Chapter 233: Chapter 194: Bai Bufan at first glance is clearly an old ladybug
The night was deep outside the hostel, and occasionally a frog croaked from the back mountain.
Inside the hostel.
"Bai! Bufan! Do you know why spiders only have eight legs? Because nine is too many! If you dare to offend me again, I’ll exterminate your entire clan! Get off me!"
Lin Li pounded on Bai Bufan who was sitting on his back, laughing, but his laughter was tragically pitiful.
"Stop tickling me, sis! I have paronychia! And nail fungus! Foot acne! I even have athlete’s foot!"
Bai Bufan suddenly turned his head to meet Lin Li’s eyes.
The glint in his eyes was mischievous, but he didn’t speak, especially with the girls around.
Lin Li: "?"
Wait a minute.
"Dammit." Lin Li realized and jokingly cursed, but because girls were present, he softly responded, "Just kidding, I don’t want to."
Satisfied, Bai Bufan turned back to continue his task.
"Stop, stop!! I was wrong! Uncle Chen, where are you? Save me! Shout for me! I love my life!" Lin Li continued with his ’task’.
"Which Uncle Chen are you talking about?" Bai Bufan chuckled scoldingly.
At this moment.
Bai Bufan was sitting on Lin Li, pinning down his legs, while Chen, Ding, and Qu each held a feather, tickling the soles of Lin Li’s feet.
"If you bet, you have to accept the loss. You made this rule yourself, don’t think of escaping!" Bai Bufan was the happiest.
Rules were rigid, and so was Lin Li.
"Ah haha—" Lin Li laughed weakly and intermittently, "It’s so itchy, my feet are killing me..."
"Stop talking weird," Chen Yu Ying’s amused voice chimed in.
"Oh."
Even a Cultivator cannot take on four people, Lin Li learned this lesson through blood and tears.
Monopoly is a capitalist’s game, not suitable for him. If he’d known, he would have played Three Kingdoms. Lin Li wanted to protect Dabaos’s smile.
A whole night, a whole night of being hunted and blocked by this group, he didn’t win a single round.
But in the punishment round, he excelled with a grand name.
No wonder they agreed to it so readily; they planned to watch him suffer from his own traps.
Yet, as a Cultivator, it was impossible for Bai Bufan to truly restrain Lin Li, and Lin Li was also cautious about accidentally kicking the girls, so his lower body didn’t make any movements beyond reflexively retracting from the tickles.
"Beep beep beep, beep beep beep."
The three-minute timer went off, and only then did everyone stop, slightly unsatisfied.
Lin Li collapsed on the floor, clothes in disarray, hair a mess, like an innocent young man who had been mistreated.
Even though he had been mistreated, Lin Li felt he had entered a Wise One mode.
"The world kissed me with pain, but I didn’t consent, isn’t this sexual harassment?" He asked.
No one paid attention to Lin Li’s self-reflection.
In fact, when they began to punish him, Lin Li had thought if their pleasure from tickling his feet could accelerate their task progress.
But they consistently used feathers as an intermediary, quite disdainful of Lin Li’s precious feet, even though Lin Li said it was fine and even invited them, they only thought it was Lin Li acting irrationally.
Bai Bufan got up from Lin Li’s body, took a one-yuan note from his pocket, tossed it onto Lin Li, pretending to smoke a cigarette with two fingers by his mouth, and said blandly, "Clean yourself up."
Lin Li: "?"
What?
You little...
That was pretty ruthless humiliation.
"Alright, thanks, bro." Lin Li first wiped the one-yuan note on his clothes, blew on it, and then put it in his pocket, struggling to get up and sit back in his seat.
"Up for more, Lin Li?" Ding Sihan knocked on the table and said with a smile.
"No more, no more," Lin Li shook his hand with a relieved smile, "If you guys continue, go ahead; I have to get up early tomorrow for exercise. It’s almost eleven now, I should wash up and prepare for sleep."
"Huh? Even during holidays, you work out and go to bed this early?" Ding Sihan asked in surprise, then shrugged, "If you’re not in, then let’s not play, it’s no fun without anyone to torment."
Lin Li: "..."
Ding Sihan, you’re really going overboard with your words.
"Let’s call it a night then," Chen Yu Ying clapped her hands lightly and said, "We still have makeup removal and skincare to do, and our room luggage is still not sorted."
Agreed, the five of them stood up, tidied the board games away, and stored them back in place. The girls headed up to the third floor.
Lin Li and Bai Bufan also returned to the second floor.
"I’m going to the gaming room for a while; you’re not coming, Lin Li?" Bai Bufan asked.
It didn’t make sense for Bai Bufan to go to bed so early.
"Yeah, I’m not going," Lin Li nodded.
"Alright, if you’re going to bed early, you take a shower first." Bai Bufan said.
"Okay."
The shower didn’t take long, and to avoid any possible indecent exposure, Lin Li came out of the bathroom fully dressed.
"We could hear your laughter from the stairwell, what were you laughing about?" Back on the second floor, Lin Li looked at Bai Bufan, who was rolling around on the floor, curious.
"I saw a brand-new Hell joke!"
"Tell me," Lin Li immediately switched to study mode.
