Living for the chaos.

This was the definition the Beggar Gang disciples had for Lin Bai.

Compared to other NPCs, Lin Bai was far too active.

His activity was utterly illogical, as if he were intentionally stirring up trouble—more villainous than actual villains...

However, this happened to be exactly to the players' taste.

What they needed was conflict and war. What was the point of playing house with a bunch of NPCs in a game?

So what if they launched a war for a beast-eared lady?

Throughout history, have there been few wars fought over women?

Especially for a cute and adorable beast-eared lady?

Restricting the freedom of Demon Beasts for one's own selfish gain was wrong from the start...

The Beast Taming Sect deserves to be overthrown!

All for justice!

…

The players from the Beggar Gang strongly urged Hu Xiaobai to participate in Beggar Gang activities in her transformed state to increase cohesion among the disciples.

But the little fox arrogantly vetoed the idea.

At this moment, Little White Fox finally realized the lethality of her new image, and her admiration for Lin Bai soared to new heights.

Little Fox didn't see anything wrong with it.

The innate talent of a Fox Demon is Charm. This image is more attractive when tempting humans, and things get done with twice the result for half the effort. Why not use it?

Little Fox thought Jiang Qingqin was also very pretty, but clearly, the Descended Ones in the Beggar Gang had no interest in her.

This made Little Fox feel she had finally outshone that woman. She walked with a spring in her step, her tail held high.

She even considered returning to the mountain forests to tell her brothers and sisters to adopt this appearance when they transformed in the future.

…

He taught a few sets of Martial Arts to players like Lonely Old Man and let them make use of them.

The players then dispersed, reluctant to part with Little White Fox.

To pursue realism, the game didn't prohibit players from teaching each other Martial Arts; there was no rule that a secret manual could only be learned by one person.

Whether one was willing to teach the Martial Arts they had learned to others, and how many moves to teach, depended entirely on the player's personal inclination.

Deciding who learned which Martial Arts first, how to position during group battles, how to cooperate... these things truly tested the planning ability of a team's core members.

A team leader couldn't possibly teach all Martial Arts to everyone; that wouldn't be beneficial for maximizing the team's combat effectiveness.

It wouldn't matter if they were solo players.

But the Beggar Gang was now a single entity and had to consider collective benefits.

Fortunately, Lonely Old Man was a qualified leader, a fact already proven when he organized players to fight Lin Bai.

He had a clear understanding of how to allocate the Beggar Gang's Martial Power and how they should coordinate with Lin Bai at critical moments. After discussing with a few senior members, they formulated a suitable incentive system.

Lin Bai had no interest in managing the Beggar Gang's miscellaneous affairs; his main focus was still on completing System tasks.

Only one's own strength is truly one's own; players can never be fully trusted.

The Beggar Gang now had as many as 3,000 members. Who knew if someone had planted an Undercover agent among them?

Tall trees catch much wind.

He had no idea how many players detested him and wanted to get rid of him for good!

They could play their games, and he would play his.

…

"[Flawed Items: 13,053 remaining...; Reward: Great Demon Solution Book - Art of Separated Legs]"

Not long after Lonely Old Man and the others left, Lin Bai received a mission success notification in his mind.

Then, the Everything Has Shortcomings System issued a new task. Judging by the description, it involved over 10,000 flawed items.

With 3,000 flaw-promoting envoys, this task was practically a freebie.

As expected.

By staying ahead of the System, all task rewards could be obtained for free.

Lin Bai had already obtained the Art of Separation and the Technique of Separated Hand from the Great Demon Solution Book.

Lin Bai didn't dare to test the Art of Separation.

But the Technique of Separated Hand could be tried.

Seeing no one around, Lin Bai activated the Technique of Separated Hand, and his left hand detached.

The moment he activated the skill, his left hand silently separated from his wrist without any pain or blood.

Lin Bai tried to bend the fingers of his left hand.

The fingers moved as freely as if the left hand were still attached to his body.

Lin Bai directed the detached left hand forward, upward, and downward; its flexibility was entirely unaffected.

The only flaw was that once the detached left hand left his line of sight, although he could still control it, he had no idea what kind of environment his hand was in!

A skill that could only be effectively used within his line of sight.

Little Fox watched Lin Bai's floating left hand, dumbfounded. "Master, your hand?"

Lin Bai directed his left hand to float above Little Fox's head, patted her head, and said with a smile, "This new Spell I've just learned—Technique of Separated Hand."

Little White Fox reached out to grab Lin Bai's large hand above her head, but it cleverly dodged her.

Lin Bai smiled at Little Fox. With a thought, he unleashed a palm strike, "Suddenly, It's Coming!"

WHOOSH!

The Inner Strength from his Dantian surged forth, connecting to his left hand.

A phantom dragon flew out from his palm, crashing into the rockery in the yard and sending stones flying everywhere.

