Chapter 154: The Beggar Sect is Playing a Different Game Than Everyone Else

"Wait for me."

The familiar cry of the Second Senior Brother.

The few Daoists trailing at the back subconsciously stopped their steps and looked behind them.

But they did not see the Second Senior Brother; instead, they saw Lin Bai, who was shooting toward them like a meteor, and a bolt of lightning descending from the sky.

【Resentment from Qingchuan, Qingmu, Qing'an...; +1+1+1】

How is he even imitating other people's voices?

What kind of messy, nonsensical things have you learned, you brat!

Qingchuan and the others were on the verge of tears, but by the time they reacted and wanted to run, it was already too late!

Lin Bai's speed was too fast.

Only the little white fox with him, having adapted to the breakneck rhythm, could spend the whole way curled up in his arms reciting tongue twisters.

……

Crack!

The lightning struck down one Daoist.

Lin Bai smashed his Blacksmith Six-Piece Set toward the group, and while they were scrambling to dodge in a panic, he used one move, Endless Sword Flow, to envelop all the remaining people within it.

The acting temple master, Qing Yu Daozhang, was the second-in-command of Huilong Temple; with Daoxu Zhenren in seclusion, many junior brothers were taught by Qingyu.

Lin Bai shared the skills and strength of the Eldest Senior Brother; fighting these little noobs who couldn't even fly fast was as simple as bullying the weak.

Compared to the various skills of a Golden Core True Person, the Martial Art provided by the Wanwu Youque System was simply trash!

But thinking that he had only been doing missions for a little over a month and could already beat up over a hundred Golden Core True Persons...

The system is still the best!

Though it can't be just one system; it has to be a collection of systems like his!

If he only had one system, he would still be cowering in Jiamu City, acting like a grandson and developing stealthily!

……

Longxi and the others, who were rushing to livestream, stopped abruptly, but they only saw the few Golden Core Daoists struck down by Lin Bai and the back of Lin Bai as he started off again, and were then forced to continue flying forward, carried by the Suspension Talisman.

Looking at the loot on the dead Daoists but being unable to pick it up, the players couldn't help but feel heartbroken; they complained that Shopkeeper Lin didn't know how to manage assets, but they had no other choice.

In the middle of nowhere, with no village in front and no shop behind, if they really dared to jump down to pick up equipment, they were afraid they wouldn't make it back to Qian City.

The players could only silently turn on recording mode, documenting the route they passed, planning to come back to pick up the equipment once everything was settled.

The only good thing about this game is that dead NPCs don't refresh over time.

It wasn't that Lin Bai didn't want to pick up the equipment, it was just that the time for Morning Flight was limited; if he didn't take advantage of the remaining time to chase forward, he was afraid he really wouldn't catch many more.

As for why he didn't use cards to seal them?

If they were so slow that they were at the back even while fleeing, what use was there in collecting such trash?

Cards are limited; even if they are just one-time Blank Cards, he had to seal a few strong fighters.

Good steel must be used on the blade's edge.

Lin Bai was now in high spirits, no longer the little noob who thought seeing a Golden Core True Person was a rare thing.

……

"Wait for me!"

"Walk slower!"

"Don't you want your Second Senior Brother anymore?"

"You look too ugly!"

"Do you want to know where the junior brothers behind you went?"

"Qingling Daozhang was killed by a Palm Thunder I struck."

"Back in Jiamu City, Qingfeng Daozhang took in a disciple named Longxi, and Longxi colluded with the Beggar Sect to trick you all into coming to Qian City to die, all just to seize your Huilong Temple?"

"Your clothes are gray."

"You're a Daoist, right!"

……

Following the route the Huilong Temple Daoists were fleeing along, Lin Bai chased them all the way.

Possessing the ability of vocal mimicry, he would use the Eldest Senior Brother's voice, then the Second Senior Brother's voice, and then play the roles of Qing'an, Qingmu, and others he had killed, to grind the truth-telling mission.

He was having a blast, like a cat playing with a mouse.

But while Lin Bai was having fun, the Daoists of Huilong Temple were suffering; no matter how they thought about it, they couldn't understand how Huilong Temple, which was clearly at its zenith, had reached a dead end in the blink of an eye.

Who exactly provoked such a madman?

Was he not afraid of the Heavenly Dao Sect's retaliation?

Carrying a belly full of doubts and unwillingness, the Daoists who came to crusade against Lin Bai became fewer and fewer, and with all kinds of unwillingness and frustration, they were either beaten to death or beaten half to death and sealed into cards...

Lin Bai's classification method was very simple.

Anyone who could withstand ten moves from the Eldest Senior Brother was qualified to enter a card and continue to shine.

Those who couldn't even withstand ten moves were all beaten to death; being so weak, what face did they have to live in this world?

Lin Bai didn't harbor any mercy.

When it's a life-or-death situation, who cares about being righteous or evil.

When they mobilized a crowd to come and put him to death, both sides were already in a fight to the death!

You say it was the players who tricked them?

What does the mistake the players made have to do with him?

All he was asking for was to stay alive!

