Golden Flower Cat Moon Drawing Method

The Big Orange Cat dodged easily, and the Cow Cat tumbled into the pond.

"You dare mess with me?!"

The Cow Cat struggled back onto the shore, then lunged at the Orange Cat with claws bared.

The Orange Cat was agile and unflappable, waiting until the Cow Cat was about to land a hit before dodging at the last second, sending the Cow Cat crashing face-first into the dirt.

The recovered Cow Cat, still defiant, got up and pounced again. After a few rounds, it was soaked and covered in grime.

"Damn it! You're pretty tough, huh!"

The Cow Cat shook off the water and patted the dust from its fur with a paw.

"My foolish kin! I've come to teach you the way of cultivation, to awaken your wisdom. Sit down and listen!"

The Orange Cat spoke, back to the small pond, facing the crowd of cats.

As its meows faded, a strange power seemed to compel the cats to obediently crouch down.

This Orange Cat has real skill—definitely some extraordinary methods. Let's see what it's up to.

Lin Chan watched the Orange Cat for a long time and began to pick up on something.

The Orange Cat scanned the crowd, spotting Lin Chan among them. It sensed something off, but time was pressing, so it set aside that concern for now.

"Our cat clan is the moon god's natural favorite, the race best suited for absorbing moonlight in cultivation. Today, I'll pass on the [Golden Flower Cat Moon Drawing Method] and lead you onto the path of cultivation."

With that, the Orange Cat glanced at the sky. The moon hung high, nearly at its zenith.

"Perfect timing. I'll teach you the incantation first. Watch my practice."

"Moonlight essence soaks the mysterious gate, A stream of pure radiance pierces the Dantian.

Open the aperture, draw in energy with the breath, Yin and Yang merge, transforming into true essence.

..."

The Orange Cat recited the incantation while demonstrating the movements.

After about five hundred characters' worth of text, the moonlight essence on the Orange Cat seemed to condense into a solid form, drawn into its body, before it expelled turbid breath.

The patterns on the Orange Cat's fur glowed with bursts of light, radiating an extraordinary spirit.

"Cat Immortal!"

Cries of "Cat Immortal" rose and fell among the crowd.

All the cats were stunned by the sight. In their few short years of life, they'd never witnessed anything so bizarre.

Of course, the cats weren't interested in cultivation or longevity—they were just captivated by the Orange Cat's glowing spectacle.

If they could glow too, how cool would that be!

Cats just love shiny things.

"Cat Immortal! If I learn from you, can I glow too?"

"If I lick glowing fur while grooming, will I zap my tongue?"

"..."

The Orange Cat shook its head helplessly at these foolish cats.

These idiots were too dumb—his foolish kin, impossible to teach.

"Meow!"

With a sharp yowl, he silenced the crowd. "The moon's just right now—time to cultivate. Follow me and continue absorbing moonlight!"

After leading the cats through two or three more rounds, the full moon drifted from its optimal position. The Orange Cat dropped its stance and looked over the group.

Among them, only Lin Chan had managed to complete the movements perfectly.

Lin Chan possessed multiple talents, though those tied to his body couldn't work through Little Li's small feline form.

But Eidetic Memory was directly linked to Lin Chan's soul, so even as a proxy in Little Li's body, he could use it fully.

Thus, he easily memorized the incantation and movements, mimicking the cat to practice them passably.

Now, caught in the Orange Cat's gaze, Lin Chan grew tense.

He hesitated over whether to return to his original body.

Though he needed physical touch to enter the proxy, returning only required a single thought.

The Orange Cat didn't seem dangerous, and Lin Chan wanted to ask it other things, so he wavered.

"You're not right!"

The Orange Cat walked toward Lin Chan.

It had been too busy absorbing moonlight earlier to deal with Lin Chan's matter.

Now that the training was over, the orange cat had time to deal with Lin Chan.

"The Cat Immortal is going to fight the boss!"

"Go, boss!"

"The Cat Immortal toyed with A'niu—he's definitely stronger."

"The boss is the strongest!"

"..."

A bunch of kittens jeered from the sidelines, not a single one offering to help Lin Chan against the orange cat.

'A pack of idiots!'

Lin Chan knew his cat underlings' character well and could only feel helpless.

"Cat Immortal, did I do something wrong?"

Lin Chan played dumb.

"You have two souls! You're a Dual Soul!"

Up close, the Big Orange Cat had spotted the anomaly.

"What's a Dual Soul? Like a double-yolk egg?"

"No clue!"

"Dunno, dunno, I dunno either."

"..."

The kittens meowed in discussion again.

"Scram!"

Lin Chan barked at the cats. They were too annoying.

The cats froze for a moment, then felt the killing intent radiating from Lin Chan and scattered like birds and beasts.

"Run! Run! The boss is going to kill cats!"

They yelled as they fled.

"Cat Immortal, I really was born with a Dual Soul—smarter than the average cat. That's how I beat all the cats in Yulin City into submission, became their boss, and memorized the [Golden Flower Cat Moon Drawing Method] you taught me in such a short time."

Lin Chan followed the orange cat's lead, talking along.

The orange cat still hadn't uncovered his secret.

"A cat with a Dual Soul is indeed sharper than most. That explains things."

The orange cat seemed to buy Lin Chan's story, though he gave him another once-over.

"Cat Immortal, can the [Golden Flower Cat Moon Drawing Method] grant immortality?"

Lin Chan asked casually, hoping to quickly brush past the Dual Soul issue.

"No. At most, it lets you cultivate to just before Form Transformation, a few hundred years of Dao. Beyond that, it's not enough."

The orange cat said bluntly.

The Golden Flower Cat who created this method was only a cat demon with a few centuries of Dao. Gifted and brilliant as it was, it still stopped there.

For a mortal beast without special bloodline to become a great demon is harder than for a mortal without a Spiritual Root to attempt cultivation.

Still, a few hundred years is a long time for a cat.

A cat's natural lifespan is only ten or twenty years.

To walk the path of cultivation and live a century—if a cat had wisdom, it would count itself lucky.

"Not every cat can reach a century of Dao. Every ten years, a mortal demon faces a minor tribulation. If you can't cross it, you're gone forever. So don't miss a single full moon."

The orange cat added, lest Lin Chan naively think he could cultivate by working three days and slacking off two.

"Cat Immortal, I've learned my lesson."

Lin Chan nodded.

Then he thought: he wasn't a cat. The [Golden Flower Cat Moon Drawing Method] and its cat-demon tribulations were useless to him.

Now he should ask the Cat Immortal about human cultivators.

With the orange cat's level of Dao and its habit of mingling in human settlements, it had to know some human cultivators.

Just as Lin Chan was wondering how to bring it up, the Cat Immortal said:

"Kid, you've got good insight. Would you like to train under me?"