'Senior bro-tother? W-What do you mean by that?" Zhen Xue stuttered, his face paling at the speed visible to naked eyes. He understood what Le Laoling was implying but he was not ready to believe it.
"Ohh, seems like our little Zhen can't understand words." He gave an evil smirk, his eyes plotting a something more fun and gruesome for his enjoyment.
"Maybe a little demonstration might help you." He snickered in his irritating voice.
"Da Fu, Wu Cheng! Come here." Laoling shouted over to the two bulky man standing guard on the gate of the mansion. Zhen watched the two guards come over in horror.
"Yes, young Master." Both of them hurried over leaving their post. Kneeling on the ground they asked why they were called.
The other few people whispered among them as they continued enjoying the new drama unfold. They were happy to see people suffer and in misery as long as they were not the part of it.
"Young Master Zhen from the Zhen household had come here today, especially to entertain us." Laoling glanced at the pale face of the boy and felt a feeling of superiority rise within him.
'What young master? You are not even qualified to become my servant.'
"Then what orders you have for us?" The man called Da Fu gave a firm response.
"Senior brother, -are you serious??" Zhen was already limp on his legs. He belonged to a lower class family than Le Laoling.
He was just trying to curry favor with him by being one of his followers but he had never taken this series of events in account.
He had come here today since he had heard the beautiful daughter of Le Family was being disciplined. He was there just to enjoy the suffering of the girl and at the same time if fate willed, to be the one to have some fun with her.
Ignoring his stuttering voice Laoling turned towards the next guard who was kneeling, with a frown.
Ever since he had arrived he was kneeling on the ground without speaking a word. If one did not see his back moving slowly up and down syncing with his breathing they would think he was a statue.
"Wu Cheng!" He roared at the silent man. He did not like how he kept silent all the time when he was speaking.
"Yes Young Master." Wu Cheng answered automatically as if he was programmed. But his position did not change once.
Hearing the response he gave a smirk in triumph. 'Dogs are Dogs after all.'
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Lying on the floor, Xin Xiao frowned when the pain of the body started to intensify as with passage of time, his senses got accustomed with the body and surrounding.
It hurt to the point he wished he was dead but like a ray of saving light, the notification rang inside his head.
[The body of the host will be numbed according to the degree of pain.]
[Limitations- 10 minutes
The body of host will be temporarily immobilized for 10 minutes!!]
[Restrictions will be removed as you level up]
The stat table that appeared out of nowhere flashed in front of Xin Xiao.
"????"
"Why in the world is the skill active one?" He gasped out.
"Erm....sounds like a load of bullshit to be honest."
"Y-Yes..." Xin Xiao gasped for air as he answered the system.
As if there was a holy shower from the heaven and he was bathing in it, the pain in his body subsided slowly....
And by slowly, it was really slow.
The injuries in his body were intact and only the pain was reduced as if he had just taken a painkiller.
'No wonder, its just a pain resistance and not healing ability.'
Since the ability was just a basic level the effect was slow for shorter period of time.
'Welp that means no time to waste.' He had to make a run for it before he lost the strength in his body.
.
While Le Laoling was busy chiding his slaves and his followers, the sprawled body on the floor stood up from the floor staggering a little bit.
The body he inhabited really was the epitome of battered and shatterd.
Xin Xiao dusted off his clothes.
Strands of hair covered his eyes as they got stuck on his sweaty and bloody face making the face look like as if it belonged to a madwoman who had run away from an asylum.
The slave who was kneeling on the ground, Wu Cheng was the first to notice him.
"Young Mi--..." In an impulse he shouted out but soon closed his mouth when he realized that Lao Ling was still there and he could hear him.
But he was too late...
Lao ling noticed his shout and following his eyes, turned to look at the shed where Xin Xiao was currently at.
Through the parted hair, a pair of turquoise eyes were staring at him.
Those eyes were the ones he hated the most. Those clear and pure looking eyes resembled the vast mysterious ocean but once you go in depth one would know the true color of it.
