Chapter 249: The Ever-Changing Lin Bai

【Increase your reputation so that petty villains dare not covet the Justice Sect because of your name (Completed); Reward: Main Hall (Within the Main Hall, your various attributes are doubled, and it can be extracted at any time)】

【For the disciples' reputation, having an excellent Sect Leader is not enough; the development of the sect requires the support of excellent disciples. Please let three disciples go down the mountain to venture out and make a name for themselves; Reward: Sect Soul (Disciples who join the sect will consciously uphold the dignity of the sect)】

The latest issue of "Justice Weekly" was released, the Super Sect Leader System's task was completed, and the world finally recognized the strength of the Justice Sect.

Since the issuance of the Righteous and Evil Execution Order, the various cultivators and sects that had rushed from all over the world to execute Lin Bai had all stopped in their tracks.

Law Power is ethereal, but if one studies it carefully, one can always find flaws. The Spirit Transformation realm is neither high nor low; those with a certain amount of strength, driven by profit, will always harbor a fluke mentality and come to try their luck.

But the strength of the Great Vehicle Realm is enough to make ninety percent of people shrink back. Luck can be tested, but strength cannot; challenging the Great Vehicle Realm is no different from courting death.

The reputation of the Cultivation World must ultimately be supported by strength.

The next task of the Super Sect Leader System also requires the disciples' reputation. Lin Bai had renamed Huilong Temple to the Justice Sect, and the former Huilong Temple Taoists were now considered disciples of the Justice Sect.

But given the trouble Lin Bai had stirred up, whether it was the disciples of Huilong Temple or the five disciples taken in by the Haoweirenshi System System System, not a single one could be brought out to show off, let alone stand on their own.

In the Justice Alliance, the little white fox, Jiang Qingqin, and others dared to call him Master, but once they left the protection of the Justice Alliance to venture out, they would likely be beaten to death by others in a matter of minutes...

Thus.

Like the tasks of the Haoweirenshi System System System, the tasks of the Super Sect Leader System were also temporarily shelved by Lin Bai. If he wanted them to go out and venture, they at least needed to have some skills worth showing off.

Why was there no system that allowed others to grow rapidly?

How vexing!

……

The Main Hall rewarded by the Super Sect Leader System could double his personal attributes, yet Lin Bai did not extract the Main Hall.

Back then.

He had defined Huilong Temple as the Justice Sect and installed a system-rewarded array there, but after leaving Huilong Temple, he never had the chance to return. This always made Lin Bai feel that placing the array at Huilong Temple was a waste.

All kinds of system tasks destined him to be unable to stay in one place for long.

Was there nowhere suitable to put the system-rewarded items?

The Xuanbing Quan was left in Qian City and had already become a benefit for the Beggar Sect's Artifact Refining Workshop. The Beggar Sect even used the water from the Xuanbing Quan to create a brand to sell, which basically had nothing to do with Lin Bai anymore.

The Mountain Protection Array was left at Huilong Temple. Since he was drifting in other places, it was highly probable that no one would go to raid his old nest, so it had no meaning. Theoretically, the Mountain Protection Array was also wasted.

Therefore.

Before truly settling down, it was better to keep the system rewards stored.

With attributes doubled inside the Main Hall, who knows when he might attack the Heavenly Dao Sect; if he released the Main Hall in their sect, he could immediately turn their home field into his own...

Besides the Main Hall, the Earth Heart Fire rewarded by the Craftsman God System, and the Alchemy Furnace and Yin Yang Fan rewarded by the Divine Doctor System were all stored in the system as well!

Lin Bai believed that the Justice Sect should not have a fixed mountain gate; it should be wherever he was, the Justice Sect was there.

……

Walking in the bustling Zhen City, Lin Bai could finally feel a trace of the breath of life. He liked the life of the common people; the cultivators who spent their days scheming against each other were too lacking in human touch.

The Justice Alliance Army was too large, and entering the city rashly could easily cause panic among the commoners.

Under Lin Bai's instruction, the Alliance Army did not enter Zhen City but split into four routes to clear out the mountain bandits and road bullies on the roads to the four Basic Cities around Zhen City, and to help level the roads to facilitate transportation.

