Chapter 187: The Alliance Serves the Public

You lead them well?

Pfft!

Who gave you the nerve?

You don't know our true thoughts; of the three thousand disciples of the Beggar Sect, at least two thousand five hundred are waiting to push you over in the future...

【Lao Mi】 Belly-Defamation.

However.

Thinking of the players' thoughts, 【Lao Mi】 had to admit that Lin Bai was right; players really aren't good things. Once their levels get high, they really could trigger a catastrophe!

But in front of Lin Bai, this point absolutely cannot be admitted.

This concerns the matter of them learning Skills.

"Shopkeeper Lin, you are right. The black sheep are only a small minority. Most Heavenly Descended are still law-abiding; you cannot paint everyone with the same brush." 【Gugao Laoren】 said with a fawning smile, "Prophecies can also be wrong."

Guo Yuan smiled slightly and said nothing.

He did not understand why Lin Bai would bring this matter into the open. If the Heavenly Descended of the Beggar Sect knew his true thoughts, this group of Heavenly Descended he had integrated would very likely become alienated from him.

All harm and no benefit.

For the sake of cultivating the Heavenly Dao?

This explanation is clearly fooling ghosts!

Back then, Lin Bai did not say it like that at the City Lord's Mansion.

"Prophecies will not be wrong, but there will be variables." Lin Bai glanced at 【Lao Mi】 and the others, and laughed, "The Heavenly Descended are Undying and Indestructible. If we blindly treat them as enemies, we will surely push them to the opposite side of the world in the end. It will inevitably spiral out of control. By then, they will just shake their tails and leave, and the ones bearing the losses will still be us Natives."

"Therefore, my protective sect deliberately chose Heavenly Descended. Through various methods, we slowly guide them, intertwining their interests with us Natives of this world, and ultimately having them truly protect this world. Human hearts will change, but interests are eternal. Lao Mi, am I right?"

An advertisement?

This word popped up in the minds of Guo Yuan and the players simultaneously.

"I was wondering why Shopkeeper Lin is so accustomed to such outrageous advertisements, letting them be." 【Lao Mi】 private-messaged, "So that was the idea; there's no way to refuse it at all!"

"..." 【Gugao Laoren】 frowned slightly, carefully pondering Lin Bai's true intentions.

From beginning to end, Lin Bai's actions never cared about the Natives.

Of the things he says, it would be good if one out of ten sentences were true; there must be a deeper meaning.

"Lao Mi?" Lin Bai pretended not to hear their private conversation and frowned slightly, "Do you disagree with my point of view?"

"Agree, of course I agree." 【Lao Mi】 snapped to attention, realizing he hadn't answered Lin Bai just now, and hurriedly said, "You are right, we have indeed benefited greatly."

"Then you must be willing to contribute to maintaining world peace?" Lin Bai nodded and asked with a smile.

"Of course." 【Lao Mi】 said without hesitation. What else could he say? The entire Beggar Sect relied on Lin Bai for food; could he really contradict his own financier?

"City Lord Guo, what do you think?" Lin Bai looked at Guo Yuan and asked, "My idea is not bad, right!"

Guo Yuan stroked his beard and smiled: "The Heavenly Descended are a double-edged sword. Used well, they are beneficial to us; used poorly, they hurt others and ourselves. As a City Lord, for the sake of the peace of the people under my rule, I naturally hope to live in peace with the Heavenly Descended."

"Exactly. Therefore, I have established the Justice Alliance." Lin Bai looked around at everyone, his voice suddenly raised by eight degrees, and said, "There are many cultivation sects, with righteousness and evil in opposition, and each has its own selfish motives when treating the Heavenly Descended, which will trigger all kinds of conflicts. But by forming an alliance, keeping one thought and one voice within the alliance, there will not be too many variables, which is beneficial to everyone. Sect Masters, what do you think?"

Wherever there are people, there is a Jianghu; wanting to rely on an alliance to restrain everyone is simply a pipe dream!

Xin Shang and the others sneered, but with people under the eaves, everyone still echoed Lin Bai's statement one after another.

"We can keep one voice within the alliance, but what about outside the alliance?" Guo Yuan's thoughts were different from the Sect Masters of the Evil Five Sects. He knew Lin Bai's ability to stir up trouble and had his own plans, so he was eager for Lin Bai to stir up trouble between the Heavenly Descended and the Cultivation World; the bigger the mess, the better.

