Heard You're Good at Kung Fu

[The system task in the previous chapter has been slightly modified... I forgot to change it in the previous draft... I added an option "Must show your true face". Watermark GG Test Watermark GG Test]

Hearing the system's voice, Jiang Lin felt as if a thousand alpacas were galloping through his mind.

For this system, there's no limit to how many frustrating options there are; they can only get worse.

Since the system has placed that girl as the second option, it means that this girl is definitely not an ordinary person.

Could this girl be the Nine-tailed Sky Fox?

That can't be possible, right? Why would someone at the Immortal Realm come here to join the fun? Is she just bored and trying to bully newbies in the "Newbie Camp"?

Impossible, the Immortal Realm wouldn't be this boring...

Could this girl be someone very important to that Nine-tailed Sky Fox, perhaps even her younger sister, who came to the mortal realm specifically for training?

Forget it, I'm not going to guess anymore.

Regardless, there are too many uncertainties surrounding this girl; there's no way I could choose the second option!

Otherwise, the Donglin City incident had finally come to an end, and then he went and provoked that Nine-tailed Sky Fox again. Wasn't that just asking for trouble...?

I choose one!

[Ding... Host has made his/her choice. May he/she have a smooth journey on the path of villainy.]

The system voice disappeared, Jiang Lin sighed again, feeling that he might be in for some bloodshed tonight.

Actually, I really want to be a good person, not a villain...

"Young master, please hurry..."

Just as Jiang Lin thought that boarding the flower boat in the middle of the river might mean being hunted down by countless people, an elder from the Empty Spirit Sect who was maintaining order Heart-Lake Transmission.

Jiang Lin didn't say much, but sighed inwardly and with a wave of his hand, he dispelled the Illusion Technique.

The Spiritual Power surrounding Jiang Lin slowly dissipated.

In the night sky, a man dressed in white, with a jade pendant at his waist, stood gracefully. His handsome face and melancholy eyes, especially the way he looked up at the night sky at a forty-five-degree angle, seemed to hold countless stories within his eyes...

"So handsome!"

"He's really handsome~~~ He even looks a bit like that Flower-Picking Thief in the portrait? Wait, Flower-Picking Thief?"

"Jiang Lin, Little Thief! How dare you participate in the Literary Gathering!"

Someone recognized Jiang Lin and shouted it out.

The sound, like a torpedo, stirred up a thousand waves, and the Empty Spirit River instantly erupted in chaos.

"Young Master Jiang, I'm staying at the Tonglin Inn, so I won't close the windows tonight."

"Young Master Jiang, I've heard you're very skilled in martial arts, is that true?"

"Jiang Lin, do you still remember me? You treated me to bananas that day."

"You lecherous scoundrel! Give me back my junior sister's innocence!"

"You lecherous thief, you think you have any talent? Don't insult our the Four Arts!"

"Jiang Lin! Get down here! You lecherous thief, you think you can stand shoulder to shoulder with us?"

"This is not a place to run wild! Get down here!"

The female cultivators, seeing how handsome Jiang Lin was and how he was also a legendary Flower-Picking Thief, were all smitten by his reputation.

Many of the artistic male cultivators told Jiang Lin to get down and not to insult art, using harsh language.

There was nothing he could do; this Flower-Picking Thief was more handsome and famous than him! Why should he?!

Hearing the male cultivators cursing Jiang Lin, Chen Jia, dressed in a light pink dress, was very displeased. Even though she was flat-chested, she was so angry that her body heaved.

The girl's fist intent flowed continuously through her body; she had already clenched her little fists, ready to punch these people into the river, but Elder Sister She and Aunt Fox caught her in time.

Similarly, on the other side of the river, Lin Qingwan unleashed a powerful sword aura, sending many people flying.

Just as the girl was about to thrust her sword forward to silence those who were denouncing Little Lin, her fellow disciples, including Shangguan Mei, rushed to embrace her.

Bai Ling, standing beside her master, couldn't help but smile.

"Is this what humans are like? After failing to get into the pleasure boat in the middle of the river and being rejected by the girls on the other boats, they now want to divert attention from Flower-Picking Thief by deliberately belittling him to show off their own superiority as Flower-Picking Thief and gentlemen? How laughable."

Bai Qiao: "I think so too. Everyone says that the integrity of the literati in the Vast and Righteous World is not what it used to be, but I never expected there to be so many shameless villains. Perhaps the fate of the Vast and Righteous World truly has run out."

Another Little White Fox, visiting Wutong Province for the first time, nodded in agreement. "Yeah, yeah, so what if he's Flower-Picking Thief? He's so handsome..."

The Woman in White showed no reaction to the comments made by those around her; she simply looked at him floating in the air.

But it's true, some of the things there were quite noisy, which affected my mood.

But that's alright, I can just kill all those noisy things when I leave.

What the woman wanted to know most now was why Jiang Lin had revealed his identity, only to cause trouble for himself.

In the air, amidst a cacophony of voices, many of which urged him to tumble down, Jiang Lin merely smiled dismissively.

Jiang Lin, whose plans for the evening were already ruined and who was in a bad mood, immediately transformed into the former top liberal arts student of Zu'an:

"Get down here? I'll get you fucking ass! Who the hell said that Flower-Picking Thief can't write poetry, play music, and paint? Look at your poems, they're absolutely rubbish! You keep calling yourselves refined scholars, if you're just lusting after other people's bodies, just say so! I'm being hypocritical! No, who the hell are you calling Flower-Picking Thief?! Your whole family are Flower-Picking Thief!"

You lecherous scoundrel! You're far too arrogant!

"Where is the managing elder of the Empty Spirit Sect? Why are you allowing this lecherous thief to run rampant here!"

"His foul language is utterly disgraceful!"

Jiang Lin: "Did I insult your wife?"

"Jiang Lin the Lecherous Thief! Fight me!"

Jiang Lin: "Hey, I'm right here, go ahead and hit me!"

In a daze, a perfectly good Literary Gathering turned into a war of words. The problem was that Jiang Lin was incredibly eloquent, engaging the scholars in a verbal battle without being at a disadvantage.

As the Literary Gathering gradually drifted away from its original purpose, the elders of the Empty Spirit Sect were quite helpless, since there was no rule saying that Flower-Picking Thief couldn't participate in the Literary Gathering.

Besides, it was some of them who started the verbal battle... the other person was just defending themselves.

But the problem is, just continuing to curse like this isn't right. This is Literary Gathering; what if it spreads to other continents, for example:

"Shocking! The Literary Gathering at the Ethereal Lantern Festival was filled with insults? The winner's parents are still alive, while the loser's family line ascends to heaven?"

This won't do.

After weighing the options, the elders responsible for maintaining order quickly discussed the matter, and then an old man stepped forward, waving his sleeves to temporarily quell the cacophony of curses.

The old man, Golden Core Realm cultivator, bowed respectfully to Jiang Lin and asked, "May I ask if you are composing a poem or a piece of music, fellow Daoist? Don't be late."

Jiang Lin knew that the Kongling Sect was acting as a Empty Spirit Sect, giving both sides a way out, and Jiang Lin just went along with it.

He is skilled in poetry, music composition, calligraphy, and painting!

As soon as Jiang Lin finished speaking, many people present became even angrier. Was Jiang Lin going to use Four Arts all by himself?!

This is outrageous! They're here to cause trouble!

Before the crowd could unleash another torrent of profanities against the Flower-Picking Thief, Jiang Lin's words left everyone's minds blank:

"If no one is confident they can surpass my Four Arts, then let's call it a night."