Chapter 250: Matching Status and Social Standing

Lin Bai's five senses were sharp, and with the emotional feedback from his background, he knew Xu Longyun had arrived while she was still outside the door.

But when Xu Longyun appeared before him, she still managed to stun him.

It had to be said that Xu Longyun, appearing in her true form, was too beautiful; it was a beauty like a lotus rising from clear water, natural and unadorned, feeling completely different from the crowd of "face-pinched" beauties around him.

Like Luo Xue, even when she had been stripped of all her clothes by sound waves, he hadn't felt much upon seeing her; after all, he didn't know what kind of goods she was before she had pinched her face.

Lin Bai looked at Xu Longyun and nodded with a smile.

Xu Longyun was forced to smile, then gave Lin Bai a resentful glare.

……

Seeing the two of them exchanging glances, Feng Jing, who was forcing a smile, sighed silently in his heart: "This subordinate greets the County Princess. Since this is the intention of the Duke of Zhen, then this subordinate shall take his leave. If the County Princess has any instructions, just feel free to arrange for this old official."

Xu Longyun had produced the token of the Duke of Zhen, but Feng Jing knew that it was impossible for the Duke of Zhen to have issued such an order; it did not align with the interests of the Taiyi Kingdom.

The correct course of action for the Taiyi Kingdom was to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, then reap the benefits from the middle, not to enter the arena personally to help Lin Bai arm-wrestle the Seven Righteous Sects; after all, Lin Bai was too crazy and completely impossible to control.

The Taiyi, Taichu, and other kingdoms had long been dissatisfied with the Cultivation World, but being the first to enter the arena and tear into the Seven Righteous Sects head-on offered no benefits; if handled poorly, they could be wiped out as a nation...

As a mere small City Lord, he could not play much of a role in this matter, and in coming to see Lin Bai today, he had even prepared himself to die for the people.

Now that Xu Longyun had jumped out to take the blame, he was happy to detach himself from the vortex.

Whether it was the intention of the Duke of Zhen or the intention of Yunyang County Princess, when gods fight, a mortal like him could not handle it; it was better to leave it to those above. With the wisdom of the Duke of Zhen, sending Yunyang County Princess over at this critical juncture surely wasn't without purpose.

"City Lord, stay a while. This one still has matters that require the City Lord's cooperation!" Lin Bai called out to stop the City Lord.

"Lin Bai, you..." Xu Longyun's smile froze on her face as she looked at Lin Bai with a strange expression. To save Lin Bai, she had traveled without stopping.

Only after entering Zhen City did she learn from *Justice Weekly* that Lin Bai had blown the mountains and forests within a hundred-mile radius into flat land in one breath; she did not know he was practicing "Words Follow the Law."

Looking at the flirtatious Lin Bai, her heart suddenly felt so tired. Perhaps it would have been better to let Lin Bai's image remain as it was in Jiamu City; why did she have to rush over here!

"Please call me Master." Lin Bai glanced at Xu Longyun and skillfully switched to a mature woman's voice. Now, he could freely switch between several different female personas without any sense of incongruity.

"..." Xu Longyun.

"Xiaoyun, Master is practicing 'Words Follow the Law'," Jiang Qingqin explained from the side.

"Oh!" Xu Longyun replied, comforting herself in her heart. Since it was cultivation, it was excusable. After all, wasn't it his free-spirited and unconstrained nature that she had taken a fancy to in the first place?

However, the fact that the female voice he imitated was even more alluring than her own was unforgivable.

Feng Jing had a sharp eye and saw that there was something fishy between Yunyang County Princess and Lin Bai, so he took the initiative to lower his posture: "Alliance Leader Lin, what other instructions do you have?"

"City Lord Feng, you also know that this one intends to hold a Law Promotion Conference in Zhen City. Currently, thanks to this one's unremitting efforts, 'Words Follow the Law' and the 'Love Dao' have already spread throughout the world. However, the 'Incomplete Dao' and the 'Way of Cooking' have had a lukewarm response. This time, at the Law Promotion Conference, this one plans to vigorously promote these two laws."

