Chapter 432: Can the merciful Lord of Xiling forgive me?
Friday.
When I woke up, my phone showed four missed calls.
It’s not that Lin Li was in a deep sleep and was not woken up. He usually brought his cell phone to school, so Lin Li naturally turned it to silent mode.
Of course, the people who called him were the lucky victims chosen, Yang Liang.
It was still three o'clock when he called. Considering that people in middle age tend to urinate frequently and urgently, Lin Li guessed that maybe he saw his message when he got up at night.
I don’t know how I slept in the second half of the night.
After sending a message of "Uncle, good morning", and seeing that there was no immediate reply, Lin Li started exercising.
When I finished exercising and was about to go out, I received a message from Yang Liang on my phone.
"Yang Liang: Bad morning."
"Yang Liang: Hey, hey! Hey!! Tell me, what did you want to talk to me about last night?"
Wearing Bluetooth headphones, Lin Li called Yang Liang while riding his bike to the breakfast shop.
"Uncle, are there any tobacco-related cases I could help with? Our Xiling Black Silk Man's spirit of helping others is already stirring."
A sigh was clearly heard from the other side.
"Have you considered going to the hospital to check for ADHD? Lin Li, you've only been quiet for less than half a month, why are you thinking about doing this again?" Yang Liang asked with a headache.
"Because I am a black—"
"Stop, stop, stop. Don't tell me about your Black Silk Knight spirit. I don't want to hear it." Yang Liang interrupted Lin Li's speech rudely, and then sighed deeply again.
"Okay, let's skip the foreplay and get straight to the point. So, is there anything, uncle?"
"Bullshit!" Yang Liang said unhappily.
"Then you let it go first. I'm not in a hurry. Don't make yourself sick, uncle." Lin Li immediately said in a gentle voice.
"Damn it - the job is not easy. She has to take care of you alone, so you should give her some more worry." Yang Liang said.
Lin Li suspected that Yang Liang was scolding him, but he had no evidence, so Zhou Baowei possessed him and said, "Dim sum? What dim sum?"
Yang Liang cursed with a smile on his face over the phone. After considering what kind of person Lin Li was, Yang Liang knew that persuasion was pointless, so he didn't bother to ask why Lin Li suddenly wanted to do this again. He just added:
"Case studies involving tobacco are usually discovered by the Tobacco Bureau, who then work with us to handle them. Usually, the clues come to them first.
There are no related cases now, and I don't have any leads, so forget it."
Of course, even if there really was a clue, Yang Liang would not tell Lin Li.
Isn't this just too much to think about?
"Is that so?" Lin Li nodded, not too surprised. He then asked, "Uncle, if I get a clue by myself or my informant, should I contact you or the Tobacco Bureau?"
Yang Liang fell silent again.
As the saying goes, silence is the best.
That is to say, when everyone is silent, most of them are shouting "Gang" in their hearts.
Mother Ganlin! ! !
Yang Liang's psychological activities at this moment well verified this statement.
This guy wants to find it on his own again?! And he has an informant?!
After a long while, Yang Liang's voice came through, almost gritting his teeth: "Then - you should find me or your Uncle Yan!"
"Okay," Lin Li nodded, then comforted him, "But don't worry, this matter hasn't been confirmed yet, and I don't know when I can find it. I'll contact you when there's some clue."
"walk slowly!"
…
noon.
It was half past twelve and the official lunch break had not yet begun, but the three people in the distribution room had been busy for more than half an hour.
The final work was completed, all components were replaced, and even additional insect-proofing measures were taken.
"I have retired, and this retirement is for life!"
Zheng Hong and Liu Feng were already accustomed to Lin Yan and Lin Yu, so they ignored Lin Li who had retreated to the door and reconnected the school's power supply.
【Task 2 completed.】
[You have received rewards: Physical improvement: Formation talent increased by 50%; 1 random complete formation; 5 designated formation materials (medium quality); 100 system currency]
[You have obtained the "Soul Binding Sky Formation."]
The moment the power was turned on, Task 2 was completed.
