Fairy, please step aside, I've taken a liking to your man.

Seeing so many great skills, and even having unlocked sword intent himself, Shen Bai was overjoyed.

He prioritized sword intent, then physique, sword heart, and sword bones, followed by sword techniques and cultivation methods, and finally magic.

After selecting each skill in turn, he frantically reorganized his skill list.

This progress led him to decide to change his strategy.

Soon, news spread that the conditions offered by Dongdao were not particularly attractive, only giving Li Bai the position of captain of the Qiyuan Star Vanguard Team, which Li Bai felt was an insult.

Although the East Island Guild Hall kept trying to soothe Li Bai's emotions with Miss Caihua, news spread that the second prince of the Xuan Yuan Empire was sending people to contact Li Bai and promising to marry him a princess.

This immediately cheered all the parties involved.

The top swordsman below the Golden Core stage is only given a captain position; that's indeed a bit stingy.

Thus, Li Bai returned to his former state, being invited by various forces to drink and dine every day, and even being invited into the palace to discuss swordsmanship and philosophy with the current second prince.

This scene infuriated Lin Junshan. He cursed Li Bai for being too greedy, lacking any sense of contract, and turning his back on his benefactors after sleeping with the number one concubine of Dongdao. He then went to curry favor with the second prince of Xuanyuan Empire.

However, the more Li Bai acted this way, the more countries liked him.

After all, this shows that the conditions offered by Dongdao were not enough to entice Li Bai.

Everyone still has a chance.

……

"Brother Li Bai, as the saying goes, no matter how lustrous the women of the Eastern Island are, they can't compare to the excitement of the Western horses. Today, you must come to our Xisai Guild Hall to see the number one rouge horse of our Xisai Kingdom."

A blue-eyed swordsman pulled Shen Bai's hand and led him toward a stone palace-like hall, Shen Bai's face full of reluctance.

"The female cultivators from your Xisai Kingdom have such bad skin, you can't even look at them closely."

The blue-eyed swordsman laughed heartily: "You've only heard rumors. Before the spiritual energy recovered thousands of years ago, the skin of the people of Xisai Kingdom was indeed a bit poor. But after thousands of years of continuous evolution, the skin of the people of Xisai Kingdom is now as smooth as jade, even better than the women of Dongdao Island, and with golden beards and hair, you know..."

Shen Bai's face showed surprise: "It's really gold? You can't be lying to me!"

Seeing an opportunity, the blue-eyed swordsman immediately offered an even bigger bargaining chip: "There's also a red one and a silver one..."

"Let's go, I have to make a critique!"

Shen Bai grabbed the blue-eyed swordsman's hand and walked into the Xisai Guild Hall.

The blue-eyed swordsman was overjoyed and quickly led the way.

……

A few days later, the news that Li Bai, the number one sword cultivator below the Golden Core stage, had been recruited into the Western Sai Kingdom's ranks with the number one Rouge Horse came to light. Everyone was heartbroken and secretly cursed the Western Sai Kingdom for its inhumane actions.

When everyone learned that the most beautiful woman in Xisai had served Li Bai for three days and three nights, a surge of jealousy rushed towards the Xisai Guild Hall.

【叮！检测到情敌4375名，其中500名情敌的嫉妒值达到80，370名情敌的嫉妒值达到90，320名情敌的嫉妒值达到100，请宿主在情敌的以下能力之中抽取2200项。】

[Ability 1: Heartless Sword Intent]

[Ability Two: Five Elements Sword Intent]

[Ability 3: Chaotic Sword Intent]

[Ability Four: Perfected Innate Great Rending Force]

[Ability 5: Perfected Snow Condensation Technique]

[Sixth Ability: Perfected Heaven-Burning True Sword]

……

Another great harvest not only boosted Shen Bai's strength, but also caused him to be possessed by the god of betrayal once again.

