Chapter 223: Lin Bai Emerges, the World in Chaos

Tianlong Sword Sect.

After Lin Bai integrated the Chaoyuan Sword Sect.

【Sword Washes the World】 hurriedly came online and found his master: "Master, the Justice Alliance has integrated all the sects around Qian City. We are the closest to Qian City, and Lin Bai has wolfish ambitions; his next step will surely be to come and annex our sect. We must make preparations in advance."

"So fast?"

The one speaking was a middle-aged swordsman named Xue Mu. He had sword-like eyebrows and star-bright eyes, and wore a set of blue robes. At this moment, he was sitting in front of a waterfall, holding a sword.

In front of him, a sword net composed of hundreds of sword Qi phantoms intercepted the waterfall at its waist.

The powerful water flow hung across the sword shadows, unable to fall, and actually gathered into a sword-shaped pool of water.

Countless sword Qi collided back and forth within the pool; looking from afar, it actually looked as if it were boiling.

Hearing the situation reported by 【Sword Washes the World】, Xue Mu was shocked.

The sword shadows suddenly dissipated.

The water suspended in the air crashed down, emitting a huge sound.

The spray splashed more than four zhang high.

【Sword Washes the World】 did not have time to dodge and was soaked through from head to toe. He looked at his master with resentment and wiped the water droplets from his face: "The coalition army formed by the Chaoyuan Sword Sect had no power to resist when facing Lin Bai's Fazhe Zhidao. True Person Li of the Spirit Transformation realm from Huilong Temple was extremely humiliated by Lin Bai and has already been reduced to his Puppet..."

"A Spirit Transformation realm expert was also turned into a Puppet by Lin Bai?" Xue Mu could not sit still and stood up abruptly.

*Justice Weekly* circulated widely. After the groundwork of the first and second issues, almost every cultivator had read the third issue. Most people treated it as a joke; no one believed that the Fazhe Zhidao truly existed.

But Lin Bai still attracted the attention of most people.

After all, the final outcome for such a madman who provoked both the Righteous and Evil Paths was never good. It was highly likely that the sects around Qian City would be organized by the Seven Righteous Sects and the Demonic Five Sects to issue a kill order and jointly suppress the demons.

It was not as if such things had never happened in history.

But this time, things seemed to have taken an unexpected turn.

How could a mere Lin Bai annex ten sects in such a short time?

Even if his divine abilities were strange, was he only one person?

The ten sects of the Righteous and Evil Paths combined had at least ten thousand Golden Core cultivators. If they couldn't even deal with one person, were they all pigs?

"Tell me in detail." Xue Mu took a deep breath and calmed himself down.

"..." 【Sword Washes the World】 looked at his master helplessly and recounted the process of Lin Bai's crusade against the Chaoyuan Sword Sect in detail.

If things didn't develop to an uncontrollable point, they would never attract the attention of these guys!

Why wasn't there an NPC as clever and alert as Lin Bai?

Speaking to the end.

【Sword Washes the World】 said: "Master, that's all. It probably won't be long before *Justice Weekly* reports this matter."

"His cultivation is definitely not the Spirit Transformation realm." Xue Mu's expression was serious. "At least he has the cultivation of the Void Refinement realm. You are right; Lin Bai has tasted the sweetness, and his next target is us. Follow me, we will go find the Sect Master and let the Sect Master come up with a countermeasure."

F***!

【Sword Washes the World】 almost couldn't help but spit on his master's face. These idiots were hopeless; if you can't make the decision, why did you ask me for such details?

Couldn't we just say it together after seeing the Sect Master?

He wiped the water droplets from his face in depression. Fine, it had to do with him too; he hadn't thought of that layer either.

After seeing the Sect Master, he would have to make him gather everyone together before saying anything...

"Sect Master, the Justice Alliance should be listed as the sect's top priority. Lin Bai is different from the demons of the past; he knows how to coerce other sects to strengthen his own power. If he is allowed to develop, everywhere he goes will surely be left barren. I believe our sect should put aside past grievances with the evil sects and form a coalition army before Lin Bai arrives, to communicate with each other and share secret manuals to deal with Lin Bai..."

Lianbao Pavilion.

【Wang Dachui】 spoke eloquently in front of the many Elders in the sect, "Practice has already proven that Lin Bai's alliance model is the correct model. Even if we don't contact the evil sects, continuing to contact other Righteous Sects is also fine..."

Illusion Valley.

【Most Beloved Fairy】 said righteously to a group of beautiful fairies: "Master, only the Heavenly Descended can deal with Lin Bai's Justice Alliance. I think we should spare no cost to cultivate the cultivation of the Heavenly Descended in a short time. The Heavenly Descended are Undying and Indestructible; if we deal with Lin Bai, there will be no loss to the sect.

What does Lin Bai rely on for his rapid rise? The Fazhe Zhidao, the Love Dao, especially his signature technique Love Separation, which is simply unsolvable. I think the fairies in the sect can no longer be reserved; they should pair up with us and practice the Law of Love together. Perhaps we can comprehend a way to counter Love Separation..."

