“Cat?” Li Xianyu's response was a little exaggerated . He looked at Great-Grandma and said, “Great-Grandma, did you hear the cat?”
Great-Grandma nodded in silence .
In the middle of the night, it was not pleasant to hear a cat barking in the wild mountains . In fact, it was a bit eerie .
According to folklore, the cat belonged to the yin category, on the extreme end . It could walk between the yang and the yin . Therefore, it was born with the spirit of yin and evil . If it leapt over the heads of the dead, it would cause the corpse to become a zombie .
“If ordinary people were on the mountain, they would get sick when they hear it,” Li Xianyu murmured, holding a flashlight, and walked out of the temple .
Outside the temple, the wind blew, leaves curled, branches rustled; the whole mountain seemed to be alive . The cat's voice was hidden in the wind . It appeared far and near, as if it was crying and complaining .
“Wild cat?” Li Xianyu looked a little hesitant . “The demonic winds are intermittent . Don't tell me it's the cat G.o.d?”
The wind came suddenly . It felt a little demonic . The calls of the cat mingled with the wind . Li Xianyu thought of the scenes in TV dramas . Every time a demon appeared, the winds would be intermittent .
In the demon descendants' community, he had never seen a foreign species appear like that . However, if it was a coincidence, it would be too much . The moment the cat called, the demonic wind came .
Great-Grandma, who was beside Li Xianyu, looked solemn . She stepped forward, squinted, and looked towards the darkness of the trees . “Mountain G.o.d?”
The cat's voice disappeared . With the sound of branches and leaves, the light of Li Xianyu's flashlight shone on two s.h.i.+ning gems . It was a tawny cat, with tiger-like stripes, strong and slender body . The cat walked very gracefully . In terms of breed, it was a felis catus . In terms of the aura it gave off, it resembled a mountain tiger that lived in the depths of the mountains .
“Cat G.o.d?!” Li Xianyu turned around and pointed to the statue in the temple . “You can't be the cat G.o.d in the temple . ”
“Ignorant humans,” the felis catus said in disdain . “I am…”
“Fireworks of different colors,” Li Xianyu said .
“Human, don't interrupt . ” The felis catus was very unhappy .
“Ah,” Li Xianyu sneered . “The average lifespan of a cat is 15 years . Even if you are a demon descendant, you can live up to 60 years at maximum . However, this temple was built in 1891, more than 100 years ago . Where are you from, wild cat? You are pretending to be a sage of the same race, bluffing about your authority . ”
In this world, apart from dragon salamanders, who had that natural talent, there were no foreign species who could live a thousand years . On the contrary, the lifespan of these foreign species were far lower than that of human demon descendants .
“Ignorant human . ” The felis catus snorted and looked up at a 45 degree angle . It couldn't be more arrogant .
“It's a mountain G.o.d,” Great-Grandma said .
“How could it be?” Li Xianyu looked at her in surprise .
“Haven't you been to the northeast? You should know that the former G.o.ds of Huang, Hui and Mang ate the incense that people offered . ”
“So what?”
“Before the emergence of qi training, there was an ancient way of cultivation amongst the demon descendants' community, that is, devouring the willpower . ” Great-Grandma said, “Willpower is also known as spiritual force . It is the spiritual force produced by thousands of people . They will be collected and absorbed by the 'G.o.dly spirits' to achieve a whole new state . So, in ancient times, people and demons all wanted to ascend to the level of G.o.ds . ”
“This way of becoming a G.o.d has its limitations . It does not increase combat power significantly, far less than how practicing qi could . However, it has a feature . Every G.o.d who devoured incense could live forever . In theory, as long as the incense continued to burn, they would last forever . ”
These “G.o.ds” ate incense and protected everyone's safety, but their existence was a threat to the imperial court . In order to prevent more and more “G.o.ds”, the imperial court dismissed all unrecognized temples as immoral places who housed evil G.o.ds .
“In modern times, there are more and more atheists who don't wors.h.i.+p Buddha . The rest of them wors.h.i.+p the illusory G.o.ds . ”
The felis catus stared at Great-Grandma with its blue eyes . “Hmph, little girl, you are knowledgeable . ”
It was obviously a cat, but Li Xianyu saw coldness and arrogance in its eyes .
Great-Grandma also sneered arrogantly . “Little girl? I'm older than you . ”
“I existed before the founding of the People's Republic of China . ” The felis catus was indignant .
“I was from the later part of the Qing Dynasty . ”
The felis catus was shocked and tilted its head, looking at her in surprise .
Li Xianyu coughed and interrupted the two old souls, who looked rather childish .
“Since you are a mountain G.o.d, you should know that there is another rat disaster in this town . We came after a rat spirit . Have you seen it?” Li Xianyu asked the cat .
“Why should I tell you?” the felis catus replied, as it looked towards the sky in a 45 degree angle . This cat had such a bad character .
Li Xianyu said, “Isn't it a cat's duty to catch mice?”
“Young man, I can give you a chance . ” The felis catus's expression was that of “I'll be kind,” as it said: “Recently, the people are suffering from the rat disaster . You go back to tell the stupid people at the foot of the mountain to repair the temple and get them to offer incense and wors.h.i.+p every year . I will then be kind, and help them get rid of the rats . ”
“People are dest.i.tute?” Li Xianyu waved repeatedly . “Impossible, impossible . You want them to wors.h.i.+p you? I'll find that rat spirit myself . ”
The cat G.o.d was enraged . “This is your only chance . Besides myself, who can save the people at the foot of the mountain?”
