Chapter 34: So Cute! Part 2

Dan Li fell silent. He suddenly began to understand why Eldest Senior Brother had let bygones be bygones and specifically brought Lin Chuyun here for treatment. Such a terrible person, but after turning into a Demon Beast, he was actually… actually…

He abruptly stood up and rapidly retreated five steps away from the bed. “Eldest Senior Brother had some business and left first. He’ll be back to get you soon!”

Lin Chuyun tilted his head, puzzled by Dan Li’s wary demeanor. “Meow?”

What’s wrong with you?

“…” Dan Li silently took another step back, then finally turned around quickly and rushed out of the room.

“…Meow?” Lin Chuyun was completely baffled.

Dan Li, having dashed out of the room, didn’t return for a long time. Lin Chuyun crouched on the bed, curiously examining the room before him.

It seemed to be a medicine room, the air thick with the scent of various medicinal ingredients. On the wall opposite the bed, there was a large cabinet divided into countless tiny drawers. Looking further to the right, on the table, he could see a hanging meridian chart and…

Silver Needles stuck into the meridian chart, trembling slightly.

Lin Chuyun silently averted his gaze and shifted his position slightly, turning his back to that chart.

Actually, he hadn’t expected he would faint from fright because of a few Silver Needles. Fortunately, only Eldest Senior Brother and Third Senior Brother knew about this. Eldest Senior Brother didn’t seem like the type to gossip. As for Third Senior Brother… normally, no one should come looking for him.

“Meow…” So when is Eldest Senior Brother coming to get me?

Lin Chuyun sighed deeply. Seeing that Dan Li truly wasn’t coming back, he could only find a corner on the bed to crouch down and lie flat. Yet, because the surrounding aura was too unfamiliar, he couldn’t completely relax.

His ear tips stood fully erect, and his jade-green Cat Pupils were fixed intently on the door.

But soon, Lin Chuyun heard footsteps approaching the door.

At first, he thought Eldest Senior Brother had come to pick him up. But he quickly realized the sound was wrong; it seemed like the footsteps of two people.

Should he… hide?

Lin Chuyun was still hesitating when the door was pushed open. Two medicine apprentices secretly poked their heads in, scanned the room, and spotted the little black cat on the bed.

The eyes of the two medicine apprentices lit up. They pattered over and, seeing the little black cat’s fur slightly bristling, stopped in their tracks. The two looked at each other, then lowered their heads to rummage through their pockets, eventually producing a round Spirit Stone.

“Meow meow, look.” The medicine apprentice placed the Spirit Stone on the bed and gave it a gentle push.

The Spirit Stone rolled towards Lin Chuyun with the momentum. The claws in his paw pads involuntarily extended, but he silently endured and retracted them.

No way! He was an Immortal Lord! Playing with a Spirit Stone with two medicine apprentices was just wrong!

The Spirit Stone failed to attract the little black cat’s attention. The two medicine apprentices were somewhat disappointed and were about to try again when they heard Dan Li’s voice from outside the door. “Jing Mo? Xin Shi?”

The two medicine apprentices jumped in fright and hurriedly ran out of the room.

Leaving behind only the Spirit Stone that had rolled into a corner of the bed.

Lin Chuyun cautiously crept out from the corner and looked out from the edge of the bed.

Because of the angle, he couldn’t see what was happening outside, only faintly hearing Dan Li’s scolding voice and the soft, coquettish pleas of the two medicine apprentices.

So, if no one was around…

The little black cat walked over to the Spirit Stone, circled it warily twice, but didn’t touch the stone at all. However, his mischievous tail behind him paid him no heed. With a casual sweep across the Spirit Stone, it pushed the stone rolling slightly.

The Cat Pupils instantly narrowed to slits. The little black cat finally couldn’t resist. He reached out a front paw and gently nudged the Spirit Stone. The stone rolled with the momentum, but in the direction of the bed’s edge.

