Lin Bai didn't give the Taoists of Return to Dragon View time to react. The more choices they had, the greater the likelihood of variables cropping up, so he might as well force them to adapt to this change from the beginning.

Two of the highest-level enforcers from Return to Dragon View were on his side. If they could temporarily contain the others, that would be enough.

As time dragged on and other matters diverted their attention, their hatred would gradually decrease.

In a sense, he had taken control of the overall situation but hadn't pursued them to the point of extinction. That could be considered a blessing for them.

Of course, there was a certain risk to this approach, but Lin Bai couldn't annihilate an entire sect of NPCs.

Even though he was increasingly becoming a public enemy, Lin Bai always knew that the ultimate threat to him would surely be the players.

NPCs might listen to his reasoning, but players might not. Even if they had obtained numerous benefits from him, the moment it was time to turn against him, they would surely do so without hesitation.

The players had recklessly revealed too much information in their private chats.

Lin Bai knew that a large number of players had defined him as the final boss. They fantasized about gaining a sense of achievement and pleasure from defeating him!

There were four types of gamers: explorers, achievers, socializers, and killers.

Amongst the four types, killer players were the most common. They forever demanded competition within the game, caring deeply about wins and losses.

Achievers also shared characteristics with killer players.

It was almost assured that Lin Bai would one day be at odds with the numerous players. Therefore, Lin Bai would rather risk his own safety to corrupt the NPCs. This would allow them to quickly adapt to the unpredictable players, thus ensuring a balance between players and NPCs and enabling him to profit in the process.

Also, every major villain needed henchmen.

If Cards were not enough, he would use his Personal Charm to sway them.

Lin Bai believed that there were no eternal friends or enemies, only eternal interests.

When the Taoists at Return to Dragon View realized that following him would result in a better and smoother life than before, they would definitely make the right choice.

For cultivators, construction was not a difficult task. In just a little while, the mountain gate of Return to Dragon View, which had been chopped down by Qing Yu, was rebuilt. The characters for "Return to Dragon View" were replaced with the flamboyantly written characters for "Righteous Door".

All the disciples of the Beggar Gang knew that Lin Bai's Way of Incompleteness concealed skills similar to divination. So, they were determined to adhere to the incomplete style.

When they were carving, the horizontal stroke at the top of the first character 'Zheng' in "Righteous Door" was noticeably shorter.

At a glance, the inscription on the mountain gate looked like the words "Stop Justice Gate".

For this, Lin Bai didn't mind.

No matter whether it was Righteous Door or Stop Justice Gate, it was enough that the Super Sect Leader System recognized this as his mountain gate.

Mission completed, Merit Points increased by 200.

Just like Qi Yun, merit didn't have any conspicuous external effects.

However, with Fortune Blessing and Merit Bodyguard, he surmised that his future would undoubtedly be very smooth.

[Congratulations for choosing a good location for your mountain gate. The main hall represents the face of a sect, used for greeting guests. Please add a main hall to your building; Reward: 10 Merit Points]

[A sect must have a side hall...]

Having chosen a location for the mountain gate, the Super Sect Leader System immediately released a series of missions, mostly about sect construction, such as a main hall, side hall, Sutra Depository, Martial Arts Field, and so on.

When the missions were issued, they immediately showed as completed.

Return to Dragon View, established for over two thousand years, had all the necessary structures. There was absolutely no need for Lin Bai to add anything new.

The number of Merit Points kept rising.

In a short while, the value had exceeded five hundred.

One had to admit that stealing from others was much faster than construction.

Straightforwardly selecting a mountain gate location according to the system missions and then gradually constructing buildings? Who knows when all these missions would be accomplished? It wasn't that he wanted to be a villain, but the system kept pushing him onto the path of a villain! This stupid system even counted the sect he had stolen toward his Merit Points. How ironic...

[A single tree does not make a forest, a single strand does not make a thread. Congratulations, your sect has completed initial construction. Please begin recruiting disciples. More disciples should be included in the sect; Rewards: Increasing Merit Points (distributed continuously according to the number and quality of disciples)]

Lin Bai was stunned.

Quantity? Quality? What could be more excellent than players? The Sect Leader System was offering so many Merit Points. Was it encouraging him to recruit players into the sect? No! There was a conflict between Qi Yun and merit! He really couldn't transfer all the disciples from the Beggar Gang to the Righteous Door. Under Lin Bai's deliberate promotion, every player knew that the Righteous Door was more attractive than the Beggar Gang. Once the Righteous Door opened up disciple recruitment, his primary venture might never reach its peak! All along the way, Lin Bai had faced countless troubles and difficulties, but he had navigated most of them with more close shaves than real dangers. The Qi Yun of his main persona might have played a significant role in them. He was still not sure about the exact effect of merit... But Lin Bai still felt that he should stick to the original plan.

While developing the Beggar Gang, he should select excellent disciples to join the Righteous Door, thereby encouraging the mutual development of both the Beggar Gang and the Righteous Door.

