Chapter 237: News Reports Must Seek Truth from Facts

Long Lin and the Elder of the Beast Taming Studio descended from the sky with uneasy hearts, greeting Lin Bai with caution and obedience.

Lin Bai ignored them, immediately ordering Xin Shang and the others to reorganize the disciples of their respective sects and search for the hidden Bu Bei, but after a flurry of activity, they didn't even catch a glimpse of Bu Bei.

Thinking about it, this was normal; since Bu Bei was known as the number one person in the Incarnation Realm, if he didn't have some skills in stealth and concealment, he probably wouldn't deserve the title.

Moreover.

Most cultivation sects were established in high mountains and dense forests; with Bu Bei fleeing through the mountain forests, even someone as sharp-eared and keen-eyed as Lin Bai might not necessarily be able to discover him.

Unable to find him, Lin Bai did not force it.

What is meant to be his will be his; it won't run away.

The harvest from attacking the Beast Taming Studio this time was already significant; originally, Lin Bai only wanted to take down the Beast Taming Studio to find a suitable cultivation technique for the little fox and continue the Pet System's mission, but as a result, he not only took down the Beast Taming Studio but also unexpectedly gained the Cangming Sword Immortal, completing the Card System's mission.

Not only that, he also picked up a heaven-gifted talent of the Heavenly Sword Sect, Jian Shijiu, which could be called a bumper harvest.

When the unconscious Jian Shijiu was brought back by the crowd, Lin Bai didn't care at all about the threat of the escaped heaven-gifted talent of the Heavenly Sword Sect.

With a Silver Card, he unceremoniously took him in as a bodyguard.

When released again, the pitiful Jian Shijiu had already become a muddled Puppet, and Lin Bai's mind was filled with many marvelous sword moves.

There were those of the Cangming Sword Immortal, and those of Jian Shijiu.

The two walked different paths; the Cangming Sword Immortal walked the treacherous path, with tricky and sinister sword techniques focused on assassination, while Jian Shijiu's sword techniques were open and bold, with every move being upright and following the path of a king.

Both were in the Incarnation Realm.

The Cangming Sword Immortal had cultivated for hundreds of years, while Jian Shijiu was only in his early twenties; his attainments in cultivation and sword techniques were actually a few points higher than the Cangming Sword Immortal, which was truly worthy of the name of a heaven-gifted talent.

The name marked on the card was Jian Shijiu, and Lin Bai asked He Qin what the meaning of this name was.

He Qin told him that the Heavenly Sword Sect accepted disciples once every ten years, and after ten years, the sect would select the thirty most outstanding ones from this batch of disciples for intensive training.

The thirty people were ranked through competitions, which was the Heavenly Sword Sect's decennial heaven-gifted talent selection tournament.

During the period when the thirty selected as heaven-gifted talents were undergoing training, they would abandon their original names and be named by the word "Sword" plus their ranking in the tournament.

Only until a new batch of heaven-gifted talents was born would they be qualified to take back their own names...

Li Zhenren, Cangming Sword Immortal, Jian Shijiu...

At this point.

Lin Bai had gathered three Incarnation Realm experts in his hands, sharing the cultivation and moves of the three; Lin Bai felt that even without matching the skills rewarded by the system, he could still sweep away anyone below the Incarnation Realm.

What Bu Bei?

He himself was the true number one of the Incarnation Realm.

"Alliance Leader, it was my negligence that Bu Bei and others infiltrated the Justice Alliance Army; please punish me, Alliance Leader." Xin Shang and the others took the initiative to plead guilty to Lin Bai; they knew the fault was not theirs, but the proper attitude still had to be shown.

"What is there to punish? Who could have imagined that righteous people would engage in such sordid acts." Lin Bai smiled and played along with their act. "This is also because we lack experience. Later, have the people from the Spirit Tool Pavilion craft some Magic Tools similar to whistle arrows for the departing disciples. The Alliance Army should try to be organized by sect as much as possible; if any abnormality is discovered, issue a warning immediately. This should prevent such things from happening again. My cultivation is the highest, and I have many Puppets as guards, so I am not worried about assassination; what I fear is them being driven to desperation and slaughtering the disciples of my Justice Alliance, which would be a loss that outweighs the gain."

