Chapter 294: Master and Disciple of One Mind

【... Mountain Gate recaptured (Completed); Reward: 300 Merit】

【... Big Brother's crisis (Resolved); Reward: 100 Luck】

The gains brought by the Battle of Zhen City continued to ferment, and two task completion notifications sounded in succession in Lin Bai's mind.

The lost territory was voluntarily spat out by the Poison Sect and the Blood Sect.

The Beggar Sect's Qian City branch was back online, and the seized Mountain Gate also returned to Lin Bai's control.

According to intelligence from the players, the players left behind at the Beggar Sect lost an average of three levels. However, apart from the editorial department of "Justice Weekly" which felt deeply frustrated over losing the Color Printer, no one took the lost levels to heart.

If one suffers, all suffer; if one prospers, all prosper.

The Justice Alliance headquarters now possessing a Great Vehicle Realm expert meant they had higher-grade Spirit Pills and cultivation techniques; as long as the Magpie Bridge was laid to Qian City, the lost levels should be recovered very quickly...

Previously, Lin Bai had the idea of replacing his Big Brother, Lao Mi.

But now, he had changed his mind; Big Brother lived and died, constantly running into danger, which seemed to be a good way to farm Luck.

Whenever Big Brother encountered danger, the Chief Supporting Role System would issue temporary tasks.

Perhaps in the future, letting Big Brother go out to execute some dangerous tasks, placing him in danger, and then waiting for the system to issue a task before going to rescue him himself, was the correct way to use the Big Brother System.

The Justice Sect's Mountain Gate was similar.

Being seized by others, then snatched back—this could totally be used to farm Merit!

Over at the Alliance headquarters.

Believers gaining a ten-percent boost in combat power was equivalent to the most direct fan benefit, and more people began applying to join the Lin Bai Support Group.

As for the original members of the support group, they erupted with a frantic passion for cultivation; being able to fight for their idol was the wish of every fan.

Actually.

Without Lin Bai needing to emphasize it, his fan count was still rising in a straight line.

After all.

In the game, there was no other NPC as stylish and alternative as Lin Bai; if they didn't fan him, who would they fan?

If it weren't for the vast distances between sects, they would have long since left their original sects and run over to join Lin Bai's support group.

Not every member who joined the Lin Bai Support Group could gain a ten-percent boost in combat power; many fake fans who came for the benefits were ruthlessly expelled from the support group after it was verified that their combat power had not increased.

The support group only wanted true fans.

The significant trait of gaining a ten-percent combat power boost was treated by the support group as the only method to purify the fan base.

Lin Bai used "Dihua" to tell the story of Bai Niang Zi repaying a debt of gratitude to the Purple-Clad Ancestor; the Purple-Clad Ancestor was deeply inspired and decisively concluded that he and Hu Qing were destined by fate from past lives.

Although Hu Qing was male, love had arrived so surgingly and unexpectedly—who cared about that much anymore?

Bai Niang Zi and Xu Xian went through so many hardships, and didn't they ascend to become immortals together in the end!

Under the influence of Dihua, many memories of past lives flashed back in the Purple-Clad Ancestor's mind, and he couldn't wait to find players to polish his love story with Hu Qing.

Love was there; what remained was the Law.

The Purple-Clad Ancestor swore that he must make his and Hu Qing's story overshadow the philanthropic Lin Bai, overshadow Wuwang and Zhou Zu, and become the true God of Law.

Ye Song's thoughts were similar to the Purple-Clad Ancestor's.

The Way of the Master made his cultivation advance by leaps and bounds, but he still placed the Law in the first position; the difference was that the Purple-Clad Ancestor was struck by the Red Thread and leaned toward the Way of Love;

Ye Song leaned more toward being like Lin Bai, grasping all Laws at once and cultivating them simultaneously, because he discovered that many of Lin Bai's Laws were complementary.

