She's alright!
The little black cat felt like it was about to explode. This new disciple wasn't afraid of its illusion array at all!
It's a lucky cat with incredibly powerful illusionary abilities! It only needs to exhale a little bit of black mist to bewitch a whole bunch of Golden Core cultivators!
Its innate skills are already so powerful, how come this girl is completely unaffected?
She can still carry it around everywhere? Where is the majesty of this little black cat spirit beast?
The master of the Imperial Mirror clearly stated that its illusion techniques are invincible among those of the same level. This girl is only at the fifth level of Qi Refining; in theory, she shouldn't be able to withstand its illusion array. Zhao Cai is really angry.
Zhao Cai, who was always praised by the disciples of Tianlan Sect, was now melancholy.
Its little paws thrashed at Zhu Yi's hand. Even with the back of its neck being grabbed, it wouldn't stay still and nimbly broke free in a few moments.
With a few cat-like leaps, it disappeared right under Zhu Yi's nose.
Zhu Yi subconsciously searched for the little black cat's trail, somewhat puzzled: "Was it the one that popped up to steal the dried fish?"
"Its black mist looks very powerful, but it doesn't seem like it's anything highly poisonous..."
Zhu Yi couldn't figure it out, so she gave up. Everyone was in Tianlan Sect, and she would often come to Spirit Beast Peak to clean up poop, so it should be easy to run into them again.
"I'll bring you dried fish next time! Even though the little cat is fierce, it's actually quite cute when its fur stands on end," Zhu Yi murmured.
"You said it yourself! Remember to bring me dried fish next time, meow!"
Zhu Yi stopped in her tracks. Just as she stepped into the Crane Garden to get out her tools to scoop up the litter, she saw the little black cat that had returned, swaggering towards her with its high-spirited gait.
The little black cat avoided the crane droppings and quietly squatted on the crossbeam above the fence of the crane garden.
He showed no trace of the frustration he had displayed after his failed attack on Zhu Yi; instead, he was composed and appeared extremely upright.
"Okay! Then you'll have to wait until I earn some new spirit stones!" Zhu Yi said to the little black cat with a smile.
"I blew up the pharmacy's side room today and lost a lot of spirit stones. Now, my pockets are empty, and I don't have any spirit stones left to exchange for dried fish for you."
Scooping poop can be tedious, but having a talking little guy to keep you company is nice too.
"Little black cat, what are you doing back here again?" Zhu Yi asked it in a good mood.
"Hmph! It's all because of you!" the little black cat complained. It was sleeping soundly when its owner, Yujing, insisted that it supervise the little girl scooping poop.
Just scoop the poop, what's there to supervise?
It came, but this little girl didn't even prepare any dried fish for it! How infuriating!
Zhu Yi neatly cleaned up the Crane Garden territory, and when she looked up, the night sky was already filled with stars.
She got up and stretched her numb limbs. All around was quiet. The little black cat was half-closing its eyes and squatting to the side, watching her scoop its poop.
"Hey, now you know, crane droppings smell awful!"
Zhu Yi felt ashamed.
"What are you so arrogant about? Cat poop smells bad too!"
"Hmph, this cat immortal has been fasting for many years, and has no poop!"
"Oh, then why did you block my way and ask me for dried fish?" Zhu Yi exposed him mercilessly. "Could it be that your fasting wasn't thorough enough?"
"You're talking nonsense!" The little black cat was very angry. Why was this little disciple so different from the ones it usually interacted with?
"Alright, let's go to the two gardens in the back and continue working. When I have time later, I'll grill some fish for you."
The little black cat ignored her and haughtily led the way for Zhu Yi.
"I'm really good at grilling fish. I clean and scale a big carp, make incisions on its belly, marinate it with seasonings, then prepare a fire for charcoal grilling. I brush on a layer of seasonings every now and then. The grilled fish is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and the fragrant fish belly will even ooze oil!"
The little black cat walked ahead unmoved, but its pointed ears, which were perked up, betrayed its slight arrogance as it listened intently to Zhu Yi's words.
"Oh right, you're a cat, you can't eat too much salt, what a pity! Grilled fish with spicy sauce is the perfect accompaniment to rice!" Zhu Yi noticed the little black cat's shyness but didn't expose it, and started making promises instead.
The little black cat covered its ears, turned its head away, swallowed its saliva, and ignored Zhu Yi.
"Then you must like cat grass, right? I can grind the cat grass into powder, and then sprinkle a thick layer of cat grass powder on the fish while grilling it. It sounds delicious, doesn't it?"
"Fish are easy to catch, we can go fishing by the big lake when we have time, but catnip is hard to find!"
As Zhu Yi slowly drew a big pie in the sky for the little black cat, she observed the cat's shy expression. She knew that no matter how proud a cat was, it would eventually succumb to the temptation of fish and catnip.
"I know, there's a small courtyard you can see as soon as you enter Spirit Beast Peak that has cat spirit grass. I often go to that courtyard to find food!"
The little black cat was getting anxious; it seemed as if it could already see the fragrant grilled fish beckoning to it.
Alright, having whetted his appetite enough, Zhu Yi stopped, his expression turning serious: "Oh, then let's talk about it when I have time. Right now, I still need to clean the spirit beast garden, so don't disturb me while I'm working."
"Ah! Are you still going to give me the grilled fish or not?" the little black cat meowed.
Zhu Yi pondered for a moment, then said reservedly, "You can grill it, but you sprayed black mist at me today, were you bullying me?"