When Lin Bai spoke to the City Lord, his expression was serious, but his tone was soft and sweet, which made Xu Longyun's teeth itch, but since she couldn't interrupt Lin Bai's cultivation, she could only glare resentfully at Feng Jing from the side.

Even getting jealous of an old man, the County Princess is beyond saving!

Feng Jing sighed inwardly, remaining calm on the surface: "How does the Alliance Leader plan to promote them?"

"This one intends to use the City Lord's name to unite the three cities of Zhen City, Qian City, and Kun City, invite well-known chefs from the three cities, and hold a cooking competition to demonstrate the mysteries of the culinary arts to the world," Lin Bai said.

Feng Jing was stunned. He looked at Lin Bai and roared in his heart: Are you sick in the head!

You are currently being hunted by someone in the Great Vehicle Realm!

What kind of cooking competition are you holding?

Do you really hold the Seven Righteous Sects in such low regard?

After pondering for a moment, Feng Jing said: "Alliance Leader, holding a cooking competition at this time, I'm afraid it's not very appropriate!"

"There is nothing inappropriate about it. No matter how difficult the environment, this Alliance Leader will never forget his own mission!" Lin Bai changed his tone again and said proudly, "This Alliance Leader will not be like the Seven Righteous Sects, who will stop at nothing to suppress dissent. The 'Way of Cooking' is broad and profound, and it is the closest to the people's livelihood; therefore, the promotion of the 'Way of Cooking' is imperative. This Alliance Leader will personally participate in the competition, take the championship of the cooking competition in front of the world, and will take the runner-up as a disciple to teach them the Great Dao of Cooking."

"But..."

Feng Jing wanted to say more, but was interrupted by Xu Longyun: "City Lord Feng, there are no 'buts.' Agree to him. The 'Law of Cultivation' is broad and profound. In the future, there will inevitably be conflicts between the Cultivation World and the Heavenly Descended. Cultivating the 'Law of Cultivation' can allow the common people to have the confidence to protect themselves when facing the Heavenly Descended."

"Yes." Feng Jing agreed sheepishly, thinking to himself, let you all toss and turn as you please!

Lin Bai nodded at Xu Longyun with a smile. A single shout had leveled the mountains and forests for a hundred miles; such deterrence was enough to shock those in the Great Vehicle Realm and make them afraid to act rashly.

But sound wave attacks did not distinguish between friend and foe, and could not be used unless absolutely necessary; if things went wrong, he might end up killing himself.

It would be better to take this opportunity to grind the tasks of the relatively peaceful Chef God System. For one, it showed that he was fearless, and for another, it might be possible to pull the Taiyi Kingdom onto his boat. Xu Longyun's sudden arrival also greatly increased the possibility of the Taiyi Kingdom becoming an ally.

In troubled times, no one can stay out of it.

The Taiyi Kingdom wanted to use him to charge into battle and pick up the benefits from behind; Lin Bai would not give them that chance.

"Thank you, City Lord. As for the 'Incomplete Dao'..." Lin Bai smiled and continued, but before he could say a few words, he was interrupted by Xu Longyun again.

Xu Longyun frowned as she looked at Lin Bai, her expression mournful: "Master, you promised me that the 'Incomplete Dao' would be held in Jiamu City. I cannot fail the people of Jiamu City."

The task of the Wanwu Youque System was to spread the idea of incompleteness and make over seven thousand people believe that incompleteness was something.

Lin Bai had destroyed mountain gates, mixed various texts about incompleteness into the promotion in *Justice Weekly*, and made all kinds of efforts, but the task had never shown as completed.

This made Lin Bai feel very puzzled, until he shouted out a Great Vehicle Realm expert with one breath, and he realized where the problem lay.

The 'Love Dao' had 'Love Separation,' 'Words Follow the Law' had a strike comparable to the Great Vehicle Realm, and even for the 'Way of Cooking,' he had once had a dish that illuminated half the sky.

