Chapter 61: Palm Thunder

"Lao Mi, your little brother has a bug!" In the Beggar den, Gengmi squatted beside Laoluo and said with worry.

"I know." Laoluo's mood was also somewhat dejected.

"What should we do? Should we continue the mission?" Gengmi asked, "Without Lin Bai's support, ruling the Beggar Sect will be fraught with difficulties."

"..." Laoluo was silent for a long while, a trace of struggle flashing in his eyes, "Let's continue. Even without Lin Bai, there is still the City Lord's side. Besides, we have already controlled three streets. Deng Li Buduo is working for the NPCs, and we have many NPCs working for us here; are you willing to let go?"

"Alright!" Gengmi plucked a piece of hay from his hair, looked down at his own tattered clothes, and sighed silently, "Laoluo, let's find time to go check in at Lin Bai's place too!"

At dusk.

The Kitchen God Rice Divination, which had been bustling all day, finally quieted down.

There were about a hundred new closed-beta players in Jiamu City, and almost every one of them had come to report to Lin Bai.

These people provided Lin Bai with quite a bit of Positive Emotion, which forced the branches of the Positive Emotion Tree to stretch out.

But internet fame is just internet fame; after checking in, the game still had to go on. No one would spend all day eating in a restaurant.

【Congratulations, you have brought warmth to the human world for a day. Reward: Palm Thunder (already issued)】

【Palm Thunder: Mobilize the True Qi within your body to emit heavenly thunder from your palm. It can cause Thunder Strike damage to enemies and double damage to ghost-type creatures.】

【Please customize the incantation for using Palm Thunder (Note: The Great Language System is the foundation of all civilization, so all spells you master must be activated through language; the shorter the incantation, the weaker the spell's power; the longer the incantation, the greater the spell's power; please set it carefully, host)】

"What the f*ck!?" The bizarre setting made Lin Bai widen his eyes in disbelief.

【Palm Thunder incantation setting complete: What the f*ck! (Please remember the casting incantation, host)】

The sudden prompt left Lin Bai with a face full of black lines.

What the hell?

The setting is complete?

Does it have to be this much of a pitfall?

Doesn't it even give people time to think?

The shorter the incantation, the weaker the spell's power!

I worked my ass off for a whole day, and I ended up with a two-word incantation?

How weak could this f*cking power be?

And it's such a bizarre two words!

I actually thought you were a serious system, and I spent the whole day saying nice things...

【Harsh words are like a cold wind in the sixth month; I believe you have already experienced the charm of language. But even a Vajra has moments of rage. When encountering infuriating things, speaking harsh words can both harm others and express your feelings. Please maintain the use of harsh words for twelve hours; Reward: Second setting for the Palm Thunder incantation.】

【Note: Timing starts from the first sentence. If harsh words are interrupted, the timer resets. If the volume is less than a normal person's daily communication, the timer resets.】

As expected.

A kind word warms for three winters, and what follows is harsh words are like a cold wind in the sixth month.

The Great Language System is too overbearing; the set tasks aggressively crowd out the living space of other systems.

However, for now, the other few systems are either running on their own or lack rewards that attract him.

The only useful one, the Wanwu Youque System, next rewards seventy-three point three years of Internal Energy, but it requires a Residual Value as high as sixty-eight thousand people.

Everyone in the tiny novice village combined couldn't reach that number; the Residual Value is growing at a snail's pace.

Unless "The Book of Heavenly Flaws" becomes a bestseller, it's unlikely to be completed, so Lin Bai is currently in a state of semi-neglect regarding the Incomplete System.

And after the Divine Doctor System rewarded a Basic Alchemy, the follow-up task was to have Lin Bai create a pill recipe himself; the reward is—the recipe for the Rejuvenation Pill.

This hellish task is truly a case of a clever housewife being unable to cook without rice.

Lin Bai only knows the basic Herb Identification and knows nothing about medical or pharmacological theory; it would be a miracle if he could put together a pill recipe.

Furthermore.

None of the doctors in Jiamu City know how to perform Pill Refinement, so he can't even borrow one to study...

Therefore, the Palm Thunder rewarded by the Great Language System is the most useful Skill for him, but having a task last for a day and a night is truly exhausting.

"Master, are you okay?" Deng Li Buduo had been carefully observing Lin Bai all day. Having grown accustomed to hearing sweet words, he was startled by the sudden "What the f*ck" and thought he was having auditory hallucinations, but he still held a glimmer of expectation in his heart.

