Chapter 198: Walking the Path of the Heavenly Descended

The Beggar Sect is full of talent.

Upon receiving a new mission from Lin Bai, 【Immortal Hero's Number One Paparazzo】 immediately found a professional photographer to shoot illustrations for "Immortal Fate Legend: The Legend of Qinghua."

For the best photographic effects, the players mobilized many cultivators from Huilong Temple, Canyang Sect, and the Profound Underworld Sect to pose for classic scenes such as pursuits and bloody reunions.

The players came from the Real World and had watched many movies and TV shows; if they didn't know what kind of composition was aesthetically pleasing, they just went offline to look it up.

A group of people were having a great time.

Speculation regarding Lin Bai only circulated among the upper echelons of the Beggar Sect; most players did not have that much ambition. As long as they could have fun in the game and make money, that was enough.

……

The native cultivators, who were often decades or even centuries old, dared to be angry but dared not speak out against the antics of the Heavenly Descended.

After all.

Lin Bai was staring at them like a tiger watching its prey from the side!

Furthermore.

Nominally, they were still members of the Justice Alliance and had an obligation to contribute to the Justice Alliance's propaganda.

"Several Sect Leaders, look at how happy those Disciples are!" Lin Bai commented with a chuckle as he and Xin Shang and the others observed the shooting process from afar.

Happy your mother!

Xin Shang and the others engaged in Belly-Defamation; if it weren't for this fierce god standing here, that group of Heavenly Descended would have been wiped out long ago.

But in front of Lin Bai, they naturally dared not speak their true thoughts. "Justice Weekly" was gradually fermenting, and on the eve of the gathering storm, no one wanted to offend this madman Lin Bai over such trivial matters.

Xin Shang smiled and said, "As a member of the Justice Alliance, it is only right to contribute to the promotion of the Law."

"Correct." Lin Bai had clearly already treated the several Sect Leaders as his own people, and said with a straight face, "We should hold more such activities in the future; it can increase the cohesion of the alliance members. Look, Huilong Temple and the Blood Shadow Sect are getting along so harmoniously, playing so well, just like one big family!"

One big family your mother!

"Sect Leader Lin, which sect shall we strike first?" Xin Shang forcibly changed the subject. "The longer we drag this out, the more unfavorable it will be for us once the news spreads."

"It is not striking, it is inviting them to join the Justice Alliance." Lin Bai corrected him earnestly.

"Fine." The corner of Xin Shang's eye twitched as he asked again, "Which sect shall we go to persuade to surrender first?"

"Wait a little longer." Lin Bai smiled. "The Chaoyuan Sword Sect, Spirit Tool Pavilion, and Medicine King Valley have gone to the Seven Righteous Sects to fetch reinforcements, and Hundred Flowers Valley is coming to feign surrender to stall for time. Let's wait for Hundred Flowers Valley to arrive and go together."

"……" Several Sect Leaders were stunned.

"Sect Leader Lin, how did you know their plans?" Ge Feiyun asked.

"The Heavenly Descended can communicate information with each other; they all told me." Lin Bai said nonchalantly. "Previously at the job fair, my Beggar Sect planted quite a few undercover agents in their sects."

Damn!

A chill ran through the hearts of Xin Shang and the others.

Good heavens!

He had started laying out his plans since the job fair; how deep must his scheming be!

Daoxu had long since been released. He stood behind Lin Bai with a gloomy face, having been reading the descriptions of himself in "Justice Weekly." Occasionally, he would glare at the muddled Pei Yanzong beside him, but most of his attention was on Lin Bai. Hearing this, he instantly understood the reason for Huilong Temple's crushing defeat. Qingyu leading the temple's elites to ambush Lin Bai—wasn't that also induced by the Heavenly Descended? Lin Bai was clear about everyone's movements; it would be a miracle if they could win!

Damn Heavenly Descended, not a single one of them can be trusted!

"Sect Leader Lin, you keep saying that the Heavenly Descended will bring about a catastrophe, yet I see that the Heavenly Descended trust you quite a bit!" Shen Kuang mocked.

"This is where my personal charisma lies." Lin Bai laughed heartily, meeting everyone's disdainful gazes, and said, "The Heavenly Descended are fickle and will serve whoever feeds them; you cannot control them. According to your previous plans, scattering them into various sects would inevitably lead to a backlash. At that time, being incited by them to fight among yourselves would be the catastrophe. But now that I have established the Justice Alliance, I am walking their path, leaving them with nowhere to go. Invisibly, the catastrophe has been nipped in the bud."

