Optional Task

Ding—

"Congratulations, Host, on successfully throwing Xiao Yan into a cesspit. This System giggled and gave you a thumbs-up. Host, keep up the good work and treat Xiao Yan well! Experience +3000, System experience points +3, Acting Cool Points +50."

"Note: Host, remember to complete Xiao Mei's optional task, okay? If not, this System won't be able to level up, and it'll all be your fault." The System spoke dissatisfiedly. This Host was still far too slow at flirting with girls.

"System, you really want me to be a beast!" Xiao Huo shouted. Why did it feel like the System was even more impatient than he was? Xiao Mei was pretty too—fair and tender. He wondered what she felt like to touch.

"Onii-chan, don't you like it? (≥?≤)" the System's sweet voice came through.

"Get lost. Stop acting cute."

"For justice, for world peace, I can only be a beast this once... Though she's my cousin—wait... she's not my cousin. Why the hell am I panicking? What am I hesitating for, then? Being a beast doesn't sound so bad!"

Xiao Huo's eyes lit up.

Sure enough, the tasks issued by this System were perfectly suited to his tastes.

How could he not flirt with a girl who was throwing herself at him?

But at this rate, he would sooner or later suffer kidney deficiency.

After cultivating, Xiao Huo first escorted Xun'er back to her room, then stood outside deep in thought.

"This optional task is somewhat difficult. I can't provoke Xiao Mei's Hate Points, which means I definitely can't force her. And I can't do it through her clothes either. Does that mean I have to take her clothes off first?"

"This is way too hard. System, you set me up!"

Xiao Huo cried helplessly.

After all, in the original novel, Xiao Yan was only a good-for-nothing at this point, and Xiao Mei had already grown distant from him.

Now that Xiao Huo was taking over, finding a way to complete this optional task would be difficult. After all, he and Xiao Mei had no emotional foundation. Asking her to take off her clothes right away would be far too beastly!

And he couldn't use pills, either!

Otherwise, he could just drug Xiao Mei into a stupor and then hehe... But that would inevitably increase her Hate Points.

Hard...

"The greater the difficulty, the better the rewards. Host was just a single dog in your previous life, hehehe. You should be grateful to this System for issuing this optional task," the System said.

Though it was a System, it had never seen such a thick-skinned Host. He got the advantage and still complained. Even Xiao Yan in the original novel had never gotten Xiao Mei. The Host should count himself lucky!

"What the hell do you know!"

Xiao Huo shook his head helplessly.

Just then, Xiao Mei's door slowly opened.

"Cousin Xiao Huo, is something wrong?" Xiao Mei poked her head out and smiled faintly. She was only around fourteen. Though she could not be considered a stunning beauty, her still-youthful little face carried a faint charm.

"It's late, and it's a little cold outside. I wanted to sit in your room for a while." Xiao Huo spoke shamelessly. Though Xiao Mei before him could not compare to Xun'er, she was quite distinctive in her own way—graceful and alluring, with a slender figure and a slight swell at her chest.

Mm...

At fourteen, she was already beginning to develop.

"My room?"

Xiao Mei blinked her beautiful eyes. She hesitated for a moment before nodding slightly. Though Cousin Xiao Huo only had Dou Qi level three cultivation, he had the Misty Cloud Sect backing him. She did not dare offend him.

"You're so good, Cousin." Xiao Huo smiled and hurried into Xiao Mei's room, casually closing the door behind him. "I didn't expect you to have become quite pretty too."

The door slowly closed.

The room was dimly lit. Desolate moonlight streamed in through the window, carrying a trace of chill. The scent of ancient sandalwood lingered in the air. There was only a soft bed inside, decorated in pink, and the whole room was filled with a girlish atmosphere.

A faint mist still hung in the air, as though she had just bathed. Xiao Mei wore only a thin gauze dress, revealing her delicate, curvaceous figure. They stood very close, and Xiao Huo could even hear Xiao Mei's breathing.

"Cousin Xiao Huo, is something the matter?" Xiao Mei's pretty face flushed as she lowered her head to stare at her toes. Standing before Xiao Huo, she felt her heart tremble and her heartbeat quicken. The young man before her was rather handsome.

No, no... He was her cousin. How could she have such thoughts?

"Ahem..."

