"Hahaha, you love to see it."
"So what if NPCs are smart? Players are completely uncontrollable."
"Whoever pisses them off, they'll piss right back off."
"When players start showing off, what's left for Shopkeeper Lin?"
"Sooner or later, players will replace Shopkeeper Lin as the star of the show."
"The Beggar Gang is getting way too cocky."
"Congratulations to the Beggar Gang on becoming public enemy number one. Now those sects have been put on the spot. It'll be hard for them not to turn against Lin Bai."
"Now this is a game! Can you even call yourself a player if you don't stir up trouble?"
"If Shopkeeper Lin can get through this, I'll really respect him. I'll pay to visit the Beggar Gang if I have to."
The Beggar Gang members were rather bewildered!
What was going on?
Hadn't the Beggar Gang just used a clever trick to send some disciples elsewhere? How had Shopkeeper Lin become everyone's enemy again?
Taking all the players into the Beggar Gang would offend every NPC;
Distributing the players evenly would offend the players;
Fuck.
Playing a game was so hard!
"Lone Elder, what do we do?" [Lao Mi] looked grim.
"What else can we do? Serve it cold." [Lone Elder] snorted. "This was bound to happen sooner or later. Too many people are jealous of the Beggar Gang. As long as they don't act immediately, we have a chance. After all, they aren't united, while we have Jiamao City's entire Novice Village as our base. As long as Lin Bai holds up and gives us time to grow, we'll have a chance to turn the tables and kill them. This is actually good for us. It can force Lin Bai to teach us more..."
"I'm afraid they'll move against Lin Bai