The Happy Farmer Wanderer-Chapter 933: Truly Half-Dead

Wu Yuzong appeared to be in great pain, yet he was also wildly arrogant.

He believed he had completely figured out Li Qing, his speech was full of bravado and his eyes brimmed with mockery.

However, the reality was, he did indeed see right through Li Qing.

Li Qing could beat him half to death, or toss him into a pit and, like he did with those guys who followed Brother Hu, put on a show of threatening him, but he did not dare actually kill him.

But while Wu Yuzong saw through Li Qing, he didn’t fully "digest" Li Qing.

Not daring to kill him did not mean Li Qing had no other means at his disposal.

There were many ways to make a person speak, especially in the Cultivation World.

Li Qing looked at Wu Yuzong, who was mocking him without any restraint, with a dark gaze and flung several heavy slaps his way.

"You think you’ve got the upper hand, huh? But you are right, you haven’t guessed wrongly at all. Forget it, I won’t interrogate you. Since you’ve already guessed so accurately, it would be a waste of breath to ask you again. This was just helping someone else out anyway; let them worry about it. I’ll just vent my anger first. You don’t mind that, do you?"

Li Qing’s foot pressed down on Wu Yuzong’s broken knee, rubbing back and forth as if grinding something.

"Ah—f*ck!" Wu Yuzong’s expression suddenly changed dramatically, and he threw back his head and let out a pitiful howl.

Due to the excessive force, his arm felt like it could snap at any moment, and veins bulged on his forehead—his entire expression resembled that of a fierce, terrifying beast.

After screaming non-stop several times, he suddenly collapsed to the ground with a thud.

"Hey, not very sensitive to pain, are you? Weren’t you acting all high and mighty?" Li Qing muttered disdainfully, as he fumbled around in his pocket.

He planned to sacrifice an Elixir to keep Wu Yuzong awake and then let himself loose on him.

It was at this time that Qi Mengru finally came over and spoke in a soft voice, "If you’re venting your frustrations about him bothering me, I think this should be enough. You don’t need to go too far."

Li Qing nodded, "If it were just about that, it would indeed be enough. But Director Jia has just given me a tough problem. He said that a young girl at their place committed suicide by jumping off a building. They suspect this guy murdered her, but they haven’t found any direct evidence and would like me to casually help out."

"I heard something when you were on the phone just now, but...it’s just that simple of a coincidence?" Mengru asked with a somewhat strange expression as she glanced at Wu Yuzong.

"Heh, I asked our Director Jia the same question just now. Guess what he said?" Li Qing began to laugh, "He said that running into this sort of person couldn’t be considered a coincidence. Damn it, only now do I realize he seems to be a bit biased against me."

But after hearing this, Qi Mengru nodded and said solemnly, "For someone as shameless as him, always trying to impose his views on me, having some issues doesn’t seem all that surprising."

"You are known by the company you keep. You can’t think like that, I must have a good talk with Director Jia when I have the chance, about how it’s ’supposed’ to be that I encounter such people, as if it’s normal." Li Qing said indignantly, "Insulting me is one thing, but I’ve just realized he’s insulting you too."

Mengru’s lips curved into a slight smile, shaking her head she said, "Meeting some disreputable people doesn’t really bother me, after all, I could be considered a beauty, right?"

"Look at you, with that sort of thinking, how could it be ’supposed’?" Li Qing shook his head, "Go rest inside, I’m preparing to give this guy a good lesson. He believes that all I can do is beat him half to death and that’s all. I think he’s gotten some misconceptions about what being ’half dead’ really means. I’ll let him thoroughly understand what truly half dead but alive entails."

"Aside from this method that’s quite distressing to watch, don’t you have any other way?" Mengru asked with a frown.

Li Qing was slightly startled, "Does it make you uncomfortable to watch?"

"I felt a bit disturbed listening to his screams," Qi Mengru said. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"There’s naturally a method," Li Qing said, "Originally I was planning to teach him a good lesson before trying other methods, but since it’s like this, I’ll find someone right now."

"Reliable? If it’s not, we can use both methods at the same time, you can ignore how I feel," Qi Mengru said gently, "The incident with that girl from Yi Zhong was a big deal, I’ve heard some of the details too, such a nice girl... what a pity."

"To give her justice, I can bear a little psychological discomfort," she continued.

"The method should be reliable, it uses the Illusion Technique to forcibly extract things from his mind, but I haven’t studied this Technique, so I don’t know what the restrictions are, or the chances of success," Li Qing said seriously.

"I see!" Qi Mengru murmured softly, "Then let’s do it, it’s safer to use both methods."

"...All right," Li Qing nodded and pulled out his phone, "I’ll make a call and have her come over."

"Okay, I’ll get the video camera, it’s more stable than recording with a phone," Qi Mengru replied.

Li Qing then called Huan Ling Ji and also stuffed a healing elixir into the unconscious Wu Yuzong’s mouth.

He actually preferred to beat Wu Yuzong half to death and pry his mouth open by force.

But since Qi Mengru suggested using both methods, Li Qing naturally went along.

After all, the scene really did seem a bit disturbing to witness.

Shortly after swallowing the elixir, Wu Yuzong woke up.

Due to the healing properties of the elixir, he looked a bit dazed the moment he opened his eyes, probably wondering why his injuries no longer hurt after just losing consciousness momentarily.

The effect of healing medicine meant for the robust constitution of a Cultivator, when used on ordinary people, was almost two to three times stronger.

It was no surprise to Wu Yuzong that the pain had subsided significantly.

"Awake, eh? If you’re awake, then let’s continue," Li Qing said as he took off his jacket, rolled up his sleeves, and began to beat him again.

Having wasted an elixir on him, he needed to recoup some of the cost.

No unnecessary words needed, Li Qing didn’t expect to get anything out of Wu Yuzong’s mouth straight away, he simply started slapping him left and right.

Slap slap slap slap...

The crisp and loud sound of slaps continued in Qi Mengru’s office for quite some time before stopping.

Li Qing treated Wu Yuzong like a punching bag, controlling his strength slightly but keeping a rhythmic pace.

Wu Yuzong really was tough, his screams grew more intense, but he did not utter anything else.

This son of a bitch actually gave Li Qing quite an education.

Among the people he had encountered, this guy could really take a beating.