Chapter 224: How to Transform the World into a Game

"Master, am I very useless?" the little white fox, curled up in Lin Bai's arms, suddenly said, interrupting Lin Bai's deep thoughts. Her mood was somewhat low.

"What's wrong?" Lin Bai asked curiously.

"I can't do anything. Those troublesome Heavenly Descended can still share many burdens for Master, but at critical moments, I can't do anything at all," the little white fox said dejectedly. "If I could be of some use, Master wouldn't have had to forgive those who were disrespectful to you..."

Forgive?

Which eye did you see me forgiving them with?

I was clearly giving them a warning, wasn't I?

Lin Bai smiled slightly, rubbed the little white fox's head vigorously a few times, and said, "What are you daydreaming about? Your main task right now is cultivation. In the future, when the Demon Race rises, you are to be a leader. The trivial matters of the Justice Alliance don't need you..."

"But, my cultivation speed isn't fast either." Influenced by Lin Bai, the little white fox's smile bloomed, then vanished instantly, her expression becoming even more depressed.

"That is because you don't have a suitable technique," Lin Bai said. "Once we take down the Beast Taming Studio and find a technique suitable for you, your cultivation will naturally advance by leaps and bounds."

As he spoke.

He plucked a Spirit Fruit from the Negative Emotion Tree, stuffed it into the little white fox's mouth, and said, "With me providing you with heavenly treasures, your cultivation will surely be twice as effective with half the effort in the future."

"Master, I want to cultivate the Laws." The little white fox looked up, staring firmly at Lin Bai. "The 'Law Follows the Spoken Word' is Master's exclusive Law; I won't fight Master for it. Following by Master's side, I feel very happy, and comprehending the Incomplete Dao should be possible. I want to be like Jiang Qingqin and cultivate the Love Dao."

Lin Bai was stunned: "Who do you want to cultivate with?"

"With Master." The little white fox blurted out. She paused, lowering her voice. "Except for Master, it is impossible for me to give my heart to a second man in this world. Therefore, if I cultivate the Love Dao, Master is the most suitable. Master, Pei Yanzong can enjoy the blessings of having multiple wives, I think Master can too. The Love Dao requires purity, but it doesn't specify the number of people, does it?"

Her eyes were bright, and she transformed right there in Lin Bai's arms, her delicate little face nearly pressed against Lin Bai's.

The little white fox's tail swayed unconsciously behind her, her face slightly flushed, her gaze firm: "Master, shoot me with your Love Arrow!"

"You are too young." Lin Bai flipped his hand, using a clever force to flip the little white fox out of his arms. The little white fox had transformed according to his requirements, but he wasn't shameless enough to make a move on a little fox.

"Can't I cultivate the Love Dao just because I'm young?" the little white fox said aggrievedly. "The Love Dao doesn't specify an age for cultivation."

"It doesn't specify an age. But why do you still need to use the Love Arrow to cultivate the Love Dao?" Lin Bai smiled at her and asked, "You also know you aren't suitable, right?"

The little white fox was forced to smile. She looked at Lin Bai in astonishment, unable to say a word. After a long while, she said with tears in her eyes, "I don't care. Jiang Qingqin isn't suitable for you at all. Don't think I can't tell; you aren't close to her at all. She is destined not to cultivate the Love Dao. When I grow up a few more years, the one who finally cultivates the Love Dao with Master will definitely be me..."

"Alright, alright, I know, you're the one, okay!" Lin Bai comforted her helplessly. "Go outside and notify the sect leaders of several sects, as well as the high-level members of the Beggar Sect and the Alliance Army, to come for a meeting. I have things to arrange for them to do."

Although it was a perfunctory dismissal, the little white fox still saw hope. She responded excitedly and left the hall like a gust of wind.

Watching the little white fox's departing back, Lin Bai pinched his chin and smiled: "The demeanor and charm of a great villain? Perhaps more than that, there's also the Temperament of the Positive Emotion Tree and pet intimacy. Interesting!"

In a short while, everyone gathered in the meeting hall.

"Everyone, the fourth issue of Justice Weekly has been released. Driven by the Heavenly Descended, the Patent Law we customized should already be known to many," Lin Bai said, scanning the crowd. "However, the implementation of a bill cannot just be us having fun behind closed doors; it requires all of us to jointly maintain this code of law. Only then can the Patent Law become a tool that truly benefits the people, rather than a joke. I called you all here to arrange the next steps of the plan."

As expected.

It was starting.

The Patent Law was just a pretext to stir up trouble.

The crowd looked at each other, feeling uneasy in their hearts.

To be honest, Lin Bai's steps were too big; they weren't prepared to be enemies with the whole world.

He Qin hesitated for a moment and said, "Alliance Leader, the Justice Alliance has just been established. Should we slow down first, let the interior of the Alliance stabilize, and then talk about promoting the Patent Law?"

