Chapter 013: Cat Head
But… she really wanted to eat it…
Ji Zhu’s eyes were covered by Jiang Bai, feeling resentful. But her nose could still clearly smell the appetizing aroma of the dried fish.
“Jiang Bai, you’re being too disrespectful to your own spirit pet,” Xia Ye said.
“Mind your own business,” Jiang Bai sneered, holding Ji Zhu and quickening her pace to shake off Xia Ye, finding her annoying to have around.
As the scent of the dried fish grew more distant, Ji Zhu’s ears drooped listlessly. Just as she was sighing in her heart, her mouth was suddenly pried open and something that tasted like a candy bean was stuffed inside. She rolled the candy bean with the tip of her tongue, stunned for a moment.
Is the enchantress coaxing me?
“Have I not given you enough to eat on a daily basis? To the point where you’re craving her little bit of food,” Jiang Bai snorted, disappointed by Ji Zhu’s gluttonous behavior, as if she had mistreated her.
Ji Zhu tasted the candy bean in her mouth, her eyes brightening slightly. Although it was sweet, it wasn’t cloying at all. It was the type she liked!
But a single candy bean was digested really quickly. It was gone in no time. Ji Zhu wanted more. She struggled in Jiang Bai’s arms, lifted her head, and looked at her with pleading eyes, opening her mouth to indicate that she wanted more.
Jiang Bai: “…” Did she even listen to what I said?
Seeing no reaction from her, Ji Zhu ingratiatingly licked the enchantress’s cheek like other cats, her eyes looking even more pitiful.
Jiang Bai: “…”
She took a deep breath, quickly stuffed another candy bean into Ji Zhu’s mouth, the tips of her ears slightly red, and said through gritted teeth, “Don’t just stick your tongue out and lick people!”
Ji Zhu held the candy bean in her mouth and tilted her head at her, her big eyes filled with confusion. As far as she knew, people who kept cats quite liked it when their little cats occasionally licked them.
But since the enchantress didn’t like it, she wouldn’t use this method to please her anymore.
With this thought, Ji Zhu no longer dwelled on it. As soon as she finished one candy bean, she looked at her with pleading eyes again.
Jiang Bai: “…”
She pinched the soft flesh on Ji Zhu’s waist and frowned. “Why do I feel like you’ve gotten much fatter recently?”
Ji Zhu’s eyes widened, and she swatted at the hand with a paw, letting out a series of angry meows. I’m clearly still growing, what do you mean by fat!
Jiang Bai smiled slightly at Ji Zhu. “Your voice is very loud?”
Ji Zhu clamped her mouth shut, swallowing all the sounds back down. She gave Jiang Bai a resentful look, snorted lightly, and jumped down from her, turning to paw at Qiong Yin’s trouser leg instead.
Jiang Bai watched her trotting away, the corners of her lips twitching. Still such a big temper.
**
Qiong Yin picked Ji Zhu up with a smile, rubbing her head and asking with a laugh, “Fighting with Junior Sister again?”
Ji Zhu turned her head away, refusing to admit it.
Qiong Yin’s smile deepened, and she held Ji Zhu’s face and rubbed it. “When you two are together, you’re always getting angry and throwing tantrums.”
Ji Zhu: “…” Whose fault is that? Is it my fault?
She snorted lightly. It’s clearly all the enchantress’s fault for being so malicious!
But soon, her attention was suddenly drawn to the pattern embroidered on Qiong Yin’s chest. A cat head, identical to her own, covered the original narcissus pattern, looking incredibly sweet and cute.
Ji Zhu wagged her tail happily. Heh! I’m just that cute!
Not only did Ji Zhu notice this change, but the other members of the Hehuan Sect also noticed it, finding it novel and fun. They even planned to embroider one on their own clothes the next time they stopped to rest.
Su Xin, the elder of the Hehuan Sect: “…”
Xia Ye sidled up to Su Xin, completely ignoring her serious expression, and said with a smile, “Elder Su Xin, seeing the disciples of the sect so blatantly replacing the sect’s pattern, are you not going to do anything at all?”
A typical case of someone enjoying the show and not minding making things worse, coming over to stir up trouble.
Su Xin’s eyes slid sideways, giving Xia Ye a sidelong glance. She said with a smile that didn’t reach her eyes, “Our sect doesn’t have that many rules. As long as they don’t kill innocent people, they can do whatever they want.”
Xia Ye feigned regret. Her eyes darted around, and she asked with a smile, “Is that so? Then they all have cat heads, and you don’t. Are they excluding you and not playing with you?”
“Oh my, how pitiful. Seeing how pitiful you are, I don’t mind playing with you more.”
As she spoke, the smile on her face grew wider. She clasped her hands behind her back and looked at Su Xin with sparkling eyes.
Su Xin: “…”
Her face changed slightly, and her tone turned cold.
“It’s better not to speak so carelessly.”
Hearing this, Xia Ye blinked innocently, her eyes fixed on Su Xin as she chuckled softly. “Haven’t I always spoken like this? Don’t you know that already?”
Su Xin’s face changed, and she flicked her sleeve and left.
