Chapter 241: Powerful Luck

Ten Thousand Ways to Clear Players, Main Text Volume, Chapter 240: Powerful Luck, Xianxia World Forum.

"Did you get picked?"

"No."

"That's four times now, they still haven't picked me. Damn the officials, there's definitely something shady going on."

"Shady +1"

"Sorry everyone, this brother is heading out first to wait for you all in the game."

"Lin Bai giegie, wait for me, I'm coming, I will accompany you to the ends of the earth."

"Your Lin Bai giegie is currently fleeing for his life, he can't be bothered with you."

"The Justice Alliance and the Demonic Five Sects are now recruiting from the newbie villages. The new batch of Pioneers skips the grueling newbie phase and directly cultivates high-level techniques; they are countless times better off than the early Pioneers. I guess it won't be long before players land on the main battlefield. There are benefits to entering the game early, and benefits to entering late."

"Shady +10086"

"What benefits? With so many players entering, everyone is going to be grinding hard. Unless you have some flashy skills, it won't be so easy to make money wildly in the game anymore."

"Big Groups like Xinlong, Jingke, and Fengda are all hiring, and the salaries they offer are higher than the last. You can retire after playing for a year in the game, and you're telling me you can't make money in the game?"

"Evil capitalists, the black hand has finally reached into the game; there is no longer a pure land in the world."

"Sour grapes because you can't eat the grapes."

"The career of an individual game player is over before it even begins. If you want to do well in the game, you have to join a big factory?"

"The open beta players are the pathetic ones. By then, the big factories will have recruited enough people. They won't even have the qualifications to join a big factory and can only play the game purely."

"What do you mean by 'purely play the game'? Since when did you think this wasn't a game?"

"Kneeling and begging for an open beta, I also want to enter the game and be exploited by big factories!"

The list of the fifth batch of 200,000 players was finally revealed.

The forum was unprecedentedly lively, even overshadowing the topic of the showdown between the Justice Alliance and the Justice Seven Sects.

With capital intervening, a perfectly good game has become a game of money. In the eyes of players who can't play the game, the Game Company is far more detestable than Lin Bai.

Players are constantly discussing the latest news about the game. Lin Bai naturally knows about new players entering the game, and he also knows that the Groups have begun to control the players.

But he has no energy to worry about the affairs of the lower levels at this moment.

At this time.

He actually understands a bit why the Justice Seven Sects' reaction to the Heavenly Descended was so sluggish; it is highly likely because they couldn't spare the effort.

However.

The entry of 200,000 Undying and Indestructible players into the game, uniformly deployed by the Groups, is a good thing for Lin Bai.

Once these guys grow up, there is a high probability they will share the firepower for him.

The Groups entering the game are definitely for the purpose of carving out territory and making money; they would absolutely not recruit a batch of people just to cultivate immortality and play games.

The Pungent task did not delay Lin Bai's expedition.

His Yuanyuanjun uses more of a Genghis Khan-style approach: full-speed raids, supporting the war with war; there is actually nothing to rest for.

Having gathered the resources of the Beast Taming Sect and reduced a perfectly good mountain gate into a Flaw-ridden sect, leaving behind the old, weak, sick, and disabled, the Yuanyuanjun set off again.

On the Sword Boat.

Guided by Lin Bai, Jian Shijiu talked eloquently: "Don't look at how we are all heaven-gifted geniuses; the gap between us is actually very large. The one who escaped last time was my senior brother Jian Shi; I am Jian Shijiu, yet I couldn't last ten rounds under his hand. The truly terrifying one is Jian Yi. He is about the same age as me, but his cultivation has already entered the Void Refinement Realm. Jian Er through Jian Sanshi combined aren't enough for him to fight with one hand."

"Whoa! That arrogant?" Lin Bai raised his eyebrows.

"He is the true heaven-gifted genius. There is almost nothing in cultivation that can stump him. His progress is a thousand miles a day; in his twenties, he can already create his own Sword Intent. His talent is even more terrifying than the Heavenly Descended. Master says he possesses a natural Jianxin and is destined to become a Great Vehicle Realm expert."

"Good fellow. There's even a matter of Jianxin in this? Why don't you tell everyone what a Jianxin is?"

"A Jianxin is an innate talent. It is said that when he was born, there were strange signs from heaven; with him as the center, all swords within a thirty-mile radius rang out without wind."

"Just that?"

