No new tasks popped up. Fearing that his image in the community would be completely ruined, Lin Li didn't dare to stay long and returned home, clutching his electric mosquito swatter.
After washing his hands, which were covered in Blood Crow corpse remains, Lin Li found a bush, took off his sleeve cover, extended his hand, and stood there for a while.
The title was useful.
Although it was a title specifically for the Blood Crow race, in the past five minutes, Lin Li hadn't seen a single mosquito near him, which was almost unimaginable in this environment.
It seemed that titles could also operate 'normally' through bugs.
He went upstairs, washed up, and lay on his bed. After carving a 'rice' character with his fingernail on all the mosquito bites on his body to ward off evil, Lin Li began to tally his gains for the day.
He had 100 system currency, temporarily unusable, a cool title, and most importantly, his Spiritual Qi absorption rate had increased by 200%.
"Spiritual Qi, come!"
Lin Li took a deep breath, then blinked, only exhaling when he really couldn't hold his breath anymore.
"......"
Although he really didn't want to admit it, both times he completed a task and received a reward, he felt nothing.
Shouldn't Physique improvement make one feel good? Why did nothing happen to him?
"Is it because I don't know how to absorb Spiritual Qi at all right now? So, no matter how many times 0 is multiplied, it's still 0?" Lin Li came to this conclusion.
"A normal cultivation System should give Advanced Qi Cultivation and Foundation Establishment methods as the first reward, shouldn't it?"
"Then how should I absorb Spiritual Qi?"
Lin Li searched online for some metaphysical things and tried meditating and breathing exercises.
No effect.
"Wait," Lin Li looked up, "Am I overlooking the most important question?"
"I haven't Transmigrated, damn it. Is it possible that there's no Spiritual Qi in modern times at all?"
Then he fell silent.
Even if he had become an extremely Spiritual Qi-sensitive Physique and would master the top-tier Spiritual Qi Absorption Dao in the future, if there was no so-called Spiritual Qi in modern times, the final result would still be 0.
After all, as the saying goes, a clever housewife cannot cook without rice.
"......"
The more Lin Li thought about it, the more he felt there was no Spiritual Qi in modern times; otherwise, the rare treasures from novels would have appeared long ago.
This, this, this...
Spiritual Qi-sensitive Physique was meaningless, and the currency was unusable. So, summing up his gains today, didn't he just get a mosquito repellent aura and become a walking insect repellent?
He really wanted to greet the System's family.
Lin Li lay on the bed in a 'wood' character pose, feeling a bit heartbroken, sighing up at the sky.
"Buzz~~~"
A mosquito flew over at that moment and landed on Lin Li's nose tip.
"?"
"Slap!"
"No, buddy, isn't my aura still on? How dare a Blood Crow approach me?"
Lin Li carefully examined the mosquito's corpse in his hand, then his pupils contracted sharply!
Damn it! It was a tiger mosquito!
Aedes albopictus, the easiest way to distinguish it from ordinary mosquitoes is the white stripes on its body. It carries more viruses, its bites are itchier, and they take longer to heal!
Lin Li remembered, the Blood Raven Killer title effect had a note: it could only deter the weak among the Blood Crow race, but was ineffective against the strong!
Damn!
If ordinary mosquitoes were Xiao Motian Blood Crows, then this tiger mosquito was at least a Great Demonic Heaven Blood Crow! That's right, it was an absolute strong one among the Blood Crow race.
The aura was ineffective against it!
Lin Li silently got up and plugged the electric mosquito repellent back in.
Then he heavily slammed onto the bed. The appearance of this tiger mosquito added another big slap to Lin Li's gains today, which were already like a flickering candle in the wind.
He wasn't even as good as insect repellent.
Originally, Lin Li thought his future was bound to be smooth sailing, but now... he felt it might be a bit more difficult than planned.
Lin Li picked up his phone. Bai Bufan had already sent the breakfast list and money for tomorrow.
"Lin Li: Bro, I was joking about treating you to breakfast just now. Pretend I didn't say it. Rice noodles with egg are six yuan, not a single cent less."
"Bai Bufan: ? Are you human?"
"Lin Li: That's how life is, plans often can't keep up with changes."
"Bai Bufan: Forget it, I've made money in the stock market recently, so I won't haggle over your six or eight yuan. I'll give you four more, consider it a reward, Little Lin."
"Bai Bufan: 'Congratulations on your wealth'."
"Lin Li: ?"
"Lin Li: What kind of stocks are you trading, damn it? Are you even an adult to be trading, trading, trading?"
Bai Bufan was only sixteen years old; he couldn't even open an account. How could he trade stocks? Even if he used a family member's account, market hours were all during class, and he never saw him playing with his phone for this. He couldn't possibly be a high-end long-term investor, could he?
Bai Bufan also never used the class's interactive whiteboard to show off K-line charts.
"Bai Bufan: You don't understand this, do you? Not only do I trade stocks, but I've never lost money trading stocks to this day."
"Lin Li: Really? How did you do it?"
"Lin Li: How did you do it?"
"Bai Bufan: Hehe, would I lie to you? Since you're my good brother, your master will bestow upon you a unique secret!"
"First, you need to join various investor communication groups, diligently study stock market knowledge, and obtain various inside information."
"When group members' stocks hit the daily limit, congratulate them a lot and ask them to send celebration red packets. When others' stocks hit the daily limit down, comfort them a lot and ask them to send good luck red packets."
"Remember, the most important point: never buy stocks."
"Hehe, the stock market seems to be doing well today. I actually managed to grab dozens of yuan in red packets late at night, so delightful."
"......"
"Lin Li: Bai Bufan, I admit, you're a damn stock trading Genius."
"Bai Bufan: Talent and effort, neither is dispensable."
Putting his phone aside, Lin Li, whose mood had recovered, began to continue searching for his Dao in life.
It certainly wasn't hopeless. Not to mention there was an unlocked 【Shop】 that should contain many useful items.
Even the second task currently hanging on his taskbar had a 'Spirit Stone' as a reward.
Spirit Stones definitely contained Spiritual Qi, so he could certainly embark on the path of Cultivation with Spirit Stones.
Once he Cultivated to the point where his body could produce Spiritual Qi, he could even achieve internal circulation.
However, Lin Li's facial features were a bit contorted now.
Nothing else, because he discovered that the prerequisite for this mission to eradicate the Hehuan (Double Happiness) Cultivators' stronghold had four big words: 'Enter the Fray Personally'.
Lin Li had already gotten a glimpse of this damn System's quirks from the previous two tasks.
If it tells you to do it personally, you must complete it personally.
If it tells you to enter the fray personally, you must enter the fray personally.
But... this was a prostitution crackdown mission. How the hell was he supposed to enter the fray personally?
Well, actually, entering the fray personally was quite simple, but wasn't this really inappropriate?
If he became part of those being busted, how would he explain himself clearly?
If he couldn't explain clearly, even if his path to Cultivation became bright from then on, his life would definitely become completely dark.
After a night of swatting mosquitoes, Lin Li, who had exercised a bit excessively, felt sleepiness creeping in as he thought, gradually closing his eyes.
He left behind his last sleep-talking words:
"System, I @#$!*&..."