‘It’s quite soft.’ This was the first thought that came into mind when Lu Xun touched the lolita’s cat ears.
Cat Southnorth used her small hands to press Lu Xun’s large hand on her own head. In this way, she rubbed her own head in a clockwise direction—round and round—she experienced the warmth that came from his palm.
She wasn’t a child in the true sense of the word, the opposite was also true, she also wasn’t mature in the true sense of the word.
She was like a kitty that had been wronged or was suddenly in a bad mood, it would be needier towards its poop cleaners[1]. It might also rub its head on the back of the poop cleaners’ hands and let them pet it.
In this case, a normal person’s heart would have already melted.
Not to mention, she wasn’t just a cat before their eyes. She was a cat that manifested into a catgirl.
A naughty thought soon bounced out from Lu Xun’s mind, ‘Should I pinch her face as well? I’ve seen in anime that squeezing those chubby faces would make their mouth pout, it feels like a lot of fun.’
He had never been bitten by a cat.
Of course, he still didn’t do it in the end.
People… shouldn’t be unsatisfied with what they have and overstep their bounds.
You touched her cat ears today, but you’re still not satisfied. You would still like to pinch her face, then, if you really pinched her face, what would you do next?
Cat Southnorth was still his senior sister after all. He could be disrespectful in his mind and view her as a stinking little sister, but he still had to be respectful on the surface.
After rubbing her head for a while, Cat Southnorth’s mood became much better. Before she left, she even had the spirit to say, “Little Junior Brother, make another portion at night! Slurp!”
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Today, Ji Li arrived quite early at the Rear Mountain.
Yesterday, Lu Xun already gave her the token, a certificate of passage which was hung on the waist. So, today, she could freely enter and exit through the Rear Mountain’s restrictions.
Anyway, since Lu Xun only told her to come over to eat a meal, and didn’t tell her when to come. As an appearance complex veteran, Lu Xun oppa’s[2] number one face fan, and the one with the trend of evolving towards the ringleader of his fans, she naturally came earlier—the earlier the better!
After she arrived, she then discovered that there were more people in the Rear Mountain than she had imagined, all of whom were mighty figures that she needed to pay obeisance to.
The Demon Sect’s Sect Master Shen Yan and the other peak masters of the main peaks all came. Mid-autumn was a grand festival, although Sir wasn’t present, they still needed to pay their respects to the aunt-masters and uncle-masters of the Rear Mountain.
In the past, only Shen Yan could actually freely enter and exit the Rear Mountain. However, since today was the celebration of a festival, they weren’t really breaking the rules.
‘Since you were all coming, why not bring some gifts?’ Lu Xun thought.
Even with this thought in his mind, the smile on his face was still quite cordial. He even feigned courtesy by inviting them to stay for the meal, but Shen Yan and the peak masters tactfully declined.
The person with the lowest status at the scene was Ji Li. She paid a whole round of respects, and when she got to Lu Xun, he simply waved his hand dismissively and said to her, “No need to pay obeisance, help me wash the vegetables in the kitchen.”
He didn’t intentionally order her like a maid—he was mostly worried that she wouldn’t be at ease if she stayed right here.
After all, the Demon Sect’s big shots were all gathered. She was merely an outer sect disciple who hadn’t seen much of the world, so she would definitely feel pressure.
Not to mention, she was so foolish—she sacrificed her brains to the heavens for breasts—who knew what the hell might go wrong.
Speaking of which, why was she still developing? Clearly, she already stopped growing in height.
As expected, she was exceptionally gifted…
Ji Li was sent off just like that, the peak masters who had intentions to take Ji Li as a disciple were a little disappointed.
They originally planned to give Ji Li a good impression, so that when it was time for the reverse selection stage, she would choose one of them over the others, they would then be able to successfully take her under their wing.
Usually, It was beneath them to go to the outer mountains to increase their favorability amongst the outer disciples, they were people who needed to keep up appearances after all. They would surely be laughed at by their fellow apprentices if they did something like that.
Only Shen Yan had a radiant smile on his face, he made a small investment in Ji Li long ago. This was why he felt that he would be the victor.