He replicated what he had done in Qian City in Zhen City.

Since he had said that cultivation should enter the common folk, he had to carry it through to the end. Transportation is the foundation of the economy; if he wanted to revitalize this world, he had to open up the roads.

The cultivators of the Justice Alliance came to Zhen City to help repair bridges and roads, building up their reputation. No matter how much dirt the "Heavenly Dao Journal" of the Seven Righteous Sects splashed on him, it was not scary.

The Seven Righteous Sects and the Demonic Five Sects could learn to publish their own weeklies, but they could not learn the philosophy promoted by the Justice Alliance. Once they learned their philosophy, wouldn't that prove that what the Justice Alliance was doing was the right thing...

Moreover.

Tomorrow, a new batch of players would arrive to occupy the Basic Cities, allowing him to absorb players into the Justice Alliance on the largest scale. First, it could strengthen the Beggar Sect and achieve the Big Brother's cause; second, players were resources—the more he snatched, the less the Seven Righteous Sects and the Demonic Five Sects would get.

It was safer to keep such a powerful weapon as players under his own control.

Although the Justice Alliance used the slogan of bringing cultivation to the common folk, the high-and-mighty mindset that cultivators had cultivated for tens of thousands of years could not be changed overnight. They did not know how to get along with the common people and were happy to help Lin Bai do these odd jobs.

……

Lin Bai led several Sect Leaders, the Beggar Sect players, and the Alliance Army composed of players into Zhen City.

The Justice Alliance's pill and artifact refining industries were mainly concentrated in Qian City. Because of the Righteous and Evil Execution Order, the industries had been banned for a period of time, but as his prestige grew, those banned industries were reopened.

Now that he had come to Zhen City, he naturally had to spread his industries here.

The wider the industries were spread, the more convenient it would be for him to grind tasks in the future.

Lin Bai's sudden arrival, directing the Justice Alliance Army to repair bridges and roads and opening various pill workshops and Artifact Refining Workshops in the city, seemed to be doing good deeds for the people and implementing the Justice Alliance's strategy.

Yet, the City Lord of Zhen City, Feng Jing, was so worried he was about to cry.

Lin Bai had just performed the feat of blowing away ten thousand miles of mountains and forests with a single breath, and then turned around and brought the Justice Alliance Army to his Zhen City to hold some Law Promotion Conference.

Was this helping him?

This was clearly costing him his life.

In his view, Lin Bai was not holding any promotion conference; he was binding the millions of commoners in Zhen City to his Justice Alliance, making the Great Vehicle Realm cultivators who were hunting him down afraid to strike at will.

Always talking about bringing cultivation to the common folk, yet he was bringing the flames of war to innocent commoners. This guy was truly the worst!

After thinking it over and being unable to sit still, Feng Jing did not wait for Lin Bai to find him and took the initiative to come to the Justice Alliance office to find Lin Bai.

When Feng Jing arrived, a group of Heavenly Descended were hanging signs on the newly purchased courtyard:

"Justice Alliance Office in Zhen City"

"Beggar Sect Zhen City Branch"

"Justice Alliance Army Office in Zhen City"

"Justice Weekly Zhen City Editorial Department"

"Heavenly Dao Review Editorial Department in Zhen City"

"Demon Kingdom Embassy in Zhen City"

……

Rows of signs shone brightly, catching the eye and appearing even more conspicuous than his government office.

Feng Jing was staring blankly at the signs.

Lin Bai had already come out to greet him with a beaming smile: "Oh my, what wind blew the City Lord here? If you had any orders, you could have just sent someone to let me know. Why go to the trouble of coming yourself? Come, come, come, please, step inside. Baiyin, go prepare good wine and food, and find two fairies from the Hundred Flowers Valley to keep the City Lord company..."

The task of adopting a woman's way of speaking was still in progress; the haughty royal sister style, the cute loli style, and the cold queen style were clearly unsuitable for talking to the City Lord. Lin Bai gritted his teeth and simply used the madam style most commonly seen in ancient government offices—a madam is a woman, too!

