No new tasks popped up, and afraid that his image in the community would completely collapse, Lin Li didn't dare to stay long and returned home with the electric mosquito swatter.
After cleaning the remnants of Blood Crow corpses from his hands, Lin Li found a bush, took off his sleeve protectors, extended his hands, and stood for a while.
The title works.
Although it's a title aimed at the Blood Crow Race, during the past five minutes, Lin Li didn't see a single mosquito around him, which is almost unimaginable in this environment.
Looks like the title can 'normally' operate by relying on glitches.
Go upstairs, wash up, lie on the bed, and carve a rice character for exorcism on all the mosquito bites, Lin Li started counting today's gains.
100 system currency that he can't use for now, one cool title, and most importantly, his absorption rate of spiritual qi has increased by 200%.
"Spiritual qi, come!"
Lin Li took a deep breath, then blinked, finally exhaling unable to hold it any longer.
"..."
Although he didn't want to admit it, when he received rewards for completing tasks twice, he didn't feel anything.
Shouldn't physical improvement feel good? Why did nothing happen to him?
"Is it because I don't actually know how to absorb spiritual qi? So no matter how many times zero is multiplied, it's still zero?" Lin Li concluded.
"Shouldn't the first reward of a normal cultivation system be an advanced Foundation Establishment Method..."
"How am I supposed to absorb spiritual qi?"
Lin Li searched online for some mystic things, attempting meditation and breathing exercises.
No effect.
"Wait," Lin Li raised his head, "Did I overlook a major issue?"
"I didn't transmigrate, is it possible that there's simply no spiritual qi in the modern world?"
He fell silent.
Even if he becomes an ultra-sensitive spiritual qi skin in the future and masters the top spiritual qi star attraction method, if there's no so-called spiritual qi in the modern world, the ultimate result is still zero.
After all, as the saying goes, one cannot make bricks without straw.
"..."
The more Lin Li thought, the more he felt that there's no spiritual qi in modern times; otherwise, those exotic treasures from novels should've appeared long ago.
This... this...
Spiritual qi sensitive skin is meaningless, currency can't be used, so summing up today's gains, didn't he just get a mosquito repellent aura and become a walking Liushen?
Really want to greet the system's family.
Lin Li, somewhat heartbroken, lay on the bed in a wooden figure posture, sighed at the sky.
"Buzz~~~"
A mosquito flew over at this moment, landing on Lin Li's nose.
"?"
"Snap!"
"Dude, isn't my aura still active? How dare Blood Crow approach me?"
Lin Li carefully examined the mosquito corpse in his hand, then his pupils shrank drastically!
Goddamn it! It's a flower mosquito!
Aedes albopictus, the easiest way to differentiate it from ordinary mosquitoes is its white stripes, more viruses it carries, the itchier the bites, and the longer healing time required!
Lin Li remembered, the Blood Crow Assassin title effect noted that it only intimidates the weak among the Blood Crow Race, ineffective against the strong!
Damn!
Ordinary mosquitoes are Little Demon Heaven Blood Crow, then this flower mosquito is at least Great Demon Heaven Blood Crow! Yes, it's absolutely a strong individual in the Blood Crow Race.
Aura is ineffective against it!
Lin Li silently got up and reinserted the electric mosquito repellent.
Then he heavily plopped onto the bed again, the appearance of this flower mosquito dealt Lin Li another heavy slap to his candle-in-the-wind-like gains today.
He's not even as good as Liushen...
Originally, Lin Li thought that his future would inevitably be smooth sailing, now he somehow feels... it might be a tad more bumpy than planned.
Lin Li picked up his phone, Bai Bufan had already sent over tomorrow's breakfast list and money.
「Lin Li: Bro, when I said I'd treat you to breakfast earlier, I was kidding, forget I ever said it, rice noodle rolls with egg for six bucks, not a penny less.」
「Bai Bufan: ? Are you even human?」
「Lin Li: Life's like this, plans always can't keep up with changes.」
「Bai Bufan: Forget it, I've been making money in the stock market lately, don't care about this six or eight bucks, giving you four more, consider it a reward, Xiaolin.」
「Bai Bufan: 'Congratulations on getting rich.'」
「Lin Li: ?」
「Lin Li: What stocks are you messing with, are you even of age to play with stocks?」
Bai Bufan's only sixteen, can't open an account, how could he trade stocks, even if using a family account, all trading hours are during class, never seen him play with his phone for this either, can't possibly be a high-end long-term player.
Bai Bufan hasn't used the class's interactive whiteboard to show off K-line charts either.
「Bai Bufan: You don't get it, do you? I not only trade stocks but have never lost money in trading so far.」
「Lin Li: Really? How do you do it?」
「Bai Bufan: Haha, would I lie to you? Seeing you're my good brother, I'll bestow my secret method to you as a master!」
「First, you must join various investor groups, study stock trading knowledge seriously, obtain various inside information.」
「Congratulate group members profusely when their stocks hit limit-up, prompting them to send celebration red envelopes; comfort them when their stocks hit limit-down, encouraging them to send turnaround red envelopes.」
「Remember, the most important thing is to never buy stocks.」
「Hehe, the stock market seems good tonight, I actually grabbed dozens of bucks in red envelopes, delightful.」
"..."
「Lin Li: Bai Bufan, I admit it, you're absolutely a stock trading genius.」
「Bai Bufan: Talent and hard work, both indispensable.」
Putting the phone aside, Lin Li, in a good mood again, began searching for the path of life once more.
It's definitely not hopeless; not mentioning an unopened [Shop], there should be plenty of useful items inside.
Even right now, in the task two hanging in my taskbar, its reward includes a 'Spirit Stone'.
There must be spiritual qi in Spirit Stones, then I can certainly rely on Spirit Stones to embark on the path of cultivation.
Once I cultivate to a point where my body can self-generate spiritual qi, I can achieve inner circulation.
But Lin Li's facial expression is a bit twisted now.
No other reason, just that he discovered the prerequisite condition for the task to eradicate the Hehuan Demon hideout, four blank characters— enter the fray personally.
This broken system, Lin Li has already grasped a bit of its nature from the previous two tasks.
If it asks you to complete personally, you must complete personally.
If it demands you enter the fray personally, you must do just that.
Yet... this is an anti-vice task, how the hell am I supposed to enter the fray personally?
Okay, to be honest, entering the fray in person is actually quite simple, but isn't it really inappropriate?
When I become part of those being busted, how will I explain?
If I can't explain clearly, even if my cultivation path becomes bright from then on, my life will certainly be darkened.
Having spent the night fighting mosquitoes, Lin Li found his exercise levels a bit over the top, as sleepiness crept over while reflecting, eventually closing his eyes.
Leaving behind a final murmur before sleep:
"System, I fucked it up like a blessing..."