The Hehuan Sect Enchantress’s Short-Lived Spirit Pet 4

Chapter 004: The Sect Master

Never before had Ji Zhu felt so terrified and helpless. Her large, deep blue eyes were on the verge of tears from panic.

Jiang Bai reached for its hind legs, but seeing its terrified, wide eyes, she paused for a moment and said, “Why are you reacting so strongly?”

Ji Zhu felt incredibly wronged. Shouldn’t I be reacting strongly? I have a sense of shame, you know!

Growing up, besides her mother who bathed her when she was little, no outsider had ever seen her like this. And now, suddenly…

Wuuu—I’m a very modest person!

Jiang Bai ignored its tearful appearance and said faintly, “If you’re a male, I’ll have you castrated as soon as possible to prevent you from causing trouble for the female cats outside.”

“If you’re a female, I’ll have Senior Sister prepare a medicinal formula for you to sterilize you, to prevent you from coming back pregnant with some stray cat’s kittens.”

Ji Zhu was taken aback by her words. From this perspective, the enchantress was actually being a rather responsible pet owner.

But! That didn’t mean she wasn’t a pervert!

Ji Zhu turned her head away, resigned to her fate as the enchantress pulled her hind legs apart and moved her tail to inspect her.

Soon, Ji Zhu felt the hand leave, and she could move her lower body again.

Jiang Bai placed the little thing back on the bed, her expression visibly more relaxed.

“Fortunately, you’re a female.”

The way the little thing had been acting earlier was just like a lecher. If she had discovered it was a male cat just now, it would have been unavoidable for it to go under the knife.

Ji Zhu curled herself into a tight ball, indifferent to Jiang Bai’s words.

She was still immersed in the sorrow of losing her innocence.

Transmigrated into a cat, and I don’t even have privacy!

The bed beside her dipped slightly. Ji Zhu’s ears twitched, and she dazedly lifted her head. She then saw that the enchantress had gotten into bed, had even passed her to sleep on the inner side, and had pulled the quilt over herself.

“???”

Why is she sleeping in the bed today?!

Ji Zhu’s melancholy mood vanished. She stood up and stared blankly at the enchantress, unable to understand this sudden move.

Jiang Bai had closed her eyes as soon as she lay down. However, even with her eyes closed, she seemed to know exactly what Ji Zhu was doing.

“This is my bed. Did you think it was your territory just because I let you use it for a few days?”

Ji Zhu: “…”

Ahhhhhh, doesn’t this person know anything about yielding!

So what if you let me have it! Don’t you meditate and cultivate at night anyway! You don’t even need this bed!

Ji Zhu didn’t get it. She really didn’t get why the enchantress had suddenly stopped cultivating and decided to sleep instead.

“Are you sleeping? If not, you can sleep on the floor,” the enchantress said faintly again.

Ji Zhu was thoroughly choked by these words. She let out an angry cry, turned around, and swept her tail across the enchantress’s face before quickly running to a corner at the foot of the bed and lying down.

The soft, light fur brushed gently across her face. It was ticklish, yet it made Jiang Bai feel inexplicably more cheerful. Although she wasn’t angry at the little thing’s behavior, she still kicked it back in retaliation.

Ji Zhu: “…”

It didn’t hurt, but the insult was immense!

**

The next morning, while Ji Zhu was still drinking her goat’s milk, a young girl with her hair in double buns came bouncing over to find Jiang Bai, saying that the Sect Master was looking for her.

Jiang Bai acknowledged it. Before leaving, she glanced at Ji Zhu, who was slowly eating her breakfast on the table. After a moment’s thought, she reached out and brought her along.

The young girl, who had been itching to pet the cat, immediately looked crestfallen.

Ji Zhu, with a mustache of goat’s milk still on her lips, lifted her head in a daze. She then glanced at the half-full bowl of milk on the table and remained silent about the enchantress’s unconventional behavior.

Anyway, I can’t figure out the enchantress, so I’ll just go along with whatever she does.

