Chapter 84: Lin the Immortal Shows Off

Once everyone had cleared out and only the players remained on the scene, the morning glow quietly brightened.

The corpses on the ground had long since been refreshed away by the passage of time, leaving behind a scattering of shimmering copper coins, loose weapons, and the bowl that Song Jinnan had tossed out.

Lin Bai activated Morning Flight and, amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd, slowly ascended into the air.

Once he had steadied his form, he looked down at the players below: "Deng, you stay behind to clear the scattered money on the ground. The rest of you, head to Xishan with all your might. I will arrange your positions within the sect based on your strength."

Having said that.

Lin Bai activated Bow Body Single Shadow.

Whoosh!

The moment Bow Body Single Shadow was activated, he was like an arrow released from a string, instantly vanishing before everyone's eyes.

Holy crap!

The players present were stunned into silence.

"An immortal in exile? Gao Laoda, is this the kind of BOSS we were trying to raid yesterday?" Tie Tou Xian looked in the direction where Lin Bai had disappeared, his neck somewhat stiff.

"Is he really a novice village BOSS?" Look-at-the-First-Number swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

"To be precise, he should be a plot NPC," said Bitter Melon Vine. "Never mind that he can fly; just look at his speed—what kind of crossbow bolt could keep up with that?"

"We are a bunch of idiots," said Madman Nan.

"Wrong. If we hadn't raided the BOSS yesterday, Lin Bai would never have crossed paths with us, and we would still be miserable novice players in Jiamu City," Gugao Laoren said, looking longingly in the direction Lin Bai had disappeared. "But now, we have joined a prestigious sect that might not even appear until the mid-game, ahead of everyone else. We have succeeded."

"It could also be an evil sect," said Silver.

"Is there a difference?" Gugao Laoren glanced at him and said, "Isn't an evil sect more interesting? If you're a player, you shouldn't join a prestigious righteous sect and be bound by those rules and regulations."

"Boss Gao, even if players join a prestigious sect, they won't honestly follow the rules, right!" said Look-at-the-Second-Number.

Gugao Laoren ignored him and instead said: "I finally understand what that sentence from the game officials meant now."

"Which sentence?" asked Madman Nan.

"Before breaking the rules, you must first understand the rules and adapt to the rules; only then can you create the rules," said Gugao Laoren.

Madman Nan fell into deep thought.

"The officials told us long ago that upon entering the game, you must first understand this world, and obey and adapt to the rules of this world. Only after you become strong can you act recklessly!" Gugao Laoren chuckled. "Treating this game like an ordinary game and getting driven into a dead end by Lin Bai—it's simply deserved..."

"So, if we join a prestigious sect and commit evil deeds, we'll likely be crippled?" said Bitter Melon Vine.

"Correct," said Gugao Laoren. "The NPCs in this world are too intelligent. They might not be used to it at first, but once they understand the players' abilities, they won't coddle us. No matter how high your level is, if you accidentally offend someone while out and about, it's highly likely you'll be camped by NPCs and killed all the way back to the novice village."

"Then this game is too stifling to play!" said Tie Tou Xian.

"Stifling?" Gugao Laoren gave a scoffing laugh. "Undying and Indestructible, leveling up rapidly—the natives cultivate for hundreds of years, while players surpass them in a mere few hundred days. Who do you say is the one being stifled? Once players are familiar with this world, it will be the end for the NPCs and a disaster for the world. At that time, it will be the players who define the rules..."

"Boss Gao, are we not setting off yet? Some people have already started running toward Xishan," Look-at-the-Third-Number said, looking at the thinning crowd and reminding him.

"Let them run. The city gates haven't opened yet! They think they can fly out right under the noses of the City Guard—there are always idiots who don't like to use their brains," Gugao Laoren curled his lip, looking at the group of black-clad, masked players around him. "We have to go back and change our clothes first, at least!"

"Do we still want the money that dropped?" Tie Tou Xian asked, looking at Deng Li Buduo, who was silently picking up money on the ground.

"That's Shopkeeper Lin's loot; if you want it, go pick it up yourself!" Gugao Laoren rolled his eyes at him and said, "I'm dying to contribute some assets to the Beggar Sect to grind Shopkeeper Lin's favor. If you want to die by picking up money he designated, don't drag me down with you. Remember, from now on, everything Shopkeeper Lin does might be a test; no one is allowed to drop the ball for me..."