Before Lin Chuyun even realized it, his body had already pounced, pinning the Spirit Stone with one paw.

“…” Good thing no one saw that.

Lin Chuyun cautiously released his paw and turned to go back to his corner. But his tail, as if addicted to the game, nudged the Spirit Stone again.

The Spirit Stone went rolling. His cat ears instantly swiveled towards the sound. Lin Chuyun endured it, endured it again, and finally gave up struggling, turning around and pouncing towards the Spirit Stone.

No one’s watching anyway!

By the time Dan Li had composed himself and returned to the Medicine Room, pushing open the door, he saw the little black cat on his bed playing with a Spirit Stone, having the time of its life.

Every time the Spirit Stone was about to stop, the little black cat’s tail would bat it again. When the stone was about to roll too far, the little black cat would quickly pounce over and press it down.

Finally, the sudden sound of breathing behind it caught the little black cat’s attention. The little black cat casually glanced towards the door and saw Dan Li standing in the doorway, looking at him with an indescribable expression.

The little black cat froze.

The Spirit Stone, unstopped, rolled all the way to the edge of the bed and finally fell to the floor with a crisp clatter.

Dan Li instantly snapped back to his senses, quickly retreated two steps, and slammed the door shut.

After a moment, he pushed the door open again.

Inside, Lin Chuyun was sitting upright on the bed. Seeing him enter, there was nothing unusual.

Dan Li breathed a sigh of relief. Sure enough, what he had just seen must have been an illusion…

His foot seemed to kick something. Dan Li looked down, bewildered, and saw a round Spirit Stone he had accidentally kicked aside. Dan Li bent down, about to pick up the Spirit Stone, when a black shadow flashed before his eyes.

The little black cat already had the Spirit Stone pinned under its paw.

Dan Li: “…”

The room fell into an awkward silence. Lin Chuyun silently withdrew his front paw. It was all because he had been so absorbed in playing that he instinctively darted over the moment he saw the stone rolling.

“Meow…” He apologized softly, and the little black cat used its front paw to push the Spirit Stone towards Dan Li’s hand.

Here, you can have it back.

Dan Li looked at that Spirit Stone, then at the little black cat. Finally, he abruptly stood up, stepped back, and said, “This Lord doesn’t want it anymore. It’s yours!”

Lin Chuyun looked at that High-Grade Spirit Stone, then at Dan Li, and couldn’t help but feel a surge of envy. The stone had merely rolled on the ground a bit, it hadn’t even picked up any dust, and he just didn’t want it anymore. Spirit Herb Peak truly had no shortage of money!

Happily, he put the Spirit Stone into his Storage Bag, then looked up at Dan Li again.

When Dan Li returned this time, he was also carrying a saucer of medicine. He surveyed the room, placed the medicinal brew on the table, then looked at Lin Chuyun standing on the floor and asked, “Need your Senior Brother’s help?”

Lin Chuyun assessed the height of the table, then looked at the nearby chair. He gathered a little strength in his hind legs and successfully stepped on the chair to jump onto the table.

“Meow~” No need.

Dan Li paused, suddenly wanting to put the medicine saucer on the roof beam, but he couldn’t think of a reason. In the end, he could only watch as the little black cat approached the brew.

Lin Chuyun lowered his head and sniffed the medicine in the saucer. Surprisingly, it didn’t smell too bad. He looked at the brew, then looked up at Dan Li. “Meow?”

You don’t expect me to drink this right now, do you?

Dan Li gave a cold snort. “Drink it quickly. Don’t dawdle.”

How could Lin Chuyun not see that he was deliberately making things difficult? But considering he was getting medicine without paying, Lin Chuyun obediently lowered his head. He first cautiously lapped up a tiny bit of the medicinal liquid with the tip of his tongue to taste it.

It was actually… not bad?

He couldn’t quite describe the taste. It wasn’t bitter, but it wasn’t sweet either. It was a bit like melted ice water from a snowy mountain, carrying a refreshing coolness.

