Chapter 64: Shopkeeper Lin is Petty

"K. O.!"

"The Five Bears of the Black Clan versus Shopkeeper Lin, a total defeat!"

"Being crushed by an intelligent AI, this is the shame of humanity."

"I said it long ago, if you want to push Lin Bai, do it fair and square; resorting to these crooked ways is just embarrassing."

"Hahaha, the Five Bears of the Black Clan, ugly and poor."

Slap!

【Black-Hearted Eye】 turned off the livestream with a livid face: "Damn it!"

【Black-Hearted Gut】 asked: "Boss, are we still deleting our accounts?"

【Black-Hearted Eye】 looked back at the entrance of the Kitchen God Rice Divination, gritted his teeth: "If we don't delete them, we'll just be waiting to be laughed at!"

【Black-Hearted Liver】 tentatively suggested: "How about we come to the tree in front of his shop tomorrow morning and hang ourselves to thoroughly disgust him before we delete our accounts!"

The remaining Black Five-Viscera turned their angry gazes toward him simultaneously: "Not embarrassed enough? The corpses will refresh in a moment, who are you trying to disgust?"

【Black-Hearted Eye】 said: "Change your faces, get the levels up first. Our goal is to kill Lin Bai. Only by having him die at our hands can we wash away today's shame."

【Black-Hearted Lung】 asked: "Boss, what should we call ourselves next time?"

【Black-Hearted Eye】 thought for a moment: "Cut Wood One, Cut Wood Two, Cut Wood Three..."

【Black-Hearted Gut】 asked: "Why not just call ourselves Cut Lin?"

【Black-Hearted Eye】 said: "That's too obvious. Our reputation has been ruined by Lin Bai. Before we've grown strong, we have to keep a low profile."

"Idiots." 【Deng Li Buduo】 watched the entire livestream offline. Seeing the scene of the Black Five-Viscera making fools of themselves, he couldn't help but snort, "You think you can mess with Lin Bai? He can only be mine..."

"Brother Lin, you are so amazing." Song Ling turned her admiring gaze toward Lin Bai, "You drove them away with just a few words without even touching your peanuts. If customers come later, can I learn to do that?"

Lin Bai was silent for a moment, looked at Song Ling, and shook his head: "No, you don't have enough intelligence."

"..." Song Ling froze.

Lin Bai looked at Song Jinnan and Wu Xiuxiu again: "It must be inherited from your father and mother!"

"..." Song Jinnan, Wu Xiuxiu.

【Loss from Song Jinnan, Wu Xiuxiu, and Song Ling; +1+1+1】.

"Brother Lin..." Song Ling fidgeted with her hands nervously, looking timidly at Lin Bai, "Am I really that stupid?"

"..." Lin Bai glanced at Song Ling, opened his mouth, sighed, and stood up to walk out. Once the quest started, it couldn't be ended, and he couldn't stay in the shop. Bullying Xiao Apiao gave him zero sense of achievement.

Little did he know.

Song Ling saw Lin Bai's hesitation and heard the sigh, and she burst into tears with a wail.

A silent action was more damaging than words.

In the shopkeeper's heart, she had actually become so stupid that he wasn't even willing to say a word of comfort!

【Sadness from Song Ling; +1+1】

【Resentment from Song Jinnan and Wu Xiuxiu; +1+1】

Feeling the emotions of Lao Song's family, Lin Bai curled his lip as he walked down the road. What the hell, this goddamn quest!

He couldn't go to the City Lord's Mansion!

He had teased Xu Longyun yesterday; if he went to scold her again today, they certainly couldn't be friends anymore. He couldn't offend a business partner too severely.

All in all, if he wanted to grind the quest, he still had to find players...

Just as he was pondering.

【Lao Mi】 and 【Gengmi】, who had come to visit and check in, popped up from the side of the road.

"Mr. Lin." 【Lao Mi】 saw Lin Bai and greeted him with a face full of joy. He constantly monitored the forums and naturally knew the significance Lin Bai represented. The greater Lin Bai's abilities and the deeper his background, the more confident he felt in completing his "Beggar's Path" quest!

"Stinky beggar, stay away from me. You smell like fermented cow dung; you're dirtying my nose." Lin Bai frowned and dodged two steps away.

"Mr. Lin." 【Lao Mi】 was stunned. Wasn't he supposed to praise everyone he met? How did it change when it came to him?

"..." 【Gengmi】 lifted his sleeve to sniff his armpit, and his face changed instantly.

【Shame and anger from Gengmi; +1+1】

"Stinky Laoluo, I said not to be a beggar, but you insisted. Now even Mr. Lin looks down on us." 【Gengmi】 complained to 【Lao Mi】 with a mournful face.

Watching Lin Bai's back as he drifted away, 【Lao Mi】 gave a bitter laugh: "Don't mess around, there's no smell of cow dung. Don't forget, we are executing a secret mission. Mr. Lin said that to avoid suspicion; we shouldn't have come to find him directly."

"I don't care." 【Gengmi】 said, "From now on, everyone in the Beggar Sect must bathe every day, and everyone must be clean."

