Chapter 2: Reincarnated in someone else's body?!

Xin Xiao quickly got alert when he found himself in a black void and all he could hear was a mechanical sound inside his head.

'Am I inside a void?' He thought but felt the question in itself was absurd. 

<You have been given a second chance at life!>

In a voice that sounded as if it belonged to a small girl, the system made it clear that he had reincarnated.

"Second chance at life? Okay okay.." Xin nodded inwardly.

"WAIT! A second chance at life? Seriously?... Wait... it's too unreal to believe…" He gasped placing his hands on either side of his cheeks, jaw wide open, they could even touch the ground.

" Wait, do you mean, Right now I am someone else?" He asked with caution.

'Is it some kind of after-life scam played by the god of death?' He had a momentary thought.

<Yes and No! It's not any kind of scam, humph.> The tiny voice that was hovering inside his head sighed a little.

<And if you are thinking it's a dream then you might as well pinch yourself.> The voice hovered inside his head like a bumblebee.

"...."

Fine, I believe you.

"If this is not a dream and I am inside someone else's body, then who are you?" Xin Xiao asked with a curious look on his face.

He finally asked.

The system had been waiting to explain about its thousand years of grandeur and greatness to the mere human being that had been assigned to it.

<I am what you call, the guardian of the soul. I am the one who provides a way to poor souls, take for example; You!.> The system continued.

<I Bring forth the true ability in people!!>

"Oh really?" Xin Xiao asked with a questioning tone. He doubted whatever it said.

<Y-Yes..ahemm..I mean yes!>

" Alright! so more or less, you are my assistant.." He concluded her main function in one sentence.

<That is not...> Who I am. The system was about to refute but since what he said was almost similar to its work so it decided to shut its mouth.

"So where am I at the moment?" He asked to confirm his location.

<WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF CULTIVATION.>

The system once again spoke in its sharp pitched mechanical voice.

"Welcome to the world of cultivation??" He repeated what the voice had said to him. "Hmm...Cultivation huh?" He thought and his eyes lit up when he thought of something.

"Is it something like cultivating crops and vegetables?"

<".....">

He could hear the speechlessness of the system and decided to cut off the joke.

"That was a bad joke." Xin Xiao cleared his throat.

<Host, there are a few things you should abide by when you are here.> The system continued in its mechanical voice.

"Okay.." He nodded his head and waited for the system to speak.

< Currently, the senses of the body have been nullified which means you don't have any sense of the outer world.>

"Does that mean the body I am in is a corpse?"

<Kinda yes and no..and so it will take time for your sense to combine with the body's function.>

" How?" He asked with doubt.

< When there is external stimulus on your body.>

<^...^>

He didn't have to ask questions anymore. Because as soon as the system finished talking, a kick landed on his stomach waking him from his delusional slumber.

"Wake up…you dirty slut." A loud ear-piercing voice spoke coldly and ruthlessly. More than the kick itself or all the curses, his voice hurt the most.

But the kick still HURT LIKE CRAZY.

"It hurts..." Xin Xiao clutched his stomach, the excruciating pain sobering him up. He finally opened his eyes but still, all he could see was darkness.

But it was because they were swollen.

Seeing the body sprawled on the floor lost in their thought the boy who had just shouted at him landed another kick on his back.

*Crack..*

A sound of bone breaking resounded throughout the empty shed.

"Arghhh...." Xin cried in pain. He could feel his spine cracking. An electrifying sensation of pain moved towards his brain. He could even feel the signals being sent to and sent by the brain.

More than that he could even feel how many cells inside his body died exactly at that moment. He even felt the tiny movement of blood cells and corpuscles.

He felt as if he is in a sci-fi movie where he was playing the protagonist undergoing body mutation surgery.

<Ding!>

<The sensory organs are combining with your spiritual senses.>

<You will feel excruciating pain for 10 secs.>

<10, 9,.....>

Xin Xiao clenched his teeth but while doing so the cracks on the lips of the body opened again and he could taste a salty but sweet taste in his dry mouth. Forget about the taste he could even smell the almost negligible smell of the blood.

