Joy of Life: Starting by clinging to the eldest princess's coattails!

Chapter 5 Assassination Mission

Wu Feng lay on the bed, staring at the light blue system panel, when a thought suddenly popped into his mind.

He asked in his mind: System, where's my newbie gift pack? Don't lie to me and say I didn't have it!

[Ding~ New player gift pack being sent~]

Wu Feng sat up abruptly in bed, staring intently at the system panel.

As expected, there's a newbie gift pack!

Several new lines of text appeared on the pale blue screen:

[Congratulations, host, you have obtained: Qi Scripture, Marrow Cleansing Pill x1, and Hidden Sand Shot (a concealed weapon)]

Qi meridian?!

Wu Feng was secretly alarmed.

He immediately asked, "System, is this the Qi Scripture I'm thinking of? The one that explodes with a 'bang' after being used! Like the Kamehameha!"

[Ding~ Cultivation Technique: "Qi Scripture", originating from the novel "The Legend of Qin" (画江湖不良人), a top-tier internal energy cultivation method of the Li Tang royal family. It can integrate numerous internal energy cultivation methods, with an extremely high potential!]

Just as he expected!

A surge of excitement welled up in Wu Feng's heart.

According to Grandpa Li, the Qi Manual from the Bad Guys is an old artifact from the Central Plains!

System, receive Qi!

The moment the command was given, a stream of information flooded into Wu Feng's mind.

It's not words, not images, but an understanding that's directly etched into one's consciousness.

A few breaths later, all the contents of the Qi Scripture, from the most basic breathing techniques to the routes of true qi circulation, and then to the breakthrough points of each realm, were deeply engraved in his mind as if he had known them from birth.

But once Wu Feng became familiar with the way to circulate Qi, his expression instantly turned ugly.

The Ren and Du meridians, two of the eight extraordinary meridians, as well as the Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian, the Chong Meridian, and the Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian, three of the twelve regular meridians, all pass through a certain part of the body.

He didn't find it there.

Wu Feng slumped back onto the bed, the hard mattress creaking as it went.

He possesses top-tier cultivation techniques, but is unable to cultivate them due to his physical disability.

Isn't this bullying honest people?!

"System, I suspect you're insulting me," Wu Feng thought to himself.

[Ding~ The host can consume 1 emotion points to revert to their original body (the system can provide a one-time interest-free loan service.)]

Wu Feng fell silent.

He now fully understands that the system just wants him to die fast enough.

Based on today's situation, each interaction with Li Yunrui will at most earn you a few dozen emotion points. Want to accumulate 1? How many times would you have to risk your life to provoke that crazy, yandere woman?

The key is……

Wu Feng looked down at his current body.

If he truly regains his body and is no longer a eunuch...

The Guangxin Palace is teeming with palace maids. Li Yunrui himself is frighteningly meticulous. If he were discovered, he probably wouldn't even know how he died.

But if he doesn't cultivate, he will forever remain a powerless eunuch.

Even if he has the opportunity to obtain the kind of martial arts that eunuchs like Hong Sixiang specialize in, he is destined not to break through to the Grandmaster level.

In this world, those who don't reach the level of a grandmaster are nothing more than ants.

Wu Feng stared at the roof, his gaze slowly hardening.

Let's take a gamble.

You have to take a gamble.

What's the difference between living like this and being dead?

He sat up again and thought to himself: System, if I borrow 1 emotional points to restore my body, how do I repay it?

[Ding~ After taking out a loan, the system will automatically deduct the emotional value generated each time.]

Wu Feng did the math. If he could earn dozens of emotion points every time he interacted with Li Yunrui, he would have to interact with her at least two or three hundred times.

Two or three hundred times...

Thinking of Li Yunrui's sickly smile today, Wu Feng felt a chill run down his spine.

but……

He gritted his teeth.

Dry!

But not now.

He should at least wait until he figures out the patterns of Guangxin Palace and finds a relatively safe opportunity before he can recover.

