40 Everyone’s Joke
Translator: Henyee Translations
Editor: Henyee Translations
The Extraordinary Encounters System was really good at finding loopholes.
Or rather, it was taking advantage of the situation…
Zhu Wuyang was already in a miserable state, but it actually brought him a few more waves of breakthrough points. There were so many points, how could he live well?
However, this wave of attacks also caused Zhu Wuyang’s mind to flash with inspiration. He thought of a solution, which was also the method used by the original owner.
That was… to cripple his own strength. No, to be precise, it should be self-mutilation.
The original owner had crippled his own strength and even lost his life. Zhu Wuyang did not dare to make the same mistake again. He would not cripple his own strength, but he could pretend to do so.
If he “accidentally” injured a certain meridian, he could recuperate in the Crown Prince Palace in peace and not go to the Qianqing Palace for lessons.
There were so many Xiantian Realm martial artists in the Qianqing Palace. Zhu Wuyang was not confident that he could escape their detection and hide his true strength.
Zhu Wuyang acted immediately. According to the previous owner’s experience, he carefully controlled the Earth Qi and blood in his body and began to harm a certain meridian.
Zhu Wuyang, who had already practiced martial arts to the marrow, could be said to have reached the peak of control over the Earth blood essence. He was far superior to the original owner by ten or a hundred times. It was a piece of cake to damage a meridian.
“Ah…”
Soon, Zhu Wuyang screamed. His voice was like a song that resounded throughout half of the Crown Prince Palace.
At first, it might be a little fake, but it quickly became real because…
“Congratulations to the host for self-mutilating for the first time in your life. You have obtained 5,000 breakthrough points. In view of the host’s damaged meridians and foundation, all breakthrough points will be used to repair the host’s cultivation foundation!”
“Congratulations to the host for being injured in the meridians for the first time in your life. You have obtained 3,000 breakthrough points. In view of the host’s meridians being injured and his foundation damaged, all the breakthrough points will be used to repair the host’s cultivation foundation!”
… .
It was not easy for Zhu Wuyang to self-harm. In order to save his life, he had gone all out. He did not expect to obtain so many breakthrough points. These breakthrough points were even used to repair his injuries. He must not repair his injuries. Otherwise, the pain he suffered this time would be in vain.
Fortunately, the damage to his meridians was not so easy to repair. Even though more than 10,000 breakthrough points had transformed into healing power and fused into Zhu Wuyang’s body in a short period of time, it still did not repair Zhu Wuyang’s meridians. Only a few of them were repaired.
Zhu Wuyang shouted so loudly that it naturally alarmed the guards outside. A group of guards, palace maids, and eunuchs swarmed over and surrounded Zhu Wuyang.
“Your Highness, what’s wrong?”
“Quick, call the imperial physicians. We can’t let anything happen to the Crown Prince. Otherwise, everyone will lose their heads.”
“Could it be that someone has come to assassinate the Crown Prince again? Find that thief immediately.”
“Not good. The Crown Prince seems to have injured his meridians.”
… .
The group of people’s faces were pale and they were as flustered as headless flies. It was as if Zhu Wuyang was about to die.
“Congratulations to the host for being touched by a man for the first time in your life. You have obtained 500 breakthrough points. Due to the damage to the host’s meridians and foundation, all breakthrough points will be used to repair the host’s cultivation foundation!”
“Congratulations to the host for being touched by a woman for the first time in your life. You have obtained 800 breakthrough points. Due to the damage to the host’s meridians and foundation, all breakthrough points will be used to repair the host’s cultivation foundation!”
“Congratulations to the host for being touched by a eunuch for the first time in your life. You have obtained 1,500 breakthrough points. Due to the damage to the host’s meridians and foundation, all breakthrough points are used to repair the host’s cultivation foundation!”
… .
However, these people’s actions quickly made Zhu Wuyang’s face twist. He could understand why these bastards were worried, but they couldn’t touch him randomly.
It was fine if he was touched by a beautiful palace maid, but Zhu Wuyang could barely accept it. What were these guards and eunuchs touching?
“I… I’m fine. I just accidentally injured my meridians when I was cultivating. I don’t think I’ll be able to get out of bed for the next month. You don’t have to worry.” Zhu Wuyang’s face was pale. He waved his hand to get the surrounding eunuchs and guards to scram and stop taking advantage of him. “All of you can leave. When the imperial physicians come, let them prescribe some medicine for me to recuperate my meridians. My life is not in danger.”
The surrounding palace maids, guards, and eunuchs were all extremely powerful. Most of them had already stepped into the Meridian Forging Realm and quickly detected Zhu Wuyang’s situation. They knew that Zhu Wuyang was right.
Since his life was no longer in danger, everyone was relieved. As long as he did not die, it was enough for him to continue being a shield.
Hence, Lai Chun and Chu Xia stayed behind to take care of Zhu Wuyang. The others slowly retreated, and soon, a low commotion sounded outside.
“Why did His Highness suddenly hurt his meridians? I feel that something is wrong.”
“Can’t you tell? Just now, someone drugged him with a medicine to increase his strength. He broke through from the Mid-stage of Tendons Refinement to the Perfected Golden Bones Refinement realm. Next, His Highness the Crown Prince accidentally injured his meridians. It’s obvious that His Highness the Crown Prince wanted to cripple a portion of his strength because he was afraid. In the end, he didn’t succeed and injured his meridians.”
“I see. I was wondering why the Crown Prince suddenly injured his meridians. So it was on purpose. However, even we can see the truth of this matter. The other Princes and Princesses are not fools. They can definitely tell that the Crown Prince made a fool of himself.”
“Our Crown Prince is really weak and stupid. He clearly wanted to abolish a portion of his strength, but not only did he fail, he even injured his meridians. This is much more serious than abolishing a portion of his strength. I wonder when he will be able to recover. He really went out for wool and came home shorn.”
… .
“Congratulations to the host for being misunderstood by the people in the palace for the third time in your life. You have obtained 5,000 breakthrough points. Due to the damage to the host’s meridians and foundation, all the breakthrough points will be used to repair the host’s cultivation foundation!”
“Congratulations to the host for becoming the laughing stock of the Crown Prince’s Palace for the first time in your life. You have obtained 2,000 breakthrough points. In view of the host’s damaged meridians and foundation, all breakthrough points will be used to repair the host’s cultivation foundation!”
“Congratulations to the host for being mocked by all your subordinates for the first time in your life. You have obtained 1,000 breakthrough points. In view of the host’s damaged meridians and foundation, all breakthrough points will be used to repair the host’s cultivation foundation!”
… .
The notification from the Extraordinary Encounters System told Zhu Wuyang that his self-mutilation was very successful this time. He’d managed to hide from everyone in the Crown Prince Palace and made them mistakenly think that he had accidentally injured his meridians when attempting to cripple his own strength.
In everyone’s opinion, Zhu Wuyang was just a stupid coward. He couldn’t even cripple a portion of his strength. In the end, he made a fool of himself.
However, these people did not know that Zhu Wuyang had already passed a huge obstacle silently. If he did not injure himself today, he would enter the Qianqing Palace for lessons tomorrow. If his true strength was detected, Zhu Wuyang might as well commit suicide.
Even if he didn’t commit suicide, someone would help him “die” after some time.