Only the 'Incomplete Dao' had never revealed its true power. Prophecies and the like had no concrete manifestation at all. People only saw him causing destruction, so it was normal for them to have doubts about the 'Incomplete Dao'...

Clearly, activities like holding exhibitions were no longer very effective. He had to make the world realize that the 'Incomplete Dao' was truly useful for the Wanwu Youque System's tasks to continue.

This was a difficult problem.

The Internal Energy and Martial Arts rewarded by the Wanwu Youque System could not keep up with his pace of causing trouble; the only useful reward at present was the Great Demon Liberation Manual.

But he had defined the 'Incomplete Dao' as the Dao of Fortune Telling, which did not match the Great Demon Liberation Manual, so the promotion of the 'Incomplete Dao' was somewhat awkward.

Currently, Lin Bai could not find a way to break the deadlock.

Fortunately, if one side doesn't shine, the other does; the rewards from other systems were enough for him to deal with all this, and promoting the 'Incomplete Dao' was better than nothing.

Since Xu Longyun brought up Jiamu City, he would just agree to her, so he nodded: "Fine, the promotion of the 'Incomplete Dao' will remain scheduled for Jiamu City."

Xu Longyun turned her anger into a smile: "Thank you, Master."

"Since that is the case, this Feng shall take his leave." Feng Jing shook his head helplessly and proposed his departure again.

"City Lord, please go ahead. Come back and play next time! Baiyin, escort the City Lord back to his residence." Lin Bai glanced at Feng Jing and used the tone of a brothel madam to see off the guest.

After all, having a beginning and an end is the only way to manifest his way of hospitality!

……

"Xiaoyun, you aren't in Jiamu City, so how do you have the free time to come find me?" After the City Lord left, Lin Bai looked at Xu Longyun and switched into the mode of chatting with a best friend.

Habit becomes nature.

As long as he isn't embarrassed, the one who is embarrassed is someone else.

Xu Longyun looked at the seductive Lin Bai and sighed helplessly: "Isn't it because Master is too good at causing trouble? In just a few days, you've made yourself a public enemy of the world, and even the Great Vehicle Stage has been mobilized to deal with the Justice Alliance. This disciple was afraid of never seeing Master again, so I rushed over in a hurry to lend Master a hand."

"Good sister, it was not in vain for Master to dote on you." Lin Bai smiled at Xu Longyun, "Since you've come, don't leave. Once a few disciples are gathered, Master can arrange your cultivation and lead you to fame across the world. Let outsiders tremble with fear whenever they mention the five sisters of the Justice Sect."

What is this and what is that?

Xu Longyun was used to being serious; hearing Lin Bai's incoherent words, she couldn't respond for a moment and was forced to smile.

At this moment, she actually had the thought again that Lin Bai was not a good match. Living a lifetime with such a bizarre fellow, she would be driven insane by the torment!

But soon, her face turned red.

Lin Bai hadn't even agreed to accept her yet, so why was she thinking all this nonsense here? It was just troubling herself for nothing. If she had that leisure, she might as well think of a way to snatch Master away from Jiang Qingqin!

Even if she felt it wasn't suitable, she would have to be the one to dump Lin Bai first.

Feeling the hostility suddenly coming from Xu Longyun's side, Jiang Qingqin looked at her strangely; her originally relaxed and natural smile turned into embarrassment and guilt.

After all, she had snatched her best friend's man.

But soon, her gaze turned firm again, and she looked back at Xu Longyun. So what if they were best friends? Who told her to be slow to act!

Now, she was the recognized lover of Lin Bai.

If Xu Longyun dared to play dirty, she would let her taste the power of a love stronger than gold.

She believed in Lin Bai. Lin Bai had realized Love Separation from her; if his feelings weren't deep, how could he have comprehended a divine ability?

The little white fox didn't sense the tension between the two junior sisters at all and kindly reminded Lin Bai: "Master, Senior Brother Deng is a man."

"In the future, when he cultivates 'Words Follow the Law', I can make him become a woman," Lin Bai said. His senses were much sharper; he was perfectly clear about what Jiang Qingqin and Xu Longyun were thinking.

