The refreshing sensation just now was unforgettable for Lin Li, instantly making his longing for Xiao Jing fade.
Xiao Jing's massage technique was just so-so.
"Indeed, a person won't be killed by holding in urine. Where there's a will, there's a way!"
Lin Li contentedly took the Spirit Stone out of his mouth and wiped it clean with a tissue.
Then he held it in his hand and practiced the Eight-Stage Body Forging Technique's spiritual energy chapter again.
The comfortable pleasure flowed into his body again. The Spirit Stone in his hand glowed faintly, the crystalline interior flowing rapidly. Since no one was home anyway, he let himself enjoy it freely.
He switched hands and tested again.
After a while.
Having it in his mouth wasn't a necessary condition. It seemed that as long as it had contact with his skin, it could absorb spiritual energy.
The color wasn't different from the beginning, but if Lin Li observed carefully with his Maybelline big eyes, he'd notice the interior was no longer absolutely clear. Among the crystalline flow, there was now a small bubble—though calling it a bubble wasn't quite right, it was like two incompatible gases.
He could predict that this bubble was the consumed spiritual energy. When the internal crystalline completely turned into pure white 'air,' this Spirit Stone would be completely depleted.
Though it was small, Lin Li couldn't help frowning.
Small and not cute at all.
He'd only enjoyed himself for a cumulative dozen seconds just now, and there was already a bubble? This definitely wasn't good news, since it meant the spiritual energy inside would probably be completely absorbed by him in less than a few dozen minutes.
But after thinking about it, Lin Li suddenly felt relieved.
What he had in his hands was ultimately just Spirit Stones, and the most shabby lower-grade ones at that. Among cultivation world treasures, they were the most basic things, something that could be used as currency.
In the novels he'd read before, cultivation world characters casually talked about thousands or tens of thousands of Spirit Stones. His five pieces indeed seemed rather shabby.
But for Lin Li, it was still a milestone leap.
He'd finally touched the realm of cultivation! This was the reward among all he'd received that Lin Li felt most clearly and deeply.
Lin Li didn't plan to continue practicing the Eight-Stage Body Forging Technique. One serious hour per day was enough. If he practiced inefficiently, he'd also absorb spiritual energy inefficiently, which would be counterproductive.
Besides, it was already very late now. He'd continue tomorrow.
...
The next morning, close to five o'clock.
"People really can be killed by holding in urine."
Lin Li retracted last night's statement.
Additionally, he announced that the reward Lin Li felt most clearly and deeply wasn't actually these five Spirit Stones!
Spirit Stones and such could step aside for now.
It was the 50% increase in internal yang energy concentration!
Admittedly, when Lin Li completed the mission, his body felt the same as usual, but this time, his judgment was completely wrong.
It's not that there's no retribution; it's just that the time hadn't come yet.
When Lin Li got up this morning, retribution came.
At this moment, Lin Li stood in the bathroom, bending over with great effort, very anxious.
Are there any shooting game players online? Waiting online, urgent.
Damn it.
"Who the hell told you to reflect yang energy into my body like this? Couldn't it be masculine energy instead, making me into Mr. Mighty!" Lin Li was somewhat frantic with urgency. He really wanted to use the bathroom.
Looking at the Mr. Mighty cleaner behind the toilet, Lin Li got even angrier.
Seventeen was the age to compete with steel plates, yet now he was slightly ahead.
Usually, after washing up, everything would return to normal when he finished, but today, even after washing up, Lin Li still carried abundant yang energy, head held high and chest out, refusing to submit.
Lin Li felt that if his thirty-seven-year-old self got this kind of enhancement, he'd be overjoyed as if reborn, but now... Bro, I have too much yang energy, I really don't need it now!
Could you give it to me later? Or get some demoness to absorb some?
Xiao Jing! I'm sorry!
He shouldn't have mocked her last night.
Hey, would doing a handstand solve the problem right now?
