"What Are You Looking At?" System

"What are you looking at!"

On the street, a fierce-looking mercenary kicked a youth of about sixteen years old to the ground. He didn't let his mouth rest for a second, either, directly offering a "kind" greeting to Xiao Lei's parents.

"Sigh, forget it, forget it. This guy has always had this quirk; he loves staring at people. He's been beaten by plenty of mercenaries already—he's probably got something wrong with his brain! Don't pay him any mind."

Most of the mercenaries were watching the show with great interest. Of course, some of the older mercenaries, who were no longer as hot-tempered as these youngsters, spoke up to advise the one who had just struck.

"Hmph! I'll spare you today for the sake of those speaking up for you. If I catch you staring at me again, I'll snap your legs!"

After cursing, the mercenary kicked Xiao Lei once more, finally intending to let it go.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the youth on the ground shouted out loud:

"I'm looking at you, so what!"

The scene instantly fell into a dead silence. The surrounding crowd seemed to have their brains short-circuit all at once, and then they looked at Xiao Lei as if he were a fool.

"It's hard to save a ghost determined to die with kind words..."

"Is this guy an idiot? People were already helping him, and he still wants to court death!"

Many eyes were filled with disgust, and... schadenfreude.

"Kid, you're courting death... you... mother..."

The mercenary who had been beating Xiao Lei was so enraged by that sentence that he immediately rolled up his sleeves, preparing to give Xiao Lei a real thrashing.

The fist hadn't arrived yet, but the insults were already flying!

[Ding! "I'm looking at you, so what" progress complete.]

[Target: Plain, ordinary Dou Practitioner level mercenary.]

[Cultivation: Four-Star Dou Practitioner.]

[Cultivation Method: Flame Control Art, Yellow-tier Low-grade.]

[Dou Technique: Void-Splitting Palm...]

[Constitution: None.]

[Please select the option to copy.]

"Cultivation, give me the cultivation!"

Without a second thought, Xiao Lei shouted in his heart, simply because the mercenary's fist was already swinging toward him.

[Copy successful, Host has obtained Four-Star Dou Practitioner cultivation.]

The system's voice had barely faded from Xiao Lei's ears when, the next moment, Dou Qi several times stronger than his own surged from within his body, bringing with it a massive increase in his physical strength.

Without time to adapt to this surge of Dou Qi, Xiao Lei clenched his fists, sprang up violently, and slammed a punch toward the mercenary's face.

The mercenary's pupils contracted sharply. What shocked him wasn't that Xiao Lei resisted, but that Xiao Lei's speed had suddenly become so swift that he had no room to react.

He knew that while his temper was fiery, he wasn't suicidal. Xiao Lei was a member of the Xiao Clan; although his parents were dead and he was considered the least valued disciple, it was fine to beat him up if he was in the wrong, but if something major happened, the Xiao Clan would definitely intervene.

As a mere mercenary, he didn't have the ability to fight the Xiao Clan, so he had been holding back his strength.

But Xiao Lei wasn't holding back. He was now a Four-Star Dou Practitioner, and he was attacking with full force.

Bang!

Xiao Lei's fist landed solidly on the mercenary's face, instantly sending him stumbling back several steps, nearly collapsing to the ground.

Taking advantage of the man's loss of balance, Xiao Lei showed no mercy. He lunged forward, followed up with another strike, and kicked out.

"Ah!"

Whether Xiao Lei kicked a sensitive spot or not, the mercenary immediately curled up on the ground like a cooked shrimp.

"I'm looking at you, so what? I'm looking at you, so what! I'm asking you!"

Seeing the mercenary beaten down, Xiao Lei mocked him without restraint. The first sentence was a system requirement, but the next two came straight from the heart.

The system required Xiao Lei to reply with "I'm looking at you, so what" whenever a target asked why he was looking at them.

Xiao Lei had awakened the "I'm looking at you, so what" system a while ago. This bizarre system required him to stare at a target, and after a certain amount of time, he could obtain some of their attributes: cultivation, cultivation methods, Dou techniques, or even soul power and constitution.

After mocking him, Xiao Lei didn't linger. After all, it would be troublesome if he actually killed someone, and he needed to adapt to his new cultivation as soon as possible.

"The family ceremony is in two days. To think I managed to finish the copy just before it; this way I won't have to leave the family, and my plans can proceed smoothly!"

Thinking this, Xiao Lei couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief. Before copying that mercenary, his cultivation was barely at the sixth stage of Dou Disciple. If the ceremony had ended, he would have been kicked out of the family.

Xiao Lei couldn't really be blamed for his slow cultivation speed.

After transmigrating, he had been working hard to cultivate, but the script simply didn't follow the usual tropes. His situation was the complete opposite of Xiao Yan's.

Xiao Yan had a soul from his previous life, giving him immense soul power and fast cultivation speed.

Xiao Lei, however, seemed to have a damaged soul, and his speed at absorbing Dou Qi was so slow that he wished he could push it along himself.

Fortunately, there is always a gain for every loss; Xiao Lei had this "I'm looking at you, so what" system.

Although the system was a bit of a troll and not very serious in some aspects, it was his trump card, so he had to pamper it.

After a while, Xiao Lei returned to the Xiao Clan's area. He didn't seek anyone out, instead heading straight for his own dilapidated little shack; after an exhausting day, he just wanted to get back and rest.

"Xiao Mei!" Xiao Lei caught a glimpse of a figure in his peripheral vision and instinctively gave her a look.

Xiao Mei happened to look over at that exact moment. As their eyes met, Xiao Lei prepared to offer a greeting; after all, even though they weren't close, they were at least both members of the Xiao Clan.

To his surprise, before Xiao Lei could even open his mouth, Xiao Mei immediately turned her head away, causing Xiao Lei to snap his half-open mouth shut.

It was obvious she didn't want to bother with him, so if he still insisted on greeting her, wouldn't he just be pressing his hot face against her cold backside?

Xiao Lei wasn't so repressed that he would stoop to that level!

Hmph! Xiao Lei, just an ordinary disciple of the clan, idling his life away. Once the ceremony ends, he'll be kicked out anyway; there's no need to even know him!

That was what Xiao Mei thought to herself. If it weren't for the fact that Xiao Lei had been frequently brawling with mercenaries in the city over the past two days, making him a topic of gossip within the Xiao Clan, she probably wouldn't even know his name.

I am already at the eighth stage of Dou Disciple. In the clan, the only ones who can compare to me are Cousin Xiao Ning.

No, wait, there's also that Xiao Yan. His talent has actually recovered, and he seems even stronger than before!

At this thought, Xiao Mei's mood inexplicably darkened. Some time ago, during a clan test, Xiao Yan had revealed a cultivation level of the seventh stage of Dou Disciple.

To have reached such a level in only a year—his talent left Xiao Mei in the dust by several streets.

Thinking of her own actions over the years, Xiao Mei felt increasingly stifled and could only walk away in low spirits.

As for Xiao Lei, he didn't take the matter to heart. Having transmigrated here, he knew exactly what kind of person Xiao Mei was.

When Xiao Yan was strong, she would shamelessly cling to him every day, only to cut ties the moment his talent vanished.

While this might seem fine aside from being immoral—after all, admiring the strong was human nature—Xiao Lei could at least say that he simply disliked such people.

Heh, she seems quite smug. It just so happens that in two days, I can make her misjudge me a second time and give her a good shock.

Thinking of this, Xiao Lei couldn't help but actually look forward to the ceremony he had previously been so worried about...