This Cat Has Gained Sentience-It's a Wise Cat

The scene fell into a stalemate. Layers of blue-green ripples spread across the lake beside Lin En. The forest was unusually hot today, like the stillness before a typhoon, without even the slightest breeze.

The crocodiles hidden beneath the pond had stirred up those ripples. Sensing the aura of the Imperial Auspicious Beast, they hurriedly tucked their tails and swam toward the depths.

If Uncle Lin En wanted crocodile hide, he would have to skin them himself.

But the Imperial Auspicious Beast was the princess of the Star Dou Great Forest. If she wanted crocodile hide for shoes, those crocodiles would not only have to offer up their skins, but their tendons as well.

If this little princess got angry, the mighty ferocious beasts behind her would personally step in.

Five eyes met in silence. Miss Golden British Shorthair felt a little uneasy, her fluffy ears quietly folding back.

This human is so strange.

Those eyes, without question!

Those scarlet-gold Golden Eyes carried savagery, brutality, and loneliness. The Auspicious Beast felt that this person's depression might be even deeper than her own!

This was the first time the Auspicious Beast had seen eyes like these. Eyes had always been the windows of living beings; through them, one could see many things.

The outside world believed that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's attributes were Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Light, but her true primary attribute was actually spiritual power.

Her powerful spiritual power made Miss Golden British Shorthair feel that something was deeply wrong with him! If he was human, then those eyes and that strange sense of isolation were things no human could possess.

The Auspicious Beast was certain those eyes were not a Martial Soul. They might have been a manifestation of his bloodline.

Of course, she also thought that perhaps she simply had not seen enough. Maybe humans in the outside world had evolved.

If he was a Soul Beast, then the Soul Power aura indistinguishable from that of a human could not be faked. Through her third eye, the human before her was certainly not a Soul Beast that had taken human form.

Soul Beasts taking human form sounded nice, but they were still Soul Beasts by nature. Once they died, they could yield Soul Rings and soul bones. Their aura differed somewhat from that of true humans, and humans praised them as gifts from nature.

The Auspicious Beast was thinking, and Lin En was thinking too. Fighting her was definitely not an option.

If he made a move, the ferocious beasts behind her would conduct a major investigation, and Uncle Lin En would have to pick out a suitable drink, become part of the prison generation, and prepare for revival.

He had no desire to unlock the Green Hell dungeon.

What kind of good game let you clear the high-difficulty Evil Soul Master Base dungeon, then immediately throw you seamlessly into the Green Hell inferno dungeon?!

If he really cleared that, would the next dungeon be the fall of the Divine Realm? Would they make him fight the Tang God-King?

After hesitating for a while, Lin En decided to give something up. He picked up the roasted Twin Cyclops brain beside him and held it out before the Golden British Shorthair.

"Want some?"

Miss Golden British Shorthair was startled by Lin En's movement and took a step back. Her body instinctively assumed a hissing posture, ready to enter Stegosaurus form at any moment.

Instinct told her that the creature before her was dangerous, and that she should run immediately.

But the unique fragrance of the Twin Cyclops brain lured her back, and tears of weakness trickled from the corner of her mouth.

"Mm!!"

The Golden British Shorthair nodded her fluffy head vigorously, her eyes filled with respect for the food.

At some unknown point, the azure sky had taken on a dim yellow hue, like blood flowing from the sun.

The pale yellow glow traced a golden edge around the forest. It burned like fire, yet carried not a trace of warmth, as though it would go out the next second.

Crackle—

A bonfire burned in the forest as night approached, wisps of gray smoke slipping through the dense trees.

Lighting an open fire in the Star Dou Great Forest was usually suicidal. Flames could not drive away Soul Beasts; they would only make them think the other party was an idiot, like prey broadcasting its own coordinates.

But this was no ordinary situation. The Soul Beasts wished they could detour around this place. The aura of the Imperial Auspicious Beast had turned this pond into a safe zone.

