Chapter 319: Integration

"Alliance Leader Lin, Patriarch Yuan Qing has asked me to convey a message to you on behalf of the Seven Righteous Sects. He says you should feel at ease undergoing your Tribulation Transcendence; they will not interfere in the affairs of the Justice Alliance in the slightest, and the previously agreed-upon war reparations will be delivered in full. When the day comes for you to successfully transcend the tribulation and ascend, the Patriarch will personally lead the Seven Righteous Sects to celebrate for you." 【Kuai Le Hao Wu Liu Bao】 arrived before Lin Bai, cupped his hands in a salute, and said respectfully.

The other three players followed closely behind him, curiously sizing up Lin Bai and his Justice Alliance team.

Most of the time, their gazes were fixed on the Fengqiuhuang Group, and relying on the fact that Lin Bai could not hear their private chats, they made critical remarks about the people within the Fengqiuhuang team.

"It's only because the NPCs have such strong composure; if it were me doing somersaults there, my body in the Real World would be vomiting within half an hour," said 【Bu Zhan Er Kuang】.

"Somersaults are one thing, but that sword-swallowing one is truly uncomfortable for me to watch. Swallowing for three months straight—that sword must be covered in grime by now!" said 【Neng Dong Shou Jiu Bie Bi Bi】.

"Grime isn't the half of it. I feel like if you keep swallowing swords, your throat would be straight and unobstructed; you might even awaken some other fetishes," 【Yi Zhi Li Xing De Mao】 chuckled. "It's said that Fengqiuhuang can even control players. Just based on this, Lin Bai is the nemesis of all players; he absolutely cannot be left alive."

"I have to say, the little white fox is truly cute!" said 【Bu Zhan Er Kuang】.

"I like Hu He," 【Yi Zhi Li Xing De Mao】 said, stealing a glance at Hu He. "A beautiful woman has a unique charm."

……

Having lost the support of the Beggar Sect Disciples, Lin Bai lost his source of information from the outside world.

Language can deceive, but private chats cannot, so the private chats of the few players became his only channel for knowing the situation in the outside world.

Of course.

When there were Beggar Sect Disciples by his side, Lin Bai also obtained accurate information through their private chats.

Distracting a portion of his mind to listen to their idle chatter, Lin Bai asked, "What about the Demonic Five Sects?"

【Kuai Le Hao Wu Liu Bao】 replied, "The Shengji Sect and the Blood Sect have some slight objections regarding you, but they were persuaded otherwise by the other three factions. The big picture is what matters; the Seven Righteous Sects would not want them to interfere with your Tribulation Transcendence, so you can rest assured on that point."

"When did I ever worry that they would come to interfere with my Tribulation Transcendence? My meaning is, they caused me to enter the lightning tribulation; did they never think of giving me some compensation?" Lin Bai sneered.

"……" 【Kuai Le Hao Wu Liu Bao】 was stunned and couldn't help but curse, "Damn it!"

It was already remarkable enough that others had promised not to encroach upon his territory, yet this guy, deep in a perilous situation, still didn't forget to extort them...

What kind of spirit is this?

This is truly taking shamelessness and greed to the marrow of his bones!

……

Bang!

The Sect Master of the Shengji Sect smashed the table with one palm, the veins on his forehead throbbing, and roared like thunder: "This is too much! He destroyed our Shengji Sect's Qingmu, and yet he has the face to demand compensation from us? I'll give him compensation—can he even get his hands on it? Compensation, I'll give him a ghost!"

Lin Bai could always easily touch his bottom line.

"Lin Bai is indeed pushing his luck a bit. We were defeated in the battle of Zhen City, so his demand for war reparations is understandable. But luring him into the lightning tribulation—if you calculate it carefully, he was the one who was defeated; he should be the one giving compensation to the Shengji Sect," Ye Luo looked at the Holy Master and advised. "However, Holy Master, things have reached this point, why bother with a dead man? Just as you said, even if you give him resources, he won't be able to take them. It would be better to send some resources to his Justice Alliance to appease him. Once Lin Bai dies and the tribulation dissipates, we can just take the resources back."