Lin Bai could perform Pill Refinement, Weapon Refinement, cooking, and even knew secular martial arts; he was even more proficient in economics, marketing, and the encyclopedia of all things—he was simply an all-around talent...

Without sufficient knowledge to support it, the Law Cultivation could not proceed at all.

And Ye Song, known as the Hundred-Changing Demon Ancestor, often traveled among the common people to understand human hearts and gain deep insight into all walks of life; he had dabbled in almost everything Lin Bai knew, and had many similarities with Lin Bai.

Although he was not as knowledgeable as the Justice Sect, which could roam the myriad worlds, this did not affect Ye Song from walking down Lin Bai's old path.

Furthermore, Ye Song discovered that the Heavenly Descended also included talents proficient in various types of knowledge; the other side was also a fully-formed civilized world.

Thus, he consciously contacted the players, extracting basic knowledge of another world from them, hoping to find a breakthrough for Law Cultivation from it.

Zuo Lan of the Weapon Refinement Sect was assigned by Lin Bai to refine the Binding Immortal Rope;

Gu Yi, of the Danling Sect, who had been refined into a card Puppet, was forcibly awakened by Lin Bai using an Enlightenment Pill and ordered to help the players and the natives of Medicine King Valley improve their Pill Refinement and refine Spirit Pills.

Gu Yi, having recovered his sanity, did not show much resistance.

Although he had become a Puppet, all memories were retained during the process of being a Puppet, and he had witnessed with his own eyes how Lin Bai tormented Wen Ba.

By comparison, losing consciousness cleanly and being sealed as a Puppet was simply a wonderful enjoyment.

Besides, Wen Ba still hadn't recovered his consciousness yet!

Xiao Yu and Cen Qing were responsible for teaching skills to the Lin Bai Support Group; the Justice Alliance's setup was spreading wider and wider, and when necessary, these die-hard fans of his would still have to go to the battlefield.

Of course.

Lin Bai also did not neglect the players of the Beggar Sect and the Justice Alliance Army.

The Justice Alliance had only just qualified to play against the Seven Righteous Sects and the Demonic Five Sects, and for now, it could not do without these players...

The Duke of Zhen returned to the Taiyi Kingdom to discuss the aftermath of the Battle of Zhen City with the civil and military officials.

The transportation and economic issues brought by the Magpie Bridge, the strength accumulated over thousands of years being exposed to the world, pushing the Taichu Kingdom and the Taihao Kingdom to the forefront of the storm, how to gain the most benefits in the struggle between the Seven Righteous Sects and the Justice Alliance, how to promote the Law in the Taiyi Kingdom without it spiraling out of control...

The Taiyi Kingdom faced even more problems than Lin Bai.

However, the strong rise of the Justice Alliance, forcing the Seven Righteous Sects and the Demonic Five Sects to not dare to advance further, was a massive piece of good news for the Taiyi Kingdom.

One must know that breaking free from the Cultivation World's blockade on nations had been the hope of all nations on this continent for thousands of years.

As for whether the Justice Alliance will grow into another Seven Orthodox Sects in the future, there is no more energy to manage that; the moment the Taiyi Kingdom made the decision to support the Justice Alliance, it already meant a complete break with the Seven Orthodox Sects and the Demonic Five Sects.

They must stand firmly with the Justice Alliance...

Everyone is busy.

On the contrary, Lin Bai, the Alliance Leader of the Justice Alliance, has suddenly become idle.

In the pavilion in the backyard of the Justice Alliance, a plate of Spirit Fruit is placed in the middle of the table as tea snacks, with four Disciples—Xu Longyun, Jiang Qingqin, the little white fox, and Hu He—accompanying him, stealing a moment of leisure amidst the busyness.

"Master, why are you unwilling to go see the Emperor?" Xu Longyun picked up a Spirit Fruit, popped it into her mouth, and asked.

"Why see him? Having your father mediate is enough." Lin Bai admired his few beautiful Disciples, his face full of satisfaction, "My ultimate goal is the Heavenly Dao; I cannot be too tied down by the affairs of the Mortal World."

