Chapter 51: Chapter Ten Meow~
Qingping City.
Ye Changsheng finally arrived at the closest mortal city to the White Emperor Sword Sect.
Just standing at the city gate, they could see a towering, cloud-piercing giant peak in the distance, disappearing into the mist.
Qingping City was not a small city, but beneath that giant peak, it was like grass under a tree, further highlighting its grandeur.
That was White Emperor Mountain, and the righteous sect, White Emperor Sword Sect, was established at the summit of the mountain.
Just looking from afar, it was not difficult to understand why the people in the vicinity held such reverence for the White Emperor Sword Sect.
In Qingping City, disciples of the White Emperor Sword Sect could occasionally be seen.
The common folk held the disciples of the White Emperor Sword Sect in great awe. When they saw them approaching, they would even make way for them.
Even rogue cultivators in the city who were higher in cultivation realm than them would show them respect.
“The treatment is really good.”
Ye Changsheng sighed, feeling as if he had never enjoyed such grandeur before.
“I’m a bit hungry now, let’s find a place to eat first.” Ye Changsheng looked around the street for restaurants.
High-level cultivators also felt hunger. If they used the辟谷 (bì gǔ) method, absorbing spiritual energy and converting it into essence, they would not need to eat.
However, Ye Changsheng was not cultivating, so why would he do something so spoil-sport?
When he could enjoy himself, he would.
He asked the locals and happened to meet a kind old man who, after several recommendations, Ye Changsheng decided to go to a restaurant with good quality and reasonable prices.
However, the restaurant was in a rather secluded area, so Ye Changsheng turned into an alley.
As soon as he turned out of a branching alley, Ye Changsheng saw several children gathered together.
“Hit it!”
“Throw stones at it, see if it runs away?”
“Heh heh, it cried, it’s scared!”
These children were surrounding something excitedly, occasionally picking up stones and smashing them into the center.
Ye Changsheng heard them and looked closely, discovering a little black cat being bullied.
The little black cat was covered in wounds, much of its fur missing, one eye blind, its front leg bent at an unnatural angle. Old injuries had not healed before new ones appeared, indicating it had been bullied and abused repeatedly to become this way.
Ye Changsheng glanced at it and had no intention of doing anything.
Let those kind-hearted people handle pity or charity.
“Meow meow meow…”
As he took a step, Ye Changsheng heard the pitiful and humble cries of the little black cat and stopped.
“Hahaha, I’m blinding one of its eyes, making it a blind cat— Huh?”
One of the chubbier boys, who had raised his hand with a stone, froze. He turned and, with great force, smashed the stone at someone next to him.
“What are you doing!” the boy whose head was bleeding asked, covering his head.
“I don’t know—”
Seal.
Ye Changsheng raised a finger, and a thread sealed the boy’s mouth.
The other children were knocked down. Whether they were boys or girls, the fat boy punched them one after another, subduing them all, unable to get up.
The fat boy himself was very scared. He didn’t know what was happening and cried silently.
Afterward, the fat boy pressed everyone’s heads down and forcefully made them bang their heads on the ground, making these brats kowtow to the bullied little black cat.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
After each sound, a brat would faint. The remaining fat boy was also terrified. He prostrated himself on the ground, his head hitting the earth with a bang, and fainted.
After this display, these brats dared not act rashly anymore.
“…Meow?” The little black cat raised its eyes in confusion and noticed Ye Changsheng.
Ye Changsheng did not linger. He walked straight away.
Although there was a small interruption, Ye Changsheng successfully found the restaurant recommended by the old man.
The decoration was not particularly outstanding, but it was clean and there were many people inside, so it was lively.
“Oh, honored guest, please come in, please come in!” The waiter hurried over to greet Ye Changsheng. “Honored guest, are you alone?”
“Yes.”
“Honored guest, the tables are almost full now, there aren’t many seats…” The waiter looked a bit troubled. “Honored guest, do you mind sharing a table?”
“Not at all.”
“Then how about trying that table? There’s still an empty seat there.” The waiter pointed to the only available spot.
Ye Changsheng looked over and understood why the waiter spoke with such hesitation.
There was only a beautiful young girl at that table, and she exuded an aura that warned others away. Her gaze alone could scare people off.
Ye Changsheng walked over and greeted her, “Miss Zhong, may I share your table?”
“No.” Zhong Yanhan heard his voice and replied coldly without looking up, as if she had never met Ye Changsheng before.
“Thank you.”
Ye Changsheng, being quite bold, sat down and called the waiter over to order.
Zhong Yanhan frowned, not wanting to interact further.
The waiter was also surprised that Ye Changsheng wasn’t chased away and cast a look of admiration.
Later, after the waiter served the dishes, Ye Changsheng began to eat. The taste was quite good, with a unique flavor.
“Hey, what’s going on? Why did you let that unlucky thing in!” a customer shouted.
“Sorry, sorry! Honored guest, I’ll drive it out right away!” The waiter ran over, causing a commotion.
“Meow, meow, meow!!”
Ye Changsheng heard the cat’s cries again and looked over.
It was the ugly little black cat from before. It was now carrying something dirty in its mouth, desperately dodging the waiter’s pursuit and scurrying under the tables.
It smelled particularly unpleasant, and combined with the pus from its wounds, everyone instinctively avoided it.
Just as the little black cat was about to be kicked away by the waiter, Ye Changsheng threw a chopstick, blocking the waiter’s brutal move.
“Honored guest?”
“That’s my cat, sorry,” Ye Changsheng said.
“…This?” The waiter looked troubled.
The little black cat, dragging its injured body, crawled to Ye Changsheng and put down what it was carrying.
“Meow!”
The little black cat looked up at Ye Changsheng with a happy expression, as if thanking him.
Ye Changsheng saw that it had found rotten meat from a garbage heap.
The little black cat usually had little to eat, and in its eyes, such garbage was a luxurious feast.
It could feel that Ye Changsheng had saved it just now, so it ran back to express its gratitude.
Ye Changsheng picked up the little black cat, not minding its filth.
“Since you’ve given me a gift, I should give one in return.”
Ye Changsheng took out a small bottle of pills, shook it, placed a pill in his palm, and fed it to the little black cat.
This was a pill he had received from Wuhua Palace before setting out.
“Are you crazy? Feeding such an expensive pill to an animal! That’s a Bone Shaping and Blood Replenishing Pill, a Rare Grade middle-tier pill!”
A cultivator recognized the value of the pill, and everyone was in an uproar, looking at the young man with disbelief.
Even a cultivator at the Golden Core Realm who suffered severe external injuries and lost limbs could be quickly healed by the Bone Shaping and Blood Replenishing Pill in a short time.
However, due to the expensive medicinal ingredients, only core disciples of major sects would possess it.
No matter how wasteful it was, it couldn’t be used on a cat!
Even Zhong Yanhan couldn’t help but break her silence, paying attention to Ye Changsheng’s actions with eyes full of bewilderment.
But Ye Changsheng didn’t care about others’ opinions. He gently stroked the little black cat’s body, channeling his spiritual power to dissolve the medicinal effects and gradually heal its wounds.