Some Beggar Gang disciples were startled and ran over to check the situation.

Lin Bai quickly retrieved his hand. As he willed it back, his left hand streaked through the air, leaving an afterimage, and returned to his body at top speed.

…

Seeing Lin Bai practicing his moves, the Beggar Gang disciple waved at Little White Fox and retreated.

"Amazing." Little White Fox ignored the Beggar Gang disciple. She held Lin Bai's left hand, examining it closely; it was seamless, without a single trace of injury. "In the future, when you use Palm Thunder, you can secretly send your hand flying out to unleash it. It'll be impossible to guard against!"

"Yes!" Lin Bai didn't deny it.

The inconvenience of controlling the hand outside his line of sight was a secret he had to keep. Only when his eyes and hands could both detach and fly out could he do as Little Fox suggested.

If he could add an invisibility spell or something similar, he would be invincible.

Actually, the Art of Separation and the Technique of Separated Hand could achieve what Little Fox described. But if both his head and hand flew out and his remaining body was destroyed, that would be real trouble. Lin Bai didn't plan to do that unless absolutely necessary.

The ability that truly suits the Great Demon Solution Book is actually regeneration...

With Regeneration Ability, he could casually toss out his head and hands. Combined with Palm Thunder, he alone would be an army.

Regeneration Ability?

Perhaps the Peerless Divine Doctor System can do it; modern medicine even has cloning technology!

If it can't achieve limb regeneration, how can it dare call itself an Unworldly Divine Doctor?

The current task from the Peerless Divine Doctor System was still to research Dan Fang, with the reward being the skill to identify poisons.

This seemed like an unnecessary skill. With Lin Bai's current strength, if someone could get close enough to poison him, he would have already lost.

Lin Bai also didn't believe that Medicine King Valley's Poison Pills needed to be ingested to take effect. They were most likely the kind that could form a poisonous fog or miasma when secretly thrown.

By then, even if he identified the poison, he wouldn't have any Detoxification Pills!

However, the task had to be done. Just like the Great Language System's lying task, if it wasn't completed, it would get stuck and not issue the next one!

Lin Bai had ready-made Pill Medicines on hand: Enlightenment Pills and Transformation Pills.

He decided to start with these two Pill Medicines to see if he could improve upon them, create new Dan Fang, and bluff his way through the task.

After more disciples joined the Beggar Gang, Miracle Doctor Flower was now leading his own team. He currently had over thirty people under him, learning the Alchemy Technique from him.

Compared to the Beggar Gang's 3,000 players, the thirty-odd people practicing Alchemy weren't many.

Most players who enjoyed Alchemy ultimately chose Medicine King Valley. After all, compared to the unfocused Beggar Gang, Medicine King Valley was more professional.

At this time, in the Alchemy Room, a group of players, each with a Pill Furnace, were working together, mass-producing Revitalizing Pills of various efficacies.

While making pills, they excitedly discussed how to create more bizarre and novel Pill Medicines based on the Revitalizing Pill.

When Lin Bai entered, they were discussing the creation of Exploding Rejuvenation Pills.

This was inspired by the Arrow of Rejuvenation; the basic concept was similar to a hand grenade.

Various Revitalizing Pills would be embedded on the surface of the grenade. The explosion would then blast the Pill Medicine into the enemy's body...

Seeing Lin Bai enter, everyone unanimously stopped talking and turned their gazes to Little White Fox, who was trotting closely behind him.

Some bolder players even ran to Little White Fox's side and discreetly took a photo with her.

"Lin, the Storekeeper." Miracle Doctor Flower greeted Lin Bai. "Are you here for Alchemy?"

"I have a task for you." Lin Bai looked at him, took out an Enlightenment Pill, and tossed it over. "This is an Enlightenment Pill. It can awaken an animal's Spirit Intelligence. Try to reverse-engineer its ingredients. If you succeed, I'll teach you the Monarch-Minister-Adviser-Assistant Matching Technique."

"It can awaken an animal's Spirit Intelligence?" Miracle Doctor Flower glanced at Little White Fox and instantly became excited. Alchemists also wanted cute beast companions. Once their Spirit Intelligence was awakened, they could cultivate, and perhaps one day, even Transform!

Even if they couldn't Transform, having a cute, talking beast wouldn't be bad at all!

"Rest assured, we'll reverse-engineer the Pill Medicine as soon as possible," a group of Alchemists declared, thumping their chests.

"Good, make haste." Lin Bai smiled, turned, and left the Pill Refinery.

Studying Dan Fang was a time-consuming task. With players helping, Lin Bai was too lazy to do it himself unless he was very confident. His wisdom in Pill Medicine development wasn't much greater than the players'.

Instead of researching Dan Fang himself, it would be better to wait for the Undercover agent from Medicine King Valley to steal a few more Dan Fang. He was waiting to receive System rewards!

