Cat Immortal

While striving to break through to the Innate Realm, Lin Chan sparred with the Guards in the Lin Family courtyard every day.

At Lin Chan's request, the Guards' fists, kicks, staves, and clubs rained down on him like raindrops.

Lin Chan moved with ease, effortlessly defusing their attacks. Nimble as a white ape, he weaved among them and defeated the Guards one by one.

Yet there were only a few minor wounds on Lin Chan's body.

"Before the Young Master, we are as frail as ants."

Xiao Can, who had been casually defeated by two palm strikes, could not help sighing.

"How could the Young Master possibly be compared to us? Even among all the young talents of Yulin City, who could compare to him?"

Xiao Si said.

"Yes! In the Young Master's hands, our Lin Family will surely rise to glory once more."

Xiao Can agreed proudly.

Thinking of the Lin Family's ten thousand mu of fertile land, its several profitable trade routes, and more than a dozen money-making shops, they, as servants of the Lin Family, proudly puffed out their chests as well.

They shared in the glory.

Lin Chan's thoughts, however, were nowhere near that. After stuffing himself full, he hugged Little Li and fell into a deep sleep.

The originally lazy, plump tabby cat opened his eyes at that moment and slipped out of the Lin Family through the cat hole.

After one sleep, the effects of [Deep Sleep] will heal my injuries and raise my strength. I just don't know when I'll be able to transform my qi and blood into Inner Qi and step into the Innate Realm.

Treading with catlike steps and gracefully weaving through the Lin Family estate, Lin Chan pondered these matters.

The reason Lin Chan had progressed so rapidly over the years was, first, the [Spirit Gathering Physique], which gathered the thin spiritual energy between heaven and earth to nourish his body.

Second was [Deep Sleep]—efficient sleep, rapid growth.

In truth, even if Lin Chan did not work hard at martial arts, relying solely on the passive growth of [Deep Sleep] would have allowed him to reach the third level of the Acquired Realm, the Organ Tempering Realm.

Practicing martial arts was all about eating well and sleeping well.

For a martial artist, this innate skill was truly a rare and precious gift.

Before Little Li could even leave the estate, a chubby little hand reached for him. Fortunately, Lin Chan had been a cat for nearly five years. His body was agile, and he easily dodged it before striding away.

"Young Master Hu, this is Young Master Chan's pet. You absolutely must not offend it!"

Lin Hu's wet nurse chased after him from behind.

Lin Hu was not as mature as Lin Chan. He had not stopped needing his wet nurse's care at an early age.

Thus, even though he was already five years old, his wet nurse still had to chase after him.

The Lin Family did not lack money, and Lin Hu had grown even fatter and sturdier than Lin Chan had been as a child.

In fact, after Lin Chan awakened his first talent, the nourishment of spiritual energy had gradually slimmed him down, so he would not suffer from excess nutrition.

"I want to play with the big cat!"

Stopped by his wet nurse and seeing Little Li, Lin Chan's incarnation, run far away, Lin Hu said angrily.

"Young Master Hu, another day, I'll have the Mistress catch a cat for you too."

Lin Hu's wet nurse hurriedly comforted him.

Once outside, Lin Chan scrambled up the courtyard wall in a few swift motions and darted between the rooftops.

Whenever he passed several streets or alleys, Lin Chan would meow a few times, neither too loudly nor too softly.

At last, Lin Chan stopped at a dilapidated Land God Temple.

Not long after he landed, he licked his paws, and cats of all shapes and sizes gathered around him.

"Boss!"

The cats all purred in unison.

"One at a time. Tell me what news you've gathered lately."

Lin Chan spoke in the language of cats.

After being a cat for five years, it was perfectly normal for him to understand a little cat language.

Though these cats possessed intelligence only equivalent to that of four- or five-year-old human children, they were excellent choices for acting as repeaters and gathering information.

"Boss! Boss!"

A Cow Cat pushed off with all four limbs and leaped over in an odd posture, knocking into many other cats along the way.

"What is it?"

Lin Chan looked at the Cow Cat with displeasure. What a fuss over nothing.

"Boss, Boss, I found an immortal! No, the immortal found me! No, I found the Cat Immortal..."

The Cow Cat meowed twice, then shook its head as if it had crashed.

"Start from the beginning."

Lin Chan's words were like a solid punch to the Cow Cat's head, and it immediately returned to normal.

"Yesterday morning, my owner fed me..."

"Skip ahead!"

"Awooo! Oh, right, yesterday I caught two mice too! Hahaha, I scared my little owner half to death!"

"Get to the point!"

Unable to bear it any longer, Lin Chan gave the damn cat a hard slap.

The Cow Cat did not get angry after being slapped by Lin Chan and continued recalling.

"Yes, yes, yes, I remember now. Yesterday, when I was catching mice, I met a Big Orange Cat carrying a wooden lump on its back. It said it was the Moon Messenger. Two days from now, on the night of the full moon, it would enlighten us. It told us to gather at the West City Clearing before the moon climbed to its highest point."

The Cow Cat had finally recalled the important part.

Every time Lin Chan wanted important intelligence, he had to interrogate these foolish cats like this and force them to recount everything. The efficiency was low, but he still obtained quite a bit of information.

It could be said that Lin Chan was now the all-knowing source of Yulin City. Whatever happened in any street or alley, if Lin Chan wanted to know, he could learn it this way.

"I met it too. That cat said it could awaken our intelligence and lead us in cultivation. I asked whether there would be dried fish if I went. It said no, so why would I go?"

A Leopard Cat remembered as well. He had encountered it too.

At that, the other cats began meowing noisily as well.

Three or four cats had encountered that Orange Cat.

"Quiet!"

This group of cats was simply too difficult to control, forcing Lin Chan to act like a teacher managing elementary school students and constantly maintain classroom order.

Once the cats had quieted down, Lin Chan questioned the cats that had spoken earlier. They had all seen that Orange Cat.

Lin Chan wanted to ask for the Orange Cat's exact location, but no matter how those cats explained it, they could never make it clear.

As night deepened, Lin Chan led the cats to search the locations one by one, but they never found any trace of the Orange Cat carrying a wooden lump on its back.

Then the sky gradually brightened. All the cats, Lin Chan included, became sleepy and had no choice but to return home to rest. The great feline army promptly scattered back to their respective homes.

Lin Chan could only wait two days, then head to the West City Clearing and bring the cats there to gather.

On an autumn meadow, an Orange Cat with a Peachwood Sword strapped to its back gazed at the full moon reflected in the center of a small pond, waiting for the other cats to arrive.

It had not expected that the moon was about to reach its highest point, yet not a single cat had come.

No matter how poor things were in other cities, at least three or four cats would come to hear its lecture.

All the effort it had spent visiting so many homes a few days ago had been wasted.

The feline army watched the Orange Cat from afar. Lin Chan saw clearly what it carried on its back—it was actually a small Peachwood Sword.

That was probably the wooden lump the cats had mentioned.

"Hey! Cat Immortal, our boss is here. Hurry up and serve our boss some dried fish!"

As it spoke, the previously hyperactive Cow Cat bounced over, intending to sneakily give Orange Cat Immortal two punches.