The formation he obtained was the same as the original "Spirit Gathering Heavenly Formation". The system did not introduce it, but Lin Li was now considered a small encyclopedia in the world of immortal cultivation, and his knowledge was extremely broad.
The "Soul-Binding Heavenly Formation" is just as its name suggests. It is a formation that can suppress the souls and consciousness of all creatures within the range, except for the targets that the formation is willing to "forgive".
It has little practical use, so it is still stored in the [Warehouse] red stone.
Lin Li looked towards the system's mall.
The cumulative system currency obtained has reached 4500, unlocking the seventh commodity slot.
[Certificate of Telepathy: 1000 System Currency (Permanent Purchase Limit: 1)]
[Proof of Telepathy: After refining, when worn on the body, the outside world cannot perceive the wearer's soul, and the soul will continue to be nourished and improved.
There is also a chance to enter the "telepathy" state, where the spiritual awareness ability is greatly enhanced and the voices of other creatures can be captured; the "telepathy" state lasts from ten seconds to ten minutes.
If one actively shatters the "Certificate of Telepathy," they will enter a ten-minute state of telepathy. After the shattering, it will take a week for self-repair. During recovery, they will no longer be able to passively enter the "Telepathy" state, nor will they nourish their spirit and soul, rendering them unable to perceive.
This item is similar to "Certificate of Heaven and Man", but the effect doesn't seem to be as strong as "Certificate of Heaven and Man".
Lin Li took a quick glance and stopped paying attention.
It’s not that I don’t want to buy it because I think it’s not good, it’s that I can’t afford it.
All the system currencies in my body added up to only 890, and there is still a gap of one Demon Suppression Division.
As for the unlocking requirements for the eighth commodity slot, they are still incremented by 100, and a total of 5,500 system currency is required.
The conversation between Zheng Hong and Liu Feng brought Lin Li's attention back to reality. The two had already started to pick up the parts packages on the floor in the distribution room.
"No problem, Xiao Liu, where are you?"
"Everything is normal, Master!"
Seeing Lin Li looking over, Liu Feng picked up some and handed them to Lin Li: "Lin Li, please help me throw them into the trash can... Hey, Lin Li, why are you holding me up?"
"No."
Liu Feng smiled and elbowed Lin Li. After struggling free, he threw all the garbage into the trash can.
Zheng Hong also walked out of the distribution room.
After throwing the things in his hand to Liu Feng who came back to deal with it, Zheng Hong took out his mobile phone and made a call while looking at Lin Li:
"Lin Li, Liu Feng and I still have to wait here for your logistics director to come and inspect the equipment, but you can go back first. I hope you've learned something from these three days of observation."
"Yes, I benefited a lot from it," Lin Li nodded politely, and then said goodbye: "Master Zheng, see you again if we are lucky."
"Haha, bye." Zheng Hong waved at Lin Li.
Lin Ligang took two steps, stopped, turned back, squinted his eyes, and repeated, "Master Zheng, goodbye."
Zheng Hong: "Haha, bye."
Lin Li: "Master, you should say 'yeah, bye.'"
Zheng Hong shook his head: "Haha, bye."
Oh my god, salt doesn’t taste salty anymore.
Lin Li sighed. He had brought food for the two of them for three consecutive lunches, but it was all in vain.
But the mission had been completed, there was no need to dwell on it any further, so Lin Li returned to the classroom.
Along the way, he recalled the encyclopedia of formations left to him by Taoist Shanqing and Deng Wen. Now that he had five designated mid-grade materials, he could set up many kinds of formations.
However, if the materials are not reusable, you can only set one in the end, so you still have to make a careful decision.
There's no rush anyway.
Arrive at the classroom.
There were three people in the classroom at noon today. Wang Yuezhi, Chen Tianming and Chen Yuying were all there. Chen Yuying came again because she knew that Lin Li would be back in less than noon today.
"Lin Li? Why did you come back so early today?"
Chen Tianming didn't know about this, so when he saw Lin Li, he looked up at the clock in the classroom and said with some confusion.
"Dad is done with work and can finally spend time with you." Lin Li said kindly.
