“What’s wrong? Are you a cultivator afraid of ghosts?”
Yaoyao remained indifferent, still squatting calmly on Qi Huang’s shoulder.
“Who… who said I’m afraid of ghosts? I’m a Mighty Expert in the Shentong Realm.”
Qi Huang retorted stammeringly, but her trembling tone betrayed her.
“Then why are you shivering?”
Yaoyao teased.
“I… I’m excited! I’m thrilled! I love making friends with ghosts the most.”
Qi Huang, clinging to her pride, lied through her teeth.
“Alright then! We’ll be good friends from now on, and I’ll follow you for life.”
Yaoyao said with a half-smile.
“Ahem…”
Qi Huang coughed violently, then tentatively asked, “Are you serious?”
“What do you think? I already said, you’re a qualified Cat Owner!”
Yaoyao reiterated.
“No! I’m really not a Cat Owner! I have my own noodles.”
Qi Huang argued excitedly.
“Whether you have noodles or rice noodles, if I say you are, you are. You were, you are, and you will be.”
Yaoyao stated domineeringly.
“No, big sister! You’re so strong, why do you need someone to take care of you?”
Qi Huang was exasperated. She didn’t want to be haunted by vengeful souls.
“Of course I don’t need it, but my sister and my clan do! So many Nine Nether Demonic Cats, don’t you want them? If you find it too difficult, I’ll find someone else?”
Yaoyao threatened.
“Uh…”
Qi Huang’s heart began to struggle.
“But I must warn you, for an unqualified Cat Owner, especially a cultivator, I will kill without hesitation.”
Yaoyao continued to intimidate.
“It’s not difficult! How can it be difficult? I love being a Cat Owner the most.”
Qi Huang was startled, then said with a fawning smile.
“You’d better mean it! Otherwise, I’ll let you know what it means to be better off dead than alive.”
Yaoyao’s vertical pupils turned even more crimson, as if they were about to bleed.
‘Forget it, for the Cat’s Eye Tears! Let them haunt me then!’
Qi Huang comforted herself, then asked, “Why do you have such great hostility towards cultivators?”
“It seems you’re a country cultivator! You don’t know how Cat’s Eye Tears are obtained at all.”
Yaoyao mocked.
“Yes, yes, yes, I’m a country cultivator!”
Qi Huang broke out in a sweat. Cultivators could actually be divided into country ones and city ones.
“Cat’s Eye Tears are essential resources for low-level cultivators to drive away ghosts. Their main raw material is the tears of the Nine Nether Demonic Cats. Why is it called the main raw material? Because the Nine Nether Demonic Cats only shed tears once a month on the full moon, and the amount is very small, not enough to satisfy the needs of too many people. So, to increase production, other things must be added to dilute it.”
Yaoyao first introduced Cat’s Eye Tears, then continued, “Even so, Cat’s Eye Tears are still in short supply in the Cultivation World. Thus, many cultivators become extreme and directly interfere with the frequency of Nine Nether Demonic Cats shedding tears.”
“Interfere artificially? How do you interfere?”
Qi Huang inquired curiously. After all, she had obtained so many Nine Nether Demonic Cats now, she should indeed understand the relevant knowledge.
“Hmph!”
Yaoyao snorted coldly and retorted, “Under what circumstances do you shed tears!”
Qi Huang thought for a moment, then replied, “Pain? Injury? Stimulus to the eyes?”
“That’s right, so artificial interference is beating! And my parents were beaten to death before my eyes by those people from the Yuxiao Sect. Before that, they had been tortured for five or six years, and there was no good flesh on their bodies. However, even so, in that cold dungeon, they still warmed me and my sister with their trembling bodies until the last moment of their lives.”
Yaoyao’s breathing became rapid as she spoke. Her body, condensed from Yin Energy, showed signs of imminent collapse.
“Ah?”
Qi Huang’s face showed shock, which quickly turned into sympathy.
“Of course, this is considered relatively kind. There are even more cruel cultivators who directly use foreign objects to stimulate the eyes of the Nine Nether Demonic Cats. That’s how I lost my sight. Because I was just born then, the outside world believed that the Yuxiao Sect only had one Nine Nether Demonic Cat.”
Yaoyao continued to say through gritted teeth.
“These people from the Yuxiao Sect are too vicious!”
Qi Huang said with disgust.
“This is vicious? This is just physical torture. What’s more vicious is the mental stimulation, which is what you call sadness. About a month ago, an Elder of the Yuxiao Sect suddenly went mad. In order to make my sister shed more tears, he actually tried to kill me, hehe…”
Yaoyao chuckled mockingly, but with a hint of melancholy.
