Chapter 99: Wind Rises, Clouds Move

Blood Shadow Sect.

【Golden-Haired Lion】 knocked on the door of his newly recognized master, Blood Butcher Lan Nuotian.

Lan Nuotian was sitting cross-legged, practicing his cultivation.

【Golden-Haired Lion】 entered, and his master's eyelids lifted slightly by a sliver: "Disciple, you come to find your master—is there some question regarding your cultivation technique?"

"Master, there are no problems with the technique." 【Golden-Haired Lion】 scrutinized his master, who was wreathed in blood-Qi, and asked tentatively, "Master, I would like to donate one hundred thousand taels of silver to the Blood Shadow Sect to change our sect's attire to a unified standard. What do you think? I see that the brothers and sisters in the sect wear whatever they please; it doesn't show off the might of our Blood Shadow Sect!"

"Disciple, there is no need to spend your thoughts on such trivial matters." Lan Nuotian frowned slightly. "The Blood Shadow Sect uses blood to enter the Dao; we are already not tolerated by those of the secular world. It is easier for disciples in the sect to walk the Jianghu wearing ordinary clothes. If we unify our attire, I fear we will face obstacles everywhere we go. Furthermore, if you have one hundred thousand taels, why not purchase some Magic Tools and medicinal pills for yourself? Only with strength can one run rampant across the world."

"..."

【Golden-Haired Lion】 wore a sheepish expression. The joy of having joined the Blood Shadow Sect vanished instantly; he couldn't even unify the uniforms, let alone hang any advertising signs at the mountain gate.

Compared to Shopkeeper Lin of the Righteous Sect, his master was too pedantic.

In an era of market economy, if he wasn't willing to make even the slightest change, how could players possibly be willing to join?

Sigh!

【Golden-Haired Lion】 let out a faint sigh, suddenly feeling that he had joined the wrong sect!

"Disciple, there is no need to sigh. You are a Heavenly Descended, born with Baimaicutong, and have no shackles in practicing our sect's techniques. If you practice diligently for a period of time, those arrogant ones of the Righteous Sect will surely be trampled under your feet." Seeing his disciple's low spirits, Lan Nuotian comforted him, "Once you enter the Jianghu in the future and understand the ways of those famous Righteous Sects, you will know how free and easy it is to have joined the Blood Shadow Sect..."

"The NPCs of the Blood Shadow Sect have no intelligence," "Far worse than Shopkeeper Lin," "It's like watching a traditional martial arts drama," "Let's go, let's go, it's more interesting to watch Shopkeeper Lin," "Defect, Old Jin, there's no future following the Blood Shadow Sect"...

Amidst a chorus of dissatisfied bullet comments, the number of people in the live stream grew smaller and smaller. 【Golden-Haired Lion】's face turned dark; he felt listless for a moment, his future feeling increasingly bleak: "I understand, Master."

"Go back and practice!" Lan Nuotian glanced at 【Golden-Haired Lion】 and said, "Disciple, although secular gold and silver are of little use to those of us who cultivate, try not to speak of your one hundred thousand taels of silver to the brothers and sisters in the sect, to prevent them from harboring thoughts of murder and robbery. Although your cultivation speed is fast, you have only been in the sect for a short time; if you were to be ambushed, even your master would not be able to save you in time..."

"Work hard on leveling up, find a way to gain a voice within the Blood Shadow Sect. Once there are more players, drag the people of the Blood Shadow Sect to challenge the Beggar Sect one-on-one. At that time, my company can give you a sponsorship. Jin Meili Daily Chemicals."

Among the scrolling bullet comments, a highlighted comment caught 【Golden-Haired Lion】's attention. His eyes suddenly lit up. Just because he couldn't ride on Shopkeeper Lin's popularity now didn't mean he couldn't in the future!

If he could represent the Blood Shadow Sect and cut down the Beggar Sect.

His reputation would definitely surpass Shopkeeper Lin's, and endorsements would certainly be plentiful!

Even in various sports competitions, it is the strong teams that get the high advertising endorsement fees!

Games are the same; in the end, it still comes down to level...

Let you show off for a while longer!

Thinking of this, 【Golden-Haired Lion】 seemed to have found his life's direction again, his Spirit greatly bolstered: "Master, rest assured, I will work hard to practice."

The same scene was also happening at the Canyang Sect, and in the bullet comments of various high-level players. Merchants were not stupid; since they wanted to place advertisements, they naturally had to choose the ones with the highest return efficiency.