It has indeed nipped the catastrophe in the bud, but in the end, your Justice Sect has also become the sole power!

Xin Shang and the others looked at each other; they had guessed right after all. The Justice Sect just wanted to use the Heavenly Descended to get a share of the spoils from the Seven Righteous Sects and the Demonic Five Sects!

"Sect Leader Lin does not seem to fear them fetching reinforcements from the Seven Righteous Sects!" Xin Shang probed, trying to gauge Lin Bai's strength.

"Sooner or later, we have to reach this step." Lin Bai sighed. "I shoulder the mission of spreading the Law. If I do not reveal my own strength, the world will likely not believe that such an absurd way of cultivation is the true path of Law Cultivation.

Fellow Sect Leaders, from joining the Justice Sect until now, you have neither cultivated nor taught the path of Law to your disciples, have you? Even as strong as you are, you still have doubts about the Law in your hearts, let alone the ignorant masses. My constant challenging of strong enemies and defeating them is the process of proving the path of Law to you!"

"……" Xin Shang and the others were stunned. Looking at the earnest Lin Bai, they all began to mutter in their hearts: Could the path of Law actually be real?

……

The photographer took Qingyu and Huaxi to shoot illustrations, while the players in the editorial department, who were gifted writers, organized stories based on the articles Lin Bai dictated.

Everyone worked in cooperation.

The efficiency was very high.

That same evening, "Immortal Fate Legend: The Legend of Qinghua" was put into full-swing printing……

On this day.

The Beggar Sect players negotiated for many storefronts and began renovations.

The players responsible for Pill Refinement and Weapon Refinement worked overtime to refine pills and craft various daily utensils, simultaneously increasing their Skill proficiency and stocking up for the shops, step by step executing the great plan of bringing immortal cultivation to the common people.

The players were happy to do so. After all, in previous games, setting up stalls to sell goods had always been one of the ways for players to generate income. The official game exchange rate for money was 1:100. Even if the Beggar Sect's advertising revenue was high, charging money into the game was a loss no matter how you calculated it. But earning money from the game world and then operating it was a virtuous cycle of development.

What's more.

Lin Bai even opened up the naming rights for pills. They could autonomously add brands to the pills, such as "Century-Old Brand Qingyu Tang Bigudan," "Minsheng Tang Rejuvenation Pill," "Jiang Yao Fourth Factory Cold-Relief Peiyuan Pill," and so on. Real-world pharmaceutical companies were happy to have their names resound throughout the game world.

Although adding the names of real-world enterprises as prefixes looked a bit incongruous, as long as they could make money, who cared?

After returning to Qian City from Huilong Temple, all the players had their own things to do. Everyone was busy, as if at this moment, the game had truly gotten on the right track.

……

【Gugao Laoren】 and 【Madman】 spent most of their time observing 【Lao Mi】.

In matters such as Beggar Sect decision-making, 【Lao Mi】's performance was about the same as usual, but as soon as the City Lord's name was mentioned, he would involuntarily blush, stutter, and try to change the subject……

Furthermore.

Within a single day, 【Lao Mi】 found all sorts of excuses to shake off 【Gengmi】 and snuck into the City Lord's Mansion three or four times. Each time he went to the City Lord's Mansion, it was only for a short hour or two. After coming out, his face was flushed and he was refreshed, even skipping as he walked, just like someone nourished by love.

Combining all of 【Lao Mi】's behavior, the two 【Madman】s confirmed their judgment.

【Gugao Laoren】 secretly warned him a couple of times, but 【Lao Mi】 did not feel there was anything wrong with himself at all. Instead, he thought they were jealous that he had obtained a high-level Puppet, and because of this, they almost got into an argument.

In order to verify whether death could shake off the influence of the Love Stick, they even secretly ambushed Lao Mi, but as a result, the resurrected Lao Mi remained just as deeply in love with the City Lord.

Gugao Laoren and his companion felt a chill run down their spines, and their resolve to eliminate Lin Bai as soon as possible grew even firmer.

The epidemic has been recurring, and I have been busy preparing to close my shop these past two days, which has left me feeling a bit anxious; therefore, the updates have not been up to par, and I ask for everyone's understanding. Once I have completely offloaded the flower shop, the updates will definitely speed up!

(End of this chapter)