Chapter 27: Wealthy Lu Li and a New Blind Date

Chapter 27: Wealthy Lu Li and the New Blind Date

Lu Li watched the blind date app on his phone flashing incessantly, and he couldn't help but laugh.

"This is never-ending, for heaven's sake."

He began to rapidly uninstall the apps. He went all the way to the last one—the free app he had downloaded and uninstalled before. He hesitated for a moment, the images of Miss Bai and Miss Luo flashing through his mind. Nevertheless, he uninstalled it again.

But the moment it was uninstalled, the app inexplicably reappeared on his phone.

Uninstall, and it returns.

Uninstall, and it returns again.

"Get off my phone!"

Lu Li nearly chose to factory reset the device, but he couldn't bear to lose all the information stored inside, so he settled for a restart. Yet, even after restarting, the app remained, persisting even when he disconnected from Wi-Fi and mobile data.

Lu Li laughed in frustration. "You just won't let me have any peace, will you?"

What is so wrong with me just wanting to find a human partner? If nothing else, you could at least give me back Miss Bai and Miss Luo!

Lu Li decided to just open the app to see what kind of trick it was playing this time. Sure enough, someone was requesting a meeting.

[Name: Huai Xu]
[Gender: (Locked)]
[Age: (Locked)]
[Race: (Locked)]
[Personality Traits: (Locked)]
[Abilities: (Locked)]

"Huai Xu? Like the summer solstice or the fourth month?" Lu Li clicked his tongue. "So, even if I agree to meet, I'm not allowed to see the information?"

He could see it when it was Miss Luo. Was there some kind of bug back then? After all, Miss Bai and Miss Luo had arrived together at that time. Come to think of it, when did he even agree to a meeting? He had absolutely no memory of it.

"Tsk."

Lu Li clicked his tongue again, planning to look for a recharge option. Might as well top up; turns out the free stuff is always the most expensive. But when he reached the recharge page, he encountered a problem.

"What in the world is 'Jade Spirit Gold'?" He scratched his cheek. "Does this mean I can't even pay to win?"

The app did allow for recharging, but it didn't accept real currency—it required something called "Jade Spirit Gold." Heaven knows what that was. It certainly had to be related to the supernatural. Since Miss Bai and Miss Luo had left, he hadn't come into contact with any supernatural channels.

"Hmm?"

Lu Li suddenly remembered something. Before that Xing Tian ran off, hadn't he left him a mustard-seed storage ring? Lu Li had been completely uninterested in it back then; since Miss Bai and Miss Luo had left, he felt he would have no more joy or sorrow in this life. But now that trouble was knocking at his door again, he went back to his bedroom, fished the ring out of a drawer, and examined the mustard-seed storage for the first time.

Overall, it was no different from a cheap, twenty-dollar metal ring bought on the street. It had a little weight to it and was polished to a silver finish. Aside from that, it had no engravings or decorations, and naturally, no gemstones.

Lu Li recalled the method Xing Tian had described for opening it. He put the ring on the middle finger of his left hand and tried to activate it with his mind. Nothing happened.

He opened his eyes and couldn't help but curse, "What the hell does 'activate with your mind' even mean? How do you activate something with your mind? Just imagine it?"

He raised his hand, focusing his gaze on the ring until his eyes crossed. Imagine it? So, "I think it works" is all it takes? If I think this thing can open, it opens? But that’s incredibly difficult. A normal person with a sound worldview would never believe a ring could open a storage space. Fortunately, Lu Li wasn't a normal person; he had at least been exposed to the supernatural.

Yet, he still couldn't open it.

Just then, he suddenly felt a warm current surge into his chest. This warmth flowed down his arm into the middle finger of his left hand, and then a light screen appeared within his field of vision. The display resembled the inventory screen from *Diablo II*, filled with various items. Each grid was about 1000x1000 in size.

Lu Li focused on a long sword that occupied six slots. With a thought, his hand felt heavy, and the long sword appeared in his grasp.

"..."

