sbdcsierra Chapter 003 Killing and Punishing the Heart
Chapter 003 Killing and Punishing the Heart
Chapter 003 Killing someone by destroying their spirit
With the system's assistance, Lin Fei opened up three meridians in one go. According to the system's level classification, he had upgraded from the first level of the Meridian Opening Realm to the fourth level.
In other words, Lin Fei had already opened up four meridians at this point.
After leveling up, Lin Fei's eyes became sharper, even sending chills down people's spines.
Mingchen felt a chill run down his spine as Lin Fei stared at him like that.
"You piece of trash, how dare you glare at me?" Ming Chen was furious, using anger to mask the fear he didn't even want to admit.
He has been on the mountain for two whole years and has almost opened up all three meridians of the three Yin meridians of the hand. How could he be afraid of a kid who has only been on the mountain for two months?
"So what if I glare at you?" Lin Fei jumped off the bed. "Ming Chen, do you remember the Nine True Mystic Rings of my Jade Emperor Sect?"
Ming Chen's expression changed: "You dare to talk to me about precepts? If it weren't for the sect's precepts, I would have killed you myself long ago! You're lucky this time, you escaped with your life, and you dare to talk back to me? I'll cripple you, you brat!"
As he spoke, he raised his hand and reached out to grab Lin Fei.
Everyone was aware of Lin Fei's strength, and Ming Chen was no exception. Therefore, he simply thought Lin Fei was desperate and didn't take him seriously at all.
Little did he expect that Lin Fei was no longer the same as before, and his movements were even more agile than his.
Although Lin Fei had not yet practiced martial arts, he already possessed rich combat experience. Moreover, at this moment, he completely overwhelmed Ming Chen in both strength and speed.
Like a cheetah, he grabbed Ming Chen's arm as he swung at him, and with a backhand slap, landed right on Ming Chen's face.
"Mingchen, have you been wasting your morning lessons every day?" Lin Fei slapped Mingchen, causing him to bleed profusely, and said as he hit him, "Then I'll teach you! One of the nine precepts of our sect is that you must not deceive your master or your ancestors!"
In fact, after that slap, Mingchen had already lost the ability to resist.
Those who have reached the Great Perfection of the Meridian Opening Realm possess a force exceeding a thousand jin. Lin Fei had just opened four meridians, and this slap carried a force of over two hundred jin. The slap to the face almost knocked Ming Chen unconscious.
However, Lin Fei did not stop, because he knew that people like Ming Chen were not a minority in Wenqu Temple. If he did not make them completely afraid, trouble would come knocking on his door one after another in the future.
"First, one must not steal martial arts skills without permission; second, one must not kill, but compassionately save all living beings; third, one must not commit adultery, but conduct oneself properly; fourth, one must not steal, but harm others' property; sixth, one must not be angry, but not bully fellow disciples; seventh, one must not cheat, but flatter and harm the good; eighth, one must abstain from certain foods, but not drink alcohol; ninth, one must be single-minded, but single-minded in upholding the precepts..."
With each command Lin Fei recited, he slapped Ming Chen across the face. By the time he finished reciting the nine commands, Ming Chen's face was distorted from the slaps, and he was barely breathing.
"Mingchen, do you remember now?" Lin Fei raised his hand and threw Mingchen to the ground. But Mingchen was already like a lump of mud, how could he possibly answer Lin Fei's question?
"Ding!"
"Killing Ming Chen, punishing evil and promoting good, I have gained 100 merit points, 100 martial arts cultivation points, and 100 experience points!"
……
The system notification sounded in Lin Fei's mind. Whether in his past life or this one, this was Lin Fei's first time killing someone, but instead of feeling any discomfort, he felt a sudden and enlightened understanding.
“Punishing evil is promoting good, immeasurable heavenly venerable!” Lin Fei said with great emotion as he pressed a meridian seal.
Ming Chen, who flatters his superiors and bullies his inferiors, and abuses his power to oppress others, is naturally an evil person. Eliminating evil is doing good.
"Mingchen, Senior Brother Mingchen is dead!" A young disciple mustered his courage to check on Mingchen on the ground. He reached out and touched him, only to find that Mingchen was no longer breathing.
"What? Mingxin killed Senior Brother Mingchen?" Everyone looked at Lin Fei as if he were a monster.
It should be noted that the Jade Emperor Sect has very strict rules. Killing a fellow disciple can result in either being permanently imprisoned in the Demon-Subduing Tower or having one's martial arts skills abolished and being beaten out of the sect.
Even when Ming Chen and the others were dealing with Lin Fei, they only dared to create an accident, causing Lin Fei to accidentally fall off the cliff, and they would never dare to do it themselves.
Lin Fei's ruthlessness and decisiveness were something no one had expected.
"Did I kill him?" Lin Fei stared wide-eyed, feigning utter astonishment. "Senior Brother Mingchen fell into a bottomless abyss in the back mountain while trying to pick spiritual herbs to earn sect contribution points. As fellow disciples, we are all heartbroken. Don't you agree?"
Lin Fei's words left everyone speechless, and no one dared to respond, because as he spoke, Lin Fei had already walked towards the door and blocked it with his body.
It seems that if they don't want to admit that Mingchen died from an "accident," none of them will be able to leave safely today.
These people were never tough to begin with; otherwise, they wouldn't have colluded to bully Daoist disciples whose cultivation was inferior to their own. They immediately nodded vigorously, like chickens pecking at rice: "Yes, yes, yes, Junior Brother Mingxin is right! Senior Brother Mingchen accidentally fell off the cliff!"
"Very well, now you should know what to do with Senior Brother Mingchen's remains, right?" Lin Fei smiled again. To these Daoist disciples, Lin Fei's smile was like that of a demon in the Demon-Subduing Tower.
"We know, we know, we'll take care of it right away. We'll make sure the senior disciples at Xingzhi Temple don't find a single clue," the group quickly replied.
"That's good!" Lin Fei nodded with a smile, stepping aside to make room for him. "As for reporting this to Xingzhi Temple, that's up to you senior brothers. We haven't reported my fall off the cliff to Uncle Yuanzhen of Xingzhi Temple yet. At worst, I'll take a beating, and you senior brothers will take a beating too. Besides, since you've damaged Senior Brother Mingchen's body, I'm afraid your punishment will be much heavier than mine. With you all by my side, I won't suffer any loss, will I?"
Upon hearing this, the men involuntarily shuddered. Having disposed of Mingchen's body, even if they wanted to report Lin Fei later, their own hands would be stained with dirt, and they would likely have to suffer punishment alongside Lin Fei.
Previously, killing Ming Chen with heavy blows was killing his body; now, it's destroying his spirit. Killing someone and destroying their spirit—that's the essence of it all.
"What are you saying, Junior Brother Mingxin? Senior Brother Mingchen fell off a cliff and died. Everyone saw it. Even Abbot Yuanzhen of Xingzhi Temple asked him personally, and that was the only thing everyone said. Junior Brother, don't worry." After saying this, the group lifted Mingchen's body and fled as if their lives depended on it. They ran along a secluded, deserted path towards the bottomless abyss behind the mountain.