No hard work, no abstraction.
"Didn’t a wildfire recently break out in Los Angeles? I saw a comment—
’Lao Mei lives up to its name, a grand gesture, burning Los Angeles at 4 a.m. to urge Lao Da to practice his game. We should also reflect on burning paper money. Tokyo University, slow down, wait for your people!’"
And so there was one more person rolling on the floor.
That’s hellishly good, it’s a relief Lin Li has no morals.
"You can go wash up," Lin Li suggested to Bai Bufan after laughing.
"OK."
"Why did you bring your own shower gel? There’s some in the bathroom," Lin Li asked curiously after seeing Bai Bufan pull out not only a change of clothes but also a small packet of shower gel from his suitcase.
"It’s not shower gel, it’s shampoo. I’m used to this brand. Last time during the autumn trip, I used the hotel’s shampoo, and it felt super itchy after. I couldn’t get used to it," Bai Bufan explained.
Some people do experience a sudden increase in dandruff or itchiness when they switch shampoos.
"What brand?" Lin Li inquired.
"霸王 (Bawang)."
Lin Li: "..."
"Pretty niche," Lin Li remarked.
"Niche? Jackie Chan won’t lie to me. After using this, my hair will be so silky and bouncy," Bai Bufan retorted.
"I have research on this. I once researched what shampoo men use in the shower by observing 100 men with random interviews. 98 of them responded with, ’How the hell did you get in here?’ Your Bawang, I’ve never heard of even once," Lin Li shook his index finger, presenting his supporting evidence.
Bai Bufan: "..."
"And what did the other two guys say?" But now, he was more curious about this.
"’Bro, I dropped my soap, can you pick it up for me?’"
Bai Bufan: "Damn."
"So did you pick it up?"
"Of course not. By the way, Bufan, do you use soap when bathing? I’ve got too much at home and can’t finish it. You could help me use some."
"No thanks, I’m good," Bai Bufan left satisfied.
"Remember to knock when you get back. I just started a new game and I’m about to make my first purchase six times," Lin Li said to Bai Bufan’s back.
Bai Bufan didn’t look back and responded with a middle finger.
A real man never looks back at incompetence.
As the sound of footsteps faded downstairs, Lin Li opened his backpack again and took out the "Spiritual Spring" wrapped in cling film.
Just like unfinished Spirit Stones can be returned to the [Warehouse], the "Spiritual Spring" that hasn’t been exhausted can also be retrieved by Lin Li at any time. But while in the [Warehouse], it’s effectively frozen, not generating any Spiritual Qi or Spiritual Liquid.
Leaving it at home is uncontrollable, and it might be wasted. Lin Li definitely decided to bring it along.
As for the "Duck Blood Bottle," it’s been restored and is already in the [Warehouse]. Lin Li calculated that the cooldown with the duck blood situation is about a week or so.
Upon arriving at the rental, the first thing was to materialize the "Spiritual Spring," toss in a few empty Spirit Stone shells, wrap them with cling film, and put them into the backpack.
Carrying the empty Spirit Stone shells is also quite simple.
The system doesn’t accept Spirit Stones without Spiritual Qi but as long as each shell stays at the "Spiritual Spring" bottom for two or three minutes and absorbs a bit of Spiritual Qi, transforming from ’empty shell’ to having a 0 to 0.01 change, it will be judged by the system as still useful, allowing it to return to the [Warehouse].
Lin Li’s [Warehouse] doesn’t have a slot limit.
After completing this replacement, Lin Li materialized the "Substitute Jade-faced Buddha."
A thumb-sized jade Buddha statue placard.
Refinement was unimaginably simple, unlike the "Duck Blood Bottle," which required several lower-tier Spirit Stones to complete refinement. "Substitute Jade-faced Buddha" was refined almost instantly when Lin Li attempted it.
The link was established, and more information about this magical artifact entered his mind.
The protection triggered is indeed invincible, with a 3-60 second judgment time, naturally depending on the strength of the attack encountered during the protection—stronger ones will be shorter.
After refining it, he can continue to ’refine,’ allowing it to devour his physical and mental energy. The purpose of this is that when the artifact breaks, it will fully feedback on him at that time, healing injuries and restoring energy.
This isn’t the Sword of Fate; it’s a Guardian Angel’s Plate!
It even restores health!
Several minutes later, Lin Li’s expression looked a bit fatigued.
The devour process isn’t 1 to 1; absorbing even one-tenth effectively would be nice. The devour process requires Spirit Stones to assist, which seems to be the main Spirit Stone consumption for this artifact.
But it’s not a major issue. The Spirit Stone scarcity has been barely resolved, and he has extra physical and mental energy daily, so he can take it slow.
Being tired even helps him sleep better.
After ensuring nothing was missed, Lin Li lay down.
[Team training, demons coveting, attempting a night assault. As the person with the most experience in demon-slaying, you should step forward to annihilate them!]
[Task Triggered!]
[Task Three: Eliminate the demons attempting to harm fellow disciples right now, three in total.]
[Rewards: Physical Improvement: Spiritual Qi absorption speed increases by 100%; System currency *50.]
Lin Li stood upright.