"That's perfect. Come over and help me figure out how to answer these questions. I'm just wondering what to do." Chen Tianming immediately waved his hand.
Although there was another student named Wang Yuezhi in the classroom who was very good at math, Chen Tianming didn't want to ask him since they couldn't see each other.
As for Chen Yuying.
When Chen Tianming was really worried and asked her, Yao Qiaoqiao accidentally passed by Class 4 and saw this scene, and then she became jealous and couldn't be comforted.
Alas, what sweet troubles and confinement.
"I'm here." Lunch break hadn't officially started yet, so he could do whatever he wanted. So Lin Li strode over and sat down on Zhang Haoyang's desk, taking the exercise paper that Chen Tianming was writing and taking a look at it.
"Which question?"
"This question."
"This question, let me take a look..." Lin Li glanced at the question, then pinched his eyebrows and looked up at Chen Tianming:
"Tianming, judging from your intelligence, are you called Zhuge...Zhuge something?"
Chen Tianming, feeling like he was about to be scolded, gave a forced smile: "Zhuge Tianming?"
"No, no, yes, yes—"
"Oh! I remember! The pig is here!" Lin Li slapped his forehead and pointed at Chen Tianming in surprise.
"I knew it, you fucking..." Chen Tianming laughed and scolded as expected.
But to be honest, even if Lin Li really praised himself as Zhuge Tianming, Chen Tianming would not be happy.
Because according to Bai Bufan's unofficial historical records, Zhuge Liang once used the mark-recapture method and finally concluded that Meng Huo was everywhere in the Nanzhong region.
Bro, this is just stupid.
Even Chen Tianming knew that when it came to population surveys, the mark-recapture method must never be used, because the elderly and children had limited mobility and could easily be recaptured, which would greatly affect the survey results and lead to erroneous conclusions.
If Chen Tianming were to be in charge of the census, he would use the nuclear bomb survey method. By dropping a nuclear bomb, the population data of an entire area could be considered to be 0. There would be no need to spend a lot of manpower to conduct door-to-door censuses, which would be economical.
"Haven't I taught you this question before? You're a fool! The question format hasn't changed, but the numbers have changed and you don't recognize it?"
Seeing that Chen Tianming dared to be distracted, Lin Li kicked his desk with his leg and said with contempt.
"Really? Why don't I remember?" Chen Tianming smiled awkwardly, "Maybe I'm just a forgetful person."
"It's okay to call yourself a noble man. Okay, let's talk about the problem first. This problem is simple..." Lin Li sat down at Yang Bangjie's seat and began to explain the problem.
"...So, the final answer is square root of two, which is B." A few minutes later, Lin Li, who had deduced the answer, snapped his fingers.
"The reference answer says C." Chen Tianming paused and looked at Lin Li with a strange expression.
"That answer is wrong. Mine is the standard." Lin Li said calmly.
"Fuck—"
Chen Tianming, who had expected to see Lin Li embarrassed, was shocked when he saw this reaction. He stretched out his tone and couldn't help but sigh:
"The answer is B. I wanted to bluff you, but you're so sure. When will I ever be as good as you?"
"It's simple. You spend three dollars to treat me to iced black tea, and spend another three dollars to buy yourself a bottle of iced black tea, and then you can have the same water bottle as me." Lin Li laughed and pointed out a clear way.
Damn, Chen Tianming is so insidious.
Fortunately, I was tough.
Having just heard that his answer did not match the reference answer, Lin Li seemed calm, but he was actually very panicked inside. He was frantically calculating and reviewing his steps, trying to figure out where he went wrong and how to make up for it.
After all, although I do have a high level of comprehension and a quick mind now, I cannot guarantee that I will not miss any conditions. Even cultivators who are undergoing tribulation will make mistakes, let alone me who is just building a foundation.
"Who wants this kind of water bottle?" Chen Tianming smiled, then picked up the exercise paper again, frowned, and said seriously: "Damn, even learning for this little competition is so difficult. Is this the limit of this body..."
One look at it and I feel like I’m having a second-year syndrome.