Lu Li stared at the sword in silence. It was entirely crimson, like transparent amber, only red. Overall, it was flashy and cool, but there was one problem: it was heavy. Lu Li felt it weighed at least twenty or thirty pounds. Forget swinging it with one hand; he couldn't even handle it with both.

With a thought, the sword was put back. Lu Li then took the silver M1911A1 infinite-ammo handgun from his nightstand and tucked it into the ring—it was too dangerous to leave lying around.

However, Lu Li was now an expert marksman. Bored this past week, he had watched videos of the M1911 to his heart's content and practiced extensively in his mind. He wouldn't say he was a master, but he had the hang of it. Mostly. The recoil of the M1911 was a bit intense, and Lu Li felt he couldn't quite control it.

But after seeing the contents of the ring, he smiled.

"That Xing Tian, hiding things from me..."

Indeed, the "infinite-ammo series" in the ring wasn't limited to just one M1911. There were Type 54s, Colts, Berettas, Glocks—everything. The Glock was also a strong point in his mental training; it was said to have high accuracy and low recoil, so he’d train more on that later.

Why not train in reality? Don't be ridiculous. Where would he train? Luo City didn't have a firing range. Besides, you can't just bring your own gun to a range. This isn't the United States.

Lu Li continued to explore the items in the ring and discovered quite a few good things.

First, the money. There was no paper currency, but there were one hundred kilograms of 99% pure gold. At the current price of 485 per gram for 99% purity, one hundred kilograms was worth 48.5 million yuan. He was rich! Although he couldn't exchange it all at once, and the buy-back price would certainly be lower, slow and steady wins the race. His financial situation was now relatively secure.

Then, the weapons. There were all kinds of swords, spears, axes, and halberds, and just looking at their flashy designs, they were clearly not cheap knockoffs. Comrade Xing Tian was quite reliable after all.

Then there were the firearms. There were fourteen different types of infinite-ammo handguns, plus one each of an Uzi, M4, and AK. The ammunition was limited, though, with an average of five full magazines per weapon. There were also Stingers and RPGs, with five rounds each. There was one "88-Shot" sniper rifle, also with five magazines.

There was a stack of talisman papers Lu Li couldn't decipher, and various stomach-churning objects like human-head oil lamps and withered arms. Lu Li skipped over that part entirely.

Finally, something caught his attention: a type of crystal. It looked illusory, like a twisted soul. Lu Li checked the description on the light screen:

[Jade Spirit Gold]
[A crystal formed from the lingering resentment of a supernatural being after death. It may possess miraculous abilities.]

"So this is Jade Spirit Gold?"

Lu Li checked the mustard-seed storage; there were five pieces in total. Could these be the items left behind after Xing Tian's five companions died? Hah, those guys—good riddance. Seeing their reaction when they first arrived and met him, they were clearly the type to kill without blinking. He had let Xing Tian go only because he’d felt a moment of softness and Miss Luo had said she would leave a contingency plan on him. If he encountered such people again, he would surely finish them off as quickly as possible. To a native of this world like him, the only good reincarnator was a dead one.

Lu Li took out a piece of Jade Spirit Gold. It flickered in his palm like a burning white, distorted flame. Lu Li felt nothing.

With a thought, he opened the free blind date app and chose to recharge. This time, it worked.

After consuming the Jade Spirit Gold, the information about this new Miss Huai Xu was finally unlocked.

[Name: Huai Xu]
[Gender: Female]
[Age: Over 1000 years]
[Race: Mythical Category, Ghost/Spirit Class, Zhi-Species]
[Personality Traits: Her actions are erratic, making it impossible to tell what she is thinking, but in reality, she is a meticulous, calm, and composed individual with a very strong sense of purpose. As the saying goes, when a person dies, they become a ghost; when a ghost dies, it becomes a *zhi* (a formless, soundless entity). Consequently, many people cannot see her or hear her voice. In short, she is a very lonely person.]
[Ability: The ability to control the degree of death.]