I Can See Experience Points

"Yes."

Seeing that He Xiaotian wasn’t reacting, Zheng Peng had no choice but to step forward and answer, steeling himself.

To be honest, he just wanted to quietly be a fly on the wall.

After all, the scene just now of the three of them hugging wasn’t exactly heartwarming.

It was as gay as it could possibly get.

"You were impulsive. Why didn’t you wait for us to arrive?"

Lei Yang assumed they were the ones who had drawn out the Mirror Spirit and Dream Eye prematurely.

’Wait for you?’

Zheng Peng was dying to retort, but held his tongue because of Lei Yang’s strength.

’If we’d waited for you, someone would probably be collecting our bodies and burning funeral money for the three of us, plus Liu Rui’s family, by now.’

’You had three anomalous items and investigated for forty-eight hours without a single clue.’

’You couldn’t even catch its trail, only showing up after the fact to analyze the scene.’

’Where the hell do you get the nerve to call us impulsive!’

’Besides, you think I wanted any part of this?’

’Everyone knows how dangerous the Mirror Spirit and Dream Eye are. I’d run for the hills if I ever ran into them.’

’Only a psycho would charge in and try to take them on without a second thought!’

In his mind, Zheng Peng unleashed a machine-gun-like tirade, verbally tearing Captain Lei’s task force to shreds.

Then he glanced over at He Xiaotian, the absolute psycho.

Crushing the Dream Eye with his bare hands and splitting the Mirror Spirit with a palm strike.

Could any normal person be that reckless?

Of course, "reckless" here wasn’t meant as an insult, but as a compliment.

He Xiaotian may have been unbelievably ferocious, but the guy had managed to brute-force the Mirror Spirit and Dream Eye duo to death!

Wasn’t that a hell of a lot better than Lei Yang and his men, who were running around tearing their hair out?

At the very least, the guy had kills to his name.

And what about you?

You couldn’t even snag an assist!

It was a good thing Zheng Peng was only ranting internally. Otherwise, Lei Yang would’ve marched right over without a second thought and given him a "thunderous gift package."

He’d electrocute him into a little glowing stick figure, giving himself a free CT scan in the process.

"Captain Lei, Mr. Liu’s bodyguard was the first person to discover the Mirror Spirit’s attack last night. But now he’s vanished without a trace—no living person, no dead body. According to our database, there are no records of the Mirror Spirit taking bodies.

"At first, I was a bit doubtful whether they were responsible for this case. That’s why I suggested going to Miss Liu’s room to investigate. After that, Mr. Liu’s butler led us upstairs.

"Using our instruments and cross-referencing with the database, we detected residual yin energy consistent with a Mirror Spirit. Then the Dream Eye appeared and cast an Illusion Technique on us. It was so sudden that we were completely unprepared.

"If it weren’t for Mr. X, everyone in this villa would’ve likely met a grisly end. But there’s still a big question: why didn’t the Mirror Spirit kill everyone last night?

"Why did it only take the bodyguard who discovered it, and just two of Miss Liu’s souls, not her entire soul? And for what reason did it return to attack again tonight?"

Zheng Peng organized his thoughts and blurted everything out in one long ramble.

Then, it was Lei Yang and the other two’s turn to be dumbfounded.

’How the fuck are we supposed to know any of that?!’

’If we knew, would we even need you to ask us?’

’We would’ve caught the Mirror Spirit and strung it up for a beating ages ago!’

Right now, Lei Yang and his two men were a lot like the ancient masters of dragon-slaying.

They had all the skills but were incredibly frustrated because they couldn’t find any dragons.

He Xiaotian quietly watched them bicker.

’Once tonight’s over, I’ll take the money and be on my way!’

’Eighteen thousand Experience Points... I can upgrade my martial arts again.’

’Just thinking about it makes me so happy.’

’But what should I spend all these Experience Points on?’

He wouldn’t be upgrading the *Secret Dream Observation Achievement Method - Dharma Eye Chapter* for now. Just reaching Minor Accomplishment had already cost him nearly five thousand Experience Points.

To level it up again would cost six thousand points at a minimum.

Who knew how terrifying the cost would become later on.

Besides, it was more than enough to deal with the Dream Eye.

’So, PASS!’

The *Fire-refined Golden Body* required a full fifty thousand Experience Points. Eighteen thousand wasn’t even halfway there. PASS!

*Iron Sand Palm* was already at max level. Breaking the limit to strengthen it further was unnecessary. PASS again!

*Eight Steps Chasing Cicada* was sufficient for now. He was building for strength, not agility.

’Besides, what good is speed if you can’t kill evil spirits?’

’Does this mean I have to learn a new technique?’

’But I like the sound of that.’

Martial arts were like a child’s toys—you could never have too many.

Someone like He Xiaotian would never admit it, but after getting his storage space, he’d played around with it for a long, long time.

Sometimes he thought it would be nice if the world suddenly went back to normal.

That way, he could become a great magician and bask in the global spotlight.

He had three manuals left in his storage space.

They were: *Great Stele-Shattering Hand*, *Vajra Lion’s Roar*, and *Head-Splitting Kick*.

To be honest, he had no intention of ever practicing *Head-Splitting Kick*.

There were plenty of techniques much more powerful than this one.

Granted, many a final boss had been defeated by this "unremarkable" and "ordinary" kicking technique.

*Great Stele-Shattering Hand* was a practice for developing a type of *jin*, and it was also an external art for strengthening the arms.

At Grand Accomplishment, one could shatter steles and crack boulders.

A single strike could blast a person to pieces.

The *Vajra Lion’s Roar*, as its name suggested, was a sonic martial art.

From a Buddhist perspective, this wasn’t actually a martial art.

They believed that using the Lion’s Roar while chanting a mantra produced an extremely potent blessing and an enthralling power. It was said that anyone fortunate enough to hear a Living Buddha’s Lion’s Roar would have their karmic obstacles eliminated. Their benevolent thoughts would flourish, their body and mind would be purified, and their innate Buddha-nature would be awakened.

But who knows in what era, which rule-breaking Monk...

...when fighting an opponent, suddenly let out a roar right in their enemy’s ear.

And thus, the *Lion’s Roar* became famous, its name known throughout the martial world and to every household.

And as for the fate of the poor fellow who had the honor of being the first to experience the Lion’s Roar?

His liver and gallbladder ruptured, and he died with a look of terror on his face.

Hey!

’Now that I think about it, the *Vajra Lion’s Roar* is a great choice.’

He Xiaotian reached behind his back with his right hand and pulled the *Vajra Lion’s Roar* manual right out of his storage space.

’Will anyone be suspicious?’

’It doesn’t matter. After I crushed the Dream Eye with my bare hands and split the Mirror Spirit in two with a palm strike, no one would dare bother me so casually.’

He focused his Spirit and gently tapped the manual.

[A relatively complete martial art has been discovered. Do you wish to spend one hundred Experience Points to scan and complete it?]

’Yes.’

He Xiaotian thought the command, and the text in the upper-left corner of his vision changed.

Experience Points: 18,100 instantly decreased by 100, becoming 18,000.

[*Vajra Lion’s Roar* - 0/100+ (Uninitiated)]

’Starts at one hundred Experience Points right off the bat. Looks like this martial art has a lot of potential.’

He noted this internally, then focused his Spirit and tapped the "+" sign.

100/100. The value was maxed out, and the words began to blur.

Then, under the strange gazes of everyone present, he began to twitch.

"?!"