Urban Legends

After a busy day, Li Yao stretched and yawned.

Ah~ I'm impressed!

The tavern's operations are gradually getting on track. While daily revenue isn't high, it's at least profitable. Li Yao isn't overly ambitious; that's enough. Besides, the bulk of their profits still come from his senior's business. However, that can't be rushed. His senior is currently incredibly busy with marketing and promotion, and whenever Li Yao thinks about it, he feels—

It's so nice to be a lazy bum waiting to collect money.

After deducting all the expenses incurred during this period, he only had a little over eight million yuan left.

That sounds like a lot.

All right,

This is indeed a considerable amount of cash. Many business owners with assets in the tens of millions may not even have this much liquid capital.

But the mage class is a pay-to-win class.

Li Yao didn't dare spend much of this money. If something happened to Lin Xiaowei one day, he would have to use it. The last Summoning Altar cost so much money, and Li Yao still felt a pang of regret.

Sigh, I haven't found any ways to make money lately! Should I go to Macau again? I think I'll pass. Although Macau casinos don't care about a few hundred or tens of millions, it's better to avoid doing things like that.

Li Yao,

I don't like trouble.

Recently, his training on the path of a mage has gradually gotten on track. He can now interpret alchemy on his own, and his methods of purification, extraction, and demonic processing have surpassed the level of an apprentice. Then he began to study the knowledge of Constructology.

Although Constructology and Potionology belong to alchemy, they have completely different focuses.

One focuses on mechanics, the other on pharmacology.

The enhancement brought by Meditation Technique greatly improved Li Yao's memory and made his thinking speed much faster, allowing him to learn with ease.

The only problem is that allocating time each day is a bit tight.

Thinking of this, Li Yao shook his head and chuckled.

I, who always call myself a lazy bum, actually feel like I don't have enough time...

That's unusual.

He returned to his bedroom and bed, preparing for meditation.

Just then, the black cat appeared silently at Li Yao's bedside and said, "Master, I'm hungry."

Li Yao: "..."

never mind,

It's not unacceptable for a cat to call itself "this king," but if it were one of those pretentious, chuunibyou-ish black smoke characters calling themselves "this king, "Li Yao would teach him a lesson in no time... oh wait, I mean, make him a monster.

This shows how important appearance is.

Good-looking

Even the arrogance of a monster can be forgiven, and even found somewhat cute! Li Yao casually asked, "So what do you want to eat? Cat food or dried Xiao Yu?"

Monster: "..."

Damn it, do they really think they can keep me like a cat?

The monster sneered, "This king does not eat common things."

Li Yao pulled out his long, black, and hard staff and shoved it into the monster's cat face. "Speak properly to me."

Monster: "Blood, spirit, soul, or even magic and psychic energy will do if all else fails."

Li Yao seemed to be thinking about something, then took out his phone and sent a text message to Lin Xiaowei: "The familiar you sent actually consumes blood and soul energy, and most importantly, it even consumes magic stones?"

Magic stones are so expensive! Lin Xiaowei: "Your friend is ignoring you and rolled their eyes at you. If you send another message, you will be blocked."

Li Yao: "..."

Why is this girl so angry? Never mind.

Li Yao took out a Magic Gem that had previously consumed his spiritual energy, guided his mental energy to inject it into the magic gem, and twenty minutes later, Li Yao threw the full magic gem to the monster. "Eat it."

The thought of having to "replenish the mana" for this grandson every day made Li Yao feel exhausted.

However, the monster caught the Magic Gem and sucked it up: (￣ ii ￣;)~ The spiritual energy inside was instantly gone. The monster then threw the empty magic gem to Li Yao: "I want more."

Li Yao: "???"

What's the thing a man fears most to hear after sex? Of course, it's "I want more."

What was the phrase that made men tremble with fear afterward? Of course, it was "I want more!" Li Yao caught the Magic Gem, pondered for two seconds, and said, "Kid, you've grown up now. You need to learn to support yourself."

Look,

I don't even plan to let you help support your family! How thoughtful of you.

The monster felt a deep sadness; it was probably the most miserable of all the familiars.

A monster with legendary potential becomes a familiar, yet it can't even get enough to eat and has to find its own food! That's truly...

Great! Hahahaha~ The black cat's eyes sparkled. "Then I'll go out and find something to eat!"

Magic and spiritual energy are nothing compared to the refreshing taste of blood, qi, and soul! It turned to leave, but Li Yao grabbed it by the neck and lifted it up.

The monster was enraged. "Let go! Let go of me, do you hear me?!"

Damn it, does this king have no dignity?!

Li Yao asked earnestly, "Tell me, how do you plan to find food?"

Monster: "... I only eat the blood and souls of bad people, is that alright?"

Li Yao thought for a moment and asked, "Do you have the ability to distinguish right from wrong?"

The monster rolled its eyes. "Do I look like an idiot?"

Unlike

Maybe so.

Meeting Li Yao's distrustful gaze, the monster compromised, saying, "I only intervene in ongoing acts of violence."

Li Yao nodded and added, "No killing is allowed, and no negative impact is permitted."

The monster pleaded, "Extracting souls won't cause external injuries!"

A sparse amount of soul energy is nowhere near as delicious as a whole soul!

However, Li Yao refused.

He could accept a little punishment for the atrocities taking place in the city; it would be considered an act of kindness. But to extract souls and feed them to monsters was going too far. So Li Yao shook his head and said, "No, you can rub against them, but you can't actually eat them all."

Monster: "..."

Li Yao asked, "Have we reached an agreement?"

Monster: "All done."

Li Yao carried the monster to the window and threw it out. "Then go ahead."

The black cat flew out in an arc in the night, disappearing into the darkness before it even hit the ground.

Damn it, I'm wronged!

The monster wandered through the night, feeling utterly desolate—well, since quality wasn't enough, it could only win by sheer quantity.

That night, many bizarre fainting incidents occurred near Drum Tower Road in the provincial capital, and without exception, they all happened at the very spot where the violence was about to begin... A lewd uncle who was picking up corpses inexplicably fainted, a criminal who was robbing someone inexplicably fainted, a lewd man who was about to commit rape... Unfortunately, many of the victims ran away without looking back after being rescued, which greatly displeased the monster:

"Didn't they even say thank you?!"

Angry!

Then he dragged those cowards into the shadows and took a couple of deep breaths.

They will be weakened for a while as a result, but it will not be fatal.

The monster has to stop sucking when it's really into it, or it will suck these wicked cowards to death.

But the more it's like this, the more annoyed it becomes! It's desperate.

But what could it do? It was just a poor little monster cat.

In the days that followed, the monster slept during the day and only entered hunting mode at night. Its slender and graceful figure seemed to be the guardian of the city, crouching atop the provincial capital's skyscrapers, embodying darkness, silently watching the atrocities that were about to begin or were already happening.

Gradually, even the provincial capital began to hear Urban Legends the "Black Cat Guardian"...

While studying magical knowledge in the tavern, Li Yao would occasionally overhear Urban Legends about black cats from the casual conversations of some students or urban white-collar workers, which surprised him.

That monster wasn't so kind.

It was just to fill its stomach.

never mind,

None of that matters.

As long as the result is good, that's fine.

Li Yao glanced at the black cat resting by the tavern window and smiled.

fine.

He continued studying magical knowledge with his head down, but Cao Rui's call suddenly came in. When he answered the phone, he heard Cao Rui's very serious voice. "Da Yao, Chen Tao is in trouble!"

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