Ten Thousand Ways To Eliminate Players

*Justice Weekly* immediately reported the results of the meeting between Yan Qing, the Heavenly Dao Sect Master, and the Justice League's Alliance Hierarch.

For a time, the world was taken by surprise.

Nobody expected that in this new generation's struggle against the old ruling class, the first to surrender would be the esteemed Seven Orthodox Sects, offering war reparations no less.

Therefore, the Justice League, which had seemed shaky in the eyes of the world, finally found firm footing.

Many previously hesitant nobles and wealthy merchants scrambled to make contact with the Justice League, investing in its industries and making every effort to send their own disciples to work for it.

The public's enthusiasm for laws reached unprecedented heights.

Booklets on cultivating "Spoken Law Follows" sold like hotcakes in literary circles, with new versions such as the Derogatory Words Edition and the Love Words Edition emerging.

The *Heavenly Remnant Collection* triggered a new buying frenzy, proclaimed as an ultimate secret manual for cultivating the Way of Incompleteness and the Way of Love.

After all, Lin Bai's signature Divine Skill, Magpie Bridge, was derived from the *Heavenly Remnant Collection*.

*Justice Weekly*, in its coverage of the Battle of Zhen City, interspersed many actual photographs from the battlefield. The newly revealed Skill, Bind the Immortal, became the new darling of lovers fascinated by the Way of Love.

Couples purchased ropes and, by referring to the pictures in *Justice Weekly*, practiced the Bind the Immortal skill on each other. As a result, they found it genuinely helped improve their relationships...

Chefs around the world, hearing of the miraculous effects of the dishes Lin Bai made, immediately revered him as the Kitchen God.

They brought back portraits or statues of Lin Bai wielding a knife and worshipped them day and night in their homes, attempting to comprehend the Great Path of Cooking from them...

The king and ministers of Taiyi Country celebrated, seemingly forgetting the fear and tension before the Battle of Zhen City. They had won this gamble on their nation's fate, and it felt as if they had gotten it for free.

What made them even happier was that Lin Bai's interests intersected with theirs but did not infringe upon one another. There was no suppression from either side; instead, both parties seemed to be working for mutual benefit. The king and ministers of Taiyi Country greatly appreciated this relationship.

Countries like Taichu and Taihao, seeing new hope, sought to make contact with Lin Bai through various channels.

The bottom line for the Seven Orthodox Sects and the Five Demon Sects was that the Justice League's patent rights should not extend beyond Taiyi Country, but they did not prohibit Magpie Bridge or its commercial applications.

Any visionary could see the impact Magpie Bridge would have on the world situation; and even if they couldn't, the Players would convince them.

A worker must sharpen his tools if he wants to do his job well.

If transportation was inadequate, the economy could not develop, meaning they would fall further and further behind in this era of transformation.

In the near future, Magpie Bridge would undoubtedly become the lifeline of every nation. No one wanted such a vital artery controlled by a single person, but under the prevailing trend, they would have to introduce Magpie Bridge, gritting their teeth.

Now, both the Seven Orthodox Sects and the Five Demon Sects were hoping that Lin Bai's laws were real, and that their own sects could also produce talents capable of mastering such laws.

Alternatively, they hoped they could create similar Divine Skills to counteract these laws.

Influenced by this line of thinking, research into the Way of Space and super-fast transit Spells was also prioritized on the agendas of various countries and sects.

Better safe than sorry.

The balance established between the Seven Orthodox Sects and the Justice League through war was too fragile, and the personality Lin Bai had shown the world was far too unpredictable.

They knew they had to use this peace—bought so dearly with humiliation and money—to develop countermeasures. If they didn't, and Lin Bai eventually turned hostile, they would once again face the difficult prospect of being controlled.

But, in the meantime, breaking through technological barriers was easier said than done.

Therefore, the people who had descended from another world and their civilization became the last straw for the sects and countries...

The status of Players, particularly research-oriented ones, was rapidly rising.

Lin Bai's fame was soaring, like the midday sun. Beyond the Players, more and more natives began to regard him as an idol, and his fan base grew with frightening speed.

