Chapter 256: Fighting Barbarians with Barbarians

A large number of Heavenly Descended entering the world should have caused a certain degree of chaos, but they were picked up by cultivators as soon as they appeared in Basic City.

Therefore.

The lives of ordinary people were not significantly affected.

The greatest excitement still came from the confrontation between the Justice Alliance and the Seven Righteous Sects.

The second day after the Heavenly Descended entered the world.

With Zhen City and Qian City as the centers, the Justice Alliance's publishing house released a comic book called "The Legend of Lin Bai".

The comic had only one scene, titled "Lin Bai Enters the World," simply recounting the story of Lin Bai, who had lived in the Justice Sect for over ten years, being sent down the mountain by his master's orders and sent to Jiamu City to make a living.

The story began with Lin Bai using clever means to borrow two hundred taels of silver from Luo Congwen, and ended abruptly when he was deceived by a property agent into leasing a haunted shop, with the antics of the Heavenly Descended in the city interspersed in between...

It was not long, only a short dozen or so pages.

Everyone had long since learned of Lin Bai's past experiences from "Justice Weekly," so the story of "The Legend of Lin Bai" could only be considered reheating leftovers.

What made it novel to everyone was the form of the story's presentation; the content on every page was entirely presented in the form of exaggerated illustrations, supplemented by exaggerated and concise text, making people feel as if they were on the scene, unable to stop.

Especially the division of realms and combat power within it, which was even more refreshing.

As soon as it hit the market, it triggered a rush to buy.

Especially.

The Justice Alliance's Artifact Refining Workshop simultaneously launched some small protective toys related to Lin Bai, as well as some super cute dolls in the image of Lin Bai.

For a time.

Lin Bai, who had been overshadowed by more than a dozen Great Vehicle Realm ancestors, made a strong return to the focus of the trending topics.

People talked about Lin Bai in every conversation.

Children took pride in owning a toy in the image of Lin Bai, saying, "This young master is the World Walker of the Justice Sect, Lin Bai..."

Young ladies and young wives who never stepped out of their doors were also willing to buy a cute Lin Bai doll to take home, holding and playing with it for a while when they had nothing to do.

The number of Lin Bai's fans grew at a rate visible to the naked eye.

It was just that other towns lacked color printers, and ordinary woodblock printing was not conducive to printing comics; otherwise, if it had been rolled out simultaneously, the task of gaining one hundred thousand fans for a super idol would likely have been completed right then.

At the same time.

"Heavenly Dao Journal" published an article, "The Lin Bai Who Keeps Talking About Saving the World Is the Real Invader."

The article expounded on the argument that Lin Bai came from another world from various aspects, which were exactly the points listed by the conglomerate players: different Fazhe Zhidao, the Justice Sect that could not be traced, his bizarre methods of doing things, as well as the recording pen, digital camera, and color printer...

An article attempted to incite opposition among the people toward the Justice Alliance, denying Lin Bai from the root, and even comparing Lin Bai to an extraterrestrial demon.

But unfortunately, the comic version of "The Legend of Lin Bai" was superior.

With the situation of first impressions, people no longer cared whether Lin Bai was an invader or not.

Moreover.

Nowadays, Heavenly Descended are everywhere in the world, and invaders are everywhere; what does it matter if there is one more Lin Bai?

Furthermore, in the eyes of the public, Lin Bai, this outsider, was more grounded, and the things he did were more than what the Cultivation World had done in ten thousand years.

Comparing the two, they were more willing to be close to the Justice Alliance.

A new round of public opinion war.

The Seven Righteous Sects were once again soundly defeated.

Qian City, Beggar Sect.

Several players gathered together, each holding a copy of "The Legend of Lin Bai," discussing the future of the game with great interest.

"I never thought I would chase comics in a game," said 【Jinzhao Wujiu】.

"The most ridiculous thing is that this is still a Xianxia game," said 【Xihuan Beidong】.

"The game company has truly mastered reality; you never know where the world situation will take a turn..." said 【Siegouyi】.

"The design regarding Lin Bai is becoming clearer and clearer. The game officials' positioning for Lin Bai is that of an alternative player, or a transmigrator. He handles public opinion and manages fans. Except for the Fazhe Zhidao which cannot be explained, he plays the reality set very smoothly..." said 【Jinggai】.

"If he is a transmigrator, then he should be the most successful transmigrator; he has completely overshadowed the players," said 【Jinzhao Wujiu】.

"If your dad were the boss of the game company, your limelight could also overshadow others," said 【Siegouyi】.

"I don't know if there is anyone controlling Lin Bai behind the scenes. If not, Lin Bai's level of intelligence is too high; the Seven Righteous Sects and the Demonic Five Sects can't keep up at all," said 【Jinggai】.

"A transmigrator has the knowledge of a world as a backing; it's normal for the natives not to keep up. What's sad is that we can't keep up either. We are also transmigrators, yet all the rhythms are led by Lin Bai," said 【Jinzhao Wujiu】.

"Do you think there might really be a world behind Lin Bai?" asked 【Siegouyi】.

"God knows. Having played too many games, I can hardly tell the difference between reality and the game anymore. The game company created the Xianxia World and Shenmo Dalu; creating another world for Lin Bai is also justifiable. If they have a program for derivative worlds, creating a new world and setting the program, it would evolve on its own..." said 【Xihuan Beidong】.

"Conglomerates have entered the game, and I don't know what big moves they will make. Like Shanlu, loud thunder but small raindrops, and in the end, they achieve nothing and become a joke," 【Jinggai】 said with Zhaofeng.

