I, the leader of the esoteric sect, am doing great things in the infinite world!

Virtue's answer was so calm it seemed emotionless. The exile stared blankly into her eyes, forced to admit she was right.

This is something Li Lin would do.

Just as the two were locked in a stalemate, the thick fog silently dissipated.

The thick fog rose quickly and dissipated just as fast, as if its appearance was merely a gimmick.

A few seconds later, Li Lin reluctantly raised his head from underwater.

Fortunately, no one paid attention to Li Lin; their eyes were all on the "strange object" that had appeared on the lake surface at some unknown time.

That was a spinning wheel.

As the water gradually submerged the spinning wheel, it began to operate.

The spinning wheel was seemingly submerged by illusory ripples of water, a scene that should have been solemn and mysterious.

"Immeasurable merit in releasing life!"

A sudden voice sounded.

"What is this virtuous act of releasing life?" Xingti asked curiously.

Master Li, who loved to teach, naturally wouldn't miss this good opportunity to impart knowledge, teach skills, and resolve doubts.

"Assuming that the merit of releasing one sea creature is one, then the merit of releasing sea creatures by one person is limited. Therefore, in order to maximize the efficiency of releasing merit, the best way is to go to the market to buy sea creatures and release them all. This will greatly improve the efficiency of eliminating karmic obstacles and accumulating merit."

“But I catch marine life from the sea every day, and you buy it and then release it back into the sea. This process can be simplified.”

Li Lin pointed to the spinning wheel: "Since the release of animals is calculated based on the number of times the sea creatures come into contact with the water, why don't I just tie the sea creatures to the spinning wheel?"

"Install it on the shore, then press the motor. When the sea cucumber on the propeller leaves the water, it means I caught it, and when it enters the water, it means you released it."

Li Lin laughed proudly: "As long as the motor is started, the propeller will rotate at high speed. Based on the rotation speed, it can reach 7200 revolutions per minute!"

"Is this...?" Xingti hesitated, finding it difficult to evaluate this overly creative invention.

For a rock-and-roll girl who craves freedom and rebellion to feel that it's too much freedom, Li Lin's idea is, to say the least, quite shocking.

The exile and Virtin, on the other hand, seemed to be deep in thought.

In a sense, their level of freedom of thought is similar to Li Lin's; they are both quite ruthless.

“A scripture CD,” Wilding suddenly said. “If this idea can be realized, then recording a CD of supplication seems like…”

"Why are you looking at me like that!" Xingti stared at Virtue in disbelief. "You don't really want me to make this kind of aesthetically unappealing record, do you?!"

"We'll discuss this later," the exile said, gesturing for them to look at the spinning wheel in the center of the lake.

Just as water, the vessel of time, overflows the spinning wheel, and as the water submerges the spinning wheel, its rotation speed increases, something is about to emerge.

Finally, at a certain moment, the spinning wheel stopped turning, and the mist and ripples parted to both sides, as if Moses parted the sea, and something came from the other side...

A small dragon with red horns and white scales pounced and hit Li Lin in the face.

"Where is this?" Little Dragon, wrapped around Li Lin's head, looked around and, after spotting a group of people on the shore, cast a dangerous glance at Li Lin beneath him.

"Who are you?" Li Lin, who never learns from his mistakes, shouted, sticking his neck out.

Little Dragon silently tucked his tail in, and Li Lin yelled as he fell back into the lake: "Brothers, it's me, the dog!"

The crowd was abuzz with discussion as they watched Li Lin and the mysterious little dragon wrestle together.

"Don't think I won't make a move just because you're the one I love most!" Li Lin said, spouting cheesy love lines as he tried to flip Xiao Long over and pin him down. "All I've ever wanted in my life is a good time with you, a place where you're with me!"

The little dragon with red horns and white scales weakened, as if it had shivered, and its eyes showed disbelief.

Seeing that his cheesy pickup line worked, Li Lin pressed his advantage: "If I could, all I want is a glass of water, a slice of bread, and a flower. If I could be a little more extravagant, I would prefer that you pour the water, cut the bread, and give me the flower."

"My love for you is more than just a wolf's ambition; it's an unwavering thief's heart."

Do you know the difference between you and the stars? The stars are in the sky, but you are in my heart.

The outrageous and lewd words uttered by Mr. Li, who was driven by an insatiable will to survive, were even more chilling because of the vivid expressions on his face, coupled with his incredibly corny love lines, making the whole situation all the more terrifying.

"Do you have a lighter? If not, why can you ignite my heart?"

"Do you know what god I like the most? Your eyes."

"Alright, stop talking." Xiaolong shivered, rolled over, wrapped himself around Li Lin, and dragged him ashore.

The exiles cast questioning glances at Li Lin, who had been dragged ashore.

Li Lin looked completely innocent: "This is my wife."

The exile hesitated, his gaze lingering for a long time on the little dragon that had transformed into a lazy blob perched atop Li Lin's head. Finally, he decided to voice his doubts: "So your wife is a... dragon?"

Although I had heard that some people would choose to mate with other species in the Manju to give birth to offspring with power, this was the first time I had ever seen it with my own eyes.

