for Lin Bai to say anything, he took the initiative: "Spirit Tool Pavilion doesn't have any pill formulas; all we have are techniques and skills..."

"Techniques and skills are fine too." Lin Bai smiled. "Xiaobai, go call the Weapon Refinement Master over and tell him I've found him a temporary teacher. And you, Zhao Ang, why don't you teach my Disciple a set of Sword techniques!"

Lin Bai had system rewards; the rewards obtained from completing missions were directly at the Great Completion level, so he couldn't be bothered to learn these basic things from them.

One should not worry about scarcity but about inequality. Based on the principle of keeping the victims' psychology balanced, Lin Bai still sheared their wool.

If the people of the Beggar Sect learned the Skills, he would also be taking advantage of it, and he could incidentally harvest a wave of Positive Emotion. No matter how you calculate it, he wouldn't lose.

Zhao Ang went to teach 【Deng Li Buduo】 Sword techniques, and Sun Lie was taken to the Lianqi Gongfang to teach the 【Weapon Refinement Master】 and others the techniques of weapon refinement.

In the blink of an eye.

Under the pavilion, only Lin Bai and Peng Ze remained.

The two stared at each other.

For a moment, there was silence.

A moment later, Lin Bai looked at Peng Ze and smiled slightly: "Is your father surnamed Peng?"

Is this interesting? Peng Ze felt a tightness in his chest, and a mouthful of blood surged up to his throat, almost spraying out. At this moment, only one voice remained in his heart: kill him, must kill him. This guy is definitely sick. Even if it means risking punishment from Medicine King Valley, he must push Lin Bai into a place of eternal doom.

Otherwise, he could not swallow this breath!

Unknowingly.

The east began to turn a fish-belly white.

After finishing their instruction of the techniques, Zhao Ang and Sun Lie returned to the pavilion with ashen faces.

The two looked at Lin Bai, as well as the dispirited Peng Ze, and sighed silently.

Zhao Ang asked, "We have finished teaching as you instructed; can you tell us what the Beggar Sect intends to do now?"

At this point, whether or not they knew what Lin Bai intended to do was no longer important.

After all, it would be dawn in a moment, but having been tormented by Lin Bai all night, if they didn't let him speak the truth himself, this hurdle would never be cleared!

"Daoist Qingyu is bringing over a hundred Golden Core Daoists from Huilong Temple to Qian City to kill me; we have already set an ambush, and we intend to wipe them out in one fell swoop," Lin Bai smiled slightly and gave the answer in an understated tone.

The three were shocked and turned pale.

They suddenly understood why Lin Bai dared to threaten them so fearlessly.

If Lin Bai hadn't fought Huilong Temple, his death would naturally have ended everything.

But if Huilong Temple were truly successfully ambushed by Lin Bai.

Then undoubtedly, both the Righteous Sect and the Evil Paths would feel endangered.

It would be impossible to maintain friendly relations with Lin Bai.

One must know that although the sects subordinate to the seven Righteous Sects competed with each other, they had never resorted to the extreme of slaughtering sects or wiping out factions against their own kind.

Let alone that behind Huilong Temple stood the Heavenly Dao Sect, which was hailed as the number one of the Righteous Sect.

Having offended the five Evil Sects and also slaughtered Huilong Temple, Lin Bai and his Beggar Sect would surely become enemies of the world; why would he still care about a few small fry like them?

The three looked at each other, finally realizing the gravity of the situation.

They had thought that since Lin Bai had offended the five Evil Sects and needed to rely on them, he would restrain himself somewhat.

Now it seemed that this guy was just a lunatic!

Gulp!

Peng Ze swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked cautiously, "Shopkeeper Lin, we can leave now, right?"

"Of course."

Lin Bai nodded.

The oil had been squeezed out of them well enough; why keep them? Calculating the time, Huilong Temple should be arriving soon, and it would be too late for these guys to go report the news.

After exiting the Beggar Sect branch and running two streets away, only then did Peng Ze and the other two heave a sigh of relief.

"A lunatic, he is just a lunatic who doesn't value his life," Peng Ze cursed loudly.

"Senior Brother Peng, what should we do?" Zhao Ang asked.

"Wait and see!" Peng Ze looked at the two and said, "If Lin Bai dies at the hands of Huilong Temple today, I hope you two senior brothers can let what happened last night rot in your stomachs."

"That goes without saying," Zhao Ang and Sun Lie said in unison. At this moment, they were exceptionally glad that they each had leverage left behind; otherwise, upon leaving the Beggar Sect, the three of them would likely have developed rifts first.

"Senior Brother Peng, have you ever thought about what we should do if Lin Bai wins?" Sun Lie hesitated for a moment before speaking the question everyone wanted to avoid.

"True Person Qingyu is hailed as the number one person below the Nascent Soul, ready to break his Golden Core and form a Nascent Soul at any time. He also possesses the sect's supreme treasures, the Demon-Subduing Sword and the Gan Kun Jing, and his combat power even surpasses that of an average Nascent Soul True Person. He is also bringing a hundred Golden Core cultivators. If such a formation is defeated by Lin Bai, then Lin Bai is not someone we can provoke. But regardless, he will become an enemy of both the Righteous and Evil paths, and everyone will want to kill him. We won't need to incite anyone; the Righteous and Evil Paths will find every way to kill him," Peng Ze said.