"By the way, Lin Li, I plan to stay on campus this week. Why don't you call the monitor and we go to the library together to prepare for the competition." Chen Tianming suddenly looked at Lin Li expectantly.
"No, I have an appointment this weekend." Lin Li shook his head without hesitation.
"What arrangements?" Chen Tianming asked with raised eyebrows.
"Tomorrow I'm going to play at Xiling Church with Squad Leader Bufan and the others," Lin Li explained.
Chen Tianming raised his eyebrows.
——You actually went to church to play?
Chen Yuying also raised her eyebrows.
"Uncommon" is actually ranked before "Class Monitor"? Such a high priority? Hmph, I need to make a note of this in my little notebook.
Wang Yuezhi raised his eyebrows.
——Wow, I finally solved this problem, I’m so awesome!
——Wang Yuezhi had his own aspirations, and he was too lazy to eavesdrop on the conversation between Lin Li and Chen Tianming.
"Church? Why are you going to church?" Chen Tianming looked at Lin Li in surprise, expressing his inner doubts. "Lin Li, don't say anything bullshit like you believe in Christianity or Catholicism. If a priest sprinkles holy water on you, he'll combust first because he's being attacked."
As everyone knows, "Jesus, Lao Da, Xier, and Louis XVI" are the three giants of hell jokes abroad. Every boy in the back row of Class 4, Grade 1 has teased them. Every one of them who goes to hell will be treated as a VIP by Satan, and Lin Libai Bufan is the most VIP among them.
If we say that these two people went to church because of their faith, it seems that during the service, Jesus must have been so angry that he raised his hands and, based on the pinhole imaging principle, gave an oracle, asking the believers to burn the two people with fire.
If Lin Li and Bai Bufan read out their life stories, Guan Gong would be resurrected and want to chop them into pieces halfway through, but Satan would jump out and shout "Don't hurt my lord" and stop Guan Gong.
"Why not? I have always felt that Jesus is all-powerful and I respect and love him very much." Lin Li asked back.
"Hmm." Chen Tianming spread his palms with his ten fingers pointing at Lin Li, and nodded while humming, as if introducing Lin Li to the world.
Respect and love the password.
This statement itself is disrespectful.
Seeing Chen Tianming's firm attitude, Lin Li smiled and said, "I'm definitely not going there for faith. I'm just going there for fun."
To be honest, in Nansang, religion really is something that affects life and even the future.
The grandparents in small towns take this very seriously. Lin Li occasionally hears about it. After dating for several years, when it comes to marriage, the couple's ancestors believed in different religions, for example, one is a Buddhist and the other is a Christian. Even if both parties don't care, their families are unwilling to support them for this reason, which eventually leads to the outrageous incident of parting ways.
"Play? Huh? Play what?" Chen Tianming was even more confused after hearing this. "Is there anything else to play in the church?"
"Of course not on normal days, but Christmas is coming soon, and the Xiling Catholic Church, four kilometers from school, is holding some kind of charity sale this week. It's pretty fancy. I'd go over and have a look. If it's interesting, stay a while. If not, just leave."
Lin Li explained with a smile.
This is Ding Sihan's plan. It seems that she has relatives who are volunteers in the church.
Lin Li, who had agreed to accompany his daughter, naturally had no reason to refuse.
Of course, even if a church in a county town holds an event, the content cannot sustain a few people for long. The rest of the time will probably be spent strolling around or watching a movie.
"Oh, yes! It seems that Christmas is indeed next week!" Chen Tianming slapped his forehead.
It was only after Lin Li said this that he remembered this festival.
There is no way around it. Holidays without holidays really have no value in the eyes of primary and secondary school students.
——Compared to New Year’s Day, which is a one-day holiday, it’s better to go to Akaishi for Christmas. This is the simple value of primary and secondary school students.
Why limit it to primary and secondary school students? Because most college students still care about it.
After all, most people go out to get a hotel room during foreign holidays, while most people go home to have a meal during national holidays.
For college students, it is hard to say whether booking a room or not is more important, unless you are Zhou Baowei in college.