"Isn't that enough? Throughout history, how many people have had strange signs at birth? A few days ago, when the Heavenly Descended arrived, Master said that in recent years, heaven-gifted geniuses with strange signs are people sent by the heavens to resolve the calamity. Not only does our Heavenly Sword Sect have a natural Jianxin, but the Heavenly Dao Sect also has a Daoist with a natural Dao Heart. It is said that when the Daoist was born, purple Qi illuminated half the sky. These people are born with great Luck; they can encounter heavenly treasures just by walking on the road. It's not something you can envy."

"You just keep bragging!"

Perhaps Jian Shijiu was scared by Lin Bai, or perhaps his pressure was too great and he urgently needed someone to confide in to alleviate the depression of becoming a Puppet.

Under Lin Bai's guidance, Jian Shijiu revealed many secrets of the Heavenly Sword Sect. These high-level matters could never be known from the mouths of people like He Qin.

Although they are also cultivation sects, speaking of which, they are at the very bottom of the cultivation chain. Without special events, they might not return to the sect for decades or even a hundred years, so they naturally wouldn't know what happened within the Justice Seven Sects.

Otherwise, when their sect was annexed by Lin Bai and they went to the Justice Seven Sects for help, they wouldn't have been so unsure of themselves.

To put it figuratively, these sects below are simply distant relatives of the Justice Seven Sects.

As Jian Shijiu spoke of the secrets of the Heavenly Sword Sect, these bumpkins listened with great interest, occasionally letting out a sigh of admiration just like Lin Bai.

This greatly satisfied Jian Shijiu's vanity, to the point that it gave him the illusion that when Lin Bai wasn't provoking people, he seemed quite easy to get along with.

Jianxin, Daoist, Demon Child, Fozi...

The titles certainly sound intimidating.

The claim of being a person to resolve the calamity is exactly the same as the rhetoric Lin Bai used to bluff Jiang Yuru in Qian City back then.

According to the game's settings, these Daoists, Fozi, and the like should be the bosses that players are destined to encounter during their growth, right!

But Lin Bai didn't take the destiny protagonist seriously.

He only regretted that when Justice Weekly introduced him, he didn't make up a set of strange signs for himself.

Now it's fine; from birth, he seems a cut lower than others.

Speaking of luck, he is not inferior at all. Buying a restaurant and picking up a Lingjie Fengxi, picking up a fox—a cute demon fox—doing love-talk tasks, and picking up a wife for free. So far, the enemies he has encountered are all ones he can handle.

If this isn't called powerful Luck, what is called luck?

Other people's Luck is invisible and untouchable; his Luck can be manufactured by himself. He also has Merit. After destroying the Beast Taming Sect, he can even manufacture Auspicious Qi himself.

When that time comes, he will let everyone see what a true Son of Destiny is.

In order to cooperate with Huangye Lang in making trouble, Lin Bai also asked Jian Shijiu for information about the leader of the Heavenly Sword Sect's team this time.

The Great Vehicle Realm leader of the Heavenly Sword Sect is named Jing Mo, who was also once a prodigy; when he was in the Spirit Transformation Realm, he earned the title "Scholar in Purple," a man both talented and handsome, gentle and elegant.

Later, he cultivated all the way to the Great Vehicle Realm and was revered by the disciples of his sect as the "Old Ancestor in Purple."

He comprehended the supreme Sword Intent from the wind; his sword techniques are formless and shadowless, quiet as a breeze, allowing him to leave his opponents soul-shattered and bone-eroded before they even realize it, while his movements are like wind sweeping away scattered clouds, capable of forming a blade storm between heaven and earth that destroys everything within sight, which is quite overbearing and terrifying.

Jian Shi, who fled during the last battle at the Beast Taming Studio and had his reputation ruined by Lin Bai, is a disciple of the Old Ancestor in Purple's lineage.

This time.

With the Old Ancestor in Purple leading the team, it is not without the intention of regaining face for his disciples and grand-disciples.

Illusion Valley.

Watching Lin Bai's Justice Alliance Army draw closer and closer, the group of female cultivators were at a loss.

The Valley Master, Xiang Luoxue, asked for a strategy: "Luo Tianjiao, Lin Bai is heading straight for us; what should we do? The Justice Alliance has made their patents public; this is forcing us into a dead end. Once we surrender, we will also have to cultivate the Dao of Love with the people of the Justice Alliance. If this matter spreads, even if Lin Bai is destroyed, our purity will be gone."

