Chapter 186: Clarifying the Situation

This must be the virtue that Master spoke of!

Listening to Lin Bai's high-sounding justification, the little white fox indicated that it had learned something.

Furthermore.

It also reached a conclusion.

Before doing such virtuous deeds, one must possess powerful force; otherwise, the other party will not give you the opportunity to display your virtue.

……

Qian City.

Beggar Sect branch.

The released Beggar Sect Disciples were busy preparing a banquet to entertain the various immortals, treating them as if they were one big family.

The Beggar Sect had plenty of money, and when it came to doing things, they were never ambiguous.

At this moment.

Below the plaque of the Beggar Sect branch, two more signs had appeared: Justice Weekly Magazine and the Justice Alliance Qian City Office.

Added to the previous Immortal Supervision Department Coordination Office.

The Beggar Sect branch had practically become the administrative center for the players in Qian City.

……

"Sect Leader Lin, let's get straight to business; there's no need for meals and such." Xin Shang sat on a chair in the reception hall, feeling restless. "To tell you the truth, we have been out for quite some time, and there are still many matters in our sects that need to be handled!"

"Sect Leader Xin is absolutely right. My sect also has many miscellaneous affairs to attend to. Moreover, this is Qian City; with several major sects and thousands of Golden Core Disciples gathered here, the influence is not good. I fear the City Lord might misunderstand." Shen Kuang said with a fawning smile.

Ge Feiyun and Zhao Tulong nodded in agreement.

Having realized how terrifying Lin Bai was, being with him always gave them the feeling of a wolf entering a tiger's den, especially since the bow and arrow never left Lin Bai's hand, and the arrowhead would occasionally aim at their hearts—it was too chilling.

"Do you Sect Leaders look down on me, Lin?" Lin Bai scanned the crowd, frowning slightly. "Since we have decided to form the Justice Alliance, we must naturally do our utmost to build the alliance to be as perfect as possible, striving to balance the interests of every member within the alliance. Not just going through the motions. You all being so sloppy gives me the feeling that you might betray us at any moment."

"Sect Leader Lin, our sects are right there; where could we run to? Besides, even if our sects combined, we are no match for you, let alone separated. How would we have the guts to be sloppy with you!" Xin Shang said with a bitter smile. "It is truly because we are not very familiar with the alliance's charter. Staying here won't serve much purpose. You can just draft the terms and send someone to notify us."

"Sect Leader Xin is right, that is exactly what we mean." Zhao Tulong wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "There is no need to discuss it with us."

"How can that be? I, Lin, am the most fair in my dealings. If I say it is an alliance, then it is an alliance. I will respect the rights and interests of every member within the alliance." Lin Bai scanned the crowd and smiled. "If the alliance becomes my personal mouthpiece, what difference would that be from simply swallowing you all up?"

【Resentment from Xin Shang, Ge Feiyun, Zhao Tulong...; +1+1+1】

"..." Daoxu's eyebrows twitched, and he tried his best to hold back the urge to roast Lin Bai; he could not draw any more fire onto himself.

"As for City Lord Guo, there is even less need to worry. The City Lord loves to promote the younger generation. The Beggar Sect being able to gain a foothold in Qian City is inseparable from the City Lord's help; he will not make things difficult for us." Lin Bai smiled. "I have already sent someone to invite the City Lord. The City Lord has a special status and it is inconvenient for him to participate in the affairs of the Cultivation World. I intend to ask him to act as a third party to supervise the internal decision-making of the alliance; it will absolutely be impartial. Since we are operating on the ground of Qian City, we must give the host some face."

Who the hell are you to call yourself a member of the younger generation?

He is practically hoping you stir the Cultivation World into a muddy mess!

Besides, when did the affairs of our Cultivation World ever require supervision by government officials!

The several Sect Leaders were frantically roasting him in their hearts, but on the surface, they nodded repeatedly, saying that Sect Leader Lin was right.

【Lao Mi】, 【Gugao Laoren】, and the other key Beggar Sect leaders who were accompanying them looked at the overbearing Lin Bai, becoming increasingly envious of his unscrupulous style of doing things.

While they were talking.

City Lord Guo Yuan and his strategist Zhao Xiansheng were led into the reception hall by people from the Beggar Sect.

Lin Bai stood up to greet Guo Yuan, his face full of smiles: "Old City Lord, sending someone over would have been enough, why come in person! You are making me feel unworthy."

You are trying to kill me with flattery!

Guo Yuan glanced at him, his expression unchanged: "Shopkeeper Lin is a hero among the youth, having defeated the Evil Five Sects single-handedly. Moreover, several Sect Leaders are here. If I, Guo, did not come in person, and word got out, wouldn't people laugh at me for not knowing etiquette and pointlessly bringing disaster upon Qian City? At my age, I cannot afford such an oversight."

