Chapter 170: The Method of Cultivating the Dao of Anger

There are forums, there are livestreams.

The players' news travels much faster than the NPCs'.

Once the news of the Gancheng Cup spread, it immediately caused a huge uproar among the players.

Chaoyuan Sword Sect.

Sword Peak.

A few players gathered together.

"Shopkeeper Lin is going to stir up trouble again. At the rate he's going, our levels won't be able to keep up with the development of the game's plot at all, and in the end, we'll only be reduced to watching the show." A flash of dissatisfaction crossed the brow of Huangye Lang.

"According to the normal game plot, for the Gancheng Cup ranking that Shopkeeper Lin is organizing, the protagonists should be the players. We should compete among ourselves and determine the sect rankings based on Contribution Points. But now, even if we go to the battlefield, we'll end up like the Beggar Sect encountering Huilong Temple—we'll die without even knowing how we died." The First Sword Immortal said, "I don't know what the developers are doing. They haven't integrated the plot with the players' levels at all. What's the point of playing a game with no sense of participation!"

"Yeah, everyone knows that after Lin Bai finishes off the Evil Five Sects, he'll go after the Righteous Sects. But how are our levels supposed to compete with a bug like Lin Bai?" Huangye Lang said gloomily, "The most ridiculous thing is that once the Beggar Sect Advertising Alliance came out, all the players in the sects became undercover agents for the Beggar Sect, hoping that the Beggar Sect would annex them a day sooner. There's not a shred of confrontation; it's boring."

"This is the downside of realism, I guess!" Jueye said, "The NPCs' level of intelligence is too high, and the officials aren't putting any restrictions on them. We've only been in the game for a few days, how could we possibly be the protagonists who can summon wind and rain?"

"If the game couldn't replace sleep, I wouldn't even want to play it, damn it." Huangye Lang said, "This Game Company doesn't understand how to design a qualified game at all. I really hope the Game Company's technology can be made public, so that those mature game companies can develop a game that is truly friendly to players."

"When it comes down to it, it's still Lin Bai who ruined the game's balance." The First Sword Immortal said, "Gelige is right; if we don't kill Lin Bai, the game will definitely collapse in the end."

"It's too late; Lin Bai's influence is already high enough." Jueye shook his head and said.

"The officials need Lin Bai to push the plot and to make money for the game; it would be a miracle if they could kill him." Huangye Lang said, "Stupid Game Company, stupid plot design, they just had to go and ruin a perfectly good game."

"Forget about Lin Bai, what should we do now?" The First Sword Immortal asked.

"What else can we do? Seek sponsorship and make money. With Gelige as a cautionary tale, no player will listen to us. Let's just grab what money we can! Let's join the Beggar Sect first; one day, even the Beggar Sect disciples will get fed up with Lin Bai." Huangye Lang stood up and fiercely slashed a sword Qi at the sword-testing stone in front of him, "Son of a b*tch Lin Bai!"

……

The same scene was also playing out at the Spirit Tool Pavilion, Medicine King Valley, and Hundred Flowers Valley.

The players began to prepare actively.

Even if they couldn't play much of a role in the campaign, going to the scene to watch the excitement and livestreaming was still more interesting than the boring level-grinding in their sects.

……

Huilong Temple was mobilized in an emergency from top to bottom.

The players seized the time to level up or hid far away from Lin Bai to practice tongue twisters.

Daoxu and Daokong were busy persuading the Taoist priests in the sect to participate in this war.

This time they were facing the Evil Five Sects, and compared to them, the strength of the Huilong Temple Taoist priests was vastly inferior.

After all.

In just two or three days, they and Lin Bai had not had enough time to build up trust.

In the hearts of most Taoist priests, although this expedition to Qian City was nominally to protect the Heavenly Descended, it looked like they were being coerced into going to their deaths...

……

After Lin Bai arranged the various affairs, he shifted his focus back to the system tasks.