Ghost Spirit Sect.

【Heaven Gate Ghost-Controlling Guest】 said: "... Now that the elite of Medicine King Valley have all been transferred to the Chaoyuan Sword Sect, the sect must be empty. At this time, if we launch a surprise attack on Medicine King Valley, we will surely gain a large amount of resources for our development. Lin Bai's Justice Alliance has combined its forces into one; they surely wouldn't expect someone to take the initiative to attack. I have studied it; Lin Bai's personal strength is very strong, but his mobility is too poor. We grab and run, circle around with him, and slowly wear him down. It won't be long before the sect is full of elites. The chaos has already formed; sitting and waiting for death is just waiting to die. Fighting to sustain the war is the best policy..."

Fengling Temple.

【Daoist Doesn't Eat Fish】 said: "... Asking the Heavenly Dao Sect for help is the most stupid method. The Chaoyuan Sword Sect also sent people to the Seven Righteous Sects, but what was the result? They were still halfway there! The sect is gone; where can you go to reason with that? If you want to win in the expansion of the Justice Alliance, you must find a way to save yourself. I personally suggest that we should use the entire sect's resources to pile up my cultivation and build me into a star figure. Then, I will take the lead to contact the Heavenly Descended of various sects and form a new alliance..."

Watching the Justice Alliance become a behemoth, the ones who were most panicked were actually the players of the sects around Qian City.

Lin Bai's actions had already shown his attitude; the Justice Alliance was going to continue to expand outward.

Expansion meant war.

Their levels had not yet been raised, and they were destined to have no solution when encountering Shopkeeper Lin.

Once the sect belonged to the Justice Alliance, what status would they have?

You must know that the Justice Alliance already had the Beggar Sect and the Justice Alliance Army; what would they count as then?

Handymen?

Low-level players?

Would there still be a game experience?

The Beggar Sect must absolutely not be allowed to continue expanding. No one wanted to be Lin Bai's background board, so, for both public and private reasons, the Justice Alliance could not be allowed to continue expanding.

Thus,

The players of the sects logged on one after another to clarify the stakes and devise strategies for their respective sects.

……

This sudden situation also caught the sects around Qian City off guard.

During this period, the energy of most sects had been focused on the Heavenly Descended, and they had no mind to pay attention to what was happening outside.

Even when Heavenly Descended occasionally spoke of Lin Bai, they did not take it to heart.

What truly made them develop a modicum of regard for Lin Bai was the appearance of *Justice Weekly*.

By then, the Justice Alliance had already subjugated the five evil sects.

But at that time, they still felt that Lin Bai's Justice Alliance was very far from them; they even thought that after the Seven Righteous Sects or the Demonic Five Sects discovered the anomalies below, they would quickly crush that little ant jumping around everywhere.

Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, that little ant they had regarded as a joke would rapidly grow into a monster, and no one had reacted in time.

And the various suggestions from the players also gave them a headache.

In their view, forming an alliance or whatever was simply impossible to accomplish.

With thousands of years of hostility, how could it be so easy to cast aside past grievances and form some kind of damn alliance?

Forming an alliance was equivalent to betraying the Seven Righteous Sects and setting up their own shop; even if they defeated Lin Bai, what awaited them would be annihilation by the Seven Righteous Sects……

But without forming an alliance, dealing with Lin Bai alone was clearly a bit strenuous.

Lin Bai alone could take down the combined forces of three sects.

Now, he had the elites of ten sects under his command; once the great army moved out, no single sect could stop him.

The perfectly fine sky seemed to change in an instant, changing into something none of them recognized.

The sect masters of various sects were shocked to discover.

Lin Bai was actually even harder to deal with than the Heavenly Descended.

Especially when they received the fourth issue of *Justice Weekly* and saw the Patent Law published on it, it made them realize a deep sense of crisis.

This so-called Patent Law was simply an excuse for Lin Bai to launch a war and throw the world into chaos……

Every sect had its own specialties, and no one was willing to be patented, letting their sect's thousands of years of resources benefit Lin Bai.

……

On the night the fourth issue of *Justice Weekly* hit the market, all the sects around Qian City were in a state of chaos, urgently discussing how to deal with the Justice Alliance.

The Heavenly Descended, who had flexible minds and could quickly exchange information with other sects, became their reliance.

The status of players within the sects rose with the tide, directly bypassing the status of apprentices and quickly being promoted to important members participating in major sect affairs, possessing many benefits they had not dared to imagine before.

Such a transformation made the players ecstatic, and deep down, they even felt a trace of gratitude toward Lin Bai.

But gratitude is gratitude; if they had to find a way to eliminate Lin Bai, they still had to kill him.

Otherwise, the game couldn't be played.

It was not just the sects near Qian City.