"Normal. Some of those large conglomerates might not even be able to handle things when changing countries, let alone crossing a world. The game world must follow the laws of the game world; it's normal to be unacclimated."

On the Suspension Talisman.

【Yuanjian Zhiying】, having heard of Lin Bai's flashy operations, sighed secretly and said to Zhang Zhenren, "You have once again fallen behind Lin Bai. He has already begun to build his personal image. Comics, dolls, the Justice Alliance... as long as Lin Bai establishes a three-dimensional personal image among the people, even if his image is not so perfect, as long as it is deeply rooted in people's hearts, no matter how much dirt you throw at him, it will be of no avail."

"Then how should we respond?" asked Zhang Zhenren.

"Either spare no cost and defeat him with lightning speed," said 【Yuanjian Zhiying】, "or calm down, take a pragmatic route, rely on a strong foundation to take root among the people, and compete with Lin Bai's Justice Alliance for the hearts of the people..."

"Can we launch our own idols?" asked Zhang Zhenren. "The Heavenly Dao Sect has the Dao Child, and the Heavenly Sword Sect has the Sword Child. Their cultivation progresses by leaps and bounds, and their images are not much worse than Lin Bai's?"

"Do they have legendary experiences like Lin Bai's?" asked 【Yuanjian Zhiying】.

"Does the omen at birth count?" said Zhang Zhenren.

"This kind of thing can be fabricated; no one will believe it," 【Yuanjian Zhiying】 smiled and said, "Zhang Zhenren, it seems you also realize that you won't be able to take down Lin Bai for a while. Zhenren, actually, your line of thinking is indeed good. How about this: cooperate with our Group. We provide the strategy, you provide the resources, and we will have a showdown with Lin Bai's Justice Alliance. When it comes to management strategy, I am confident I am not much worse than Lin Bai. Only an outsider can defeat an outsider."

Zhang Zhenren looked at 【Yuanjian Zhiying】 and said, "It is inconvenient to pass messages through the Heavenly Descended. We will arrive at the Heavenly Dao Sect tomorrow. You can discuss these words with the Sect Master. I am just a small Spirit Transformation True Person; I cannot make decisions on these major matters, nor do I have a say."

"Very well." Yuanjian Zhiying smiled gently, pretending to be casual as he asked, "True Person Zhang, I wonder what kind of person the Sect Master is? As the head of the seven righteous sects, the Heavenly Dao Sect must be led by someone who has cultivated for a very long time!"

"The Sect Master is in the Tribulation Transcendence Stage; if not for having to deal with the catastrophe triggered by the Heavenly Descended, he could have already undergone Tribulation Transcendence and ascended," True Person Zhang said. "You say the Sect Master has cultivated for a long time, but you underestimate him. The Sect Master was also a heaven-gifted talent of his generation. He managed the various miscellaneous affairs of the Heavenly Dao Sect while cultivating, and it only took him over eight hundred years to reach the Tribulation Transcendence Realm..."

"Eight hundred years to reach the Tribulation Transcendence Stage. The Heavenly Dao Sect must have many in the Tribulation Transcendence Stage then!" Yuanjian Zhiying looked up at the sky and asked again.

"Handling you Heavenly Descended is no problem," True Person Zhang glanced at Yuanjian Zhiying and chuckled, "It is only because Lin Bai and his Justice Alliance have caused such a huge stir that you Heavenly Descended are able to enter the Heavenly Dao Sect at all. You once said that in your world, you are a conglomerate equivalent to the Heavenly Dao Sect, but looking at your cultivation, you seem no different from the ordinary Heavenly Descended..."

"What enters this world is not our true bodies," Yuanjian Zhiying said dismissively. "Therefore, no matter how much damage we suffer in this world, it has no effect on us."

Similar scenes were also taking place among the teams of the Heavenly Sword Sect, Shengji Sect, Danling Sect, Wanhun Valley, and others, as elites from large conglomerates used their own methods to understand the internal composition of the sects in the Xianxia World.

A bird's-eye view.

Lin Bai and his Justice Alliance were expanding aggressively and rapidly, using entirely Real World methods.

If they wanted to defeat Lin Bai and gain a voice in this world, they could not follow the original path of steady cultivation; cooperating with large sects was the fastest way.

Of course.

Before discussing cooperation, Lin Bai and his Justice Alliance absolutely could not fall.

Therefore.

These conglomerate elites were very restrained when offering advice to the seven righteous sects or the Demonic Five Sects, and did not immediately resort to any scorched-earth tactics.

Before they had developed themselves, they needed the Justice Alliance and the seven righteous sects to remain in long-term confrontation.

The seven righteous sects, for their part, were also testing this new batch of Heavenly Descended.

Although they looked forward to learning about the Real World from these conglomerate elites, they also harbored deep wariness toward the Heavenly Descended and would not believe every word they said.

Furthermore.

They had dispatched those in the Great Vehicle Realm to hunt down Lin Bai, and they also needed to wait for a result.

If Lin Bai were to die and the Justice Alliance did not emerge.

This group of Heavenly Descended would immediately become targets for suppression; no sect would allow this group of talented Heavenly Descended to grow up.

There was only one Lin Bai, but there were thousands upon thousands of Heavenly Descended.

Currently, Lin Bai was the threat, but in the long run, the Heavenly Descended were a greater threat.

They were still able to distinguish which was more important.

(End of this chapter)