In just half a day, his fan count surpassed 100,000.

This elevated Lin Bai to the status of a third-rate celebrity.

As a result, he acquired the Intermediate Idol Halo, which boosted his fans' combat power by an additional thirty percent when they were together.

The Lin Bai Support Group in Zhen City immediately sensed this enhancement in their combat power, which filled them with joy. They assumed their recent efforts had finally paid off, and their adoration for Lin Bai grew even stronger. They trained with greater diligence, dreaming of the day they could fight alongside their idol.

The Idol System presented Lin Bai with a new task: *To become a second-rate celebrity with over 10,000,000 fans. Reward: Visual Shield (Your fans will turn a blind eye to your shortcomings).*

Lin Bai chose to ignore this new task from the Idol System as well.

All the groundwork was already laid. He just needed to be his most perfect self, and his fan base would naturally grow. Worrying further would be a waste of emotion.

Moreover, the rewards from the other Systems were already sufficient; the Idol System was merely a bonus.

Concurrently with the completion of the Idol System's task, tasks from the God of Craftsmen System and the Matchmaker System were also completed.

His ostentatious introduction of the kitchen knife he had forged for himself before cooking, accompanied by the publicity from *Justice Weekly*, became widely known, and he reaped the reward of Intermediate Magic Treasure theory.

Meanwhile, Ziyi Old Ancestor, after hearing the story of Lady White, had imagined his own epic romance with Hu Qing. When this imagined story was published in *Justice Weekly*, it caused an immediate sensation in a world relatively lacking in entertainment but where love stories thrived. First, there were the stories of Lin Bai and the white fox he had pursued; then came Ziyi Old Ancestor and Hu Qing. Influenced by these, people began to accept the idea of interspecies romance.

As a result, Lin Bai gained a new Skill: Metamorphosis Butterfly.

The successful completion of these three tasks was entirely thanks to the unwitting assistance of the Seven Orthodox Sects. Their retreat not only boosted the Justice League's prestige but also shifted public attention from the conflict to Lin Bai himself. If Ancestor Yan Qing had known their withdrawal would benefit Lin Bai so immensely, he would probably have gritted his teeth and launched an attack on the Justice League, determined to block Lin Bai's path of growth.

It had to be said, having multiple Systems truly had its advantages. No matter what he did, or what his enemies did, he always seemed to reap rich rewards.

The God of Craftsmen System issued a new task: *Craft weapons for three renowned individuals and ensure their weapons are acknowledged by the world. Reward: Heart Refining Method.*

The Matchmaker System issued a new task: *Encourage people to spontaneously build temples for Cupid and genuinely believe that love blessed by Cupid will be more beautiful. Reward: Phoenix Seeks Phoenix (You can designate a male organism to display its talents to a female one).*

Lin Bai wasn't sure what the Heart Refining Method from the God of Craftsmen System entailed, but the reward for the new Matchmaker System task, Phoenix Seeks Phoenix, immediately caught his eye.

This was clearly a powerful control Skill, infinitely better than Bind the Immortal and Rush Moon.

After all, Rush Moon had practically been figured out by others, and the rope required for Bind the Immortal was too flimsy; people could easily break free, rendering it ineffective at truly binding immortals. But designating a male organism to display its talents to a female one...

Surely, they couldn't find loopholes in a courtship talent display, could they?!

Don't peacocks, when courting, need to display their feathers to the peahen for ages?

However, the new task's requirements were also quite high. Getting the populace to spontaneously build temples for him was easy enough, but making them genuinely believe that love blessed by him would be more beautiful seemed a bit challenging!

After all, the couples he had "enlightened" so far were all geared for battle; there was hardly a normal couple among them. Whether it was Qing Yu and Flower Stream, Pei Yanzong and Real Person Li, Forget and Zhou Zhu, or the most recent pair, Ziyi Old Ancestor and Hu Qing, their lives were fraught with disasters and tribulations. It was very difficult for people to associate them with anything beautiful...