“But he never dreamed that because the dungeon was filled with heavy Yin Energy, and because I had too much resentment accumulated in my heart, I directly became a powerful Cat Spirit after death. Thinking of my parents’ miserable deaths and our experiences, I directly slaughtered all the cultivators of the Yuxiao Sect, haha…”
Yaoyao laughed maniacally as she said this.
“So you are the Cat Demon who destroyed the Yuxiao Sect?”
Qi Huang gasped.
“It’s me! Do you think I shouldn’t have done it?”
Yaoyao asked with an unfriendly tone.
“You should! You absolutely should! If it were me, I would do the same. Killing father and mother is an irreconcilable hatred.”
Qi Huang said without hesitation.
“Very good, I didn’t misjudge you. You are a qualified Cat Owner!”
Yaoyao praised.
“Heh heh…”
Qi Huang didn’t know whether she should be proud for a moment.
“By the way, where are you planning to go now?”
Yaoyao asked curiously.
“Back home! I have to fulfill the boasts I made, otherwise no one will believe me next time.”
Qi Huang appeased her casually.
“Then where do you plan to resettle my clan? I want to remind you, I snatched them from various Immortal Sects, and they cannot be discovered.”
Yaoyao warned.
“Why did you snatch them? Are those sects also bad to the Nine Nether Demonic Cats?”
Qi Huang subconsciously asked.
“Do you think that only the Yuxiao Sect was vicious towards the Nine Nether Demonic Cats? Most sects in the Cultivation World are like this now. If you don’t believe me, look at them. Which one doesn’t have scars? If I don’t save them, who will?”
Yaoyao retorted.
Qi Huang was speechless. In fact, when she caught those Nine Nether Demonic Cats earlier, she had noticed that each of them had hidden injuries. She initially thought it was just a coincidence, but now she finally understood what was going on.
Qi Huang fell into thought. The Nine Nether Demonic Cats were already coveted by everyone in the Cultivation World. Moreover, these were snatched ones, so they absolutely could not be exposed.
“Can I keep them in this Storage Ring? Ordinary cats are fine, but I’m really worried about the Nine Nether Demonic Cats being kept out in the open.”
Qi Huang asked after a moment of thought.
“Yes! But the space in this Storage Ring is too small! It’s only the size of a room. You’ll have to get them a bigger one in the future. Since you’re going to be a Cat Owner, you have to be qualified, otherwise, be careful, I’ll break you.”
Yaoyao measured it and said.
“Yes, sir!”
Qi Huang didn’t dare to object. Then she asked again, “They are settled, what about you? You can’t just squat on my shoulder all the time, right? This is too strange.”
“That’s true!”
Yaoyao appeared to be thinking. After a moment, she turned into a black mist and dissipated, then reformed into human form nearby.
Qi Huang watched curiously, her black and white eyes widening. In the blink of an eye, a cute Cat appeared before her, wearing the black, straight-collar qipao she had worn before. It was hazy, her fair skin peeking through, extremely alluring. A pair of fluffy ears twitched slightly, appearing exceptionally lively. Her small face was rosy, exuding a girlish fragrance. Her small mouth was as crystal clear as jelly, making one want to take a bite. And those blood-red vertical pupils added a mysterious aura that kept people at a distance.
“Is this better?”
Yaoyao opened her delicate little mouth somewhat unconfidently, revealing small, sharp fangs.
“Yes! Yes!”
Qi Huang said foolishly. After a long time, she reacted and said excitedly, “Better what! You’re even more conspicuous like this! Those eyes, those ears, you look like a demon at a glance. Being with you, aren’t we going to be attacked by the entire Cultivation World tomorrow?”
“Then what do you want to do?”
Yaoyao said impatiently.
“How about, like before, you turn into a dress?”
Qi Huang said, her eyes darting. Although wearing a dress was a bit embarrassing, she was used to it. Moreover, this way she could gain the heaven-defying ability to shield Spiritual Sense, which was simply a bonus.
“Heh heh, you’ve really figured out a good plan.”
Yaoyao said with a half-smile.
Qi Huang smiled awkwardly. In fact, she felt her request was a bit excessive. After all, she was a great demon; it was unlikely she would agree.
“Forget it! Considering that you smell nice, I’ll take it as payment. However, you have to change your clothes first. It’s too ugly for me to stick to you directly like this.”
Yaoyao frowned with her cute little brows.
‘She actually agreed!’
Qi Huang was overjoyed. She didn’t expect the fragrance of the Golden Life Flower to help her so much.
And so, Qi Huang eagerly descended to a small town and found an inn. To gain the heaven-defying ability to shield Spiritual Sense, let alone being a girl now, even if she were still a man, she would be willing to wear it, willing for a lifetime!
