Chapter 188: The World Is So Big

Translator: Larbre Studio  Editor: Larbre Studio

A few seconds later, the cat opened her eyes weakly and looked at the young man doubtfully.

“Not eating it?” Great-Grandma asked.

Li Xianyu shook his head and gently rubbed the cat’s soft hair. “I knew you didn’t do this for the sake of incense, you’re just lonely.”

The big cat’s eyes changed. It stared at Li Xianyu.

“Are you wondering why everyone doesn’t care about the rat disaster anymore? It’s so terrible. However, these days, the town is still calm, and no one has come to see you.” Li Xianyu sighed. “The times are different. This is an era where gods are not needed. It is also an age of forgetfulness. Human beings are selfish and fickle animals. When they need you, they worship you. When they don’t need you anymore, they forget you. I’m sorry. We, humans, have abandoned you. ”

It didn’t respond, but tears streamed down its face again.

“However, human beings didn’t let you down. Didn’t people of that generation worship you even when they died? Silly cat, you’ve been on the mountain for a hundred years. Enough. Time to go. The times are changing, the world is so big, you should go out and have a look.”

“If I go outside, will I be able to find Buddha’s heart?” it asked, after maintaining silence for a long time.

“Buddha’s heart?” Li Xianyu smiled and nodded. “The Buddha exists in everyone’s heart. He has a good heart. It’s the same everywhere he goes.”

“But, I’m going to die.” It closed its eyes wearily.

It’s a little hard for you to die with me, the first wet nurse in the demon descendants community. Li Xianyu took out a disposable syringe and drew a tube of blood. He hesitated for a moment when he took the small needle. The cat had too much fur and he couldn’t find where the blood vessels were. After thinking about it, he decided to just open its mouth and inject the contents into the blood vessels of the tongue.

A few minutes later, the giant cat shrunk and returned to normal size.

It staggered to his feet and shook his hair. Its amber eyes swept over the two of them, speechless and silent. Then, it left just like that.

“Remember not to do bad things!” Li Xianyu shouted at its back.

The cat stopped and looked back at Li Xianyu. It jumped into the bushes and disappeared.

Li Xianyu smiles. “Great-Grandma, don’t blame me for taking things into my own hands.”

“It’s a pity.” She sighed. She stood on tiptoe, reached out her hand, and patted her great-grandson’s head gently.

The mountains were silent. The half moon was hanging in the night sky, and the white moonlight sprinkled on the branches.

The two of them walked towards the temple of the cat god. Great-Grandma was wearing a women’s coat to cover her naked body.

“Great-Grandma, it’s not good for us to have shirts burst like that.” Li Xianyu frowned tightly and looked at the sky at a 45 degree angle.

Great-Grandma’s way of fighting was too reckless. Although the War Spirit’s body was indestructible and her best weapon, her clothes were ordinary things. They could not withstand the force when she fought with others.

“What’s the bad thing about it?” Great-Grandma was confused.

“It’ll be seen through,” Li Xianyu said.

“I’ll pay attention.” Great-Grandma retorted, “You are still too weak. If you are stronger, I don’t have to rely on my body recklessly.”

“Last time in the equipment department, I picked up a magic weapon. I saw a magic weapon that looks like a war armor. I’ll exchange one for you another day?”

“No, it’s ugly.”

Li Xianyu also casually mentioned that the fashion style of the blood community was not as refined as that of ordinary clothes. In fact, it was super awesome. There was battle armour, but it was not easy to wear. When it came to fighting, it was good that one was prepared. If it was a surprise battle, there would be no time to put this on.

Except for Great-Grandma, other people didn’t have to worry about their clothes bursting. They didn’t need to use their flesh recklessly. There were many women with strong physical skills in the demon descendants’ community, but those who specialized in the arts of the flesh seemed to be prostitutes, who are not afraid of their shirts bursting.

“Although the cat slipped away, there is still a mouse in the mountain,” Great-Grandma said. “Small mosquitoes are also meat.”

“Hmmm…” Li Xianyu pondered. “I’m not going to kill it.”

Great-Grandma frowned at him.

Li Xianyu explained, “By the book, he didn’t hurt people. According to the company’s regulations, even if the company metes out punishment, it is not the death penalty. In private, I’m not a homicidal person, and I have a time bomb like Slime on me. I need to reduce unnecessary killing. Otherwise, one day, I will follow in Wangchen’s footsteps.”

Although Slime’s character was assimilated with his, even outdoing him, Li Xianyu always remembered its true colours. Even people like the Demonic Priest suffered under it.

Li Xianyu was still safe today because Great-Grandma had suppressed it into submission. As a result, it did not dare to act rashly.

“I don’t agree with you,” said Slime through his gloves. “I made a mutual deal with Wangchen. He needs strength. I give him strength. It’s a pity that this guy’s primordial spirit finally collapsed and his body was destroyed by others. I got nothing.”

“Your rhetorical device is very distinctive. I think you meant ‘willingly’?” Li Xianyu patted his left hand. “When were you able to speak?”

