Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 115 Mountain Cat Police Officer

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

Ling Xuan murmured, lowering her head somewhat embarrassed.

"Don't overthink it. You can stay in Chang'an for a while, and you'll understand then."

Du Cihuai patted Ling Xuan's head soothingly and said, "This is a very interesting place. Human cultivators, demon cultivators, mortals, and spirits can all live together harmoniously. I used to think that Guangcheng Sect was already merciful for accepting demon cultivators, but now compared to Chang'an City, it seems ridiculous..."

"By the way, junior sister, although you've always been polite, I'll still say a few words: no matter what kind of people you encounter, as long as you're in Chang'an, you must be kind to them..."

"You two, please wait!"

Du Cihuai was comforting Ling Xuan when he was called to a stop.

The two looked in the direction of the voice and found that it was a raccoon!

To be precise, it was a mountain cat demon that had not yet taken human form. Its body was covered with delicate coin-shaped patterns, its glossy fur shone with an amber light, and its gem-like eyes showed no emotion.

It wore a strangely styled black wide-brimmed hat embroidered with symmetrical golden wheat ears. Around its neck was a red square scarf, fastened with a metal buckle engraved with "Chang'an City Police Department." Although it was naked, it wore a black belt around its waist, which looked quite odd. The belt had a very conspicuous metal ornament, and various small leather bags of the same color hung around it, which appeared to be leather pouches.

"Gentlemen, please show your temporary residence permit or ID card!"

As it spoke, it leaped over Du Cihuai and Ling Xuan in a few steps, stood up in a human-like posture, skillfully fiddled with the metal ornaments at its waist, and swiped its claws in the air as if it were grabbing something.

Du Cihuai quickly pulled out a palm-sized metal card and an identity jade token from his Qiankun bag and handed them over: "This is my temporary residence permit and identity token. This is my junior sister. She just arrived in the city today and only has her identity token..."

"Junior sisters? You are cultivators?"

It took the jade pendant and the metal card, first channeling a bit of demonic energy into the jade pendant, which immediately emitted a warm, light golden light. Then, it entered the number on the metal card into the system, its expression serious as it looked at the displayed information and questioned the somewhat bewildered Ling Xuan: "Madam, do you need help? Is this gentleman with you? He said you are his junior sister, is that true? And did he make any unreasonable requests of you? Don't worry, Chang'an City does not allow anyone to act recklessly!"

"I, I, I am his junior sister," Ling Xuan stammered, even though the person in front of her was just a small demon cultivator who hadn't yet taken human form and whom she could easily defeat. "We're going to the research institute. I, he, my senior brother is not unreasonable!"

Upon hearing the words "research institute," the mountain cat demon's expression immediately softened. It nodded, returned the metal card and ID tag to Du Cihuai, and then asked Ling Xuan, "Madam, where is your ID tag?"

"Here, here!"

Ling Xuan hurriedly handed over the identity jade token she had just put away.

The mountain cat demon fiddled with the jade token in the same manner, as if confirming something. It then breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I apologize for disturbing you two. Because there have been too many people coming to Chang'an City recently, quite a few strange human cultivators have brought their bad habits into the city. I just caught a human cultivator who wanted to forcibly sign a slave contract. It's really..."

At this point, the mountain cat demon's expression was extremely indignant, filled with intense contempt: "How hateful! Some people... cough, I mean, some cultivators are truly despicable!" Ling Xuan's expression became very strange because of the mountain cat demon's words—a demon cultivator who, theoretically, held an extremely low position in the cultivation world and couldn't even transform into human form, was speaking ill of human cultivators in front of her... This was truly... truly a strange, bizarre, and unsettling act...

If Ling Xuan had been exposed to more new vocabulary with the players, she would probably have been able to use "reversing the heavenly order" to describe the scene. However, she had only just left the mountain gate and was completely clueless about Chang'an City and the players. Faced with the attitude and words of the mountain cat demon, she instinctively wanted to refute, but she vaguely felt that she had no way to refute it. She opened her mouth several times but could not say a word.

Just as she was struggling with her decision, Du Cihuai, who was standing next to her, unexpectedly joined in with heartfelt complaints: "Ah! A slave contract?! How dare that person! It's outrageous! He should be expelled from the city!"

"That's for sure! He was just kicked out! And he's on the blacklist! It was clearly written in the 'Guide to Entering Chang'an City,' yet he still defied the rules! Humph! He deserves it!"

As he spoke, he returned the jade token to Ling Xuan and added, "Madam, since you are also new here, be sure to read the 'Chang'an City Entry Guide' carefully, as this will avoid a lot of trouble!"

Ling Xuan took back her identity jade token in a daze, and parroted, "The Guide to Entering Chang'an City?"

"Huh? Didn't they give me one when I registered my identity?!"

Du Cihuai awkwardly interjected, "Haha... I didn't help my junior sister carry it because I'm more familiar with this place, but don't worry! I'll definitely explain it to her properly!"

The mountain cat demon looked at Du Cihuai suspiciously, but didn't say anything more, only saying, "Alright, remember to obey the law!"

After speaking, it returned to its four-paw position, and with a few leaps, disappeared among the crowds and houses.

Once the mountain cat demon was gone, Ling Xuan finally felt she could breathe easily again. She asked, "Senior brother, what was it...?"

"That's Fellow Daoist Mountain Cat. He's a police officer from the Chang'an City Police Department, a constable who maintains the order of Chang'an City. But I don't know his name."

"The constable... is actually a demon cultivator who hasn't yet taken human form?"

Ling Xuan found it all rather absurd. Shouldn't demon cultivators be foolish and cowardly beings? How could they be allowed to manage a town?!
"What's so special about that! The messengers at the post station are two rabbit demons, though they're not called post stations here in Chang'an City, they're called something like 'post office'. Oh, and the consultant at the Chang'an City Community Service Center is a butterfly!"

Du Cihuai spoke with a strange sense of pride, as if living with demon cultivators was something to be proud of.

Ling Xuan didn't understand what a "community service center" meant, nor did she understand what a "consultant" was. She had too many questions in her mind, so many that she didn't know how to start them.

Looking at Du Cihuai's bright and sunny smile, Ling Xuan felt a strange sense of panic.

She opened and closed her mouth several times before finally asking, "Senior brother, where are we going now?"

(End of this chapter)