Chapter 264: I Want You to Assist My Cultivation

"Since he failed to kill Lin Bai in one go, True Person Zhou has no more chances." 【Eagle of Foresight】 said to Zhang Zhenren, "Zhenren, let the Heavenly Dao Sect make other plans!"

"..." Zhang Zhenren glanced at him, too lazy to speak. The Great Vehicle Realm Zhou Zu fighting Lin Bai was the current top priority; everyone was paying close attention, and he had listened to the broadcast from start to finish.

Zhang Zhenren was a member of the Heavenly Dao Sect; having his own sect's Great Vehicle Realm expert toyed with by Lin Bai made him feel exceptionally uncomfortable.

Zhou Zu suppressing Lin Bai was the only heartening segment, and he had thought the tables had turned at the time. But later, under Lin Bai's manipulation, Zhou Zu and Wuwang inexplicably became lovers, and he felt completely unwell.

One from the Buddha Spirit Sect at the No-Self Stage, one from the Heavenly Dao Sect at the Great Vehicle Realm—the two forming a Dao couple could be said to be a match in social standing.

But two old men, no matter how you looked at it, were a massive joke...

Do not mention any Way of Love; that was a joke.

Yet Zhou Zu was completely unaware of this, admitting to his feelings for Wuwang as a matter of course. In Zhang Zhenren's eyes, Lin Bai was simply rubbing the faces of the Heavenly Dao Sect and the Buddha Spirit Sect into the dirt over and over again...

If this matter spread, even if Lin Bai's cultivation was inferior to Zhou Zu and Wuwang Chanshi, he would still be the winner, and the two sects would have lost miserably.

"Zhenren, True Person Zhou is deeply trapped in Lin Bai's snare, and the Heavenly Dao Sect has no time to rescue him. The urgent priority is for the Heavenly Dao Sect to immediately publish an article via the *Heavenly Dao Journal*, condemning Lin Bai's Way of Love as a wicked path that disregards human ethics. Only by labeling him a demon can we reverse this decline.

Lin Bai is using the Way of Love to wantonly disrupt social order; men do not love women, women do not love men. If such a Way of Love is allowed to spread and emotions are wantonly manipulated, who will reproduce? In the long run, human civilization will surely be severed."

Looking at the still-distracted Zhang Zhenren, 【Eagle of Foresight】 said with composure, "There are already several examples, all personally manipulated by Lin Bai and exposed by him through *Justice Weekly*. These malicious deeds are covered by the halo of the Law of Love. Once we help him strip away that halo and let the world see the truth of Lin Bai's chaos, stripping away his mass base, the claim that Lin Bai's Justice Alliance is bringing cultivation to the common people will collapse on its own.

If we can confirm his status as a demon, even if countries like Taiyi want to help him, they will have to consider public opinion. If sects like the Beast Taming Studio want to cooperate with Lin Bai, the Heavenly Dao Sect will have a suitable reason to condemn him. This is the upright and proper Way of Kings."

When 【Eagle of Foresight】 was halfway through, Zhang Zhenren had already regained his senses. He listened carefully to the end, pondered for a moment, and said, "Good, go contact the Sect Master yourself and tell him your countermeasure."

"Lin Bai, do not torment Wuwang too much, otherwise, even if I have to never see Wuwang again for the rest of my life, I will kill you under my palm." Zhou Zu looked at Lin Bai and threatened viciously, "Do not use your so-called Way of Love to threaten me. With your temperament, if you could make the whole world fall in love with you, you would have done it long ago. Why go out of your way to say it to threaten me? Although I am constrained by you, my head is not muddled..."

Uh!

My own personality really has been seen through completely; it seems I'll have to find a more reasonable way to threaten people in the future...

Lin Bai laughed dumbly, shook his head and said: "You saw through me, didn't you? That's right, I indeed won't easily bind marriage to myself. After all, my goal is to cultivate the Heavenly Dao. Too many marriage ties would easily lead me to the position of the Love God and shake my will. But when my life is threatened, I can't worry about that much."

"..." Zhou Zu looked at Lin Bai and suddenly asked, "How does one cultivate the Law of Love?"

"Pay high respect to love, let everything about yourself give way to love, and be able to abandon everything for love," Lin Bai explained.

