"Hahaha, Returning Dragon Temple is suffering with a capital S."
"Lin 'Petty' Bai really is offending people to death."
"He couldn't recruit anyone even without offending Returning Dragon Temple. Shopkeeper Lin turned a Golden Core True Person into a Card. Players would have to be idiots to join."
"Same goes for Blood Shadow Gate. Shopkeeper Lin beat seven of them single-handedly. No matter how loudly they advertise, they probably won't attract players."
"Why can't the NPCs figure this out? To attract players, they need dazzling battle records!"
"Why hold a job fair? They should gather all the players for a martial arts tournament and show off their talents."
"A martial arts tournament? Usually NPCs give players class-change quests. This game has it backward. It's eerily realistic."
"The NPCs don't know players have a livestream system. The Heaven-Sent Ones have already seen everything they've done. Only an aura of invincibility can attract players."
"Exactly. If they knew the consequences of what Shopkeeper Lin did, Blood Shadow Gate's Lan Nuotian wouldn't have visited with gifts. He would've simply killed him."
"If the NPCs knew players could livestream their lives anytime, they'd probably turn their spears on the players first. Nobody wants to be made to perform like a monkey, including Shopkeeper Lin."
"Poor Shopkeeper Lin. He thinks he has everything under control, but he's still being played like a monkey."
"Depends how you look at it. I think excessive realism is actually bad for a game. One wrong step could trigger a worldwide catastrophe and bring the game crashing down."
"Compared to everyone else, Shopkeeper Lin actually seems the most like an NPC. He helps the players and natives integrate."
"Integration, my ass. Without him, everyone would develop step by step. Wherever he goes, chaos follows. He's just there to stir things