CHAPTER 467: CHAPTER 290: BAI BUFAN, WHO CAN HOLD YOU BACK, 100,320 FEET CAN’T KEEP YOU

The lunch was underway, and it tasted good. Most of the time, it was reliable to trust Ding Sihan’s taste.

[An accidental encounter with a fellow sword cultivator, which should have been a time of mutual delight, but unfortunately the sword has been stained with dirt and should act in a straightforward manner. As sword masters, we must set things right.]

[Quest activated!]

[Quest Three: Prevent the cultivator from continuing to cause trouble and administer punishment.]

[Quest Reward: Physical Improvement: Sword Dao aptitude increases by 50%; Basic Sword Technique*1.]

ᓖ뮤?

Lin Li raised an eyebrow slightly at the unexpected message.

A sword cultivator causing trouble?

Meanwhile, Lin Li continued eating calmly on the surface but was subtly observing the people inside the shop.

Everyone was eating normally, engaging in slightly noisy conversations, but there was harmony, with no unusual movements, at least from Lin Li’s perspective.

Not even a shadow of a sword could be found, let alone a troublemaking sword cultivator.

Couldn’t it be two men fencing in the restroom?

Lin Li’s gaze paused for a moment and then quickly turned to look out the floor-to-ceiling window.

This is a task triggered in the midst of a meal, with the scope limited to his surroundings. Since he hadn’t moved from his seat and the people in the restaurant were behaving,

the quest target was likely outside the shop, among those constantly approaching and leaving pedestrians.

Without needing to be discreet, Lin Li squinted and carefully observed the street and pedestrians on both sides.

"What’s going on?" Chen Yu Ying put down her spoon, noticing that Lin Li had suddenly stopped eating, and asked while following his gaze outside.

Found it.

"Someone is stealing things, look over at the bus stop," Lin Li’s eyes lit up, put down his chopsticks, stood up, and said to the four people, "I’ll go stop them!"

Indeed, the weekend commercial street was quite crowded and the range was broad, but since the person was doing something bad, Lin Li’s priority was to look for sneaky or threatening passersby.

And at a glance, he noticed a middle-aged man in a mask, trying too hard to appear natural.

He was sticking closely to a couple in their sixties waiting at the bus station.

And if Lin Li hadn’t looked wrongly, the masked man was holding a blade, cutting the pocket of the old lady’s clothing in the couple.

The motion was quite discreet, hard to notice unless Lin Li was intentionally observing.

Even blades have been upgraded and considered as swords in the system’s eyes.

Lin Li had already run out of the shop as the four other people were still bewildered.

The masked man began moving quickly forward with the flow of people.

It wasn’t that he was sharply aware of Lin Li’s intent, but that he had already succeeded.

He was definitely experienced, having completed the cutting and theft in under half a minute.

No wonder the system had identified him as a Sword Dao cultivator.

Lin Li didn’t shout "Catch the thief," but silently ran toward the masked man.

As he ran, his gaze was still on the street, so even if the masked man were cautious enough to hear footsteps and turn around, he wouldn’t think Lin Li was after him.

Until Lin Li was parallel to him, the masked man still had no sense of danger.

Steady.

Lin Li patted the masked man’s shoulder.

The shoulder-patted masked man turned to look at Lin Li alertly and swiftly.

"Dude, your clothes are about to hit the ground." Concerned citizen Lin Li said.

The masked man briefly relaxed, thinking it was the owner who discovered the theft, instinctively glanced at the empty floor, then frowned after realizing.

—His clothes were worn, not held, so how could they fall on the ground?

This guy must be crazy—

Dang, it’s possible.

The next second, the masked man realized it was possible.

Because an arm locked around his neck, and the next second he was directly taken down to the ground and tightly held down.

Impossible to escape, indeed his clothes did hit the ground.

"Let go of me, you bastard!"

The masked man began to struggle but found that this seemingly young and not burly young man had surprisingly great strength, which he was unable to budge despite his attempts to struggle.

Lin Li’s actions and the masked man’s screams and shouts frightened passersby around them, causing people to stop and scatter, looking surprised while watching the two fight.

Or rather, the masked man was being unilaterally subdued.

Lin Li, half-kneeling on the masked man, confirmed that the masked man wasn’t holding a blade, then pinned both his hands to the ground with one hand.

Proceeding to reach into his pocket, find two phones, a wallet, and the crime tool—a blade, more than one.

He then turned back to the bus station and shouted, "Grandpa and grandma? The grandparents waiting for the bus, yes, you two, grandma, check if your phone and wallet are missing. Is it this?"

And the elderly turned around, reaching into her jacket pocket, then pulling her hand back out from below the pocket.

"The stuff is gone!"

"My clothes have been cut!"

She belatedly realized, hurriedly ran toward Lin Li with her partner, took what Lin Li handed, confirmed, and nodded excitedly:

"Yes, yes, yes! Both the phone and wallet are mine! Thank you!"

"Thank you, young man! Really, thank you so much! If it had been stolen, my partner would have been distressed over this for half a year." The old grandpa sincerely thanked Lin Li, who was sitting on the thief.

"It’s nothing, it’s just my duty." Lin Li waved his hand modestly.

Surrounding passersby also gradually understood the truth with the conversation and showed enlightenment.