Chapter 47: Helping Big Brother Get on the Road

The morning glow rose.

Lin Bai bid farewell to the City Lord and walked out of the City Lord's Mansion from the side gate with Lao Mi and Gengmi. As he walked, he said, "... It was I who told the Beggar about your identities as master thieves and sent you into the City Lord's Mansion; you can use this as an entry point to interact with them. But how you integrate into the Beggar Sect depends on your own ingenuity; I cannot intervene too much. Do you understand?"

"Everything was designed, wasn't it?" Lao Mi couldn't help but think of the process by which he had been inexplicably framed as a master thief.

"You could say that!" Lin Bai looked back at him. *I didn't expect you to choose to become a beggar either, damn it! *

However, fortunately, everything was on the right track.

Looking at it from another angle, it was better for his good big brother to be a beggar leader than some Immortal King or Martial Arts Alliance Leader. At the very least, this profession was relatively easier to reach the pinnacle with; the result was actually quite good.

Moreover, for Lin Bai, who possessed the system, the help his big brother brought him was far less than the system's rewards.

"See? I told you it was a Hidden Task," Lao Mi said smugly to Gengmi via private chat.

"But I still don't want to be a beggar," Gengmi said. "Right now, I don't feel like I'm playing a game at all; it feels like the game is playing us."

"You can think of it as a role-playing game with an unknown plot," Lao Mi tried to persuade his teammate, "or another life with a different experience."

A player's private conversation could always reveal a lot of information. Listening to the dialogue between Lao Mi and his companion, Lin Bai considered whether he should recruit another employee for his shop.

Deng Li Buduo was too silent.

A silent employee was not a good employee.

"Big brother, are you confident?" The task completion notification still hadn't arrived. Lin Bai corrected his train of thought as he walked.

"Of course, nothing can stump us," Lao Mi said confidently. "Besides, this is a task assigned by the City Lord."

Lin Bai paused, suddenly understanding the reason why the task had not succeeded.

His good big brother Lao Mi had treated becoming a beggar as a task from start to finish, not a career.

Looking back at the direction of the City Lord's Mansion, Lin Bai lowered his voice: "Big brother, have you ever thought about being a beggar for the rest of your life?"

"What?" Lao Mi was stunned.

"No matter how well you perform as a Dark Guard, you will only ever be a Dark Guard. Your fate and your future are both in the hands of the City Lord." Lin Bai's voice grew deeper. With his back to the morning glow, his entire face was hidden in the shadows. "If you master the Beggar Sect, you will possess a massive force of your own."

"..." Lao Mi widened his eyes in surprise. For a moment, he couldn't tell if Lin Bai was testing him or if he was being serious.

He seemed to have been dragged into a conspiracy...

Lin Bai and the City Lord were actually not even in the same faction?

"Big brother, do you remember what I said when we first met?" Lin Bai asked.

"I remember." Lao Mi nodded.

"A Dragon and Phoenix Among Men." Lin Bai walked ahead of the two with his hands behind his back. "I didn't lie to you; heroes rise from the wilderness. Your future achievements will certainly be higher than the City Lord's. I want to invest in you. A big brother for a day is a big brother for life; the City Lord's vision is limited, but you are my future."

Seen from behind, Lin Bai's silhouette seemed to be covered in a layer of golden light. Lao Mi's heart pounded rapidly; he subconsciously looked at Gengmi and swallowed hard.

"Think carefully, did the City Lord only give you tasks without providing you any help?" Lin Bai said. "When you sit in the position of Beggar Sect Master as an undercover agent, if the City Lord gives an order for you to wipe out the Beggar Sect, would you be willing?"

"Definitely not." Lao Mi imagined such a scene and shook his head decisively. *What a joke, I'm not even close with her! *

"Since that's the case, why not use the City Lord's Mansion's resources to run your own business?!" Lin Bai stopped, took two hundred-tael silver notes from his bosom, turned around, and placed them into Lao Mi's hands. "The Beggar Sect is a major force. Big brother, let's deceive the world and join forces to take it into our own hands!"

Holy crap!

Looking at the silver notes in his palm, Lao Mi's wavering heart firmed up in an instant.

No need to choose!

The City Lord only gave a verbal promise, but his little brother was actually handing over real gold and silver!

And.

Going undercover to become the Beggar Sect Master—no matter how you look at it, that sounds like a very fulfilling thing to do!

In a flash of inspiration, Lao Mi thought of a lot. The great god Deng Li Buduo used marketing to stand out; he could completely use the sect to stand out.

With his little brother's support, while everyone else was still learning Martial Arts and doing tasks, he might already be a sect master.