" So you can finally stand up, huh....Good very good..."Lao ling whose face was twisted in an angry and ugly frown laughed hysterically.
"I must have been lenient with you yesterday, I won't show mercy today." He roared angrily at Xin Xiao, his fat body shaking uncontrollably in anger.
Xin Xiao did not know why this man was making the person he had become suffer like this but given the situation he did not have time to ask about it.
"Pfft...What mercy? You are just a coward hiding behind your slaves." Xin Xiao was testing waters when he said this.
" Just like now." He motioned towards his followers and slaves that had tagged along with him just to take care of *already injured, almost dying* person.
"You are courting death Le Fangling!" With red face; probably due to anger and embarrassment he shouted at the scrawny body inside the shed.
'So, my name is Le Fangling huh?' Xin Xiao got one information from this.
But he felt there was something girly about this name..but..well never mind about that.Xin Xiao looked at the number of people present.
There were only two options for him now. Either he should give in to the flow and be overwhelmed by them to not raise any suspicion on his identity.
Or ....currently he had no idea. He knew he could not fight all these people and escape from here successfully.
Just when he waa contemplating on what should be done in this situation, the notification rang again.
< The awareness of the host has increased potentially.>
Your awareness attribute has increased by +2
"....", Xin Xiao grimaced.
This was a weird time for him to get something.
"Nope, I just arrived here so, I am totally clueless."
'Two moons you say..' He nodded his head.
"Aight...I will hear the rest of the tale later~~"
The story about the moon could not help him to fend off the pickle he was in, especially when Laoling was staring at him like a wounded beast, his body emitting a layer of red aura.
Xin Xiao wanted to check the hostility he possessed towards him but the backlash was stopping him from doing so.
"Grandmaster Lan is here." Someone shouted from the outside. "Grandmaster Lan is here." The voice again repeated.
"Senior Le, Grandmaster Lan is here." A boy came running huffing.
"Fucking wrong time..Tch…." Le Lao ling had a ugly and scary look on his face but the red aura surrounding his body quickly disappeared.
"Fuck that old man..he had to arrive just when things were getting fun." He gave a deadly glare at the one who brought the message.
"I am leaving." He turned around from the shed and started walking towards the main house.
"Da Fu, Wu Cheng…Clean up this mess." He ordered the two men.
"And you people.." He hissed at the onlookers and his so called little brothers and followers.
"Scram.."
Leaving Le Fangling who was still inside the house and the disappointed crowd he haughtily walked away as fast as he could.
.
" That was nerve wrecking..." He let out a sigh looking at the dispersing crowd and thanked the arrival of this man called Grandmaster Lan.
The pain in his body was again returning back as ten minutes was about to be up, so with a loud thump he sat down on the floor to rest now that the worst had passed.
He could feel his body losing the ability to move. He was being immobilized like how it had said in warning.
But that was when he realized something amiss..
'Why is it not here? W-where did it go?' Xin Xiao felt an unprecedented emptiness on his crotch area which felt lighter than ever. He hurriedly placed his hand there but found nothing. His little brother was gone, literally it had disappeared in thin air.
'Poof.'
Seeing the young lady pale, Wu Cheng who was asked to stay behind asked Xin Xiao.
"My lady, is anything wrong?" Although that was a wrong question to ask since the body was covered with wounds and injuries all over Wu Cheng did not have time to consider it.
'My lady..' Xin Xiao had a bad premonition.
"What did you call me?" He faced the man with a blank face.
"My lady?" He answered with a confused expression.
Xin Xiao did not need anymore explanation. He understood everything. Clasping his hands on his face he shook as he laughed.
No wonder there was squishy feeling, no wonder the name was girly when he heard it.
All pieces came and joined forming up the picture he was missing.
"Young miss?!" Wu Cheng looked at her.
Taking a deep breathe Xin Xiao shouted.
"THIS LAOZI BECAME A FREAKIN' WOMAN."