Watching the person leave in a huff, Xia Ye still maintained a smile on her face. Seeing that no one around was paying attention to her, the smile slowly faded, and the hand hidden in her wide sleeve clenched into a fist.
**
Not long after, Jiang Bai suddenly discovered that among the Hehuan Sect members, only she and Su Xin had no pattern on their clothes. Everyone else had a small cat head pattern on their chests.
Jiang Bai: “…”
Jiang Bai and Su Xin were not wearing the sect’s uniform. Seeing them like this now, there was a faint feeling that the two of them were being excluded…
Never mind Su Xin, but the one embroidered on their chests was clearly her own spirit pet! What reason did they have to exclude her!
She felt stifled in her heart. However, it was impossible for her to embroider Ji Zhu’s likeness on her own clothes, so she could only suppress her frustration.
Ji Zhu, who had just come down from the others’ arms, ran back to Jiang Bai’s side, hugging her leg and climbing up her body. Her deep blue eyes looked at her pitifully. Without a word, Jiang Bai immediately understood what she meant.
Holding Ji Zhu steady and smelling the faint scent of others on her, she gritted her back molars in anger. She really wanted to throw her out. How did she end up with such an ungrateful cat?
This little thing would roll around in her junior sisters’ arms, letting them rub her head, eating the food they fed her. And when she was full, she would run back to her to beg for candy beans.
Every time she came back, she carried the scent of a different woman!
Shoving several candy beans into Ji Zhu’s mouth, Jiang Bai held her steady in her arms, her face cold as she looked at the dense forest ahead.
Besides her, the others also seemed to have sensed something and gradually moved closer to Jiang Bai.
At this time, the group had reached the border between Puping City and Wu City. In between was a large, dense forest covering a vast area, with many demonic beasts living inside. Although the level of danger was not low, because many rare herbs grew inside, many people would still venture in despite the danger.
They had originally planned to go around the outskirts of the forest. The outskirts were relatively safe as people often walked there, and as long as one’s luck wasn’t too bad, there was basically no great danger.
But from the aura Jiang Bai had sensed earlier, it seemed their luck was a bit off.
“Roar!”
A heaven-shaking roar came, and a large tree in the dense forest in front of them snapped and crashed to the ground. A huge figure rushed out from within. It was shaped like a saber-toothed tiger, its tail like a steel whip. With a light sweep, the fallen thick tree trunk was swept elsewhere. Its large, bronze-colored eyes stared covetously at the group of people in front of it.
The moment it made a move, Jiang Bai and Su Xin had protected the others and quickly retreated a certain distance, so they were not affected by the previous sound wave.
Ji Zhu stared dumbfounded at the large tiger, its sharp fangs glinting with a cold light. This thing had to be three or four meters tall!
“A Xuan Yan Tiger. Looking at its strength, it must be at the Nascent Soul stage, right? Why would it appear on the outskirts?” Xia Ye was also startled for a moment, but she quickly calmed down.
Su Xin’s brows furrowed slightly. She clearly didn’t understand why a demonic beast at the Nascent Soul stage would appear on the outskirts. She had the other disciples retreat, holding her twin hooks and staring intently at the Xuan Yan Tiger in front of them.
Jiang Bai’s gaze swept around. Logically, a Xuan Yan Tiger shouldn’t appear here. Was there something that had attracted it?
Handing Ji Zhu to Qiong Yin to hold, the crimson Lunhui Sword appeared in her hand. Jiang Bai stared at the Xuan Yan Tiger, which was much taller than her, and said in a faint voice, “Although I don’t know why you’re here, it’s not too late to get out of the way now.”
Behind her, Xia Ye was dumbfounded. This Jiang Bai’s tone was getting bigger and bigger, daring to say such things to a Nascent Soul stage demonic beast.
Obviously, the Xuan Yan Tiger also seemed to have been provoked. With a roar, it suddenly charged at Jiang Bai!
“Elder, protect the others,” Jiang Bai closed her eyes, the hem of her skirt moving without wind. A sharp sword aura surrounded her. Before anyone could see how she had moved, she had already appeared above the Xuan Yan Tiger’s head, her longsword plunging into the tiger’s head with an unstoppable momentum!
“Hiss—”
Xia Ye’s eyes widened. What kind of monster was this Jiang Bai? Her strength had improved so much? A Nascent Soul stage demonic beast was so fragile in front of her?!
If she remembered correctly, she wasn’t even a hundred years old, right?!
“Roar!”
The Xuan Yan Tiger’s eyes were bloodshot, and its aura surged. The Lunhui Sword, which had been halfway in, could no longer advance an inch. It suddenly crashed into a large tree on the side, trying to crush the person on its head into a meat patty.
Jiang Bai’s expression turned cold, a sarcastic arc forming on her lips. With a tap of her toes, she flipped off the tiger’s head, bringing the Lunhui Sword with her. A faint crimson sword aura lingered in the air.
The next second, the huge tiger head crashed to the ground, its large, bronze-bell eyes still wide with unwillingness.
Seeing this scene, Ji Zhu blinked, suddenly feeling a chill on her neck as if she were in its place.
This enchantress’s strength is actually so formidable!
The novel didn’t mention this!
