Chapter 240: How Can It Be Called a Mission If You Don't Get Multiple Gains from One Move?

If the skin does not exist, to what can the hair attach?

Lin Bai finally concluded with a question, then dismissed everyone, including Jiang Qingqin who wanted to stay and keep him company.

He was eloquent when pacifying the crowd, but only he knew how great the problems he faced were, and that his current skills were insufficient to handle this crisis.

The noisy Daoxu Zhenren and Pei Yanzong were tucked away into cards by him.

At this moment, Lin Bai had only the three muddled Spirit Transformation realm experts—Li Zhenren, Jian Shijiu, and the Cangming Sword Immortal—by his side.

In the quiet Main Hall.

Lin Bai quietly organized his current tasks.

The prestige of the Great Vehicle Realm was so overwhelming that He Qin and the others overlooked that the Great Vehicle Realm also brought along a large number of Void Refinement Realm experts, as well as an unknown number of Spirit Transformation realm experts attracted by the Zhengxie Zhushaling.

With such powerful enemies, relying on brute force to clash head-on was no different from seeking death; Lin Bai had never fought against the Void Refinement Realm, but the restraint of the Moon-Chasing technique on them likely wouldn't be as effective as it was on the Spirit Transformation realm.

The more one resisted, the faster the Moon-Chasing speed became; with the strength of Void Refinement Realm experts, perhaps the moment Moon-Chasing was used on them, they would instantly bolt into the sky and then be free to counterattack.

Do not calculate victory before calculating defeat!

Lin Bai never underestimated anyone; to defeat the enemy, he still had to rely on System Skills.

……

"Host a cross-city level Cooking Competition; Reward: Food emits an ultimate aroma"

"……Save people with Medicine Dao, obtain the title of Famous Doctor in a country; Reward: Palm Flame"

"……Pungent; Reward: Provocation"

"Spread the thought of Flaw……; Eye of Seeing Flaws"

"……Improve your reputation, so that petty people dare not infringe upon the Justice Sect; Reward: Main Hall"

"……Carve out a path to survival; Reward: Flash"

"……Do a world-renowned deed, making enemies tremble at the mention of your name; Reward: Near-Death Counter-Kill"

"Launch a large-scale war; Reward: Power Doubling"

"Turn two people who hate each other into a CP……; Reward: Heavenly River"

"……Arrange Disciple trials, let them make a name for themselves; Reward: Ruler"

……

These are all the tasks currently in progress.

Excluding tasks unsuitable for the current environment, such as hosting a cooking competition or obtaining the title of Famous Doctor, there were actually not many tasks Lin Bai could do, and furthermore, many could be performed simultaneously.

The ones that could most quickly improve his strength were the tasks from the Yuelao System and the Great Language System.

If the success rate of the Great Language System was high, he could gain an additional skill in twelve hours; in the worst-case scenario, five days later, when he immediately faced the first wave of enemies, he could at least grind out three to five skills.

As for the Yuelao System, the rewards were all heavy-duty weapons.

Therefore.

The two systems should have their priority levels raised.

"Turn two people who hate each other into a CP, and propagate their deeds……" Lin Bai muttered softly; he had the Red Thread and the Love Arrow, so turning people who hated each other into a CP was too easy.

The problem was, where to find two people who hated each other?

Even Daoxu Zhenren, who had been hit by the Resistance Arrow, only felt disgust toward him, not hatred……

And the relationships between the people of the Seven Righteous Sects and the Demonic Five Sects were very subtle; it was more like competitive cooperation between them, not as incompatible as ordinary people thought—could this be inferred from the fact that they could jointly issue the Zhengxie Zhushaling?

Hating each other?

It seemed it really wasn't easy to find people who met this condition!

Even though such sordid things happened between Lao Mi and Gugao Laoren, it was only Gugao Laoren's one-sided hatred of Lao Mi; Lao Mi didn't necessarily hate Gugao Laoren;

There were many people in the world who hated him, but for him to hate anyone in the world, he couldn't do it either.

Even the Sect Leaders of the Seven Righteous Sects and the Demonic Five Sects who issued the Zhengxie Zhushaling, he couldn't bring himself to hate them.

There was no help for it, his mindset was too indifferent.

If he couldn't find people who truly hated each other, then he would manufacture a pair.

Lin Bai quickly found a way to solve the problem; there must be people who were hostile to each other in the world, and quite a few, but time didn't allow him to go find these people.

His quantity of Red Threads was limited; if he didn't find the right targets and wasted a Red Thread without completing the task, the loss would outweigh the gain; it was better to craft a pair of enemies himself.

……

"Old Wolf, the 'Justice Weekly' has already released several issues, the 'Heavenly Dao Review' must keep up; nowadays, the Seven Righteous Sects and the Demonic Five Sects have successively issued their own publications, the position of the public opinion war cannot be lost." Lin Bai found Huangye Lang and admonished him with a tone of dissatisfaction.