Qingyu was the acting temple master, and Daokong and Daojing were the high-level members of Huilong Temple; he believed these people could arrange things well.

As the operation grew larger in the future, he could not do everything himself.

Lin Bai's plan for the Righteous Sects in the future was for them to be like the Beggar Sect—eventually, the sects could break free from him and develop on their own; all he needed was to extract Merit from them.

As for whether the sects would bite back like the players in the future?

Lin Bai believed in his own personal charisma.

……

After clearing a mu of Spirit Field, Lin Bai sprinkled some vegetable seeds into the ground and cast the Spring Breeze and Rain Technique twice, forcing the seeds to sprout into seedlings. Lin Bai then put all his focus on the Great Language System's task.

He discovered that this task, which seemed to be a simple matter of provoking the target with a single sentence, was not easy to do.

It is simple to make someone angry for a moment.

But after too many times, the target develops a mentality similar to, "He's just that kind of person, I won't lower myself to his level," and it becomes very difficult to provoke the target again.

Especially with players; sometimes a sentence clearly stung them, but the real emotion fed back on the emotion tree was actually excitement, along with words like, "Shopkeeper Lin actually noticed me; is he trying to deliberately groom me?" which left Lin Bai utterly speechless.

Players are truly all crazy!

The Taoist priests of Huilong Temple were the same; even when Lin Bai deliberately tried to disrupt their progress in practicing "Words Manifesting into Reality," after messing with them a few times, the result was only indifference or annoyance...

After all.

The Taoist priests had cultivated the Dao for many years, and their skills in self-cultivation were quite good.

You can never tell whether the guy in front of you is truly angry or just pretending to be.

Yet the Great Language System's task required consistency; once interrupted, one had to start all over again.

Facing such a group of unreasonable guys, Lin Bai was on the verge of a breakdown. He felt that if he couldn't think of a way, the Great Language System's task would likely come to a halt here.

Unreasonable human emotions.

……

"Master, are you worried about the upcoming decisive battle?" The little white fox stood behind Lin Bai, gently massaging his temples with both hands, "I see your temper hasn't been very good today; you scold whoever you meet. You weren't like this before, and I don't think this is good. If even you show no confidence, they will be even less willing to go on the expedition with you."

"……" Lin Bai paused, looked at the little white fox in astonishment, and smiled, "You little thing, you've become quite clever; you even thought of this."

"Foxes are good at the Charm Technique and are best at observing," the little white fox said, "It's just that Master's enemies are too powerful; otherwise, Xiaobai would definitely be able to help. Master, your strength is growing too fast, and Xiaobai is having trouble keeping up."

Looking at the dejected little fox, Lin Bai smiled: "You have always done very well. Don't worry, I will find a way to help you improve your strength. Xiaobai, I am not picking fights for no reason; I am practicing the seventh stage of 'Words Manifesting into Reality,' using language to provoke the other party. Unfortunately, I encountered obstacles during the practice; it is too difficult to make people feel anger. I have never taken the battle with the Evil Five Sects seriously from beginning to end..."

Outside the door.

The two little Taoist priests responsible for serving Lin Bai were shocked, looked at each other, and an incomparable enthusiasm suddenly erupted in their eyes.

It's real!

"Words Manifesting into Reality" is real!

The sect leader didn't lie to us...

……

"So that's how it is!" Xiaobai the fox suddenly realized, "The cultivation method of 'Words Manifesting into Law' is truly unique. The disciples within the sect can be considered to have suffered an undeserved disaster; you should have told them in advance... No, that's not right, if you told them in advance and they were prepared, they wouldn't be as angry. This is so difficult!"

"There will always be a way," Lin Bai laughed.

"Master, why don't you scold me instead!" Xiaobai the fox circled around to stand in front of Lin Bai, "If Master scolds Xiaobai even once, Xiaobai will be sad for a long time."

"What I need is anger, not sadness," Lin Bai said.