“After you absorbed the horned salamander, I could speak. It’s just a small magic weapon. How can it completely block me?” said Slime triumphantly.

This guy was getting stronger.

Li Xianyu’s heart cooled.

“Then what are you going to do with the rat spirit?” said Great-Grandma.

Li Xianyu replied, “I’ll let the Hui family leader take over it and take it on the right path.”

“That is to say, nothing has been achieved in this mission.” Great-Grandma was a little frustrated.

Without waiting for Li Xianyu to speak, Slime immediately shouted, “My life is so hard! I have met two hosts who are hypocritical men. Great-Grandma, it’s better to abandon this kind of grandson. You can delete him and try again. For example, I, potential and filial, will definitely do better than him. Let me be the new successor. Anyway, this body belongs to the Li family. I will find a female human to mate and give birth, which can also extend the lineage of the Li family.”

Grandma’s eyes flashed. “How many offspring are you going to bear for the Li family?”

Slime said, “As many as you want.”

Li Xianyu had just had an eye-opener. “I didn’t expect you to be like that, Slime.”

Slime said, “No, no, no, I’m not interested in human females. Do you think you’ll be interested in female monkeys? I am just faithfully fulfilling Great-Grandma’s wishes.”

This rascal had began to proclaim his loyalty shamelessly. It was even putting Li Xianyu down, in front of himself.

However, neither of them paid attention to it. After all, it was not a human being. It still didn’t understand the importance of the soul for the time being. It thought that human lineage came from blood and genes. So long as the body was still Li Xianyu’s, it didn’t matter who the soul was.

But for human beings, the soul was more important than the body. Even if the body was someone’s flesh and blood, if the soul in it changed hands, then it was a stranger.

After returning to the mountain behind the town, he went to the cave where the rat spirit was. He talked with the owner of the Hui family to let him communicate with the rat spirit. After settling the matter, the two of them stayed in the temple for one night.

Li Xianyu meditated until dawn as sunlight permeated the eastern landscape for the first time today. The sunlight sprinkled in the forest. Li Xianyu opened his eyes, full of energy.

“Let’s go to the city first, find a hotel to rest and wash up, then change to a new mobile phone for you. We will buy a few sets of clothes, and take a day to taste the delicacies of this small county…” said Li Xianyu.

“Two days.” Grandma put out two white fingers.

“Yes, two days it is.”

It was their agreement. After they finish a task, they would take time off to enjoy local food and experience different customs.

However, in Zhejiang Province, the local conditions and customs were not much different from those in Shanghai. It was mainly for tasting delicious food. Going to Chongqing, Yunnan, Changsha or places where ethnic minorities gathered next time, meant that the stay time could be extended.

“Meow.” The shrill cat cry came from outside the temple. In the morning light, a well-built and beautiful felis catus stepped in gracefully.

Li Xianyu and Great-Grandma looked at it warily.

“Why haven’t you left? You want to fight again?” Great-Grandma frowned.

The felis catus didn’t look at her, but gazed at Li Xianyu. “You say the world is very big and that I should go to see more. I think it makes sense, but I’ve been on the mountain too long to adapt to the changes outside. So…”

Li Xianyu looked strange. “Do you want to follow me?”

“How could it be?” The felis catus quickly denied, looking up at the sky at a 45 degree angle. It held his face up and continued, “I lack a servant. I see that you can be sensible and are street-smart, so I will give you a chance.”

……

Three people and one cat were waiting for the bus awkwardly, next to the sign at the town’s bus stop.

Li Xianyu looked at the cat god frequently. It was raising his tail high. When Li Xianyu looked at it, it maintained a proud front and gave him a side face.

“Well, do you have a name?” asked Li Xianyu.

“Cat God,” it said proudly.

What the fuck? What was Cat God? You should have been named Cat God Human.

This cat was super powerful. Although Li Xianyu didn’t like keeping pets, he reluctantly adopted her on the fact that she had the fastest fists he had seen in history. It was a good thing to have a strong fighter within the team. Great-Grandma approved as well.

“Or shall I give you a name?” Li Xianyu asked.

“How can a servant name his master?” the cat god replied in disdain. After a pause, the tone turned a little softer. “You can go ahead. I’ll see if it’s acceptable.”

“I have to know whether you are female or male first.”

“Is this important?” Cat God seemed to resist revealing its gender.

“If you’re female, I will call you Ah Hua. If you’re male, I’ll call you Dog Egg.”

“Psycho, give me a new name.” The cat god’s front paw hit the ground a few times.

Li Xianyu thought to himself, If you don’t say it, I’ll see for myself.

In front of the cat god, he squatted down and raised its right leg…

“Sss, sss, sss.”

“Ah… Help!”

At seven o’clock in the morning, near the bus stop, a young man was chased and beaten up by a big cat. From time to time, the big cat jumped onto the young man’s shoulder and scratched his face. The young man screamed, clapped and whacked it off him. He ran with his arms in his head. The cat ran after him, leaped and scratched his face again. The young man shook it off again and kept running.

The pedestrians stopped, one after another, and looked at the scene with great interest.