Lin Chuyun relaxed. He obediently lapped up all the medicinal liquid in the saucer. When he lifted his head, he saw Dan Li looking at him with a strange expression.

“Meow?” Third Senior Brother?

Dan Li suppressed the urge to clutch his chest. With feigned composure, he took the medicine saucer away and said coldly, “Wait here. Eldest Senior Brother will be back soon.”

“Meow.” Alright, alright.

Lin Chuyun responded exceptionally obediently, watching as Dan Li carried the saucer out and closed the door. Then—from outside came the sound of the saucer shattering.

“???” Lin Chuyun was startled, the tip of his tail even fluffing up a bit. But soon, Dan Li’s voice came from outside the door again. “It’s nothing. Don’t come out.”

“Meow…” Fine…

Lin Chuyun thought for a moment and decided not to go back onto the bed, simply lying down on the table instead. After all, he had been running around on the floor just now; it wouldn’t be good to get on someone else’s bed again.

Outside the door, Dan Li looked at the broken saucer at his feet. With a casual wave, he used his Spirit Power to shatter it into dust. He walked stiff-faced to the adjacent pill refining room. A trace of heat still lingered in the room, clearly indicating it had just been used.

The two medicine apprentices were inside, muttering to each other before the furnace fire.

“Aiya, we forgot to take the Spirit Stone. What do we do?”

“How about we go take another look later when the Peak Master isn’t around?”

“Yes, we didn’t get to pet the meow-meow earlier.”

“I want to pet it too…”

Only then did Dan Li realize where that troublesome Spirit Stone had come from. He cleared his throat lightly, startling the two apprentices, who instantly sat up straight.

“Peak… Peak Master…”

“Go copy the Medicine Scripture once,” Dan Li waved his hand and ordered.

The medicine apprentices exchanged glances and responded dejectedly, “Yes…”

Watching the medicine apprentices leave, Dan Li finally raised his hand and silently pressed it over his heart, uttering a sincere sigh. “So… cute.”

How could such a terrible person become this cute after turning into a Demon Beast?

Originally, Dan Li had no intention of brewing medicine for Lin Chuyun. But the moment he pictured the little black cat tilting its head to look at him, his hands couldn’t stop adding medicinal ingredients. In the end, he even specially added ingredients to neutralize the taste; otherwise, the resulting brew would have been several times more bitter than the most bitter Coptis chinensis.

And it was even free…

The thought that Lin Chuyun had taken advantage of him made Dan Li incredibly displeased.

Right, and there was also that High-Grade Spirit Stone!

If others found out that he, the stingiest and most tightfisted person, had actually given Lin Chuyun a Spirit Stone, he would absolutely be laughed to death by the others!

But, thinking back to how the little black cat looked playing with the Spirit Stone on the bed, Dan Li just couldn’t bring himself to snatch the stone back.

He even felt… an urge to give it a few more.

After Gu Jingshan finished his tasks, he came and escorted Lin Chuyun back to Spirit Cloud Peak. When he left, he also handed Lin Chuyun a Storage Bag, saying Dan Li had asked him to give it to Lin Chuyun.

Lin Chuyun nodded, puzzled. He wondered what Dan Li wanted to give him. After Gu Jingshan left, he curiously opened the Storage Bag and simply dumped the contents out.

Countless Spirit Stones of various attributes clattered onto the bed, with a few even falling to the floor because the pile was too high.

The little black cat was caught off guard and buried by Spirit Stones. Fortunately, he was promptly rescued by his own disciple. Looking at the bed full of spherical Spirit Stones, he was speechless.

Feng Xixing was holding his Shizun. Looking at this bed of High-Grade Spirit Stones, he rarely felt bewildered as he spoke. “Didn’t Shizun go to Spirit Herb Peak for treatment today?”

Has Spirit Herb Peak’s treatment started to include giving away Spirit Stones now?