Chapter 136 - 124: The Thunder God of the World, Only I Shall Remain

Let’s hope Bai Bufan doesn’t use dirty brotherly bonds to tarnish the purity of money next time. This is blatant desecration. After messing around, the three of them decided to go along with the majority of the class and head to the most famous comprehensive shopping mall in Pingjiang’s commercial district. On the way to the commercial center, the three of them were almost too dazzled to turn their eyes. A big city is indeed a big city; its hustle and bustle can’t be compared to little Xiling, with its heavy traffic and flashing neon lights, turning night as bright as day. Whether it’s day or not doesn’t matter much, but everyone is indeed much paler. The upside of summer is that everyone wears less. However, at times like these, girls should still be careful; there’s often some creepy guy following them, as Lin Li lost one last time. "I’ve decided, in the future I will work hard to stay in a big city like Pingjiang to work!" Zhou Baowei’s eyes lit up with a yearning light. "No pets allowed inside here," pointed out Bai Bufan, gesturing at the sign in the neighboring shop. "Zoos are only on the outskirts, Bao Wei, give it up," Lin Li nodded in agreement. Zhou Baowei: "..." Their sharp tongues are still going strong. Feels like licking the corners of my mouth would poison me. "Damn, is that lady a sugar mama? How come holding onto that guy makes him look handsome," Bai Bufan pointed at a little couple not far away, commenting softly seeing the woman was middle-aged but her boyfriend young and handsome. "The language of steel wool is patience and wealth," Zhou Baowei sighed after taking a glance. "Anyway, I wouldn’t humble myself like that for money," Bai Bufan smirked, "not even for two million." "What if the sugar mama tops up your Genshin monthly card every month?" Lin Li added. "Reject the infantilization aesthetic, starting with you and me. You don’t understand my old baby charm," Bai Bufan said, immediately serious and sincere, "If it were for a Genshin month card, I’d do anything." Primos are worth dollars; Bai Bufan’s logic is understandable. The three of them continued to conjecture pessimistically and mock random people on the street without much maturity. After entering the comprehensive shopping center, they started searching for interesting stores to browse. "A big city is a big city; the prices are big city-sized too." The three came out of a gift shop empty-handed. The prices were all over budget. Feels like Pinduoduo would’ve been better. "Let’s just say I want to spend money on sharp edges, only to find life is full of them," Lin Li sighed as well. As a cultivator, still constrained by worldly gold and silver, it’s really pitiful. The sensible system should be rewarding me with gold coins right now. But the system isn’t considerate yet. "Does the big city have coke blind boxes now? This I can afford," Bai Bufan stopped when they passed a vending machine. A machine displayed no drinks, only question marks. For three bucks, one could purchase once, getting a random Coke product. In an era where 500ml already sells for four bucks, it seemed cost-effective, though the machine noted that the drinks were nearing expiration but never expired. A Coke fanatic, Bai Bufan excitedly went up to scan the code. A Pepsi fan, Zhou Baowei, held his nose as if seeing a portable potty. They often attacked each other on this point, with one saying Pepsi was toilet cleaner and the other saying Coke was fermented urine. As for whether Lin Li was a Coke or Pepsi fan, it depended on who between Bufan and Bao Wei had a Coke closer to him. "Lin Li, are you drinking?" Bai Bufan turned his head to inquire while scanning the code. Lin Li nodded: "Sure." "What’s Pepsi?" Bai Bufan asked. "Toilet cleaner!" Folks, Lin Li is a Coke fan. "Good, then I’ll buy two bottles." Bai Bufan was quite pleased. With a thump, two chilled drinks fell out. Bai Bufan giggled as he picked them out. Pure Joy. Suggested retail price two bucks. Bai Bufan: "?" He squinted at the machine, so it’s a product of the Coca-Cola Company, not a Coca-Cola product? No matter, small loss isn’t really a loss, there’s one more bottle. Ice Dew. Suggested retail price one buck, Bottle Cap Cannon King. "Bao Wei, you’re right, Coke is fermented urine," Bai Bufan picked up the drinks, handing Ice Dew to Lin Li while expressionlessly addressing Zhou Baowei. The century-old truce between Coke and Pepsi fandom owes much to the blind box machine. "Let’s go, there’s a Lego flagship store over there, let’s have a look for some eye candy." After buying drinks, the three kept strolling through the shopping center. [The Pingjiang Secret Realm is broken, and at a time of assimilating gains and losses, unexpectedly encounters a reclusive master of the thunder path incarnate in the mundane world to preach and impart knowledge. Having acquired this opportunity, why not go forth immediately and receive it?] [Limited-time mission triggered!] [Mission Two: Within one hour, engage in a friendly spar with the thunder path master nearby, demonstrating your resilience and indomitable spirit, never conceding defeat, and bravely passing their trial.] [Mission Reward: Physical Improvement: Purity and Righteousness Thunder-Controlling Body effect increased by 100%; System Currency*50.] "Hold on a moment." Leisurely walking down the street, Lin Li suddenly