Caw! Caw! Caw!

A high-pitched, sharp, and somewhat mournful cry of geese echoed along the shores of Wolong Lake.

It was a time of bright sunshine, with the sky and lake merging into one, vast and boundless, a sight that soothed the soul. On the lush shores of Wolong Lake, a flock of geese could be seen running and flying, frantically trying to escape a young child chasing them, like mice before a cat.

"You bunch of geese, you really don't know what's good for you!"

Feng Bingwen held a goose by its slender neck with one hand, and while muttering to himself, he poured spiritual energy into the two geese.

These geese, though extremely fierce in the village, chasing cats and teasing dogs with great fanfare and revered as the village tyrant, were utterly powerless against someone like Feng Bingwen.

"This immortal spiritual energy is something that countless cultivators crave but cannot obtain. I'm offering it to you willingly, and you still want to hide from it?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Feng Bingwen threw the two geese in his hands, which had fainted from absorbing too much spiritual energy, onto the sand.

When his gaze fell upon the remaining geese, these geese, which were essentially ordinary birds but of excellent quality, immediately cried out in fear.

Speaking of which, as the largest domestic fowl, geese are among the most intelligent. They can even recognize people, which is why some people keep geese instead of dogs for guarding their homes.

Feng Bingwen naturally had no intention of having these geese guard the house; such a task was not theirs to do.

The reason he forcibly infused the flock of geese with spiritual energy was quite simple: his grandmother was raising the geese.

The old lady was born into a farming family. Even though her father tried his best to get his good-for-nothing son to bring her a flock of geese of excellent quality, which were meant to be kept for ornamental purposes, her grandmother's only purpose in raising geese was to eat their eggs.

Keeping geese as pets? Sorry, the elderly have no concept of that. In their eyes, these geese are just for laying eggs, and they are slaughtered for meat when needed.

Therefore, the reason why Feng Bingwen forcibly infused the geese with spiritual energy was very simple: he wanted to use these geese to nourish the two elderly people's bodies.

He was unsure about directly channeling spiritual energy into the two elderly people. There is no such thing as an absolute tonic in this world; if the amount is too large, even a good medicine can turn into poison.

Therefore, Feng Bingwen pondered some gentler methods to nourish the bodies of the two elderly people. For example, he could forcibly enhance the spirituality of these geese and help them become spirits as soon as possible, so that the eggs laid would have excellent nourishing effects.

Gaa!

On this day, the geese's cries sounded extremely mournful, and before long, a whole bunch of snow-white geese lay dead on the beach by Wolong Lake.

From a distance, it looked like a child with superhuman strength who had single-handedly slaughtered an entire flock of geese; it appeared extremely ferocious.

However, after the child walked away, within a short while, the goose that had been forcibly infused with spiritual energy stood up unsteadily.

Perhaps because of the spiritual energy that had been poured into him for several days in a row, the accumulation of the previous days finally reached a qualitative change today.

When the goose awoke, its large, bright black eyes gleamed with wisdom. It stared in the direction Feng Bingwen had left, seemingly deep in thought. The next moment…

"Caw! Caw! Caw!"

The calls of geese echoed along the lakeside, and the geese that had been stunned by the spiritual energy awoke one after another. Instantly, the lakeside was filled with the noisy cries of the geese.

Fluttering~

A goose spread its wings, took a short run on the ground, and then gently flapped its wings to fly into the sky. After gliding low over the water for a while, it panicked because it was its first flight and fell into the water with a "plop".

quack!

The sound of geese seemingly mocking each other rang out, but soon, more and more geese began to imitate their companion and learn to fly. Soon, the shore of the lake was filled with graceful and agile white geese soaring about.

Everyone who witnessed this scene was amazed, but there were also some jealous people who kept urging the geese to fly away. However, some kind-hearted people went to the Feng residence to remind the Feng family that their free-range geese had learned to fly.

At first, Grandma Feng Bingwen was quite worried and came to take a look. When she arrived at the lake, she saw the flock of geese that the villagers had been talking about, which had learned to fly.

However, when she appeared, the old man was somewhat surprised to see that the flock of geese seemed to recognize her and moved closer to her.

Such familial behavior led the old man to ignore the villagers' suggestion to clip the feathers from the wings of the geese.

She was overjoyed to see the geese flying up and down around her.

Ultimately, it's because of their different family circumstances. If it were before, no matter how the geese behaved, the old man would definitely have chosen the safest method: clipping the geese's wings to prevent the flock from flying away.

But now the family has no shortage of meat, and the old woman was quite happy when she saw that the flock of geese she raised could fly and even recognized her.

At this moment, Feng Bingwen was naturally unaware that the flock of geese, which he had forcibly infused with spiritual power and which showed signs of reversion to their ancestral ways, had won his grandmother's favor.

