Chapter 399: Hero of Eating Stones

Even Lin Li was amazed by the thoughts in his head right now.

Lin Li then had an epiphany and felt a lingering fear; this must be the inner demon born along with the growth of his cultivation on the path of immortality.

Damn inner demon, actually turning him into a piece of trash after Foundation Establishment, how could it be so bad!

He felt somewhat heartbroken; he was originally such a good person, just like that, controlled by the inner demon.

Sigh.

Set up by the Heavenly Dao. Heavenly Dao, you win.

Thinking of this, Lin Li walked to the window, looked at the sky again, then nodded, suddenly feeling that his thoughts when he first broke through were a bit biased. Without the Heavenly Dao... it was actually quite good.

Otherwise, Lin Li felt he probably wouldn't have lived until now and would have been struck by lightning long ago.

Make up for it with merit!

"'Lin Li' patted 'Chen Yuying's' wooden fish head, merit +999"

"Chen Yuying: Why did you suddenly pat me?"

"Lin Li: Do you want to know?"

"Chen Yuying:... Forget it, I don't want to."

"Lin Li: Good, then I'll satisfy you. I was just thinking, if there were a horror Braille novel for the blind..."

"Chen Yuying:???"

"Chen Yuying: I said I don't! Want! To hear!"

"Chen Yuying: I hate you."

"'Chen Yuying' patted 'Chen Yuying's' wooden fish head, merit +999"

"Lin Li: Do you really hate me? 'Tears' 'Tears' 'Tears'"

"Chen Yuying: Fake, I like you."

"Lin Li: 'Puppy running over with a rose in its mouth'"

After chatting with Chen Yuying for a while longer, he let her go back to doing her own things.

Today is Friday, everyone sleeps late, it's only past eleven, and because Lin Li has to go to driving school and then the library tomorrow morning, Chen Yuying doesn't plan to get up early, so it's not time to sleep yet.

Only then did Lin Li turn his attention to the system, looking at the task that had just popped up.

Tempering the soul and body.

The task was displayed as two progress bars.

After thinking for a while, Lin Li got up and went to the living room, starting to practice the "Eight-Section Body Tempering Exercise."

The effect was immediate; the body's progress bar slowly moved forward.

So, in this task, the body half was very simple; if he wasn't in a hurry, he would definitely finish it by exercising every morning. The key was the other half, the soul.

Tempering the soul, huh.

He flipped through the cultivation guide to find soul-related techniques, chose a basic one that didn't require external aids and only needed spiritual energy, and started practicing.

But just as Lin Li expected, like the Five Elements task before, these items from the cultivation world that didn't come from the system weren't recognized by the system.

It seemed he still had to find a way to temper his soul in reality.

After pondering for a moment, Lin Li had another idea. He searched for guides online, then sat cross-legged on the sofa and started trying to meditate with focus.

Lin Li's comprehension was high; according to those text and video guides online, it didn't take long for him to enter the state.

A few minutes passed.

Exiting from focused meditation, Lin Li looked at the system.

The soul's progress bar had moved forward, but the distance was extremely small, even less obvious than the body's progress after a few dozen seconds.

It seemed that, like the Five Elements task, the method he found wasn't correct enough.

But Lin Li didn't care; he would take it slow. Anyway, he had found a stupid way; at worst, he would just grind it out with time.

Anyway, the task had no time limit, and he wasn't one of those protagonists carrying a sea of blood and deep hatred, so he wasn't in a huge rush.

Stretching, Lin Li took out his phone and opened the gaming group:

"Lin Li: The first stroke of 'Life' is also the last stroke of 'Death'. Life's truth is nothing more than this. Once the stroke of life falls, it is destined to move toward convergence. Although the last stroke of death stops, it has already quietly gestated a new life. Just like a circle, the starting point and the end point are quietly welded together, moving endlessly."

"Lin Li: Sharing my meditation gains with everyone, letting everyone see something nutritious."

"Bai Bufan: Didn't expect this idiot to actually penetrate the mystery of life and death 'Thumbs up' 'Thumbs up' 'Thumbs up'"

"Wang Ze: Didn't expect this idiot to actually penetrate the mystery of life and death..."

"Zhou Baowei: Didn't expect this idiot..."

"Zhang Haoyang: Lin Li, I didn't notice before, you're quite good at talking about strokes 'Thumbs up' 'Thumbs up' 'Thumbs up'"

"Bai Bufan: Lin Li, I didn't notice before..."

Lin Li believed that everyone's words were from the heart.

And seeing everyone praising him so sincerely, Lin Li nodded with satisfaction; he hadn't raised this group of monsters in vain.