Jiang Bai looked down and saw the ring of milk on her mouth. She took out a handkerchief and casually wiped it clean for her, then held her as she strolled out.

Ji Zhu: “…”

Fine, seeing as she’s holding me, I won’t hold it against her for interrupting my breakfast.

This was the first time Ji Zhu had been taken out of that small courtyard. It was only after they were outside, and a crimson longsword appeared beneath the enchantress’s feet, carrying them into the sky, that Ji Zhu realized they lived on a mountaintop. At the same time, many other peaks were connected to it, shrouded in white mist. From time to time, streaks of spiritual energy of various colors would flash by, creating a beautiful and dreamlike scene.

Is this the world of cultivation?

It was only at this moment that Ji Zhu seemed to truly feel it. She was held securely in the enchantress’s arms, and there was even a faint red spiritual shield enveloping her. Despite flying at high speed at such a high altitude, Ji Zhu didn’t feel any panic or unease.

Although Jiang Bai would often tease and intimidate her, it was undeniable that she instinctively trusted that Jiang Bai would not just abandon her.

They rode the sword all the way to the highest and most magnificent mountain peak. There, she could see many disciples practicing their swordsmanship in a vast open space, their synchronized movements looking particularly imposing.

However, before Ji Zhu could get a better look, Jiang Bai carried her into a large hall, and the surrounding light instantly dimmed.

Ji Zhu curiously poked her head out from the enchantress’s arms to look. She saw a woman with a slender and frail back kneeling on a prayer mat. In front of the woman was a long altar table, on which many memorial tablets were arranged. The air was filled with the scent of incense.

“Master.”

Jiang Bai did not step forward to kneel. She just stood where she was, quietly observing everything.

Hearing the enchantress call her Master, Ji Zhu grew even more curious. Is the person in front of me the Sect Master of the Hehuan Sect, Ji Wuhui?

There was very little description of this Sect Master in the book. Ji Zhu only knew that this Sect Master almost never left her seclusion, and most of the sect’s affairs were handled by the elders and Jiang Bai.

“I called you here this time, Master, to ask you what your thoughts are on the Centennial Grand Competition,” the kneeling woman slowly stood up and turned to face Jiang Bai.

When she saw the person’s face clearly, Ji Zhu’s eyes widened slightly. She couldn’t believe that this woman, with a face as pure as jade and ice, untouched by a speck of dust, was actually the Sect Master of the Hehuan Sect!

Ji Zhu felt that she might have been stereotyped by the descriptions of the Hehuan Sect in various novels. She had subconsciously thought that such a lofty and otherworldly woman would not exist in the Hehuan Sect, but would rather be more like the cold and transcendent immortals of the so-called righteous and prestigious sects.

Hearing this question, Jiang Bai closed her eyes slightly, her gaze falling on the kitten in her arms. She saw the little thing staring eagerly at her Master.

Jiang Bai: “…”

She raised her hand and gently covered Ji Zhu’s eyes, saying in a faint voice, “It’s nothing. They don’t welcome us, so why should we be so eager to participate?”

Ji Zhu, whose eyes were covered: “?”

What’s your problem?

After Jiang Bai finished speaking, Ji Wuhui showed no reaction. Instead, her gaze fell on Ji Zhu in her arms, and a faint smile appeared on her face.

“What made you decide to raise one of these?”

Ji Zhu pushed Jiang Bai’s hand away and glared at her in dissatisfaction before turning her head back to admire Ji Wuhui’s face.

Aww, so beautiful, so beautiful. As expected of the cultivation world, blessed by heaven and earth, it produces more beauties than other worlds.

Jiang Bai frowned at the kitten. She felt she had discovered a problem. Whenever this little thing saw a good-looking person, it would stare at them intently.

But am I not good-looking? Why does it stare at me so infrequently? Only that one time last night!

“I’m raising it to relieve boredom. In the future, it can also catch mice, so it won’t be a freeloader,” Jiang Bai said with a slight smile.

“?”

“!”

Ji Zhu turned her head to look at the enchantress, joint by rusty joint, wanting to know if she was serious.

