Chapter 30: Let's Just Make Do for Now!

Looking at the text message from the bank notifying him of the incoming funds, Lin Li's face was filled with a jubilant smile.

Immediately afterward, he used the money to pay off the overdue electricity bill for his home.

After topping up the electricity, he waited for two or three minutes before getting up to press the light switch.

*Click.*

As he pressed the switch, the lights in the room instantly flared to life, the white light instantly dispelling the darkness. Lin Li nodded in satisfaction, then picked up the TV remote from the coffee table and turned on the television.

"According to reports from our correspondent on the scene, a large number of first-tier exotic beasts have recently appeared in the wilderness of Rongcheng's North District. In the coming days, the Exotic Beast Hunter Guild will organize hunters to carry out a clearing operation..."

This was more like it. If there wasn't the sound of the TV playing in the house, it always felt empty, as if something was missing.

"Sigh! It feels so good to have money. I can never let myself fall into this state of being penniless and exhausted again." Once his empty wallet had bulged back up, Lin Li felt as though his life had regained its light.

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The next morning.

The golden sun rose from the eastern horizon, tearing through the darkness that shrouded the earth with the morning light.

*Creak.*

The bedroom door opened, and a sleepy Lin Li walked out of the room while yawning.

Originally, because of the power outage last night, he had intended to go back to the bedroom to sleep early. However, once the electricity was restored after he paid the bill, he abandoned the idea of sleeping and instead went to the study to play computer games.

This turned out to be a mistake; once he started, he couldn't stop, playing all the way until two in the morning.

"My self-control is still not good enough! I can't let myself get carried away like that again next time."

Last night, Lin Li was playing a single-player computer game. Because he was repeatedly killed by a boss in the game, he felt extremely frustrated and was determined to take the opponent down.

While playing games, time passed like a white horse galloping past a crevice—vanishing in the blink of an eye.

By the time Lin Li cleared the game and snapped back to reality, it was already nearly two in the morning.

He had pulled an all-nighter without even realizing it. Having successfully cleared the game, Lin Li felt deeply that gaming was a major obstacle on his path to becoming a powerful practitioner.

However, as for quitting games entirely, that was impossible. After thinking it over, he could only perform a one-minute self-reflection, and then there was no "after" that followed.

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*Splash...*

After washing up, Lin Li walked out of the bathroom. Next up was breakfast.

However, aside from the peaches Su Yue had given him yesterday, there was nothing left to eat in the house.

Thus, Lin Li went back to the bedroom to change clothes and headed out to buy breakfast.

He had quite a few things to do this morning. After breakfast, he needed to go to a car rental company to rent a vehicle, then go to the supermarket to buy some food, followed by a trip to the pharmacy to buy another tube of healing ointment.

Although the tube he had bought previously wasn't finished yet, Lin Li felt it was better to buy another one just in case. If he accidentally sustained heavy injuries while fighting exotic beasts in the future, one tube might not be enough.

Since the malfunctioning elevator had not yet been repaired, Lin Li had to take the stairs down.

As he stepped out of the stairwell, the golden sunlight instantly shone upon him.

Several young boys and girls ran past him; judging by their age, they looked like high school students.

"Heave... ho..."

"Huff... puff..."

They were running through the residential complex, panting heavily. The faint golden spiritual light occasionally flickering on their bodies proved that these running youths had all awakened their spirituality.

These boys and girls exercising were residents from the neighboring buildings. They had been waking up every morning to exercise in the complex for several years now.

Lin Li knew that these youths were doing this rain or shine. Their persistence in waking up early every day to exercise was driven by the desire to become practitioners.

Lin Li had experienced that same persistence in his own past, but later, due to the limitations of his cultivation aptitude, he had ultimately chosen to accept his fate and decided to live as a carefree "salted fish."

Life is unpredictable!

Now, as a practitioner and an exotic beast hunter capable of hunting in the wilderness, Lin Li couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion as he watched these vigorous young people still striving to become practitioners.

"Keep it up, youngsters! I'm rooting for you!!!"

*Gurgle...* His stomach was protesting. Receiving the protest, Lin Li withdrew his gaze from the hardworking youths and turned to walk out of the complex.

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Jixing Car Dealership.

This was a newly opened car rental company specializing in used cars. Including the owner, there were ten employees in total.

"Ha~" A yawning salesman walked into the company and greeted his colleagues. "Good morning!"

"Good morning."

"Huh, why isn't the boss here?"

"It seems the boss's daughter has a cold. He's taking her to the children's hospital this morning and won't be in until the afternoon."

"The weather is getting hot now, and many people are starting to turn on their air conditioning. Children are especially prone to getting sick at this time of year."

"True! That's why when my daughter sleeps at night, I either turn the AC temperature up in her room or just turn it off entirely and let her use an electric fan."

With no customers arriving early in the morning, the two salesmen began to chat.

*Burp.* Lin Li finished the last meat bun in his bag and gulped down the rest of his soy milk, letting out a satisfied burp.

*Clatter.*

He tossed his trash into a roadside bin and walked toward the nearby "Jixing Car Dealership."

"Welcome!" Wang Xiaoming, who had been chatting with his colleague, saw a customer approaching and immediately stepped forward before his colleague even noticed.

"Hello, I'd like to rent a car."

"What is your surname, sir?"

"My surname is Lin."

"Mr. Lin, what price range are you looking for? We have vehicles ranging from 150 yuan to over 1,000 yuan per day."

Although Lin Li had over twenty thousand yuan in his pocket, having experienced the predicament of being penniless, he had never had the habit of spending money recklessly. Now, he had become quite cautious with his spending.

After listening to Wang Xiaoming's introduction, Lin Li didn't even think twice and said directly, "Give me a car that costs 150 yuan a day..."

Hearing Lin Li request the cheapest car, Wang Xiaoming felt a slight sense of disappointment, though he did not show it on his face.

"Mr. Lin, the 150-yuan-a-day option is a minivan."

A minivan? Fine! It's just for getting around anyway. A minivan is fine; once I make big money in the future, I'll go straight to a 4S dealership and buy an off-road vehicle... Lin Li muttered to himself.

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(End of Chapter)