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Chapter 14: Seeing that figure again
🕑 Added 2024-09-22 16:23:34 +0000 UTCAs she closed her eyes, letting the gentle breeze brush against her face, her thoughts drifted back to a certain someone.
[Ding!!]
She suddenly heard a sound.
"Who's there?" she called out, the coldness that had been absent earlier returning to her voice.
Ling Ying, startled by his young miss's sudden change in tone, asked, "Young Miss, did something happen?"
He had been quietly standing guard nearby.
Ever since that night, this part of the Xiao family's residence had become a quiet, secluded area where no one ventured, even during the day—let alone at night.
The silence was so profound that even an ordinary person could easily hear any sound she made, much less him, a Dou Huang.
The moment she spoke, he quickly scanned the surroundings but found nothing out of place, which only added to his confusion.
Hearing his question, she looked at him, and seeing his puzzled expression she realized that Ling Ying hadn't heard the sound she did.
But she was sure that she heard a sound and it was extremely close to her, as if it had spoken directly in her mind
And, the fact that Ling Ying, with his high level of skill, couldn't detect anything meant that whoever was responsible was either extremely powerful or using an advanced hiding technique.
But why would such an expert be in the Xiao family?
Although she knew that Xiao Clan was one of the ancient clans but now, it was too weak after all.
No, even in the entire empire, the one with the highest strength was Ling Ying, the one sent by her family to guard her so it was clear that this expert was not from the Jiama Empire.
But what was their purpose?
Did they know she was here?
No one knew about her secret mission, so how…
[Detecting the host's loneliness and other intense emotions, the host is being offered the choice to bind with the Advanced Spectating System.]
"Come out"
Hearing the voice again, she called out in an even colder tone.
At the same time, she glanced at Ling Ying, noticing his unchanged expression. It was clear that he hadn't heard anything, confirming her suspicion that whatever it was, only she could hear it—it was directly speaking inside her head.
[Host, do you want to bind the Advanced Spectating System?]
[Yes / No]
This time, a floating screen appeared in front of her with the same words she'd just heard in her mind.
"Uncle Ling, can you see this floating window in front of me?" she asked calmly, already anticipating his response.
After all, if the voice could communicate directly in her mind, it made sense that it could also show her things only she could see.
As expected, Ling Ying shook his head. "No, Young Miss, I don't see anything."
Inwardly, he was concerned. It seemed his young miss hadn't been resting properly, and he feared she might be hallucinating.
So, he asked with a concerned tone
"Young Miss, Are you alright??"
"No it's ok, Uncle Ling I'm fine, I just remembered something"
"Are you alright, Young Miss?" he asked, his tone laced with concern.
"I'm fine, Uncle Ling. I just remembered something," she replied, masking her unease.
Clearly, Uncle Ling neither heard the voice nor saw the floating screen.
If she insisted on it, he might start thinking she was losing her mind, so she brushed it off.
"Young Miss, you haven't rested properly since that night.
So, I think it's best if you take some time to rest."
He said softly,
Don't look at her calling him Uncle Ling, it was only because she was all alone in this place and had no one to talk to, so she could only talk to him when she got lonely so, she started to call him Uncle Ling.
But she was still a young lady of the ancient clan after all, he, who was only a small Dou Huang wasn't even worthy of being the Young lady's subordinate, so he obviously wasn't worthy enough to tell her to do something,
But he couldn't still see her like this and if her father, the Patriarch of Gu Clan found out that she wasn't taking a good rest and even started having hallucinations, wouldn't he kill him directly.
"Alright, Uncle Ling, you can go now," she said, waving him away.
She just wanted some time alone.
"Young Miss,"
He replied and vanished from the place and she found herself alone again, well not alone as she looked at the floating screen in front of her, displaying the options: Yes and No.
So, she still had a choice.
But… a system?
What is it??
She muttered in her heart.
[Ding!! ]
[Host, system is something which only a few lucky people across the heavens can get, it is something which provides assistance to the person, as the person can get certain points and rewards from it by doing certain things...
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But let's be honest, everyone knows what a system is, so I won't go into details.
So just like those Chinese authors write for the adult Scenes in the novel
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4000 words omitted here.
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Hearing the answer she understood and was amazed, to say the least.
Ah, and it could also hear her mind.
"It seems too powerful,"
But there were still too many questions that were swirling in her mind.
Could she really receive the rewards it mentioned? And why would such benefits be given away for free?
[ Host, unfortunately, this is only a spectating system and it holds no direct benefit for you as the main system has been bound to another person, fortunately for you it has been bounded to the one you know and it is of very great importance to him]
[So, do you wish to bind the system?]
Hearing the system's voice, it seemed that only the person who had the Main System would be benefited so, what's the point of her system?
Will the benefits that the person having the main system get increase after she said yes?
Recalling every person she had known since her birth, from the people she met in the clan to the ones she met since coming here, she came to the conclusion that except for her father, she didn't have a good relationship with any of them.
The clan members respected her only because she was the daughter of the clan head.
They never thought of her as a family, and merely saw her as a tool to exploit, her father's only weakness.
That was one reason she had come here in the first place.
As for the people she met here… a cold smile crept onto her lips.
Since her arrival, she had more than once wished to wipe out the entire Xiao family.
But her mission to obtain the Ancient Jade kept her in check.
How could she allow them to benefit from her?
The system hadn't said anything explicitly, but she knew that binding it might provide benefits to the person with the main system, and she certainly wasn't the self-sacrificing type.
But then, the system's words echoed in her mind: "Fortunately for you, it is someone you know."
If any of these people, aside from her father had the other system, it couldn't really be said to be fortunate for her.
And her father was already the strongest person on the mainland, so even though she thought that this thing called 'system' seemed powerful, she didn't think it could give anything to her father.
(Ignorant child—comparing a mere Peak Dou Sheng to the might of a system. She had no idea of the omnipotent power a "Goldfinger" could wield.)
But..."Someone I know" She muttered, could it be
"Him,"
When she recalled all the people she had met, she directly removed that person as he said that he wasn't from this world.
Not to mention, she didn't even know his name,
So, how could it be considered knowing?
But what if the person the system referred to was indeed him?
Then—
[Yes, it's the person you're thinking of.]
Hearing the system's confirmation.
She recalled the boy who helped her that night and left a deep impression on her.
Would she say yes, if the person who would benefit from her saying yes to this system was him?
Smiling slightly,
"Yes" Of course she would.
[Advanced Spectating System is binding to the host in 10… 9… 8…]
Putting the hand on her chest trying to calm down her beating heart, she thought about how was it going to be beneficial to him, if she bound this system to her.
[3… 2… 1…]
As she pondered the implications, the countdown ended.
[Advanced Spectating System has been bound to the host. Please type your name, say it in your mind.]
"Gu Xun'er," she responded, confused as to why something so powerful, capable of reading her thoughts, would even need to ask her name.
She watched as her name appeared on the screen.
[Congratulations to the host, Gu Xun'er for being the first Goddess to bind the Spectator system!
You are now the Admin of the Goddess Group Chat.]
Group chat??
What is that??
[Host, you can now chat with other goddesses from different worlds through this feature.]
Again with that Goddesses??
She muttered, but before she could ask more, the screen blanked out for a few seconds before it appeared again this time it was not a written interface she saw earlier but the figure of a silver-haired boy sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed.
Seeing the familiar face she had thought of day and night, she couldn't help but exclaim, "Big Brother!"
