Chapter 292

Lunch is in progress, the taste is good, most of the time you can choose to believe Ding Sihan's taste.

【Encountering a fellow cultivator who uses a sword, it should have been a time for mutual joy, but the bright sword is already stained with dust. A sword that should have been open and aboveboard is being used for underhanded deeds. As a fellow sword master, one should set things right.】

【Task triggered!】

【Task Three: Stop this cultivator from continuing to cause trouble and impose punishment.】

【Task Reward: Physical improvement: Sword Dao talent increased by 50%; Basic Sword Technique * 1.】

?

Looking at the message that suddenly popped up, Lin Li raises his eyebrows slightly.

Is there a sword cultivator doing evil?

So, on the surface, Lin Li continues to eat calmly, but in reality, he turns his head slightly to observe everyone in the store.

Everyone is eating normally, chatting somewhat noisily, but it's peaceful. No one is making any suspicious moves, at least not in Lin Li's view.

He can't even find a shadow of a sword, let alone an evil sword cultivator.

It couldn't be that two men in the bathroom are currently "fencing," right?

Lin Li's gaze pauses slightly, and then he immediately turns his head to look out the floor-to-ceiling window.

This is a task triggered in the middle of a meal, limited to his surroundings. Since he has been eating without moving, the people in the restaurant are also very well-behaved.

Then the task target is very likely from outside the store, those pedestrians who are constantly approaching and separating.

Looking out the window doesn't require being secretive. Lin Li squints his eyes and carefully examines the road and the pedestrians on both sides.

"What's wrong?" Chen Yuying puts down her spoon. Seeing Lin Li suddenly stop eating, she follows his gaze to look out the window and asks.

Found it.

"Someone is stealing things, look at the bus stop there," Lin Li's eyes light up, he puts down his chopsticks, stands up, and says to the four people, "I'm going to stop it!"

There are indeed many people on the commercial street on the weekend, and the range is very wide, but since the other party is doing bad things, Lin Li prioritizes locking onto pedestrians who are sneaky or fierce-looking.

And at a glance, he notices a masked man with a deliberately natural look in his eyes, not young.

He is now sticking tightly to a couple in their sixties waiting for the bus at the bus stop.

And if Lin Li didn't see wrong just now, the masked man is holding a blade in his hand and is cutting the pocket of the old lady's clothes.

The movement is actually quite hidden. If Lin Li hadn't been observing deliberately, it would be hard to notice.

The blade is also good; in the system's eyes, it counts as a sword.

While the four people were still confused, Lin Li had already run out of the shop.

The masked man had already started walking forward quickly with the flow of people.

It wasn't that he had keenly sensed Lin Li's intention, but that he had already succeeded.

He is definitely an old hand. It took less than half a minute to complete the cutting and theft.

No wonder the system could still recognize him as a sword cultivator.

Lin Li didn't shout "catch the thief," but ran silently toward the masked man.

And when running, his eyes were still looking at the road, so even if the masked man was cautious enough to turn his head upon hearing footsteps, he wouldn't think he was going to catch him.

Until Lin Li was already parallel to him, the masked man still had no sense of danger.

Steady.

Lin Li pats the masked man on the shoulder.

The masked man who had his shoulder patted turns his head to look at Lin Li vigilantly and swiftly.

"Buddy, your clothes are about to fall to the ground." Concerned citizen Lin Li speaks.

The masked man relaxes slightly, thinking it was the victim who discovered his theft. Hearing this, he subconsciously glances at the empty ground, and after reacting, he frowns.

—His clothes are on his body, not in his hand, how could they fall to the ground?

This person is sick—

Damn, it's possible.

The next second, the masked man realizes it's possible.

Because an arm locks his neck, and the next second he is directly knocked to the ground and pressed down tightly.

Can't spray, his clothes really fell to the ground.

"What are you doing! Damn it, let me go!"

The masked man starts to struggle, but finds that this young man, who doesn't look old or sturdy, has unusually great strength, and no matter how he struggles, he doesn't move at all.

Lin Li's behavior and the masked man's screams and roars frighten the surrounding pedestrians. Everyone stops and disperses, making sounds of surprise, looking at the two fighting people with confusion.

Or rather, the masked man is being unilaterally suppressed.