stopped in his tracks and called out to Bai Bufan and Zhou Baowei. "What’s wrong?" The two turned around upon hearing, asking with some confusion. Thunder Master, who? Hasn’t Brother Xin already gone in? Lin Li turned his head, looking at the spot where he had just triggered the task. It was a maternity store. But Lin Li’s eyes were fixed on the ad board at the entrance. "Now offering labor pain experience! Just collect 18 likes to experience it for free! Complete experience also comes with coupons and physical rewards!" Through the transparent glass behind the ad board, a middle-aged man could be seen sitting next to a labor pain experience machine at this moment, quietly waiting for fate to bring someone. ᓖ뮤. You damn well call this a practice of Thunder technique. Though the experience does use electricity for simulation. But isn’t it just me getting shocked? However, labor pain, even though Lin Li had never experienced it, he had heard that it ranks at level ten in terms of pain scale, knowing that severe fracture or major burns only count as level nine! Am I to heroically pass the trial? Will I win? It’s a death guarantee. Apologies, for not letting the labor pain experience machine gentleman unleash its full power. But the rewards were nice, and the improvement of the Purity and Righteousness Thunder-Controlling Body effect brought visible changes in the Thunder technique, which is my only means to become immortal presently. Moreover, since the task is here, not trying it out is impossible for Lin Li. "Why aren’t you talking?" Bai Bufan and Zhou Baowei came up beside Lin Li, scrutinizing the ad board with him. The Thunder Master behind the glass seems to have noticed the three as well, already standing up, sporting a smile like he’s waiting for fate to bring someone. "It’s free, we can afford it, what do you say?" Lin Li asked the two. Still, when it comes to him wanting to die, Lin Li plans on dragging his brothers along to die together. "Are you seeking pain here, though I’ve never tried it, but it must hurt a lot, right? I’m afraid of pain, I don’t want to do it." Bai Bufan first cowardly backed out. "It’s not ten levels at the start, it slowly goes up from level one. If you can’t take it anymore, you can surrender, it’s just for fun anyway." Lin Li said. Upon hearing this, Bai Bufan found it reasonable, not like park gigs where the bow shot can retract, hence developed some interest. "If you try first, I can follow along, but this thing requires sharing on social media to get likes, pretty troublesome." Zhou Baowei said. "Eighteen is fine, just let Wang Ze and them give us a like and be done." Lin Li had already started scanning and posting on social media. First, he blocked his mom and some relatives who would definitely ask all sorts of questions, along with Old Jian, and after sending, he posted in the boys’ group, the gaming group, and the four-people group he just joined today, asking them to like it. "Ding Sihan:?" "Ding Sihan: I’m going to check now; you better follow through, don’t post those photoshopped pictures, or this will be your last message in this group." Several seconds later. "Ding Sihan:???????" "Ding Sihan: Already started buying maternity and baby supplies? Have you figured out the baby stuff? What’s going on with you, is it still 2024? @Chen Yu Ying." "Qu Wanqiu: Have you picked out a tomb site yet?" "Chen Yu Ying:?" Because the post shared was actually an ad of this maternity store, Ding Sihan had such doubts. Lin Li explained a bit, and conveniently asked them to call the other three roommates to like it for him as well. "Chen Yu Ying: Done. Why did you suddenly want to try this?" "Lin Li: Because I’ve heard that childbirth is very painful for women, but the difficulties of ten months of pregnancy and childbirth’s hardships can’t be truly understood just by hearing it a thousand times, so now there’s a chance to try, I want to, so that I can better understand the difficulties of girls and do better in understanding and empathy." "Chen Yu Ying: ’Bear nodding GIF’." "Ugh—" "Ugh—" Standing beside him, Bai Bufan and Zhou Baowei involuntarily started gagging upon witnessing Lin Li typing such nauseating words. "Lin Li, you sure know how to say the right thing to the right audience, anyone else, and they’ll think you’re full of crap." After vomiting, Bai Bufan looked at Lin Li contemptuously. Facing Bai Bufan’s disdain, Lin Li snickered while looking at him: "Woof woof woof." Bai Bufan: "..." "Crap!!" Lin Li then turned to look at Zhou Baowei, who began laughing wildly and slapping his thighs: "Chuckle chuckle chuckle!" Zhou Baowei: "..." "Crap!!" likes aren’t much, especially for students yet to enter society, it’s even simpler. With the help of the guys and Chen Yu Ying’s dorm’s six girls, it came quickly. A pig and a dog by his side agreed to join the experience too, but only after Lin Li goes first, they wanted to see the feedback before deciding. The three exchanged looks and nodded, walking toward the maternity store entrance. "Come on, I’ve been waiting for you guys for a long time." Without even showing his screenshots of collected likes, the Thunder Master who had been watching them through the glass walked forward expectantly. Lin Li, hearing this, also walked forward suavely. Having smoothly passed the eight tasks of Pingjiang, today, I’ll face off with you in Thunder technique! Old thing, unleash the lightning!