Chapter 955: Chapter 955: Aftereffects
Li Feng came out of Huang Jiuling’s office and went straight back to the dormitory area.
"Li Feng."
Outside the dormitory area, Li Feng ran into Xiao Xi and Huang Shuyao. The two had just returned from the bathhouse, their hair still damp.
"Oh, you’re not training today?"
"We only trained for half a day today, and the intensity wasn’t high. Because tomorrow, the list for the qualifying rounds will be decided. I thought earlier that if you didn’t come back, you might be directly eliminated."
"How’s your injury?"
Xiao Xi asked.
Huang Shuyao, beside him, also looked at Li Feng. The entanglements between the two were quite a few and still continued now. Anyway, she wouldn’t take the initiative to talk to Li Feng anymore.
"It’s pretty much healed."
Li Feng said.
"Hmm, that’s good."
"You two talk, I’m heading back first." Huang Shuyao didn’t continue playing the third wheel and went back to the dormitory ahead of them. Li Feng glanced at Huang Shuyao.
Xiao Xi reached out and tugged Li Feng’s arm: "It’s good you came back, but this qualifying round isn’t going to be simple. You’d better be mentally prepared."
"Oh?"
"To be honest, this month’s intensive training has really made quite a change, not just in terms of physical fitness."
Xiao Xi said, biting his teeth: "We’ve all killed someone."
"Huh?"
Xiao Xi looked at Li Feng and said: "Do you remember that earlier warning? We were suddenly attacked."
"I know."
"Those who attacked us were all death-row convicts brought from maximum-security prisons, all of whom had committed serious crimes and were sentenced to death."
"After that initial warning, we lost a few people on our side. Then came a half-month of physical enhancement training. Although it was exhausting, everyone showed noticeable improvement."
"But in the third week, a new training subject was added: actual combat."
"Those three devil instructors directly let us fight those death-row convicts, and those convicts seemed to have been drugged with some love potion, fighting to the death."
"Then, you can imagine."
"Not many couldn’t persist through the first half-month, but in this week of actual combat, we lost half of our people."
"Hmm, half, that many?"
Li Feng slightly furrowed his brow. Is it really okay for the organizing committee to play like this?
However, this also shows that there is more to this National Martial Arts Tournament than meets the eye; the tournament is just a façade.
"Hmm, many people didn’t expect those convicts to desperately fight. Some even stopped after making a point, but those convicts wouldn’t be courteous with you."
"In fact, not many withdrew due to injuries from the convicts’ counterattacks, only a couple of unlucky ones. Mainly, the brutality of this kind of fight afterward, seeing these convicts being killed, some people couldn’t bear it."
Xiao Xi had nightmares for several days, even though they all knew these convicts were all heinous criminals going to be executed by firing squad.
But after such operations, at least half quit, and those who stayed have all changed to some extent.
"And you?"
"I’m okay. Even though I had nightmares for a few days, thinking it was eliminating harm for the people, I didn’t feel much afterward."
"However, be careful when you return to the dormitory later."
Xiao Xi reminded him.
"Mm."
"You go in by yourself. Huang Shuyao and I were assigned to another dormitory."
Xiao Xi parted with Li Feng, and Li Feng walked into the dormitory alone. As soon as he entered, he sensed eyes on him.
Creak.
A bedboard made a creaky sound; one by one, people stood up nimbly like carp and looked at Li Feng who came in.
"Tsk tsk, isn’t this Li Feng? You actually dare to come back."
Someone on a nearby bed also stood up.
"I heard your internal injury relapsed and you were carried to the hospital for treatment?"
Li Feng coldly scanned the few people approaching him, all from the Xu Family in Jingmen, sent here to compete. Unexpectedly, in this intensive training, more than half were eliminated, but everyone from the Xu Family stayed.
But it’s no surprise.
These lackeys of the Xu Family are used to dirty work, killing someone is nothing to them. For others, it might cause some shadow or trauma.
But to them, it’s normal.
"Zi Wu, what are you guys up to."
The burly Tie Xuan walked over; after days apart, Tie Xuan exuded a bloody aura and a heavy murderous intent.
"Tie Xuan, this is none of your business, right?"
"Stop the crap, Li Feng is my friend, you dare to touch him, try it."
Zi Wu glanced at Tie Xuan and finally gave up. Tie Xuan’s emotions were unstable now.
"Alright, I’ll give you this face."
"Li Feng, you may escape this time, but not forever. We never had the chance before, but with tomorrow’s qualification rounds, a fight is inevitable."
"I hope your injury is genuinely fully healed; otherwise, dying too quickly wouldn’t be fun."
Zi Wu said with a cold smile.
The Xu Family members let him pass, although they looked at Li Feng with malice.
"Your emotions seem unstable, and you have too much killing intent."
Revealed with murderous aura, Tie Xuan hasn’t come out of it; it’s like someone on the battlefield, blood boiling, some frightened by blood, others excited.
Tie Xuan is now in a state of bloodthirstiness.
"I know, but it’s hard to control. I don’t even dare to close my eyes now."
Tie Xuan said in a muffled voice.
Li Feng looked at the tall and robust Tie Xuan. Since they fought each other, they became friends from foes. Tie Xuan considered him a friend, and Li Feng didn’t mind reciprocating.
"If you trust me, maybe I can help you."
"Oh, how would you help me?"
Tie Xuan looked at Li Feng with surprise.
"Acupuncture, to help you enter a sleeping state, only by getting a good night’s sleep and completely clearing your mind can you recover. Otherwise, I’m afraid the string in your brain is too tight and might snap."
Once snapped, it might lose control.
Although a Martial Artist’s spirit isn’t that fragile, it might lead to a drastic change in personality.
"Being able to sleep, if it works, that would be great. I’ve been a bit mentally exhausted these days, but my body is too excited to sleep."
"You sit on the bed first."
Li Feng took out a cowhide needle pouch he carried with him, like a wallet, it could be carried anywhere. He pulled a silver needle from the pouch.
"Close your eyes, and don’t think about anything."
Tie Xuan did as instructed, and Li Feng inserted the silver needle into the top of Tie Xuan’s head.
"This big guy really trusts that Li Feng, he’s not afraid Li Feng will sabotage him."
Many people watched Li Feng’s operation.
Li Feng twisted the silver needles in one by one; with the acupuncture points, Tie Xuan’s excited cerebral cortex relaxed.
In no time, Tie Xuan actually fell asleep.
And his snores were thunderous.
"Did he really fall asleep?"
"Li Feng, do you really know acupuncture? How about you give me a try? I’ve been having nightmares these past two days too."