With this thought in mind, he almost burst into laughter—he really was a lively stewed egg.
It was only before they left that Shen Yan and the peak masters were reminded of their proper business. They then mentioned the name of a place to Lu Xun—Harbor Mountain, a forbidden area in the Demon Sect, it was second to the Rear Mountain.
As for the renowned Harbor Mountain, there was no reason for Lu Xun to not know about it.
That place could be considered the Demon Sect’s treasury. The mountain contained large amounts of enchanted treasures waiting for people to unite them by fate.
The majority of the enchanted treasures came from the people of the Demon Sect who placed their treasures on the mountain before they passed away. Those who had a connection with the treasures would then receive them, it was equivalent to an inheritance.
Every single one of the Demon Sect’s outer sect disciples would have a chance to ascend the Harbor Mountain when they became an inner sect disciple.
However, at least half the number of people would return empty-handed.
This was because many enchanted treasures already had their own spirituality—it wasn’t you who ascended the mountain to pick them, it was them that were waiting to pick someone who came to the mountain.
If none of them took a fancy to you, then you would have made the trip for nothing. If many enchanted treasures fancied you—very well then—it would be time for the reverse selection stage once more!
After all, according to the rules, everyone could only take one treasure from the Harbor Mountain.
Anyway, the Demon Sect really seemed to like the reverse selection stage like in the talent shows.
In reality, the ones most expert at this standard operating procedure were One Sword Mountain and Ten Thousand Swords Mountain.
Before they split up into two factions, there was a place known as the Sword Mound. This was where large amounts of worldly famous swords were.
Even after they split up, the Sword Mound was still the property of One Sword Mountain and Ten Thousand Swords Mountain. Every few years, they would send an equal number of disciples to the Sword Mound to search for swords. This was also equivalent to a secret competition.
However, at the same time, they maintained a mutual understanding of things, which was that after a sword user died, the sword would then be returned to the Sword Mound.
As a result, it was possible that after a sword was used by a person of the Ten Thousand Swords Mountain. And after the person died, the sword would then be returned to the Sword Mound, it would be then taken by a person of the One Sword Mountain, this was a normal situation.
When players were promoted from the outer sect to the inner sect, they also had the right to search for treasures. This was where everyone contested their luck!
The players in One Sword Mountain and Ten Thousand Swords Mountain were most competitive about this. The two sides would compare here and there, they were the most diligent with posts that ‘flaunted wealth’ in the forums.
Speaking of which, the large rod that Lu Xun used in the previous life was obtained somewhere similar to the Harbor Mountain and the Sword Mound, it made him happy for quite a few days when he obtained his weapon.
Because Lu Xun was now the Demon Sect’s Little Great Uncle-Master, his status was much higher than inner sect disciples. He could naturally skip the examination stage and receive a chance to enter the Harbor Mountain.
Shen Yan and the peak masters came to ask him when he would be prepared to enter the Harbor Mountain.
As for the Harbor Mountain, Lu Xun was quite interested in it. After all, the treasure that was in his ambition was in the Harbor Mountain.
According to reason, the Sword Mound should be the place where sword cultivators yearned to go.
But in reality, the Harbor Mound’s appeal to sword cultivators was much greater than the Sword Mound!
If anyone was to blame, it would be the world’s current number one sword cultivator who, before he went into deadly seclusion, left his sword on the mountain.
A sword cultivator who hadn’t died yet, why did he leave his sword somewhere else?
For sword cultivators, their swords were tantamount to their second life.
Thus, what Yan Li did perplexed many sword cultivators.
As for the name of his sword, it was in the format of the names[3] of tunes to which poems were composed.
There should be many tune names that everyone was familiar with. For example, ‘Wash Creek Sand’, ‘West River Moon’, ‘Read Slave Tender’, ‘Full River Red’, and so on.
The sword’s name used a very neglected tune name with very few masterpieces that were passed down.
It was the fastest sword under heaven, it was called…
…’Sword Qi Near’.
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[1] Neologism, colloquial term for pet owners
[2] Older brother, or male friend in Korean
[3] Usually three Chinese characters.