"Ah! That was my illusion array. You weren't fooled by it either, were you?" the little black cat argued, still trying to defend the grilled fish.
"So it was an illusion array. You're really amazing."
Zhu Yi opened an iron gate, and as soon as she entered, she was hit by a stench so strong that the stench of feces hit her head and made her eyes water.
"Alright, alright, I have to scoop the poop now, I can't talk to you about the grilled fish now!" Zhu Yi covered her mouth and nose, turned around and complained to the little black cat, "This Lingbo rhinoceros's poop is really too smelly."
Moreover, this pile of mushy feces in front of me is really hard to clean up, okay?
"Hey, when are you going to grill me some fish?" the little black cat persisted.
"Did you see that?" Zhu Yi raised her hand and pointed to a pile of dark, soupy feces in front of the little black cat.
"I still have so much to do, let me finish it first!"
Zhu Yi held a small manure basket in her left hand and a small shovel in her right, looking worried about how to clean up this pile of mushy stuff.
Seeing that Zhu Yi was squatting to the side cleaning and getting a little anxious, the little black cat simply cast a spell to demonstrate for Zhu Yi.
In the darkness, the little black cat's black magic wasn't very noticeable, but even so, Zhu Yi still figured out how to clean up this puddle of mushy feces.
The little black cat's method was simple: it threw a small fireball at the cat, which baked the paste into dried feces, and then it could put the cat away.
"The Lingbo rhinoceros mainly feeds on medicinal herbs, so its soft gold also has medicinal properties. Don't underestimate this pile of black dung; using it to refine the Tianlan Sect's Dryness-Relieving Pill is a closely guarded secret of our sect."
The little black cat sat down and proudly explained some scientific knowledge to Zhu Yi.
Zhu Yi's facial features were contorted in disbelief. Although she knew that some traditional Chinese medicine remedies might involve the use of children's urine, she was still somewhat bewildered as she stared at the dried clump of Lingbo rhinoceros dung.
Can this be used to make a dryness-relieving pill?
The Dryness-Relieving Pill is the first elixir that disciples of the Hehuan Sect learn to refine, and Zhu Yi is very familiar with it.
This pill's function is to relieve dryness and heat. One intermediate-level dryness-relieving pill can neutralize most of the aphrodisiacs and fire toxins on the market.
Of course, the effects of a high-quality dryness-relieving pill are not limited to this. If a cultivator with a fire spiritual root has difficulty cultivating due to the impurity of their spiritual root, they can seek out a royal-grade dryness-relieving pill to purify the deficiencies of their fire spiritual root.
The dung of the Lingbo rhinoceros is used to refine the Dryness-Relieving Pill? Or is it a secret technique passed down within the sect? Zhu Yi expressed her doubts, as she had not used this substance when refining the Dryness-Relieving Pill.
"Look at you, so unsophisticated! Different levels of pills have different refining techniques. Even the same type of pill has multiple refining methods. It all depends on what function you focus on when refining the pill."
"You think you're only cleaning up ordinary poop?" The little black cat, Zhaocai, was beaming with pride, its little tail wagging as it launched into a tirade, showing its current happiness.
It knows so much! Hehe.
"The crane droppings you collected earlier, once fermented, can not only be used as fertilizer for spiritual plants, but also as a catalyst for refining animal medicines." The little black cat paused, its golden eyes staring directly at Zhu Yi. "Cranes may eat various snakes and insects. If you're lucky, you might find a few snake demon cores that they've partially neutralized, which can be exchanged for a lot of spirit stones."
"Collect the inner core of a demonic snake and exchange it for spirit stones? Brilliant! I'm desperately short of spirit stones right now!"
Seeing Zhu Yi's worthless grin, the little black cat once again felt incredibly knowledgeable. Its sharp voice rang out again, interrupting Zhu Yi's unreliable get-rich-quick scheme: "What are you thinking! Where are you going to find so many demon snake cores to scavenge? You can only pick up five or six a year cleaning the spirit beast garden!"
"Only alchemists at the master level or above can use demon beast inner cores to refine pills, and these pills made with demon beast inner cores are not something cultivators can consume casually..."
Zhu Yi suddenly realized that she had been narrow-minded! Although she had the original owner's memories of the cultivation world, she was essentially a novice in the cultivation world after transmigrating.
She knew nothing about this unfamiliar world, so she couldn't view things in the present through the lens of the past.
Thinking of this, her gaze towards the little black cat became different. She didn't want to ask her rich master about everything anymore; wasn't he a ready-made encyclopedia?
If even the excrement in the cultivation world has so many uses, then as a spiritually awakened cultivation beast cat, it must be very useful too!
The stars twinkled, and Zhu Yi looked up at the deep blue night sky again. The night wind lashed against her face, and the air was filled with the lingering warmth of the spring sun and the smell of droppings from various spirit beasts and birds on Spirit Beast Peak.
Zhu Yi suddenly recalled Su Shi's words: "We are like mayflies in the vastness of the universe, a grain of millet in the boundless ocean."
With a complicated expression, she made hand gestures to bake the dung of the rhinoceros.
Yes, even spirit beast dung is so useful in the cultivation world, so does that mean that surviving in this world is much more difficult than the modern, prosperous world she experienced in her previous life?
She was just a tiny member of the masses, and it was her good fortune to have the opportunity to be reborn in another world after dying suddenly in modern times.
That's right, even though surviving in the cultivation world is a difficult thing, she is still lucky.
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