"We can expand the alliance bit by bit, letting everyone identify with us and join us." Lin Bai nodded at his Pungent with satisfaction and said, "For example, this time, I held the Gancheng Cup and invited sects like the Hundred Flowers Valley, but they did not come as promised. However, I believe that once they learn about the Justice Alliance from the mouths of the Heavenly Descended, they will surely regret not coming to help this time, caught in a dilemma, anxious and restless all day. And since we are powerful, we can take this opportunity to visit them together and lobby them to join the Justice Alliance..."

Hiss!

Xin Shang and the others gasped, suddenly understanding the reason Lin Bai kept them.

What peace? What lobbying?

In the end, isn't it just to use them as thugs?

Isn't it still that whoever has the bigger fist makes the rules!

To hell with your Justice Alliance!

"What if they don't agree?" Guo Yuan was stunned for a moment and asked.

"Reason with them, move them with emotion." Lin Bai said solemnly, "If they still don't agree, we can only treat them in the way of the Canyang Sect. With great righteousness at stake, one should not be constrained by trifles. For the sake of the common people of the world, I am willing to bear this bad name. When the world is at peace in the future, I believe they will all understand my painstaking efforts."

"..." Guo Yuan.

Understand your mother!

Watching Lin Bai's heroic and tragic appearance, the veins on Daoxu's forehead jumped, and he cursed him bloody in his heart.

Xin Shang and the others looked at each other, discovering that their loss was not unjust; the Justice Sect had actually cultivated a true demon!

"Sect Masters, what is your opinion?" Sensing the surging Negative Emotion in the background, Lin Bai smiled and looked at Xin Shang and the others, asking.

"Sect Master Lin is devoted to the public, Xin admires this and is willing to contribute a meager effort to the Justice Alliance." Xin Shang squeezed out an ugly smile and cupped his hands.

Can't beat them in a fight, can't beat them in an argument, what else can they do?

Dragging a few more sects into the water is better than them suffering this grievance alone...

When things get big in the future and the Righteous Seven Sects and Demonic Five Sects crusade against Lin Bai, they can just leave; surely they aren't expected to think for those famous righteous sects?

"This old man is also willing." Zhao Tulong said sullenly.

The remaining two also spoke up in agreement.

They had finally realized that they couldn't possibly give a second answer to Lin Bai's questions.

And he still says it's not a one-man show?

"Since that is the case, we will rest in Gancheng for a day, handle some miscellaneous matters, and see if any sects take the initiative to surrender. If not, we will take the initiative to go out and recruit people. As long as we persist in doing this and spread the philosophy of the alliance, our alliance will surely grow bigger and bigger, eventually sweeping across the world."

Lin Bai looked around at everyone, clenched his fist in a gesture of encouragement, and said, "From today on, our Justice Alliance is officially established. Lao Mi, find a few Beggar Sect disciples later to cast some Tokens and distribute them to the Sect Masters as tokens of identity. Also, find some clever disciples to design a flag for the alliance."

"Yes," Lao Mi replied.

Everything is decided by you; how is that any different from being annexed by the Justice Sect?

Zhao Tulong was, after all, a sect leader, accustomed to being proud and arrogant. Thinking it over, he felt stifled and couldn't help but ask, "Sect Leader Lin, you still haven't mentioned the charter for joining the Justice Alliance?"

Xin Shang and the others cast looks of admiration toward him one after another.

"I already said it!" Lin Bai glanced at him and said, "Promote the Dao Method of Law Cultivation, integrate the Heavenly Descended, and guide them onto the right path."

"What about the rights and interests of the members?" Zhao Tulong asked.

Lin Bai was silent for a moment and said, "All sect members within the Alliance are one body. Any member sect suffering an attack is considered a threat to the Justice Alliance, and the remaining Alliance members have the obligation and responsibility to support any sect suffering harm;

Resources are to be supplied with priority to allies among Justice Alliance members, and benefits are to be shared;

If Alliance members defraud one another or suffer unfair treatment, they may appeal to the Alliance, and the Alliance Committee will make a fair Judgment and issue a final penalty;

Time is limited, so let's tentatively set these few points for now. What do you all think?"

Xin Shang and the others looked at each other, none of them speaking!