Xu Longyun and Jiang Qingqin looked at each other and both frowned.

"You simultaneously cultivate 'Words Follow the Law', the Way of Love, the Way of the Flaw, and even the Way of Cooking. You have achievements in every single Law path, which contradicts the 'pure heart' you preach. How do you explain this?" Zhou Zu asked.

Controlled by the Heavenly River, he no longer had the heart to kill Lin Bai; he simply stood in mid-air and discussed the Dao with Lin Bai.

Only by experiencing it personally could one realize the power of the Laws. Zhou Zu already had the intention to switch to cultivating the Law path, and there was no one in the world who understood the Law path better than the person before him.

Throughout Zhen City, many people looked up at the sky.

This was also a question in their hearts. The Law path had been spreading in the world for some time, but apart from Lin Bai, no one had succeeded in cultivating it.

It made people suspect that Lin Bai was keeping secrets, deliberately hiding the cultivation techniques for his own sake...

Zhou Zu asked the question that was in their hearts for them.

Lin Bai smiled and said: "Purity does not mean singularity. When I cultivate 'Words Follow the Law', there is only 'Words Follow the Law' in my heart; when I cultivate the Way of Cooking, there is only the Way of Cooking in my heart; when I experience love, there is nothing left in my eyes but my lover; this is my purity. The reason why the world fails is that they have thoughts of seeking quick success and instant benefits in their hearts. They do not love for the sake of love, but love for the sake of the Law. Thus, they have gone astray, and it is perfectly normal that they cannot comprehend the Law of the Great Way of Love..."

"You keep saying you want to become the Heavenly Dao; isn't that cultivating for the sake of the Law?" Zhou Zu was forced to smile, wiped his face impatiently, but still couldn't stop that damn smile, and asked in annoyance.

"I cultivate to become the Heavenly Dao. When I cultivate other Laws, I am indeed single-minded." Lin Bai said sincerely, "Perhaps it is this mindset that fits the Law path! True Person Zhou, perhaps you will say again that cultivating the Heavenly Dao is also an attachment. I am different from you all; I cultivate the Heavenly Dao only to become the Heavenly Dao. People in the world cultivate the Heavenly Dao, but they are always thinking about what benefits they can seek for themselves after becoming the Heavenly Dao, mixing in who knows how much selfishness; how could they succeed..."

"..." Zhou Zu was lost in thought.

Ye Song vaguely felt that something didn't make sense, but he didn't understand what was wrong.

But when Lin Bai expounded on the Law path, his body seemed to be filled with a sacred light, which made him have to believe that what Lin Bai said was true.

City Lord Feng Jing sighed inwardly and shook his head: "Selfless, pure—wouldn't that mean all officials would be excluded from Law cultivation?"

The players whispered:

"As expected, it's an NPC-exclusive technique. The Law's requirements for one's nature are too high. Players will never be able to practice it in this lifetime."

"I think players have a higher chance of succeeding than NPCs. NPCs have all kinds of distracting thoughts in their hearts, but players don't. We are unattached in this world and can easily achieve the 'single-mindedness' that Shopkeeper Lin mentioned."

"Unless you return to the mindset of playing a game, not thinking about making money from the Beggar Sect, not thinking about fighting for fame and fortune, only then is it possible to succeed. Shopkeeper Lin has already successfully corrupted you with benefits; wanting to restore a pure player's heart is as difficult as ascending to heaven."

"Yeah! Now all players are being led by Lin Bai down the wrong path, thinking only of making money. Shopkeeper Lin is the one who is truly uninhibited, doing whatever he wants. He is more like a player than the players themselves; it's no surprise he can succeed..."

Lin Bai and Zhou Zu debated the issue of the Laws in the sky for about half an hour.

Suddenly.

Both stopped talking at the same time and looked into the distance.

A black dot rushed toward them at high speed. Before the person arrived, the rolling sound of thunder arrived first: "Lin Bai, stop hurting my love!"

"Wuwang." Zhou Zu couldn't help but get excited, "It's him, he's here!"

"It's Wuwang Chanshi!"

"Holy crap, they really were paired up. How did Alliance Leader Lin do it?"

"Wuwang Chanshi clearly wasn't at the scene."

"Who still says it's a Charm Technique? This is the Law path."