But she couldn’t tell!

“Meow!” If you dare make me catch mice, I’ll dare to die in front of you right now!

Catch mice? Never in a million years!

That sharp meow sounded as if she were being slaughtered.

Ji Wuhui was amused by the little creature’s reaction. It was like the melting of winter snow, ushering in the warmth of spring.

“Don’t scare her. Where would there be mice in the sect?” Ji Wuhui reached out to hold Ji Zhu. Faced with this gesture from her own Master, Jiang Bai had no choice but to let go and hand her over.

Knowing that Jiang Bai was just scaring her, Ji Zhu felt relieved. However, she was still indignant about Jiang Bai’s malicious behavior. Now that the beautiful Master was willing to hold her, of course she would eagerly snuggle up.

Jiang Bai watched the little thing go without any hesitation, even with eagerness, and secretly gritted her teeth, thinking that she would have to properly set some rules for it when they got back!

Ji Wuhui held the kitten in her arms, a soft white spiritual energy enveloping Ji Zhu. She said with a sigh, “It’s a pity it’s a little creature without any spiritual energy.”

The path of cultivation was long. When a cultivator reached a certain realm, their lifespan would also be extended. A kitten without any spiritual energy would only live for about ten years. A high-level cultivator might spend more than that in a single session of seclusion.

Hearing her words, Jiang Bai fell silent. She looked at the seemingly oblivious kitten in her arms, her eyes darkening.

Ji Wuhui held Ji Zhu with one hand and stroked her back with the other, returning to the original topic.

“Master hopes that you can take them out to see the world.”

Jiang Bai looked at her in surprise, not expecting her to say that.

Ji Wuhui smiled faintly, her gaze passing over Jiang Bai to the sky outside the door. She said in a distant voice, “It’s not a good thing for us to always hide away like this. It’s time for them to go out and gain some experience.”

“This Centennial Grand Competition will be their training ground.”

Hearing “Centennial Grand Competition” again, Ji Zhu finally realized where the timeline of this world was.

After receiving his inheritance, the male lead, Xiao Ge’s, cultivation had recovered. After a series of assessments and selections, he had entered the Immortal Sword Sect. Not only would he participate in this Centennial Grand Competition, but he would also win the championship!

“The top thirty in this competition will get a spot to enter the Extreme Cold Mystic Realm. It might be beneficial for you to go in and train,” Ji Wuhui said, looking at Jiang Bai with a gentle gaze.

She knew that her disciple was very outstanding, but she also hoped that this disciple could go out and see the bigger world.

Hearing “Extreme Cold Mystic Realm,” Ji Zhu immediately became excited. She struggled to get out of Ji Wuhui’s arms, wishing she could speak.

Go, go! There are opportunities inside!

Seeing her struggling so much, Jiang Bai quickly took her back. She frowned as she saw her excitedly clawing at her clothes.

“You want me to go?”

Ji Zhu couldn’t care about anything else and nodded vigorously.

Among the prizes for winning this competition was an unknown iron token. However, that iron token was the key to opening the residence of a great alchemy master in the Extreme Cold Mystic Realm. It was full of treasures!

Most importantly, there were finished Blood-Cleansing Pills, a long-lost recipe!

The reason Ji Zhu cared so much about this Blood-Cleansing Pill was because of the enchantress.

The enchantress was born with a heat poison in her blood. Every time it acted up, her whole body would burn red, torturing her with excruciating pain.

Although the enchantress could suppress it with her cultivation now, after suppressing it for a long time, there would occasionally be a day when it couldn’t be suppressed and would erupt, which was even more agonizing.

In the novel, the Blood-Cleansing Pill fell into the hands of the male lead. Later, he got to know the enchantress and accidentally learned about her innate heat poison. He then gave her this Blood-Cleansing Pill, which made the enchantress change her opinion of him.

Just as Ji Zhu was anxiously trying to figure out how to get the enchantress to go, she saw the enchantress nod to Ji Wuhui and say, “Alright, I’ll go.”

Huh?

So readily?