Chapter 22: You said there’s a calamity in your fate, but you didn’t say it’s a Porsche

After returning home, Lin Li took a shower and went to sleep. When he woke up, it was already noon. After having a Chinese buffet at the community cafeteria, he went back home to continue translating the Body Refining Eighth Rank Technique. Time passed quickly like this. With the previous accumulation, the subsequent speed was quite fast. The translation was nearing completion within two days. Lin Li originally felt great, the sense of conquest from getting the correct answer after a painstaking translation, until— "Why is there a reference answer at the end!" But Lin Li quickly realized something was off. He had browsed through it all at the beginning. With such a long modern text, it was impossible for Lin Li not to notice. "Is translation a necessary process? Does the answer appear only after comprehending it by oneself, to prevent messing up because of details?" Then this cultivation technique is more intelligent than a system. It’s a good thing, so Lin Li didn’t think much about it. Chapters one, three, five, and seven don’t need Spiritual Qi assistance, but the other four do. The odd Chapters are considered one set of body refinement techniques, while the even Chapters are another set. Not learning the second doesn’t hinder starting the third directly after the first. As for the grand promises the cultivation technique made, if mastered thoroughly—even without relying on Spiritual Qi—one’s physical abilities can rapidly grow, nearing the limits of humanity. Of course, this humanity doesn’t include Fan Ma Yongcilo. The Sea King Lie is also an exception. The image of the Sea King Lie living with only a head and a baby’s body is something Lin Li can never forget in his lifetime. And the Spiritual Qi Chapters transform your body into a shape loved by Spiritual Qi, turning into a plush ball for Spiritual Qi. It increases the efficiency of using Spiritual Qi, allowing you to split one portion into two when using or absorbing it later. For Lin Li, this is more important than having super-sensitive Spiritual Qi skin. After all, he is indeed ’poor’. Even if splitting 0 results in two halves, it is still 0. Seeing the grand promises, Lin Li was even more passionate. On Sunday morning, Lin Li practiced even more vigorously, even doing one extra round beyond the task’s requirement. However, the result was that the body’s feedback was not as great as before. His body was more fatigued, and his spirit wasn’t as uplifting as before. Lin Li thought it through and realized the schedule set by the system must be the most appropriate timing and duration for cultivating the technique. He saw no need to overdo it. But Lin Li also noticed. Uncle Zhou was genuinely planning to steal his cultivation technique. Disrespectful for his age. These past two days, he didn’t practice Tai Chi seriously, or when he did, he pretended to practice while his gaze was always on Lin Li—Lin Li would notice this every time he took a short break. Luckily he’s an old man, otherwise, it would definitely be a secret crush. Perhaps because of his martial arts background, he could see the extraordinariness of the Body Refining Eighth Rank Technique at a glance. One still shouldn’t underestimate anyone in the world. It’s just a bit too audacious. Facing Lin Li’s gaze, Zhou Youwei never flinched, meeting his eyes with a look of righteousness. How could someone steal with such righteous audacity? However, Lin Li didn’t plan to change his practice location because of this. He’s at least a martial arts enthusiast who helped him complete a task before, so this also counts as feedback for Zhou Youwei—besides, it’s hard to successfully steal. If he succeeds, kudos to him. ... Sunday evening. Although it’s still technically the weekend, for the students of Nansang Middle School, everything was already over. Thus, when Lin Li arrived at the classroom, everyone looked soulless and lifeless, as if their bodies and souls had separated. Most were already seated, starting on the untouched weekend homework. The abstract kids in the back row didn’t count as part of this majority. It’s not because they had finished their homework, but because they were cherishing the last ten minutes of freedom. "Yellow Heaven above, if I listen to ’Clockwise’, can I go back to the weekend?" Bai Bufan was loudly praying at the back of the classroom, standing on the storage closet with Zhou Baowei. "Listening once probably won’t work, but if you listen for five days, you can return to the weekend." said Lin Li, who had just put down his backpack, to Bai Bufan. "..." "Don’t say it, really don’t say it, Lin Li, you really are a genius of time management." Bai Bufan hesitated, then gave Lin Li a thumbs up. "Thanks, come on, Bao Wei, what did you do over the weekend, got your Yang energy sucked out?" Lin Li walked over to the two of them, noticing the dark circles on Zhou Baowei’s face, and was astonished. "He