kvmb Chapter 020 Ruthless and Vicious
Chapter 020 Ruthless and Vicious
Chapter 020 Ruthless and Vicious
"Do you have to act like you've taken a shot of gunpowder?" Lin Fei rubbed his nose helplessly.
He knew that in the Wenqu Temple, not only was Mingde dissatisfied with him, but even the smiling Mingde from just now was probably not much better off.
Among the eighteen temples of the Jade Emperor, the Taoist boys of Wenqu Temple have the lowest status, the worst treatment, and the greatest pressure.
A grand competition is held every five years, with only one spot available for those who wish to enter other temples for cultivation. Among the remaining participants, those with sufficient cultivation can become formal disciples, but they will be at the very bottom of the formal disciple ranks.
More often, however, they left the Jade Emperor Sect and were exiled down the mountain after their eight-year term expired.
Lin Fei has now entered the lower courtyard of Wuqu Temple for cultivation. Although he is still nominally a disciple of Wenqu Temple, anyone who isn't a fool can see that the spot in the grand competition three years from now is practically his. Under these circumstances, it would be strange if these Wenqu disciples had any goodwill towards Lin Fei.
However, these young Taoist disciples were of low status and lacked cultivation, so even if they harbored resentment towards Lin Fei, they posed no real threat. Lin Fei didn't take them seriously.
His current headache is figuring out how to deal with Mingzhen, the disciple of the Wuqu Lower Academy, without incurring punishment under the sect rules.
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After the Taoist boys at Wenqu Temple finished their evening meditation, Xiao Tongming returned and pestered Lin Fei to tell him a few more stories. The little guy was simple-minded and didn't show any dissatisfaction with Lin Fei like the others.
After coaxing the little one to sleep, Lin Fei thought about it for a while, but couldn't come up with a practical solution, so he turned over and fell asleep.
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As the night deepened and he slept, Lin Fei felt his breathing become labored, as if an invisible hand was gripping his throat. His body also felt incredibly heavy, as if a mountain was pressing down on him.
"Sleep paralysis?" Lin Fei opened his eyes groggily, only to be startled by what he saw—a hideous and distorted face was less than half a meter away from his own.
Lin Fei was startled, and all sleepiness vanished instantly. He recognized the hideous and twisted face—it was Mingde, who lived in the same courtyard as him and always had a cold expression.
At this moment, Mingde straddled Lin Fei, his hands gripping Lin Fei's neck tightly, his eyes filled with ferocity, and he kept muttering to himself.
"I've been up here for five years, why should I be inferior to a kid who's only been here for a short time!"
"Those senior uncles must be blind to let you get this opportunity!"
"I'm not reconciled! The grand competition three years from now is my last chance! If I can't get a spot to cultivate in other sects, then nobody else can either!"
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"Senior brother, let go!" Lin Fei's face turned red from difficulty breathing, and he managed to squeeze out a sound through his teeth.
"I'm going to kill you! I'm going to kill you, you damned brat! The spot belongs to me, and no one can take it away from me!" Mingde's expression became increasingly ferocious, and the strength in his hands increased.
His voice even woke up Xiao Mingtong from his sleep.
Although Xiao Mingtong was simple-minded, he wasn't stupid. Seeing Mingde acting so crazy, the little guy let out a strange cry and jumped up in an instant.
"Let go of me!" Mingtong was so anxious that he was almost crying, but he couldn't move Mingde's hand at all. He opened his mouth and bit Mingde's neck.
"Ah!" Mingde screamed in agony as blood flowed down his neck. Coupled with his hideous face, he looked like a demon crawling out of hell!
"You brat, you ruined my plans! You'll die with me!" Mingde still gripped Lin Fei's neck tightly with one hand, then freed one to grab Mingtong and throw him against the wall. With a loud thud, Mingtong slammed against the wall and lost consciousness.
Lin Fei's strength was far superior to Ming De's, but because Ming De had ambushed him and grabbed his throat, making it difficult for him to breathe, he was temporarily unable to exert any strength and break free. At this moment, Ming De freed one hand to deal with Ming Tong, and Lin Fei's pressure was greatly reduced. He raised his hand and, with all his strength, struck Ming De's chest with a palm.
"Crack!" Lin Fei's palm strike broke several of Mingde's ribs. He flew backward like a kite with a broken string and crashed heavily into the wall.
"Heh heh." A large amount of blood suddenly flowed from Mingde's mouth, eyes, and nose, making him look as terrifying as a demon.
He struggled to his feet from the corner, muttering to himself in a seemingly deranged manner, "The spot is mine, no one can take it away! It's mine!"
But in the end, Mingde was unable to get up from the corner of the wall. His head lolled to the side, and he lost his life.
"Ding!"
"Killing Mingde, punishing evil and promoting good, I have gained 500 merit points, 500 martial arts cultivation points, and 500 experience points!"
"Congratulations, host, on obtaining a mortal-grade weapon—the hidden weapon 'Scorpion Tail Hook'!"
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As the system notification sounded, Lin Fei knew that Mingde had died from his powerful palm strike.
Although Lin Fei had killed Mingde and received a lot of rewards, he hadn't even had time to feel happy when he heard a series of clapping sounds coming from outside the door.
Lin Fei raised his hand and lit the oil lamp by the bedside. A person walked in from outside the door with a strange and unpredictable smile: "Junior Brother Mingxin is indeed not simple! Even with that good-for-nothing Mingde's sneak attack, he couldn't hurt you in the slightest!"
"It's you, Mingzhen!" Lin Fei stared at the man, his eyes blazing with murderous intent. Mingde seemed to have lost his mind and was trying to kill him, and Mingzhen had arrived just in time; it was probably all related to him.
Mingzhen walked over to Mingde, bent down, and reached out to probe his nose: "Oh, dead? Junior Brother Mingxin, you really went all out!"
Just now, when Mingde was about to kill him, Lin Fei was a little flustered, but now he was completely calm and said coldly, "Mingde came to kill me in the middle of the night. I'm afraid you can't escape responsibility for that, Senior Brother Mingzhen, can you?"
"I only gave him a few words of advice, it's none of my business if he tries to kill you!" Mingzhen straightened up with a laugh, and kicked Mingde's corpse with a look of disgust: "But this guy is really useless. I was thinking of making him die with you, but I didn't expect that he couldn't even hurt a hair on your head, Junior Brother. He's really a piece of trash!"
Lin Fei hadn't expected Mingzhen to be so ruthless, actually instigating Mingde to kill him. Lin Fei's plan to deal with Mingzhen was merely to keep him bedridden for a few months, but now it seemed the two sides were truly locked in a life-or-death struggle.