Lin Li, kneeling on the masked man, confirms that the masked man doesn't have a blade in his hand, and uses one hand to clamp his two hands and press them to the ground.

Then he reaches into his pocket and finds two mobile phones, a wallet, and the criminal tool, a blade—not just one.

So he turns his head and shouts at the bus stop: "Grandpa and Grandma? Grandpa and Grandma waiting for the bus, yes, that's you two. Grandma, take a look, did your phone and wallet get lost? Is it this?"

And the old lady who turned her head upon hearing this reaches her hand into her jacket pocket, and then reaches it directly out from under the pocket.

"Things are gone!"

"My clothes were cut!"

She realizes it belatedly, hurriedly runs toward Lin Li with her partner, and after taking the things from Lin Li's hand and confirming, she nods excitedly:

"Yes, yes, yes! This phone and wallet are mine! Thank you!"

"Thank you, young man! Really thank you so much! If this had been stolen, my partner would have been nagging about this for half a year." The old grandpa also sincerely thanks Lin Li, who is sitting on the thief.

"No problem, no problem, it's what I should do." Lin Li waves his hand modestly.

The surrounding pedestrians also understand the truth with the conversation, their faces showing realization.

"Looking at your age, are you a student? Or are you already working? Can you tell me your unit or school? I must let your unit and school know about the good deed you did!"

The old grandpa continues to ask gratefully.

"Grandpa, there's no need for that. Students at our Nansang Middle School are all this kind and upright, so the school said there's no need to report our school name when doing good deeds outside. It's what should be done, we can't have a utilitarian heart, so I won't say it."

Lin Li says while continuing to restrain the thief, politely declining.

Some onlookers who stayed to eat melon: "..."

You damn well already said it, right?

"Oh, oh, alright. Although it's a pity, I respect your school. Your school must be a good school, very great."

Hearing this, the old man nods regretfully, but still expresses his commendation.

Lin Li: "?"

No, Grandpa, didn't I just tell you?

You really didn't notice!?

It seems he might be a bit older than sixty, his ears are a bit deaf.

But Lin Li doesn't bother to make up for it, it's really a matter of indifference, so he just nods with a smile.

Bai Bufan and the other four also arrived at Lin Li's side at this time.

"Lin Li, should I call the police now?" After seeing the situation clearly, Bai Bufan asks.

"Why did you suddenly go up alone? What if you get hurt?" Chen Yuying looks at Lin Li with some blame.

"Don't worry, not a single injury." Lin Li pats his shoulder with his free hand, then takes out his phone: "It's quite close to Sanchiao here, I'll ask Uncle Yang."

—Lin Li restricts the masked man with one hand easily, no matter how he struggles, it's useless, and the other hand is very free.

"Lin Li: Uncle, it's the weekend, are you on duty?"

"Yang Liang: Send me your location now."

This is the bond, patting Yang Liang's butt and knowing what posture to change to.

"Lin Li: 'Location'."

"Yang Liang: Isn't this the food and beverage street next to us? Where did the chicken farm come from? How come I don't know? Newly opened?"

"..."

There is no bond at all.

"Lin Li: Uncle, your stereotype of me is a bit serious. This time it has nothing to do with the chicken farm, it's that I just encountered someone stealing things."

"Ah? Stealing things? I'll be there right away. What's the situation now? Has the thief been caught?"

Yang Liang stops typing, but doesn't call, instead sending a voice message. There are obvious footsteps in the background, he has already gone to find a car.

"Lin Li: Caught, now he's cursing me in dialect under my butt, can I hit him?"

"... Is the thief okay?"

Not caring about whether he, who is being cursed, is okay, but caring about the thief first?

It seems Yang Liang's thinking as a Demon Suppressor has gone wrong, which really makes Lin Li sigh with regret.

"What did he say?"

Seeing Lin Li put down his phone, Bai Bufan asks.

"Uncle Yang is coming right away, no need to report." Lin Li waves his hand, then signals to Chen Yuying and the other three, "Don't waste this good opportunity, come, come, come, take a few handsome capture photos for me."

After speaking, Lin Li's expression turns cold, staring at the masked man, raising his free hand high, like a hero who just descended from the sky and landed on the thief's ground.

The posture is much cooler.

Chen Yuying, Ding Sihan, Qu Wanqiu, masked man: "?"

But the three of them then smile and take out their phones to start satisfying Lin Li's request.