“This is true love.” Xingti didn’t find it strange at all. In her time, all sorts of strange mystics and superhumans were rampant, and various laws to protect mystics and superhumans were being introduced one after another. If that era hadn’t been swept away by the tide and washed away in the storm, it would have been a very good era.

"But weren't you at Mansu? Why did the furnace put you down during the day?" Li Lin asked in surprise. Just as Nian turned around to answer, he said smoothly, "Do you know how many times I think about you every day? Actually, only once, because it hasn't stopped for 24 hours."

266 Lannister Leighing

The topic circled back to this question: why did the year end, and why did she create an OC character based on her sister's example?

"Something was calling me. I looked and saw that it was you. But if I came down directly, I would attract too much attention and be afraid that you would be surrounded and beaten by a group of immortals, so I made a doll and threw it down."

The little dragon was no longer a long dragon, but had turned into a short-armed, short-legged little ball lying on Li Lin's head.

However, when these words reached the ears of others, they undoubtedly proved that Li Lin was indeed being watched by an immortal being, or even a higher level of power.

"But..." someone said, "what about the Heavenly Calamity?"

If beings of the immortal level or above fall in love and have offspring, they will inevitably be bound by the laws of the Heavenly Calamity, and they will develop a strong desire to devour their own bloodline.

“For those who follow other principles, the Heavenly Abomination is indeed a deadly thing.” Li Lin casually patted his sleeve. “But for us who directly follow the White Sun Forge, there are no fewer than ten ways to change and avoid the Heavenly Abomination.”

"The simplest way is not to have children."

Li Lin said in a sinister tone, "You don't really think human babies are interesting things, do you? Tuition fees, upbringing costs, tutoring classes for them during holidays, gifts for teachers and leaders, they sleep at 1 a.m. and get up at 5 a.m. every day to get into a good university, but after graduating, they're still working like beasts of burden, busy from dawn till dusk at the company."

"I thought retirement would bring me a good life, but in the end the government is promoting delayed retirement. When I die, I can't even afford a burial plot. Cemeteries are all owned by property owners."

"Mortgage, car loan... Do you think raising children is for old age security?"

Li Lin sneered disdainfully: "Since you are an immortal, I really don't understand why you still want to have children. Is it because you love the aroma of claypot rice?"

The little dumpling perched on his head didn't argue.

Beneath their relaxed and playful exteriors, both Nian and Li Lin actually hold an indifferent and calm attitude towards worldly affairs. The problems that plague the vast majority of immortals are like dust in their eyes.

If you really want to satisfy that childish, playful mentality, why not just pick up a baby from any world and raise it until it dies, or hand-mold a cub and raise it? Wouldn't that be better than risking your life to give birth?

If children are there to perpetuate one's existence and continue culture and bloodline, then when they have reached the realm of longevity, or even immortality, the concept of "bloodline" actually becomes a burden.

Virtue neither confirmed nor denied the matter.

The Heavenly Calamity and the Immortals were distant matters for her, things she didn't need to consider yet, and the arrival of the year only added fuel to the fire for their little group.

In the end, Virtue chose to seal off the area.

Currently, apart from Li Lin and Wilting, everyone else who touched the water waves has fallen into a coma. They couldn't even produce mist or move the spinning wheel, which shows that some kind of "qualification" is required to do all this.

Only the two of them have this qualification.

Li Lin summoned those with whom he had a karmic connection from the mist and water ripples, but who would be summoned if Virtin touched it?

Wilting stared calmly at the spinning wheel. If she were to touch it, it would likely create a connection with the Foundation, allowing their computing center to trace her back to her.

Now is not the time.

......

A few hours later they returned to Dr. Jannings' villa.

Xingti and her apple were still in the suitcase, waiting for the moment the suitcase was opened and the ship was launched into the water.

"Let's split up," the exile strategist said.

"Senior sister turned and ran, senior sister led the charge." Li Lin, bored out of his mind, pinched Nian Tuanzi's belly and played with it.

The exile didn't react to Li Lin's tired joke: "Vilding, go and put Star Antimony into the sea."

Rostock's port is filled with kerosene engines, and its daily throughput is beyond imagination. Star Antimony's ships are not the conspicuous type; as long as they are fast enough, they will not be questioned by the Rostock port guards.

“We’re going to visit Professor Heinrich at the University of Rostock,” the exile said to Li Lin. “We can’t cure the professor’s illness in one go.”

This makes sense.

If they cured Professor Heinrich in one go, they would certainly gain fame, but it would lay the groundwork for their subsequent actions.

Veldine said she understood, stood up, glanced habitually at the glow-in-the-dark clock on her arm, then put on her bowler hat and picked up her briefcase.

"Wait a minute."

Li Lin stopped her, "Are you just going to walk out like that?"

Forget-me-not is an expert in divination. Divination is essentially about investing a part of oneself into the mortal realm. Those who follow the principles of the lamp have powerful spiritual bodies in the mortal realm, but they cannot keep consuming themselves like this indefinitely.

Li Lin swept his hand across the dark green tabletop, tossing several secret cards toward Virtue. For a moment, it seemed as if illusory white candlelight flickered in the air.

The already mysterious Virtue seemed even more mysterious.

This was merely a means of preventing the use of mysticism and the invisible arts; aside from that, Virtue also employed some disguises to confuse normal vision.