"Sect Leader He is right; the Justice Alliance does need stability. But stability and expansion do not conflict. We have enough manpower now to proceed simultaneously," Lin Bai glanced at him and said, "Do you know why your strength wasn't weak, yet you couldn't stop the Justice Alliance's annexation?"

He Qin's old face darkened: "The Alliance Leader's divine abilities are invincible; we are inferior."

"No, it's because of speed," Lin Bai shook his head. "I caught you off guard. If you had abandoned your sect at that time and moved around, playing cat-and-mouse with me, I would have inevitably returned empty-handed. Perhaps you could have even waited for reinforcements from the Seven Orthodox Sects; at that time, I would have been the one in a passive position..."

He Qin and the others remained silent.

When they reviewed the situation, they had realized this, but by then, their weaknesses had already been gripped by Lin Bai, and it was too late for regrets.

"Therefore, don't talk to me about being cautious. The Justice Alliance is currently leaking air everywhere, full of loopholes. Once others seize the opportunity to catch us off guard, the Justice Alliance might just collapse," Lin Bai said. "So, we must move. Moving is our advantage. Go and absorb more members to join our Justice Alliance, let us roll like a snowball, getting bigger and bigger. While those people are still slow, catch them off guard. We light the fire, and let others go to save it; that is more conducive to our development."

"The Alliance Leader's words are very true."

The many sect leaders looked at each other and said in unison.

"The most critical point is that a catastrophe is coming, and there is not much time left for us!" Lin Bai sighed heavily. "If we cannot promote the Laws as soon as possible, once the Heavenly Descended grow up, it will be a huge disaster for the whole world. When that time comes, even if you want to be cautious, you won't be able to."

【Resentment from Huangye Lang, Baiyin, Longxi...; +1 +1 +1】

【Resentment from He Qin, Ge Feiyun, Wan Qifeng...; +1 +1 +1】

The crowd looked at Lin Bai with resentment, belly-defaming: We haven't seen the catastrophe of the Heavenly Descended, but the catastrophe caused by you is getting bigger and bigger!

Lin Bai ignored what they were thinking and continued: "After resting at the Chaoyuan Sword Sect for two days, we will set off to demand patent licensing fees, and incidentally promote our Justice Alliance to absorb new members for the Alliance. On one side are high licensing fees, and on the other are the various preferential policies enjoyed after joining the Alliance. I think most sects will make the right choice."

"The Alliance Leader is brilliant," Ma Changcheng flattered. The pill formulas for the Justice Alliance were all provided by him; he had been completely tied down and was eager to drag more people into the water.

"Truly a robber's method! Shopkeeper Lin's expansion speed is too fast. We have completely become followers; I'm afraid we will never be able to turn things around," 【Longxi】 said sourly.

He followed Qingfeng to learn skills and was the first to come into contact with cultivation, surviving the player hegemony tournament with ease.

But what happened later made him extremely melancholy.

The first person he met, Shopkeeper Lin, had actually taken Qingfeng as his master;

He joined Huilong Temple, and Huilong Temple collapsed;

He repented and joined the Beggar Sect, thinking he could become a high-level member based on his level, but Lin Bai established the Justice Alliance Army out of thin air, and those players who didn't join the Beggar Sect jumped right over his head;

As one of the first closed-beta players to enter the game, he hadn't caught a single benefit. Where is the logic in that?

What kind of fate does he have?

"Don't be anxious. Old Gu said that now we should hide our light and bide our time, stabilize the base, and develop slowly. Lin Bai's layout is too big; there will always be a day when it collapses. When that time comes, it will be the time for the Beggar Sect to rise," 【Baiyin】 comforted him.

"Perhaps!" 【Longxi】 replied perfunctorily, looking at Lin Bai on the main hall, considering where to let his destiny take off again. He had never been a person content with mediocrity; he could not accept his fate.

"Of course. To demand patent licensing fees, we don't need everyone. The Alliance still needs to develop," Lin Bai looked at the players in the hall and said. "The Heavenly Descended have flexible minds and convenient information transmission. During this period, you can stop and focus on cultivation. Sort out the various industries within the Alliance. The people are the soil for everything; the base cannot be in chaos."

He looked at Baiyin and said, "Baiyin, notify the Beggar Sect members remaining in Qian City, and have them quickly get the pill and Weapon Refinement industries up and running. Our brand needs to be promoted so that outside sects can see the results and have the confidence to join our Justice Alliance."

Medicine King Valley has contributed many pill formulas to the Alliance; pick out some suitable for the people's livelihood, refine more of them, and try to sell them at a fair price so that the people can benefit.

"Remember, when selling pills, you must mark the developer's name. This can both build a reputation for the alchemist and promote our Patent Law. As the Alliance Leader of the Justice Alliance, the few types of pills I developed can be sold below cost; my fame is already too great, so I won't compete for profit with everyone else..."

The Divine Doctor System requires one to save the world through Medicine Dao, so Lin Bai naturally would not let this opportunity pass.

When it comes down to it,

he is running such a massive industry just to serve his own system tasks...

