Chapter 109: Civet Cat Goes Down the Mountain
"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 told the little civet cat their analysis at the foot of the mountain.
The civet cat is good at catching mice, but it doesn't believe Shen Yijin's words.
Not only because Shen Yijin was a stranger, but also because she had the aura of Beilanshan.
The spirit cat still looked at the two of them warily: "What is your relationship with that disciple from the Meteoric Star Sect?"
Just from this sentence, one can tell how unpopular Bei Lanshan is among the civet cats.
Chen Yijin quickly distanced herself from him: "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 to get too close to Shen Yijin and Bei Shitao, and stood at a distance and said to the two of them: "Since you are Hu Yunrong's friends, then I will trust you for the time being. Come with me, I will take you to see the boss."
Before the little civet cat returned to the habitat of its fellow tribesmen, the news that it had brought back two humans with the scent of Beilan Mountain had already spread among the civet cats.
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 Civet Cat tribe was slightly surprised when he heard the news: "It actually brought people back? Well, since it brought them back, we still have to meet them."
The civet cat cub is the most talented among the younger civet cats. It is born with the ability to distinguish between good and bad things and to warn of good and bad luck.
If nothing unexpected happens, it will be the next civet cat chief.
The civet cat chief trusted the judgment of the civet 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 cats' 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 they would all fall to the ground at the slightest touch.
The civet cats carried a small bamboo basket on their backs, which contained fresh vegetables picked from the fields, with water droplets still on the leaves.
The small and delicate radish is sweet, crispy and tender just by looking at it, making your mouth water.
"You civet cats are quite enthusiastic in preparing so many fruits and vegetables." Shen Yijin swallowed her saliva. She felt the abundant spiritual energy in the water radish.
It's true that those who are suffering from drought will die of drought, and those who are suffering from floods will die of floods.
The world two thousand years later was so short of spiritual energy that she could not obtain any and had to rely entirely on cultivation through merit.
Not only do civet cats have an endless supply of spiritual energy for their practice, they can also use the remaining spiritual energy to grow fruits and vegetables.
The little civet didn’t know Shen Yijin’s complicated feelings, it sighed: “We used to entertain guests with wild boar meat, but now the snow is too heavy, 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 are butchers in the village at the foot of the mountain. If you come down the mountain to help catch mice, I'll pay for the meat for you." Shen Yijin took the opportunity to seduce.
When the little civet cat heard this, its eyes immediately lit up.
It asked other tribesmen to entertain Shen Yijin and the other person, and ran to the tribe leader and discussed the matter with him in a low voice.
The little civet blinked his eyes and said, "Boss, those villagers will die if they get the plague. Let's go down and help catch the mice. If we can prevent the plague from happening, it will be a great merit! Let's go down and help the humans, and we can also have some meat by the way!"
The civet chief knew what the little civet was thinking. He smiled and nodded the little civet's head: "I don't know you yet. You just want to go down the mountain to eat meat!"
The little civet cat did not hide it. It meowed coquettishly to the chieftain 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 rather than fruits and vegetables.
As long as the infected mice are picked out, the other healthy mice can be eaten as snacks.
The little civet thought that there would be lots of mice to eat and it would be so happy to eat one at a time.
The civet cat chief doesn't want the civet cats to have anything to do with the villagers living down the mountain.
People are treacherous, and civet cats are simple-minded and easily deceived.
It decided to make a decision after seeing Shen Yijin.
The civet cat leader asked the little civet 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 civet cat chief had never seen a human with so much merit. In his impression, only Buddhists would be covered in golden light.
After confirming that the golden light on Shen Yijin's body was the power of merit, the clan leader decided to let the civet cats go down the mountain to help.
Shen Yijin is full of merits, she is definitely not a bad person, if they follow 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.”
There was no police explanation at this time, so Shen Yijin changed to the ancient explanation.
The leader of the civet cat tribe was surprised: "Can I gain merit by helping the government solve a case?"
Merit is attractive to all practitioners. No matter whether they are human or demon, they all want to obtain merit.
It sounds like Shen Yijin's method of gaining merit is very simple, and the civet cat chief is a little tempted.
Shen Yijin said: “The more influential the case, the more merits you will gain.”
“I can’t say anything about other cases, but you will definitely gain merit if you go down the mountain to help the villagers prevent the plague outbreak.” Shen Yijin knew what was more attractive to the civet cat leader.
The leader of the Civet Cat tribe immediately made the decision: "Okay, let's start preparing now, and 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 that 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 any merit and do not think there is anything good about it.
They want to eat meat more than 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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