"Alliance Leader, we are looking for new topics." Huangye Lang explained, "The current situation is chaotic, and the publications of the Seven Righteous Sects naturally possess authority; under the current situation, if we only do simple reviews, we won't be able to make a splash in this public opinion war. After all, there are too many publications for people to choose from, and most people's eyes are focused on the Seven Righteous Sects' encirclement and suppression of us……"

"I would rather see your efforts than excuses." Lin Bai interrupted him, "I pushed you out to contend with the Beggar Sect; now, you are being crushed by 'Justice Weekly' until you can't breathe. How can I entrust you with important tasks in the future? I don't want to see the incident of being held hostage by the Beggar Sect happen again."

"Alliance Leader, I will work hard." Huangye Lang said.

Jueye complained in a private chat on the side: "Easy for him to say, the content of 'Justice Weekly' is all provided by Lin Bai; they are the official publication, as long as they follow current events, hot topics come one after another. What do we have! Even if we review the figures in the Alliance, someone has to watch it!"

First Sword Immortal said: "Exactly, we can't just review the Seven Righteous Sects and the Demonic Five Sects all over again!"

Pretending not to hear their private chat, Lin Bai shook his head: "Old Wolf, some things cannot be achieved by effort alone; when you should invest, you must invest, and when you should spend effort, you must spend effort. I know there is contact between you Heavenly Descended, your mobility is poor, so why don't you think of ways to collect information from the Heavenly Descended outside? When necessary, you can promise benefits."

Huangye Lang glanced at Lin Bai and nodded: "We will."

"Old Wolf, don't underestimate 'Heavenly Dao Review'." Lin Bai scanned the few players in front of him and said, "If the reviews are done well, they can also perform meritorious service for the Alliance. For example, this time, the Great Vehicle Realm experts sent by the Seven Righteous Sects and the Demonic Five Sects, you can all do a review and ranking for them."

"Alliance Leader, to tell you the truth, we already have this plan and are collecting information." Huangye Lang said.

"You might not have understood my meaning." Lin Bai glanced at him and said, "I want you to dig deep into the stories behind them, trigger conflicts between them through rankings, and then alienate their relationships, so as to achieve the goal of making them consume each other internally."

"We have been doing this all along." Huangye Lang said.

"The Seven Righteous Sects and the Demonic Five Sects are naturally opposed, this goes without saying." Lin Bai ignored him and continued, "This time, we will pick a typical pair from among them and deliberately create conflict and opposition between them. For example, the team leaders of the Heavenly Sword Sect and the Heavenly Dao Sect this time—in the review, you can rank the team leader of the ten-thousand-year second-place Heavenly Sword Sect as first, and cleverly borrow his mouth, or the mouths of those around him, to say some things that praise on the surface but disparage in secret……"

"Mm." Huangye Lang didn't suspect anything else; currently, the two sides were in an antagonistic relationship, so nothing Lin Bai did was excessive.

"I'm just giving an example, it doesn't have to be the Heavenly Sword Sect and the Heavenly Dao Sect, other sects can also work. If possible, choose two people from among them who have a relatively good relationship." Lin Bai said, "You should know, strangers might just laugh it off even if they are compared to each other. But familiar people are different; once people with good relationships turn against each other, they can become enemies……"

【Huangye Lang】 frowned.

Lin Bai smiled, stirring up the smiles of the crowd: "You decide the specific operations yourselves. It is best to have results within a day or two. If you do well, I can reward you with one Transformation Pill and one Enlightenment Pill. The Enlightenment Pill opens up intelligence, and the Transformation Pill allows a Demon Beast to manifest into a form according to your requirements; the two can be used in combination..."

The eyes of several players lit up instantly.

【Jue Ye】 said: "Holy crap, we're rich!"

【First Sword Immortal】 said: "Old Lang, we must do this properly. It's worth spending any amount of money. If we pull this off, the Justice Alliance Army will have the players' first Beast-Ear Girl. The publicity value and the economic benefits it brings will likely be an astronomical figure."

【Jinshe Langjun】 swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said: "That's right. I don't know how many fanboys and fangirls Shopkeeper Lin's little white fox has on the forums, but she belongs to Lin Bai after all. But it's different if we have our own Beast-Ear Girl. I don't know how many advertising sponsors will be attracted by ads endorsed by a Beast-Ear Girl herself."

"But the time Shopkeeper Lin gave for the task is too short, I'm afraid it won't be easy to handle!" 【Huangye Lang】 pondered, "This is about making two Great Vehicle Stage people turn against each other. How firm must the Dao Heart of a Great Vehicle Stage person be? How could they turn against each other because of one or two articles?"

"It's indeed difficult to rely solely on our 'Heavenly Dao Review', but aren't there other players?" 【Jue Ye】 said, "There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. As far as I know, the publications of sects like the Heavenly Dao Sect and Heavenly Sword Sect are also managed by players. We spend money to bribe the players over there, incite conflict among all the publications, and fan the flames..."

