dognovel Chapter 850 Testing
Chapter 850 Testing
"Get out of my way, or don't blame me for being ruthless."
In the backyard of the department store, Zhang Yuelu, holding a soft sword, strode aggressively toward the main entrance.
More than a dozen servants surrounded her, each holding a fire stick.
Faced with Zhang Yuelu's sharp killing intent, more than a dozen burly men trembled with fear, especially when they thought of Zhang Yuelu's identity; they almost wet themselves.
“How, how, how much pain…” Li Mingxuan asked tremblingly.
"The pain of having your throat slit!" Zhang Yuelu said coldly, slowly approaching Li Mingxuan.
Upon hearing this, more than ten burly men unconsciously took a few steps back, while only Li Mingxuan remained loyal and stood still.
He wasn't unafraid; rather, he was so afraid that he had no strength to retreat.
"Is this even more painful than castration?" Li Mingxuan asked boldly.
If he doesn't retreat, Zhang Yuelu will slit his throat; if he does retreat, Lin Ping will castrate him. Li Mingxuan has to choose one of the two.
Zhang Yuelu was, after all, a young woman, and she couldn't help but blush after hearing these words.
"You and Lin Wuqing are exactly the same kind of people. Just wait to die!"
She was the Holy Maiden of the Vermilion Bird Sect, and had never been subjected to such vulgar language from a man before. She completely lost control of her murderous urges.
"Grandma, spare me! I didn't mean to humiliate you, I was just asking casually." Li Mingxuan was so frightened that his whole body went limp.
For a ruthless female demon like Zhang Yuelu, once the sword is drawn, there's no reason to sheathe it, especially since Li Mingxuan is blocking her way.
"Suffer to death!"
The soft sword became firm in Zhang Yuelu's hand, its sharp blade aimed directly at Li Mingxuan's throat.
"Father, save me!" Li Mingxuan cried out in desperation.
"Sunrise over the River Flowers!"
A sword shadow flashed, and Lin Ping appeared at the critical moment.
Fortunately, Li Mingxuan cried out "Father, save me" instead of "Mother, save me," otherwise Lin Ping might not have intervened.
Although Sunrise over the River is not Lin Ping's strongest sword move, it is more than enough to deal with the seriously injured Zhang Yuelu.
Lin Ping was even afraid that this sword strike might kill the opponent, which would mean losing a natural shield.
The two swords clashed with a crisp sound, and Zhang Yuelu staggered back several steps, spitting out a mouthful of blood mist.
"Damn it, Lin Wuqing, you just wait!" Zhang Yuelu cursed inwardly, wishing she could tear Lin Ping to pieces.
"My lord, you're finally back!" Li Mingxuan hugged Lin Ping's leg and burst into tears.
Having narrowly escaped death, he clearly experienced a physical reaction, but the psychological reaction was even stronger; otherwise, he wouldn't have cried out "Dad!" in terror.
"Hmm, you did a good job this time. You didn't back down an inch. You'll get half a chicken leg extra tonight," Lin Ping praised.
Li Mingxuan scratched his head and smiled awkwardly: "Compared to the task assigned by the Prince Consort, what is this life?"
As he finished speaking, Li Mingxuan's expression grew increasingly serious, as if he himself hadn't wanted to run away just moments before.
"Zhang Yuelu, I advise you not to challenge my bottom line!" Lin Ping grabbed her arm tightly, partly to show his anger and partly to channel energy into her, keeping her in a state of severe injury.
Zhang Yuelu knew Lin Ping's purpose. She didn't try to break free, but she was somewhat indignant: "Don't I even have the right to run away?"
These words startled Lin Ping. As a hostage, the other party did indeed have the right to escape.
He never imagined that the Holy Maiden of the Vermilion Bird Hall would suffer such grievances. Perhaps Lin Ping had really gone too far.
But he had no choice; if he let Zhang Yuelu go, it would attract a series of assassination attempts.
Zhang Yuelu is like a talisman, able to withstand all attacks from the Vermilion Bird Sect.
"But you shouldn't have tried to kill my brother!" Lin Ping shouted angrily.
Although he didn't say it, he had long regarded Li Mingxuan as a brother.
"If I kill him, will you kill me?" Zhang Yuelu continued to ask.
"Without hesitation!" Lin Ping said decisively.
Being a man of deep affection and loyalty, he would definitely lose his mind because of Li Mingxuan's death, regardless of how important Zhang Yuelu was, and would only think about avenging Li Mingxuan first.
"Then why don't you ask me why I killed him?" Zhang Yuelu's voice was full of grievance.
Lin Ping seemed to sense something was wrong, and looked at Li Mingxuan with cold eyes, asking, "What just happened?"
That look in his eyes was anything but simple. Li Mingxuan panicked a little and stammered, "Today at Yin Shi (3-5 AM), I got up to pee, no, no, it should be Mao Shi (5-7 AM), while I was peeing..."
"Tell me quickly, and then what!" Lin Ping wasn't very patient.
"Then..." Li Mingxuan replied after careful consideration, "Then I finished peeing and went back to bed."
"If you say another word, do you believe I'll cut you up?" Lin Ping said angrily.
Li Mingxuan instinctively covered his genitals, truly unable to imagine what else had happened.
Hearing Lin Ping's vulgar language, Zhang Yuelu blushed with embarrassment and turned her head away, saying, "I misunderstood him."
"So you admit you're wrong already?" Lin Ping felt that something was off about Zhang Yuelu.
"I should kill you!" Zhang Yuelu rolled her eyes at him, letting Lin Ping figure it out for himself.
"What exactly happened?" Lin Ping became even more curious as he watched Zhang Yuelu turn and leave.
Li Mingxuan slapped his forehead and exclaimed excitedly, "I remember now! Miss Yuelu asked me whether it hurt more to be castrated or to have her throat cut!"
"Is it really that simple?" Lin Ping scratched his head, feeling deeply guilty.
Killing a person is far less painful than destroying her chastity.
"Miss Yuelu, please don't misunderstand. These vulgar words were taught to me by that brat Li Mingxuan," Lin Ping explained as he caught up with her.
Li Mingxuan was somewhat helpless; it was truly a case of being caught in the crossfire.
“You knew all along that you couldn’t escape!” Lin Ping asked.
Logically, Zhang Yuelu should have been very frustrated after her escape failed, but her expression remained unchanged.
"You just want to test how much strength you can recover in one night!" Lin Ping calmly analyzed when she remained silent.
Zhang Yuelu gave him a meaningful look and said impatiently, "I'm going back to sleep. Aren't you leaving?"
"Are you kidding me? This is my house," Lin Ping said defiantly, hands on his hips.
Without saying a word, Zhang Yuelu started taking off her clothes, completely disregarding Lin Ping's feelings.
"Is this girl truly innocent or just pretending?" Lin Ping's heart was as turbulent as Zhang Yuelu's chest.
He felt it necessary to re-evaluate the other person's public image, which seemed to deviate somewhat from the description of "pure and innocent."
Because the other party took off his clothes very quickly, even though Lin Ping ran away immediately, he was still almost caught in the act.
"You cowardly scoundrel, from now on I'll go around naked all day, let's see how you continue to pump energy into me!" Zhang Yuelu's cold voice came from inside the room, making Lin Ping's scalp tingle.