"Just like Fu Long Zhen Ren eight hundred years ago?" Zhao Ang said.

"Even someone as strong as Fu Long Zhen Ren couldn't escape the pursuit of the Righteous and Evil Paths in the end, let alone a twenty-something-year-old brat," Peng Ze nodded and said, "The arrogant will naturally be reaped by the heavens; I think this Shopkeeper Lin's fate has reached its end."

"Good, then it's agreed: what happened last night, let it all rot in our stomachs!" Sun Lie took the opportunity to say.

The remaining two nodded simultaneously.

"Shopkeeper Lin, the people from Huilong Temple are still more than eighty miles away from Qian City. Two or three fast-footed Daoists just patrolled outside Xi Shan Cheng and found nothing unusual, so they have already returned to report the news. The rest should arrive in about a quarter of an hour," 【I am not a Smurf】, who was left to guard the Beggar Sect branch, came online immediately and reported the movements of Huilong Temple to Lin Bai.

"Heavenly timing, geographical advantage, and human support are all on my side!" Lin Bai nodded with a smile. He glanced at the dim morning light and then looked at the little white fox beside him, "Xiaobai, are you ready?"

"Mm." The little white fox nodded vigorously, shed her human form, turned back into a fox, and burrowed into Lin Bai's arms, leaving only a small head exposed. Her task was to recite tongue twisters, which was actually inconvenient in human form.

"Good, let's go." Lin Bai checked his equipment one last time, activated Morning Flight, triggered Bow Body Single Shadow, and charged toward the mountains outside the city like a meteor.

The Wind Riding of a Golden Core True Person was much slower than his Morning Flight combo in terms of speed and explosive power. Now that Lin Bai's Internal Energy was profound, he could afford to squander it.

The moment Lin Bai left Qian City.

City Lord's Mansion.

Guo Yuan withdrew his gaze from the window and sighed dejectedly. On the table behind him, scattered white papers were filled with all kinds of scribbled handwriting.

There were Qian City, the five Righteous Sects, the five Evil Sects, Heavenly Descended, Righteous Gate, and even more Lin Bai...

For an entire night, he had been performing Divination.

But until dawn, he hadn't sorted out a single clue.

The Heavenly Descended were already enough to give him a headache.

Lin Bai had interfered, making the situation even more chaotic.

Guo Yuan put himself in Lin Bai's position, but no matter how he performed the Divination, it ended in a dead end that would force him into a desperate situation.

Guo Yuan could not understand for the life of him what Lin Bai's intention was in doing this.

He clearly could have been more secure...

Zhao Ang returned to the Chaoyuan Sword Sect's encampment and saw a group of players rushing out in a mess. After not seeing them for a night, the character "Meal" had already appeared on their clothes.

And in their hands, they were holding various signs, on which were written various short slogans: "Good Taste, Good Fast Food," "One Call, Delicious Food Delivered Fast," "Clean and Hygienic, Delicious with Heart"...

Having been annoyed by Lin Bai all night, Zhao Ang was already agitated enough. Seeing the behavior of his own Disciples, his head went "buzz," blood rushed up, and he almost fainted on the spot.

"What are you doing?" He blocked their path and couldn't help but scold them.

"Senior Brother Zhao, Shopkeeper Lin is about to pull off a big show. As his allies, we should go and cheer for him," 【Lord Jue】 said with a smile, "Back then, before we joined the sect, you promised us that this would be the best opportunity to promote the Chaoyuan Sword Sect. Senior Brother Zhao, you've returned just in time, otherwise, we wouldn't have made it in time. These are the advertising boards we made overnight; they can't go to waste..."

"You... you all..." Zhao Ang's vision went black in waves; what the hell was this? He had just agreed with Peng Ze and the others to keep things confidential and let Lin Bai and Huilong Temple fight to the death, yet these newly joined Heavenly Descended had put him on the spot.

If they went to the scene of the conflict between the Beggar Sect and Huilong Temple to promote the Chaoyuan Sword Sect, what excuse would they have to go to war with Lin Bai in the future?

It was more likely that Huilong Temple would be the first to not spare them!

"Senior Brother Zhao, your Martial Art is good and your Internal Energy is high. We even have a set of ad copy that we need to trouble you to recite at the scene!" 【First Sword Immortal】 handed a sheet of white paper filled with words into Zhao Ang's hands and smiled obsequiously, "Senior Brother Zhao, please, if we get through this event, all of us brothers will remember your kindness, and we won't forget your favor in the future..."

"..." Zhao Ang stared blankly at the white paper in his hand.

It read: "The healthiest ingredients, the restaurant that understands you best, quality life, enjoy the deliciousness. Chaoyuan Sword Sect joins hands with Good Taste Fast Food to cheer for Shopkeeper Lin..."

Zhao Ang swallowed a mouthful of saliva, looking at the group of enthusiastic Heavenly Descended; the feeling of dizziness grew more severe, and his heart was filled with bitterness—what the hell was this! Senior brother, you think too highly of me; what should I do? I really can't handle these Heavenly Descended!

Shaking his head to make himself a little more sober, Zhao Ang asked, "Does Senior Brother Tong know about this?"

【First Sword Immortal】 nodded without hesitation: "Naturally he knows; it was he who instructed us to do this..."

(End of this chapter)