"Do you want this?" Xiao Huo took out the ancient jade box and placed it in Xiao Mei's hands.

"This is... Qi Gathering Powder?" Xiao Mei's eyes widened abruptly. Her pink tongue lightly licked her red lips as she stared unblinkingly at the jade box. Her jade-like hands held the Qi Gathering Powder, her face filled with shock!

This was an invaluable medicinal pill that could help her condense a Dou Qi vortex and become a Dou Zhe!

"Cousin Xiao Huo, are you giving this to me?" Xiao Mei's heart raced as she asked softly. She naturally understood the importance of Qi Gathering Powder. This kind of medicinal pill was priceless and unavailable on the market! She probably could not buy such a miraculous pill at all!

Even if she could buy it, it would not be given to her first...

"Mm."

"But there's a condition." Xiao Huo smiled, sizing up Xiao Mei's slender, long figure. To complete the System's task, he could only be a beast this once.

"Thank you, Cousin Xiao Huo! What condition is it? I'll do my best to fulfill it!" Xiao Mei said excitedly, holding the jade box in her palms with a delighted expression, completely failing to notice Xiao Huo's gaze.

Xiao Huo stepped forward and pinned Xiao Mei against the wall.

The surroundings were dim and silent. Only their breathing could be heard. Xiao Mei's heartbeat accelerated as she leaned against the corner of the wall, her breathing turning heavy. Xiao Huo stood before her, blocking every possible route of escape.

"Can I... touch you?" Xiao Huo asked softly. His hand directly brushed Xiao Mei's jade-like leg. At once, Xiao Mei shrank as though she had been shocked, retreating farther into the corner—but there was nowhere left to go.

"Touch... where?" Xiao Mei blinked her beautiful eyes, her pretty face flushed crimson. Her voice was as soft as a mosquito's buzz, carrying a trace of grievance.

"You know..." A smile curled at Xiao Huo's lips as his fingers once again brushed over Xiao Mei's long legs, wandering upward from below before finally stopping at the girl's slender waist. It was smooth, delicate, and warm.

"Ah..." Xiao Mei's heartbeat accelerated. Her beautiful eyes half-closed as she remained pressed into the corner, feeling as though her entire body had been shocked, numbness spreading into her heart. Her breathing grew increasingly hurried, and only after a long while did she gradually calm down.

"Cousin Xiao Huo... this isn't right, is it...? I'm your cousin." Xiao Mei did not dare raise her head, yet her jade-like hand showed no intention of releasing the Qi Gathering Powder. She merely pouted slightly and asked tentatively, her resolve already beginning to waver.

"This is for you too." Xiao Huo smiled and handed Xiao Mei another Qi Gathering Powder, along with... thirty thousand gold coins!

Xiao Mei's eyes widened in even greater shock!

Two Qi Gathering Powders! Thirty thousand gold coins! They lay before her.

"Just one touch... I really won't do anything else. As long as you nod, they're all yours. There's no one else nearby, and I'll keep it secret," Xiao Huo said softly, holding the Qi Gathering Powders and a gold card in his palm.

"Really, just one touch?" Xiao Mei asked quietly, her breathing growing heavier. With so many treasures before her, as long as she nodded... they would all be hers. Two Qi Gathering Powders, thirty thousand gold coins—she had never seen such immense wealth before!

"Mm, trust me." Xiao Huo nodded, seeming utterly resolute.

A trace of struggle appeared in Xiao Mei's beautiful eyes. The final line of defense in her gaze seemed to silently give way. Her breathing gradually steadied, and she closed her eyes as her jade-like hand took the treasures from Xiao Huo's hand.

"Be gentle... I'm scared..." Xiao Mei let out a long breath and finally made her decision. She slowly closed her eyes, and the arms wrapped around herself gradually loosened, revealing her graceful figure.

"Don't worry..." Xiao Huo smiled, his hand gradually leaving Xiao Mei's slender waist. The girl gave a soft moan, her eyes tightly shut.

I really am a beast...

But...

Just this once, then!

Blame that system for issuing such an optional mission! It has nothing to do with me!

Xiao Huo stepped forward. With a movement of his hand, the girl's gauze dress slowly slipped away, revealing snow-white skin and delicate collarbones, and lower down, there was also...