Xiaobai the fox straightened her face and bared her teeth at Lin Bai: "I can do anger, too."

"Pretending doesn't count." Lin Bai looked at the little fox acting cute and trying to please him in front of him, and his mood improved quite a bit, "Besides, Xiaobai is so cute, how could I bear to scold you..."

As he spoke.

Lin Bai suddenly froze, his gaze falling upon the wooden and dull Daoxu Zhenren.

Xiaobai is cute!

This old fellow is not only not cute, but quite annoying.

The most critical thing is that there is no danger in provoking this guy...

"Xiaobai, you step aside for a moment," Lin Bai instructed, took out Cupid's Bow, hooked on a Resistance Arrow, and circled to the front of Daoxu Zhenren.

Xiaobai the fox did not know what Lin Bai was going to do, but she still obediently left the room.

Confirming there was no one else around, Lin Bai released his grip; the Resistance Arrow flew off the string and sank into Daoxu Zhenren's heart.

Afterwards.

He fished an Enlightenment Pill from his bosom and stuffed it into Daoxu Zhenren's mouth.

A moment later.

Daoxu Zhenren's eyes blinked a few times.

His consciousness returned, his memories returned.

He looked at Lin Bai before him, his beard and hair standing on end: "You brat, you destroyed the thousand-year foundation of my Huilong Temple, and you still humiliate this old man like this; I will tear you into ten thousand pieces."

As he spoke.

He raised his palm to strike at Lin Bai, but because Lin Bai had issued a command of protection to him, his entire body's Spiritual Power could not be used at all.

He had been hit by the Resistance Arrow.

Daoxu's heart was filled with nothing but feelings of disgust toward Lin Bai; the deep love had long since vanished. Moreover, recalling the things he had once done to Lin Bai in front of a crowd, Daoxu Zhenren was ashamed and furious to the extreme, so humiliated that he wanted to commit suicide on the spot immediately.

"You have been made into a Puppet by me; you can't hit me!" Lin Bai looked at the Daoxu before him with a smile, speaking to provoke him.

【Anger from Daoxu; +1+1+1】

"Wah, you evil person, you had best kill me immediately; otherwise, once I find a way to break this, I will surely eat your flesh raw..." Daoxu Zhenren glared at Lin Bai in anger, gnashing his teeth.

So it turns out that saying the Resistance Arrow couldn't be used on Daoxu was just because the time wasn't right!

Look at it now, using him to grind the mission for anger is just great!

He really is a genius; there is no mission that can stump him.

"I just like the way you hate me, yet can't kill me," Lin Bai smiled and continued.

【Anger from Daoxu Zhenren; +1+1+1】

"You can control me for a moment, but can you control me for a lifetime?" Daoxu Zhenren said angrily, "Lin Bai, your mistake was that you shouldn't have let me recover my consciousness..."

"You have liked men," Lin Bai said.

"Demon, I will tell everyone about your affairs and make you the public enemy of the world; wherever you go, everyone will shout to beat you." Daoxu was hysterical, his eyes covered in bloodshot veins.

"Your disciple has also been controlled by me," Lin Bai said with a smile.

"..." Daoxu.

"Qingyu likes an evil woman from a heretical sect," Lin Bai said.

"You... shameless scoundrel." Daoxu Zhenren's teeth ground together with a creaking sound.

"Daojing and Daokong consider themselves my lackeys," Lin Bai said.

"..." Daoxu suddenly realized, "You... you are using me to practice 'Words Manifesting into Law'; I won't let you succeed..."

"You cannot control your own emotions," Lin Bai looked at the Daoxu Zhenren before him triumphantly, feeling his constant anger, and his heart was practically bursting with joy.

【Anger from Daoxu Zhenren; +1+1+1】

Daoxu Zhenren took a deep breath and closed his eyes, trying hard to calm himself down.

But for some reason, as long as he knew Lin Bai was standing beside him.

An endless, bottomless disgust would well up in his heart, and every word he said could quickly cause him to fall into a state of mania.