probably played soldier like crazy this weekend." Bai Bufan shrugged. "Soldier is fine, guarding Ying Zheng is satisfying, everyone understands, but don’t overindulge." Lin Li immediately understood Bai Bufan’s meaning but still advised. "No way, you know about Bao Wei’s self-control, one day without ’being a toilet soldier’ builds up Yang virtue, two days without builds up more." Bai Bufan sighed deeply. "Then there’s no hope for him." Lin Li nodded in agreement. Zhou Baowei, standing to the side with a head full of black lines, said, "Can you two bastards stop making yellow rumors without considering the party involved? I look like this because I’ve been staying up all night gaming." Two beasts doing stand-up comedy, not caring about the life and death of the people involved, right? The main concern is that the female student who just came to the locker looked at me weirdly! "Was it Genshin Impact?" "No." "That’s great, you still have hope." Bai Bufan sighed in relief. "What got to you?" "So you weren’t playing soldier this weekend?" Lin Li asked. "...One thing doesn’t relate to another." Zhou Baowei laughed dryly and then lowered his voice, saying, "But haven’t you heard? There seems to be a massage parlor near our school that got busted because it secretly offered certain services, and word has it someone reported it." "How do you know that?" "My brother’s blind date, who loves traveling, got involved, and they sniffed it out. My parents have cursed out the matchmaker’s family tree already." "Is that considered traveling? Isn’t that flying nationwide!" Bai Bufan chuckled. "Yeah, my brother heard she liked the sea, but now he knows it’s the Mediterranean she likes. She said she grew up early, turns out the CEO had already adjusted the format." Zhou Baowei pouted, "I’m pretty thankful for whoever reported it, otherwise my straightforward brother might have become the one picking up the slack." Lin Li smiled smugly. After all, he was involved in the whole process, and neither Bai Bufan nor Zhou Baowei would have guessed that the protagonist was right next to them. After the affairs, leave quietly, hiding merits and names, that’s totally me. "No need to thank, it’s what he should do." Lin Li smiled mistily. "I never planned to thank anyone." Zhou Baowei shook his head. Lin Li: "?" Was just saying, you’re really not thanking? Why don’t you represent your whole family and bow a few times for me? "One thing doesn’t relate to another, I declare he’s expelled from manhood, relegated to being one of the sisterly crowd, wishing him ten centimeters shorter." Zhou Baowei shook his head. "Indeed, I guess he spent a lot of money, ended up too fast, finished in a minute, the more he thought about it, the more he regretted, so he backstabbed in return." Bai Bufan laughed heartily. "Fast? That’s unacceptable!" The two began to speculate about the hero with the greatest malice. Lin Li: "?" Seems a bit rude. The man’s face changed a bit too quickly. "I think you shouldn’t harbor such animosity towards a stranger." Lin Li shook his head, "The informer did a good thing, it’s completely different from the nature of a report website or group chat." "The principle’s right, and he did well, but I want to curse him." Bai Bufan nodded and shook his head. "Why?" "Because I’m vulgar, my views were solidified by big strong kids helping me consolidate." Bai Bufan said aloud. "..." Lin Li was left speechless. Sincerity is truly a killer move; Bai Bufan’s life was effectively over. "I suddenly have an urgent matter, gotta go." Bai Bufan noticed the students entering through the door with a change of expression. "Lin Li! Hold this bastard down, damn it, he actually hid back in the classroom, you knew the most dangerous place is the safest, luckily we looked back." The other group of classmates who had teamed up for gaming over the weekend approached aggressively, shouting. "What happened?" Lin Li curiously asked. "Hehe, I admit I had a bit of a problem gaming over the weekend, so I agreed that if you caught me before class, I’d let you aruba, but sorry, class is about to start, once I run out the back door, all matters are settled." Bai Bufan laughed heartily. The meal comes when the person is hungry. No wonder he was chosen as the system’s protagonist, Lin Li smiled with gratification. "Lin Li! Hold him down!" "Lin Li won’t back—" "Click." Bai Bufan’s words cut off as he turned to see Lin Li locking the back door. Lin Li wasn’t looking at him, but instead addressed the classmates at the door, "I’m not that strong, afraid I can’t hold him down, locking the door is steadier." Bai Bufan: "?" ... "Why would you do this to me?" As Bai Bufan, head down, feet up, slowly advanced towards the door beam, the burning sadness was reflected in the golden eyes of his upside-down best friend, like an ancient bell had struck within him, hiding a lion that had lost everything in his eyes. "Because my views were solidified by ’Family Guy,’ giggity, giggity, all right~~"