The Journey of Immortal Cultivation
Chapter 235 - 149: The Cat’s Gratitude

Chapter 235: Chapter 149: The Cat’s Gratitude

It’s quite sinister! But the task Young Master had given me is of great urgency, I must attend to it swiftly.

After one last inspection, she left reluctantly. Li Mengxue was a disaster waiting to happen, if one day she encountered Young Master and told him of today’s events... She shivered from the chill, having made up her mind that if she ever saw Li Mengxue again, regardless of whether she could get information about the Spirit Tea Seedlings from her, she would immediately kill her to prevent any future troubles!

Watching Da Zi circling in the sky over and over again, Ning Xiaoxian clicked her tongue in amazement: "This Banshee has truly gone mad!" Is she determined not to stop until she finds me? The Scorpion Demoness eventually flew away with her Magic Artifact and didn’t return for a long time. She probably really took off this time.

She walked out of the God Demon Prison, crouched down beside a shrub, brushed away the fallen leaves on top, and revealed the cage hidden underneath. The Cat Demon gazed at her with its deep, expansive eyes, expression blank.

Changtian couldn’t help but ask: "Why bother saving it? The bloodline of this Cat Demon is extremely inferior; it doesn’t even have one ten-thousandth of the Great Demon lineage, reaching the Transformation Stage in its lifetime would already be a blessing from its ancestors." In his view, the Cat Demon wasn’t worth saving. Ning Xiaoxian retrieving the cage while precious time for escape was ticking away was truly beyond his expectations.

His assessment of others is still so vicious. Qiongqi, who hadn’t appeared for a long time, praised, "Of course, it’s because our female owner’s heart has overflowed with kindness."

Could she say it was the Cat Demon’s eyes, filled with despair and sorrow, that touched her tender heart? Among the three males in the God Demon Prison, one was a pure-blooded Divine Beast, one had half-demon blood, and one didn’t even have a physical form, just painted on the Pill Furnace. Would they even understand if she spoke of sentimentality?

Since the pursuers were gone and they were not far from the pass, there should be no great monster suddenly jumping out to block the path. She lifted the cage and seriously said to the Cat Demon inside: "I know you understand what I’m saying. Hmm, if you don’t suddenly go mad and leap at me to scratch, I will let you out, how about that?"

The Cat Demon nodded blankly.

"You are free." Ning Xiaoxian tore off the paper talisman on the cage, opened the door, and then turned and walked away.

"Just like that?" Qiongqi doubted. The female owner also harbored her own cunning schemes; she must have some purpose for saving this small and weak Cat Demon, right?

"Just like that." She replied discontentedly, "What’s with that tone?" Occasionally assisting the weak was something she could manage as long as it did not endanger her own safety. The cat reminded her of herself. When she came to this world, she was more helpless than the Cat Demon—after all, it was at least a demon while she was but a frail mortal woman. If she hadn’t met Changtian, she might have spent her entire life nestled in that small mountain village, unable to withstand the ravages of time, and eventually marrying a brute, right?

Perhaps by the end, she would gradually forget even the land of Huaxia that nurtured her.

Now that she possessed a slight bit of strength, why not help this little monster on her way? It was too weak to harm anyone.

Yet, merely a few steps forward, she felt something trip her.

This path was clearly devoid of even a single stone! The shock she got was no small matter. Looking down, she found the Cat Demon following her, affectionately rubbing itself against her ankle.

Huh, this little one’s a bit odd.

Even Changtian in the prison gasped faintly: "Strange, this cat moves without making a sound, if I don’t listen carefully, I can’t even hear its footsteps."

Naturally, cats possess soft pads on their feet, and they retract their claws when walking, making them soundless. However, her five senses were far beyond that of an average person, not to mention in the God Demon Prison there was a Divine Beast giant demon whose senses surpassed hers. If even he remarked on the odd quietness of the Cat Demon’s footsteps, then it was indeed peculiar!

"There’s something odd about you." She bent down and whispered to the Cat Demon.

The cat’s spirit perked up at once, it craned its neck and meowed several times at her as if pouring out its heart.

Ning Xiaoxian was at a loss. She was human, she couldn’t understand the Cat Demon’s language!

Inside God Demon Prison, Changtian suddenly called out gravely: "Qiongqi!"

Qiongqi replied unwillingly: "I, the mighty Qiongqi, am even being made to translate for a lowly Cat Demon, ah! Ow!" Following a scream, he likely received a thump from Changtian and then grumbled, "This cat says that since its birth, its body was weaker than other Cat Demons and was soon abandoned by its mother. But its steps are much lighter than its peers, allowing it to evade many demons. Hmm... It says it doesn’t know why that is."