Qu Chaozong said, "Holy Master, we haven't even taken back the Blood Sect's sect grounds. The Shengji Sect has a large family and a big business; it is only right to give some resources to Lin Bai to appease him, lest he be driven to desperation and drag us all down with him."

As if you could take them back!

Once Lin Bai sets up the Magpie Bridge, he can pull a group of people back to the Blood Sect at any time. If he really returned the sect to you, would you dare to take it?

Everyone engaged in Belly-Defamation.

"Holy Master, Qingmu has been tamed by Lin Bai; even if he survives the lightning tribulation, there is a high probability he will no longer serve the Shengji Sect. The best plan now is for Qingmu and Lin Bai to both die in the lightning tribulation; that is best for everyone," Lu Wei said. "As for the Shengji Sect's sect grounds, the world is vast, and we can always find another place with rich Spirit Qi to re-establish the sect."

……

Information was fed back in real-time.

【Kuai Le Hao Wu Liu Bao】 looked at the live broadcast screen and said, "Alliance Leader, the Shengji Sect has agreed to the compensation, following the standard of the last war reparations. Within seven days, they will deliver it along with the previous war reparations to the Justice Alliance headquarters in Zhen City. At that time, you only need to arrange for someone to accept it."

"I am undergoing Tribulation Transcendence outside the Shengji Sect; why send the compensation resources to Zhen City? Who are they trying to annoy? Tell everyone: within seven days, deliver all the compensation resources to the outside of the Tribulation Cloud at the Shengji Sect. Once delivered, notify me, and I will personally verify and accept them," Lin Bai said. "If I don't see the corresponding compensation within seven days, I will take the Tribulation Cloud and visit each of their sects one by one to personally take back what belongs to me. This was the purpose of my trip anyway; a little Tribulation Cloud cannot affect my travel."

This time.

Not only did the Shengji Sect curse.

The Poison Sect, the Blood Sect, and those other transcendent sects also began to curse, wishing the lightning tribulation would rapidly grow a hundred times stronger to strike Lin Bai dead on the spot and end this scourge.

The players who were thinking of using the resources compensated by the various sects were also dumbfounded, cursing Lin Bai one after another.

He's already in the Tribulation Cloud, so why occupy those resources? Can't he leave some inheritance for his disciples?

Cursing was one thing, but the various sects had to swallow their anger and prepare according to Lin Bai's demands.

After all.

Lin Bai is now a hedgehog that cannot be provoked.

Others under a lightning tribulation cannot leave even if they want to, so they are not a concern, but Lin Bai has the Magpie Bridge and can leave whenever he wants. He really can run all over the world with the Tribulation Cloud.

Can a sect that has been blasted by a lightning tribulation still be used?

Now, they have Holy Sons and Demonic Sons; it is not worth it to fight with a desperado like Lin Bai...

……

"Alliance Leader, they have agreed," 【Kuai Le Hao Wu Liu Bao】 looked at the screen and curled his lips silently.

At this moment.

A strange thought suddenly occurred to him.

One should live like Lin Bai.

Truly taking every advantage and living freely and unrestrained!

In the Real World, there are all kinds of scruples, so perhaps one cannot do that.

But in the game, one absolutely can!

Lin Bai then looked at everyone and smiled: "Everyone, these resources are prepared for you. The Tribulation Transcendence may take three months. Most of you cannot play much of a role in the lightning tribulation, so do not waste your time; you should still cultivate..."

"Many thanks, Alliance Leader."

The many low-level Cultivators in the Fengqiuhuang Group thanked him in unison. At this moment, they didn't know whether to cry or laugh, but Lin Bai's confidence undoubtedly boosted their own. At this critical juncture, he was still thinking about letting them cultivate; perhaps the lightning tribulation really could be transcended!

"Do you have any other needs? Food, clothing, tools, or entertainment—you can all put them forward to the outside world through these few Heavenly Descended. You won't encounter a lightning tribulation of this scale even once in a lifetime; if you don't seize the time to reap enough benefits, wouldn't it be a waste?"

Not long after he finished speaking, Lin Bai's backend received a long string of Negative Emotion Value.

