I returned home.
Cheng Han looked around several times but saw no sign of the Black Cat. He muttered under his breath, "It's almost dark. Where has Sheriff gone to fool around again?"
After thinking it over, he used the connection provided by the Fragmented Imprint of Spirit Control to perform a deduction: An illusion slowly emerged:
"Eek~"
A White-Bellied Squirrel stood on a pine branch, chirping and hopping about merrily.
Amid the great spread of pine needles hung several blackish fruits.
These were Rock Pine Nuts.
Their shells were as hard as rock, but inside was oily flesh. All they needed was a brief roasting over low heat to become a rather delicious food.
Although Rock Pine Nuts were considered decent food, they usually grew high in the tree canopy and were extremely difficult to gather, so people could only wait for them to fall naturally.
"Meow~"
A black shadow darted along the pine branch, swiping its claws several times at astonishing speed and severing the roots of the Rock Pine Nuts with pinpoint accuracy. They quickly plummeted downward.
It was the Black Cat.
The entire sequence of movements was incomparably fluid, fully displaying skills far beyond those of an ordinary cat.
It was worth mentioning that the roots of Rock Pine Nuts were quite tough. Under normal circumstances, one would need to chop them with a knife, yet the Black Cat had only swiped its paw once and easily cut them off.
This was clearly far from ordinary.
Cheng Han, however, was not surprised.
Recently, because of the Fragmented Imprint of Spirit Control, the Black Cat's Supernatural Traits had become increasingly obvious. Not only had its spirit undergone a miraculous transformation, but its body had also gradually begun to strengthen.
"Meow~"
The Black Cat stepped on the constantly