"You called him Father-in-law before," Xu Longyun said, her pretty face slightly flushed.

"You call him Father, I call him Father-in-law, you call me Master, and you are also my lover. Don't you think the seniority is a bit messy?" Lin Bai teased with a smirk.

"It's all because of you." Xu Longyun was forced to smile, chiding, "You, the Alliance Leader, took the lead in breaking the rules, and now the human ethics and moral standards of the world are all in chaos."

"My mother and I are both Master's Disciples; Mother even has to call me Senior Sister." The little white fox giggled, grabbed a handful of Spirit Fruit and stuffed them into her mouth, chewing hard with puffed-out cheeks, and said indistinctly while chewing, "Mashter, if you ask me, you should just develop Mother into a lover too. Mother is much prettier than me. With Mother, there could be one more Magpie Bridge..."

Jiang Qingqin's expression turned stern, and she gave the little white fox a resentful glare.

Xu Longyun narrowed her eyes, looking at Hu He, radiating a dangerous light.

"Xiaobai, don't talk nonsense. Master, Senior Sister, Xiaobai is still young and doesn't know any better! Please don't take her words to heart." Hu He was flustered by the two of them looking at her and hurriedly scolded the little white fox. She looked at Lin Bai and said, "Master, I came here today because I have something to ask of you."

"What is it?" Regardless of whether the little white fox was intentional or unintentional, Lin Bai did not take her words to heart.

Now that the world is not yet settled, it is not the time to open a harem. Taking both mother and daughter as Disciples at the same time is absurd enough; how could he take them all to bed...

"Master, I have thought it over and over, and I feel I am not worthy of enjoying the honor brought by being your Disciple." Hu He sighed, forcibly changing the subject, "County Princess is overflowing with talent, Xiaobai is the future King of the Demon Kingdom and is destined to lead the Demon Race to glory; Senior Sister Qingqin is in charge of the support group, and once the support group grows, it is destined to be the main combat force of the Alliance. Junior Brother Ye Song is even a Great Vehicle Realm ancestor. Only I am nothing. I originally thought you could take unlimited Disciples, but I didn't expect you could only take five. I am occupying a Disciple spot, yet I can only hold everyone back..."

Is this the favorability of the fox kind?

Willing to give up one's own interests just to think for me?

Lin Bai looked at Hu He and sighed inwardly.

Jiang Qingqin's face burned; Hu He felt she wasn't worthy of being Lin Bai's disciple, but was she worthy herself? If it weren't for the reason of the Dao of Love, how would the position of support group leader have fallen to her?

"I am just a three-tailed demon fox. Even if my cultivation speed is fast, I cannot become your help in a short time. It would be better to expel me from the sect and take another Great Vehicle Realm disciple instead. It would be more beneficial to the development of the Alliance." Hu He looked at Lin Bai and poured out all the thoughts in her heart.

Xu Longyun looked at Hu He in surprise and echoed, "Master, Hu He is right. From the perspective of interests, it would be more appropriate for a few of us to withdraw and replace the Disciple seats with Great Vehicle Realm ones. We carry too many things on our shoulders and can barely attend to cultivation; besides, cultivation level is not that important to us."

"Exactly, exactly. There are so many things to do as King of the Demon Kingdom; my time for cultivation in a day is so short, so short." The little white fox said, "I really want to go back to being Master's pet, carefree, without having to think about anything."

Jiang Qingqin looked at everyone, bit her lip, and said dejectedly, "Master, I can also withdraw. My cultivation is only at the Golden Core stage, and my aptitude is poor, incomparable to the geniuses of the great sects. Even if my cultivation speed were increased by fifty percent, I don't know how many years it would take to break the core and form the infant."

"Do you all want to betray the sect so much?" Lin Bai looked at them with a half-smile and asked.