...
Handstands couldn't solve the problem, at least not now. Of course, Lin Li wouldn't actually try this—he knew his physical fitness couldn't support it.
If he missed, that would be the end.
Speaking of which, after these past few days of morning exercise even without spiritual energy, Lin Li felt his body was already much better than before. At least he wasn't a muddled corpse anymore.
When he became stronger in the future, he'd try it then.
As for how Lin Li finally solved it...
Thanks to political correctness.
Who said black wasn't good? Black was amazing, better than yellow or white.
If Lin Li hadn't forced himself to make eye contact for ten seconds with the live-action "Little Mermaid" female lead, or rather the "Black Anthropomorphic Catfish" female lead, with the assistance of those beautiful eyes where taking a taxi from the left eye to the right eye would cost ten yuan, even steel would have been refined and softened, and he immediately felt comfortable.
If it had been normal female lead casting, making eye contact would probably only have had the opposite effect.
Thanks again to political correctness for leaving so much shit in the world—whenever you want to eat some, you can easily get it.
Lin Li, who had already walked to the entrance, suddenly ran into difficulty.
How should he carry the Spirit Stone while practicing?
Although the Spirit Stone wasn't as big as an egg, it wasn't small either. Keeping it in his mouth would be noticeable to others and uncomfortable for himself. But if he held it in his hand, his fingers couldn't move flexibly, some movements during practice couldn't be done, and it would be too conspicuous.
As for staying home to exercise, Lin Li thought about it but decided against it.
He'd always been at the community park before. Lin Li worried that if he suddenly switched to home, the system might suddenly not recognize it. After all, the description before the mission triggered had mentioned 'the rising dawn,' and although it wasn't in the mission requirements, Lin Li didn't want to risk it.
You had to know that the current Mission One required a continuous week. If it broke once, the previous days would all be wasted.
Should he just practice the first chapter normally? But Lin Li couldn't forget last night's happiness, and real cultivation was right in front of him—who could resist?
So Lin Li began thinking of solutions.
As everyone knows, Lin Li was a genius.
Then Lin Li's old face rarely showed some embarrassment.
Don't say it, really don't say it, but there seemed to be a very suitable place to put the Spirit Stone. Not only would it not need any tape-like assistance, the position naturally had tight wrapping clothing, and honestly, going from two to three, others wouldn't be able to tell.
Just do it!
Lin Li changed into loose basketball shorts.
He looked down, nodded with satisfaction.
Plan successful.
Just like no one knows whether a giant beast lurks beneath a calm sea surface, naturally no one would know whether this possibly existing oviparous giant beast had already conceived a third child in its belly.
The basketball shorts were loose, but Lin Li changed into brand new underwear.
After all, because Lin Li slept on his side with one leg straight and one bent—quite large movements—underwear would become loose after wearing it seven or eight times.
After wearing it another seven or eight times, it would become indescribable. Once suspended, it would make one very, very, very uncomfortable—especially when there were people around and it wasn't appropriate to adjust.
So he specially changed, because if this situation occurred, the Spirit Stone would directly fall out.
Lin Li absolutely wouldn't allow this to happen.
That scene would be too beautiful to imagine—he was really afraid others would misunderstand.
If someone happened to be holding a remote control nearby, his originally bright and brilliant life would be ruined.
Below is Author’s Short Story
Today I met a girl outside the subway station, and a remote control fell out of her pocket.
When I picked it up, I saw panic flash across her face.
I was so happy, so I pressed the button with an evil expression.
The subway station exploded.
I immediately pulled out my notebook and started typing. By the time I write this, the Demon Suppression Bureau seems to be coming.
How should I put it?
(End of Chapter)
Mr. Mighty - Brand name of toilet cleaner
Maybelline big eyes - Cosmetics brand reference for "big eyes"
"Little Mermaid" and "Black Anthropomorphic Catfish" - References to controversial casting choices