Just as he was about to copy this realization and send it to "Three People and One Dog" to get scolded again, the group messages refreshed.

"Yang Bangjie: There must be input and output. Lin Li gave you nutrition, I'll help you vomit some nutrition, here comes some nude apron."

"Yang Bangjie: 'Picture collection'"

Lin Li clicked in with a snap, very fast.

Then his mouth twitched, and he exited with a snap.

Damn, it was the Chengdu version of the nude apron.

Nutrition came out, but not from the head as expected.

The human heart is sinister, how could it be like this.

"'Yang Bangjie' was muted for one day by 'Lin Li'."

"'Lin Li' recalled a group member's message."

"Zhou Baowei: Good kill, the most righteous episode."

"Bai Bufan: Bangjie, you should study finance in the future; I feel you are quite suitable for private equity investment."

"Wang Ze: I'm feeling it, are there any more? Give me more @Yang Bangjie."

"Wang Ze: Can only say that outsiders, especially those niche managers from Shanghai who are full of relaxation, completely don't understand the tightness of Chengdu."

"Haha."

In the living room, Lin Li laughed out loud in relief.

However, it had nothing to do with Wang Ze's statement.

—Damn it, the mental progress bar went up.

This time, just stunned for a moment, Lin Li suddenly realized and understood what the system meant.

Tempering the soul, my ass. Translate it: just mentally torture yourself.

Damn system.

But Lin Li shook his head, not too angry. Since that was the case, this task was even simpler.

Yang Bangjie was currently privately messaging Lin Li, the power-tripping dog, trying to complain:

"Yang Bangjie: A good person who does good deeds all his life does one bad thing, and it's called showing his true colors. A bad person who does bad deeds all his life does one good thing, and it's called a prodigal son returning. Life..."

Damn, he had moved so many normal lewd pictures to the group, had all those contributions been forgotten?

Calling him a hero one second, and killing the donkey after it finished grinding the mill the next?

"Yang Bangjie: And Lin Li, you wouldn't know, right? Only the group owner and administrators can set essences in the group, and you, this administrator, were set by Wang Ze."

"Yang Bangjie: You wouldn't think you're some power-tripping dog, right? From this, it can be concluded that the administrator is just the group owner's tool for setting essences. This is all Wang Ze's obedience test for you!"

"Lin Li: Stop talking about life and setting essences, send me that nude apron collection again, I want to eat stones."

"Yang Bangjie: 'Picture collection'"

"Yang Bangjie: Okay, you want to disgust others too, right? Ambitious. Also, help me unmute the group."

Regaining freedom, Yang Bangjie yelled a few times in the group and then started scrolling through Douyin.

Not long after, the message bar popped up, still Lin Li.

"Lin Li: Any more? Send me something else."

"Little greedy cat." Yang Bangjie shook his head with a smile, opened QQ, found some shit from the few chat groups he had joined, and sent it to Lin Li.

As an internet patrol dog, the biggest problem was phone memory. If you joined too many groups, just clicking on a chat group could accidentally take up dozens or hundreds of MB.

But for the sake of everyone in the world being able to eat hot shit and see fresh lewd pictures, this little sacrifice was nothing.

"Lin Li: Any more?"

Only five minutes had passed, but Lin Li's message had already been sent, which made Yang Bangjie stunned for a moment, but then his hands didn't stop, and he immediately continued to transport:

"Yang Bangjie: 'Chat collection'"

"Yang Bangjie: 'Chat collection'"

Yang Bangjie was still forwarding, but Lin Li had already replied in seconds:

"Lin Li: Bro, this batch of goods is a bit impure, doesn't feel like eating stones enough, can you send some hard goods?"

"Yang Bangjie:?"

"Yang Bangjie: What the hell?"

"Lin Li: Shit, you know, if you look at it too much, your defense will increase. Now my friend looks at what you sent, and mentally can no longer feel the stimulation of the past. It's not as cool as before. Bro, I need purer goods."

"Yang Bangjie:... Fine, I'll find it for you."

"Yang Bangjie: 'Message collection', how about this one? Nanjing Red Sister, recent top-quality shit."

Lin Li didn't reply to the message; he must have started eating stones heartily.

Yang Bangjie breathed a sigh of relief.

However, he had just opened Douyin—

"Lin Li: Finished watching, it's okay, found some feeling again, any more?"

"Yang Bangjie: Are you and your friend sick?"

"Lin Li: Bro, stop scolding, go find it quickly, I beg you 'Kowtow' 'Kowtow'"

"Yang Bangjie: Don't rush, don't rush, haste makes waste." ===== CHAPTER 400 =====