It was too ridiculous!

Not to mention that they had been fighting with sects like Hundred Flowers Valley for thousands of years—it would be good enough if they didn't kick someone when they were down; mutual help was simply impossible!

The single point that an attack on an Alliance member is considered a threat to the Alliance was enough to make it hard for them to accept.

Aside from Lin Bai's Justice Sect, which sect looks for trouble and gets attacked every single day!

To them, this clause sounded like this: all sects' resources are to be supplied with priority to the Justice Sect, and if Lin Bai goes out and stirs up trouble, all members within the Alliance have an obligation to come out and help him settle it...

Shen Kuang sighed gloomily and asked, "Sect Leader Lin, who is on the Alliance Committee?"

"The leaders of each sect, the Chief Beggar, and our City Lord Guo." Lin Bai looked around at everyone and smiled, "Of course, since the Justice Alliance was founded by me, as the Alliance Leader, I should naturally possess veto power. No one has any objections to this, right?"

They had huge objections!

How thick-skinned can one be? How much ability does one have?

And wanting veto power!

Looking at the bow and arrow in Lin Bai's hands, Xin Shang and the others nodded in unison: "It is only right and proper..."

The more formal the Alliance became, the more at ease they felt; at least Lin Bai wouldn't stab them in the back.

But everyone understood that Lin Bai's Justice Alliance wouldn't go very far. They would just hurry and play along, and once someone who couldn't stand him came out to destroy him, they would each return to their own right paths.

Therefore, everyone present tacitly avoided mentioning the Seven Righteous Sects and the Demonic Five Sects.

However.

Before the Alliance dissolves?

Xin Shang swallowed his saliva, looked at Lin Bai, and tentatively asked, "Sect Leader Lin, if Medicine King Valley refuses to join the Alliance and we go to attack them, can we demand war reparations if we win?"

The eyes of Zhao Tulong and the others lit up instantly.

Brilliant!

To use their own methods against them.

How could those famous righteous sects possibly be annexed into a Justice Alliance that they had already joined? There would inevitably be a battle then!

Taking advantage of Lin Bai's fussing to scrape up some benefits for their own sects wouldn't be bad either!

War reparations—what a pleasant-sounding excuse.

"Of course, where there is war, there are losses; I cannot let you all exert yourselves in vain." Lin Bai was waiting for these words. He knew the Justice Alliance was a load of nonsense; what he wanted was for them to participate together.

But once this group gets a taste of the benefits.

Without him needing to urge them, this group would naturally and spontaneously protect the interests of the Alliance.

As for the sects that were robbed?

Since they've already been robbed, wouldn't you want to make up for it by taking from others?

As long as he is still alive, keeps organizing activities, and deters them from daring to cause trouble, then gets this group moving, the Justice Alliance won't fall apart; it will only grow larger.

Lin Bai believed that the system behind him wouldn't let him rest. Rather than doing tasks silently by himself, it was better to drag everyone along to go crazy together.

"Does anyone have anything else to add?" Lin Bai asked.

"Shopkeeper Lin, can we learn the Dao Methods of the various member sects within the Justice Alliance?" Gugao Laoren raised his hand and asked.

Xin Shang and the others immediately became tense. Playing is playing, and joking is joking, but if sect cultivation techniques were leaked, it would be a big deal.

"No. Every member sect within the Alliance is an individual entity. The Alliance must protect the interests of each member; how could it actively go about harming them?" Lin Bai glanced at Gugao Laoren and rebuked him righteously, "Do not have this thought in the future."

Xin Shang and the others breathed a sigh of relief in unison.

"Understood." Gugao Laoren nodded sheepishly. He glanced at Pei Yanzong, who was standing blankly behind Lin Bai, and didn't take Lin Bai's reprimand to heart at all.

He believed that Shopkeeper Lin's style would sooner or later turn all these guys into his own people.

"Sect Leaders, the Heavenly Descended of the Beggar Sect have learned the skills of the Justice Sect, so it is not convenient to distribute them to you." Lin Bai looked at Xin Shang and the others apologetically and said, "After the next batch of Heavenly Descended arrives, they will be provided for your selection first. What do you think? In the final analysis, the Heavenly Descended are the mainstream of the future; they cultivate quickly and are Undying and Indestructible. It is more appropriate to hand difficult tasks over to them in the future, which can reduce our casualties. We cannot give up eating for fear of choking; we should still teach them skills when we ought to..."

