The system is very abstract, fortunately I am also.

Chapter 381 Boys must focus, because focus makes them resistant to interruptions [Seeking monthly votes]

Thursday, Nansang Middle School playground.

Afternoon, physical education class.

"Aaaaaah!!! I can't do anything! I can't do anything!! Allen! Can I really save everyone by doing this?!"

Bai Bufan growled menacingly, kneeling on the ground, sweat pouring down his face. He angrily pounded the ground with his fists, venting his frustration and despair.

As for the culprit who caused him to become like this, Lin Li stood arrogantly in front of Bai Bufan, accepting his kneeling worship.

The other boys in the class watched with amusement.

While waiting, he pulled his shirt up to wipe the sweat from his face, revealing his six-pack, four-pack, or one-pack abs.

The reason why this scene is happening now is very simple: Bai Bufan has been outmaneuvered by Lin Li.

Oh right, I got seven.

Oh right, it was seven in a row within two minutes.

After Bai Bufan was blocked three times in a row by Lin Li, the situation changed. The two teams on the court worked together very well. Every time they retrieved the ball that Lin Li had blocked, they would immediately pass it to Bai Bufan and then let Lin Li continue to defend him one-on-one.

Then I look forward to seeing Bai Bufan get banned again.

Once the scene actually appears, Bai Bufan's teammates on the field and the third team off the field will point at his nose without hesitation and curse him, "Bai Bufan, you are a piece of trash." Fortunately, at this time, his teammates on the field will still gently point at his nose and encourage him, "Bai Bufan, you are a piece of trash."

—Anyone who doesn't laugh at this time is a genius.

The world where Bai Bufan was injured was achieved.

"Extraordinary, ball."

"I'm not playing anymore! I'm not playing anymore!" Bai Bufan's voice was lifeless.

So desperate.

No matter where you shoot—under the basket, inside, or even beyond the three-point line—you can always see Lin Lifeng flying over whenever you're about to take a shot.

Lin Li saw through most of his feints. As for the few that weren't seen through, although he managed to fool Lin Li, by the time he thought it was a good opportunity to shoot, Lin Li had already adjusted himself and jumped up to block his shot precisely.

Bai Bufan found it difficult to describe this sense of despair and powerlessness.

If I had to describe it, it would be like a middle-aged office worker returning home after a social engagement to find two pairs of men's slippers in the house. He sighs and prepares to leave, planning to talk to his wife after she's done, only to find her sitting comfortably on the sofa, smoking with a complicated expression. Meanwhile, from his son's room, he hears the panting of three men.

It was probably that moment of despair and helplessness.

"I'm never playing basketball again! Basketball? Second-rate sport! Trash!" Bai Bufan lay down on the ground and chose to give up.

"Don't the cheerleaders play with their two basketballs?" Lin Li asked with a smile.

Although Bai Bufan was still dejected, he smoothly changed his tune: "On another note... let's play!"

"Alright, let's leave this team. I'm exhausted. You guys continue," Lin Li smiled, then gestured to Zhang Haoyang and Yang Bangjie, who naturally had no objections: "Wang Ze, it's your turn to block him."

"OK, OK!" Wang Ze, who had only been resting for a few minutes, immediately gave an OK sign.

"Wang Ze is no good, he's a piece of trash who got knocked out by me several times!" Seeing Lin Li leave the field, Bai Bufan instantly felt like he was in charge again, got up, and regained his fighting spirit.

"I've been fantasizing, fantasizing again..."

The players started making threats, but Lin Li, who wasn't tired at all, ignored them. He lowered his head and used his right hand to rotate a 'silver thread' bracelet on his left wrist that was barely noticeable unless you looked closely.

This wasn't a small rubber band given to me by Chen Yuying; it was a magical item.

【Proof of Celestial Being: After refining, when worn on the body, there is a chance to enter the "Celestial Being" state. In the "Celestial Being" state, divine sense, all abilities, spell effects and power are increased fivefold, and the efficiency of cultivation, refining, and training is increased tenfold.

The "celestial being" state can last from ten minutes to an hour.

The more focused you are on something, the easier it is to enter the "divine state," and the probability of entering the "divine state" increases as the time spent outside of that state increases. Once you enter the state, it resets.

If one actively shatters the "Proof of Celestial Being," they will definitely enter a "Celestial Being" state for one hour. After shattering, it requires 72 hours to self-repair, and during the recovery period, one cannot passively enter the "Celestial Being" state.

