Chapter 236: Death is the Most Luxurious Thing

Bu Bei's restless hand suddenly stopped.

What does this mean?

Fishing?

But if it were fishing, why would he still fall for it if it were clearly told to him?

But if he were worried about him attacking, why torture the Cangming Sword Immortal in every possible way? He clearly could have taken down the Cangming Sword Immortal long ago; what is Lin Bai waiting for?

Is saying these words meant to induce him to attack by deliberately revealing a flaw, fearing he wouldn't make a move otherwise?

So that's it.

The Cangming Sword Immortal is not the bait; these words are the real bait?

What an exquisite mind!

Which sentence is actually true?

Having traveled the mortal world for hundreds of years, Bu Bei has experienced many things, but now, he cannot see through Lin Bai.

Looking up at Lin Bai and the Cangming Sword Immortal in the sky, Bu Bei hesitated repeatedly, but in the end, he did not attack; it would be highly unwise to put himself in danger to save an unrelated person.

……

【Resentment from Bu Bei; +1 +1 +1】

Amidst the rows of scrolling emotions, Bu Bei's emotion flashed by; Lin Bai's spirit stirred, ho, this guy is actually on the scene……

The number one person in the Spirit Transformation stage, no matter how much exaggeration there is, must have extraordinary qualities; taking him down would certainly be more appropriate than the Cangming Sword Immortal, but the Cangming Sword Immortal's conquest is almost complete!

Sigh!

These famous big shots of the Cultivation World are all hiding in the shadows, shamelessly launching sneak attacks; it's enough!

No martial virtue.

Just in case, Lin Bai had prepared the Red Thread in advance; as long as he dared to attack, he wouldn't mind finding Li Zhenren another companion……

The Love Arrow can be guarded against, but the Old Man Under the Moon's Red Rope is impossible to defend against.

"Old dog Cangming, do you see? No one will help you. I said it long ago, the current Cultivation World has rotted to its roots. Afraid that new things will interfere with their interests, they issued that nonsense Zhengxie Zhushaling without asking right from wrong. With such a group of selfish people ruling the Cultivation World, do you think the people they cultivate will be very noble? In such a miserable state, saving you brings them no benefit; instead, it would put themselves in danger. Hiding in the shadows, letting you be tortured by me, and then observing more of my methods to have more certainty in dealing with me in the future—this is what aligns with their interests!"

Lin Bai laughed mockingly. He slandered Bu Bei in the shadows with the greatest malice, ravaging the Cangming Sword Immortal's already riddled heart.

The Cangming Sword Immortal's face turned deathly pale.

The veins on Bu Bei's forehead throbbed; he forcibly suppressed the urge to attack. The more arrogant Lin Bai acted, the more it proved this was a trap. Once he was provoked into attacking, he would fall into Lin Bai's wicked scheme.

"Brother Cangming, why bother working for such a filthy world?" Lin Bai looked at the Cangming Sword Immortal with pity. "Look at the philosophy of my Justice Alliance: fair, just, and open; everything we do is to serve the common people of the world. Everything we possess is obtained through our own efforts, without having to look at anyone's face, not relying on the rewards of this sect or that faction—clean and pure. Only by joining my Justice Alliance can you truly realize your self-worth!"

Bah!

All the people forced to join the Justice Alliance spat in their hearts in unison: You indeed obtained it through your own efforts; you are working hard to rob our things every single moment!

How do you have the face to say such things?

"What exactly are you holding onto?" Lin Bai was determined to complete the Card System's mission on the Cangming Sword Immortal, saying earnestly, "The longer you hold on, the deeper the disappointment in your heart will be. You will also suffer more torture, have Wu Birds poop on you, and be forcibly matched by me using the Love Arrow. The Beast Taming Sect has all kinds of rare birds and beasts; do you want your lover to be a reckless brown bear or a wild boar reeking of stench? The most terrifying thing is, after suffering this round of torture, you will finally be collected into a card by me?"

"Demon!" The Cangming Sword Immortal's lips were trembling. "I will not do as you wish."

