Chapter 206: The Players' Bizarre Thoughts

"Players in the Beggar Sect are truly lucky; once their Contribution Points are high enough, they get a pet beast, and the kind that can transform according to their own wishes at that. I originally wanted to carve out a path in the game relying on my own intelligence, but now I've decided to join the Beggar Sect."

"The Beast Taming Sect is also an option."

"Option my ass. Demon Beasts that can undergo Form Manifestation are as scarce as hen's teeth. Who knows how much time and energy a player would have to invest to raise a Demon Beast to the point of Form Manifestation? I've asked the NPCs; there is simply no such pill as a Transformation Pill."

"The entire Beast Taming Sect has gone mad. Originally, these guys didn't take Shopkeeper Lin's Justice Alliance seriously at all, acting as if it had nothing to do with them. Now, they are discussing mobilizing their entire force to go and uphold justice for Huilong Temple."

"So the plot really is driven by Shopkeeper Lin. And who said there were no plot NPCs?"

"The mastermind, Justice Sect..."

"If Lin Bai doesn't die, there is no balance in the game."

"Lin Bai has made the whole world his enemy, yet no one can manage to kill him. Wouldn't you say that's infuriating?"

"You beat the small ones, and the old ones come out. Currently, all the NPCs are just feeding experience to Lin Bai. It's confirmed: Shopkeeper Lin has the script of a novel protagonist."

"The key is that the players aren't pulling their weight. All the monsters were lured by Lin Bai himself. Why don't you guys help Shopkeeper Lin lure some powerful monsters? @Shanlu Group, if you don't overtake on a bend soon, you won't even be able to see the taillights of Shopkeeper Lin's car."

……

Xianxia World forum.

On the Beggar Sect player livestream chat, things exploded again because of Hu He's family.

When the little fox underwent Form Manifestation, many players joined the Beast Taming Sect out of admiration.

But after entering the Beast Taming Sect, they spent most of their time practicing, taming the Demon Beasts assigned to them by the sect, and doing chores like feeding and cleaning. Players who craved novelty and excitement had long since grown tired of sect life.

Moreover, new Disciples couldn't control high-level Demon Beasts and were only given low-level ones, which couldn't speak and were exceptionally ferocious. Since the Beast Taming Sect's taming methods were geared toward combat support, the Demon Beasts were mostly bears, wolves, leopards, and lions. Even if they underwent Form Manifestation, they lacked the beautiful and cute appearance of the little white fox, failing to meet the aesthetic standards of the vast majority of otaku.

After all, in the game, those who truly liked beast taming and joined the Beast Taming Sect were few and far between. Demon Beasts could only assist in combat, but making them the focus was a bit beneath one's dignity.

People die when compared to others; goods are thrown away when compared to others.

Shopkeeper Lin's Beast-Ear Girl and his enchantingly beautiful fox mother are what you call Demon Beasts!

……

The tagged Shanlu Group was very helpless.

Not only helpless, but they were also more anxious than anyone else.

After all.

They were the first group to enter the game on a large scale. They had thought they could flourish, but they didn't expect to be made to look like ugly ducklings by Lin Bai's Beggar Sect.

They had clearly worked very hard.

They had even used money to pave the way, bringing Yinmucheng under their control.

But Lin Bai's pace was too fast. Without a powerful NPC to cooperate with, relying purely on players and money to pave the way, how could it be easy to control the situation so quickly?

To the Shanlu Group, the game world was a strange world, and they were the Pioneers entering it. NPCs couldn't be expected to be completely obedient to them. Because of Lin Bai's various bizarre operations, the NPCs were even wary of them as players, making their work twice as hard for half the result. It was incredibly frustrating.

The most critical thing was that their level limited their pace of expansion.

Even though they had shared secret manuals from their sects, one could only Wind Ride upon reaching the Golden Core realm. They hadn't even been in the game for a full month; even if they risked their lives to level up, they couldn't reach Golden Core!

Disciples who had entered sects had also lobbied NPCs, informing them of the danger Lin Bai posed, hoping they would take the initiative to attack the Justice Alliance.

But in situations where money wasn't as effective, those stubborn NPCs within the sects were more inclined to cultivate their Loyalty to the sect and raise their levels so they could contribute to the sect in the future; it was impossible for them to listen to their opinions.

Nor was it possible for them to help them expand.

Without a strong NPC leader, all the Shanlu Group players combined couldn't stir up much trouble when they went out.

The reason the Beggar Sect was making such a huge fuss was precisely because they had Lin Bai out in front holding things up. Take Lin Bai away and look again; believe it or not, the Beggar Sect would fall apart in minutes.

However.

The Shanlu Group hadn't done nothing.

They had helped the Beggar Sect spread the "Justice Weekly," helping Lin Bai gain fame, hoping to attract righteous NPCs to jump out and deal with Lin Bai.