Last night, Wednesday night, after Lin Li made his final purchase of funeral clothes and other items from the funeral supply store, he went home and headed to the cultivation world. Following a relatively solemn procedure, with the cooperation and assistance of Daoist Shan Qing and Deng Wen, he completed Daoist Shan Qing's funeral.

The system did not make things difficult for Lin Li. As soon as Lin Li solemnly said "The funeral is over," a completion notification popped up.

Task 2 is complete.

[Task Rewards: Title: Old Friend; Physical Improvement: Lifespan increased by 20%; Random System-Oriented Item *1; System Currency *100.]

[Old Friend: When wearing this title, the older the person, the less likely they are to feel hostility towards you. If you are over a hundred years old, they cannot harm you unless you intentionally cause them any harm.]

You have been granted a "Store Refresh Opportunity".

[Shop Refresh Opportunity: Can replace 100 system currency to refresh the items in any item slot.]

The title "Old Friend" should be quite useful in the cultivation world. In reality... it has some use, but not much. It might be of some use when you meet some old friends.

Lin Li hasn't used the "Shop Refresh Opportunity" yet because there aren't any items he urgently needs to refresh for; he's saving it for now.

This task doesn't reward any magical artifacts. The "Proof of Heaven and Man" has no direct connection to the funeral task. However, because of the 100 system currency reward for completing this task, Lin Li's total historical system currency amount reached exactly 3600, unlocking the sixth item slot.

As for the unlock limit for the seventh item slot, it unsurprisingly increased by 100, becoming 4500.

The newly added item slot is 【Proof of Heaven and Man: 1000 System Currency (Permanent Purchase Limit of 1)】.

After reading the description of this magical item, Lin Li was immediately tempted, especially since it was the first time that it had appeared with a "permanent purchase limit of 1". He immediately used 500 system currency plus the "half-price purchase opportunity" to buy it.

Although the probability wasn't specified, Lin Li felt it was worth it just because he was guaranteed to enter the "celestial" state for an hour every three days.

Putting aside the fact that it can increase one's strength fivefold, the tenfold increase in efficiency is attractive enough.

After the purchase, the balance column on Linli's system changed to [System Currency: 270 (3600)].

Although I lost 500 at once, I'm almost done with the competition and villain missions, so I can make up for it later.

The "Proof of Heaven and Man" was not originally in the form of silver threads. In fact, after being refined, it can be transformed by the will of the Linli people, and can be made into necklaces, rings, and bracelets.

So Lin Li transformed it into these inconspicuous silver threads.

However, its volume has an upper and lower limit. Once it exceeds the limit, it cannot be transformed, and it doesn't have much strength. Lin Li tried to turn it into a weapon, but it was almost meaningless.

The results of the refinement proved that the activation probability of this magic weapon was much higher than Lin Li had originally imagined.

Including the time spent in the cultivation world, he has only obtained the magic weapon for about twenty hours, but he has already been passively put into the "celestial being" state four times. Although the two times were only a few minutes long, the remaining two times lasted more than thirty minutes and more than fifty minutes.

Once it enters this state, the effect is absolutely worthy of its price; Lin Li even feels it's too cheap.

It's a very simple and straightforward tenfold increase, calculated independently of all other increases.

This means that when triggered in the cultivation world, what was normally a forest of creatures devouring spiritual energy instantly becomes ten creatures devouring spiritual energy.

At that time, the spiritual energy on the upside-down mountain was almost completely sucked out, so much so that the 'body' that Shan Qing Daoist and Deng Wen had created for themselves could not be maintained and was on the verge of collapse. This collapse would not harm their souls, but it would only prevent them from using many of their techniques.

Both of them stopped what they were doing and immediately reinforced the 'spirit' of the computer desk—to prevent the computer and phone from being broken if the desk couldn't be maintained.

Then he left the mountain to help Lin Li transport spiritual energy for him to absorb.

After Lin Li finished his state, the two of them naturally asked him questions out of curiosity and began to study Lin Li's new magic weapon.

It was breathtaking, something they had never even heard of before, and was highly regarded, considered the most precious of all treasures.

Lin Li really needed this kind of magic weapon right now; it was like a pillow coming to his sleep.

There is so much to learn about spiritual practice now, but because I still need to go to school and have fun, there is simply not enough time.

Time is like yogurt in a sponge; you can squeeze some out without any problem, but squeezing too much will cause you to run out of milk and die.

