8: Chapter 8 Moral blackmail? I'll show you!

The whole place exploded!

Good heavens, what a savage mouth!

This newcomer is too fierce.

Not to mention the instant attack, he showed his "quality" the moment he opened his mouth.

Look, he even roasted that "White Lotus" until she turned bright red!

He's totally my type.

"You... you..."

"You bastard!!!"

The short-haired girl covered her face, losing her composure as she screamed.

Her name was Su Qing, Qiling Stage 6. Her strength wasn't great; one could even say she was weak in the Special Training Camp!

But she was the famous "Justice Sister" here.

Whenever anyone had a conflict, she was always the first to stand up and uphold justice.

Relying on this "White Lotus" persona, she lived quite comfortably in the Special Training Camp.

The boys bought it, and the girls played along.

Never had anyone—

—dared to slap her face.

"You... you hit me?"

Su Qing covered her face, her eyes instantly turning red as tears welled up.

"You're a grown man, and you hit a woman?!"

Chen Lin laughed.

He smiled very brightly.

"A woman?"

He looked Su Qing up and down.

"Do you even count as a woman?"

"I just had a conflict with someone, and you come up and tell me to apologize to them? Who do you think you are??"

"And you said my behavior today would be something those three idiots would spend a lifetime healing from."

"What does that have to do with me?"

"If I can't vent my anger, what's the point of practicing martial arts?"

Chen Lin took a step forward.

Su Qing subconsciously took a step back.

"In a high-martial world, the bigger fist is the truth."

"You want to talk to me about tolerance and narrow-mindedness?"

"And moral kidnapping at that."

"Are you some naive idiot who time-traveled from a peaceful era?"

[Negative emotional value from Su Qing +99]

[Negative emotional value from Zhou Hai +55]

[Negative emotional value from Wang Chong +62]

[Emotional value from bystanders +23, +17, +31...]

[Current total emotional value harvested: 541]

The system notifications were spamming frantically.

With just these few sentences, the emotional value broke past five hundred!

"You... you're twisting the truth!"

Su Qing covered her face, and tears finally fell.

This time, it wasn't an act.

She was really crying!

Although her talent wasn't particularly outstanding.

She was only at Qiling Stage 6 to this day, the bottom of the pile in the Special Training Camp.

But ever since she was a child, relying on her face, her figure, and this "White Lotus" persona, hadn't she been pampered wherever she went?

Today, she was actually slapped in the face in public!

And cursed at while being pointed at!

"I'm twisting the truth?"

Chen Lin laughed again.

"Fine, then let me ask you."

"Where were you when those three jerks were badmouthing me behind my back just now?"

Su Qing opened her mouth.

"When they said I 'gave something to the female leader of the Special Training Camp', why didn't you stand up to uphold justice?"

Su Qing's face turned pale.

"When they were laughing like idiots, why didn't you tell them to be more tolerant of a newcomer like me?"

"Oh—"

Chen Lin drew out the sound.

"So your justice depends on who it is?"

"When the weak are bullied, you pretend to be blind."

"When the strong are in trouble, you jump out to uphold justice?"

"It's a good thing I could beat those three idiots until they couldn't move."

"Otherwise, wouldn't I have been morally kidnapped to the point of jumping off a building?"

Chen Lin said every word clearly.

"Look at me, speak!!"

Boom—

The surroundings completely exploded.

"Holy crap!!!"

"This newcomer really dares to speak!"

"Damn, that was harsh!"

"But... it seems to make some sense?"

"Too badass, a Qi Awakening Realm Stage 5 suppressing and beating four martial artists who are stronger than him!"

"Awesome, this strength is undeniable!"

Whispers instantly turned into open discussion.

Su Qing's face turned from green to white.

She realized that none of the boys who usually pampered her stood up to speak for her right now!

"You... you just wait!"

Su Qing gritted her teeth and turned to leave.

"Stop."

Chen Lin's voice came from behind.

Su Qing paused and turned back.

"What else do you want?!"

"What do I want?"

"What do you think I want?"

"I'm going to make you fly!"

Chen Lin charged up a punch.

He had one merit: he never hit women.

But the problem was, Chen Lin couldn't really tell men and women apart.

Su Qing flew straight out of the cafeteria.

Her graceful figure looked incredibly disheveled, and her delicate face was full of fear.

Chen Lin continued his dinner as if nothing had happened.

...

"This guy is really fierce."

"Fierce? He's finished. Will Su Qing's suitors let him off?"

"That's true, I heard there's someone at Qiling Stage 9 among her suitors?"

"Exactly, Sun Hao is Qiling Stage 9, and he's been chasing Su Qing for a week."

"Holy crap, then this kid..."

Whispers rose again.

Chen Lin raised the corner of his mouth.

Qiling Stage 9?

Isn't this an excellent leek for harvesting emotions?!

Chen Lin put down his chopsticks and wiped his mouth.

He casually grabbed a boy nearby who was watching the commotion.

"Sun Hao?"

The boy was startled and quickly nodded: "Yes... yes!"

"Sun Hao, Qiling Stage 9, he's been chasing Su Qing since the Special Training Camp opened!"

"Fine."

Chen Lin stood up, patted the boy's shoulder, and smiled innocently.

"Then do me a favor."

"W-what favor?"

"Go tell that Sun Hao."

"Just tell him his beloved 'White Lotus' was beaten by me, Chen Lin."

The words fell.

The whole place went deathly silent.

[Emotional value from bystanders +45, +52, +63...]

[Current total emotional value harvested: 863]

The system notifications were spamming frantically.

With just this one sentence, the emotional value soared to eight hundred!

"Holy crap!!! What does this Chen Lin mean?"

"He seems to be actively declaring war? Actively declaring war on a Qiling Stage 9?!"

"Is he crazy?! He's only Qiling Stage 5!"

"Whose subordinate is this? He's actually this fierce!"

The cafeteria completely exploded.

Everyone widened their eyes, looking at Chen Lin as if he were a monster.

They could understand hitting Su Qing earlier.

After all, those three idiots were the ones with the dirty mouths first, and Su Qing came up to moral kidnap him; anyone would get angry.

But now?

Actively declaring war on a Qiling Stage 9?!

Is he trying to die faster?

The boy who was grabbed was stunned for several seconds before reacting.

"Are... are you serious?"

"Do I look like I'm joking?"

Chen Lin sat back down, picked up his chopsticks, and took a bite of food.

The boy swallowed, turned around, and ran.

If he didn't run, in case Sun Hao found out Chen Lin sent someone to pass a message and he didn't deliver it, he would be the first one Sun Hao would settle scores with!

Chen Lin watched the boy's retreating figure, the corner of his mouth curling into a smile.

Qiling Stage 9?

Come on.

The fiercer, the better.

Emotional value, the more the merrier!

...

Meanwhile, in the strength testing room on the east side of the base.

A muscular man with a crew cut jumped up.

"What did you say?"

"Someone hit my little baby?"

"And they were openly clamoring in the cafeteria!"

"Damn! Is this guy not taking me, Sun Hao, seriously?"

"What's his name?"

"Chen Lin."

"Chen Lin? If I don't make him fly, then I, Sun Hao, have no skills!"