He smiled indifferently and continued to sprinkle Spirit Fruit onto Qingmu.

Although he was trapped in the lightning tribulation, the Negative Emotion in the backend had never ceased, though the Positive Emotion had decreased by quite a bit. Lin Bai had to use various benefits to encourage those undergoing the tribulation with him, so as to earn some Positive Emotion Value from them.

Once he survives the lightning tribulation according to plan, he will become the undisputed number one in the world; whether his strength improves or not no longer matters.

But it is always better to earn more resources if one can.

Just as he advised others, time must not be wasted; even under the Tribulation Cloud, one can still complete tasks.

After speaking, Lin Bai looked at the few players in front of him: "Are any of you interested in joining my Justice Alliance?"

The few players were stunned.

Lin Bai smiled and pointed to the sky: "You have also been enveloped by the lightning tribulation; unless you die, it is impossible to escape it. For three months, other Heavenly Descended are all cultivating, striving to improve themselves—are you content to just be messengers forever?"

The four players' expressions changed simultaneously.

That's right!

At this moment, they have quite a few viewers in their live streams, but a player's foundation for survival in the game world is their level; are they really going to just sit here dryly for three months?

If they leave Lin Bai, who will recognize them once they go out?

"I have my people all around, from the Spirit Transformation Realm to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, everything is available. There are only four of you, and I have also extorted a large amount of resources from the Righteous Seven Sects and the Demonic Five Sects. Join my Justice Alliance and cultivate here; you are blessed with unique advantages. How many Heavenly Descended can have the treatment you have now?" Lin Bai looked at the few and said, "I can even take you as disciples, increasing your cultivation speed by fifty percent. The condition is merely that you change your stance, become my spokespersons, and share information from the outside world with me in a timely manner. How about it?"

"Master is above, please accept your disciples' bow." The four players did not even communicate privately; they looked at each other and knelt down simultaneously, performing the kowtow ceremony to Lin Bai.

A fortuitous encounter!

This is a fortuitous encounter!

If Lin Bai completes the tribulation, they are Lin Bai's disciples and can run rampant.

If Lin Bai fails the tribulation, they die and lose at most one level; in the meantime, it doesn't affect them live-streaming to make money. Even a fool knows how to choose!

They believe that even the financial groups would not stop them from taking Lin Bai as their master.

Offline.

Watching the live stream, Deng Li Buduo felt a tightness in his chest; a mouthful of blood almost didn't come out, and he was speechless.

Must he be the unluckiest one?

He truly is not suited to play that game!

Bai Yin and the others from the Beggar Sect similarly fell into silence.

Sure enough, people's fates are not the same. If they hadn't been struck dead by the lightning tribulation, the ones taken as disciples by Lin Bai at this moment would have been them!

It is the time!

It is fate!

Why were they the ones who could trigger Lin Bai's qualification to take disciples? Damn this dog-shit luck; after the lightning tribulation, he will have to trip them up...

Having settled the few players, Lin Bai instructed Cen Qing: "Release everyone; there is no need to temper them anymore. Now everyone is a member of the Justice Alliance, we should help each other in the same boat and transcend the tribulation together."

Cen Qing let out a long breath and ended the "Phoenix Seeks Phoenix" at the first opportunity. In just two short days, she had been driven nearly insane by the torture.

Moreover, under the lightning tribulation, she was not willing to sacrifice herself to fulfill such a group of people!

Suddenly stopping from performing their talents, Ancestor Tuohai and the others looked at the thick Tribulation Cloud above their heads and actually felt a sense of loss. If possible, they were truly unwilling to walk out from the protection of "Phoenix Seeks Phoenix"!

Talent shows and the like—after a long time, it was just that. As long as one didn't take it to heart, it was just an ordinary trapping array; there was nothing shameful about it.

"Greetings, Alliance Leader." Tuohai and the others came to pay their respects to Lin Bai at the first opportunity. There is great terror between life and death; with the lightning tribulation overhead, their only hope for survival was Lin Bai.

Whatever disaster of sect destruction or torture from "Phoenix Seeks Phoenix" had long since vanished like smoke.

