Chapter 272 : The Way to Flirt with Girls Lies Within

The system sent a message.

[Task 3 has been settled based on the probability doubling.]

[You have received rewards: Physique Improvement: Image Charm increased by 10%, Martial Arts Talent increased by 100%; Random Magic Treasure 2; Low-grade Spirit Stone 20; System Currency 150.]

Three items were doubled: Martial Arts Talent, Spirit Stones, and Magic Treasures. Only Charm and Currency were not doubled.

That could be considered good luck.

Moreover, just the fact that the Magic Treasures were doubled made Lin Li feel that all the effort he put into this task was completely worth it.

Everything else was pure profit.

Although the doubling of the remaining two wasn't a high priority for Lin Li—they were definitely useful, but not something he was looking forward to.

Lin Li would have been willing to trade the doubling of these two for a single doubling of the System Currency, because then he would be just a little bit away from buying the mecha in the [Mall]. He could buy it after the takeout task settled next Monday.

People can't have their cake and eat it too, but Lin Li could.

However, he was satisfied enough. Lin Li checked the two Magic Treasures.

[You have obtained the Magic Treasure: Formless Sword.]

[Formless Sword: After refinement, it can make any object take its sword form, and can be controlled to defend against enemies using sword incantations.]

[You have obtained the Magic Treasure: Universe Ring.]

[Universe Ring: A ring containing a storage space. It can recognize its master with a drop of blood. As the degree of refinement increases, the internal space will also increase.]

It's a storage space!

He wondered if it came with spirit rings inside.

Nowadays, buying a used car or a used house might come with spirit rings. So, it wouldn't be too much to ask for a few weak super old men to be locked inside the ring given by the system, right?

No, what era is this? Old men are out. It should be a few weak, beautiful master-figures.

As for the first one, the "Formless Sword," it looked like an offensive Magic Treasure. The description was too short to determine its quality for now. He would have to study it carefully after going home.

After the closing ceremony was announced to be over, the formations immediately loosened and dispersed.

"Everyone, don't rush to leave. Go to the front of the rostrum to take a photo as a souvenir. Yuying, you hold the trophy and stand in the front. Students who participated in events and won gold, silver, or bronze medals sit in the front. It's best if you can hang the medals around your necks or hold them in your hands. The other students stand in the back according to height."

Xue Jian clapped his hands and called out to the class formation.

"Okay!"

There probably wouldn't be a few people who wanted to take photos with the rostrum banner and posters as souvenirs, so the advantage of being quick was that they could be the first and wouldn't have to wait.

"Lin Li, urgent, urgent, urgent, give me a medal, give me a medal!" Bai Bufan ran over from the end of the line at this time and shouted.

"There's no need for that. I haven't heard any news about dog catchers entering the school. They won't catch you even if you don't wear a dog tag. Don't worry, be good, go back to playing~" Lin Li patted Bai Bufan's back dotingly.

Bai Bufan: "?"

Your mom.

Please name the most despicable person in Senior One Class 4, and explain why it's Lin Li.

"Gold medal! Give me a gold medal! I want to pretend to be a super contributor, go back and brag to my mom a bit. If I coax her into being happy, maybe I can earn some more military funds," Bai Bufan reached out his hand and said.

Knowledge point consolidation—Military funds: Funds reserved for jerking off.

Lin Li shook his head and laughed, but he did toss a gold medal to Bai Bufan.

Then Lin Li seized the C position and sat by Chen Yuying's legs.

"Here it comes again," Bai Bufan, who was beside him, suddenly said.

"What came?" Lin Li turned his head and asked.

"I feel like what's happening now has happened before," Bai Bufan frowned and said in a low voice.

"This phenomenon is very common, I occasionally have it too. I think it's called the hippocampus effect or something?

"Simply put, your brain glitched. Either the part of the brain responsible for storing memories mistakenly labeled a new memory as an old one, or the brain's processing speed deviated, or you really dreamed of a similar scene."

Lin Li wasn't surprised upon hearing this, shrugged, and explained the science.

"Oh, oh, seems like it. I did dream about our class taking graduation photos," Bai Bufan thought for a moment and nodded.

"So you had a wet dream? I really feel ashamed for you!" Lin Li looked at Bai Bufan with disgust in his eyes.

Having a wet dream meant that Bai Bufan was too slack in many aspects, unforgivable.

"What the fuck does this have to do with a wet dream? It would be a problem if I could ejaculate in this dream, right?" Bai Bufan's eyes widened, his face full of confusion.

"Graduation photos are the class's posthumous photos. You dreaming about this, isn't that a wet dream about posthumous photos? By the way, what were your wet dream posthumous photos like?" Lin Li's tone was matter-of-fact.

(Translator's Note: "Meng yi" (wet dream) and "yi zhao" (posthumous photo) share the character "yi" (leave behind). Lin Li combines them into "meng yi zhao").