"Yes," Baiyin replied.

"The Incomplete Dao must also be promoted," Lin Bai instructed. "Coordinate with the people from the Spirit Tool Pavilion to craft some exquisite, flawed Magic Tools and artworks. Exhibit them in a tour between various towns, and coordinate with Justice Weekly to publicize every flawed item, letting more people recognize the beauty of flaws and making flaws a fashion."

"Also, I promised Xu Longyun that I would transform Jiamu City into a Remnant City, but I haven't fulfilled it yet. You are responsible for contacting Xu Longyun and promoting the 'Collection of Heavenly Remnants' in the name of the Justice Alliance and Jiamu City, striving to hold a grand event regarding flaws in Jiamu City."

The task from the Wanwu Youque System was stated vaguely, so Lin Bai simply defaulted to the idea that it meant the beauty of flaws. As long as the event is held with great momentum, the audience can judge for themselves what exactly it is.

If they are willing to consider it beautiful, then it is beautiful.

If they are willing to consider it ugly, then it is ugly.

One kind of rice feeds a hundred kinds of people.

As long as the base is large enough, the task can always be completed.

"To pick up girls, Shopkeeper Lin is sparing no cost!" Jinshe Langjun looked at Lin Bai with envy and said, "If I had Shopkeeper Lin's power and wealth, what kind of woman couldn't I pick up!"

"Do you think Shopkeeper Lin is really lecherous? Everything he does is fundamentally for practicing the Incomplete Dao," Huangye Lang looked at Lin Bai and said admiringly. "Promoting laws, practicing various types of Fazhe Zhidao—his goal has never changed. Such an intelligent NPC, even if he arrived in the Real World, could not remain obscure. The reason the other NPCs are overshadowed by him is that they lack this persistent Spirit!"

"Greed leads to indigestion; can he really handle practicing so many Fazhe Zhidao by himself?" the First Sword Immortal said.

"You're wrong. All this time, the only things he has been practicing seriously are 'Words Manifesting into Law' and the Love Dao, right? As for the other laws, he is mostly just promoting them," Huangye Lang said. "He is building momentum..."

"Huangye Lang."

Lin Bai suddenly called out the name, interrupting Huangye Lang.

Huangye Lang gave a violent start: "Present."

Lin Bai looked at him and said: "It takes two to clap. I plan to start a new publication in addition to Justice Weekly. It will coordinate with Justice Weekly to promote laws and the Justice Alliance. Find some Heavenly Descended who are skilled in writing from the Alliance Army to be responsible for this work."

"Yes."

Huangye Lang's eyes lit up. He glanced triumphantly at Baiyin and the others, as if he could already see the shiny money rolling in.

Only with tasks can there be advertisements, and only then can there be money!

He's going to be rich!

Lin Bai really did intend for them to compete against the Beggar Sect; this time, they were truly going to be rich!

"Idiot!" Baiyin snorted with dissatisfaction. "Let's wait and see; you won't be able to steal the Beggar Sect's business."

"We shall see," Huangye Lang responded triumphantly.

"The new weekly cannot follow the same serious route as Justice Weekly," Lin Bai said, pretending not to hear the players' bickering. "You can consider starting from aspects that the public enjoys. Create some gossip about people in the Cultivation World. For example, strength rankings of sects and celebrities in the Cultivation World."

He glanced at the people from Hundred Flowers Valley and said, "Rankings of the beauty of famous fairies in the Cultivation World—the name could be the Golden Phoenix List; strength rankings of geniuses at various cultivation stages, strength rankings of the Heavenly Descended, etc. You can decide the names for the Hero List, Azure Dragon List, and so on. If we hold the reputation and the right to speak in our hands, we can still influence the situation in the Jianghu. Of course, try to ensure the authenticity of the reports..."

Jiang Yu-ru was suddenly stunned. She subconsciously looked at Chu Wushuang and Jiang Qingqin beside her, and the light in her eyes suddenly became scorching.

She knew the influence of Justice Weekly.

Once this new publication is established and spread by the Heavenly Descended, its influence will certainly be no less than Justice Weekly. Once one makes the list, that is truly becoming famous throughout the world!

"Holy crap, this is what they call an official ranking? Can the game even be played like this! Players ranking NPCs?" The First Sword Immortal widened his eyes exaggeratedly and said, "If you put out a publication like this, the celebrities of the Cultivation World will have to fight over the rankings!"

"Shopkeeper Lin is afraid that the world won't be in chaos!" Jinshe Langjun looked at the bewildered native sect leaders and said, "Players enter the game and try hard to adapt to the rhythm of the natives, but Shopkeeper Lin is everywhere doing things from the Real World. I can no longer tell who the real players are!"

"Obviously, Shopkeeper Lin plays much better than we do; he is leading the game," Huangye Lang looked at Lin Bai with resentment and said. "I now believe what the forums say: Lin Bai is the crown prince of the Game Company."

(End of this chapter)