But then Chen Tianming tried to persuade Lin Li to change his mind: "Hey, Lin Li, don't celebrate this kind of foreign festival. What I despise most is people like you who worship foreign things. Besides, with the competition right now, I sincerely think it's better for us to study together."
In fact, Chen Tianming's other purpose was to take the opportunity to invite Yao Qiaoqiao to study with him on weekends.
After rounding it up, it can be considered a date for two couples.
"A foreign holiday?" Lin Li immediately denied it, "Who told you Christmas is a foreign holiday?"
"First of all, the word 'Christmas' is in Chinese. How can a foreign holiday be in Chinese?"
"Secondly, Christmas is a holiday to celebrate Hong Xiuquan's elder brother. How can we call it a Western holiday when we all celebrate the birthday of our Chinese brother?"
Chen Tianming: “(；☉_☉)?”
After Lin Li said this, it seemed that there was no problem.
Brothers will definitely help each other, so maybe Hong Xiuquan taught Jesus.
Seeing that Chen Tianming remained silent, and obviously had been convinced by him, Lin Li smiled:
"The afternoon and evening were already scheduled in advance, so they can't be changed. If you're really anxious, I have time this weekend, tomorrow morning. I can stay up late and teach you."
As for Sunday morning, Lin Li also had plans - the third and fourth subjects of the driver's license exams, and Yu Jianan had helped him make an appointment for this time.
"Let me take another look..."
Because the lunch break bell had already rung, Chen Tianming lowered his voice slightly, frowned and pondered:
"I'll research it after school tonight and see if I can invite Qiaoqiao to the library as well. If you can, I'll ask you to be my wingman again tomorrow morning. If not, forget it, just go to sleep."
"You've been working on this for Qiaoqiao, haven't you? But alright, I'll wait for your news tonight." Lin Li said with a disdainful smile, "Are there any other questions you don't understand?"
"No, you go back first."
"OK."
Lin Li nodded and returned to his seat.
"Don't you have to be an electrician anymore?"
Chen Yuying, who was sitting in her seat that she usually lent to Bai Bufan, asked with a chuckle after Lin Li came back.
"Yes, under my wise leadership, the work that should have taken half an hour was completed in just one hour. Isn't that amazing?" Lin Li nodded and took credit.
"That's great~" Chen Yuying smiled and gave a thumbs up.
"Yeah, I think so too."
Since lunch break had officially begun, the two of them didn't chat much and just started studying.
After learning for a few minutes, Chen Yuying, who habitually glanced at her boyfriend, found that Lin Li was stroking his chin and looking out the window, as if he was thinking about something.
"What are you thinking about?" Chen Yuying poked Lin Li's arm with the pen cap, and waited for him to look at her before asking softly.
"Tianming's words just now reminded me..." Lin Li said thoughtfully:
"You three are fine. You usually just laugh at the jokes about hell. But Bufan and I are going to church tomorrow. Maybe Jesus will get the chance to deal with us severely. Maybe we should be prepared..."
Chen Yuying blinked, feeling somewhat helpless and amused: "That's right, so what are you going to do?"
"I actually already have an idea." Lin Li chuckled confidently upon hearing this.
"What idea?"
"It's not human language. I don't recommend you listen to it." Lin Li blinked and looked at Chen Yuying.
"Oh, then don't tell me!"
This was not a girl's sarcasm, because Chen Yuying had immediately covered her ears and even turned her head away, trying her best not to see Lin Li's lip movements.
She was scared.
Lin Li was very satisfied.
If you want Jesus not to take revenge on you, it is very simple. Just make him afraid and be afraid.
So what was Jesus afraid of?
Afraid of gay men.
Because his hands could not cover his buttocks at all, according to unofficial historical records, Jesus used one hand to cover his buttocks in Chengdu. When the people of Chengdu saw this, they suggested that he use both hands, saying that it would be deeper and more comfortable.
As long as he and Bai Bufan disguised themselves as men and entered the church together, they would be almost invincible!
But we have to discuss it before the afternoon class.
You have to be one.
Lin Li was worried about letting Bufan be the troublemaker.
(End of this chapter)
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