Rebellious disciple!

The Internal Energy feedback value is down to ten percent, and you still dare to wander in front of your master?

Just in time to use you to test the power of Palm Thunder!

Lin Bai looked up at Deng Li Buduo, his palm lighting up: "What the f*ck!"

Pfft!

A stream of heat surged through Lin Bai's meridians, his palm grew hot, and a tiny bolt of lightning flew out, landing on Deng Li Buduo's head with lightning speed.

A puff of black smoke rose, Deng Li Buduo's neat hair all stood on end, and his face was pitch black.

A small-scale Palm Thunder; the Internal Energy consumption was almost negligible.

Of course, the power was also negligible; for now, it could only be used for perming hair. Lin Bai was calculating the consumption and power of Palm Thunder.

Suddenly.

"What the f*ck!"

"What the f*ck!"

"What the f*ck!"

The suddenly appearing lightning made Deng Li Buduo, the waiter, and the chef all exclaim in unison, and they habitually adopted Lin Bai's tone.

And then.

A hot current surged through Lin Bai's meridians once again; his expression changed, and he hurriedly aimed his palm at Deng Li Buduo.

Pfft!

Pfft!

Pfft!

Three more bolts of lightning shot out, landing on Deng Li Buduo's head; the smell of scorched hair instantly permeated the entire room.

"Master!" On Deng Li Buduo's blackened face, two bright white eyeballs rolled around as he looked at Lin Bai; although he had lost health, he still looked pleasantly surprised, "You're really better?"

Better my foot!

Lin Bai glared at Deng Li Buduo; this time, it was a real bug!

So this lousy Palm Thunder is voice-activated!

Anyone who knows the incantation can draw on my Internal Energy and fire it directly?

This is just too damn treacherous!

Lin Bai didn't know whether to laugh or cry; he was now grateful for the benefit of the short incantation, as at least the consumption wasn't high. If he had used a long incantation—the kind that drains half his Internal Energy in one go—how would he even survive?

Wait, no?

Although the incantation is for everyone to use, the target of the Palm Thunder is designated by him!

With this firing method, if someone really dared to recite the incantation to his face, wouldn't that be the same as suicide?

Furthermore.

Setting up a special incantation and tricking an enemy into saying it would be even harder to guard against...

Interesting!

Love it, love it!

The Great Language System is indeed powerful; the task is worth doing.

However.

Must slow down first.

The task cannot be terminated once it starts; such a setting is too treacherous.

A few more times and it could drive him crazy!

Deal with his disciple first.

Only ten percent of the Internal Energy feedback remains; he must find a way to pull Deng Li Buduo's Virtue Value back up!

There are currently no tasks to increase Internal Energy, but even a mosquito's leg is meat.

Lin Bai looked at Deng Li Buduo and asked with a sunken face, "Do you know you were wrong?"

"I do." Seeing Lin Bai had returned to normal, Deng Li Buduo was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly.

"Where were you wrong?" Lin Bai asked.

"..." Deng Li Buduo was stunned by the question. Recalling his actions throughout the day, he tentatively asked, "For not practicing diligently?"

"You cursed your master." Lin Bai glared at him and said, "Only by respecting the master can one value the Dao. You insulted your teacher; your virtue is already lacking. Our bond as master and disciple is at an end."

You damn well glitched out, yet you still remember what happened before?

Then do you remember the part about saying nice things to everyone you meet!

Besides, I cursed you once, and you slapped me to death—how ruthless!

If it were anyone else, their corpse would be cold by now!

But Lin Bai had finally returned to normal, and Deng Li Buduo's task had hope of continuing, so he didn't dare to provoke Lin Bai again.

With a thud, he knelt down decisively: "Master, I was wrong. Please give me another chance."

Lin Bai looked at Deng Li Buduo and sighed in astonishment: "Very well. Considering this is your first offense, I will spare you this once. For these next few days, you will practice at night and serve customers in the shop during the day to temper your character! During this time, you are not allowed to get angry or lose your temper. You must use your words to make every customer feel as if they are bathed in a spring breeze. Even if a customer hits you, you must endure it and use your virtue to reform the other party. When you see injustice, you must be brave enough to step forward and dissuade them, infecting those around you with the conduct of a gentleman. Can you do this?"

"I can." Deng Li Buduo agreed readily. Lin Bai had returned to normal—there was nothing more wonderful in the world than this! Forget about being a shop assistant; he would even kiss Song Jinnan if asked...

(End of chapter)