Chapter 90: A Large Sum of Money and Vegetable Freedom

The two thieves hadn’t dared to resist Lin Li, an Exotic Beast Hunter, so they certainly weren’t about to try anything in front of Investigators who specialized in criminal offenses committed by Cultivators.

The slender female Investigator took two pairs of handcuffs from her waist and approached the two thieves. "Cooperate. Hands out."

CLICK. CLICK.

The two thieves obediently held out their hands, and the female Investigator cuffed them.

"Investigator, do I need to go back with you to the Superpower Administration Bureau to give a statement?" Lin Li asked.

"Yes. We’ll need you to come with us, since you’re the one involved," the burly Investigator said with a nod.

’I just gave a statement at the police station not long ago. A few days haven’t even passed, and now I have to give another one at the Superpower Administration Bureau. I sure have a lot of dealings with these government agencies...’ Lin Li grumbled to himself.

After gathering his stolen belongings, Lin Li got into his van.

VROOOM.

He started the engine and drove his van, following the Investigators’ car toward the North District branch of the Rongcheng Superpower Administration Bureau.

Seeing that the show was over, the crowd of onlookers sat back down to continue eating their mini hot pots.

While they ate, they didn’t forget to edit the videos they’d just shot and post them on their social media feeds.

Before long, related videos began appearing on short-form video sites. Most of the titles were clickbait, like, "SHOCKING! My Girlfriend and I Were Just Eating Hot Pot When We Suddenly Saw THIS..."

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Because the two thieves Lin Li had caught red-handed were very cooperative, the case was processed quickly.

Lin Li followed the two Investigators back to the North District branch of the Rongcheng Superpower Administration Bureau. After he gave his statement and answered a few questions about the details, he was free to go home.

CLICK.

The door opened. Back home, Lin Li reached out and flipped the light switch on the wall.

After turning on the lights, he slipped into a pair of house slippers and went into the living room.

’So hot.’

He turned on the air conditioning in the living room, then picked up the remote from the sofa and switched on the TV.

WHOOSH...

Cool air blew from the AC vent. Before long, the room had cooled to a comfortable temperature.

"According to our latest reports, today the Rongcheng Exotic Beast Hunter Guild, at the request of the government, organized a large-scale operation to clear out Mutant Beasts. The operation effectively eliminated a large number of Mutant Beasts that had been approaching Rongcheng’s North District..."

A beautiful news anchor reported on the day’s top stories, highlighting the cleanup operation organized by the Exotic Beast Hunter Guild.

Lin Li was sitting on the sofa, enjoying the AC and watching the news. Just as he was about to get an ice cream bar from the fridge, his phone chimed.

DING.

He pulled his phone from his pocket, unlocked the screen, and immediately saw a new message notification from the Superfast Recycling app.

After opening the app, Lin Li glanced at the amount displayed in the wallet, and a wide smile spread across his face.

152,100.

The amount displayed in the wallet was the payment he’d received for selling the Mutant Beasts he hunted today.

He hit "Withdraw," and the large sum was immediately transferred to his bank account.

DING.

Just as Lin Li was about to put his phone away, he received another message.

Opening it, he saw that a sum of 100,000 had been deposited into his bank account. The transaction note specified it was a bonus from the Exotic Beast Hunter Guild.

"Wow, the Exotic Beast Hunter Guild is fast! I like it." Seeing the text notification for the 100,000 deposit, the joyful smile on Lin Li’s face grew even wider.

Including the ten thousand or so he had before, Lin Li’s bank account now held a total of 265,432.

’Now that I have this money, I won’t be strapped for cash for a while. I can focus all my energy on hunting Mutant Beasts for the Magical Little Tree.’

’Hmm... I should go check on the Magical Little Tree. I can also water the vegetable seedlings in the fields, and the fruit tree saplings I planted before.’

Lin Li put his phone away. With a thought, a flash of Spiritual Light enveloped him, and he vanished from the sofa.

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On the Mysterious Small Island, shrouded in a boundless white mist, Lin Li’s figure appeared out of thin air.

Upon arriving on the Mysterious Small Island, Lin Li first went to check on the fruit tree saplings he had planted.

A day had passed, and the changes to the saplings weren’t obvious. On closer inspection, however, he could see they had grown two or three centimeters taller.

Lin Li felt relieved after checking the saplings. He’d been afraid the fruit tree saplings wouldn’t experience accelerated growth like the vegetable seeds planted in the fields, but now that worry was gone.

They had grown two or three centimeters in just one day.

That would be unimaginable in the outside world, but the Mysterious Small Island was just that magical—it could accelerate plant growth.

After checking on the saplings’ growth, Lin Li went to look at the vegetable seeds he had planted.

Just as he’d expected, after a single day, all the vegetable seeds he had planted in the field had taken root and sprouted, producing tiny, faint green shoots.

’I guess I’m self-sufficient with vegetables now. I won’t really need to buy them at the market anymore...’

After confirming the growth of the saplings and seeds, a delighted Lin Li went to the center of the Mysterious Small Island to see his precious little tree.

The Magical Little Tree looked much the same as before. However, after a careful inspection, Lin Li spotted a tiny, jet-black fruit in a very inconspicuous location.

"Hahaha... The precious little tree grew another fruit!" Staring at the tiny, rice-grain-sized black fruit hiding behind a leaf, Lin Li burst into excited laughter.

Then, with a thought, a message materialized in his mind.

"Progress: ten percent."

’The progress was at seven percent before. How did it suddenly jump to ten? Could it be because of that mangled gray Bear Beast I brought in this morning?’

’If that’s the case, does that mean one Second Rank Initial Stage beast provides three percent progress, which is equivalent to six Tier One beasts?’

’If I stick to hunting Tier One beasts, I’ll need to kill another 180 of them to reach one hundred percent. But if I hunt Second Rank Initial Stage beasts, I’ll only need to kill 30.’

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