Translator: Henyee Translations
Editor: Henyee Translations
In regard to exactly how much Sea of Qi appeared in Lu Xun’s consciousness, there was no way to find out for the time being.
However, the possibility that his Sea of Qi was black also couldn’t be eliminated.
After all, even his heart was black…
The paper crane rapidly flew in the sky, and it soon drifted back to the Rear Mountain.
Whether it was a psychological effect or really so, Lu Xun felt that the air in the Rear Mountain was much fresher and cleaner than the air outside.
In the Demon Sect, Cat Southnorth wouldn’t tie her hair into the Nezha style—it was because her cat ears didn’t need to be covered up—this was why she tied it into pigtails today.
As she ran around vivaciously, her pigtail swayed left and right—she looked extremely adorable.
“Little Junior Brother, let’s go!”
“Let’s go catch fish! Slurp!” As Cat Southnorth waved her hand at Lu Xun, she almost drooled a little.
Lu Xun originally wanted to return to the room to continue studying the growth of the prestige value, however, after being called by the lolita like this, he indeed felt a little hungry now.
“Go catch a few extra fishes, we can send some to Second Senior Sister later,” Lu Xun said to Cat Southnorth.
“Alright! Slurp!” She agreed straightforwardly.
For cats, catching fish was something filled with pleasure in and of itself, not to mention, if she did so, there would be delicious fish to eat later.
After catching several tasty fish, Cat Southnorth shook off the water droplets that adhered on her hands, the small bells fastened to her wrists let out a crisp ring.
Lu Xun buried himself in the kitchen and got busy, he cleaned out the fish’s internal organs while thinking, ‘Ji Li, this stinking little sister still hasn’t tasted my cooking skills. I’ll find a chance to invite her for a meal.’
Ji Li treated him quite well during their journey together, he would remember this friendship from the bottom of his heart.
Today, Lu Xun listened to what Cat Southnorth said and put a little bit more hot peppers to the dish.
It was unknown as to why the little cat demon loved to eat spicy food so much. It was already to the degree of ‘the spicier the better’.
Soon, the delicious aroma wafted through the air. Cat Southnorth sat on the table while dangling her small feet in the air, it was clear she in a good mood.
Lu Xun had her fetch some bamboo, after he got them, he then made bamboo-tube steamed rice. This was something the little cat demon thought was especially new and odd.
After the food was out of the pan, the two of them headed towards the bamboo forest.
Once they entered the bamboo forest, Cat Southnorth said in a loud voice, “Second Senior Sister, Little Junior Brother and I have come to deliver food to you!”
The originally tranquil bamboo forest suddenly became lively following their arrival.
The Daoist nun-like girl still sat on the rock. It was unknown as to what she was cultivating that made her stay there all the time.
Lu Xun felt that she almost fused with the bamboo forest and its surroundings.
The slightly broad Daoist robe still magnified her thinness, her rear alone gave a sort of feeling of slimness. He reckoned that he probably wouldn’t be able to get her fatter in just a short amount of time, he would have to steady it little by little.
This scene was also similar to yesterday’s, Lu Xun and Cat Southnorth sat and ate on the narrow and winding roads while Second Senior Sister sat on the large rock.
As they ate, Cat Southnorth stuck out her tongue and licked a grain of rice that was stuck on the corner of her lips, after doing so, she suddenly said to Lu Xun:
“Little Junior Brother, even if the Sea of Qi you saw was very very little, don’t be discouraged! This Fourth Senior Sister will protect you. If anyone bullies you in the future, this old lady will cut their heads off in one strike!” She patted her small chest with her left hand and said this especially heroically.
‘When you say those words, can you first wipe off the oil stains on your lips?’ Lu Xun thought.
Although this was what he thought, he still instinctively smiled, it was a radiant and content smile.
He didn’t say anything and instead placed another fish into Cat Southnorth’s bowl.
The small cat demon had well-defined likes and dislikes, she also had the tendency to speak frankly. She guessed that the reason why Lu Xun wasn’t willing to say anything meant that he definitely saw too little.
Although she felt that her own Little Junior Brother would definitely not be worse than the others in the future, she was very willing to protect him as he progressed in cultivation.
After eating all the food, Cat Southnorth urged Lu Xun to leave first.
