2: The simp went completely mad

[Current World Mission: Avenge the Simp.]

[Cheat Loaded: Absolute Instant Kill (Permanent Effect)]

[Every punch a critical hit, every blade an instant kill. Ignores any cultivation gap. A single strike will obliterate the target's physical body and soul.]

As the cold mechanical voice faded, a dull pain struck the back of Qin Jiuge's head like a heavy hammer. The Original Owner's memories, steeped in blood and tears, surged into his sea of consciousness.

The Original Owner, Qin Jiuge, was the most pathetic disciple in the Green Wood Sect's Miscellaneous Service Courtyard, possessing a cluttered Triple Spiritual Root.

After four years of cultivation, he was stuck at the third level of the Qi Refinement Stage, gasping for breath after chopping just three logs of wood.

Yet, he treated that 'white lotus' Lin Qingyue like a goddess, turning his life into a complete joke.

Lin Qingyue had a face that looked pure and innocent, with almond eyes that could seemingly produce tears at a blink. Her mouth was always full of lines like:

“Senior Brother Jiuge, you’re the one who treats me best,” and “I can’t live without you.” With just a few sweet words, she had tricked the Original Owner into giving her everything.

Every day before dawn, the Original Owner would go to the back mountain to chop wood in exchange for spirit stones. The eighty low-grade spirit stones he saved by eating dry buns for three months were all swindled away by Lin Qingyue.

All because of one sentence from her: “Senior Brother Jiuge, I’m going to buy breakthrough pills. I’ll protect you from now on!”

The Original Owner had risked being torn apart by the Poisonous Flood Dragon of Black Wind Ridge to climb cliffs and pick qi condensing flowers, only for her to turn around and gift them to Zhao Kai, the Eldest Senior Brother of the Outer Sect.

Even the 'heart protection saber' that the Original Owner's mother had pressed into his hand on her deathbed—an ancestral iron blade capable of slaying demons and warding off evil—

was tricked away by her tearful pleas, with the excuse: “I’m afraid of the dark. I’ll just borrow the blade for self-defense and return it tomorrow.”

And the result? The heart protection saber became a toy for Zhao Kai to show off with, the qi condensing flowers were fed to Zhao Kai’s spirit pet, and the spirit stones were all spent on Lin Qingyue’s silk dresses.

Half a month ago, the Original Owner stumbled upon the two of them embracing in the peach grove. Zhao Kai stroked the heart protection saber and laughed:

“That Qin Jiuge is just a simp. Tricking him out of his stuff is easier than drinking water.”

Lin Qingyue giggled and playfully punched him:

“Well, obviously. With that trashy look of his, who else can we rely on besides tricking him? Once he’s of no use, we’ll just kill him.”

The Original Owner rushed forward with bloodshot eyes to reclaim his blade, only to have his ribs kicked in by Zhao Kai.

Fearing he would keep pestering them, Lin Qingyue spiked his porridge with Bone-Softening Powder that very night.

The next morning, she hid behind the woodshed and used that very heart protection saber to slash the Original Owner across the back!

Before he died, the Original Owner lay on the ground, watching Lin Qingyue wipe the blood off the blade with a handkerchief,

listening to her say with disgust, “A simp's blood is so filthy,” before he breathed his last, filled with resentment.

And now, Qin Jiuge had just taken over this shell, and the system’s 'Absolute Instant Kill' was already in effect.

He clenched his fist, feeling a terrifying power in his palm that felt as if it could crush anything.

“Senior Brother Jiuge, you’re awake?”

A sickeningly sweet voice drifted over as Lin Qingyue walked in, carrying a bowl of pitch-black medicinal soup.

She was wearing the pale pink silk dress that the Original Owner had bought for ten spirit stones, and she was even carrying the heart protection saber. With a beaming smile, she said:

“Senior Brother, you fainted while chopping wood yesterday. I specially got you some mind-soothing soup. Drink it quickly~ Oh, by the way, this blade of yours is really nice. I even polished it for you.”

Qin Jiuge looked down, the corners of his mouth curling upward. “Interesting.”

He didn't take the bowl. His gaze fell on the heart protection saber, his voice cold as ice: “Give me back the blade.”

The smile on Lin Qingyue’s face stiffened for a moment, and her eyes instantly reddened as tears fell rapidly.

“Senior Brother, why are you being so mean? I was just keeping it safe for you for a few days. Are you actually doubting me?”

As she spoke, she even deliberately tried to hide the blade behind her back, looking as if she had been deeply wronged.

The Original Owner would have apologized out of heartache, but Qin Jiuge suddenly stood up. His speed was so fast he left an afterimage, and he grabbed her wrist that was holding the blade.

The terrifying power erupted instantly. Lin Qingyue screamed in pain as her wrist was snapped out of its socket with a loud crack. The heart protection saber hit the ground with a clang.

“Ah! Qin Jiuge, you’re crazy! You dare break my hand? Senior Brother Zhao Kai won’t let you get away with this!”

Lin Qingyue trembled with pain, tears and snot mixing together. There wasn't a trace of her white lotus act left.

“Won’t let me get away?” Qin Jiuge sneered, dragging her by her dislocated wrist as he walked outside.

