Chapter 2: Teaching This Wretch a Lesson
The dull thuds kept coming, one after another.
Each strike was accompanied by the maid's piercing screams.
She never expected that the eldest young master would suddenly become this ruthless—he was trying to kill her!
Lin Yi's expression, however, remained completely calm.
With another burst of strength, he slammed the maid's already battered head into the table again.
Thud!
[Master successfully inflicted violence. Violent Points +10]
The pleasant, mature female voice rang in his mind again.
It was the system's tenth notification.
The maid's cries gradually weakened. Her struggling slowed, eventually stopping altogether, leaving only faint whimpers escaping her throat.
Lin Yi's face didn't change, and his movements were relentless.
Several more heavy blows followed.
This time, the system gave no feedback.
The maid's body went completely limp. Her head hung lifelessly, blood mixed with white matter slowly oozing from the wound on her forehead.
She was utterly silent.
[Target confirmed dead. Violent Points +50]
Only then did Lin Yi release his grip, letting the body slump to the floor with a dull thump.
"Dead…"
He looked down at the corpse at his feet and murmured.
Though his face was calm as a still lake, inside, a storm of emotions churned.
After all, it was his first time killing someone.
Yet, influenced by the mind of his new body, what he felt most was… satisfaction.
"Looks like when you attack ordinary people with no cultivation, each hit gives ten Violent Points. After that, no matter how much you beat them, the points don't increase—unless you kill them, which grants an extra fifty."
Lin Yi calculated in his mind.
He then opened the system panel.
[Master: Lin Yi][Cultivation: Mortal (0/10)][Martial Skills: None][Violent Points: 100]
Seeing the 100 Violent Points on the panel, a surge of heat flared in Lin Yi's chest.
"System, let's go all in!" he rasped.
[Acknowledged, Master!]
[Violent Points -10, advanced to Body Tempering Level One!][Violent Points -20, advanced to Body Tempering Level Two!][Violent Points -30, advanced to Body Tempering Level Three!][Violent Points -40, advanced to Body Tempering Level Four!]
Boom!
A far purer, stronger warmth exploded from his dantian, rushing through his limbs like a tidal wave, streaming through every meridian and bone!
Crack! Crack! Crack!
A series of explosive sounds erupted from his body.
Previously repaired meridians widened and solidified, becoming unbreakably resilient. The energy vortex in his dantian expanded several times over.
He could clearly feel his strength, speed, and reflexes skyrocketing in all directions.
"Body Tempering Level Four!"
Lin Yi clenched his fists, reveling in the surging power within him.
This sensation was at least ten times better than before.
But he didn't get complacent.
His younger brother, Lin Feng, was already Body Tempering Level Eight. His father, Lin Cheng, was a master of the Bone Forging Realm.
Even with Level Four, Lin Yi was still no match.
Rumble…
A most inconvenient sound rumbled from his stomach.
This body hadn't eaten properly in ages, and after consecutive cultivation breakthroughs, hunger now gnawed at him mercilessly.
"I should clean up this room first, then head to the kitchen to get some food," Lin Yi muttered.
…
Next door, in a small courtyard, a young man lounged in a chair, frowning as he listened to the noises coming from Lin Yi's estate.
"That worthless Lin Yi is acting up again? Making such a racket!"
The young man was Lin Chen, son of one of the Lin family's senior elders.
Back when Lin Yi's cultivation wasn't destroyed, Lin Chen had followed him around like a puppy, calling him "Yi-ge" affectionately.
But once Lin Yi was ruined, Lin Chen immediately changed his attitude and became one of Lin Feng's loyal followers.
His residence was right next to Lin Yi's.
"That guy probably got triggered again. Why bother?"
A pretty girl with twin buns, casually leaning nearby, spoke.
This was Lin Ling, Lin Chen's younger sister.
Lin Chen scowled, sitting upright in his chair.
"Damn it, it's so noisy!"
Lin Ling advised, "Calm down. He's already in that state—why keep fussing over him? Just let it go."
"Hmph!" Lin Chen snorted.
"If he were still the glorious eldest young master he used to be, fine, I could bear it. But now? A worthless wretch, below even the servants? Why should I tolerate him?"
He suddenly stood up.
"Come on, let's teach that guy a lesson."
Lin Ling furrowed her brows and whispered, "Brother, that guy's already pathetic enough—don't trouble him further."
She didn't really care about helping Lin Yi; she just felt his plight was too tragic.
From Qingshan's top prodigy to a crippled wastrel overnight, even losing his fiancée to his cousin…
Anyone would collapse under such a blow.
But before she could finish speaking, Lin Chen strode toward Lin Yi's courtyard.
"Ahh…"
Lin Ling sighed helplessly and hurried to follow.
…
Inside Lin Yi's courtyard, he finished dealing with the maid's corpse.
He then returned to the room and roughly cleaned the blood and scraps off the floor and table.
After that, he prepared to head to the kitchen for some much-needed food.
Just as he approached the courtyard door…