Soon another message came out: the Kingdom of Xisai offered very generous treatment, but Li Bai's demands were even more outrageous. He actually dared to covet the princess of Xisai, and the two sides finally broke down completely.

Li Bai was once again free.

The cultivators of Dongdao Island, especially Lin Junshan, clapped their hands in celebration. However, they soon had to start contacting Li Bai again, since the exploration of Qiyuan Star was about to begin and good sword cultivators were too rare.

On this day, the Kingdom of Rota came knocking on their door.

"Mr. Li, I feel that their sincerity is too lacking. Our country, Rota, is willing to show better sincerity."

A middle-aged man with white hair approached Shen Bai with great sincerity: "We are willing to offer Mr. Li the position of Consul of Qiyuan Star, a position second only to the Consul General, and are willing to assign 1000 Foundation Establishment Sword Cultivators to Mr. Li's command."

In addition, we are willing to give Mr. Li ten original female cultivators at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining and one female cultivator at the Early Foundation Establishment stage as his personal assistants, with master-slave contracts...

The Kingdom of Rota is much more generous than the Kingdoms of the East and West. They adhere to a principle: if you want money, they give you money; if you want power, they give you power; if you want women, they give you the best. Moreover, they are not limited to this.

"I've heard that Mr. Li is still obsessed with the most beautiful woman on the Eastern Island and the most beautiful horse on the Western Island. If Mr. Li is willing to join our Rota Kingdom, I, Rogge, am confident that I can deliver them to you within a week and make them your permanent private treasures."

Shen Bai's eyes immediately lit up with a strong light: "Although it's still a bit of a regret that we couldn't win over the princess of Xisai Kingdom, I feel that Luota Kingdom is the most sincere among all the countries. When should we go through the onboarding procedures?"

Roger laughed heartily, a hint of smugness flashing in his eyes: "Now we can complete all the formalities, but after joining the company, Mr. Li will still need to prove his worth."

"value?"

Shen Bai understood; this meant he was being asked to offer his pledge of loyalty.

No country is stupid. My swordsmanship is good, but if I want to gain their trust, I have to show some results.

"Tell me, who do you want me to kill?"

Shen Bai wore an arrogant expression. Rogge smiled mysteriously and did not reveal his goal directly. Instead, he led Shen Bai to the Rota Club first, where he experienced the customs and culture of the Rota Kingdom. After that, he handed over the promised assistant, cultivation resources, first concubine, and first rouge horse to Shen Bai.

Such a generous act served as a constant warning to Shen Bai, but he could only wait for an opportunity in secret.

……

Luo Ta Kingdom's acquisition of Li Bai aroused the jealousy of countless people and allowed Shen Bai to make a fortune once again. However, he knew when to stop and, after agreeing to Luo Ta Kingdom's demands, he stopped his reckless behavior and quietly made his fortune.

[Ding! Detected that the Nine Spirits Sword Heart, Nine Spirits Sword Bone, Nine Spirits Sword Body, Three Yang Sword Body, and Exquisite Sword Heart can be combined to form a Pure Yang Sword Body and generate the Talented Sword Master. Would you like to spend 1 Jealousy Points to synthesize it?]

"synthesis!"

[Ding! Detected that the Pure Yang Sword Body can be combined with other physiques such as Innate Spiritual Body, Ice Marrow Cold Soul Body, Spiritual Body, and Primordial Magnetic Body to synthesize the Ancient Sacred Body. Would you like to spend 1 Jealousy Points to synthesize it?]

"synthesis!"

[Ding! Detected that the Heaven-Burning Technique can be combined with the Blood Pill Foundation Building Technique, the Limitless Great Rift Force, and the Snow Condensation Technique to create the "Limitless True Scripture." Would you like to spend 1 Jealousy Points to synthesize it?]

"synthesis!"

