Chapter 175: Justice Sect is a Tech Sect

"Slander! A mere child, resorting to such base tactics, utterly shameless." Shen Kuang's face was as black as ink; on the ground before him lay the scattered scraps of *Justice Weekly*.

The expressions of Xin Shang, Ge Feiyun, Zhao Tulong, and Pei Yanzong were also unsightly; having cultivated for hundreds of years, they had assumed nothing could shake their resolve.

The so-called "Gancheng Cup" was merely something that could make him offer a laugh and curse the person as a clown.

But this time, *Justice Weekly* had dumped a basin of dirty water over their heads, and it was truly difficult for them to parry.

Although they had been defined as evil cultivators by the Seven Righteous Sects, that was only due to their cultivation techniques; it did not mean they were twisted perverts themselves, did it?

When immortals fight, where does one start spreading rumors among the common folk?

This damn thing didn't play by the rules at all!

Fine!

They were high and mighty evil sect leaders who could afford to ignore the public's evaluation of them.

But the occasional gazes cast by their disciples, and the whispers behind their backs, were more than they could bear!

If it were the truth, that would be one thing, but these were all baseless rumors.

To specifically refute the rumors only made it look like they were trying to cover things up.

Did they still want their dignity or not?

……

"Brother Shen, were you truly once called Shen Shishui?" Xin Shang flipped through the *Justice Weekly* in his hand, his expression somewhat strange.

"Does Brother Xin wish to have a go with me first?" Shen Kuang swept a cold gaze toward Xin Shang, took a deep breath, and said, "I have been called Shen Kuang since I entered the sect, and furthermore, I was a personal disciple of the Sect Leader from the moment I entered; I have never been an Outer Sect Disciple. He also said that Brother Daoist Xin crawled through someone's crotch for a bite to eat—is that true as well..."

"Naturally, that is also false, but your story is that Huaxi Furen... cough..." Seeing Shen Kuang's increasingly icy gaze, Xin Shang gave a dry laugh, shook his head, and said, "Brother Shen, do not be angry. I am merely reminding Brother Shen that one should be calm before a great battle; if you let these baseless matters disturb your mind, you will truly have fallen into Lin Bai's treacherous trap."

"..." Shen Kuang froze for a moment and stopped speaking.

"We all underestimated him." Ge Feiyun had been the subject of a scandal, but instead, she put away her coquettish manner and appeared much more dignified. She frowned slightly, "Stopping at nothing, wearing the banner of justice while doing such filthy deeds—Lin Bai is the true, undisputed devil; I am not his equal..."

"During the war between righteousness and evil, if the seniors of the Demonic Five Sects had possessed such methods, perhaps the evil sects would be the Seven Righteous Sects," Zhao Tulong stroked his beard and laughed. "To slaughter nine million is to be the hero among heroes. Don't say, the few sentences this brat wrote actually fit my temperament quite well..."

"Once the notoriety of slaughtering across the wilderness spreads, I fear many righteous sects will come to kill you to earn a reputation," Pei Yanzong sneered.

"The dirty water has already been splashed; dwelling on this is meaningless. Everyone, what we should be thinking about is how to respond?" Xin Shang asked.

"Kill Lin Bai, and we will control the Beggar Sect; *Justice Weekly* will then be our mouthpiece, and naturally, we can set things right." A voice came from outside, and a player named 【Human Disqualification】 walked in leisurely.

Arriving before the several Sect Leaders, 【Human Disqualification】 cupped his hands in salute to them: "Sect Leaders, everything the Heavenly Descended of the Beggar Sect have done is secretly instructed by Lin Bai. If he is not eliminated, the initiative will always be in his hands. There are no secrets among the Heavenly Descended; in the future, their attribute of being Undying and Indestructible dictates that the world's landscape will change because of them. Continuing to act according to the old ways will surely lead to being eliminated. You Sect Leaders must adapt to the Heavenly Descended and seek innovation and change."

"How to seek innovation and change?" Shen Kuang looked at him and asked.

"Kill Lin Bai, and I will naturally provide the Sect Leader with sound strategies," 【Human Disqualification】 said. "As long as Lin Bai does not die, the Heavenly Descended of the Beggar Sect will pin all their hopes on him; no matter how much you do, it will be but a dream and a bubble, and speaking of it is utterly meaningless."

"Little one, you are too cautious," Ge Feiyun laughed.

"I have already lost once, and I do not wish to gamble again," 【Human Disqualification】 looked at them and said indifferently. "I have already told you all of Lin Bai's methods. I came here this time to remind you all not to let his methods disturb your resolve on the eve of the decisive battle."