Bai Bufan: "(；☉_☉)?"

Is, is this right?

Graduation photos really seem to be the class's posthumous photos, so it seems I really did have a wet dream...

"Don't say such weird things, where are there colored posthumous photos," Chen Yuying's smiling voice drifted down, and her right leg patted the sitting Lin Li.

"Class Rep, you're eavesdropping!"

"It's because your voice is too loud."

"Then why didn't you close your ears!"

"Hmph."

"So you know Bufan had a wet dream?"

"Pervert."

"Mhm, mhm, I also think Bai Bufan is a pervert."

"Lin Li, are you fucking sick!"

Behind them, relying on his height advantage, Wang Yuezhi, who was in the first row of standing people and therefore very close to Chen Yuying at the very front, ignored the two people scuffling in front of him and nodded vigorously, very much agreeing with Chen Yuying's point of view.

What posthumous photos are graduation photos? Do you know how to speak?

Once the photos are in hand, and everyone else is pixelated, isn't that clearly a wedding photo of me and Chen Yuying?

I'm so close, it's a close-up wedding photo!

Win!

"Pay attention to safety when going home. Let your parents send a message in the parent group when you get home. Alright, dismissed." After the posthumous photos were taken, because the class base had already been cleaned up, Xue Jian gave an instruction and signaled that everyone could leave on their own.

"Class Rep, see you the day after tomorrow." Lin Li stood up and waved to Chen Yuying.

"Okay, see you the day after tomorrow." Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan probably still planned to take some photos with the trophy. Hearing this, she turned her head to look at Lin Li, waved, and nodded.

"No need to return it to me, this is the magical tool you'll need to scam military funds in the future, keep it." Seeing Bai Bufan handing the gold medal back, Lin Li waved his hand, and at the same time took off a gold medal and put it directly on Chen Yuying: "Class Rep, I'll give you one too. It doesn't look good taking photos with a bronze medal hanging around your neck."

Then Lin Li, whose heart was tied to the Magic Treasures, headed straight for the school gate to ride his bike home.

...

Arriving home, taking off his shoes and changing into slippers, after confirming no one was home, Lin Li returned to his room.

He materialized both Magic Treasures from the [Warehouse].

The "Universe Ring" was a small, completely black ring with a small piece of black crystal on the face. It was a bit loose on his index and ring fingers, but fit quite well on his middle finger.

Without hesitation, he pricked his fingertip with a needle tip and dropped a drop of blood onto the "Universe Ring".

The blood was quickly absorbed, the black crystal lit up with a faint fluorescence, and soon dimmed again.

A faint connection had been established between himself and the "Universe Ring", and the size of the ring seemed to have adjusted to a suitable size along with recognizing its master. It suddenly felt very well-fitting.

Lin Li closed his eyes and tried to immerse his mind in the "Universe Ring".

The space inside the ring was already presented before Lin Li's eyes.

It was about a thousand cubic millimeters.

In human terms, one cubic centimeter.

Equivalent to one milliliter.

Lin Li: "..."

?

"I thought the space would be very small at first, but you can't be this small! What use do I have for this little space!" Lin Li stood up and complained, unable to hold it in.

What can this hold?

Lin Li materialized a Spirit Stone and began to guide spiritual energy to wander within the "Universe Ring", attempting to open up space.

Fifteen minutes later, the Low-grade Spirit Stone was infinitely close to an empty shell, and Lin Li returned it to the system.

The space inside the "Universe Ring" had increased nearly tenfold. Now it could hold at least ten milliliters of things, and it was still a standard cube. The shape should be fixed. No matter how deep the refinement was to expand it, it extended outward evenly on all six sides.

It seemed he couldn't expand it as he pleased, for example, opening up a long strip of space.

But it was not bad.

Although the space opened up by one Low-grade Spirit Stone was very small, Lin Li wasn't greedy. As long as the space could be expanded and the benefits were visible to the naked eye, it was enough.

Take it slow. Anyway, he had saved up a lot of Spirit Stones now, and he didn't have a small amount of System Currency in his pocket.

Temporarily stopping the expansion of the space, Lin Li began to test the use of the "Universe Ring".

After recognizing its master, the ring would adapt its size, perfectly fitting Lin Li's ten fingers, even the thumb could wear it. Good review.

But it had no reaction to toes, neck, and dick, it wouldn't adapt. Bad review.

Once worn, unless Lin Li took it off himself, it couldn't be taken off.

Very similar to the system's [Warehouse], as long as there was contact, it could be stored in the space, but there were regional restrictions. When worn on the right hand, it was limited to contact with the right hand and the ring itself. Conversely, it was limited to the left hand and the ring itself. The same applied to materialization.

If not worn on the hand, but held in the hand, to store something, he could only use the ring to touch the corresponding object.