But right now, his situation was like walking a tightrope; one slip and he would be doomed. How could he care about romance? If they wanted to make a fuss, let them; a cold-shoulder treatment would suffice.

When he could summon wind and rain in this world in the future and no longer had to live a life of uncertainty, it wouldn't be too late to consider personal issues. A man should prioritize his career.

Ignoring Jiang Qingqin's triumphant gaze, Xu Longyun took out the Magic Tool she had begged for from home, looked at Lin Bai with a smile, and said: "Master, this is the Hunyuan Jade I begged from my father. It can block nine attacks from the Great Vehicle Realm. I know your Fazhe Zhidao is peerless in the world, but this is a token of this disciple's heart, so please, Master, you must accept it."

What love stronger than gold?

It's fine if this County Princess doesn't use methods, but if I really use them, I'll leave you eight streets behind in an instant...

Snatching this County Princess's man, are you even worthy?

Jiang Qingqin's expression changed instantly. These days, she had been distressed about not being able to help Lin Bai, but Xu Longyun had played a trump card right away. She couldn't handle it at all; she was just a small Golden Core in the Hundred Flowers Valley, and her current status was brought to her by Lin Bai. What qualifications did she have to compete with the Duke of the State who held power over the world?

"Good sister, you're loyal." Lin Bai was ecstatic and reached out to take the Hunyuan Jade. Hadn't he always been worried about insufficient defense?

The sects he had subdued were all the lowest-level small sects; where would they have any good treasures?

With this Hunyuan Jade that could block nine attacks from the Great Vehicle Realm, the skills rewarded by the system would finally have a real place to be used. As long as he could take down one Great Vehicle Realm expert, he would be a genuine Great Vehicle Realm expert himself...

Xu Longyun returned a triumphant look to Jiang Qingqin and smiled: "Master, I also have a Thousand Mile Talisman here. When you encounter danger, you can randomly teleport a thousand miles away. I know Master might not need it, but keep it just in case. Please accept it, Master."

Xu Longyun complimented Lin Bai calmly, as if she had just given away two insignificant Dharma Treasures.

Jiang Qingqin became even more silent. Two Divine Artifacts given away casually—what could she use to compete with Xu Longyun? Was the only path left to offer herself in bed?

"Good treasure, I knew Xiaoyun was the best. You really are Master's intimate little cotton-padded jacket." Lin Bai took the Thousand Mile Talisman again and praised her without stint. Sure enough, the County Princess was his lucky star. Back in Jiamu City, she gave him pills and a Token, and now she was giving him Dharma Treasures. She was truly a wife who would bring prosperity to her husband.

Nothing is better than eating soft rice!

Xu Longyun's face turned slightly red, and she urged: "Master, do not use the Thousand Mile Talisman casually. Spatial Dharma Treasures have always been unstable. The Thousand Mile Talisman can indeed teleport a person a thousand miles away in an instant, but it could also send one into a mountain, the earth, or magma. One careless move could lead to even greater danger. Unless one has great Luck, it should not be used at all. Please be extremely cautious when using it."

"Master is a man who will cultivate the Heavenly Dao; the thing I lack the least is Luck." Lin Bai waved his hand and plucked more than ten Spirit Fruits from the tree, smiling as he said, "Little Yunyun, Master cannot take your treasures for nothing. Come, these Concentration Fruits are all for you. After eating them, cultivate well, and from now on, Master will take you all to fly together!"

"These are?" Xu Longyun asked.

"Fruits for Spirit Refining. There are no side effects; eat as many as you want. If you don't have enough, just ask Master for more," Lin Bai said. Xu Longyun's Dharma Treasure came from the Duke of the State, and perhaps Xu Longyun's love for him was mixed into it.

But the fact that she could obtain the Magic Tool and bring it to him proved that the Duke of the State was showing goodwill toward him.

Then.

He would absolutely not be stingy in showing his own strength.

If their strength is comparable, then there is enough confidence to discuss cooperation.

(End of chapter)