This was a new type of Establish Sect Order!

During the public beta, he could even recruit a large group of players into his Beggar Sect...

Not to act until the right moment, but once he did, he would amaze everyone!

The great god Deng Li Buduo was right; there was more than one way to play the game. Let's do it!

"Mr. Lin, we have only learned Basic Martial Arts. Without martial power, I'm afraid it will be hard to convince the masses?" Gengmi was not moved by the pie Lin Bai had drawn, but she was moved by the silver notes.

She knew how difficult it was to make money in this game. Two days ago, they were still worrying about a few hundred copper coins, and in the blink of an eye, they had two hundred taels of silver as startup capital. It was a wonderful feeling of flying into the sky.

Lin Bai was silent.

The Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms was the exclusive Martial Art of the Beggar Sect, but he didn't know if passing the Martial Art to Lao Mi would trigger the Disciple-taking process.

He couldn't have Lao Mi be his big brother and his disciple at the same time!

Although the two identities didn't conflict, the Haoweirenshi System System System had requirements for a disciple's character. He couldn't stay by his big brother's side at all times to remind him to remember to do good deeds.

"You practice the City Lord's Mansion's techniques first," Lin Bai said. "I will find a way regarding the Martial Arts."

"Many thanks, Mr. Lin." As soon as Lin Bai said this, Lao Mi's heart was completely put at ease.

He had chosen correctly!

If he had stood unreservedly on the City Lord's side, he probably wouldn't have had such good benefits and treatment.

Before Lao Mi's voice had even faded, a notification had already arrived in Lin Bai's mind.

【A small step for the big brother is a big step for you. A wavering big brother is destined to achieve nothing; as the little brother, it is necessary to establish a firm belief for the big brother (Completed); Reward: Luck 3. (Distributed)】

【Big brother's career outlook has been corrected; Reward: Luck 5 (Distributed)】

【A hero needs three helpers; how can a big brother have no subordinates? Find a loyal subordinate for the big brother; Reward: Luck 1】

Lin Bai glanced at the new task prompt.

Lin Bai looked at Gengmi and said, "Lao Mi, Gengmi, there can only be one Beggar Sect Master. You two must distinguish between master and servant; one person must sacrifice themselves to be the support."

"I'll do it!" Gengmi looked at Lao Mi. "I don't want to be the Beggar Sect leader; I'll be the support."

As the voice fell.

A notification of task completion echoed in Lin Bai's mind, followed immediately by a new task: 【A big brother must have territory; at the very least, let the big brother possess the right to speak on one street; Reward: Luck +2】

Tasks kept popping up one after another; Lin Bai frowned, as he could not take full charge of his big brother's career path, for what difference would there be between the big brother and a Puppet then?

The big brother must exercise his own subjective initiative!

"Let's leave it at that; you two discuss how to get started? I have more important things to do and cannot stay with you forever," Lin Bai said, "My personal suggestion is that you start by infiltrating the Beggar Sect; it would be best to carve out your own territory. Only with the right to speak can you get ahead. Come find me if you encounter any difficulties."

"Understood, Mr. Lin. You have already given us plenty of support; we will handle the rest ourselves." With a grand goal in his heart and ample money in his hands, Lao Mi was full of drive at this very moment.

"Work hard!"

Lin Bai nodded at them, looked up at the sky, and activated the Martial Art Morning Flight.

Flying is everyone's dream, and he had long wanted to try it.

It was as if a current of air had been generated out of thin air, supporting his body.

Without swaying his shoulders or moving his body, Lin Bai floated straight up in front of Lao Mi and Gengmi; as his feet moved, he drifted quite a distance away, just like a spacewalk.

That feeling was just like the riding the wind described by Zhuangzi; apart from the speed being a bit slow, his posture was quite dashing, and if he wanted to, he could even keep flying upward.

Of course, that was within the allotted time; using Internal Energy would increase the speed significantly, but at the same time, it would ruin the aesthetic, and the speed wouldn't increase by much anyway...

Fine!

Aside from showing off, Morning Flight really is a very useless Martial Art.

But even such a useless Martial Art, when seen by Lao Mi and Gengmi, still made their drool flow down.

Gengmi said: "He clearly has such a good Martial Art, why won't he teach us?"

Lao Mi rubbed his hands and said: "The time is probably not right yet! Rewards are mostly distributed after tasks are completed; let's wait until we achieve some success, then go ask him for the Martial Art."

"Mm." Gengmi looked at Lin Bai with envy, her eyes sparkling; floating and flying in the sky, such light-body technique was incredibly cool, and she must learn it.

【Confidence from Lao Mi and Gengmi; +1+1】

(End of this chapter)