It was fated for Huilong Temple to be unlucky, playing a good hand of cards into a complete mess. It was merely a Lingjie Fengxi, after all; it could have been discussed reasonably. Lin Bai considered himself mild-tempered, and it was not as if there was no room for joint development...

Why insist on reaching this point of being as incompatible as fire and water? What for?

The duration of Morning Flight expired.

Over half of the Daoists from Huilong Temple who set out were killed or injured, and the task for Lin Bai's Extreme Counter-Kill System was finally completed.

Thirty points of Agility were automatically issued.

Watching the remaining Daoists from Huilong Temple run until they were out of sight, Lin Bai did not know the way to Huilong Temple and had to stop to wait for Longxi and the others to catch up.

Players had maps, and with them around, he wouldn't end up on the wrong path.

While waiting for Longxi and the others.

Lin Bai tested the effect of thirty Agility. Without using Bow Body Single Shadow, relying purely on Agility and Physique, he actually achieved the effect of Bow Body Single Shadow. Most importantly, he didn't bump into any trees...

Moreover, his eyesight had become much stronger. As long as he focused his Spirit, the flight of a normal bird became complete slow motion in his eyes.

The speed at which he could recite tongue twisters also increased by at least three times. A perfectly normal tongue twister, after activating Agility, actually took on the marvelous feel of rap.

In other words, provided he didn't stumble, he could cast three Palm Thunders in the same amount of time.

The "Cui Cutui" tongue twister, sped up three times, really sounded like he was chanting a spell.

Sure enough.

Basic attributes are all good things.

The pity is.

After the Extreme Counter-Kill System task was completed, no follow-up tasks were launched.

It seems.

This is a system that requires a specific environment to activate.

However.

This could not stump Lin Bai.

If there is no situation, create one. Safety and stability are not easy, but putting himself in danger is as simple as eating and drinking for Lin Bai.

"Xiaobai, are you tired?" Lin Bai activated his Wind Riding technique, returned to the air, surveyed the surrounding towering mountains and ridges, fished out two Zhangdu Pills, gave one to the little white fox, and ate one himself.

"Fighting alongside Master couldn't be easier; I'm not tired at all, my mouth is just a little dry." The little white fox murmured softly, enjoying the deliciousness of the Zhangdu Pill, subconsciously licked her lips, and said, "Besides, flying in the forest feels like returning home; it's very comfortable..."

Mouth dry?

Lin Bai couldn't help but have an evil thought, rubbed the little white fox's head: "Drink more water before fighting next time."

In a short while.

The Suspension Talisman brought Longxi and the others catching up.

Longxi asked: "Shopkeeper Lin, why have you stopped?"

"Lost them, can't find the way." Lin Bai glanced at them and asked, "How much further?"

Longxi looked at the map: "We've only covered a quarter of the journey. Why not tie the Suspension Talisman to you! Huaxi Furen's speed is too slow; it will take until tomorrow morning to arrive at this rate."

"Down Mountain Tiger" said: "That's right! Shopkeeper Lin, speed is the essence of war. If those who escaped back to Huilong Temple get prepared, it will be hard to fight them."

"No fear, even if it's hard, we must chew them up." Lin Bai laughed, "Slow is slow. Since we can't catch up anyway, arriving a day or two late might even apply some psychological pressure on them."

"Great Luo Golden Immortal" said: "Shopkeeper Lin, Daoxu Zhenren is a Nascent Soul level expert. He must have a trump card too. Are you confident you can beat him?"

"No confidence." With the truth-telling task in progress, Lin Bai shook his head and said honestly, "But you know, I rarely rely on head-on collisions in war. Maybe if I use the right crooked trick or evil path, I'll take him down!"

Nascent Soul experts and the like sound very powerful, but with Cupid's Arrow, Lin Bai felt it was absolutely necessary to sacrifice himself a little and conquer Daoxu Zhenren with the charm of love.

Cupid's Arrow is different from Old Man Yue's Red Rope.

Old Man Yue's Red Rope is bidirectional.

Cupid's Love Arrow is unidirectional; the person struck by the arrow will unconditionally fall in love with the first person they see, which is the reason for Lin Bai's fearlessness.

He only needs to ensure that after Daoxu Zhenren is struck, the first person he sees is him, not a player.

Reputation?

To seize Huilong Temple as a base, reputation is not important at all!

It is much safer than going head-to-head with a Nascent Soul True Person.

"Besides Daoxu, does Huilong Temple have any other experts or any arrangements? Like Elders, a Mountain Protection Array, or something?" Lin Bai asked.

"I don't know about that." Longxi shook his head, "I haven't stayed at Huilong Temple for many days, and most of the time I was practicing. I don't know many things, and Daoist Qingfeng didn't tell me either. But for a sect with thousands of years of heritage, there shouldn't be only one expert like Daoxu. It's better to be careful."

"Hmm." Lin Bai nodded, "What about the people from the Beggar Sect? Have they caught up?"

"Lao Mi and the others are finding a way." "Great Luo Golden Immortal" said, "They said they are building hot air balloons and then letting people from Hundred Flowers Valley and Chaoyuan Sword Sect operate them to fly over together. But you know, there aren't many Golden Core experts in Qian City right now, so we can't borrow much strength. Within a day or two, they shouldn't be able to make it, unless the City Lord is willing to rent out large troop transport ships."

