Chapter 573: Chapter 573: 574: This is Called Professional

Hearing Li Xiaobai’s words, everyone’s minds suddenly cleared.

That’s what professionalism is!

Completely unaffected by the current situation, indeed, one doesn’t need to consider who holds a grudge against them; they just need to be clear about whom they bear a grudge against.

Frame the person you have a grudge against with the accusation. It’s that simple.

“Junior Brother, you call the shots, just tell us what to do, and we’ll follow your lead!”

Su Yunbing said, with a murderous look in her eyes, seemingly unable to wait to rush out and stir up trouble.

“To use their own tactics against them, this is what we’ll do…”

“Let’s first probe the depths of the person framing us. If we can catch them directly, that would be best. If we can’t, we’ll just shift all the blame to the Situ Household.”

“Don’t ask why, the answer is always the Situ Household!”

Li Xiaobai detailed the plan he had concocted in his mind.

“Brilliant!”

The group cackled wickedly, their faces full of meaningful smiles.

…

That night, Li Xiaobai took out the Immortal Spirit Daily and used a Spirit Stone to summon Elder Tianji.

Before the army makes a move, influence the public opinion. Since holding control over the Immortal Spirit Daily, making headlines had become Li Xiaobai’s habit before causing any disturbance.

Elder Tianji was excited. The frequency of breaking news from Li Xiaobai had been quite high recently, and it helped to maintain the buzz for his newspaper.

“Unprecedented Atrocity in the Eastern Sea’s Aolai Country, a Shocking Scandal Erupts!”

“A group suspected to be mysterious overseas cultivators rampaging, plundering, and oppressing women within a village in Aolai Country, committing all sorts of evil deeds. Is Aolai Country’s upper echelon trying to turn a blind eye?”

“According to reliable sources, yesterday, a high-ranking official from Aolai Country met in secret with several mysterious overseas cultivators, seemingly discussing something and reaching a consensus!”

“Allowing outsiders to rampage and plunder within one’s region, is this a distortion of human nature or a descent of morals?”

Li Xiaobai casually wrote several articles and sent them out.

If those framing him saw no actions taken against them by Aolai Country, they would surely act again out of dissatisfaction, causing further chaos within Aolai Country.

By then, they would lie in wait, ready to reveal the true face of their adversaries.

The next morning, it was the second day of the deadline set by the third-in-command.

Li Xiaobai and his group lay in ambush early in a small village, not wearing masks and appearing just like ordinary cultivators. They found a shop to sit down in and quietly awaited the invaders.

“Junior Brother, what if those guys don’t show up?”

Senior Brother Liu Jinshui asked. If it were him, he would never hit the same place twice.

“If they don’t come, we’ll just go straight to the Situ Household. It’s just a mask; we have plenty. We’ll hang them all over their big gate, cover it completely!”

Li Xiaobai said calmly, seeming rather composed.

He still had several pieces of female cultivators’ Inner Armor that hadn’t been thrown into the Hellfire, all pilfered from Long Xue’s boudoir.

Find a chance to put those on some of the family sons, let them also wear women’s clothing, and shift Long Xue’s fury elsewhere.

“Heh, simple and crude, I like it,”

Su Yun said with a frosty expression.

Ye Wushuang suddenly made a shushing gesture, silencing everyone’s chatter, “They’re here!”

Li Xiaobai’s expression turned serious; he knew exactly what “they’re here” meant—the troublemakers really couldn’t help but make another move.

He casually lifted his teacup, sipped his tea without leaving a trace, and with a barely perceptible glance from the corner of his eye, he saw several figures wearing masks flitting through the woods, and in an instant they appeared within the village.

Goodness, they really did come, and these people were quite hurried in their actions.

Seeing this group of cultivators appear, the villagers were immediately scared out of their wits, and many fell to their knees to kowtow.

“Kind benefactors, didn’t you just come by two days ago? All of the village’s resources were taken by you, and now there’s absolutely nothing left. We’re dirt poor!”

The village chief stumbled out, pleading with them to spare their village.

He had already communicated with several other village chiefs, but he was well aware that these people were capable of murder!

Moreover, he had also read this morning’s Immortal Spirit Daily, and it seemed that this group was in collusion with the higher-ups of Aolai Country; no one above would care about their fate.

“Who says there’s nothing left? It seems to me that you’re all living quite well!”

“Besides, you still have houses, don’t you? We’ve come today to collect your houses and shops!” the lead masked cultivator sneered.

They too had read today’s Immortal Spirit Daily, and to their surprise, Li Xiaobai and his people actually had connections with the higher-ups of Aolai Country, and had been protected.

Their scheme had not caused much of a stir.

Situ Guixiong hurriedly convened a meeting and reassigned tasks. The reason Li Xiaobai had been spared was that the incident hadn’t been blown up big enough. As long as it got big enough that even the heads of Aolai Country couldn’t protect him, Li Xiaobai would surely pay a hefty price!

Thus, they had come today to completely destroy the village.

“But… the houses are inanimate objects, how can you collect them?”

“And without houses, we won’t be able to survive!”

“We plead with you, kind benefactors, please show mercy and spare us common folk!”

The village chief knelt on both knees, tears streaming down his face. He didn’t know what sins they had committed to have encountered such an unreasonable group of ancestors. Now with the powers-that-be protecting each other, there was no way for them, the commoners, to live.

“Heh, if it’s inanimate, then just burn it. You few, go and burn down all the houses in this area. If any villagers don’t cooperate, burn them to ash along with their houses!” the lead cultivator ordered coldly, his eyes flashing with a chilling light.

“Heh heh, understood!”

The other masked cultivators vanished in an instant.

The lead cultivator surveyed the town, seemingly quite pleased with the sight of so many desperate and aggrieved cultivators, and nodded approvingly, “Remember this, I, Li Xiaobai, am not someone you can afford to offend. Today it’s just your houses that we’re burning. If you dare to go to the Punishment Hall and complain again, I’ll make sure you disappear forever!”

However, as his gaze swept over a dilapidated shop, his eyes suddenly brightened.

In this world, there was unexpectedly such an astonishing beauty!

She could make fish sink and geese fall, and the moon hide in shame—not enough to express the longing and admiration in his heart. Her demeanor, her figure, perhaps even Long Xue would not match her!

“Who would’ve thought that in this humble village, I’d stumble upon a heaven-sent beautiful encounter! It’s like finding a Phoenix in a chicken roost!”

The lead cultivator couldn’t help but remove the mask from his face, smiling as he walked towards Li Xiaobai and the others. Such beauty couldn’t just be a plaything; he had to make her a part of his harem.

Then by teaching her to cultivate and having a woman with cultivation level in his company would be even more thrilling!

“Heh heh, two beauties, may I know how to address you?”