The pain lasted for a while and ended with the countdown of the system.

<CONGRATULATIONS!>

<The merging has successfully been completed.>

<You are now in full control of the body!>

<Your awareness has increased by +1>

<Ability unlocked: Heavenly sensation- Basic level/ high level>

-The owner of this ability can see the bloodlust, malice, and hostility of any creature directed towards the owner.

Limitation- One entity a day

-Side effect: Your senses will cloud for 10 sec]

The mechanical voice rang inside his head overlapping with the loud snort of the boy from outside.

"Tch..you bitch….Behave when your master is here." The boy shouted at him in his usual terrible tone the only difference this time was that the voice was more irritating than before.

Xin Xiao wished if he could he would seal his mouth but first, he had to take care of himself and the body he was in.

Raising his eyes with a struggle, he looked up.

He saw a tall figure standing on the door looking down at him with a dangerous glare while his face had a smug look. He was enjoying looking down at him or the body he was inhabiting to be precise.

Even without having to use his ability, he could sense the hatred in his eyes. As for the ability, he was not fond of it as it had a backlash. So he was waiting until he needed to use it.

"Heh..This bitch dare to speak back at me." The boy looked at the fiery and angry eyes glaring at him.

"Senior brother, why don't you teach this dog a lesson." A teasing voice was heard. They must be his men Xin thought but he was still not done with the rude boy.

"Oho, I don't want to touch a dirty bitch ..This one is no exception." He smirked looking at Xin showing a high and mighty look.

"Ohhhhh…" The people outside gave a saddened noise when they realized they could not see another scene.

"But don't worry….." The boy spoke in his pitchy and irritating tone which when added with how dominating he tried to make it sound could make one's ear bleed in cringe. He looked at Xin Xiao with incomprehensible hatred and malice.

"Brothers teach this slut a lesson...And I will stay back and enjoy." He gave an evil smirk as he looked at his brothers, the people who followed him.

"Can we?" A boy spoke in an excited voice as soon as he completed what he was saying like as if he had been waiting for this moment since the beginning.

"Yes…This bitch needs to be shown her right place."

"Thank you, senior brother, Thank you, Senior Le."

'This brat is Senior Le?? He looks like a milk-suckling baby..What is with his high and mighty attitude?' Xin rolled his eyes inwardly as he continued to observe the situation.

He knew he had to be calm to not mess up anything.

Everything was sudden and the system had gone off temporarily.

.

The boy quickly rushed over towards the shed and stood beside the person called Senior Le. There was urgency in his step and a mad glint in his eyes.

Looking down at the weak and battered body lying on the cold floor, the boy's expression quickly turned ugly showing a disgusted expression.

"What is this ugly hag? Is this even a person?" He wrinkled his brows in an ugly frown. The excitement from before all fell in a swoop. Even his little brother could not stand the sight of the ugly girl.

"This is MengMeng?" He squinted his eyes when he looked at Xin again trying to find even a little evidence of what he had heard about MengMeng, the beautiful but illegitimate daughter of Le Family.

"Don't call her MengMeng.." The boy suddenly growled at the boy almost making him jump in fear. He turned his head down to look at the body sneering.

Xin Xiao had sweat all over his body as he tried to get up but in vain. He could not feel his leg, they were all numb due to pain and cold. With this body condition, he was not sure he could defend himself if anyone attacked him.

'What is this situation?' He felt as if he had jumped out from pot into the fire when he sensed the malice in the air emitted by the people around him.

"Little Zhen.." Senior Le looked at the boy who had lost his interest in the girl. The way he called him was not the friendly one at any cost.

"A-Ah Y-Yes.." Being called like that he almost had his heart skip a beat. He stuttered as he answered him.

Senior Le also called Laoling was the spoilt young master of Le family who abused his power and authority without any care. He had these influential and powerful parents to wipe his ass clean even if he made a mess of shit.

"If you won't do it...Then how about you take her place?" Lao Ling put a straight face as he placed his offer before him.

"It's either you or her who gets the goods today."