Lin Qingyue was in so much pain her feet left the ground, and she could only be dragged along, screaming incessantly:

“Senior Brothers of the Miscellaneous Service Courtyard, help me! Qin Jiuge is going to kill someone! He’s gone mad!”

The disciples of the Miscellaneous Service Courtyard all gathered around. When they saw Qin Jiuge dragging Lin Qingyue with her broken hand, the crowd erupted:

“Has Qin Jiuge lost his mind? He actually laid a hand on Junior Sister Lin!”

“Junior Sister Lin is so kind. He’s just an ungrateful piece of trash!”

“Let go of Junior Sister Lin right now, or we won’t be easy on you!”

The Original Owner would have been heartbroken to hear these words, but Qin Jiuge only found them noisy.

He scanned the crowd and clenched his fist. The moment his knuckles turned white, a daunting pressure radiated outward.

The disciples who had been shouting the loudest were instantly frightened into silence, subconsciously taking several steps back.

How did this Qin Jiuge suddenly become so terrifying?

Qin Jiuge ignored them, dragging Lin Qingyue straight to Zhao Kai’s courtyard and kicking the door open.

Zhao Kai was sitting with his legs crossed, drinking tea. Seeing this scene, he slammed his teacup down, and the pressure of the seventh level of the Qi Refinement Stage washed over the room:

“Qin Jiuge, you fucking dare touch Yueyue? You’re looking for death!”

With that, he swung a fist at Qin Jiuge—in his eyes, Qin Jiuge was still that piece of trash he could kick away with one foot.

But Qin Jiuge didn't even dodge. He raised his hand and threw a punch, striking Zhao Kai directly in the chest!

[Absolute Instant Kill triggered! Ignores cultivation suppression!]

BOOM!

The moment the punch's power erupted, Zhao Kai didn't even have time to scream before he was directly reduced to a bloody mist!

The entire place went dead silent.

The disciples gathered at the courtyard entrance were chilled to the bone. Was this still the third-level Qi Refining trash, Qin Jiuge?

He blew Zhao Kai, who was at the seventh level of the Qi Refinement Stage, into a bloody mist with a single punch? This fist was too ruthless!

Lin Qingyue was scared out of her wits. Her previous arrogance was gone, replaced only by a bone-deep terror:

“Ji-Jiuge Senior Brother, I was wrong! I’ll give you back the blade, and I’ll pay you back double the spirit stones! Please, spare me!”

Qin Jiuge didn't say a word. He dragged her to where Zhao Kai had vanished and picked up the heart protection saber from the ground.

He raised his hand, and the blade flashed as he pressed it against Lin Qingyue’s neck. The cold sensation made her whole body tremble.

“The eighty spirit stones I gave you, the qi condensing flowers, and everything else you swindled from me—how will you pay them back?”

Lin Qingyue fell to her knees with a thud, kowtowing until her forehead bled. Her once-pure face was twisted into an ugly mask:

“Senior Brother, I was wrong! I’ll give you two hundred spirit stones! I’ll go to Black Wind Ridge and pick a hundred qi condensing flowers! Please don’t kill me, I’ll be your slave!”

“Too late.” Qin Jiuge’s voice held no warmth. His hand gripping the heart protection saber suddenly exerted force—[Every Blade Instant Kill active!]

Pfft!

The blade sliced through, and Lin Qingyue’s screams came to an abrupt halt.

Until the moment she died, she couldn't believe that the simp who had been so submissive to her actually dared to kill her!

Her body slumped down, and under the intent of the Absolute Instant Kill blade, her soul instantly dissipated. Not even a fragment of her soul remained; she was completely obliterated!

Qin Jiuge picked up the heart protection saber and walked toward the crowd.

The disciples watching the spectacle scrambled backward in fear as he approached, none of them daring to meet his eyes.

Wang Hu, who often stole the Original Owner’s spirit stones and called him a 'simp trash,' tried to slip away behind the crowd, but Qin Jiuge’s gaze locked onto him.

“Qi-Qin Senior Brother, I was just joking with you before...” Wang Hu stammered, his legs turning to jelly.

Qin Jiuge didn't say a word. He raised his hand and threw a punch, blowing him into a bloody mist.

The crowd was shocked once again.

Li Juan, who used to help Lin Qingyue persecute the Original Owner, fell to her knees with a thud:

“Senior Brother Qin, I was wrong! Please spare me! I’ll do anything you want!”

Qin Jiuge swung his blade, the light of the blade grazing her hair and slicing off half of her hair bun.

“If you dare say another word, Lin Qingyue will be your example.”

Li Juan trembled all over, not even daring to cry. However, she was overjoyed in her heart and said softly:

“Senior Brother Qin, does this mean you intend to let me go?”

“Of course not.”

A gust of wind from a punch rose up, then violently tore through Li Juan. Her delicate body was instantly reduced to ashes!

Seeing this, everyone around was horrified.

In just half an hour, everyone in the Miscellaneous Service Courtyard who had bullied the Original Owner was gone.

Qin Jiuge returned to the Original Owner's dilapidated hut and placed the heart protection saber against his chest. In his sea of consciousness, the Original Owner's remaining resentment completely dissipated.