Quietly waiting for the Super Sect Leader System to finish issuing missions, Lin Bai looked at the many Golden Core Taoists waiting for instructions on the Martial Arts Field. He addressed them, "...Return to Dragon View has become Righteous Door, but the sect remains the same. The Cultivation Techniques of Return to Dragon View have become a part of Righteous Door, and former Return to Dragon View disciples can also practice Righteous Door's techniques. Everyone's position will remain as it is, and everyone will continue to perform their roles.

"Shortly, over a thousand bestowed individuals from the Beggar Gang will be arriving at Return to Dragon View using the transportation methods of other factions like Hundred Flower Valley.

"Please prepare to welcome the guests. In the coming days, nurturing the bestowed individuals will be a key focus for the sect. I will select excellent bestowed individuals from the Beggar Gang to join Righteous Door for focused nurturing, striving to utilize them to turn Return to Dragon... cough... the Righteous Door into a super sect like the Seven Majestic Sects."

All the Golden Core disciples of Return to Dragon View looked at Lin Bai, remaining silent and uncooperative, refusing to respond. In front of this man who had destroyed their sect, it was hard for them to show any compliance.

"Qing Yu, you arrange the reception matters and give me a list of all the personnel in Return to Dragon View." Lin Bai smiled, unconcerned, and issued his order, "The sect has just been established; we aim for stability. During this period, if anyone doesn't cooperate, let me know. I will put them in a Card. A sect that can't even fight against me alone doesn't have anything to be proud of. If you don't know enough to follow the strong, be ambitious, and instead resort to creating obstacles secretly, that makes me look down on you even more..."

The Return to Dragon View Taoists looked at the wooden Dao Xu. Their expressions changed simultaneously as strong negative emotions arose.

"Sutra Depository" changed to "Scripture Each," "Martial Arts Field" changed to "Tiger Martial Arts Field," "Spiritual Field" changed to "Spirit Says"...

Unlike the somber Taoists of Return to Dragon View, players like Dragon Breath were spirited as they went about their tasks.

Although the Righteous Door, reformed from Return to Dragon View, was different from the Righteous Door they aspired to, it was a good beginning. At least they had access to an entire sect's Cultivation Techniques, and it was a sect entirely led by them.

All disciples of the Beggar Gang knew that, apart from specific matters, Lin Bai was essentially a hands-off shopkeeper, usually not handling issues.

A few players led the outer disciples of Return to Dragon View to wreak havoc, striving to transform Righteous Door into the style Lin Bai loved in the shortest time.

Winning Lin Bai's favor, perhaps they could skyrocket, leapfrogging the Beggar Gang to directly enter Righteous Door.

Watching as the players implemented the Way of Incompleteness within Return to Dragon View, Lin Bai gave them a thumbs-up, encouraging them with his gaze.

Possessing the Card System, with undying Card characters, Lin Bai could share their Spiritual Power.

However, external forces would always remain external forces, not as reliable as one's own.

Any addition to his Inner Strength was welcome.

In this world, there were martial saints who achieved enlightenment through Martial Arts as well. It's just that cultivating to become a martial saint was fraught with difficulties, and one might not even emerge in thousands of years.

But for Lin Bai, the cultivation of Martial Arts and Inner Strength was a trivial matter, not difficult at all.

He eagerly looked forward to the day when he would be able to dominate the landscape with his fists.

The buildings are damaged, and instead of rushing to repair them, you all are causing more destruction! You're not fit to be called human!

A group of Golden Core Taoists, forced to become disciples of the Righteous Door, watched as the Taoist temple they had inherited for over two thousand years was damaged and thrown into chaos. They dared to be angry but not to speak out.

A stream of people continuously provided Lin Bai with negative emotions, but no one dared to cross him.

Not to mention Lin Bai's own Nascent Soul cultivation level, the mere fact that Dao Xu—a cultivator of flesh and blood—had been sealed into a Card by Lin Bai and turned into a thoughtless puppet made them all cautious. No one wanted to be sealed by a Card.

Seeing Lin Bai take several books from the Sutra Depository and sit at the mountain gate casually flipping through them, Dao Kong and Dao Jing took the opportunity to find Qing Yu.

Dao Kong looked at Lady Hua Xi, who was inseparable from Qing Yu, frowned slightly, and hesitated to speak.

"Martial Uncle, if you have something to say, please speak freely. Lady Hua Xi is my beloved. In fact, she was also a victim of Lin Bai and won't leak secrets," Qing Yu explained helplessly as he looked at his two martial uncles.

"Indeed, the sect is gone, so there's not much left to worry about!" Dao Kong laughed self-mockingly and asked, "Martial Nephew, the disciples who escaped said you were sealed by Lin Bai. How did you recover your senses?"

Qing Yu's face stiffened. He said desolately, "Replying to Martial Uncle, Lin Bai helped me recover my senses. However, my actions are still controlled by him. I have no command over my own body; I cannot even resist. This time, the thousand-year foundation of Return to Dragon View was destroyed by my hand. For this, I, Qing Yu, deserve to die a thousand deaths..."

"..." Dao Kong looked at Qing Yu and said with a sigh of disappointment, "It's not your fault. Who could have imagined that an obscure disciple from the Righteous Door would possess Nascent Soul cultivation and employ such bizarre, indefensible methods? Unfortunately, our Senior Brother was caught unawares... Sigh!"