The masked man is too uncooperative, refusing to smile.

"Bufan, do you want to take one too?" Lin Li sees some envy in Bai Bufan's eyes and asks.

"A little."

"Then you come up too, I'll move away and give you the spot." Lin Li is completely indifferent.

Masked man: "??"

No?

What the hell do you think you are!

"I'm afraid I can't ride him." Bai Bufan is tempted, but also has concerns, "How about this, Lin Li, don't move away, I'll go up, and we can take a photo of the two of us catching him together, can we?"

"Sure. Uncle, can you give us a look that is three parts gloomy and ruthless, three parts indifferent and regretful after being caught, and four parts hidden admiration for us, your arch-enemies?

Let's act out the feeling of a rival scene together."

Lin Li gives the masked man some guidance.

"Don't go too far, damn it!" The masked man, who felt he had been humiliated all along, couldn't help but curse loudly.

"Heh, look, in a hurry again."

The task hasn't been completed yet. It seems this kind of thing doesn't count as punishment, he still has to wait for the Demon Suppression Division to come.

Sanchiao is indeed very close to here. In a few minutes, Yang Liang drove over with his colleagues.

As soon as he got down, he saw Lin Li and Bai Bufan excitedly taking the thief, accepting the inspection of the surrounding onlookers, and the thief kept cursing.

Yang Liang sighed, he could only say it was a stable performance.

Please state which of Lin Li, Bai Bufan, and the thief is most like a human, and explain why it is the thief.

"You two get up first." After signaling the two to stand up, he let his colleagues understand the situation, and Yang Liang put handcuffs on the thief who could finally stand up.

An indisputable case.

Both human and physical evidence are present. The two old people specifically waited for the police to come and explain, and the thief himself had no quibbling.

Let alone quibbling, the thief looked at Yang Liang as if he saw a savior, confessed instantly, and only hoped he would take him away from Lin Li quickly.

"We're taking the person away, do you want to come with us?" Yang Liang asks.

"Forget it this time, we haven't finished our meal, and we have to go back to the library later, no time, next time for sure." Lin Li shakes his head with a smile upon hearing this.

"No next time." Yang Liang shakes his head with a smile and drives away in the police car.

【Task Three completed.】

【You have received the reward: Physical improvement: Sword Dao talent increased by 50%; Basic Sword Technique * 1.】

The police car drove away, and the task was completed.

It seems that punishment still needs to be official; his own private punishment is not recognized.

This task took less than ten minutes in total.

However, the reward is indeed not very good, so it's reasonable that it's easy to complete.

The sword technique is finally in hand, Lin Li looks forward to "Formless Sword" playing a greater role.

【The subduing of the villain made all the surrounding onlookers clap and cheer, and the Demon Suppression Division also realized that the good deed you can do is by no means just eliminating the foundation of the Hehuan demon people.

Having gained the expectations of the people and the expectations of the Demon Suppression Division, you should be encouraged to go further.】

【Time-limited task triggered!】

【Task Three: Make persistent efforts, within two months, within the territory of Nansang City, stop and punish evil cultivators who attempt to commit crimes, at least eight times.】

【Task Reward: Title: Light of Nansang; Physical improvement: Martial Arts talent increased by 100%, Random Ability * 1; System Currency * 200.】

【Light of Nansang: After obtaining, 【Light of Xiling】 will be replaced. After equipping, you will radiate the light of the righteous path, the speed of practicing righteous path techniques will increase by 100%, the resistance to evil path techniques will increase by 100%, and evil spirits and demons will be exceptionally afraid of you.

When in Nansang territory, the title effect increases by 25%, and when in Xiling territory, it increases by an additional 25%.】

The system popped up a second task at this time.

The reward is good, and the martial arts talent is related to the completion progress of his Task One.

As for the task content, it's just doing what he just did eight more times, catching eight more?

It seems he could catch three right next to him.

"Bufan." Lin Li looks at Bai Bufan.

"What's wrong?"

"Don't you want to make money? I have a business opportunity, you don't even need to be sixteen."

"You speak first."

"Look opposite," Lin Li points to the public welfare notice board of "Building a Clean Xiling" and introduces: "It says that reporting someone spitting in a public place, after verification, can reward thirty yuan once. You spit now, I report you, after it's done, you get fifteen and I get fifteen, how about it?"