"From enemies to lovers, you think for me, I think for you—it's incredible. I've decided, I'm going to cultivate this Way of Love too. Lin Bai becomes the Heavenly Dao, I want to become the Love God."

"What do you think the test Alliance Leader Lin set for Wuwang Chanshi was?"

"I don't care about that, I just want to know, between Wuwang Chanshi and Zhou Zu, who is the husband and who is the wife?"

"The Heavenly Dao Sect and the Buddha Spirit Sect would never have imagined that the Great Vehicle experts they sent to kill Lin Bai would be paired up by him? The remaining Great Vehicle experts really have to worry about whether they will suddenly have an extra husband or a wife when dealing with Lin Bai. Tsk tsk, this method is truly cruel..."

"Cruel? Why do I want to laugh a little?"

Ye Song watched Wuwang Chanshi, who drifted over like a red cloud to save his lover, his eye twitching violently as he cursed under his breath, "Damn it!"

……

"Zhou Lang, I am late. Let us join forces and slay Lin Bai." Wuwang Chanshi's speed was very fast, and as he approached, the Vajra Image of a wrathful deity emerged from behind him.

The Vajra Image was bare-chested, over a thousand meters tall, with Three Heads and Six Arms, holding Magic Tools such as a Sword, Demon-Subduing Pestle, Crescent Spade, and Demon-Subduing Bell.

Black clouds swirled around the image, obscuring its lower half and making it appear all the more fierce.

Wuwang Chanshi, draped in a red kasaya, stood before the Vajra Image; not only was he not made to look small by comparison, but he appeared all the more majestic.

However, his anxious gaze toward Zhou Zu looked quite discordant with the wrathful Dharma Image of the Vajra, diminishing the might of his Dharma Image...

……

Pressure came from all directions; the Great Vehicle Realm, indeed, has no simple figures.

Lin Bai was startled by the Vajra Image, and with a flick of his hand, a Heavenly River coiled around Wuwang.

"A mere water formation, what can it do to me?" Wuwang laughed arrogantly, channeling his Spiritual Power to shatter the Heavenly River wrapped around him.

He had been in a rush on his journey and did not know what had happened later.

But as his Spiritual Power brushed across the surface of the water, only a few ripples splashed up; the river remained unmoved, still coiling around him.

"Wuwang, hold your hand." Seeing that a Heavenly River had also appeared around Wuwang, Zhou Zu felt anxious and hurriedly warned him.

"Zhou Lang, do not fear. With us joining forces, Lin Bai is no match. Once we beat him to death, we two shall retire to the mountains and forests and never again concern ourselves with the worldly affairs of this world." Wuwang cast a tender gaze toward Zhou Zu and stepped forward to fly.

But just as they started, the river water around the two suddenly surged.

In an instant.

A great lake spread out in the sky, separating the two.

Even if Wuwang urged his Spiritual Power further, he still could not move forward an inch, let alone get close to Zhou Zu.

……

"Holy crap, it really is a Heavenly River. It says it won't let them meet, so it won't let them meet. Domineering, these special effects are top-tier." A player exclaimed, even forgetting to send a private message.

"Fazhe Zhidao, terrifying to this extent."

"I hope Lin Bai's Love Dao cannot be used on players."

"Too late, Lao Mi and the City Lord are already in love to the point of death."

"The Love Dao is a trap! Think about it, practicing the Love Dao requires two people to be in love, but as long as two people are in love, they will be restricted by the Heavenly River. This is to say, everyone who practices the Love Dao is restrained by Lin Bai for life and cannot be his enemy..."

"Put that way, it really is. The Love Dao is a trap; could other laws also be traps? Is it a scheme devised by the Righteous Sect to control the people of the world..."

"I am absolutely never going to practice the Love Dao."

"Shopkeeper Lin is destined to become the public enemy of the world; either he will be beaten to death by the people of the world, or he will become a true king and suppress everyone in the world."

……

The players were quick-witted and could always see different problems in the current situation.

……

"Zhou Lang, what is this?"

Trapped by the surging river water and unable to advance an inch, Wuwang Chanshi was extremely anxious and shouted toward Zhou Zu, who was separated by the river water in the distance, his face barely visible.

