Jumping Mad

If she didn't pick up the pace to keep up with Zhang Tao and the others, she would truly be left behind. As a genius, she could not allow such a situation to occur.

As for her previous pride, heh, it was worthless compared to an increase in strength.

She also wanted to experience the effect of sealing three gates in one day; this would undoubtedly save a massive amount of time. She was already older than Zhang Tao, so if she didn't put in the effort now, she could forget about ever surpassing him.

Zhang Tao was speechless. He had just said that casually at the time, and he hadn't expected this woman to actually take it seriously. As for sealing three gates in one day, she shouldn't even think about it. After all, it was the Kongtong Seal that had helped back then, and Li Zhen had just happened to be there at the right time. Otherwise, wanting to seal three gates in one day? She might as well be dreaming.

Even a guy like Fang Ping, who possessed a cheat for simulating auras, had taken several months to do it.

"This isn't the place to talk. Let's head back first!" Zhang Tao said. In reality, it wasn't that there was no way to speed things up; he could teach Nan Yunyue the method for cultivating mental energy. This could greatly reduce the time required to seal the gates and also allow her to manifest her mental energy more quickly.

Zhang Tao still trusted Nan Yunyue.

It was just that Nan Yunyue's current strength was too low. Clearly, Li Xianling would not pass these things on to her; after all, when one's strength is too low, there are no secrets to speak of.

Nanyunyue was overjoyed and immediately followed Zhang Tao, limping along.

Back at home, Zhang Tao raised an eyebrow. The cat wasn't home? Where had it gone off to? Zhang Tao wasn't worried about the cat's safety; after all, on Earth, apart from the Heaven Suppressing King, who could possibly hurt the cat?

"Hurry up, what's the method!" Nan Yunyue asked impatiently.

"To seal the three gates, in reality, as long as your vitality is strong enough and your mental energy is powerful enough, you can speed up the sealing process. I will teach you the method for cultivating mental energy now, so you can seal the gates much faster!" Zhang Tao said via telepathy.

Nan Yunyue was stunned. A method for cultivating mental energy? Hadn't this thing never existed? She then looked at Zhang Tao strangely. This guy, he wouldn't be trying to fool her, would he? You dare to scam this lady when it comes to cultivation?

Zhang Tao ignored Nan Yunyue's gaze and told her the method for cultivating mental energy, adding, "When you cultivate in the future, you must not let others see you. You cannot tell anyone, do you understand? This is top secret. I'm telling you, you've already violated regulations by knowing this!"

Nan Yunyue was dumbfounded. Good heavens, a mental energy cultivation method had actually been created? When did this happen? How did Zhang Tao know about it?

She had a belly full of questions she wanted to ask, but now was clearly not the time. With this, the speed at which she entered Rank 7 could be accelerated by several years.

"I'll give it a try!" Nan Yunyue didn't stand on ceremony and sat directly in Zhang Tao's living room to begin cultivating. She needed to bend the Bridge of Heaven and Earth to form a closed loop and manifest her Brain Core.

Zhang Tao didn't pay her any mind. He prepared to go out for a stroll to buy some good things to reward the cat when it returned.

But just as Zhang Tao walked outside, he saw the Grey Cat returning with a swaggering, arrogant gait.

Seeing Zhang Tao, it smiled and said, "Little Taotao, you're back. Did you finish fighting over there?"

Zhang Tao twitched his mouth. Had this cat been watching some palace drama lately?

"Brother Cat, it's finished. Thanks to your God-Slaying Blade, Brother Cat, otherwise we might have suffered a huge loss this time!" Zhang Tao said solemnly immediately. After all, if it weren't for the cat's blade, it would have been too difficult for them to win.

"It's nothing, it's nothing. Are you going out?" the Grey Cat asked curiously.

Zhang Tao shook his head. He had originally planned to go out, but now that the cat was back, he didn't want to leave. He decided to just call someone to have some good food delivered. He did, after all, know a descendant of an imperial chef.

"Perfect, I have some things for you!" The Grey Cat said, walking inside with a cat-like gait. Zhang Tao's eyes lit up, and he followed. The cat actually wanted to give him something; it giving it voluntarily meant something completely different.

Entering the living room, the Grey Cat saw Nan Yunyue cultivating. It ignored her and opened its mouth to spit out a ring, saying, "This is for you!"

Zhang Tao was stunned, then overjoyed. Good heavens, a Space Ring! He had just been thinking about how to get one, and now the cat had delivered it to him.

He hurriedly took it and glanced inside, then gasped, "Brother Cat, inside here..."

The Grey Cat smiled and said, "It's for you, to speed up your cultivation!" After the Grey Cat finished speaking, it thought of Gong Juanzi's expression and grinned. Gong Juanzi was probably still cursing it right now.

It glanced at the Black Pool inside the Cat World. Sure enough, Gong Juanzi had appeared above it, grabbing the cat by the neck and cursing incessantly. The Grey Cat curled its lip, silently calling him a stingy ghost, and ignored him.

This brings us to the Grey Cat's trip to the catacombs.

After Zhang Tao left, the Grey Cat had entered the Forbidden City Catacombs without anyone noticing. After all, it was an Emperor-level cat, and the Grandmaster Guo Weicheng, who was guarding the Forbidden City, hadn't sensed anything unusual at all.

The Grey Cat first went to the catacomb cities and stole a lot of Life Essence. It didn't even let go of some treasures; the royal treasury was no secret in front of the Grey Cat.

The Grey Cat had patronized many royal cities in the Forbidden City Catacombs. When the city lords and guardian demon plants discovered it, they were terrified. The city lord's treasury had been stolen, and more than half of the Life Essence inside the Rank 9 demon plants was gone. This was too bizarre; a True King-level expert must have made a move.

But why would a True King take a fancy to their things? This was something the catacomb city lords couldn't figure out.

After the Grey Cat stole quite a few things, it entered the Forbidden Sea and swam to Kuocang Mountain.

Gong Juanzi sensed the Grey Cat and activated the defensive barrier, thinking the cat had finished playing outside and was ready to come back to sleep. After all, in Gong Juanzi's view, the great era clearly hadn't arrived yet, and he figured the cat was just senile. As a result, the Grey Cat drained the Indestructible Substance from the Indestructible Lake where he was soaking his physical body.

Not a drop was left; it condensed it all into a ball of Indestructible Substance and left without even saying a word.

For a moment, Gong Juanzi was stunned. So, you came back just to rob me? Was there no sense of camaraderie left at all?

By the time he reacted, the cat was already gone. He could only jump up and down on the spot, cursing that it was truly heartless. He knew that the cat must want the Indestructible Substance for "Little San."

The key was, is it appropriate to take my stuff to raise your "Little San"?

At this very moment, Zhang Tao was surrounded by happiness. There was quite a bit of Life Essence in this ring—it looked like at least two or three hundred jin—along with a large mass of Indestructible Substance, as well as many spirit fruits and energy liquids.

Had it robbed a royal city? Even if it had robbed a royal city, it shouldn't have had Indestructible Substance.

"Brother Cat, thank you. Once my strength improves, whoever dares to bully Brother Cat, I will definitely hack them to death!" Zhang Tao immediately patted his chest and promised.