“We'll do it ourselves . ”
“Well, you have to find it, too . ”
“It doesn't concern you,” Great-Grandma said . Great-Grandma, who felt like she had nothing more to say, took her great-grandson's hand and walked away .
Li Xianyu finally looked back and saw that the trees were mottled, the temple was broken . The cat G.o.d stood in silence, looking at the once brilliant temple, giving off a trace of desolation .
When they were halfway up the mountain, Great-Grandma stopped suddenly and held out her hand . “Give me the tail of the mouse . ”
Great-Grandma had cut off part of the rat's tail in the water . Li Xianyu put it in his wallet . That tail could be used as a piece of important evidence . It was not good to throw it in the field anymore, or it would be on the news the next day .
“There is a Taoist method in Maoshan, which uses someone's eight characters, hair, nails and other items as the medium to manipulate the target's words and actions . It can also be used to find people and corpses,” Great-Grandma said .
She picked up a branch, drew a talisman in the soil, pulled her great-grandson towards her and bit on his neck .
Li Xianyu was stunned . The next moment, there was a sharp pain in his neck . The carotid artery had been broken by Great-Grandma, as blood spewed out onto the tail of the mouse and the talisman . After this, Great-Grandma bent her finger and shot out some sparks .
The talisman and rat tail started to burn . .
Li Xianyu pressed against his neck wound, aggrieved, as he thought to himself, f.u.c.k . I knew that there would be nothing good .
A few minutes later, the flame gradually extinguished as the tail of the rat turned into ashes . A crimson light rose from the ashes, which drifted into the dense forest .
The two of them followed the light trail through the forest and the stream . In a flash, the light stopped in front of a hidden cave covered by branches and leaves, floating and sinking .
“It's in there . ” Great-Grandma waved to disperse the light .
An elder in the family was equal to possessing a treasure . This saying was so f.u.c.king right . Great-Grandma was experienced and proficient in all kinds of things, which was really a great help .
The cave was two meters wide and three meters tall . There was no trace of artificial digging . Nor was it man-made . It should have been dug by the mouse . There was a rotten, damp smell in the air, which was very unpleasant .
Li Xianyu shone his flashlight on a pair of scarlet pupils . It was a giant rat the size of a buffalo . There were many wounds on his s.h.i.+ny body and its tail was half broken .
When it realized that its territory had been invaded, it straightened up and showed his teeth to the two humans, looking ferociously at them .
“Beat it up,” Great-Grandma said in a crisp voice .
The two of them jumped on it together .
The cave s.p.a.ce was not big, which greatly restricted the movement s.p.a.ce of the rat spirit . After Great-Grandma avoided the fierce bite of the rat, she floored the huge body of the rat spirit with a kick .
The two of them started to abuse it inhumanely, as the shrieks of the rat spirit came from the cave .
The rat spirit was, in fact, not strong . Li Xianyu estimated that it was almost at the same level as himself . If he really wanted to fight alone, he only needed to avoid its sharp teeth . Then, Li Xianyu could win steadily . Furthermore, Great-Grandma partic.i.p.ated in this fight personally .
After fighting for a long time, the rat spirit squeaked and cried out . Its eyes were full of fear, as it pleaded non-stop . Its two short claws were clasped together, as it kept bowing and begging for mercy .
“Great-Grandma, stop for a moment . If not, it will die!” Li Xianyu shouted for her to stop .
Great-Grandma looked at him in a daze and was surprised by his kindness . The purpose of their trip, in addition to expanding Li Xianyu's knowledge, was to increase the strength of her great-grandson by sucking the essence of the spirits they encountered .
“This fella has walked the path of boiling blood . His animalistic nature is superior to his intelligence . If we spare it, it will cause trouble . It will start to eat people one day if his brain spasms,” Great-Grandma warned .
“I may be overly suspicious, but I think it's a little strange . Let's interrogate it first . ”
“Can you understand mouse language?”
“I can't understand it, but some people, no, some mice can understand it . ” Li Xianyu took out his mobile phone and dialled the Hui family leader's number again .
He told the leader about what happened . “It destroyed the s.h.i.+ps along the way and caused a lot of losses, but I haven't figured out its motive so far . I will give it a chance now . If it can give a reasonable explanation, I will let it go and allow it to join your family . ”
The leader of the Hui family heard that the rat spirit had the power of a middle-level employee, and appeared keen to recruit . It patted its chest in a.s.surance . “You see, even if a mouse has the trait of boiling blood, it will not hurt people's lives for no reason . The Hui family is the purest of all . We occasionally come out to take the food that people have forgotten for a long time . We are different from the other four demonic families . ”
“Cut the c.r.a.p . ” Li Xianyu turned on the handsfree and put the mobile phone beside the rat spirit's ear .
In order to prevent it from suddenly turning around and gnawing off her great-grandson's hand, Great-Grandma stepped on its head .
Hui family leader: “What happened, little brother?”
Rat spirit: “???”
“Squeak!” the Hui family leader exclaimed .
The rat spirit was stunned, as it slowly became agitated . “Squeak, squeak!”
“Squeak, squeak!” said the Hui family leader .
Rat spirit: “Squeak, squeak . ”
Hui family leader: “Squeak, squeak . ”
The two mice squeaked at each other repeatedly . After their conversation finished, the Hui family leader remarked, “This… Master Li, there seems to be a misunderstanding . ”
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