After three uses of Bow Body Single Shadow, Lin Bai drifted above the dense jungle of Xishan.

Morning, the forest—this was his true home turf.

The reason he set the location at Xishan.

It wasn't necessarily to arrange positions based on their strength.

The key was to intimidate this group of players, make them realize the gap between them and himself, and incidentally add another bargaining chip for the Righteous Sect to put their minds at ease.

Lin Bai didn't want to fight endless BOSS battles.

Also.

Xu Longyun was spying in the shadows, and he had fed her External Rejuvenation Pill and poached her Dark Guard; if she harbored any evil intentions, showing off his skills would make her wary...

Killing several birds with one stone, why wouldn't he do it?

It was just that he had come out a bit early; the city gates hadn't opened yet.

However, in that situation at the time, going back to the shop to lie down for a while would not only have missed the time to show off, but also lost the meaning of showing off.

Drifting above the dense forest, Lin Bai was bored and began organizing his current system tasks.

He himself was the founding sect master of the Righteous Sect; where would he get any sect secret manuals or techniques?

To bluff the players into working for him, he had to maximize his access to resources, and the system was his only path to gaining them.

His big brother's predicament had been resolved with the addition of the players, his Luck had increased by 10, and he had gained more confidence in turning danger into safety.

The follow-up task was to assist his big brother in perfecting the sect's order, which would reward three points of Luck.

This wasn't a difficult task for him either.

As the players arrived, he could just get it done along the way.

The Haoweirenshi System System System hadn't issued any new tasks, so he didn't need to worry about it for now.

Deng Li Buduo had been promoted to a large-scale power bank, providing a 30% feedback of Internal Energy every day; he could harvest a year's worth of Internal Energy from Deng in three days, which was enough.

At most, he would take the time to tune him up and see if he could raise his Virtue Value, but those were minor matters. Waiting for his Internal Energy was better than waiting for the "Tian Can Collection" to ferment!

The Yuelao System and Emotion System also didn't need to be bothered with.

The remaining tasks beneficial to his development were the pill tasks from the Peerless Divine Doctor System and the love-talk tasks from the Great Language System.

The sudden BOSS battle made Lin Bai realize his many shortcomings.

First, he lacked detox pills and pills to restore Internal Energy.

Only with these two types of pills would he have the ability to fight a protracted war when his Internal Energy was insufficient.

Of course.

There are also internal healing pills.

The external Rejuvenation Pill is actually a bit of a trap...

Therefore, even if the tasks of the Divine Doctor System are difficult, he must grit his teeth and complete them; this is his lifeline.

He might have to keep grinding the Great Language System as well.

The incantation for Palm Thunder is too much of a scam.

Yesterday.

When he subdued those players, most of them didn't speak, but when they were private messaging, the sounds of "WTF," "WTF" basically never stopped.

At that time.

If even a few people had spoken the voice-controlled command "WTF," all the images he had built up would likely have been ruined.

Fine!

It doesn't matter if his image is ruined.

The Good Words and Evil Words tasks had long since ruined his image, and he was even defined as a BUG NPC; acting crazy daily was normal in the eyes of the players.

But being forced to use Palm Thunder is a bit of a pitfall.

It would be one thing if Palm Thunder were powerful, striking whoever dared to control him, but it just happens to only be able to give people a perm...

The one who tied the bell must be the one to untie it.

If he wants to overwrite this incantation, he might have to keep doing the tasks for the Great Language System.

"Sweet talk all day long? Who should I say it to?"

Facing the morning glow.

Lin Bai sat cross-legged on the treetop, took out the porcelain bottle containing the Zhangdu Pill from his bosom, poured one out, and tossed it into his mouth.

After tossing and turning all night.

He was also a bit hungry; although the Zhangdu Pill has a short duration, it is fragrant, and, at critical moments, it can be used to stave off hunger.

The moment he opened the pill bottle, the fragrance wafted out.

The next instant.

Lin Bai felt as if a gaze in the jungle was aimed at him; he looked down subconsciously, and under the tree, a white fox was looking up and staring at him.

To be precise, it was staring at the bottle in his hand containing the Zhangdu Pill.

Discovered by Lin Bai, the white fox panicked and turned to bolt into the woods.

Lin Bai's eyes lit up, and he snapped his fingers: "Brilliant! The system didn't specify that sweet talk must be said to a person..."

(End of this chapter)