"Wuwang, this is the Heavenly River, a law established by Lin Bai, designed specifically for those in love. Being blocked by the Heavenly River, the more two people love each other, the less they can meet."

With the person he loved right before his eyes yet untouchable, Zhou Zu's heart felt as if it had sunk to the bottom of the sea, and he shouted in despair, "Wuwang, put away your divine ability. Before you arrived, Lin Bai had already promised me that only when you pass his test will he undo the Heavenly River curse for us. Otherwise, once you kill him, if no one else has cultivated the Love Dao, I fear we will never be able to meet again for the rest of our lives."

"I do not believe it. Zhou Lang, you have been bluffed by him; there is no law that cannot be broken." Wuwang Chanshi laughed arrogantly, "Just watch me break his Heavenly River."

Having said that.

He reached out and pressed down, and the Vajra Image behind him flipped the Golden Bowl in its hands.

With the mouth of the Golden Bowl facing downward, a huge suction force came from the sky. The water of the Heavenly River was drawn by the suction, and a pillar of water shot up into the sky and into the bowl. On the ground, branches swayed and trees shook, sand flew and stones rolled; branches, leaves, and mountain rocks all flew toward the bowl, and some trees were even uprooted and flew into the sky...

Lin Bai watched in awe.

Good fellow.

This is the Great Vehicle Realm!

It would not be an exaggeration to call his methods immortal arts.

It was no worse than when he had once shouted and leveled the mountains and forests for a hundred miles...

Products from the system are always high quality.

Lin Bai was not worried that the water of the Heavenly River would be sucked dry by Wuwang; he let Wuwang struggle as he pleased. The harder he struggled, the greater the impact on the outside world, and in a while, he would be all the more obedient.

Lin Bai gazed at the Vajra Image in the sky with some envy; the image was clearly composed of Spiritual Power, and he feared the Blacksmith Six-Piece Set would have no effect on it...

……

The bowl continuously drew in the water of the Heavenly River, but the water, over half a foot deep, seemed endless.

"Wuwang, do not waste your effort. The water of the Heavenly River can expand rapidly as we two get closer; I do not know where it comes from, it cannot be drained." Seeing Wuwang Chanshi's gradually paling complexion, Zhou Zu anxiously sought help from Lin Bai, saying, "Lin Bai, persuade him..."

Wuwang Chanshi ignored Zhou Zu and continued to mobilize his Spiritual Power, urging the Golden Bowl to attract the water of the Heavenly River.

But no matter how urgently he channeled his power, the water of the Heavenly River showed no signs of decreasing; it continued to surge and flow, acting like a natural chasm separating Wuwang and Zhou Zu...

Wuwang Chanshi's face grew redder and redder.

Pfft!

Finally, Wuwang could not hold on, and he spat out a mouthful of blood; the Vajra Image suddenly vanished into thin air.

Splash!

The mountain rocks, trees, and Heavenly River water that had been sucked into the Golden Bowl earlier all fell from the sky the moment the Vajra Image dissipated, smashing down onto Wuwang Chanshi's head and face.

Wuwang Chanshi could have dodged the debris, but he did not; instead, he closed his eyes, letting the Heavenly River water drench him into a drowned rat, standing there in a daze.

After a long while, Wuwang Chanshi wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, opened his eyes to look at the Heavenly River floating around him, and then looked at Zhou Zu, who was anxiously trying to rush over to heal him but was blocked by the Heavenly River. He sighed dejectedly and looked at Lin Bai: "Enough, Lin Bai, it was this old man who overestimated himself. Speak, what do you want this monk to do?"

Lin Bai smiled slightly, and with a thought, he dispersed the Heavenly River around Wuwang Chanshi, while still leaving the one for Zhou Zu, and said loudly: "Wuwang Chanshi, I want you to assist me in cultivating the Dao of Words Following the Law. If you can hold out for one day and one night, I will no longer make things difficult for you two and will let you take Zhou Zu away. How about that?"

I originally wanted to get along with you all as a Kryptonian, but what I got in return was alienation. Fine, I'm done pretending, I'm laying my cards on the table: I am Homelander.

This is a story about a guy who wears a Homelander template, is mistaken by others for a Kryptonian, but is actually a sinister and black-bellied fellow, causing trouble in the superhero world.

(End of this chapter)