Chapter 117: Negotiations among 117 Players
Silver relayed Lin Bai’s message to the Players in the front courtyard through team voice chat after running a few steps.
The Lonely Old Man faltered for a moment, then promptly understood Lin Bai’s intention.
This was Lin Bai’s test for them.
Ultimately, they were still mired in their old gaming habits, resorting to violence at the first sign of trouble. Subconsciously, they still didn’t perceive this as a real world.
A flurry of rapid exchanges filled the team’s voice chat.
Then, before Zhao Yi and the others who had come looking for trouble, the Players, who had been ready for a fight, quickly sheathed their weapons and dispersed.
"What just happened?" Peng Ze from the Medicine King Valley was somewhat puzzled by the sudden change in the Players. "Are they planning to run away?"
"Where could they possibly run?" Daoist Qingming of Return to Dragon View scoffed. "Their only ally is Lin Bai. Once Lin Bai dies, unless they wish to live in the secular world forever, they’ll still have to find a Sect to take them in."
"..." Jiang Qingqin clutched her sword, her mind wandering.
Lin Bai’s words kept echoing in her mind. Ever since she entered the Hundred Flower Valley, she’d been taught that the regulations of the Seven Orthodox Sects were correct and that abiding by them would ensure everyone could live well. But what happened at the Supervisory Immortal Office today left her feeling particularly uncomfortable. Lin Bai had merely established the Beggar Gang and hadn’t done anything to offend the Seven Orthodox Sects, yet their members were now at the Beggar Gang’s doorstep, seemingly hellbent on exterminating him. Just because Lin Bai’s Beggar Gang had intercepted a divinely descended person from ""Basic City""? But from Lin Bai’s perspective, he had done nothing wrong; he didn’t even know the rules of the Seven Orthodox Sects... How were their current actions any different from those of the Evil Sects who robbed divinely descended people? No. There was a difference. Compared to the Evil Sects, Lin Bai was just an individual. His obscure origins from the Righteous Door Sect meant his death would have no major ramifications. But offending the likes of the Blood Shadow Sect could ignite a war between the orthodox and evil factions. Ultimately, it all boiled down to Lin Bai being weak. Moreover, after learning from her that Lin Bai hadn’t achieved Core Formation, Return to Dragon View had deliberately sent a Golden Core practitioner to oversee things. Disgusting!
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While they were speaking, the Players returned to the front courtyard.