"I know you have a thousand ways to commit suicide, but as long as you don't die instantly, I have a fifty percent chance of collecting you into a card. Do you want to gamble?" Lin Bai saw through the Cangming Sword Immortal's thoughts at a glance, turning a blank golden card in his hand. "If you win the bet, your Spirit Soul will be destroyed. If you lose, you will be collected into a card by me, and from then on, all the dirty and tiring work will be done by you. I believe you can also see that I am never soft-hearted toward enemies."

I'm screwed, aren't I!

The Cangming Sword Immortal glared at Lin Bai in anger.

"On one side is being willingly collected into a card by me, sharing family joy with your disciples and grandchildren; occasionally coming out to fight, chatting and reminiscing with old friends. In the future, when I attain the Heavenly Dao, those around me will rise to the heavens, and you might regain your freedom or be granted some divine position by me; on the other side is death being the best outcome after suffering all kinds of torture and humiliation, and perhaps even being smeared by my 'Justice Weekly' and ridiculed by the world……" Lin Bai enticed him step by step, his Tongue Like a Lotus, forcing the Cangming Sword Immortal to the edge of a cliff.

"Enough!" The Cangming Sword Immortal shouted angrily.

"Not enough. Brother Cangming, think about your hundreds of years of hard cultivation; is it just for this spectacular death? Ask yourself, is it worth it? Are you worthy?" Lin Bai looked at him with compassion, every word like a knife, stabbing fiercely into his heart.

"……" The death wish in the Cangming Sword Immortal's eyes slowly receded.

"Taking a step back, if you are unwilling to live the wonderful life I described, staying in the Justice Alliance and watching me torture others, isn't that also a kind of pleasure?" Lin Bai smiled, smiling like a devil. "Taking another step back, after becoming my Puppet, you can also be like Daoxu, occasionally ruining my mood on the battlefield. If one day you can see a powerful enemy I cannot deal with, see my miserable appearance, or witness my death with your own eyes, wouldn't that be a happy thing?"

The Cangming Sword Immortal was stunned, staring blankly at Lin Bai, and for a moment, he didn't know what to say!

Daoxu Zhenren closed his eyes in pain; it's over, the Cangming Sword Immortal can never turn things around.

High above in the sky.

Long Lin's mouth was dry; he suddenly felt that surrendering was a stupid idea. The dignified Cangming Sword Immortal had been forced to this point by him. If he leaked the formula for the Transformation Pill, who knows what kind of torture he would suffer from Lin Bai?

The Transformation Pill went to the Beast Taming Sect, but he had to suffer endless and bottomless torture from Lin Bai. Is it worth it to trade his own misery for the rise of the Beast Taming Sect?

Bu Bei looked up at Lin Bai in the sky, his heart turning cold. Using any means to achieve his goal—a demon, definitely a demon in the world, no doubt. If he is left alive, he will surely bring disaster to the world!

But?

Can he take him down?

Even Bu Bei, whose Dao Heart remained firm after being trapped in the Lingjie Fengxi for ten years, felt panic and hesitation for the first time at this moment, facing Lin Bai, whose cultivation was clearly inferior to his……

He was timid!

……

The Heavenly Sword Sect senior brother's face was unprecedentedly cautious; he narrowed his eyes and looked at Lin Bai, no longer having any frivolous intent.

The junior brother's hand holding the Sword was trembling uncontrollably, sweat pouring down his forehead like rain, and he said with a trembling voice: "Senior brother, I'm afraid I cannot draw my Sword against Lin Bai? He is too terrifying; I don't want to end up like the Cangming Sword Immortal. You were right; for ten thousand years, the only person who could be wanted by the Zhengxie Zhushaling is not someone easy to deal with. He is not human; he is a devil……"

"Jian Shijiu." The senior brother looked back at him and shouted, "Jianxin must be clear. Do not be bewitched by his words. Everyone has flaws; as long as you find his flaw, he will be vulnerable. Lin Bai walks the evil path; you must firmly believe that evil cannot prevail over good."

