Little Tabby Cat Again

Especially Lin Shisan.

Ever since he had seen the Cat-Raising Fairy, his heart had been like fifteen buckets drawing water-seven rising, eight falling.

Two more had died on the way, leaving him even less certain.

Ning Hao's words echoed in his ears again.

Every so often, a batch of handsome Servant Disciples would go out to work and disappear.

Although he was not handsome, that Cat-Raising Fairy seemed to have a particular bone to pick with him.

She had looked at him several times along the way.

Worse, she had appointed him some bullshit acting steward, putting him over the fire to roast.

"Stand here and don't move around. Don't look around or touch anything either, or I'll cut off your hands and feet and throw you into the garden for fertilizer."

The Cat-Raising Fairy spoke as casually as drifting clouds and a light breeze.

The eight Servant Disciples' hearts clenched.

They feared their lives might be snuffed out at any moment.

The silent, ice-sculpture fairy waved her little yellow flag again.

Points of light flickered, enclosing Lin Shisan and the other seven within an illusory ring of light.

They were like little animals awaiting slaughter. Whoever displeased her could be kicked out and butchered.

"Senior Brother Lin, what are we here to do?"

Once the two fairies had left, an older young man cautiously sidled up to Lin Shisan and asked in a whisper.

"I... I don't know either..."

Lin Shisan scratched his head with an awkward smile.

Being addressed that way by this older young man made him feel rather uncomfortable.

The man was at least ten years older than Lin Shisan and a head taller.

He was clearly a seasoned slickster, with the word "smooth" practically written across his forehead.

The two deaths along the way had not affected his mood at all. He remained as bright and lively as ever.

"Stop joking. You've already become the steward. How could you not know what we're here for? Give us a little hint?"

Disbelief filled the older young man's eyes.

He took another step closer to Lin Shisan.

"Senior Brother Lin, I saw that fairy look at you several times along the way. She's definitely taken a fancy to you."

"I've heard the fairies of Jade Maiden Peak are all skilled in yin-yang harvesting arts. Be careful they don't suck you into a dried-out husk."

"I'd do it even if they sucked me dry. Look at that one-fresh and luscious, big breasts, a willow waist, and a round bottom. Just my type."

"I prefer the ice-sculpture beauty. Senior Brother Lin, which type do you like?"

"I..."

Lin Shisan's face flushed crimson.

He unconsciously scratched his head again.

He still thought Hu Niu, who lived next door back in the village, was prettier.

The others began chatting again, each chiming in.

They seemed to have forgotten the shadow of death that had hung over their journey.

They had also forgotten that this was not the Azure Cloud Lineage, not a place for them to idle away chatting, but Jade Maiden Peak, home to the Outer Sect Disciples.

"Ah... mmm..."

"What was that sound?"

As they chatted idly out of boredom, they suddenly heard an unusual sound from upstairs.

It sounded just like the noises made by the prostitutes at the Colorful Blue House.

At first, they thought they had misheard.

But when they pricked up their ears to listen, their eyes lit up.

There really were sounds of debauchery.

Every so often, there were also noises like an old ox dragging a broken cart.

Hearing them, these old virgins who had been pent up for ten or twenty-odd years grew restless, each sharpening his blade in eager anticipation.

Two of them even began drooling.

For some unknown reason.

When Lin Shisan and the others had entered the sect, a special requirement had been marked down: they had to be virgins.

Could they be intended for the fairies of Jade Maiden Peak to use in yin-yang harvesting?

Surely not. Tai Chi Hall was a prestigious orthodox sect. How could it practice yin-yang harvesting? That was the specialty of the devil race.

"Sorry, Senior Brother Lin. An instinctive reaction... an instinctive reaction..."

The older young man gave an embarrassed smile.

Breathing rapidly, he hurriedly wiped away his drool.

Then he turned around and continued enjoying the pleasure those lewd sounds brought him.

