Chapter 14: Amilia Moonshine
— 30 seconds later —
"I just need to keep waiting," Knox told himself while staring intently at the crude door in front of him. "Eventually, an Attribute Orb will drop."
Random servants and members of the Falazar Family walked past him while whispering. However, right now, he was far too locked in to care about the rumors randos circulated behind his back. Moreover, they only talked about pointless stuff like his mental health, saying things like, "He may have come back to life, but he's still ret*rded." or "Did only his body restore itself—whereas his brain passed on to the afterlife without him?"
But in the grand scheme of things, none of the simpletons around him said anything that he hadn't heard people sputter a million times before.
For a very, very, ve~ry long time, he actually thought he had become immune to insults and mental abuse.
At least, that was until he met his System…
"Anyway," he whispered, afraid of accidentally alerting the resident of the room he was presently stalking. "Time to continue waiting!"
— 5 minutes of waiting later —
"Maybe… Maybe I just need to wait some more…?"
A slight tremble shook Knox's lips as he watched the door, his eyes never leaving its hinges and cracks. He was hoping with all his being that he'd see golden lights shoot rays into the sky that only he could see. Those golden lights would be his Affinity Attribute Orbs—they'd represent the true start of his long and certainly eventful cultivation adventure!
However…
— Half an hour of painfully long waiting later —
"Okay now," Knox said with bloodshot eyes. "This is getting a little ridiculous! It has always taken less than a couple of minutes for an Attribute Orb to drop, so something is definitely wrong here. I'm positive that I'm within range of whoever's cultivating in there… So then what…?"
[Hey, dumbf*ckadore, you need to be able to visually see the target you're trying to get to drop Attribute Orbs from!]
With the heartfelt remark by the Attribute Farming System as a reminder, Knox recalled it saying something like that when he first awakened with it in his mother's womb…
"Oops," he said awkwardly. "I guess I should move outside the mansion and peek through his window like a genuinely perverted stalker. It's a tad bit too next-level for me, but I'm sure I'll find a way to manage. Overcoming one's limits is half of cultivation, is it not?"
Doing just as he said he would, he left the mansion and walked around the outside of its walls. Ultimately, he came across the window that belonged to the room leaking Innate Energy. Not caring about the stares of random passersby, he climbed up a small tree and peered into the window.
Contrary to Knox's original predictions, the resident of the room was not who he thought it would be…
"A woman?" he questioned, tilting his head ever so slightly. "Well, I guess this is the world of cultivation, so gender strength differences have become null and void. Either way, this lady is smoking hot. A little older as well—just the way I like them."
The woman in question appeared to be in her late 20s, maybe early 30s. She had long, flowing hair, a voluptuous figure, and piercing blue eyes that just seemed to stare into one's soul. Making her aesthetic come together was a tightly fitted cheongsam dress colored white to complement her eyes.
A hot babe through and through.
However, with something far more important that he needed to focus on, Knox fixated his golden gaze on the action that the woman arduously cultivating on a cultivation mat was performing. Her presence—even from here—was stifling. But compared to his father, she still fell a few leagues short.
'Wait,' Knox thought, suddenly remembering something. 'I have a System, do I not? So why is it that I don't possess a System Feature that allows me to determine the power levels of people? Is my System broken or what??'
*Ding~!*
[What do you mean, Dear Host? Of course I bestowed upon you such a Feature!]
'So then why have you not told me this until now…?'
[Because you never asked!]
'That is… true…'
"Just tell me how to use it," Knox said with a sigh. "Is there a special word I need to say or what?"
[Yep, yep, there is!] said the System. [Say 'Show me dem panties' out loud and the System Feature |System Sight| will activate.]
'Is that really necessary—'
[Of course it is!]
'….Fine…'
Knox steeled his nerves before inhaling sharply. Then, with a moderately loud voice, he said, "Show me dem panties!" while staring directly at the beautiful cultivating woman.
Then their eyes locked.
And from his point of view, they were having a very passionate moment.
She was thinking lovely thoughts for sure, whereas he was thinking the same.
For him, he was thinking how lovely the |System Sight| feature was.
[Amilia Moonshine (Human)]
[Age: 106]
[Cultivation: Late Nascent Soul]
[Battle Power: Peak Nascent Soul]
[Occupation: Guard Captain of the Berkshire Count Family]
[Mood: Murderous]