"But in his words, we seven righteous sects are the selfish ones." The junior brother's pupils seemed to lose focus, and he said blankly, "We watched the Cangming Sword Immortal suffer, yet none of us attacked. We didn't, Bu Bei didn't. Lin Bai is a demon, but are we truly righteous? A person who practices the Sword, if they cannot move forward courageously, how can they ever glimpse the Sword Dao……"

The senior brother's expression changed drastically, and he said in horror: "Junior brother, wake up quickly, you have fallen into a demonic obsession!"

"Senior brother, I can't figure it out!"

Pfft!

A mouthful of fresh blood sprayed from the junior brother's mouth, and he fell backward from the sky.

Seeing this, the senior brother could no longer care about hiding his figure; he caught the falling junior brother, his whole body turned into Sword light, knocked aside the people of the Justice Alliance, and fled into the distance.

The people of the Justice Alliance were all chasing Lin Bai upward, caught off guard, and in the blink of an eye, he broke out of the encirclement.

Lin Bai frowned slightly as he saw the sword light escaping the circle.

Bu Bei?

Although Moon Chase could not be used against a single target, he still subconsciously used the Skill on the fleeing sword light.

Once Moon Chase was unleashed.

The Heavenly Sword Sect brothers were forcibly separated.

The unconscious junior brother fell toward the earth like a shooting star.

The senior brother, forced by Moon Chase, rushed toward the sky like a swift arrow.

People from the Justice Alliance had long since chased after them to investigate the situation.

Only by experiencing it himself did he realize the terror of Moon Chase; the senior brother tried every method to change his body's posture but failed, terrified in his heart, he channeled all his power and, with a 'whoosh', rushed to the peak of Moon Chase.

Even so.

The Blacksmith Six-Piece Set that appeared abruptly beside him still smashed his precious sword, which he regarded as his life, into scrap, and the protective Dharma Treasure robe on his body was smashed into ordinary clothing by the Blacksmith's Hammer.

Lin Bai was never polite to enemies; he struck as fast as he could.

It was just that the opponent was too far away, making it difficult to control the Love Arrow after it was shot, and it would be counterproductive to use the Moon Elder Red Thread rashly without identifying the opponent's identity.

After all.

He only had four Red Threads on hand, and the subsequent rewards from the Yuelao System were all Skills; he didn't know when there would be new Red Thread missions.

Therefore.

These few Red Threads had to be used in critical places and could not be used on some nobody at will.

After all, if that guy had been confident in taking him down, he wouldn't have fled.

Lin Bai could not leave the mission that was about to be completed to chase an unidentified guy; what if it was a Luring the Tiger off the Mountain tactic?

Although he was aggressive, he was never greedy for merit.

Little did he know.

With his junior brother lost and his Dharma Treasure destroyed, the Heavenly Sword Sect senior brother's mental state had nearly collapsed as well.

After all, throughout the entire battle, he hadn't even shown his face, merely probing the situation, yet he had suffered such a huge loss.

It was so damn unjust!

Lin Bai's Fazhe Zhidao was too wicked...

The moment Moon Chase ended, the senior brother didn't have the guts to go down and retrieve his junior brother.

However, he still threatened unwillingly: "Lin Bai, if you dare to touch a single hair on my junior brother, the Heavenly Sword Sect will surely tear you into ten thousand pieces."

After speaking.

Fearing that Lin Bai would hit him with another Moon Chase, the senior brother, whose Dharma Treasure had been destroyed, dropped a harsh threat, transformed his body into a Sword, and vanished without a trace in an instant, like a shooting star streaking across the sky.

"So it was the Heavenly Sword Sect, hiding their heads and showing their tails; the Seven Righteous Sects are just this sort of trash. Do you think the Heavenly Sword Sect would let me go if I didn't touch your junior brother?" Lin Bai laughed with disdain, retracted the Blacksmith Six-Piece Set, and looked at the Cangming Sword Immortal, "Brother Dao, it turns out it wasn't just Bu Bei; the Heavenly Sword Sect was also hiding in the dark, yet no one was willing to come out to save you. Do you still hold illusions about such Seven Righteous Sects?"