After all.

Judging by its content, the Justice Weekly was fundamentally infringing upon the basic interests of the Seven Righteous Sects and the Demonic Five Sects.

The Shanlu Group's President Lu didn't believe that not a single NPC could see this point. If the NPCs saw it and remained indifferent, then this game was unworthy of the name "reality."

……

"You despicable and shameless humans, if you have the guts, then kill Old Bear. Old Bear has cultivated for a thousand years and will absolutely never bow and scrape to become your slave..."

"Kill me if you want. Old Wolf has eaten countless people; dying at your hands, I, your father, have no regrets."

……

Compared to the gentle and submissive fox demon family, the bear demons, wolf demons, and other monsters truly fit the image of monsters: eyes gleaming with ferocity, fangs and sharp teeth, and when they roared, their mouths emitted a fishy, foul stench...

Restricted by seals, these monsters were currently in their original forms, each one enormous.

Looking at the monsters that were either shivering or roaring ferociously.

Lin Bai fell into deep thought.

With the little white fox as a precedent, Lin Bai had once thought that the monsters in this world could be communicated with.

The reason they were suppressed by others was merely a matter of bad luck.

Due to the system, Lin Bai's relationship with human Cultivators was destined to be irreconcilable. He had originally planned to find a breakthrough point through the monsters to increase his own assistance.

But seeing the monsters before him, he decisively abandoned this idea.

A demon is a demon after all; their wild nature is hard to tame. One cannot project the images from movies and television onto them.

Moreover.

These monsters didn't beg for mercy when caught, but instead turned around and threatened him. With such "admirable" intelligence, if he took them in as helpers, who knows how they might sabotage him in the future!

As expected, the Beast Taming Sect was right; only by taming these monsters could their value be most effectively utilized...

Lin Bai was even somewhat glad that he had chosen the little white fox as a pet at the time.

What if it had been these things?

Fine!

He had to complete a love-confession mission at the time,

and it would have been impossible for him to take in these ugly fellows as pets.

He remembered that when he took in Xiaobai, he had even beaten a leopard to death and scared off a wild boar!

……

The players circled these fierce Demons a few times, clicking their tongues in wonder and whispering to each other.

"They aren't cute at all!"

"Holy crap, this wild boar must weigh over a thousand catties!"

"I think this bear suits me..."

……

Hiss!

Hiss!

The Fierce Beasts bared their teeth at the players, occasionally letting out a roar or two.

"Alliance Leader, are we going to tame these Demon creatures?"

"Shopkeeper Lin, can your Transformation Pill turn this bear into a beautiful girl? I think a Beast-Ear Girl would be quite pretty too..."

Two voices rang out simultaneously, belonging to Xin Shang and 【Tiger Descending the Mountain】.

After they finished speaking.

The Hundred Flower Shuttle suddenly fell into silence.

Xin Shang cast an incredulous look at 【Tiger Descending the Mountain】.

What kind of taste does this guy have?

It was one thing for Lin Bai to take in fox Demons—at least some of the fox Demons were female—but this bear Demon was clearly a male bear!

Furthermore.

Looking at this build, you want to turn it into a beautiful girl?

What were they thinking?

Sure enough, like sect leader, like Disciple!

With this bunch of weirdos around, who knows what the world will turn into in the future?

"I am a male bear." The bear Demon was beyond furious, "Cease your insults to this old bear..."

"What are you roaring for? So what if you're a male bear? Can't a male bear turn into a Beast-Ear Girl?" 【Tiger Descending the Mountain】 glared at the bear Demon, "Boys who look like girls are even cuter!"

"..." The bear Demon was suddenly stunned on the spot; it had imagined several consequences—the worst being death, the best being taken as a mount—but it had never imagined that this group of people who captured it wanted to turn it into a beautiful girl!

Is this a new beast-taming method invented by humans?

"Shopkeeper Lin, could you at least say something!" 【Tiger Descending the Mountain】 looked at Lin Bai expectantly, and the other players chimed in one after another, even the female players were no exception.

It didn't matter what the Demons looked like originally; the key was how they looked after Form Manifestation—as long as they were good-looking, that was enough.

Keeping them by your side in their Form Manifestation appearance during normal times, and revealing their fierce original forms during battle—it was simply the perfect pet!

"I think you had better give up on this idea!" Ge Feiyun looked strangely at the Heavenly Descended who were excitedly discussing turning Demons into cute creatures; she felt that in another world, her thinking couldn't quite keep up, and she stammered, "Firstly, these Demons have already undergone Form Manifestation, so theoretically it is impossible to change them again; secondly, even if they could turn into your... your so-called Beast-Ear Girls! With your current strength, you wouldn't be able to suppress them; without a proper taming method, I fear that the moment you release the restrictions, you would be torn to shreds!"

(End of this chapter)