In his spare time, besides cultivating, Lin Li only went to school, played, and played with glue. Of these three, the only time he could squeeze out was school time, but if he did that, it would go against his duty as a student.

Lin Li ultimately didn't want to put too much pressure on himself, and didn't want to spend all his time at school practicing the spiritual stone method.

Class 4 of Grade 1 has so many fun things to do every day, what's the point if we just ignore them?
However, the existence of the "celestial being" state now makes up for this part very well.

The perfect fit between the two is like a slightly loose steel door and a perfectly placed hemorrhoid.

"Lin Li." A soft, gentle voice sounded from behind, easily recognizable.

"Class monitor, can you call me 'Young Master' at school?" Lin Li, sitting on the ground, leaned back and looked at Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan who had walked up behind him.

From my angle, if this were a Japanese school campus, I'd probably see a super long, white leg up close; it would be a whole noseful of it.

Fortunately, it's a traditional Chinese campus now, which prevented those perverts with ulterior motives from succeeding.

That's great! So great! (へ╬)!

"Dream on." Chen Yuying lightly punched Lin Li's forehead, then handed him the bottled water in her other hand. "Are you tired? Have some water."

"Great!" Lin Li said with a smile as he accepted it.

Lin Li isn't tired at all. Seriously though, with his current physical condition, as long as he can give it his all, it would be easy for him, at 185cm (relatively speaking), to dominate the NBA.

With more systematic training, surpassing Jordan and becoming the new GOAT in basketball history would be within his grasp. At that point, Jordan would become the vice GOAT, and LeBron would only become the vice vice GOAT.

Even "Hot Shot" is, in Lin Li's opinion now, too conservatively made.

Lin Li raised an eyebrow as he unscrewed the bottle cap; it was loose.

Yingbao, great!

No, Lin Li observed carefully and found that the water level in the bottle was very high, with no signs of it having been drunk from.

Yingbao, you're bad!

"It wasn't poisoned!" Chen Yuying looked at Lin Li, who was carefully observing but not drinking, and tapped him again with a smile.

"I'm only regretful that I didn't poison it..."

Ignoring her words, Chen Yuying took out a pack of tissues from her pocket and handed it to Lin Li: "Here's a tissue, wipe your sweat."

Lin Li wasn't actually sweating at all. The little bit of sweat on his face was something he forced onto himself using techniques from the "Five Elements Essentials" in order to fit in.

"Don't give me a whole pack, just give me one." Lin Li said urgently, avoiding the tissue.

"Hmm? Why?" Chen Yuying asked, somewhat puzzled.

“Because if you give me one, I can use one, but if you give me a whole pack, I can still only use one,” Lin Li said very seriously. “The locusts next to me and on the field won’t let me off the hook.”

The back row of Class 4, Grade 11 after PE class is a true dark forest.

Even after exercising in the fall, we still sweat. As long as it gets hot, most of the boys in the class gather in front of the air conditioner in the back row and under the electric fan near Chen Tianming and Zhang Haoyang's seats after PE class.

The ceiling fans in Lin Baizhou and Qin's area are not turned on because the girls sitting in the front row would get cold if they were turned on.

—This is one of the secrets to how these creatures in the back row act like they're not human every day, yet the rest of the class doesn't seem to mind much, bro!

At times like these, ice-cold water and tissues should never be taken out except as a last resort.

Otherwise, they'll say things like, "Give me a sip, give me a sip, it doesn't suit my taste," or "Give me one, just one." At that point, if you dare to refuse, it's like, "Don't push your luck," or "Everyone, let's get started!"

So, for the sake of my brothers being able to endure some hardship, Lin Li absolutely cannot accept these tissues.

Zhang Haoyang and Yang Bangjie, sitting next to Lin Li, were both bewildered.

You beast! You fucking beast!

Both of them were prepared to "borrow" paper from Lin Li after Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan left! This beast actually thought of that?!

"Don't be so stingy." Chen Yuying laughed crisply and tossed the tissue onto Lin Li's crossed legs.

"This bottle is for Bai Bufan, Lin Li, give it to him later." Ding Sihan, having had her fill of PDA, handed a bottle of water to Lin Li.

The bond between the mother and her dog, consisting of "three people and one dog," is unbreakable.

"Want to pursue something extraordinary? Not bad, you have some taste, though not much." Lin Li said, looking at Ding Sihan with a mocking expression.

Ding Sihan looked at Lin Li as if he were an idiot.

That gaze is so hurtful.

"Hey, Bufan, a girl brought you water!" Lin Li smiled and shouted towards the court.