The crowd looked at each other, filled with awe.

"Many thanks for the Alliance Leader's understanding."

"The Alliance Leader has a benevolent heart; the fame-seeking Seven Righteous Sects and the Demonic Five Sects combined are not even worthy of carrying the Alliance Leader's shoes."

"The Spirit Tool Pavilion will definitely rush to produce a batch of early-warning Magic Tools as soon as possible; we will never let villains infiltrate the ranks of the Justice Alliance again."

The group of sect leaders wore smiles, not sparing any flattery.

"Members of the Alliance are equal, so there is no need to flatter me like this." The background emotions could clearly reflect whether the sect leaders' flattery was sincere or fake, but Lin Bai didn't care about those things at all.

When it comes down to it.

These guys were just tools he used to save face and complete missions; as long as they were in the Justice Alliance and obedient, that was enough.

As for the rest.

Once the Justice Alliance grew stronger, these guys would naturally band together for the sake of profit.

Lin Bai looked back at the newly joined Long Lin and the others.

Long Lin hurriedly greeted: "Greetings, Alliance Leader."

"Sect Leader Long, why did you join my Justice Alliance for no reason?" Lin Bai looked at him and asked with a smile, "Don't give me any bullshit about being inspired by the Justice Alliance. There is no profit without diligence; you could even turn Bu Bei away when he came to help, and you didn't hesitate to betray him. If you say there is no reason for this, I simply don't believe it."

Sweat poured down Long Lin's face, and he smiled involuntarily, unable to stop it. He rubbed his face in confusion, and when he looked at the identical smiling faces around him, he couldn't help but be stunned.

"No need to be surprised. When this Alliance Leader smiles, the world rejoices with me; when this Alliance Leader grieves, the world grieves with me. This is the effect of the supernatural power of 'Words Manifesting into Law'; you'll get used to it." Lin Bai looked at the confused Long Lin, restrained his smile, and explained.

Long Lin regained control over his facial expressions, and horror struck his heart again. He looked at Jian Shijiu, then at the Cangming Sword Immortal, and gritted his teeth: "Reporting to the Alliance Leader, this subordinate was assigned by the Beast Taming Sect to approach the Alliance Leader under the guise of surrender, in order to deceive you out of the formula for the Transformation Pill, thereby strengthening the power of the Beast Taming Sect. But just now, Long witnessed the Alliance Leader's strength and felt in his heart that the one who gains the world must be the Justice Alliance. Therefore, I decided to lead the entire Beast Taming Studio to sincerely surrender..."

"So it was the Transformation Pill." Lin Bai shook his head, clicking his tongue, "The dirty tricks of the Seven Righteous Sects really are one after another! Bai Yin, do you know what to publish in the next issue of *Justice Weekly*?"

【Bai Yin】 was excitedly discussing Beast-Ear Girls with the players next to him, and upon hearing this, he was stunned: "Please instruct me, Alliance Leader."

"Focus on describing the despicable and sordid actions of the Seven Righteous Sects. The Cangming Sword Immortal, the Daoist Bu Bei, and the brothers of the Heavenly Sword Sect did not dare to fight openly, hiding in the dark to launch sneak attacks. The Beast Taming Studio feigned surrender to trick the Justice Alliance out of the Transformation Pill. As a result, the Cangming Sword Immortal and Jian Shijiu were captured alive, the number one person in the Incarnation Realm, Bu Bei, didn't even dare to show his face and was scared into fleeing in panic. The brothers of the Heavenly Sword Sect abandoned their own injured junior brother in order to escape, and the Beast Taming Studio turned over a new leaf, preferring to give up the Transformation Pill just to join my Justice Alliance..."

Lin Bai looked at the few players and said, "You don't even need to make things up; just report according to the facts. That's not hard, is it!"

The many sect leaders had black lines on their faces.