Her tone was faintly tinged with dissatisfaction, as if she were blaming Luo Xue for her impulsive provocation at the beginning.

"Abandon the valley and leave." Luo Xue no longer spoke of capturing Lin Bai, saying, "Doesn't Lin Bai want to play cat and mouse with the people of the Seven Righteous Sects? We will play cat and mouse with him too, and see who can outlast whom."

"But I heard that wherever Lin Bai goes, the sects are all destroyed," an Elder said.

"He cultivates the Incomplete Dao; even if we surrender, the sect will still be destroyed," Luo Xue glared at her and said, "If the people are still here, even if the sect is destroyed, it can be rebuilt. If the people belong to the Justice Alliance, what is the use of guarding a broken sect? We are no match for him; playing cat and mouse with him until the Old Ancestor arrives is the best way to deal with him. It is not just us who will do this; all the sects around Zhen City will do the same. Lin Bai made a stupid mistake by making the patents within the Alliance public to the team. In the Justice Alliance, the only real combat power is Lin Bai; being unable to be in two places at once is his greatest weakness."

Zhenguo Duke Mansion.

Xu Longyun faced the Zhenguo Duke directly: "Father, I want to save Lin Bai."

The Zhenguo Duke was a middle-aged man in his fifties with a long beard reaching his chest, imposing without anger. He looked at his daughter and frowned slightly: "You traveled ten thousand miles back from Jiamu City just for this?"

"Yes." Xu Longyun pursed her lips, her gaze firm.

"What Soul Bewitching drug did Lin Bai use on you that makes you so dead set on helping him?" The Zhenguo Duke looked at Xu Longyun and said calmly, "I ordered a search of all the archives since the founding of the Taiyi Kingdom, and there is no trace of any Justice Sect. Lin Bai's Law Cultivation seems more like child's play, and his style of conduct seems more like that of a person from outside the world than one from this world. I had people check the poems in the 'Collection of Heavenly Flaws' he authored; the allusions and place names involved have not appeared in the Taiyi Kingdom, the Taichu Kingdom, or even the Taihao Kingdom. Is a person with such a mysterious background worth you paying so much for?"

Xu Longyun was stunned for a moment, then said firmly: "I only know that he restrains the Heavenly Descended and shakes the foundations of the cultivation sects; his actions are beneficial to the country. If he is suppressed, the royal family will have no chance to resist the suppression of the Seven Righteous Sects. Even for the sake of the kingdom's interests, we should help him."

"Is that the only reason?" The Zhenguo Duke chuckled, "For the sake of the Taiyi Kingdom's interests, you endured humiliation and did not hesitate to ruin your own reputation, having rumors of a love affair spread with him? For the sake of some unknown title, you destroyed a perfectly good Basic City until it was in shambles? And yet, the lover he publicly declared is another woman? Is my daughter, the daughter of the dignified Zhenguo Duke, so worthless that she cannot catch his eye?"

Xu Longyun's eyes turned red instantly: "I... I..."

"I have made it so clear; do you still want to save him?" The Zhenguo Duke was aggressive.

"Save him." Xu Longyun took a deep breath and said, "Father, I have already taken him as my master. There is no logic in the world where a disciple does not save their master when they are in trouble."

"Master?" The Zhenguo Duke laughed disdainfully and asked, "Do you know that the Seven Righteous Sects and the Demonic Five Sects have sent Great Vehicle Realm experts to take his life?"

"I know," Xu Longyun said, "That is why I must save him."

"You cannot save him," the Zhenguo Duke said, "If he hadn't caused such a huge commotion and had been honest about cooperating with the Taiyi Kingdom from the beginning, even if it were to jointly promote his Law Cultivation, I could have saved him. But he played everyone in the palm of his hand, and the City Lord of Qian City, Guo Yuan, was even bewitched by his evil arts and had illicit relations with the Heavenly Descended. Such a madman who holds no one in his eyes is not worth our intervention. Xiaoyun, since you are back, do not leave. Great chaos is coming; Basic City cannot protect your safety."

"Father, I will not marry anyone but him." Xu Longyun looked at the Zhenguo Duke and suddenly said, "If he dies, I will be buried with him."

"..." The Zhenguo Duke was stunned and subconsciously looked at the Biyu Lamp on the table.

