novelraw Chapter 168: Are You Also a Cultivator?
Chapter 168: Are You Also a Cultivator?
"Today, this tree will be your fate. Don’t even think about running away, because it’s impossible for you to escape!" As he said this, Shi Lei suddenly swung a fierce punch toward a small tree as thick as a bowl at its base.
"Crack... Boom!"
With a flash of a shadow, a single punch sent the small tree flying as if hit by a car, breaking in the middle, the top half toppling over onto another tree.
Having done all this, Shi Lei looked very pleased with himself, playfully watching Lin Feng like a cat eyeing a mouse. Lin Feng, you’re just an ordinary university teacher. There’s no way you’re more durable than that small tree, is there? Today, I’m determined to torture you to death and then leave you broken here. Otherwise, I won’t be able to release this pent-up frustration. How about that? Have you ever seen someone who can break a tree with one punch? Not likely!
Now you know how formidable I am, huh? It’s too late for regrets. Today, I’m going to torment you completely, let you know the consequences of offending me, for meddling in my business for no good reason, for causing me such great humiliation. Even peeling off ten layers of your skin wouldn’t be excessive!
"Shi Lei, so it’s you." As soon as Shi Lei stepped out, Lin Feng readily recognized him. It seemed he came for the underwear theft incident. As a cultivator, yet such a vile person, caught stealing underwear by me, and still coming to cause trouble on vacation, with no sense of a cultivator’s conviction.
Upon hearing Lin Feng call out his name, Shi Lei was so shocked his eyes nearly popped out. How did he recognize me? I only said a few words; how could he know it was me? This is unbelievable!
As I recall, he only saw me once and heard me speak a few times. Months have passed since then, and yet he recognized my voice immediately. How is this possible? Don’t tell me Lin Feng is one of those legendary geniuses with an extraordinary memory for voices.
But Shi Lei soon laughed again. What good is your guess? Why do you think I took a train back with classmates and then a car? Wasn’t it to shake off suspicion? With them as my alibi, no one would connect Lin Feng’s mishap to me. What’s the use of your mere conjectures, you who are about to die? Even if there’s a hidden camera here, it wouldn’t matter. The black clothes and this mask were specially prepared for tonight. Even with a recording, my true face can’t be seen. That’s where my cleverness lies!
Besides, I am a cultivator. What can you do to me? You’re just an ordinary university teacher, like paper in my presence. At this moment, as the saying goes, strength is everything!
"Yes, it’s me. But it doesn’t matter if you know, because there’s nothing to hide from a man about to die. In a moment, no one will know when you’re dead!" Shi Lei was in a great mood, thinking about how he would get rid of Lin Feng today and relieve his pent-up anger. He had been bearing this grudge for months, feeling almost suffocated, especially since it seemed others looked at him suspiciously. Some girls even ran away at the sight of him as if the words ’sexual predator’ were written on his face. I don’t know how I’ve lived through it, and all thanks to Lin Feng, I wish I could flay his skin and strip his bones!
"So, it’s the underwear thief incident that made you lose face?" Lin Feng looked at Shi Lei in the mask, thinking that for a cultivator to be so petty, he really had ’achieved’ something!
"Isn’t that obvious? Do you know what life has been like for me since that incident? Everyone looks at me as if I’m a psychological pervert. Do you have any idea how that feels? I won’t be able to vent this anger unless I flay your skin!" Hearing Lin Feng put it like that lit a fire inside Shi Lei. If not for you, would I have lived like this? Everything is your fault. Today, even if you screamed bloody murder, no one would help you, no one can save you!
"Do you really think I’m that easy to bully? And remember this, you really do have a psychological issue; you should go see a psychologist." Lin Feng looked at Shi Lei, feeling utterly speechless. Didn’t your master teach you that there’s always a bigger fish?
"Just because I’m a cultivator, just because I have abilities others don’t have! You ordinary people, who don’t even understand what a cultivator is, I bully you, so what? Even if I kill you right now, who will know? Let me show you the difference between cultivators and ordinary people right now!" Why? Just because I’m a cultivator, that’s enough reason. You’re just an ordinary university teacher; you have no right to challenge me. Now, I’m going to break you and spare myself your annoying prattle!
With that thought, Shi Lei bent down and, like a cheetah, dashed towards Lin Feng like a shadow in the darkness, reaching out to clamp Lin Feng’s throat and silence him before torturing him and releasing his frustrations.