"The City Lord is joking." Lin Bai smiled humbly. "Please, City Lord, take the seat of honor."

"The seat of honor is unnecessary. I am only here to go through the motions. I know nothing about new things like the Justice Alliance, so I won't steal the limelight." Guo Yuan smiled, cupped his hands to signal to Xin Shang and the others, and walked straight to the seat on Lin Bai's left, sitting down without further ado.

"City Lord, then I, Lin, will be presumptuous." Lin Bai smiled and cupped his hands toward Guo Yuan.

"Shopkeeper Lin is too polite." Guo Yuan looked at the bow that still hadn't left Lin Bai's hand while he was bowing, and nodded at him with a smile.

All the intelligence regarding Lin Bai mentioned this bow and arrow, so he could not help but be cautious.

The higher one's status, the more one fears being controlled, especially in such a shameful way. Moreover, since he was in charge of Qian City, he was even more afraid of something going wrong.

Facts proved that Lin Bai was simply a lawless fellow; if things went against him, this guy probably wouldn't care about his status as City Lord.

At this moment, the mist surrounding Lin Bai was becoming thicker and thicker. The old City Lord Guo Yuan could not see through him and no longer dared to rashly manipulate him.

……

Lin Bai did not decline, and sat in the main seat as a matter of course. He scanned everyone present: "Since everyone has arrived, no more nonsense; let's get straight to the point!"

He paused. "Everyone, I, Lin, cultivate the Heavenly Dao Laws, and my thinking and actions are guided by my original heart. My way of doing things may be a bit overbearing; if there is any offense, I ask for your understanding.

The Justice Alliance is temporarily formed, but I do not hope for it to be a temporary organization. After all, I intend to use the alliance to replace the Justice Sect and continue our previous cause. Therefore, I do not want you all to carry emotions when drafting the preliminary charter of the Justice Sect."

"We wouldn't." Xin Shang and the others responded sheepishly.

"That's good." Lin Bai nodded with a smile. "Everyone doesn't need to be so nervous. Actually, I have to thank Sect Leader Xin for the reminder. Otherwise, according to my previous style of doing things, I might have really pushed the Justice Sect into becoming an enemy of the world. Building an alliance is quite good; it can serve as a slight buffer."

Damn it!

Buffer my ass!

Just because you overbearingly turned our dying Disciples into Puppets and then arbitrarily fabricated a war reparations clause, you never took us seriously at all!

The group of Sect Leaders complained in their hearts, silently providing Negative Emotion to Lin Bai.

"To be honest, I, Lin, was ordered to come down from the mountain to establish the Justice Sect in order to promote the cultivation of Laws, and thereby balance the Cultivation World and the Heavenly Descended." Lin Bai gave 【Lao Mi】 and the others a meaningful look and said, "The Heavenly Descended are gifted, Undying and Indestructible, and their cultivation progresses like bamboo being split. We can suppress them in the early stages, but after a long time, once they grow up and develop evil intentions, I fear no one will be able to check them. At that time, it is highly likely to bring a catastrophe to the world. And Laws are the only thing that allows us to check the Heavenly Descended..."

……

"Holy crap, aren't Laws hidden techniques?"

"Listening to Lin Bai, they are for NPCs only, to restrain us?"

"Then why does Shopkeeper Lin still want us to cultivate them? Is he playing with us?"

"That's not quite right. If Shopkeeper Lin treated us as enemies, why would he pass on Skills to us? There is probably some hidden story inside..."

"Right! If the NPCs treated us as a catastrophe, we would never be able to grow. If they didn't give us cultivation techniques, they could just kill us off once our levels got high; there would be no need to go to such lengths."

Stunned by the earth-shattering revelation Lin Bai had dropped, Lao Mi and the others were taken aback for a moment, then chatted privately for a while.

Lao Mi argued: "Sect Leader Lin, we wouldn't do that. We are all law-abiding people and would not endanger the world. You have spent so much time with us, so you know our character best."

"That is because I guided you well. What about the Heavenly Descended outside of Qian City? Do you understand their temperaments and characters? What if there are evil people in the world who want to use you?" Lin Bai glanced at them, shook his head, and said, "It is better to be safe than sorry! Since I started interacting with you, I haven't believed that you would endanger the world either."

"But the prophecy of the Nine Ancestors of the Justice Sect is indeed as such. Continuing to hide it from you has already become a shackle on my cultivation of the Heavenly Dao. Therefore, taking the opportunity of the Justice Alliance's founding, I brought you here to lay this matter out clearly."

"Through my observations and interactions over these days, I do not believe that all Heavenly Descended will commit evil deeds; I fear it is only a certain portion of you who will cause a catastrophe. You must also realize that for countless strangers to suddenly descend into a world, it would seem fake for us to accept your arrival with total equanimity..."

(End of chapter)