【First Sword Immortal】 said: "Exactly. For the media, flame wars and hype are the best ways to drive sales. They can also use this to attract traffic and pull in more advertisements. This is a win-win situation, worth operating well. When necessary, we can drag 'Justice Weekly' into it together. However, we must hide the rewards of the Transformation Pill and Enlightenment Pill. When we have our own Beast-Ear Girl, I reckon First Paparazzi and his lot will be furious."

Right in front of Lin Bai.

Several players discussed and decided on a feasible plan, one word after another.

Lin Bai listened in amazement.

Sure enough, once they have rewards, players will overcome all hardships to complete tasks. They really are a group of qualified tools.

After encouraging the players a few words, Lin Bai turned and left.

In Lin Bai's view, failing to maximize the benefits of a task is a failure.

The difficulty of creating a pair of enemies within the Justice Alliance is not much lower than finding them outside.

The people within the Alliance have long been influenced by him and have long been accustomed to his various strange words and deeds. Perhaps they might end up doing useless work in the end; after all, there is the precedent of the Great Language System's task of provoking people.

It is different to directly target big shots. It can disrupt the enemy's lines, help the CP gain fame, and also promote his Law of Love.

The most critical thing is that two people who are at daggers drawn are matched as a couple in full view of everyone. Such a deterrent is enough to intimidate petty people and complete the Super Sect Leader System's task.

In the future.

Even if a Great Vehicle Stage person wants to provoke him, they will have to weigh whether they can accept the bizarre situation of suddenly having an extra lover.

Killing many birds with one stone.

And he doesn't have to worry too much, why not do it?

The Yuelao System's task is settled, and what remains is the Great Language System's Pungent task.

This task is equally difficult, and he must do it himself.

It is too difficult for someone like him, who is used to controlling the whole scene, to play a supporting role.

Facts have proven it.

Jiang Qingqin and the others cannot do the work of the straight man, so the task must start with a stranger.

After thinking it over.

Lin Bai fed the Enlightenment Pill to Jian Shijiu.

Cangming Sword Immortal and Li Zhenren were terrified by his torture; I reckon even if they regained their intelligence, they wouldn't be willing to talk to him.

But Jian Shijiu is different. The two have basically had no direct contact, and the young man's emotions are easy to control. Whether the task can be completed might just fall on him.

Jian Shijiu's eyes blinked, and he gradually regained his intelligence. He looked at the strange environment around him, his brows slightly furrowed. When his gaze landed on Lin Bai's face, everything that happened before he fainted instantly returned to his mind.

"It's you?"

Jian Shijiu's expression changed drastically. He gave a violent start and subconsciously raised his Sword light to escape outside. But after flying a few hundred meters, before he could rejoice, the scene before his eyes changed abruptly, and he was back in front of Lin Bai again.

Thus.

His expression became even uglier. He gripped his own sword and asked with a trembling voice, "You... you turned me into a Puppet?"

"That's right." Lin Bai smiled and nodded.

Jian Shijiu was forced to smile along. He drew his precious sword and said urgently: "How dare you? Do you know who is behind me?"

"The Heavenly Sword Sect!" Lin Bai said.

"Knowing it's the Heavenly Sword Sect, you still turned me into a Puppet. Aren't you afraid of the revenge of the sect behind me?" Jian Shijiu was about to cry, terrified by Lin Bai's methods. His Jianxin had cracks. Even if he was collected into a card and all his strength was fully restored, the feeling of fear would still involuntarily emerge from his heart when he saw Lin Bai.

"That is the logic." Lin Bai smiled and nodded. Just as he said, strangers are the ones he can talk to; acquaintances are all too reserved. When he subdued Cangming Sword Immortal back then, that guy's words were also quite dense. It was just that he had to do the card task at the time; otherwise, that would have been a good opportunity to grind the Pungent task.

"Then you still dare?" Jian Shijiu said with a smile. Immediately after, he showed a look of frustration and dejectedly put down his sword, "That's right, you are already carrying the Justice and Evil Execution Order and are at odds with the Seven Righteous Sects. How could you show mercy to me?"

"Isn't that so?" Lin Bai sighed.

"But I am still young. I am only in my twenties, a heaven-gifted talent of the new generation of the Heavenly Sword Sect, destined for a boundless future. Yet I was turned into a Puppet by you. Why is my life so bitter?" Jian Shijiu wailed loudly.

"Look at this mess." Lin Bai looked at Jian Shijiu with sympathy, clicking his tongue, "The Seven Righteous Sects are really not good things!"

"You are not a good thing either..." Jian Shijiu glared at Lin Bai, "Are you making fun of me?"

"Right, no, pfft!" Lin Bai spat lightly and laughed, "My tongue slipped. Little Nineteen, don't make a fuss. Tell your brother everything that makes you unhappy; everyone will be happy once it's said..."

(End of this chapter)