Chapter 2 Poor Families

Ling Xiao checked his surroundings and called out to the system several times, but still couldn't find any trace of it. Just as Ling Xiao was about to give up, he suddenly heard the system's mechanical voice.

"Ding, host is now fully awake. Binding to the strongest light overlord training system is now initiating."

Upon hearing the system's voice, Ling Xiao was extremely excited. As long as his system wasn't the kind that was mentally challenged (unable to communicate with its host), Ling Xiao would be able to quickly understand the situation of the world he was in.

After all, Ling Xiao felt completely insecure in his current state of having no knowledge of the outside world. He worried that he had been reborn into a dog-eat-dog world where his safety might not be guaranteed.

So Ling Xiao watched the system's progress bar. Although the system binding speed was already quite fast, in Ling Xiao's opinion, it was still incredibly slow, like an eternity.

After an unknown amount of time, Ling Xiao finally waited for the moment when the system was bound, and then heard the system's merciless mechanical voice: "Ding, congratulations to the host for binding the Strongest Light Overlord Cultivation System."

At this moment, the old man returned, carrying a bowl of white porridge. Although the porridge looked quite good and thick, based on Ling Xiao's many years of life experience, he could tell that there was definitely not much rice in the porridge. It was just that it had been cooked for a long time, which was why it looked thick.

After chatting for so long this afternoon, the old man already knew that Ling Xiao could understand him. Therefore, when the two were together, Ling Xiao used gestures, while the old man spoke.

When the old man reached Ling Xiao's bedside, he said, "Grandson, this bowl of porridge is your dinner tonight. Don't mind it. When the relief food from the village arrives tomorrow, Grandpa will cook you something delicious."

Ling Xiao waved his hand to indicate that he would not mind. Then he looked at the old man, gestured a few times, and asked if the old man had eaten dinner.

The old man smiled and said, "My dear grandson, my food is in the kitchen. I haven't brought it over yet. I'll come over to eat after I've fed you."

Perhaps because Ling Xiao was an orphan in his previous life, he learned to read people's expressions and moods from a young age, because only in this way could he make a better life for himself.

On the surface, the old man's words seemed fine, but Ling Xiao still noticed the loopholes in his language. Moreover, from their conversation this afternoon, Ling Xiao knew that the original owner of this body had fallen and injured himself while climbing a tree to pick fruit. Combined with the old man's words, Ling Xiao deduced that there was probably no food at home. He further speculated that the original Ling Xiao had climbed the tree to pick wild fruit to avoid going hungry today because there was no food at home.

Unfortunately, the original owner wasn't very lucky. He accidentally fell from a tree. If Ling Xiao hadn't taken over this body, it would probably be dead by now.

After all, based on Ling Xiao's observations, he discovered that the family was really poor. Even now, the old man hadn't called a doctor to check on his health.

Since Ling Xiao already knew that the old man was very likely lying, he began to gesture, telling the old man to eat the porridge with him, and that if the old man didn't eat, he wouldn't eat either.

Seeing Ling Xiao's resolute attitude, the old man gave in after a short while, and Ling Xiao and the old man finally shared the bowl.

After finishing the meal, the old man cleaned up the dishes and then helped Ling Xiao with his personal hygiene before going back to his bed to sleep. After all, it was getting late, and leaving the light on would be a waste.

After the old man fell asleep, Ling Xiao prepared to start studying the system and see what functions it had.