The moment Lin Bai smiled, Feng Jing subconsciously revealed a smile.

But Lin Bai's fluent Yihong Courtyard style left him stunned on the spot.

He looked at Lin Bai, then at the courtyard where the signs were being hung, suspecting that he had gone to the wrong place, or that the person who came out simply wasn't Lin Bai.

Yet, looking at the uniform, eerie smiles all around, the iron-clad fact proved that the person before him was indeed Lin Bai...

The corner of Feng Jing's eye twitched involuntarily, and he thought to himself, "Indeed, hearing of someone is not as good as meeting them. How could such a demonic, evil fellow have the nerve to claim he belongs to the Justice Sect..."

Seeing that Feng Jing remained silent for a long time, Lin Bai smiled again: "Oh my, don't be surprised. The City Lord has come at an inconvenient time; I am practicing 'Words Manifesting into Law.' Since the City Lord doesn't like me speaking in a madam's voice, I'll just change to another one!"

"..." Feng Jing's smile grew increasingly stiff. He looked at Lin Bai and wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Can Alliance Leader Lin change to yet another way of speaking?"

"Please call me Alliance Leader." Lin Bai looked at the unromantic Feng Jing, switched back to the royal sister style, and shook his head, "City Lord, don't mind the way of speaking; language is merely a tool for communication. We should focus more on the content of the conversation, shouldn't we? I wonder what business brings the City Lord to me?"

Forcing himself to ignore Lin Bai's ever-changing speaking style, Feng Jing took a deep breath, cupped his hands in a salute to Lin Bai, and said, "I would like to request that the Alliance Leader temporarily leave Zhen City."

"Why?" Lin Bai cast a glance at him and said, "My Justice Alliance Army has not committed a single offense against Zhen City, and we have even done our utmost to boost Zhen City's economy and benefit the people. Yet, on the very first day I entered the city, the City Lord wants to drive me away. Is this opposition to the policies of my Justice Alliance, or do you simply look down on me, Lin?"

"Alliance Leader Lin, I am but a minor City Lord, so I would naturally never dare to be disrespectful to the Justice Alliance. To tell the truth, I have studied all the publications of 'Justice Weekly' and quite agree with the Alliance Leader's proposal that cultivation should serve the people's livelihood." Feng Jing hurriedly explained, forcing a smile, "But the Seven Righteous Sects and the Demonic Five Sects have all dispatched Great Vehicle Realm experts to hunt down the Alliance Leader. As an expert of the Great Vehicle Realm yourself, you naturally know that battles between those of the Great Vehicle Realm cause too much collateral damage. I cannot speak to the experts of the Seven Righteous Sects, so I had to come to the Alliance Leader. Since the Alliance Leader puts the people first, I beg you, for the sake of the millions of citizens in Zhen City, to temporarily leave..."

Lin Bai smiled and gave Feng Jing a flirtatious wink, saying, "I knew it, the City Lord also looks down on that bunch of hypocrites from the Seven Righteous Sects. Set your heart at ease; I guarantee you that even if Great Vehicle Realm experts come, I will not let them harm the citizens of this city in the slightest. How about this: the next issue of 'Justice Weekly' will feature the citizens of Zhen City as its theme. We will use the banner of righteousness to corner the Great Vehicle Realm experts of the Seven Righteous Sects and the Demonic Five Sects, making them afraid to strike..."

【Resentment from Feng Jing: +1 +1 +1】

Feng Jing was forced to smile again. He had long forgotten Lin Bai's bizarre way of speaking and said urgently, "Alliance Leader, that is not what I meant, I..."

"Good, let's do exactly that." A crisp voice came from outside the courtyard, interrupting Feng Jing. Immediately after, a tall figure stood beside the two; it was Xu Longyun, appearing in her true form. She gave Lin Bai a faint glance, looked at Feng Jing, and reached out to show her a Token, "City Lord Feng, I am the Yunyang County Princess, representing the Duke of the State. From this moment on, I will be fully responsible for all liaison work with the Justice Alliance."

(End of chapter)