Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
It was impossible for her to have five bowls of noodles.
This meal had already exceeded Zhou Kai’s living expenses.
As a child from a previous marriage that didn’t receive love from either of his parents, while Zhou Kai was disappointed in his family, he also didn’t have any plans or expectations for his life. He had never had high ambitions and he planned his expenses according to how much money he had. He basically did not have a penny left over and did not consider anything except surviving.
Even though he had said he would treat her to noodles, he would do so by forking out the money for next day’s meal.
Now, this little girl wanted to eat five bowls of noodles!
Even if you are able to finish them, I can’t afford them.
“Boss, give me the check, please.”
Zhou Kai, who paid the bill expressionlessly, left the noodle shop with the disgruntled Little Leopard Cat.
“Big Brother, I’m starving.” Little Leopard Cat huddled up in Zhou Kai’s arms with her big eyes blinking like a pitiful kitten’s, making one feel sorry for her.
A hint of pity rose in Zhou Kai’s heart but was instantly extinguished. He glared at Little Leopard Cat and said coldly, “You’re not allowed to use magic on me. Otherwise, stop following me.”
Little Leopard Cat made her neck shrink back. She could feel the firmness in Zhou Kai’s tone and knew that if she was dishonest again, she would really be homeless and would have to roam the streets.
When she stood up, she looked obedient and she was quiet.
Zhou Kai’s face softened a bit before he added, “I know you’re definitely not an ordinary person, but I have no interest in your history, nor do I want to get overly entangled with you. Taking you in now is also a kind of deal. I’ll raise you and make sure you don’t starve to death until your mother comes to pick you up. Then, you will provide me with relevant information about the Analogous Department, the Dao Alliance, and this type of world. Do you understand what I’m saying?”
Little Leopard Cat, who was stunned, tilted her head in thought and answered with a nod, “Yes, but I want to eat delicious food and lots of delicious meat.”
Zhou Kai grinned. “That’s not possible. You’ll eat what I eat.”
Little Leopard Cat wanted to speak again.
Zhou Kai added, “You’ll eat as much as I do. No more than that.”
Little Leopard Cat stared at him. “I won’t feel full that way.”
Zhou Kai sneered. “How big of a belly do you have? How come you’re always hungry? Don’t be too greedy.”
“I need to cultivate. How can I do that if I don’t eat more? When my mother picks me up and sees that my cultivation hasn’t improved, she will definitely punish me,” Little Leopard Cat said while feeling aggrieved, her index fingers pointing to each other.
Zhou Kai raised his brows. “How is cultivation related to eating?”
Little Leopard Cat explained, “It is related to it. The foundation of all methods of cultivation as well as refining the essence and transforming it into Qi depends on food. How will I cultivate if I don’t eat a lot of food? Otherwise, I’ll consume elixir pills. If you have a Qi Replenishment Elixir, I won’t have to eat for three days after taking one. Do you have one?” Little Leopard Cat looked at Zhou Kai in anticipation.
Zhou Kai was speechless.
What’s the Qi Replenishment Elixir? It’s the first time I hear of it. How could I have it?
However, this meant that elixir pills existed. What a perfect and mysterious world! This made people want to understand this mysterious world even more!
If this little girl were to really eat and drink as she wished, he wouldn’t be able to afford her expenses with the little money he had.
It looked like after having a goal, the first thing on his itinerary would be earning money.
Without a goal or expectation, I could muddle through and await death in the past. Right now, I’m going to get prepared well to meet this mysterious world and become one of the people who transcend the mundane.
“If that’s true, that would be negotiable. However, I don’t have the ability to provide you with food without restraint right now. I can only try to improve your life as much as possible. When I have money, I’ll prepare better food for you so that you can cultivate without worrying,” Zhou Kai said after some consideration.
Little Leopard Cat looked at Zhou Kai and said with a grin, “That’ll do.”
Zhou Kai replied with a burning gaze, “However, you have to tell me about cultivation. This is the price you have to pay for the food I provide you with.”
Little Leopard Cat nodded happily.
Now that they had reached a consensus, Zhou Kai was much more satisfied.
He was full of curiosity after coming into contact with this extraordinary world by accident, yet he knew nothing about it.
It was hard to find someone to guide him.
The price he had to pay was just raising a little glutton for some time, which would simply work to his advantage.
Zhou Kai returned to the campus with Little Leopard Cat.
After more than ten minutes, Zhou Kai stopped and looked sideways.
Not far away was Lake Liu, where he had fallen into the water and experienced a strange encounter.
Zhou Kai saw a white shadow on the lake and heard a faint weeping sound.
“This is the vengeful water spirit, which is also a water spirit. It seems that its grievance is very weak and its negative energy is not visible. It must have died not long ago.” Little Leopard Cat, who was standing aside, explained the water spirit’s condition.
Zhou Kai said, “After one dies, shouldn’t one be reincarnated? Why did it become a vengeful spirit?”
Little Leopard Cat said, “According to the Encyclopedia of the Occult of the Dao Sutra Foundation, if there is resentment in one’s heart after death, it gives birth to grievance, which breeds a vengeful spirit. If one is nourished by negative energy, one can be transformed by the Yin element.”
Zhou Kai’s gaze flickered as he asked, “In other words, this water spirit died suddenly, so it has a grievance and is unwilling to be reincarnated?”
Little Leopard Cat answered, “Maybe yes, maybe no. It depends. We’ll know after asking it.”
Zhou Kai nodded his head and slowly walked toward Lake Liu.
As a benefactor of this strange encounter, he couldn’t watch it really turn into a vengeful spirit there and weep every night.
If it was possible to help it, it would be like returning the favor of that strange encounter.
Soon, Zhou Kai arrived at the lake and saw the water spirit sitting at the edge of the water with disheveled hair, producing whimpering cries. It seemed very heartbroken and sad.
The water spirit, which seemed to notice the movement, stopped weeping and turned to look.
Then, it saw Zhou Kai.
The darkness couldn’t stop the water spirit’s vision, so it immediately recognized the human who had caused it to fail to harm someone and be teased that night.
The water spirit glared viciously at Zhou Kai before it turned around, ready to leave.
It was at its wits’ end. This person was too weird. He could swim faster than it in the water and thus could not be drowned to death. In order to avoid being attacked again, what it didn’t know couldn’t hurt it.
“Don’t leave. I’m here to help you,” Zhou Kai quickly said when he saw that the water spirit was about to leave.
The water spirit ignored him and plunged into the water before disappearing without a trace.
Zhou Kai was speechless.
How scared of us is this water spirit? It acts like a mouse seeing a cat when it sees me.
However, since Zhou Kai had an idea, he didn’t want to give up halfway. He walked to the side of the water and said, “Bai Xiaojie, I know you and I also know that you died under tragic circumstances. I came here to help you. If there is anything you feel you’re not happy with, you can tell me. I’ll help you take care of it, so you can be reincarnated sooner and become a human again. If you don’t believe me, then act like I didn’t say anything. It’s just that you’ve been dead for a while, but no one can see you except me. Therefore, there is nothing else if you miss this chance. I’ll give you three minutes. Let me help you. Come out.”
After he said that, Zhou Kai stood by the water and waited silently.
Unfortunately, the water spirit didn’t show up after three minutes.
Zhou Kai shook his head and got ready to leave. Suddenly, a voice was heard. “Why do you want to help me?”
Zhou Kai stopped in his tracks and turned around with a grin. “If I tell you that I felt very satisfied because you drowned me, would you believe it?”
The water spirit was left speechless.