Flipping Without Mercy

After clearing out the steamed bun shop's entire stock for lunch, Chang Ping left, still craving more.

On his way back to the academy, he ran into Nie Li, Lu Piao, and Du Ze. The three brothers were like conjoined twins, never leaving one another's side.

Chang Ping figured they probably even shared a bed when they slept.

Lu Piao walked past him with a long face, not even offering a greeting.

Chang Ping ignored Lu Piao too.

You give me an inch, and I'll give you a mile. If you won't talk to me, I don't care to talk to you either. Chang Ping gave a cold snort. He had already paid Lu Piao back for the meal, so he didn't owe him anything now.

Glancing at the Space Ring on his right ring finger, Chang Ping continued toward the dormitory. He had brought Shen Xiu two steaming hot meat buns. He wondered if she had recovered yet. Had she gotten out of bed?

Chang Ping licked his lips and suddenly grinned. Compared with the vendor's meat buns, he preferred Shen Xiu's two big, white buns.

Heh heh heh!

The door to Dormitory 521 was locked. Shen Xiu wasn't there; she had probably gone to eat.

Chang Ping took out his key, unlocked the door, took off his boots, and lay down with his arms behind his head. As soon as he did, an image of Shen Xiu's smooth, creamy body, as lustrous as white jade, automatically surfaced in his mind. Her soul-stirring moans rang in his ears.

"Good grief, she'll be the death of me!" Chang Ping couldn't help shuddering. "No wonder she chose to fuse with the Blazing Flame Demon Fox. She really is a Fox Spirit."

Suddenly, the image in his mind was replaced by another.

It showed him being brutally murdered, his heart ripped out while he was still alive.

"Chang Ping, have you forgotten the grudge over having your heart torn out and being killed?" Chang Ping asked himself. Anger surged through him. "No! I can't keep losing myself in Shen Xiu's tender embrace. She's my enemy. I'm going to make her suffer, and I'm going to destroy the Sacred Family."

Although he had promised her that their past grievances would be wiped clean when he blew up Xiangliu's true body, that only meant he wouldn't take her life after he was done playing with her.

Think he'd cherish her the way he cherished Ning'er? Not a chance!

That vicious woman didn't deserve it!

"Adversity builds character, while ease and comfort lead to ruin." Chang Ping suddenly remembered the saying. His life was far too comfortable now. He had lost his sense of danger and could easily suffer a crushing setback.

He abruptly stood up and began practicing the Great Ancestor Long Fist in the room.

Before long, Shen Xiu came in, carrying a box in her jade-white hand. She was beaming.

After Chang Ping had thoroughly ravished her and she had recovered, she felt refreshed and indescribably comfortable.

"What's gotten into you now?" Shen Xiu shot Chang Ping a glare, set the box on the table, and sat down. "I just went to eat at the Star Picking Restaurant and brought you back some food. There's half a roast chicken in there. Go wash your hands and eat it while it's hot."

She knew Chang Ping had a big appetite, so she had deliberately ordered extra dishes.

Chang Ping acted as if he hadn't heard her and kept practicing his punches.

Shen Xiu was furious. She clenched her dainty fists. He's treating my words like dirt! I try to do something nice, and he doesn't appreciate it. I should've left him without any food and let him starve.

"Hey! I'm talking to you! Can you hear me?" Seeing that Chang Ping still wasn't responding, Shen Xiu raised her hand and slapped the table.

"Impudent!"

Chang Ping suddenly bellowed, making Shen Xiu jump.

She stared at him in alarm. His brows were knitted and his eyes were wide, and he looked as fierce as a Storm Snow Giant Ape from the Sacred Ancestor Mountain Range.

"How dare you slap the table at me? Are you tired of living?" Chang Ping strode over. He opened the food box and hurled it to the ground, then pointed at the lavish dishes inside. "Don't think I don't know the Star Picking Restaurant is a secret stronghold of the Dark Guild!"