Players in the distant Taichu Kingdom, Taihao Kingdom, and Taiji Kingdom also used Lin Bai's Justice Alliance to start making trouble, attempting to reverse the relationship between NPCs and players at the fastest speed……

In short.

Except for the group of players killed by Lin Bai like chickens, all players in the game had gained benefits because of Lin Bai's Justice Alliance.

……

The publication of the fourth issue of *Justice Weekly* made Lin Bai's name reach its zenith, and he and his Fazhe Zhidao truly entered the eyes of the indigenous elite.

……

【Resentment from Xue Mu, Ding Jianqiu, Luo Shuan……; +1 +1 +1】

【Joy from Daoist Does Not Eat Fish, Heaven Gate Ghost-Controlling Guest, Corpse Is Speaking, Eat Peach Without Spitting Pit……; +1 +1 +1】

【Hot topic fermented, evolved into a focus (Completed); Reward: Five printing presses and peripheral equipment (Distributed)】

【A lone tree cannot make a forest, a single thread cannot make a line; once a media outlet is suppressed, your media career will vanish into thin air; establish a second media outlet; Reward: 10 Reporter IDs】

【Make 30,000 people fear you (Completed); Reward: Charisma 10 (Distributed)】

【You are simply a natural villain; next, do something that will attract worldwide attention, making more people in the world tremble at the mention of your name; Reward: Near-Death Counter-Kill (When you are on the verge of death, you can erupt with ten times the potential)】

……

"War God System: War is the ultimate means for nations, peoples, groups, and classes to resolve contradictions, and it is the most effective method to rapidly promote the progress of civilization. War can spread culture and make the world more peaceful; peace allows world civilization to change quantitatively, while war allows world peace to change qualitatively; this system is committed to cultivating you into a God of War."

【Launch a small-scale war; Reward: Tenfold recovery】

……

Having settled the players.

Lin Bai was in the main hall, sipping tea, stroking the little fox's furry head, coordinating the system tasks in his mind, and planning the path for the future.

The Justice Alliance had integrated all the sects around Qian City, and his situation seemed safe.

But he knew clearly that this moment was the most dangerous; crises were everywhere, and there was no room for a single misstep.

In a world with players, hiding to develop, smoothing out the order within the sect, and maintaining peace of mind are all bullshit!

No one would give him time to sort these out.

What he could do was to expand rapidly, expand, and expand again……

Before everyone reacted, he would grow into a behemoth, and only then would there be time to rest.

Because then, they would have to weigh the consequences before moving against him.

After all.

Not every sect was like him, able to consume resources without regard for the consequences and stir up trouble everywhere; they had too many concerns.

But before Lin Bai could sort out his thoughts.

Two emotion trees suddenly erupted; he did not know how many people started spamming on the trees, providing him with all kinds of emotions.

There were positive ones, and there were negative ones.

It blossoms, it bears fruit.

The Spirit Fruit on the Negative Emotion Tree are dense and numerous, too many to count.

The scattered Temperament Fruit on the Positive Emotion Tree are also increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye; in the blink of an eye, they are hanging all over the treetops...

At the same time.

A whole bunch of pop-up windows suddenly dinged and popped up in his mind.

The Media System's mission was completed, and immediately after, it issued him a new mission.

This is not strange; the fourth issue of Justice Weekly has been released, and calculating the time based on the players' speed of dissemination, it should be about time for it to have spread.

Having promoted the Justice Alliance for four consecutive issues, and with Lin Bai having integrated ten sects, both he personally and the alliance are enough to have risen from a hot topic to a focal point.

The surging emotions now have a reasonable explanation.

What Lin Bai does not understand is why players all over the world would provide him with so many Positive Emotion.

Logically speaking, the expansion of the Justice Alliance should not be of much benefit to them, right?

As for the mission suddenly completed by the Villain System, Lin Bai no longer cares.

He never deliberately performed the missions for this system. But since these missions always complete automatically and stuff rewards into his hands, he can't exactly refuse, can he...

As for the Super Villain System's evaluation of him—a natural-born villain.

Lin Bai sneered at it.

It is nothing more than the babbling of a system that cannot distinguish right from wrong; there is no need to take it to heart. He acts upright and sits straight; as long as the people of the world do not think he is a villain, that is enough.

However, the reward for the Villain System's new mission still piqued Lin Bai's interest.

Near-Death Counter-Kill.

A life-saving Skill; it seems like a good thing!

Perhaps, acting as a villain for once would not be bad...

As for the newly popped-up War God System, after Lin Bai studied it for a while, he did not take it to heart either. From the moment he established the Justice Alliance, it meant that war was destined to be constant around him.

Systems similar to this are destined to come and deliver rewards to him.

He can complete them while doing other things.

However.

Ten times the recovery ability also seems like a good thing!

First a Near-Death Counter-Kill, then ten times the recovery ability!

Looking at the rewards for the two new missions, Lin Bai sighed silently; the rewards are all life-saving things. It seems the systems have also realized that his situation is starting to become difficult.

(End of this chapter)