As for the Transformation Pill, Lin Bai didn't give it to the players.

He now only had one Transformation Pill left. If it was ruined by the players, it would be gone.

This item was so precious; he had to use it sparingly until he could obtain Transformation Pills in large quantities.

「Upon returning to his room,」

He ordered Little White Fox to practice and improve her strength to complete the Pet System's task.

Lin Bai took out the Silver Edge Card that sealed Lady Hua Xi and released her.

The character sealed inside the Silver Edge Card could be recycled and used. Theoretically, it was superior to a Blank Card.

However, after releasing Lady Hua Xi, Lin Bai was disappointed.

Lady Hua Xi stood there in a daze, just like Daoist Qingming, without her own consciousness, still just a Puppet following orders.

Apart from the Magic Treasures she used for battle, she didn't carry anything like the Mysterious Darkness Sect's Secret Manual.

Lin Bai did, however, manage to find quite a few Pill Medicines on her.

Those Pill Medicines had no names, so Lin Bai didn't dare to consume them rashly. He threw them all to the Alchemists to study.

…

While Lin Bai was looting his Puppet and tallying his gains from the battle, the few sects that had recruited the Descended Ones were as lively as if it were New Year's.

Because they had no experience dealing with players, Tong Cha and the others were driven to their wits' end by the players' antics.

"Master Tong, when will the rewards you promised us be delivered?" 'Allergic to Work' asked.

"After I return to the Sword Sect and consult with the Sect Leader, they will all be distributed to you," Tong Cha said. "Rest assured, everything promised to you at the recruitment fair will be fulfilled."

"Are all of us going back to the Morning Yuan Sword Sect to cultivate sword techniques?" 'Wild Wolf' asked with a slight frown.

"Yes," Tong Cha replied. "The Sword Sect is located deep in the mountains where the Spiritual Energy is rich, much more suitable for cultivation than the secular world."

"Cultivating deep in the mountains? So, it's a remote place?" 'Lord' asked.

"That's right," Tong Cha said.

"Does our Sword Sect have many Golden Core cultivators?" 'No.1 Sword Immortal' asked.

"There are over five hundred people who have formed a Sword Elixir, and more than five thousand ordinary disciples," Tong Cha said proudly.

"How long does it take to form a Sword Elixir?" 'Wild Wolf' asked.

"That's hard to say. Some comprehend Sword Intent and form a Sword Elixir in a little over ten years; others make no progress even after thirty to fifty years…" Tong Cha patiently explained.

"Damn, what's the point if we have to stay in the sect cultivating for over ten years?" 'Lord' complained. "We can't even advertise if we're stuck cultivating in the sect! Master Tong, we can't just cultivate all the time. We need to find things to do! Just like Lin, the Storekeeper, of the Beggar Gang—picking fights with everyone and everything! We need to build up the reputation of our Morning Yuan Sword Sect!"

"Exactly, exactly!" 'No.1 Sword Immortal' chimed in. "Lin, the Storekeeper, wiped out all the Evil Sects at the recruitment fair today. Those sects will definitely retaliate in force. Our Morning Yuan Sword Sect absolutely cannot miss out on such an awesome battle between righteous and evil; we have to get involved!"

"If all else fails, let's just declare war on the Beggar Gang!" a player suggested.

"Can we fly on swords once we form a Sword Elixir?" another player asked. "If we can fly on swords, how long would it take to get to Qian City from the Morning Yuan Sword Sect?"

"Does the Morning Yuan Sword Sect have any Pill Medicines that can rapidly increase our Cultivation Level?" a player inquired.

"Why doesn't the Beggar Gang need to find a place with rich Spiritual Energy to train?" a player said. "Master Tong, times have changed. It's time to come out of the mountains."

"Are there any cute Demon Beasts near the Morning Yuan Sword Sect?" 'Restless Sword' asked. "Today, Lin, the Storekeeper's Little White Fox transformed, and she was super cute. Can the Sword Sect help each of us capture one as an entry reward?"

The group of players chattered endlessly, bombarding him with one question after another.

The cacophony of voices made Tong Cha's head feel like it was about to split. He glanced at Zhao Yi beside him, somewhat mystified as to how Lin Bai managed to get these noisy Descended Ones so well-organized and compliant.

He too had taught disciples before, but when had he ever seen such undisciplined and lax new disciples?

These guys would ask anything!

Asking about sect matters was one thing...

But what did they mean by asking if he wore underwear?

What the hell were they trying to do?

Similar scenes were unfolding at Hundred Flower Valley, Medicine King Valley, and the Spirit Artifact Pavilion...

The players' questions primarily focused on two points.

First, cultivating deep in the mountains was boring.

Second, they absolutely had to participate in the war between the Beggar Gang and the five major Evil Sects...