[Ding! Detected that the Nine Tribulations Burning Sun Sword, Burial Sword Technique, Sword Drawing Technique, Startling Wind Sword Technique, and Burning Heaven True Sword techniques can be combined into "Sword Wandering in the Void". Would you like to spend 1 Jealousy Points to synthesize it?]

"synthesis!"

……

The system notifications kept ringing out, and one of the rewards made Shen Bai extremely happy.

[Sword Master: Of the countless sword techniques in the world, I am the most revered.]

This talent, as the name suggests, means that Shen Bai has an innate advantage when encountering any sword technique.

Don't underestimate the advantage of just one line. In a battle between experts, this one line can determine life or death.

In addition, all future sword techniques will become exceptionally easy to comprehend with the Sword Master talent bonus.

Having gained too much jealousy points, Shen Bai did not hesitate to upgrade all his existing cultivation techniques and sword skills to the perfect level.

In this way, Shen Bai's panel was instantly reorganized.

[Host: Shen Bai]

Age: 21

[Physique: Ancient Sacred Body]

[Realm: Early Foundation Establishment Stage]

[Cultivation Technique: Wuji True Scripture (Fifth Stage Perfection)]

[Hundred Crafts: Fifth-tier Alchemist, Fifth-tier Array Master, Fifth-tier Weapon Refiner, Fourth-tier Talisman Master, Fourth-tier Spirit Plant Master, Fourth-tier Gu Master, Fourth-tier Puppet Master, Fourth-tier Beast Tamer, Fourth-tier Pharmacist]

[Skills: Sword Wandering in the Void (Seventh Rank), Luo Yan Step, Insect Exorcism Technique, Shrinking Sky and Transparent Shadow Technique, Sword Escape, Blood Escape, Miscellaneous Arts (Perfected), Sword Aura - Peerless]

[Talents: Soul-Stealing, Indestructible, Sword Master]

[Strange Flame: Yin-Yang Flame]

Title: Enemy of a Thousand Men

Jealousy level: 259875

……

With such a great gain, Shen Bai was even more confident in hiding his identity as Li Bai.

These past few days, he's been following Rogge around every day, acting as a high-class swordsman, showing off his power everywhere, just to constantly demonstrate his worth.

……

The World Sword Cultivation Conference continues to be held in an orderly manner, with high-level officials from various countries constantly consulting with the Xuan Yuan Empire, demanding that the Xuan Yuan Empire open up more resources and licensing rights.

Diplomatic maneuvering is never something that can be accomplished overnight.

However, the Xuan Yuan Empire seemed eager to develop Qi Yuan Star, so it reached an agreement with various countries that, regardless of the outcome, each country would send its first batch of sword cultivators to Qi Yuan Star to seize territory as quickly as possible.

The Xuan Yuan Empire promised all countries that any territory conquered on Qi Yuan Star would belong to whoever conquered it. This eased the aggressive stance of the various countries.

That day, Roger called Shen Bai, who was indulging in a life of pleasure, out of his sight: "Tonight is your first mission. Come with me to kill someone."

Shen Bai thought to himself, "They've arrived."

Without saying a word, he followed Rogge out of the Rota Clubhouse.

With various nations about to launch an expedition against Qiyuan Star, Shen Bai was instead assigned to kill someone. He knew that the person he was to kill was no ordinary person.

The two stealthily made their way through the various alleys of the capital. Shen Bai was shocked by Rogge's familiarity with the capital, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he quietly followed behind Rogge and approached a residential area by the river.

"arrive!"

Roger transmitted his voice to Shen Bai: "Let's wait for someone."

"Waiting for someone?"

Shen Bai observed his surroundings with some curiosity and discovered that this place was near the outskirts of the capital and belonged to the downstream area of ​​the Xianghe River, an inland river of the capital.

The neighborhood in front of us is a bit dilapidated; it's clearly an old neighborhood.

Such a neighborhood, with lax patrols and easy move-in process, is clearly a place suitable for bad guys to hide in.

The question is, who are the bad guys in this neighborhood?