Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 207 The Name of Officer Mountain Cat
There are currently five cat police officers in the entire city of Chang'an. In addition to the mountain cat officer, there is a black cat named "Xiaotie" and a white cat named "Xiaofeilian" who have been formally incorporated into the Chang'an City Cat Guard Team. The remaining two, "Jin Xiaohu" and "General", are an orange cat and a heterochromatic tortoiseshell lion cat, respectively. They are only considered "temporary workers" and have not received any magic items that allow them to access the "Chang'an City Network".

Three official cat police officers take turns on duty, with each cat responsible for four hours. Jin Xiaohu and General take turns working for four hours during the busiest time, from the afternoon to midnight.

The Cat Guards are arguably the most popular department in Chang'an City. The best-natured orange tabby, Jin Xiaohu, is petted by players every day after get off work and has even doubled in weight from being fed!
Despite having such a disappointing member, overall, Officer Mountain Cat was quite satisfied with its subordinates... well, the cat officers under its paws. However, today, after get off work, it suddenly picked a tall tree and hid there, looking rather dejected.

"what happened to you?"

A voice suddenly reached Officer Mountain Cat's ear.

It flipped over in an instant, the nail clippers digging tightly into the branches, its ears twitching, and its eyes fixed on a semi-transparent human figure that slowly appeared before it.

"Meow-"

Officer Mountain Cat breathed heavily in fear and instinctively let out a warning sound.

“Don’t be nervous, my name is Jun Chou, and I’m a resident of Chang’an City,” Jun Chou smiled amicably at the mountain cat demon who was on high alert, and said, “You can find my information, um… my identity token number is 10010586.”

Upon hearing Jun Chou's words, the mountain cat demon no longer looked like it was about to pounce and tear him apart, but it was still somewhat skeptical.

It adjusted its position on the branch, took out its "networking" gadget, and entered the number Jun Chou had mentioned.

Sure enough, an information card popped up, listing the race as "Spirit of the Artifact," and the age field...

15260 years old!?

Fifteen thousand two hundred and sixty years old!?
The mountain cat demon slipped and nearly fell off a branch. It was so shocked its voice trembled: "You, you've lived for over fifteen thousand years!?"

Jun Chou adjusted his sitting posture on the tree branch and replied, "I suppose so."

The mountain cat demon couldn't help but ask curiously, "What was it like 15,000 years ago...?"

"Back then, there were no humans yet!"

Jun Chou reached out, wanting to rub the mountain cat demon's head, but his hand floated right through it.

He sighed almost imperceptibly, then continued his story: "Back then, there was no such thing as a demon. If we were to follow some of their modern human logic, the ancient gods would probably all be classified as demons."

The mountain cat demon grew even more curious: "Did the Ancestral God also cultivate like us?"

“Ancestral God? Ancestral God… Ah, there is such a saying,” Jun Chou paused for a moment before continuing, “Ancestral God is not actually a single god, but many gods. Their descendants are the current human race, Quanxian race, Jinling race, and so on, so they are revered as ‘Ancestral God’.”

"However, the ancestral gods did not originally come from cultivation. They possessed great power and knowledge of heaven and earth from birth. It was they who opened up the great path of heaven and earth and created the way of cultivation, giving all living beings in the world the opportunity to transcend life and death."

The mountain cat demon lay down, resting its head on its paws, and whispered, "So that's how it is... It sounds just like what True Monarch Bamboo Immortal said!"

Junchou asked again, "You look a little sad, why is that?"

“You have a name,” the mountain cat demon flicked its tail, turning its head away, and continued, “and your name is very beautiful. They have names too, but I don’t have one…”

Jun Chou asked thoughtfully, "Then what was your registered name in Chang'an?" "Mountain Civet,"

The mountain raccoon demon's ears twitched. Because its face was turned to the side, Jun Chou couldn't see its expression. He only heard it say in a calm tone, but it seemed to still have a hint of grievance and loss in it: "This is not a name. 'Mountain raccoon' is my race. My name is 'Mountain raccoon,' and my race is 'Mountain raccoon demon.' That is not my name."

As it said this, its wagging tail slapped against the leaves, making a rustling sound, and it added, "They also like to call me 'Mimi'!"

Jun Chou thought for a moment and suggested, "If you don't like it, you can reduce the players' favorability rating, then they won't call you Mimi anymore!"

"But they'll still shout from behind!"

The mountain cat demon stood up, licked its paws, and said, "Besides, it's not that I don't like it... it's just that 'Mimi' means cat. I know they call me 'Mimi,' and they call other cats 'Mimi.' All cats are 'Mimi,' even those that aren't demon cultivators."

"They especially love cats, and they even kept many ordinary cats in Chang'an that didn't have any intelligence!"

Jun Chou nodded: "Yes, humans really like cats, especially these people from the Blue Star Realm."

"Cat is a species, not a name! Just like humans, humans are a species, not a name! We demon cultivators wouldn't greet humans like that, 'Good morning, human,' that would be too strange! But they humans only call me 'Mimi'!"

The mountain cat demon finally turned its head, its expression seemingly somewhat indignant.

But then it lowered its head, its voice becoming somewhat muffled: "People have parents who give them names. My mother... was an ordinary cat. She drove me out of her territory, and I never saw her again... Ancestral gods... how did the names of the ancestral gods come about?"

Junchou recalled for a moment and replied, "Some were given names by teachers and elders, some were called that by the people around them, and over time it became their name. Some were chosen by themselves."

The mountain cat demon excitedly kicked out its two paws, its eyes sparkling as it looked at Jun Chou: "The ancestral gods chose their own names? Then I can choose a name for myself too, right?"

Jun Chou smiled and said, "Of course, what name would you like to have?"

The mountain cat demon's tone turned dejected again: "I don't know... Anyway, we can't call her 'Mimi' or 'Mountain Cat'!"

"If you don't have any ideas, why not let the players help you think of some?"

Junchou suggested, "You can issue a 'task,' and the reward could be something like letting them pat you on the head. If you don't like that, you can change it to something else. With your high salary, it should be easy for you to buy something as a reward."

"More importantly, do you know that in the Blue Star Realm, in that other world you don't know about, there are tens of thousands of people who like you! They would be very happy to help you think of a name!"

"Tens of thousands!?"

The mountain cat demon was dumbfounded. It stretched out one paw, opening it again and again, but it couldn't count them all—the concept of "ten thousand" was a bit hard for it to understand.

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We're collecting names for Officer Mimi! Everyone is welcome to join the group to discuss!! A red envelope will be given out if the name is chosen!!! The group number is in the description!!

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