He paused and looked toward the direction of Qian City, "To be honest, if you are defeated this time, I will completely defect to Lin Bai, follow him wholeheartedly, and assist him in unifying the world, with no other thoughts. But if you win, I will likewise do my utmost to assist you Sect Leaders in using the Heavenly Descended to achieve a great hegemony..."

……

【Create a media outlet of your own (Completed); Reward: Reporter ID (Issued)】

【Confirm the media as the periodical *Justice Weekly*, publish the first issue (Completed); Reward: Five Recording Pens (Issued)】

【Increase the influence of the periodical (Completed); Reward: Five Cameras (Issued)】

【Hot topics are an important factor in ensuring reader stickiness; please discover a hot topic to drive public opinion; Reward: One Printing Press】

……

【Do not hit people in the face, do not expose people's shortcomings.

A person skilled in communication will bring people a feeling like a spring breeze, turning bad things into good things.

Please let your emotional intelligence become a partner in your verbal exchanges;

Master the sense of proportion, humorous language, pleasant praise, tactful criticism, reasoning with people, and clever refusal; maintain a high-EQ communication style for twelve hours to make your interlocutors feel happy;

Reward: You Smile When You See Me (When you smile, the people around you will be infected by your mood and unconsciously reveal a smile)】

……

Daoxu Zhenren was very helpful.

Approaching Qian City.

The task of angering the opponent with one sentence was completed; Lin Bai received the "Public Indignation" reward, which was like chicken ribs, and the Great Language System gave a new task.

The reward looked even more like chicken ribs, but it seemed better than "Public Indignation."

After all.

Lin Bai was happy quite often; forcing enemies to beam with smiles while fighting was actually quite nice, and it seemed it could interrupt the enemy's attack rhythm.

However.

As the system's rewards became increasingly strange, Lin Bai felt his own style was becoming more and more skewed.

If this continued, he estimated that while fighting, the enemies facing him would probably go crazy themselves before they were even defeated.

……

Several tasks of the Media Tycoon were automatically completed with the help of players. Lin Bai got the Reporter ID reward; it was just a red certificate booklet with blank inner pages.

Given the characteristic that carrying it allowed one to enter any place, Lin Bai thought he would keep one for himself. The blank page automatically wrote his name, along with his small two-inch headshot photo, which looked exceptionally handsome.

Only then did Lin Bai know that the Reporter ID was bound and could not be used by just anyone who picked it up.

If one said the Reporter ID was already incompatible with the Xianxia World, the subsequently rewarded recording pens and cameras were even less like products of the Xianxia World.

When he took out the recording pen and camera, the native NPCs had no reaction, but the surrounding players' eyeballs were about to pop out.

Tech products appeared in the Xianxia World. 【Crazy Man】 swallowed twice in succession, staring straight at the recording pen and camera in Lin Bai's hand, and asked: "Shopkeeper Lin, what are these?"

"Recording pen, camera." Lin Bai calmly introduced the two products in his hand, "Upon learning that I had founded a newspaper, the ancestor of the Profound Heaven Sect sent these two Dharma Treasures over from afar. The recording pen can record sound in real-time, while the camera can preserve images of the past..."

I f*cking know that!

But this is a Xianxia game!

Could it be that the Justice Sect is a hidden technological sect?

The 【Madman】 was full of complaints about the Game Company in his heart, and he became increasingly pessimistic about the prospects of this game; this was just messing around!

Lin Bai looked at the Recording Pen in his hand and finally confirmed one thing: the system on him definitely had nothing to do with the Game Company.

Otherwise, what should have been distributed to him would be things like sound-recording stones or image-recording stones that sounded like they fit the setting of the Xianxia World, not a technological product with such a serious sense of incongruity.

Since it had nothing to do with the Game Company, then it must be the means of the Game Company's enemies.

Interesting!

"The Dharma Treasure of the Justice Sect is ingenious, not inferior to the Weapon Refinement Sect at all!" Daojing looked at the exquisite Recording Pen and couldn't help but exclaim; he had never seen a technological product, so he naturally regarded it as a precise Dharma Treasure, "Transmitting objects through the air, this must also involve the laws of divine abilities!"

"It's not just transmitting objects through the air." Daokong was careless and interrupted his practice of 'Words Manifesting into Law' again; he looked at Lin Bai in horror and said, "Senior Brother, Sect Leader Lin just created the weekly publication, and the Justice Sect sent over a Dharma Treasure; the Divination Technique of our Justice Sect must be even more proficient."

"That's right, the seniors within the Justice Sect have a wide range of interests; even I don't know what the seniors of my sect are tinkering with on a daily basis?" Lin Bai smiled, put away the Recording Pen, and said, "But every move I make is indeed under the monitoring of my sect. Come to think of it, my personality is terrible, and my master and the others are also afraid that I might do something outrageous that would harm the world!"

(End of this chapter)