"The thousand-year foundation of Huilong Temple was destroyed by your own hands!" When Lin Bai was grinding a mission, he didn't care about other people's feelings, let alone his Puppet.

Daoxu Zhenren let out a painful scream, channeled his full Spiritual Power, and dashed toward the outside of the hall.

The window lattice scattered in all directions.

In the blink of an eye, Daoxu Zhenren disappeared from Lin Bai's sight, but just as he flew out more than thirty meters, a huge suction force arrived, and he was pulled back into the card.

The two young Daoists outside the door were dumbfounded.

Lin Bai released Daoxu again and laughed: "Even if you run a thousand miles away, I can still summon you back in an instant."

"..." Daoxu trembled in despair, "Demon, you will never attain the Heavenly Dao."

"Hit that railing over there," Lin Bai glanced at him, pointed at the stone railing outside the great hall, and issued the command to attack.

Daoxu Zhenren raised a hand and struck out a palm print, blasting the railing into powder; looking at his own uncontrollable hand, he couldn't help but freeze on the spot.

"I told you earlier, you can't control yourself," Lin Bai said leisurely.

"I will kill you." Daoxu Zhenren trembled all over, completely unable to remain calm.

"I'm waiting for you!" Lin Bai swept a look of Provocation at him and encouraged him.

"How terrifying!" The young Daoist looked at the miserable Ancestor, his face deathly pale, and lowered his voice, "Senior Brother, when we cultivate Words Follow the Law in the future, will we also have to go through this step?"

"I suppose so!" the other young Daoist said blankly.

"We don't have Sect Leader Lin's methods; if we provoke others like he does, we'll be beaten to death!" the young Daoist said with a mournful face, "That cultivation rule about not needing cultivation base is definitely a lie."

"We can go provoke those whose cultivation base is inferior to ours." The second young Daoist was also afraid, but clearly unwilling to give up just like that; after all, they had just verified that Words Follow the Law was real.

"That's all we can do." The first young Daoist cast a sympathetic look at Daoxu, "Senior Brother, I never knew the Temple Master was so easily provoked!"

"If you first fell in love with Sect Leader Lin, were later abandoned by Shopkeeper Lin, and even had your family fortune schemed away by him, would you be angry?" the young Daoist senior brother analyzed earnestly.

"I would, I would wish I could kill Shopkeeper Lin," the young Daoist said honestly.

"What if you couldn't kill him?" the young Daoist senior brother asked again.

"..." The young Daoist froze for a moment, then suddenly sighed, "Then I would definitely be especially, especially angry."

He hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Senior Brother, cultivating Words Follow the Law is so cruel. I doubt I can keep going; why don't we switch to cultivating Love Dao instead!"

"Love Dao, with whom?" the young Daoist senior brother gave a bitter laugh, "There isn't even a woman in the Justice Sect, and even if there were, it wouldn't be our turn; so many Martial Uncles are waiting!"

"A few days ago, the Ancestor also liked Lin Bai." The young Daoist swallowed his saliva, lowered his head, and his voice became even lower, "Senior Brother, why don't the two of us give it a try?"

Xiaobai the little fox had originally been watching Lin Bai provoke Daoxu Zhenren, but upon overhearing the conversation between the two young Daoists, she couldn't help but widen her eyes and turn toward them, her face full of surprise.

"..." The young Daoist senior brother was stunned for a moment, then flew into a rage, "You wretch Jingming, I treat you as a Junior Brother, yet you actually intend to use me to cultivate Words Follow the Law. What deep scheming; I truly misjudged you!"

Wasn't he trying to cultivate Love Dao with you?

The little fox frowned, feeling somewhat puzzled.

But when she looked back at Daoxu Zhenren, who had turned into an enemy of her master, she suddenly realized the truth. Looking at the young Daoist again, she was already filled with admiration; this scheming was indeed very deep!

(End of this chapter)