"I just helped the City Lord's Mansion capture Black Fox of the Dark Guild. You brought me food from the Star Picking Restaurant—were you trying to poison me?" Chang Ping grabbed Shen Xiu by her red pigtail. "Of all the restaurants, you had to go to the Star Picking Restaurant. What are you up to? Speak!"

Shen Xiu burst into tears and hurriedly said she hadn't.

Was he a dog? He'd turned on her in an instant.

She had only wanted to support her family's business. She had absolutely no intention of plotting against him. Chang Ping's accusation was so unfair, and it hurt her deeply.

"You didn't?" Chang Ping snorted, picked up a dish from the box, and held it to Shen Xiu's mouth. His tone was forceful. "If you didn't poison it, eat all of it!" Thinking of how his heart had been ripped out made him furious.

"B-but I'm already full!" Shen Xiu replied weakly.

Chang Ping tossed the plate onto the table, let go of Shen Xiu's pigtail, planted his hands on his hips, and glared at her. "If you won't eat it, that means you poisoned it."

"Can I just have one bite?" With no other choice, Shen Xiu picked up her chopsticks and took a bite of the food.

One bite after another, she soon tasted every dish she had brought back.

"I've eaten all this and I'm fine. There's no poison in the food." Shen Xiu set down her chopsticks, took out a handkerchief, and wiped her oily little mouth. "Besides, if you died, I wouldn't survive either. Why would I poison—"

Before she could finish, Shen Xiu's eyes rolled back, and she fell backward to the floor with a thud.

Foam spilled from her mouth, and her whole body convulsed. She was clearly poisoned.

"I knew you were up to no good!"

The proof was right in front of him. What more was there to say?

But if Shen Xiu had poisoned the food, she definitely wouldn't have eaten it herself. Most likely, some scum from the Dark Guild had held a grudge against him for capturing Black Fox and had secretly mixed poison into the food.

"What a fool!" Chang Ping muttered helplessly as he picked Shen Xiu up and laid her on the bed.

He spent a hundred Strength Value to exchange for a stomach-pumping kit. Then he inserted the tube into Shen Xiu's mouth and pushed it down her esophagus into her stomach.

After more than an hour of work, he finally flushed out all the poisoned food Shen Xiu had eaten.

The stench in the dormitory was so bad it was impossible to stay in there.

"Dark Guild, very good. I didn't come looking for you, and yet you came after me first." Chang Ping tucked the covers around the unconscious Shen Xiu. Fury rose in his chest, and he couldn't suppress it.

If Ghost Fiend hadn't given Shen Xiu the Bloodthirsty Demonic Art, perhaps Chang Ping wouldn't have had his heart ripped out and died.

The Dark Guild had sent Black Fox to capture him two days ago, and now they had poisoned him.

It was time to settle the old and new grudges!

"But I'm still nowhere near strong enough to destroy the Dark Guild." The angrier Chang Ping became, the clearer his head grew.

The Dark Guild's leader, the Demon Lord, was a peak Legendary Demon Spirit Master. The vice president, Dragon Fiend, was a Legendary Demon Spirit Master. Although Ghost Fiend was only at the peak of the Black Gold rank, he had a Legendary-grade magical treasure bestowed by the Demon Lord, making his strength comparable to that of a Legendary.

If those three joined forces against him, not only might he fail to get his revenge, he could lose his life as well.

Although the Soul Sea let him ignore energy attacks, once a Demon Spirit Master activated Demon Spirit Possession, his physical body became comparable to a demon beast, with tremendous strength and physical defense. In a hand-to-hand fight against the Dark Guild's higher-ups, Chang Ping wouldn't have the upper hand.

"Does that mean I have to wait until I become a Legendary Martial Artist before I can go to war with the Dark Guild?" Chang Ping was deeply unwilling.

Just then, a clattering of footsteps came from outside the door.

Chang Ping looked over in confusion. At this hour, the instructors would be teaching and the students attending class. Who could be outside? The chubby dorm supervisor?

With a bang, someone kicked the door open.

A familiar face came into view.

"Shen Fei?!"