Just then, footsteps came from outside the door.

Wu Feng immediately got out of bed and straightened his clothes.

I had just finished tidying up when there was a knock on the door.

"Little Wuzi."

It was Chunmei's voice.

Wu Feng opened the door and, sure enough, saw Chunmei standing outside.

"Sister Chunmei." Wu Feng bowed his head in greeting.

Chunmei didn't enter the room, but stood at the doorway, saying in a calm voice, "His Highness has given you a task."

Wu Feng kept his head down, but doubts were already creeping into his heart.

"Within three days," Chunmei said, looking at him and enunciating each word clearly, "kill the head gardener of the Imperial Garden."

Wu Feng looked up instantly, his expression one of shock.

"What?" Chunmei smiled faintly. "Don't you want revenge?"

Wu Feng suppressed his shock, took a breath, and said, "Of course I want to. But... Sister Chunmei, I can't kill him in the palace."

This is the truth.

The palace rules are strict. How could a lowly eunuch possibly kill the head eunuch? He'd be discovered and wouldn't even know how he died.

Chunmei took two things out of her bosom.

An iron token and a folded piece of paper.

"This is your pass to leave the palace," she said, handing over the item, "along with information about Wang Cheng."

Wang Cheng was Wang Gonggong's real name.

Wu Feng took the token and the paper. The token was cold to the touch, with the two small characters "Guangxin" engraved on it. The paper was folded neatly, and one could feel that there weren't many words written inside.

He unfolded the paper and quickly glanced at its contents.

After reading it, Wu Feng looked up and said to Chunmei, "Sister Chunmei, I will kill him within three days."

Chunmei hummed in agreement, said nothing more, and turned to leave.

Her footsteps faded into the distance.

Wu Feng closed the door, leaned against it, and let out a long breath.

He unfolded the paper again and looked at it carefully once more.

The paper contained details of Wang Cheng's plan to leave the palace in two days to purchase flower seedlings needed for the Imperial Garden.

As Wu Feng looked at this information, he began to make plans in his mind.

The risk of killing someone outside the palace is much lower than inside. Besides, with the Guangxin Palace token, entering and leaving the palace is no problem.

The key is...

How to kill?

He is now completely powerless and would definitely lose to Wang Cheng in a direct confrontation.

Although Wang Cheng was a eunuch, he had been lording it over people in the Imperial Garden for so many years that he was much stronger than the average eunuch.

Wu Feng walked to the bedside and sat down, staring at the token and intelligence in his hand.

Poison?

No, we can't get the poison.

A sneak attack?

But he has no weapons... wait.

Wu Feng's eyes lit up.

Didn't the newbie gift pack from the system contain a "veiled criticism"?

He immediately returned to his servants' quarters, closed the door, and mentally accessed the system panel to check his inventory.

Sure enough, besides the Marrow Cleansing Pill, there was another item: [Hidden Sand Projectile (Hidden Weapon)].

The system retrieved the insinuations.

The thought had barely formed in his mind when Wu Feng suddenly had something in his hand.

Wu Feng carefully examined the hidden weapon.

Innuendo… He remembered that this seemed to be a hidden weapon from Gu Long's martial arts novels?

[Ding~ Item: Hidden Sand Shot, from "The Legendary Twins," a mechanism-type concealed weapon containing thirty-six fine needles coated with poison; anyone hit will fall instantly.]

Wu Feng's eyes lit up.

This stuff is great!

He carefully tucked the veiled criticism into his pocket and began to think about other details.

The time and route to leave the palace, how to approach Wang Cheng, how to dispose of the body after killing someone, and how to return to the palace...

As questions flashed through his mind, Wu Feng's gaze grew increasingly calm.

This is the first real test he has faced since coming into this world.

It was also his chance to prove his worth to Li Yunrui.

If he can't even handle this simple matter, that crazy, yandere woman probably won't give him a second glance.

Three days.

He only has three days.