But dreams are often far from reality. Just as Shi Lei closed in and was about to grab Lin Feng’s throat, Lin Feng mysteriously vanished...
"Snap!"
Lin Feng suddenly appeared behind Shi Lei, tapped him lightly on the back, and Shi Lei flew forward. In mid-air, Shi Lei tried to bear the pain and flip around to counterattack, but to his sorrow, he found his body completely immobilized!
"Snap!"
Shi Lei flew a good six or seven meters in the air before crashing heavily to the ground.
Shi Lei, lying on the ground, was dumbfounded. He still hadn’t figured out how things had turned out this way. How had he ended up on the ground after just one exchange, completely unable to move? What in the world had happened? Could it be that Lin Feng was also a cultivator? But how could such a coincidence occur? The entire Tianhai probably had only a few cultivators, and he just happened to encounter one who could take him down in a single move—nobody would believe it if he told them!
However, if Lin Feng was a cultivator, that also seemed impossible. His master was an S-level expert, and he could hold his own against his master for a while. How could he fall so easily before Lin Feng, like a paper figure? That would mean Lin Feng was at least an SS-level expert!
My God, he was so young, how could he possibly be an SS-level expert? Hadn’t his master said that becoming an S-level expert before the age of 30 was already a sign of genius? How could anyone believe that Lin Feng was an SS-level expert?
God, save me! My master is an S-level expert, and Lin Feng turns out to be an SS-level expert. No wonder he could sense my presence. And here I was, thinking my cover had been blown due to some mistake on my part. It turns out he had always seen me as nothing more than a monkey, while I was completely oblivious! My face is lost to the Himalayas!
"Lin Feng, are you also a cultivator?" In the end, Shi Lei couldn’t help but ask. If he kept thinking about it, he felt he might go insane. Just which sect’s disciple was Lin Feng? He had never heard of such a Divine Being among the ranks of cultivators!
"Who said you’re the only one who can be a cultivator? I don’t know how your teacher instructs, but the way you channel your energy is obviously wrong. And he even taught it to you!" Lin Feng had felt like he was fighting a three-year-old child during their brief exchange. Shi Lei was down on the ground before Lin Feng could even warm up! From their exchange, it was clear that Shi Lei’s energy channeling methods were completely incorrect. What kind of master would intentionally teach his disciples in such a way?
"What, you say my energy channeling method is wrong?" How could that be possible? How could he know my energy channeling method is wrong? He doesn’t understand my Dharma Art, so what gives him the right to criticize my cultivation method? He must be trying to deceive me. Although I have felt a bit awkward when practicing, I’ve already advanced to ***. If my method was flawed, how could I have managed to break through? Clearly, Lin Feng is just trying to fool me!
But then another question arose—what reason would he have to deceive me? If he wanted to kill me, he could easily do so right now. Why deceive me, and for what purpose? There seems to be no reason for him to bother. Now Shi Lei’s head was spinning. He couldn’t understand Lin Feng’s motive at all. Perhaps he wanted to know who my master is?
"Your energy channeling path, is it not..." Lin Feng looked at the prone Shi Lei and recited his energy channeling route. Inside, he was amazed. Shi Lei must be considered a genius to have practiced to such a level with the wrong Dharma Art. If you had only used it properly instead of for evil, nobody could save you!
"What!" After hearing Lin Feng’s words, Shi Lei’s inner turmoil surged like a mighty wave, staring at Lin Feng with a face that had seen a ghost. Who exactly was he, to know his energy channeling path? That was a top-secret matter, known only to his master and himself. Isn’t it strange? Even more shocking was that what Lin Feng described was precisely the path he followed during his usual practice.
It seemed that Lin Feng wasn’t just trying to fool him. He truly knew his energy channeling path. But how? They had barely made contact, and from that, he discerned his method? That was too miraculous! My God, if that was the case, didn’t it mean that he knew the energy channeling paths of everyone he fought? In other words, anyone who sparred with him would have their Dharma Art learned by him because it was all about the path of energy flow!
How could there be such a person in the world? Someone like that was just too heaven-defying. How could others live with such a person around? As soon as someone fought with him, he could steal their Dharma Art. Who would dare to take him on?
Now that he could affirm Lin Feng’s words were true, that meant his own master had indeed taught him the wrong method of channeling energy. Probably even his master hadn’t expected him to advance to *** with the incorrect method. Then, why would his master do such a thing? Could it be that he didn’t want me to be too outstanding and unable to be suppressed, so he gave me a false Dharma Art...