"No need for formalities." Lin Bai pondered for a moment and said, "Arrange yourselves from highest to lowest cultivation, then select twenty-seven people to enter my sect as disciples! I don't know how long the lightning tribulation will last; as my disciples, your cultivation speed will increase by fifty percent. The more your cultivation improves, the more chance everyone has to survive."

He looked at the remaining people and said, "The rest of you don't need to envy them. Currently, my Teacher Dao can only take thirty-six disciples, but in the future, when the Teacher Dao improves and there are more qualifications for taking disciples, I will take you as disciples then."

Even the legs of a mosquito are meat.

Moreover, the quality of these disciples is very high; they are either in the Tribulation Transcendence Realm or the Great Vehicle Realm.

Letting them calm their minds and cultivate diligently, the feedback value obtained by the Master's Path System is also an astronomical figure, far stronger than his own bitter cultivation.

"Many thanks, Alliance Leader." Everyone said in unison.

Everyone had seen the power of the measuring ruler; even a big shot like Qingmu could not withstand it. But forced by the situation, if Lin Bai wanted to take disciples, who dared to refuse?

Not to mention anything else.

With one word from Lin Bai, the Qingyun big shot blocking the lightning tribulation above would throw them into the lightning, and not even a hair would be left.

"From now on, address me as Master." Lin Bai withdrew his gaze, turned to the little white fox, and instructed, "Xiaobai, you are the senior sister; the matter of teaching these junior brothers and sisters is left to you. Tell them, as disciples of the Justice Sect, what is the virtue that must be emphasized?"

"Yes, Master." The little white fox said crisply.

Virtue?

Tuohai and the others had heard this word several times today, but thinking of Lin Bai's actions, they really couldn't associate virtue with him!

However.

At this time, they had to do whatever Lin Bai said...

The power of the initial lightning tribulation was not yet great, and Qingyun was more than capable of supporting it; not a single bolt of lightning could fall through.

With the replenishment of the Spirit Fruit and the Temperament Fruit, Qingyun shielded Lin Bai from the lightning tribulation without a single complaint and did not care about the things he did below.

Furthermore.

Lin Bai was not wrong; seizing the time to improve everyone's strength could indeed increase their chances of surviving the lightning tribulation. In critical moments, it could always provide her with some help.

Nourished by the Spirit Fruit and the Temperament Fruit, Qingyun's image was also changing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Her hair was cyan; having consumed more Temperament Fruit, her hair became increasingly deep cyan and emerald green. Her appearance had not changed, but under the lightning, she actually possessed a kind of ethereal, immortal aura, her temperament chasing after Lin Bai's...

And her Qingmu main body shimmered with a faint light under the lightning tribulation; a misty aura drifted out from between the branches and leaves, enveloping Lin Bai and the others, making them feel as if they were in a fairyland, feeling full of vitality with every breath.

In this forest, the Qingmu already stood out from the crowd.

After the misty aura diffused among the branches and leaves, the entire Qingmu looked even less like a thing of the mortal world; the surrounding trees swayed without wind, faintly bowing toward the Qingmu, as if subjects were having an audience with a monarch...

The fruits of the Qingmu had long since been picked clean by the Shengji Sect.

Yet in just a short day's time, bud after bud had unexpectedly sprouted once more upon the branches of the Green Wood...

Seeing this scene.

The eyes of the Peach Ancestor widened into perfect circles, her brows furrowed tightly, and she fell into deep contemplation; truth be told, she had no enmity with Lin Bai, and drawing the lightning tribulation to attack Lin Bai was merely because she could not pass the tribulation herself, and missing her lover, she did not wish to live, so before dying, she simply did a few things for the Shengji Sect.

But seeing the series of methods Lin Bai displayed and the changes in the Green Wood, a trace of bewilderment suddenly arose in the depths of her heart.

Perhaps she had done wrong.

Lin Bai was the true Child of Destiny between heaven and earth, the true master of the Green Wood.

Everything the Shengji Sect had done was merely pushing the gears of fate to roll forward, allowing the Green Wood and Lin Bai to meet...

(End of this chapter)