"The plague is about to break out in the village at the foot of the mountain. We would like to ask you to come down the mountain to help." Shen Yijin repeated their analysis at the foot of the mountain to the little civet cat.
The civet cat is good at catching mice, but it doesn't believe what Shen Yijin said.
Not only because Shen Yijin was a stranger, but also because she had the aura of Bei Lanshan.
The spirit cat still looked at the two of them warily: "What is your relationship with that disciple from the Meteoric Sect?"
Just from this sentence, one can tell how much Bei Lanshan is disliked by the civet cats.
Chen Yijin quickly distanced herself from the matter: "We are not familiar with him. We only know him because of Hu Yunrong from the Fox Fairy Temple. You know, Hu Yunrong cares a lot about the people living down the mountain. This time we went down the mountain to stop the plague just for Hu Yunrong."
The civet cats had a very good relationship with Hu Yunrong. The little civet cat could smell the scent of Shen Yijin and the other person, and the scent was particularly strong, twice that of Bei Lanshan.
Therefore, the little civet was not as vigilant as before.
It still didn't dare get too close to Shen Yijin and Bei Shitao. It stood at a distance and said to them, "Since you are Hu Yunrong's friends, I will trust you for now. Come with me, I will take you to see the boss."
Before the little civet cat returned to its fellow tribe's habitat, the news that it had brought back two humans with the scent of Beilan Mountain had already spread among the civet cat tribe.
The civet cats ran to the clan leader in panic, "Boss, this is bad! The civet cat cubs brought back two humans who look like disciples of the Meteorite Sect. What should we do?"
The civet cat that brought Chen Yijin and the others back to their tribe was the same civet cat that had sniffed Bei Lanshan and found his scent disgusting.
The civet cats never expected that it would bring these two humans back.
The leader of the spirit cat clan was slightly surprised when he heard the news: "It actually brought someone back? Well, since it brought someone back, I still have to meet it."
The civet cat cub is the most talented among the younger civet cats. He is born with the ability to distinguish between good and bad things and has the ability to warn of good and bad luck.
If nothing unexpected happens, it will be the next leader of the civet cat clan.
The civet cat leader trusted the judgment of the civet cat cubs very much. He asked the civet cats to clean up their territory and prepare fruits and vegetables to entertain the two human guests.
When Chen Yijin and Bei Shitao arrived at the civet cat tribe's territory, they were shocked by the civet cats' grand display.
The tree stumps were filled with fresh fruit, piled so high that it seemed as if the slightest touch would cause it to fall to the ground.
The civet cats also carried a small bamboo basket on their backs, which contained fresh vegetables picked from the ground, with water droplets still on the leaves.
The small and delicate water radish is sweet, crisp and tender just by looking at it, making your mouth water.
"You spirit cats are quite enthusiastic for preparing so many fruits and vegetables." Shen Yijin swallowed her saliva. She felt the abundant spiritual energy in the water radish.
It's really true that those who are drought-stricken will die of drought, and those who are flood-stricken will die of flood.
Two thousand years later, the world was so short of spiritual energy that she could not obtain it and had to rely entirely on cultivation through merit.
Not only do civet cats have an endless supply of spiritual energy for their cultivation, they can also use the remaining spiritual energy to grow fruits and vegetables.
The little civet cat didn't know Shen Yijin's complicated feelings. It sighed and said, "We used to entertain guests with wild boar meat, but now the snow is too heavy and we can't catch wild boars. We can only use spiritual energy to cultivate these fruits and vegetables and rely on them to survive the winter."
Civet cats are playful by nature and are unwilling to hibernate even in the cold winter.
"There is a butcher in the village at the foot of the mountain. If you come down the mountain to help catch mice, I will pay for the meat for you." Shen Yijin took the opportunity to seduce him.
When the little civet cat heard this, its eyes immediately lit up.
It asked other tribesmen to entertain Shen Yijin and the other two, and ran to the tribe leader and discussed the matter with him in a low voice.
The little civet cat blinked its bright eyes and said, "Boss, those villagers are dying from the plague. Let's go down and help catch the rats. If we can prevent the plague from happening, it will be a great deed! Let's go down and help the humans, and we can also have some meat!"
The leader of the civet cat clan knew what the little civet cat was thinking. He smiled and nodded the little civet cat's head: "I don't know you yet. You just want to go down the mountain to eat meat!"
The little civet cat didn't hide it. It meowed coquettishly at the clan leader a few times: "Boss, I haven't eaten meat for many days. Even if that human doesn't buy meat for us, it's good to have some snacks."
Although there is not much meat on mice, and civet cats used to look down on them, they still prefer to eat mice compared to fruits and vegetables.
As long as the infected mice are picked out, the other healthy mice can be eaten as snacks.
The little civet cat thought that there would be lots of mice to eat and it would be so happy to eat one at a time.
The leader of the civet cat tribe doesn't want the civet cats to have anything to do with the villagers down the mountain.
People are treacherous, but civet cats are simple-minded and easily deceived.
It decided to make a decision after seeing Shen Yijin.
The leader of the civet cat clan asked the little civet cat to go play aside and went to meet Chen Yijin and Bei Shitao.
As soon as he saw Shen Yijin, the civet cat leader’s eyes widened.
It rubbed its eyes in disbelief and circled around Shen Yijin, trying to confirm whether it had seen it wrong.
"How did you get so much merit, human?" The chief of the spirit cats had never seen a human with so much merit. In its impression, only Buddhists would be covered in golden light.
After confirming that the golden light on Shen Yijin was the power of merit, the clan leader decided to let the spirit cats go down the mountain to help.
Shen Yijin is full of merits and is definitely not a bad person. If they hang out with her, maybe they can also gain some merits.
Shen Yijin raised an eyebrow, and the civet cat leader’s eyes were quite sharp: “I got it by helping the government solve a case.”
At this time, there was no police explanation, so Shen Yijin changed to the ancient explanation.
The leader of the spirit cat tribe was surprised: "Can I gain merit by helping the government solve a case?"
Merit is attractive to all practitioners. Whether they are human or demon cultivators, they all want to obtain merit.
It sounds like Shen Yijin's method of gaining merit is very simple, and the leader of the spirit cat tribe is a little tempted.
Shen Yijin said, “The more influential the case, the more merit you will gain.”
“I can’t say anything about other cases, but if you go down the mountain to help the villagers prevent the outbreak of plague, you will definitely gain merit.” Shen Yijin knew what was more attractive to the leader of the civet cat clan.
The leader of the Civet Cat tribe immediately made the decision: "Okay, let's start preparing now. We'll go down the mountain with you to catch mice later!"
After the chief had finished speaking, he called the civet cats together and announced the matter.
When the civet cats heard they were going down the mountain to catch mice, they ran around excitedly: "Great! We can go eat some meat!"
Most civets are like the little civet. They have not eaten meat for a long time and are very greedy. They have never seen merit and do not think there is anything good about merit.
They want to eat meat more than gain merit.
After the civet cats were ready, they went down the mountain with Shen Yijin and the others. At this moment, they didn't know that Bei Lanshan and the fox who stayed in the village were in crisis.
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