The sudden appearance and subsequent flight of the Heavenly Sword Sect brothers became the final straw that crushed the Cangming Sword Immortal.

After all.

The Chaoyuan Sword Sect was a subordinate sect of the Heavenly Sword Sect; it was understandable that Bu Bei didn't save him, but the Heavenly Sword Sect were his own people!

He looked at Lin Bai, and amidst the smile he was forced to reveal, there was endless Zhaofeng: "Enough, seal me then! The world is indeed full of shameless villains; it should be cleansed with thunderous means. I am tired, come! I will not resist..."

【Despair from Cangming Sword Immortal; +1 +1 +1】

Lin Bai tossed out a card with a wave of his hand and smiled: "Rest assured, I won't let you down; the terms I promised are still valid!"

Golden light flickered.

The Cangming Sword Immortal was easily taken into the card.

Seeing this scene.

Bu Bei closed his eyes in pain, his heart filled with desolation, and he dared not act rashly again. He had seen the fate of the Heavenly Sword Sect brothers; at this moment, the timing, location, and people were all on the side of Lin Bai's Justice Alliance. If he revealed himself, what would be the difference between that and throwing himself into a net?

Bu Bei was full of resentment toward the Heavenly Sword Sect brothers; if they had joined forces just now, no matter how brilliant Lin Bai's rhetoric was, how could he have dealt with all four of them at once?

Was it truly as Lin Bai said, that the Seven Righteous Sects were all selfish and self-interested people?

Thinking about it, those who could be mobilized by the Righteous and Evil Execution Order, who wasn't aiming for those rich rewards?

How pathetic!

【Seal an opponent in battle (Completed); Reward: Five Golden Cards (Issued)】

【A Card Master possesses infinite possibilities. When the cards in hand cannot seal an enemy, must the Card Master surrender? Please seal an enemy's move in battle; Reward: 5 Silver Cards, 10 Blank Cards】

【Win the current war (Completed) (1% achievement for One Hundred Victories); Reward: Body strength increased by double (Issued)】

【Keep up the good work and launch a larger-scale war; Reward: Power Doubling】

The moment the Cangming Sword Immortal was taken into the card, a series of mission prompts spread through his mind, proving that this battle had already ended.

The Beast Taming Studio shouldn't be able to stir up any more trouble.

Lin Bai breathed a sigh of relief and tossed a Spirit Fruit into his mouth to alleviate the fatigue from just now. Sealing an opponent in battle was truly not a job for a human; it was far less convenient than beating someone to death and then sealing them. In the future, unless he had a surplus of cards, he would never play like this again.

However.

What Lin Bai didn't know was that his behavior of torturing the Cangming Sword Immortal in every possible way had intimidated everyone in the heavens and on earth.

After all.

Sealing a dying person into a card and forcibly making someone be sealed automatically by destroying their heart had completely different effects.

He had destroyed more than just the Cangming Sword Immortal's Dao Heart.

The people of the Beast Taming Studio were trembling, not even having the slightest thought of resistance left; even Long Lin had long since extinguished any thoughts of tricking him out of the Transformation Pill Recipe.

He suddenly felt that truly surrendering to the Justice Alliance didn't seem so bad. If Lin Bai failed in the future, when the sect asked, he could just say he hadn't managed to trick him out of the recipe.

As for the people of the Justice Alliance, their hearts were filled with a complex mix of emotions, and they had a new understanding of their own Alliance Leader; so it turned out the Alliance Leader truly did not need them to go into battle!

However, is it really okay to be unable to play a role and to take advantage of the Alliance Leader for so long?

The Sword Immortal Cangming, Bu Bei, and the people of the Heavenly Sword Sect had all mixed into their ranks, yet they had been completely unaware; was this not a dereliction of their duty?

Xin Shang and the others looked at each other, each reflecting on themselves; perhaps it was time to make a change!

The members of the Justice Alliance must absolutely not be reduced to errand runners...

(End of this chapter)