Nowadays, the most effective way for the game to promote itself externally was through players' live streaming windows. If you didn't even have popularity, how could you compete with the Beggar Sect?

Yet the Beggar Sect was burning with such popularity that they couldn't even form a team to find the level-one small accounts that had just joined the Beggar Sect.

Forced by necessity, merchants could only find another way and invest in these "seed players."

Of course.

Merchants hoped more that these seed players could immediately create a wave of momentum in the game, but clearly, not everyone was like Lin Bai, having a bunch of systems to rely on.

With most people having generally low levels, they couldn't even make a splash if they wanted to.

That day, on the *Xianxia World* forum, the voices demanding that the company open the public beta reached an unprecedented peak.

On the same day.

Perhaps feeling the public outcry, *Xianxia World* released the fourth batch of Pioneer accounts, totaling one hundred thousand, with the selection method still being a random Extraction from the number of applicants.

Major financial groups and enterprises moved at the news, simultaneously issuing announcements on their official websites.

Companies established gaming departments; employees selected by *Xianxia World* were to report to the company in advance, and their compensation could be negotiated with the company.

At the same time.

Many large companies and enterprises also began recruiting players who possessed game accounts from society, offering generous salary packages.

Among all the players, the happiest were undoubtedly the Beggar Sect disciples in Jiamu City.

They were going crazy accepting advertisements.

For an entire day, no one had time to level up; they kept logging in and out, contacting advertisers, comparing the pros and cons of the advertisers, and their requirements.

Intense arguments and comparisons, trying to select the most suitable advertiser from among them.

In this matter, every Beggar Sect disciple was equal; there was no distinction based on who was the Sect Leader or who was a Nine-Bag Elder.

After all.

Whose advertisement to use and whose not to use, in the end, all had to be decided by money.

Moreover.

The final decision-maker was Lin Bai; what they hoped to present to Shopkeeper Lin was the optimal solution.

This was the Beggar Sect's first business deal, and it related to everyone's future income; they had to let the advertisers see results, they couldn't be too sloppy.

No one expected that playing a game would unexpectedly give them a chance to reach the pinnacle of life.

The Beggar Sect was supposed to be people who reached out their hands to ask others for money; now, it had turned into others shoving money into their hands, fearing they wouldn't take it.

Where could one go to reason about this?

【Lao Mi】 was practically going crazy with joy; Shopkeeper Lin was right, he really was a Dragon and Phoenix Among Men...

Behind Lin Bai's back.

The people of the Beggar Sect also made a decision: to protect Lin Bai, this cash cow, with their lives, and to make him the first BOSS in *Xianxia World* that could never be toppled.

And in the future, those who joined the Beggar Sect must be the best of the best; they absolutely could not let those with ulterior motives mix into the Beggar Sect and be detrimental to Shopkeeper Lin...

Lin Bai did not know that one of his decisions had triggered a violent upheaval in another world, perfectly changing the trajectory of *Xianxia World*.

At this moment.

Lin Bai was in the Alchemy Room researching new pills; he was about to head to Qian City, and he felt his strength was still insufficient, urgently needing detox pills, healing pills, and pills to restore Internal Energy.

Healing pills were the simplest; after all, the system had provided the recipe for the orthodox Rejuvenation Pill, so he restrained himself from adding all sorts of messy things into it and focused on refining Rejuvenation Pills; although the failure rate caused by Basic Alchemy was extremely high, he eventually succeeded with two batches.

Adding the External Rejuvenation Pill he had refined, the pills for internal and external use were finally gathered.

Lin Bai had discovered the side effects of taking the External Rejuvenation Pill orally from the little white fox, seeing the little white fox, which had been purging until its waist and legs were weak and it was wobbling as it walked.

Lin Bai decided right then and there that he would absolutely not mention the External Rejuvenation Pill in front of Xu Longyun.

And as for the meals Xu Longyun sent him, he would absolutely not take another bite until the detox pill was refined.

Just like the little fox, which had suffered so much torment because it told him a lie.

Even though it was nearly collapsed from purging, the look in its eyes when it gazed at him still carried a fawning intent.

Who knew if that woman would be petty and take revenge on him?

She was, after all, a County Princess.

Living in this world, one only has one life, so one must be cautious and even more cautious...

Fortunately, with the Ingredient Property Identification Technique and the experience from Pill Refinement, Lin Bai could finally make decent meals, so he wouldn't end up starving himself.

It was just that his time was tight now, and he had to put all his focus into Pill Refinement.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be impossible to spare some time to complete the Chef God System tasks; at the very least, it could make his stomach more comfortable...

(End of this chapter)