Lin Bai's words did sound like a description of facts, but the Cangming Sword Immortal and Daoist Bu Bei were acting as individuals!

To generalize like this and pour a bucket of dirty water directly onto the faces of the Seven Righteous Sects, wasn't that a bit too much!

However, they were now members of the Justice Alliance, so naturally, it was not easy to say anything.

After all.

What Lin Bai said was indeed the truth; no one could find any fault with it.

Long Lin sighed secretly to himself. Forget it; once this report is published, the Beast Taming Studio will be completely tied to the ship of the Justice Alliance. In the future, even if they wanted to find an excuse to return to the Beast Taming Sect, there would likely be no hope.

"Understood, I will notify the paparazzi to report it truthfully as soon as possible." 【Bai Yin】 giggled. In fact, he didn't even need to pass it on; 【Number One Paparazzi of Xianxia】 was watching the live stream, and by the time Lin Bai finished speaking, it had probably already been arranged on that side.

"Sect Leader Long, no need to be so cautious. The Justice Alliance doesn't have that many rules. If war reparations are due, pay them; if a patent needs to be applied for, apply for it. Do things according to the regulations, and no one will make things difficult for you." After instructing the players, Lin Bai looked at Long Lin again and comforted him, "Lead the way. We will go to the Beast Taming Studio to rest for a while, then continue our journey to invite more members for our Justice Alliance."

……

【Your pet has obtained a suitable Skill; Reward: Positioning Ring (already issued)】

【Increase your pet's grade; Reward: Pet Aptitude +1】

The Beast Taming Studio's Skills are all focused on Demon Beasts, so the little white fox easily found a Skill suitable for herself here; although she would rather cultivate Lin Bai's Fazhe Zhidao, increasing her own strength is more important for now.

After several consecutive battles, although Lin Bai still kept her by his side, the little white fox had already realized that she had become a burden; if this continued, let alone revitalizing the Demon Race, if Lin Bai failed to protect her in future battles and she died, then everything would be gone.

The little white fox knew that when she grew further and further away from Lin Bai, it meant she had voluntarily withdrawn from the race to be Lin Bai's lover; she was not reconciled to just being a vase to be petted by her master……

Jiang Qingqin was the same; although Lin Bai kept saying he was cultivating the Love Dao with her, she could clearly feel Lin Bai's alienation toward her.

At this very moment.

She finally realized why Lin Bai had been so reluctant when he first accepted her!

She had once thought that if she reached the Golden Core, she could help Lin Bai, but she never expected that Lin Bai's strength, just like his Love Separation, would leap upward level by level, becoming an existence she could only look up to in the blink of an eye.

Their aptitudes were too far apart.

What she couldn't forgive herself for most was that she couldn't even keep up with Lin Bai's pace in the cultivation of the Love Dao.

Lin Bai cultivated so many Fazhe at the same time, yet he still comprehended Love Separation in the Love Dao.

And she hadn't comprehended anything?

This often caused Jiang Qingqin to fall into self-doubt, wondering if she had truly invested her all in the matter of loving Lin Bai……

After much thought, Jiang Qingqin discovered to her shock.

In this relationship, she really hadn't done anything; besides causing trouble for Lin Bai, she had only been blindly taking—being accepted as his disciple, doubled cultivation speed, Concentration Fruit eaten like snacks……

It could be said.

Jiang Qingqin was much more anxious than the little white fox.

If this continued, she would become increasingly inferior in this unbalanced relationship, yet she couldn't even think of a way to solve the problem.

Ask her master.

Her master only gave her a lousy idea about offering herself in bed.

She would like to, but Lin Bai had to give her the chance!

Moreover, what she wanted was a love where they flew together, a natural union, not to be a tool that actively offered herself to provide Lin Bai with momentary pleasure……

……

He Qin and the others were busy scraping up resources from the Beast Taming Studio as war reparations while comforting the Elders of the Beast Taming Studio, telling them that everyone had gone through this.

In the future, unless new members joined voluntarily, anyone conquered by the Justice Alliance would inevitably have to bleed a little.

This was the rule.

After all.