Bai Bufan thinks carefully after hearing this, nods seriously, and asks: "Good logic, but I have a question, what about the fifty yuan fine?"

"Don't worry about these things, it doesn't matter, let's make money first."

"This is very important!"

Bai Bufan smiles and raises his middle finger, cursing clearly: "Retard! Not doing it."

Lin Li nods. If the retard won't do it, then there's really no way.

"It seems I can only give you a new money-making idea."

"What kind of nonsense do you want to say again?"

"After you go home next week, lock your door immediately, so you become a 'closed-door lock,' and you can start painting to make money. Abstract is what you are best at anyway."

Picasso is one of the few painters whose paintings are valuable while alive. Bai Bufan doesn't even need to die first to make money this way.

Bai Bufan: "... Your mom."

Lin Li doesn't respond, looking at the notice board opposite again. Completing the task this way shouldn't be realistic either.

Spitting in a place where spitting is prohibited is illegal, but as for "committing crimes," it doesn't count.

This level of illegality shouldn't be recognized by the system.

Otherwise, in the past two months, there have always been people around him who don't care about quality and litter, but a task has never been triggered.

Therefore, the minimum requirement for this task should be something like theft, at least a serious violation or even a criminal act?

"The cuffs are dirty, Lin Li, pat them a few times." Chen Yuying's exhortation makes Lin Li temporarily withdraw his thoughts.

"Alright," after patting a few times, Lin Li stands straight and greets the few people: "Let's go back and continue eating."

The five people return to the restaurant.

The meal was already coming to an end, so although it was a little cold, it didn't affect eating.

"Lin Li, how did you notice it? You said it just now, I didn't even see the thief." Ding Sihan asks curiously.

Hearing this, Lin Li takes out his phone and raises his chin at Ding Sihan: "Sent it to you."

"What?" Ding Sihan asks with a confused face, taking out her phone.

"Lin Li: 'Cornea Donation Application Form'"

Ding Sihan: "..."

"Bai Bufan, move aside." Ding Sihan raises her water glass, looks up, and says with a cold face.

Bai Bufan really wants to move aside, but he isn't as strong as Lin Li and has already been protected by Lin Li in front of him.

"I have sharp swords and sharp eyes, naturally I can discover these small details in life that you don't notice." Lin Li makes up an excuse to explain.

"Tch—"

The girls go to the bathroom in a group, Lin Li and Bai Bufan clean up the leftovers, staring at the floor-to-ceiling window from time to time, trying to find the task target.

But they gain nothing.

It's normal to think so. With the current public security, encountering the thief just now is a rare event.

"What are you looking for again?" Bai Bufan asks.

"This pleasure of punishing evil and promoting good is a bit addictive, I want to catch a few more criminals." Lin Li says the truth.

"Catching this, it's simple." Bai Bufan says with a relaxed face.

"Oh, you have a way?"

Bai Bufan nods and points out a clear path for Lin Li: "Go catch them in prison, there are tons of criminals inside, catch one and it's accurate."

"..."

Lin Li points at Bai Bufan with a smile, and finally shakes his head regretfully: "The defense of the prison is too tight, I can't get in."

"You're stupid, as long as you find a loophole in the law, you can get in easily."

Bai Bufan says as a matter of course, and the suggestion is not just one:

"Of course, if you don't want to find a loophole, you can use connections. I also have someone I know in prison."

"Which relative went in?" Lin Li sees through the truth at a glance.

Bai Bufan's eyes suddenly become melancholy and deep, mixed with thick sadness:

"No, it's a friend of mine named Feifei who went in. I don't even know if she's out yet."

"You kid, you still can't forget her."

"Tch, as if you could forget Xiao Jing." Bai Bufan says with disdain.

Lin Li smiles slightly.

Xiao Jing? Who is that?

Sorry, no longer concerned.

"Recalling the past is just carving a boat to find a sword in the long river of time." Lin Li pats Bai Bufan's shoulder, "Forget her, Bufan."

"When a person has disappeared, discovering the traces she left in this world again, how can one not be sad, how can one forget? Lin Li, I finally understand Lu Mingfei who saw the flower ticket.

If I had washed Feifei's feet one hundred thousand and three hundred and twenty times back then, would my ending with her be different?"

"... That would be very smelly."

(End of chapter)