"So delicious!"

"Before meeting you, I was basically eating blindly."

"So grilling has this much to it—seasoning, heat... Mm! I've remembered it all! That stinking Di Tian locked me up in Lake of Life some time ago. That place was so small, it was hard even to go for a run."

"And every day, they only gave me spiritual fruits. Those things are fine as snacks, but using them as proper meals is way too much of a stretch!"

Beside the still pond, Miss Golden British Shorthair lazily hugged a Twin Cyclops skull with her front paws. She was thoroughly enjoying herself.

Lin En adjusted the temperature of the flames. Three crocodiles lay nearby, all of their tails having mysteriously vanished. Uncle Lin En was giving those tails fire therapy.

As a descendant of the Fire King, he was naturally a sovereign of flame. Every shift of his will drew an instinctive response from the world. Controlling fire was child's play.

If Lin En ever failed to make a living in the future, he could open a barbecue shop and still become a culinary king in his own right.

"Spiritual fruits..."

Lin En could not help twitching at the corner of his mouth. A single spiritual fruit in the outside world could trigger a bloody scramble; those wandering Soul Masters would come running at the mere scent.

Yu Mu'en's storage Soul Tool had only contained a little over twenty of them. This showed that even at Shrek Academy, there was no way to provide them universally.

"If you don't like eating them, you can bring them to me. I'll bear the burden for you!"

Lin En said solemnly, looking like a good brother who truly cared for others.

"Tch, nothing but lies. You just want to eat them yourself. Don't think I don't know. You humans love spiritual fruits. Not long ago, I saw a group of frail humans daring to venture deep into the Mixed Zone just for those fruits."

"They didn't even know their own limits. Encountering a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was obviously a life-or-death situation for them, and in the end, just as expected, they became excrement."

Disdain filled the three eyes of Miss Golden British Shorthair.

Lin En was shocked. This cat had gained sentience! It was a wise cat!

Very quickly, however, Miss Wise Cat changed the subject. "But if you keep grilling food for me, I can consider taking you to pick some fruits.

"For humans, entering the Mixed Zone is a dead end. But I'm different. That place is my backyard. I can go wherever I want."

"I know where the secret realms in the Mixed Zone are. Some unique Soul Beasts live inside them, along with very special herbs and spiritual fruits."

"Serve me well, and you can have whatever you want."

Miss Three-Eyed Wise Cat looked expectant. Under normal circumstances, she instinctively guarded against humans, but he clearly did not seem like a real human. The Power of Fate had not warned her either, so her vigilance had eased considerably.

Lin En raised an eyebrow. This actually seemed possible. Since arriving in the Star Dou Great Forest, he had lived here for three months, yet he had never ventured deep into the Mixed Zone, only probing around its edges.

The outer region was the territory of ten-year and hundred-year Soul Beasts, with the occasional thousand-year Soul Beast. The Mixed Zone was where thousand-year and Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts gathered, and one might even encounter a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Back in Shrek City, Lin En had learned of the mortality rate within the Star Dou Great Forest's Mixed Zone. It was as high as eighty percent.

Out of ten soul-hunting groups, eight would perish there. Even major powers such as Diao Academy and Shrek Academy did not dare guarantee that they could emerge from the Mixed Zone unscathed.

But if the Imperial Auspicious Beast was willing to take him through the Mixed Zone, then his safety would truly be maxed out. With a top-tier demon king protecting him, he would not even fear a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

"Hey! Have you made up your mind yet?!"

"Can you stop petting my head?! It's so itchy!"

"First of all, I'm not called..." Lin En nearly triggered the passive instinct engraved in his DNA. He quickly lowered the hand that had been vigorously rubbing the cat's head.

This Golden British Shorthair's lazy appearance had made him lose control for a moment.

To clarify in advance, Uncle Lin En was absolutely not a furry enthusiast. When he played games, he mainly favored the Night Sheep Society. He just happened to like big fluffy cats.