The Justice Alliance had to operate; long-distance expeditions, feeding people and horses—expenses were everywhere; they couldn't possibly let the Alliance members pay for it!

As for the sect's losses, they would be recovered sooner or later.

"Sect Leader He, we surrendered voluntarily, didn't we?" The Elder managing the Spirit Treasury said, feeling both aggrieved and pained, "Although we had ulterior motives for surrendering, we did surrender voluntarily, and we didn't cause any losses to the Justice Alliance; logically, these war reparations should be waived."

"……" He Qin was silent for a moment and said, "Was there a battle?"

"A battle?" the Spirit Treasury Elder said, "But that wasn't because we didn't join the Justice Alliance; it was because Shopkeeper Lin wanted to liberate the Demon Beasts and took the initiative to strike; we didn't fight back from beginning to end."

"That settles it. Regardless of the reason, if you lose a fight, you must pay reparations; this is the rule of the Justice Alliance." He Qin glanced at him and said meaningfully, "Elder Niu, you have already joined the Justice Alliance; you must look at the long term. Today, your house paid war reparations, but in the future, you can earn it back from someone else's house! If you break the rules, today's loss will become a real loss……"

"……" The Spirit Treasury Elder suddenly fell silent; after a moment, he nodded and said solemnly, "Sect Leader He is right; how much should be paid must be paid; the rules cannot be broken."

He Qin looked at the Spirit Treasury Elder with an expression of "he is teachable."

"What if the Justice Alliance grows stronger and a sect really surrenders voluntarily?" the Incubation Hall Elder asked worriedly.

"Put your heart at ease; Shopkeeper Lin can pick a fight even when there is nothing wrong." Ma Changcheng gave a scoffing laugh, "Wanting to surrender, how could it be that easy? Furthermore, the conflict between the Seven Orthodox Sects and the Justice Alliance has developed to this point and is already irreconcilable; one side must fall, and there will inevitably be battles……"

Thinking back to how Lin Bai had flipped his face earlier, claiming to uphold justice to rescue the Demon Beasts of the Beast Taming Studio, only for the liberation of the Demon Beasts to be as if it never happened after the Beast Taming Studio became a member of the Justice Alliance, the several Elders of the Beast Taming Studio nodded in deep agreement and completely put their hearts at ease.

……

The players who had just entered the Beast Taming Studio felt as if they had arrived in heaven, one by one either gathering at the Incubation Hall or the Transformation Hall, discussing how to obtain their own pet beasts.

What game player would refuse a baby or mount of their own?

In this world, Demon Beasts can truly undergo Form Manifestation.

Players who chose the Incubation Hall wanted a Demon Beast that would grow up with them from a young age and with whom they could cultivate a bond; then, when it underwent Form Manifestation in the future, wouldn't it be up to them to decide?

As for the Demon Beasts in the Transformation Hall, they were full of confidence in their own charm, wanting to skip the step of cultivating a bond, directly obtain a mature baby, and then persuade it to undergo Form Manifestation in the shape they wanted……

In short.

The players each had their own plans.

It wasn't just the players; members of the Justice Alliance like the Chaoyuan Sword Sect and the Blood Shadow Sect were also eyeing this batch of Demon Beasts.

The Beast Taming Studio's Skills were handed over as a patent, meaning they only needed to pay a certain amount of Spirit Stones to obtain the Skills for raising and taming Demon Beasts from the Beast Taming Studio.

Even if they were given the Skills of other sects, they couldn't cultivate them; the cost of switching Skills was too high.

But the Beast Taming Studio's Skills were different; a powerful Demon Beast meant a second life.

With an extra life, who would care about spending a few more Spirit Stones?

In short, with the arrival of the Justice Alliance, the Beast Taming Studio was suddenly in a mess.

After all.

The Beast Taming Studio was different from other sects; the improvement in strength was immediate.

……

I had an argument yesterday because of some household chores, which affected my writing; I finally coaxed her into a good mood today, and I originally wanted to make up for it during the day, but it dragged on until now; how embarrassing! Please forgive me, please forgive me!

(End of this chapter)