For stored items, Lin Li could control their placement within the "Universe Ring" to maximize space utilization.

Moreover, the internal space should be static. First, items could float inside. An apple Lin Li had just cut open didn't oxidize when taken out five minutes later. He stored a few drops of boiling hot water, and when he took them out ten minutes later, they were still hot enough to make Lin Li howl.

What's the use of cultivating immortality, still not as good as Dead Baowei, at least he's not afraid of boiling water. 

(Translator's Note: "Dead pigs are not afraid of boiling water" is a Chinese idiom meaning someone who is shameless and unafraid of anything).

The only small problem was that when there were items inside, the "Universe Ring" couldn't be returned to the system's [Warehouse]. It had to be emptied before it could be returned.

The flaws didn't obscure the virtues. Although the space had to be opened up by himself, it could be foreseen that it was a Magic Treasure that would be very useful in modern times as well.

Think about it, in the future, putting two silver coins facing up and down, six dice showing six different numbers, a whole deck of playing cards, a set of mahjong tiles inside...

If he could bring the "Universe Ring" back to the National Day holiday, Lin Li swore he would definitely make the soles of the "Three People" and the face of the "Dog" pay a heavy price!

The fire of revenge burns brightly!

It was useless for now, the space was too small. A tube of glue could fill the "Universe Ring" into a cream puff.

At the same time, although the school wasn't strict, it at least stipulated that wearing decorative items like rings wasn't allowed. Especially since this was a pitch-black ring with a crystal, it was quite conspicuous.

If he wanted to use it in the future, after expanding the space, it would only be suitable to put in his pocket and use secretly.

Returning it to the [Warehouse], Lin Li materialized the "Formless Sword".

A miniature sword about ten centimeters long quietly floated in front of Lin Li.

Lin Li reached out to grab it, but found it had no physical body. When his hand passed through it, he only felt a faint coolness.

What kind of holographic projection sword is this?

Although it had no physical body, Lin Li materialized a Spirit Stone and prepared to try refining it according to the previous method.

However, when the Spirit Stone appeared, the "Formless Sword" actively moved closer.

Lin Li raised an eyebrow, began to absorb spiritual energy to circulate within his body, and returned the Spirit Stone to the [Warehouse]. The "Formless Sword", like a pitiful sword with no cheeks to pinch but only a butt to pinch, changed direction and approached Lin Li, merging into his body.

...

The refinement of the "Formless Sword" took much more time than imagined.

It was only when the sky had completely darkened that Lin Li let out a long sigh of relief.

The "Formless Sword" slowly flew out of his body, and following Lin Li's finger, swung left and right in the air.

With the consumption of over a dozen Spirit Stones, the initial refinement was successful.

And just like the "Bottle of Hidden Emotions and Stored Desires", after successful refinement, more information automatically appeared in Lin Li's mind.

He finally got the 'instruction manual'.

Lin Li blinked. After digesting the information, he manipulated the "Formless Sword" and flew it towards a pen on the desk in the room.

The "Formless Sword" quickly approached, then 'disappeared' the moment it touched the ballpoint pen.

Lin Li's fingers moved slightly, his expression focused.

First there was a period of silence. Finally, the ballpoint pen began to tremble, then the amplitude of the shaking grew larger and larger. Finally, it flew up, and flew towards Lin Li bumpily, floating in front of him.

"Everything is a sword? Then this Magic Treasure is too sword (bitchy)." Lin Li reached out and grabbed the pen with some pleasant surprise.

(Translator's Note: "Jian" (sword) is a homophone for "jian" (bitchy/cheap)).

The "Formless Sword" had no physical body and couldn't cause any lethality, but it could possess any inanimate object, making it its tangible sword body.

The ballpoint pen in his hand was now the "Formless Sword".

Manipulating the "Formless Sword" required consuming mental energy and a small amount of spiritual energy in the body.

Although it could possess any inanimate object, theoretically Lin Li could make the bed beside him, or even the entire building under his feet, become the sword body. But the difficulty of controlling the "Formless Sword" also changed with the change of the sword body.

After the "Formless Sword" possessed an object, it needed an adaptation process.

Adaptation was divided into two stages. One was establishing a connection, which meant Lin Li could only control the sword body after this. Before this, the sword body wouldn't have any reaction to Lin Li's commands. After the connection was established, it entered the second stage of increasing tacit understanding, which meant making Lin Li's control smoother and at a lower cost.

Even if it was just a ballpoint pen, just establishing the connection took dozens of seconds just now. Of course, this wasn't a problem with the Magic Treasure, but a problem with Lin Li, the master.

If he let it possess this building, just establishing the connection would probably take seven or eight years.

And the difficulty of controlling the "Formless Sword" would also rise accordingly. At that time, Lin Li felt that even if his hands sparked from forming sword incantations, the building would still remain motionless.