"How are we supposed to beg for money if we're clean?" 【Lao Mi】 frowned, "We rely on them to generate income!"

"You figure it out." 【Gengmi】 said, "Otherwise I'm leaving the Beggar Sect, you can play by yourself!"

"How about we split our subordinates into the Clean Clothes Sect and the Dirty Clothes Sect!" 【Lao Mi】 thought for a moment and said, "You manage the Clean Clothes Sect, and I'll manage the Dirty Clothes Sect..."

At the entrance of the medical clinic.

The die-hard female fan 【Lin Jia Xiaoniangzi】 saw Lin Bai and waved excitedly: "Shopkeeper Lin, I'm here! Is the shop not busy? Did you come out for a stroll? Many people have been harboring evil intentions toward you lately. I've learned some skills, let me protect you!"

"Young people always lack a correct self-perception, thinking they are omnipotent. Once you experience more, you will realize you are good for nothing. Help me? You'd better take care of yourself!" Lin Bai looked at his little lady and said coldly.

"Mr. Lin..." 【Lin Jia Xiaoniangzi】 widened her eyes, "Are you possessed? It's me!"

Lin Bai nodded at her.

He brushed past her.

For his own little fan, he should spray a little lighter. The Kitchen God Rice Divination would need player support in the future; if he sprayed these fans away, he would be the one suffering the loss!

Goddamn system quest!

This is purely forcing him into a dead end!

"Another bug?" Lin Jia Xiaoniangzi blinked, followed behind Lin Bai, and started her livestream.

Blacksmith Shop.

Zhang Shutang, who was working overtime, looked up to see Lin Bai, put down his Hammer, and said with a grateful face: "Mr. Lin, what brings you here today? Thanks to your idea, business at home has been so busy lately that I can barely keep up."

"It's nothing, just hold on a little longer, and there won't be any business!" Lin Bai nodded at him and said.

"......" Blacksmith Zhang.

【Resentment from Blacksmith Zhang; +1】

His gaze swept past the Blacksmith, and Lin Bai landed on the Weapon Refinement Master who was forging iron. Looking at the rough blank being hammered, he clicked his tongue: "Is this your level? Sigh! Keep it up, young man. If you don't put in the effort, you'll never know what despair is. You are truly not suited for this line of work!"

"......" The Weapon Refinement Master stopped his Hammer and stared blankly at Lin Bai, "Are you a lunatic? What the hell did I ever do to you?"

"When you encounter bad luck in life, don't be discouraged, don't be sad. You must firmly believe that even worse luck is still to come." Lin Bai looked at him and shook his head indifferently.

"Another bug!" Lin Jia Xiaoniangzi winked and private-messaged the Weapon Refinement Master, explaining, "He's roasting everyone he meets along the way, and he never repeats the same line. Do you want to come and see? It's super interesting."

The Weapon Refinement Master choked, rolled his eyes at her in annoyance, and gritted his teeth: "Interesting my foot. This guy is doing it on purpose. Everything happening in Jiamu City right now is caused by him. The things I forge at the Blacksmith Shop are all Flaw-ridden; it's almost becoming a habit now. This guy doesn't want us to play the game properly at all. Once my level is high enough, the first thing I'll do is kill him..."

Lin Jia Xiaoniangzi looked at the Weapon Refinement Master strangely, frowned, and said: "Isn't the point of playing games to make yourself happy? Why waste time on boring leveling? Besides, why kill such an interesting NPC? I think you're the one who's being unreasonable..."

Inside Lin Jia Xiaoniangzi's livestream room, the chat was flying:

"Hang a bone on the other side of the board, and even a dog could saw straighter than you..."

"If others look down on you, it's not because you did something wrong; it might just be because you're ugly."

"That's 6-level trolling!"

"It's the Black Clan's five bears' fault. This guy is definitely seeking revenge; this is revenge from an NPC, he's too petty."

"These are all golden quotes, hurry up and write them down in your notebooks. No one would have guessed that this year's popular golden quotes would be provided by an NPC."

"All of today's joy has been monopolized by Shopkeeper Lin, hahahaha! I beg for someone to livestream his life at all times, I can't live without him anymore."

"If you provoke him, he'll roast you; if you don't provoke him, he'll come to your door to mock you. Being stuck with this guy, the players in Jiamu City are too miserable."

"Is there no one who can deal with him? I really want to see the day Shopkeeper Lin gets taken down!"

"That will only happen once the players' levels are high enough. This guy's combat power is also very high; we can't beat him at all. Being tormented by him like this every day, it's too hard for players in Jiamu City to level up."

"Truly~ Hell mode."

"A sight for sore eyes."

"Brothers in Jiamu City, don't panic. Once our levels are high enough, we'll cross the newbie village to help you vent your anger. Respects from the level 10 players of Yimu City."

"Brothers from Binghuo City send their congratulations."

"Brothers from Xinjin Cheng send their congratulations."

"Good thing Lin Bai doesn't leave the newbie village, otherwise we'd be miserable too..."

(End of this chapter)