"No need to look; I have not been bewitched by him," Xu Longyun said with a miserable smile, "Father, I once said that I would marry a man who is stronger than me in every way. For more than ten years, I have seen many young talents, and none of them caught my eye. Only Lin Bai; after interacting with him a few times, I decided on him. Father, not to mention anything else, is a man who can stir up the world in just two short months not worth your daughter's heart? Father, you are devoted to the country; don't you want to place a bet on Lin Bai?"

After a pause, the Zhenguo Duke said: "If he succeeds, the Seven Righteous Sects will not be able to do anything to him, and we can sit back and reap the benefits without doing anything; if he fails, even if we help him, it will be of no use. We will not gamble the country's future for a madman and a vague hope; the Heavenly Descended are more suitable for us to bet on."

"In times of crisis, reaching out to help him will give us a better reason to interact with him in the future when he stands firm in the world. Isn't it better to bet on both sides?" Xu Longyun said.

The Zhenguo Duke looked at Xu Longyun.

For a long time.

He opened his hand, and a jade pendant appeared in his palm: "Hunyuan Jade, can block nine attacks from a Great Vehicle Realm expert."

Subsequently.

Another golden talisman appeared in his palm, "Thousand Mile Talisman; in a critical moment, activate this talisman to escape a thousand miles away. It can be used three times. It cannot be used by anyone without strong personal strength or great Luck, because this talisman is not directional and could teleport you underground or into mountain rocks..."

"Is there more?" Xu Longyun's eyes lit up.

"These two treasures are enough for him to save his life," the Zhenguo Duke said, "If he still cannot survive the current crisis with such treasures, then it is his fate, and he is not worth saving. Besides, doesn't he have the Justice Sect behind him? If he encounters danger and the Justice Sect still does not act, he will have even less value to the Taiyi Kingdom."

"Stingy." Xu Longyun took the two treasures, hummed, and turned to leave happily, "I will go deliver them to him now."

"Wait." The Zhenguo Duke called her back.

"Is there anything else?" Xu Longyun asked.

The Zhenguo Duke had an expression of a father whose daughter is grown and cannot be kept, and he threw a bright pearl over: "Linglong Bead, can block three attacks from a Great Vehicle Realm expert. Once attacked, it will teleport the holder back to the Zhenguo Duke Mansion. Remember, this is for you to use; do not give it to that madman. If one day I find that it is him who is teleported back to the Zhenguo Duke Mansion, I will spare no cost to suppress and kill him within the mansion."

Xu Longyun glared at him, put the bead away, and smiled sweetly: "I knew Father was the best. I'm leaving."

"If one day you want to marry him, he must cut ties with Jiang Qingqin," the Zhenguo Duke sighed, "If he cannot do that, I will not agree to you being with him."

Xu Longyun's expression suddenly dimmed: "Understood, Dad."

Ran away?

Hearing the news from the players, Lin Bai was between laughter and tears. The Pungent task had reached a critical moment, and he could not give up. So, he wrote on the cardboard: "Continue, raid their homes. Borrow their mountain gates to promote the Incomplete Dao. I hope that one day when they return home, they can appreciate my painstaking efforts. If someone can comprehend the Dao of Fortune Telling from it, it will also fulfill our Merit."

"..." Everyone.

Only the Justice Sect could describe destruction so refreshingly and refinedly.

At this time.

The Straight Man had been replaced by the Cangming Sword Immortal.

He curled his lips silently, taking advantage of the time Lin Bai was writing to rest and organize his thoughts, otherwise, he would have nothing to say in a moment.

So much for becoming a Puppet, drinking tea, basking in the sun, and spending the rest of his life leisurely!

To actually use him to practice this bizarre technique?

It was all a lie!

There wasn't a single word of truth in this guy's mouth.

However, the fact that Law Cultivation is real is a bit incredible.

The next day.

When a group of Cultivators were transforming the empty Illusion Valley with the Incomplete Dao.

The Great Language System task finally prompted completion.

Lin Bai obtained the Skill Provocation.

The Great Language System issued a new task:

You have learned Listening and Rhetoric. In the application of language, using them allows your audience to understand the content of your speech more vividly and intuitively, giving them a sense of being there. Next, you will adopt the identities of a child, a woman, and an elderly person, simulating their thinking and speaking styles, and practice for twelve hours each; Reward: Being Read Mind.

The difficulty has leveled up!

The task isn't for one day, but three days?

Lin Bai, expressionless, greeted the mother of the Great Language System in his heart; saying one day versus saying three days, the difficulty had more than doubled.