In his daze, he saw the fairy with the large breasts and round bottom walking toward him, stark naked.

"Fairy, ah...!"

A piercing scream rang out.

Amid a gush of bloody mist, the older young man's manhood vanished.

When they looked again, it had been forcibly stuffed into his mouth.

In just five or six breaths, the older young man's face turned livid, his eyes rolled back, and he kicked his legs before exploding.

"Ah...!"

The Servant Disciples standing nearby recoiled.

Lin Shisan, who was only a fist's width away, nearly had his little heart blasted out of his chest.

Another one had died.

Of the ten who had been selected, only seven remained.

And even now, they had yet to meet the person who had summoned them.

They did not even know what they had come here to do.

Silence.

Deathly silence.

This time, the bigmouths closed their mouths of their own accord, no longer daring to spout nonsense.

Roughly another hour passed.

Accompanied by a faint fragrance, an older woman descended from the upper rooms.

She looked languid, as though she still had not had her fill.

She wore black, with thick, fiery lips.

Her figure was slightly plump, and her peach-blossom eyes brimmed with rippling autumn waters.

Though she could hardly be called a beauty who could topple cities and kingdoms, she was the mature, commanding sort who became more alluring the longer one looked.

Endlessly flirtatious, charming and seductive-a single glance could linger in one's mind for three days.

"Gulp..."

One Servant Disciple accidentally swallowed audibly.

The very next moment, tragedy struck.

The Adam's apple that had bobbed in his throat vanished.

Blood immediately sprayed out, his eyes filled with terror.

Crack...

With a sudden rustle, the Servant Disciples all backed away.

A massive creature three or four meters long moved like lightning.

In one bite, it swallowed the disciple whose Adam's apple had vanished.

They could almost still hear his muffled cries of pain, along with the crunching of teeth being chewed.

"...Hah."

His pupils contracting to pinpoints, Lin Shisan nearly stopped breathing.

The massive creature was precisely the Spirit Cat Lin Shisan and the others had searched for that day-the gigantic feline that had eaten Niu Shan alive.

"Meow, meow..."

Little Tabby Cat seemed to recognize Lin Shisan too, and actually meowed at him twice.

It was as though nothing had happened at all.

The floor was perfectly clean. Only the disciple who had gulped was missing.

Only just connected, now discovered only these thirty Lin.

The man who had exploded had not left the slightest trace either.

The illusory ring of light around them was still rotating, automatically erasing every trace, including the smell of blood.

"Little Tabby, don't be naughty."

The languid, mature woman with the fiery red lips called out.

Little Tabby Cat obediently curled its tail and immediately transformed into a little tabby cat about a foot long.

It leaped into the languid woman's arms and nestled meekly against her chest, meowing in bliss.

"Be good. If you eat them all, who will do our work?"

The languid woman stroked the cat's head, her voice as meltingly sweet as could be.

It sounded exactly like the moans from earlier. Perhaps they had been playing some human-and-cat game.

"Don't be frightened, boys. Little Tabby Cat is very well-behaved. Under normal circumstances, it won't hurt you."

Lin Shisan and the other five wore wooden expressions.

You call that well-behaved?

It had already eaten someone, and you still say it won't hurt us?

"The work this time isn't strenuous. It's very simple: picking Heartless Azure Spirit Fruit on the Back Mountain."

"Our Little Tabby likes eating it."

"You mustn't touch the fruit with your hands while picking it. This little rascal is a clean freak and doesn't like dirty things."

Lin Shisan and the other five felt their faces burn.

It was as though they had been slapped several times in public.

Leaving aside how they were supposed to do it, they were forbidden to touch the spirit fruit while picking it simply because Little Tabby Cat was a clean freak that disliked dirty things.

What kind of bullshit reasoning was that?

If you think us Servant Disciples are dirty, you can pick it yourselves.

Why insist on dragging us over from the Azure Cloud Lineage?

It was utterly humiliating. They simply did not regard them as human beings at all.