"Who?" Bai Bufan's eyes lit up when he turned around.

"Ding Zi!" Lin Li pointed at Ding Sihan.

The light in Bai Bugan's eyes dimmed, and he sighed, "Sigh, tsk... Fine, put it wherever... sigh..."

Ding Sihan sneered. These two were really working together like Kris Wu said, with a condom on, it was ten centimeters long—one condom after another.

Bai Bufan reacted this way because he saw him and Chen Yuying coming over.

If a girl from another class brings him water, he runs away faster than anyone else.

"Is this your attitude? Fine, I'd rather give this water to a dog than give it to you!" Ding Sihan said coldly as she looked at Bai Bufan.

After saying that, the next second when she turned to look at Lin Li, her voice was warm and gentle, even carrying a hint of something: "Here, Lin Li, this water is actually for you."

"Hahaha!" Bai Bufan and Lin Li both burst into laughter upon hearing this.

"I was wrong, Sister Ding," Bai Bufan quickly apologized, showing his ability to be flexible. "Thank you so much, I've decided to continue being a member in the group..."

Lin Li's pupils contracted, and he reached out his hand towards Bai Bufan:

"Bufan, stop being a dog, catch the ball—"

……

"Sihan, Yuying, why are you actually here watching them play ball?" Qu Wanqiu walked to the court and approached Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan, who hadn't returned yet, asking them with some confusion.

"Eh……"

Having had her view blocked from a distance, Qu Wanqiu now saw Bai Bufan curled up and lying on the ground by the sidelines as she got closer.

His expression was sorrowful and extremely grief-stricken.

"What's wrong with him?" Qu Wanqiu asked curiously.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan tacitly turned their gazes toward Lin Li.

"He got distracted while playing and missed the ball," Lin Li explained.

"Is it really that upsetting to miss the catch?" Qu Wanqiu asked, puzzled. She hadn't realized Bai Bufan was so passionate about basketball...

Lin Li: "She caught the egg."

Qu Wanqiu: "(；゜○゜)?"

Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan covered their faces in tacit agreement.

They didn't explain because it was hard to say, but even if Lin Li were to explain, it wouldn't be so easy for him to say, would it?
"Don't be so rude!"

"You should just die, Lin Li!"

Chen Yuying threw a punch, Ding Sihan threw a kick, and Lin Li got a good time.

Qu Wanqiu snapped out of her daze and couldn't hold back any longer.

Could it be that the "three people and one dog" group has turned into a sisterhood group?

Then, Qu Wanqiu, curious, asked Bai Bufan, seeing his pained expression, "Is it really that painful?"

“Pulling up radishes is incredibly painful.” Lin Li nodded emphatically, this had to be Bai Bufan’s words: “It’s more painful than childbirth.”

There are two places in basketball where you are most likely to get injured when you catch the ball.

First, there's the finger. If you catch the ball with your fingertips, you'll sprain your joints, and your fingers will become red, swollen, and painful, like a radish. Lin Li and his friends like to call this "planting a radish."

Secondly, there's the crotch. If Brother Peng gets hit, he'll easily become Sister Peng; if Brother Fan gets hit, he'll easily become Sister Ji. So, correspondingly, Lin Li and his group call this "pulling up the radish."

Someone once said that focus is the ability to resist interruptions.

If Bufan had been more focused just now, he wouldn't have been interrupted like this.

After hearing Lin Li's explanation, Qu Wanqiu rolled her eyes instead:

"Lin Li, your comparison is a bit outrageous. Who in this world can actually experience childbirth and being... being... this? Your comparison is simply not comparable."

"Although I've only experienced the fake one, my reasoning is very rigorous!" Lin Li laughed confidently and began to argue his point: "Little Chiu Chiu, think about it."

Many women will say to their husbands a few years after giving birth, "Let's have a second child."

But think about it again, is there any man in the world who, after his wife hits his testicles, would say to her a few years later, "Come on, let's hit my testicles again."

Absolutely not!

Anyone who says such a thing, I, Lin Li, hereby declare, will have their male citizenship revoked!
Look! Doesn't the comparison clearly show the result?

Lin Li finished speaking with a confident expression.

Zhang Haoyang and Yang Bangjie nodded, their faces showing approval.

Bai Buji's body was still twitching, and he looked like he wanted to die.

Chen Yuying, Qu Wanqiu, and Ding Sihan remained silent, their faces full of questions.

(End of this chapter)