"It's a pity Master isn't here. With his Divine Skills, he would have captured Lin Bai in a single move," Dao Jing lamented. "It's also our own inadequacy that we haven't broken through to Nascent Soul after all this time. Otherwise, even three against one, Lin Bai wouldn't have gained an advantage."

"Discussing this now is pointless." Dao Kong glanced at Dao Xu, the living puppet guarding outside the Sutra Depository, and whispered, "We must find a way to make Lin Bai restore Senior Brother's mind. Even though Lin Bai controls him, he presided over Return to Dragon View for many years, has extensive connections, and might have a strategy for this crisis."

"I'll look for an opportunity to try," Daoist Qingyu said, glancing at his two martial uncles and understanding their intent. He smiled bitterly. "I've already been sealed; I have nothing more to lose. It's best if I do it."

There were two types of Cultivation Techniques at Return to Dragon View: one was Huilong Jue, and the other was Dragon Rising Skill.

The cultivation methods of the two techniques differed: Huilong Jue was cultivated from the inside out, while Dragon Rising Skill was cultivated from the outside in.

When Return to Dragon View imparted Cultivation Techniques, disciples were assigned a suitable one based on their aptitude; there was no inherent distinction of superiority or inferiority between the techniques.

Both techniques, when cultivated to mastery, could lead to transcending Tribulation and ascending to immortality.

Dao Xu's lineage all practiced Huilong Jue.

In contrast, Dao Kong and Dao Jing's lineage practiced Dragon Rising Skill.

As Lin Bai browsed Huilong Jue, he understood the Cultivation Technique at a glance due to his shared skills with Dao Xu.

He attempted to circulate his Spiritual Power according to the technique's designated path, and it naturally rose from his Dantian.

However, this wisp of Spiritual Power didn't remain in his body. Instead, it split into two streams: one flowed towards the mental image of Dao Xu, and the other towards Qing Yu's image.

"..."

Lin Bai was stunned, the corner of his mouth twitching unconsciously.

What the hell? The character sealed by the Card could actually grow through his cultivation? But what's the point of doing this?! He captured Card characters to help him fight, not to cultivate himself to boost their Cultivation Level! If he had time to cultivate, why would he do system tasks!

Lin Bai gave up on cultivating Huilong Jue and turned to look at another book, Dragon Rising Skill.

This time, the Cultivation Technique was not so easy to understand!

The cultivation principles of the Nine-Days True Scripture and Dragon Rising Skill were incompatible, so Dao Xu's experience was useless here.

The strange knowledge instilled in Lin Bai's mind by the system wasn't much help in cultivation either. At most, it allowed him to become familiar with meridians and the technique's operation, preventing errors.

However, sensing the Qi flow and similar nuances still required him to figure them out himself.

Lin Bai lacked the players' talent and aptitude, who could understand at a glance and learn with a single attempt.

He tried cultivating Dragon Rising Skill for a while but felt no Spiritual Power, not even a hint of Qi.

Moreover, when he cultivated, he would unconsciously revert to the cultivation method of the Nine-Days True Scripture, ultimately converting his Spiritual Power back into Inner Strength.

So this is my real level. Lin Bai laughed embarrassedly and dejectedly gave up the idea of cultivating the technique. Accustomed to the system's instant gratification through tasks, he couldn't bear this tedious and solitary method of cultivation.

No wonder that in nearly two thousand years, Return to Dragon View had produced fewer than two hundred Golden Core cultivators. For people with poor aptitude, cultivation is really too difficult. Of course, it could also be that his comprehension was not enough.

Thinking of comprehension, Lin Bai thought of the Mentor System. So much time had passed. His Righteous Door sect was established and ready to recruit disciples widely, yet Dumbelldore still hasn't mastered the Descending Dragon Palm Strike. How unimpressive. Perhaps after things settled down, he needed to find ways to expedite Dumbelldore's cultivation progress and activate the second disciple slot in the Mentor System. Perhaps his own cultivation and comprehension might have to rely on the Mentor System. After all, he could directly receive Cultivation Technique feedback from his disciples. Surely the Spiritual Power they fed back wouldn't be siphoned off by the Card characters again!

「At noon.」

The shuttle carrying the disciples of the Beggar Gang finally arrived at Return to Dragon View.

On the shuttle, the players had already learned about the battle. It was somewhat regrettable that they hadn't run advertisements while Lin Bai was fighting.

However, the thought that they could finally abandon the Nine-Days True Scripture and cultivate true Immortal Law thrilled many Beggar Gang disciples. Though they hadn't contributed much, they felt they were finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

"Stop Justice Gate?"

Standing at the bow of the shuttle, Jiang Yuru gazed at the altered mountain gate of Return to Dragon View and the utterly bereaved Taoists behind Lin Bai, her face filled with astonishment. Did he actually manage to take down Return to Dragon View all by himself?

Then, her expression shifted again. She frowned. Damn it, Spoken Law Follows has been interrupted again! Can anyone truly master such a Cultivation Technique?