Although his spiritual sense could cover an entire county, he wasn't just doing it for fun. Why would he constantly sweep across the world with his spiritual sense? In densely populated areas, doing so would actually be quite awkward, as he would often see things that were inappropriate for children.

"Meow!"

As soon as Feng Bingwen stepped into his house, he saw a slightly bloated figure pounce on him. He instinctively grabbed it, and as he felt a heavy weight on it, his already fully restored immortal spiritual energy instantly flowed over it.

Meow~

The calico cat, fed by Feng Bingwen, immediately let out an extremely alluring and seductive meow. Its eyes narrowed slightly and then gradually widened, clearly indicating that it was enjoying itself to the fullest.

"She should be giving birth soon!"

Holding the mother cat and pouring immortal energy into her body, Feng Bingwen could clearly feel the increasingly vigorous energy within her womb.

And as it turned out, his hunch was right.

At midnight, amidst a storm, Feng Bingwen, who was meditating, was suddenly awakened by a cat's anxious meow. When he looked down, he saw a mother cat whose body had become quite bloated, looking at him with extreme anxiety.

It was a very strange feeling. Although it was a cat's face, Feng Bingwen could see her emotions in those tortoiseshell cat eyes.

"Don't panic, I'm here."

Feng Bingwen comforted the mother cat, his hand naturally stroking her body. Just like in the previous days, he channeled abundant spiritual energy into her, providing her with a continuous source of support.

Meow~

The mother cat, having received a boost of spiritual energy from Feng Bingwen, let out a reassuring meow, but Feng Bingwen had already sensed something was amiss.

It seemed as if a bottomless pit had appeared in the mother cat's belly. In the past, a few dozen streams of spiritual energy would have been enough to make her faint, but now he had already passed through nearly a hundred, yet it still hadn't filled the void. It had only made the mother cat's emotions a little more relaxed.

Is the baby about to be born?

Feng Bingwen remained calm and unhurried. While an ordinary cultivator who had opened his meridians would have been exhausted long ago, it was nothing to him. Before opening his meridians, he already possessed nearly 1,300 strands of spiritual energy. After the meridians opened and the pulse patterns manifested, he broke through the upper limit, and the spiritual energy within his body increased day by day, and it has not stopped to this day.

roar!

After Feng Bingwen poured over three hundred streams of innate five-elemental immortal spiritual energy into the mother cat's belly, accompanied by a roar that had nothing to do with a cat's meow, a dark spiritual light with a flame-like radiance flew out from the mother cat's lower body, rolled on the ground, and transformed into a small kitten the size of a palm, whose eyes were not even open.

That's it?

Just as Feng Bingwen was about to feel disappointed, he saw the kitten stretch out its limbs under the spiritual light that burned like black flames. The mucus on its body evaporated rapidly, and its fur began to become fluffy, soft, and shiny.

The next moment, the kitten opened its eyes, and instantly, it was as if two candles had been lit in the dimly lit room, directly illuminated by a pair of golden pupils.

"Oh, how scary!"

The two flower spirits hidden in Feng Bingwen's sleeve screamed in fright when they saw Na Na's seemingly burning golden eyes. Feng Bingwen could feel their petite bodies trembling, as if they had encountered their natural enemy.

"Master, help!"

"Since you're so timid, then hide well."

Feng Bingwen poked the two little guys, who were clearly terrified but still craned their necks to look, with a hint of helplessness.

The next moment, he looked at the mother cat whose breathing was changing rapidly, and when he looked down, he met the eyes of the mother cat he had raised for nearly three years.

With just one glance, Feng Bingwen sensed the difference. It was no longer the initial confusion, attachment, and dependence, but rather a complex change in his eyes, including hatred, anger, relief, and gratitude.

"you……"

"I am Liu Ruyu, and I thank Fellow Daoist Feng for saving my life!"

Under Feng Bingwen's suddenly complicated gaze, he saw the mother cat, who had clearly regained her past memories, bowing and greeting him in a very proper manner.

Although it seemed somewhat strange for a cat to perform a human greeting, Feng Bingwen still returned the greeting with a cupped-fist salute. Regardless of his mood at the moment, this necessary courtesy had to be observed.

"It was just a small favor."

"Fellow Daoist Feng, may I ask where this place is?"

"Donghua Continent, let's go all out!"

"I am a spiritual cultivator under the tutelage of Zhang Daohuang, the True Man of Xuantian Dao. My husband and I were visiting a friend when we were ambushed by demons on our way back, which led to our calamity. I was the only one who managed to escape. I don't know how my husband is doing now. I must return to the sect immediately to report to the True Man and request his help!"

As she spoke, the female cat, who hadn't actually transformed back into human form but whose demeanor was completely different, stood up, displaying a decisive and efficient manner that made Feng Bingwen hesitate to speak.

"Alas! Foolish child, your child has already been born, why do you insist on pretending to be confused?"

At this moment, a vast expanse of pure air filled the air, and a faint sigh drifted from outside the Feng family mansion.