The sect missions had been stuck there because his disciples weren't famous enough. He pushed the little white fox to the position of Demon King, pushed Jiang Qingqin to the position of support group leader, and Xu Longyun took charge of all the affairs of the Justice Alliance. Kicking out 【Deng Li Buduo】 and replacing him with the more famous Ye Song was all in an effort to complete the Teacher Dao mission.

Promoting Hu He might just complete the Haoweirenshi System System System mission.

He hadn't expected these guys to come and think for him so righteously.

However.

From another perspective, his eye for people and personal charm are truly excellent; he didn't misjudge anyone.

"It is of no consequence if we lose the status of your Disciples. It is better to give up the position to maximize the benefits." Xu Longyun said, "Besides, marrying your own disciple is ultimately not good for your reputation."

"If I take other disciples and let them enjoy the benefits of the Teacher Dao, and one day they betray me, how should I conduct myself? Clean out the sect?" Lin Bai looked around at them and asked.

They were all stunned at the same time.

"Will they think for me sincerely like you do?" Lin Bai asked again, "Do you think that Ye Song would?"

The women were silent.

"To me, cultivation is not that important at all." Lin Bai shook his head, pointing at the Spirit Fruit on the table, "My Justice Sect has plenty of heavenly treasures, and I specialize in the Fazhe Zhidao. In just three months, my cultivation went from a martial artist who was nothing to the current Great Vehicle Realm, looking down on the world and manipulating those Great Vehicle Realm experts at will. Tell me, what does it matter if I have a few more Great Vehicle Realm disciples?"

"At least it can win over people's hearts." Xu Longyun said.

"Not needed." Lin Bai said, "As long as I remain strong, people's hearts will be there whether they are present or not. Just be my disciples with peace of mind, don't let your imagination run wild, and do your respective duties well; that is the best help to me. You should find the Heavenly Descended of the *Justice Weekly* in your spare time to tailor some hype plans for you and promote your respective identities. My disciples must stand under the eyes of the world openly and honestly; I will find a way to raise your cultivation levels."

Xu Longyun and the others were encouraged by Lin Bai and happily agreed.

Only Hu He fidgeted and said, "Master, but I have nothing to promote."

Lin Bai looked at Hu He, pondered for a moment, and said, "In the coming period, the Alliance will inevitably have to deal with the Seven Orthodox Sects and the Demonic Five Sects. You follow by my side and be responsible for external affairs!"

Hu He did not expect Lin Bai to suddenly arrange a task for her; she was stunned for a moment and said nervously, "For external affairs, wouldn't it be more appropriate to let Senior Sister Xu do it? I don't understand anything."

Xu Longyun glanced at her and said indifferently, "I am stretched too thin; I can't have everything pressed onto me!"

Lin Bai smiled, "You can learn if you don't know. With me behind you, what are you afraid of? I will give you pointers at any time. Besides, the Justice Sect does not need to be subservient to the outside world. You just need to be arrogant and domineering; if you cause trouble, I will have an excuse to go beat them up."

"Master, are you really going to beat them?" Xu Longyun asked.

"Of course, just talking about it won't make them fear us." The War God System, Super Villain System, and Heavenly Demon System flashed through Lin Bai's mind, and he looked up at the sky, "The Heavenly Descended, the Fazhe Zhidao, all kinds of things are intertwined; the longer it drags on, the more disadvantageous it is for us. Only war can keep the initiative in our hands at all times. Moreover, I have a vague premonition that to become the Heavenly Dao, one must first conquer this world.

I don't trust the Heavenly Descended, I don't trust those Great Vehicle Realm experts who have ulterior motives; in this world, only you are the people I trust most. I hope you can let go of everything and lend me a hand."

"Mm." Jiang Qingqin nodded vigorously.

Xu Longyun smiled beautifully and said firmly, "Master, if you want to become the Heavenly Dao, we will help you become the Heavenly Dao; if you want to become a Great Heavenly Demon, we will help you wreak havoc on the world."

(End of chapter)