"Many thanks, Alliance Leader." Xin Shang and the others hurriedly thanked him.

"Damn, so that's how he's assigning us tasks!" Lao Mi couldn't help but say, "I thought that by establishing the Justice Alliance, we would just be bystanders!"

"How is that possible?" Gugao Laoren said, "The Xianxia World is so vast. With Lin Bai's Justice Alliance expanding, who knows how many levels the players outside have already gained. Can Lin Bai fight them all by himself? Even if he is wary of us, he won't suppress us."

"It's like weapons of mass destruction. Every country knows that researching this stuff will destroy the world, but every country is researching it; it's unavoidable." Kugua Teng glanced at Lin Bai and said, "We are now equivalent to weapons of mass destruction. It's not something Shopkeeper Lin can ban just because he wants to. This is human nature; the more intelligent the NPCs are, the less they can avoid this point."

What a vivid metaphor!

Lin Bai smiled, but your self-assessment is too high; brother's weapon of mass destruction has never been you all—it's the system!

"Everyone, are there any other questions?" Lin Bai asked again.

"Nothing else." Xin Shang and the others shook their heads.

"Lao Mi, have someone lead the sect leaders back to their rooms to rest. With the great battle outside Qian City today, you all have expended quite a bit of energy. Rest up and build your strength tonight; there will be plenty to be busy with in the coming period!" Lin Bai smiled and instructed, "The people from the Beggar Sect stay behind; we need to discuss the second issue of Justice Weekly. Public opinion and propaganda represent our image, and this area absolutely cannot be neglected."

"Yes," Lao Mi replied.

Xin Shang and the others had already stood up and were prepared to leave, but upon hearing this, they stopped again.

"Is there something else?" Lin Bai asked.

"Alliance Leader, the previous propaganda about us in Justice Weekly..." Shen Kuang looked at Lin Bai, hesitating to speak.

"I know. That was strategic propaganda and doesn't count," Lin Bai smiled and said. "For the second issue of Justice Weekly, I plan to make the Justice Alliance the theme. Since you sect leaders are members of the alliance, it is naturally inappropriate for negative images to be spread. Later, I will arrange for reporters to interview you sect leaders. We will let the facts speak for themselves and strive to whitewash your images."

"Many thanks, Alliance Leader." Xin Shang and the others breathed a sigh of relief and thanked him again.

"The City Lord also needs to do an exclusive interview," Lin Bai looked at Guo Yuan and said, "After all, you represent the official support for us..."

Damn it!

Guo Yuan's face sank immediately, and he nearly pulled out his own beard.

He had thought it was just going through the motions, but he hadn't expected this to be waiting for him here!

To openly tell the world that he was coming forward to support the Justice Alliance—wouldn't that mean the Taiyi Kingdom was intervening?

If yellow mud falls into your crotch, it's shit even if it isn't shit.

If trouble were stirred up, his superiors would definitely hold him accountable...

Guo Yuan gave a dry laugh: "Sect Leader Lin, I only hold a nominal position in the Justice Alliance and can't really help with anything, so there's no need for a special interview for me!"

"Old City Lord, that is where you are wrong," Lin Bai gave him a meaningful look. "When I formed the Justice Alliance, besides the charter I mentioned before, there was another goal: to make immortal arts serve the people's livelihood.

"Let the common people be able to afford Immortal Pills when they get sick, and when the Cultivation World researches Magic Tools, they should also research some implements suitable for civilian use, such as Dharma Treasures for farming, vehicles for travel, and so on.

"Cultivating immortality cannot be done from high above; only by being grounded can we make the common people truly recognize our Justice Alliance! Otherwise, what difference is there between us and the high-and-mighty Seven Orthodox Sects?"

After finishing this high-sounding speech.

Lin Bai looked at Guo Yuan and transmitted his voice: "City Lord, agree to it. Those without permanent property have no permanent heart. Find some things for the Heavenly Descended to do, let them integrate into society through this method, and once they have property and ties here, they will naturally and spontaneously protect this place."

"..." Guo Yuan was stunned. He looked at Lin Bai and gave a dry laugh, "I shall agree to it then."

(End of this chapter)