In addition, not moving was actually fine. If it moved a bit, Lin Li felt his mental power would be instantly drained dry and his life would restart.

The "Formless Sword's" adaptation to the sword body would partially reset as it left the sword body.

For example, right now, when it detached from the ballpoint pen and possessed it again, manipulating the ballpoint pen again didn't require waiting dozens of seconds for startup time. In a few seconds, the connection was re-established.

The adaptation time was greatly shortened.

Although it was a pity that the progress couldn't be completely retained, it was better than a complete reset.

So, if Lin Li had nothing to do every day and put the "Formless Sword" in the building, after fifty or sixty years, the cost of controlling the building would eventually drop to a day Lin Li could accept.

On that day, Lin Li could make the building shake whenever he wanted—provided it hadn't been demolished by then.

Moreover, the Formless Sword was compatible with any sword incantation, but Lin Li didn't know any right now.

The 'instruction manual' didn't even include a basic version. What was the difference between this and buying an Apple phone and having to buy the charging brick yourself.

As a result, Lin Li could only manipulate it to move up, down, left, and right now. As for any cool sword aura or thunderous moves, sorry, he didn't know any of them.

Although he didn't have sword incantations, he could learn from Wang Yuhui.

In the future, possessing the "Formless Sword" on a shit-stained mop, controlling it remotely without worrying about this overpowered weapon accidentally injuring himself, it was simply too overpowered.

Actually, Lin Li felt that in modern times, he didn't need to use it as a weapon at all.

Wouldn't it be nice to just possess a boy's skirt and then control it to float up?

Changing the perspective, the "Formless Sword" simply had too much of a future, with great prospects.

As for the control distance, Lin Li tested it. The ballpoint pen flew out of the room for just a few meters, and controlling it gave him a severe headache. His essence, energy, spirit, and internal spiritual energy also dropped very quickly, and the 'signal' also experienced delay and loss.

It was already somewhat out of control. It seemed this was the current limit, he couldn't control it for long at this distance yet.

But this was also related to the fact that the "Formless Sword" hadn't possessed it for long and the control cost was high. After adapting for a long time, he should be able to control it normally at this distance, right?

Maybe.

His stomach growled. Lin Li checked his watch. After refining for a few hours, it was actually already eight o'clock, and he hadn't even eaten dinner yet.

But having obtained two Magic Treasures with promising futures, Lin Li was in a good mood.

At this hour, Lin Li picked up his phone to order takeout. After eating, he would go to bed early. He had to get up early tomorrow to practice martial arts and go for a medical checkup.

Wang Ze sent him another message.

[Wang Ze: Prime Minister, I seem to have killed the conversation, what should I do, urgent, urgent, urgent!]

[Wang Ze: [Picture], how should I reply now?]

Lin Li clicked on the picture Wang Ze sent, it was a chat record.

[...]

[Qian Ying: I heard my grandpa say.]

Qian Ying was the name of the senior sister Wang Ze had a crush on. The chat started from here.

[Qian Ying: Three different matchmakers introduced partners to my dad, and they all introduced my mom.]

[Wang Ze: Is it that magical and destined?]

[Wang Ze: Then did your dad and your mom end up together?]

[Qian Ying: ?]

[Qian Ying: Guess why my dad is called my dad?]

[Wang Ze: Sorry, sorry!]

[Qian Ying: Of course they got together! And they get along very well. Sigh, my mom just went out on a date again, and didn't take me, leaving me alone at home.]

[Wang Ze: Alone?]

[Qian Ying: Yeah, what's wrong?]

[Wang Ze: Eh, where's your dad?]

[Qian Ying: Junior, who do you think my mom is dating.]

Lin Li: "..."

He always felt that Senior Sister Qian must have taken several deep breaths when replying to this last message.

[Lin Li: How did you reply?]

Wang Ze's message was sent to him half an hour ago, he must have already replied.

[Wang Ze: I replied 'hahahaha right', she replied 'hahahaha yeah', we haven't chatted since.]

[Lin Li: Hahahaha idiot.]

[Wang Ze: ...]

[Lin Li: Don't worry, now it's considered her chasing you. Theoretically, she's more anxious than you, thinking 'How did I meet an idiot, fuck, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, should I give up'.]

[Wang Ze: I'm just afraid she won't chase me anymore! Being chased feels so good, but damn it, chatting is so hard!]

[Wang Ze: When can I wake up and find that the flirting skills of all boys in the world have dropped 10,000 times? I just send a girl 'good morning', but the girl cries and tells me she wants to spend the rest of her life with me!]

Lin Li was amused, it sounded like Chen Tianming's dying fantasy after being possessed.

[Lin Li: How many novels did you read during the sports meeting?]

[Wang Ze: A lot, still reading now.]

[Lin Li: Then let's stop reading novels for today. Stop it, it's time to rest.]

*(End of Chapter)*