After Lu Xun left, Cat Southnorth’s eyes narrowed, the small golden bells on her wrists glimmered. And then, with a leap, she dove towards the girl meditating on the rock.
“I still won’t believe it. Today, I’ll definitely pick off the hairpin on Second Senior Sister’s head!”
Second Senior Sister merely just waved her robe, it was the same move as always, and yet, the lolita could never avoid nor break through it.
The small golden bells on her wrist flashed one moment and then was extinguished in the next, after this happened, she gave up struggling.
Cat Southnorth pursed her small lips, a stream of air enveloped her and flew her towards Second Senior Sister, the look of resignation was all over her face.
After being lightly tapped between the brows by Second Senior Sister’s slender fingers, she was dispelled from her manifestation again, and had turned into the appearance of a small black cat.
It seemed to be useless no matter how hard she tried. This annoyed her a little, this was why she flailed her four meaty paws threateningly in the air to vent her feelings.
“Do… don’t move,” Second Senior Sister’s cold and stuttering voice echoed in the bamboo forest.
Cat Southnorth’s small nose wrinkled, even though her face was expressing anger, she still listened obediently, both fierce and terrified as always.
She laid on the Second Senior Sister’s crossed legs, feeling the sensation of Second Senior Sister’s slender fingers going through cat fur.
Her body that had been tense, relaxed all of a sudden. If it weren’t for the fact that she still wanted to keep up some appearances with a little bit of defiance, she might have instinctively extended her limbs to stretch out her body.
Cat Southnorth, who was extremely comfortable at this point, was distracted when she suddenly heard Second Senior Sister speak.
“Little… Little Junior Brother, did… did he see very little… Sea of Qi?”
Cat Southnorth used her small meaty paws to clutch her cat ears and said, “I think it wasn’t much.”
Second Senior Sister nodded, her fingers continued to pet the cat as she thought about something.
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On the other side, Lu Xun returned to the Small Study leisurely.
He slowly walked in an unhurried manner, enjoying the scenery along the side of the road.
After returning to his room, Lu Xun looked at his current prestige value, which was now stabilized at 1827.
It wasn’t too far from the mission progression of 2000 points. Once he found another chance to give it another push, he would be basically done with this mission.
As for the Sea of Qi in his own body, Lu Xun would definitely be lying if he said he wasn’t curious about it.
Unfortunately, he wouldn’t have the chance in the near future to ‘see’ it again. He had to wait until his divine sense reached a certain tier to be able to internally inspect his Sea of Qi.
With that being said, the Sea of Qi was truly one of the most mysterious areas of cultivators.
Someone like Sect Master Shen Yan, who was already an eighth-tier grand cultivator, couldn’t examine other people’s Sea of Qi. There was no need to mention other people capable of doing so.
Before Lu Xun transmigrated, ‘Heavenly Earth’s’ highest level was only unlocked to level sixty. Logically speaking, even his previous main account wouldn’t be able to endure a beating from Shen Yan.
After all, level zero to level nine was considered low, it was still in the stages of establishing a foundation. Level 10 to level 20 was considered as the first tier, and according to this conversion, the eighth tier was legitimately over level eighty!
‘The current me… probably wouldn’t be subject to these level restrictions, right?’ Lu Xun thought.
However, as a level two alt, these things were still too distant for him.
First, he had to keep on living in this world, only then would he be able to see where his limits lied.
He was actually quite curious as to where the end of cultivation was for the cultivators in the lands of Heavenly Earth, or… was there no end to cultivation?
The reason why he had such thoughts was because he read many xianxia novels in the past and played large amounts of xianxia games, in which all of them had the settings of ‘celestial realm’ and ‘ascension’, it was said that ascension was the end of cultivation.
However, ‘Heavenly Earth’ didn’t have such a setting.
Ascension and the what-not didn’t exist!
As for the plot of millions upon millions of people contending for a single spot to ascend to the celestial realm, something like this couldn’t possibly exist even more. If that truly was the case, then this wasn’t cultivation anymore—it was surely a xianxia version of a last-man-standing game!
When playing the game, a large number of players could sense the NPCs love for the lands of Heavenly Earth—the ardent innate love for this world.
If one thought about it, then it would seem to make some sense. If the ultimate purpose of cultivation was ascension—to leave this world—then there would naturally be a lack of tenderness for this world.
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