And he had to do role-playing.

If something goes wrong in the middle, does he have to start all over again?

He is not afraid of losing face.

But he has never been married, so how the hell would he know how a child speaks!

Furthermore.

Adopting a woman—there are thousands of types of women; which one is he supposed to imitate?

The Great Language System's tasks are increasingly grooming him in the direction of schizophrenia.

Why does he have no positive image? It's all caused by this damn system.

Also.

What on earth is this Being Read Mind thing?

Why isn't it Mind Reading?

Mind Reading is the standard equipment for a protagonist!

No!

Being Read Mind isn't bad either; he could play the ghost or directly interrupt the opponent's spellcasting!

This is a world of cultivation.

Cultivators place great importance on the cultivation of the mind; if Being Read Mind is operated well, it is entirely possible to make the opponent suffer a Qi deviation and fall into self-doubt.

This task is worth doing.

Perhaps.

Being Read Mind will be the ultimate weapon to break the deadlock this time.

Three days; after finishing this task, he will be about to encounter the Great Vehicle Realm.

"Alliance Leader, continuing to chase like this is not a solution!" Xin Shang looked at the mountain gate that had turned into "Wanhua Valley" and said tactfully, "We know we are promoting the Incomplete Dao, but in the eyes of outsiders, it looks more like we are venting our anger. Moreover, being in a state of constant pursuit without any gains will make the people in the alliance feel slack."

"What do you suggest we do?" Lin Bai smiled.

While speaking, he subconsciously used his new Skill, Provocation.

Xin Shang's eyes turned red instantly; he wore a smile, but his eyes shot out sharp light. At this moment, he suddenly felt that the Lin Bai before him was exceptionally detestable.

Forcing him to smile, forcibly tying his sect to the Justice Alliance—all sorts of negative information about Lin Bai flooded his mind.

His breathing quickened, and he subconsciously gripped the hilt of the Blood-Sucking Sword. At this moment, only one voice remained in his heart: hack him to death; he has no defenses against you right now; hack him to death, and everyone will be grateful to you.

The air suddenly went quiet.

Everyone felt the hostility erupting from Xin Shang and looked at him in astonishment, not understanding why.

Jiang Qingqin and the little white fox flashed to Lin Bai's side at top speed.

On the Sword Boat.

All the fox demons straightened their bodies immediately and looked at Xin Shang vigilantly.

Just as Xin Shang's hand gripped the sword hilt, his whole person suddenly sobered up. He looked around, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

Looking at the smiling Lin Bai, he took a step back and fell to his knees on one leg with a thud: "Alliance Leader, your subordinate deserves to die. Just now, I don't know why I was overcome by a heart demon, which affected my mind, leading me to want to attack the Alliance Leader. Please punish me, Alliance Leader."

"Master, let me kill him." The little white fox angrily bared her sharp claws, pointing them at Xin Shang's neck. "I can feel it; he really wanted to kill you just now. I knew he wasn't reliable."

Jiang Qingqin's face was livid, and the Sword in her hand was also pointed at Xin Shang's neck.

"Miss Xiaobai, Miss Jiang, I was truly overcome by a heart demon just now. This was absolutely not my intention. Even if I were stupid, I wouldn't attack the Alliance Leader in front of everyone!" Xin Shang explained with a mournful face.

"Xiaobai, Qingqin, put your swords away." Lin Bai smiled and stopped his two angry disciples. "Sect Leader Xin, you get up too. You didn't fall for any heart demon; it is a divine ability I just comprehended, which can make a designated person develop hostility toward me. My ability is limited, and I cannot protect all of you. With this Skill, I can protect you so that others won't use your lives to threaten me."

Xin Shang was stunned. What kind of hellish divine ability is this? Drawing danger to oneself? Was Lin Bai's head caught in a door to come up with such a divine ability to harm himself?

"Holy crap, Provocation!"

All around.

All the players shouted in the private chat channel simultaneously.

"I Am Not A Smurf" said: "An NPC with built-in Provocation; Shopkeeper Lin has even learned how to pull aggro. If anyone tries to push him, they won't be able to use any coordination at all!"

Longxi said uncertainly: "Such a powerful Skill shouldn't be usable on players, right! Also, Provocation should be a player Skill; why give it to an NPC?"

--------------------Author's Note--------------------

Ten thousand words now, I can draw two prizes. Can't compare to the big shots with twenty-five thousand, but I did my best! oo!