"But the cost of deploying a troop transport ship is high, and the City Lord is not very willing. The City Lord's stance is that Taiyi Kingdom is not suitable for intervening in disputes between sects..."

"Tell them, no need to look for the City Lord." Lin Bai glanced at them and said, "Go to Hundred Flowers Valley and find Jiang Yuru to borrow their transport tools. If Jiang Yuru doesn't agree, tell her I remember the recruitment venue matter! If she still doesn't agree, tell her again: one doesn't worry about too many debts, and lice don't itch when there are many. My things are not so easy to take..."

In the Xianxia World, strength is respected.

Lin Bai felt he now had the confidence to say these words.

Moreover.

To tell the truth, he really didn't mind offending Hundred Flowers Valley once more.

Lin Bai completed the counter-kill task and relaxed his mood. While leisurely leading Longxi and the others toward Huilong Temple.

The Shanlu Group, which controlled the entire Yinmucheng, held an emergency meeting to discuss future directions.

"Luzong, Lin Bai is fearless; taking Huilong Temple is a done deal. Once the Beggar Sect masters Huilong Temple, given the nature of players, they will likely use Huilong Temple as a springboard to continue sweeping through the sects under Qian City, eventually controlling all player resources in the four novice villages under Qian City and growing into a behemoth."

A player named "Shanlu·Administrator" reported the current situation to "Shanlu Luzong" sitting at the end of the round table, point by point.

"Shanlu Luzong" frowned deeply, fingers tapping the table lightly: "The Beggar Sect has Lin Bai. Even if we integrate the resources of Yinmucheng, it will be full of difficulties to catch up with the Beggar Sect's development. Facts have proven that the game Xianxia World will run parallel to reality in the future and exist for a long time."

"Compared to other companies, we relied on luck to seize the initiative. But because of the existence of the Beggar Sect, the little bit of initiative we snatched looks like a joke. And having it ruined by the Beggar Sect makes it even more of a joke. That is the current situation; everyone can express their own opinions and discuss a way to continue developing while sniping the Beggar Sect."

"Shanlu Luzong, unless we also latch onto a powerful NPC like Lin Bai, it won't be easy to catch up to the Beggar Sect by relying solely on our own development," Shanlu Lujiao said. "Above Yinmucheng is Zhen City, and there are also several sects waiting to carve up the player resources of the newbie village. If we continue according to the previous plan, splitting up to enter different sects, and then inciting sect wars after learning Skills to gain benefits, it will be too slow. Moreover, with Lin Bai stirring things up like this, the NPCs will definitely be on guard against us..."

"We all know the difficulties; what I want to hear are solutions," Shanlu Luzong interrupted him.

"Heavenly Prodigies," a female player named Shanlu Lurong said. "Shanlu Luzong, we need to find a Heavenly Prodigy like Lin Bai and borrow his strength to expand our influence and integrate resources. According to the intelligence we've gathered, both the Righteous Seven Sects and the Demonic Five Sects have Heavenly Prodigies. Those Heavenly Prodigies have excellent aptitude, and it is said that every one of them has the ability to suppress the current era, just like Lin Bai."

"Heavenly Prodigies?" Shanlu Luzong pondered. "I'm afraid they won't be easy to control!"

"We don't need to control them, only guide them," Shanlu Lurong smiled. "In name, Lin Bai controls the Beggar Sect, but in reality, it is the Beggar Sect pushing Lin Bai forward. This time, the Huilong Temple incident was stirred up by players; if it weren't for Lin Bai's strength, the Beggar Sect would have already ceased to exist."

"Lurong is right. At the end of the day, the Beggar Sect is just a bunch of rabble; they just got lucky," Shanlu Lumu said. "If Lin Bai were in Shanlu, our plan for this Huilong Temple incident would definitely have been much more complete than the Beggar Sect's. The Beggar Sect attacking Huilong Temple was like something thought up on a whim. The stupidest part is that Lin Bai killed his way through, and there wasn't even anyone behind him to pick up the equipment."

"I understand the logic, but where are we going to find a Heavenly Prodigy?" Shanlu Luzong said. "We don't even know where the Righteous Seven Sects are located."

"Spread the word about Lin Bai's affairs," Shanlu Lurong said. "Lin Bai's style of doing things is too high-profile; there will always be people who can't stand him. Perhaps once the news of the Huilong Temple incident spreads, Heavenly Prodigies will naturally emerge. This game is too realistic; pull one hair and the whole body moves. With Huilong Temple changing hands, who knows how many things will change as a result. I think what we need to do right now is wait, wait for the Huilong Temple incident to ferment."

"Lurong is right; haste makes waste. During this period, we will continue to follow our previous rhythm, laying out our industries in Taiyi Kingdom and seizing wealth within the game to support our gaming through gaming," Shanlu Lujiao shook his head and said. "The people in the Beggar Sect are too stupid; they only know how to advertise and use advertising money to play the game. They have no idea how to conduct capital operations. Developing the game and reality in sync is the only stable path for growth."

(End of this chapter)