Who let him join the Sword Sect!

Chapter 442 How much money will we get if we capture this old woman?
The catgirl, with her 'little snake' on her head, walked ahead humming a little tune.

The cliff face is steep, with almost no foothold on the vertical rock. To the left, one can see the vast South China Sea.

The raging waves crashed against the rocks, and the flying spray splashed onto Her Majesty the Catwoman's sleeves.

This sheer cliff, which is inaccessible to ordinary people, is not a problem for cultivators.

Even without using the Scorpion Hanging Upside Down spell, with the Thousand Machine Pavilion's Multifunctional Knight Kick Old Man Shoes, you can walk not only 90 degrees, but even 360 degrees.

The two walked for a while like ibex, when suddenly Her Majesty the Catwoman turned around and asked.

Where are we going?

"?"

Li Yueqi: "Huh? You don't know the way, so why are you walking in front?"

Her Majesty the Cat Girl chuckled playfully, "Hehe, I'm having a blast."

Li Yueqi, "..."

With a sigh, Li Yueqi gave up on being harsh on her unlucky apprentice, because it would probably be useless to say anything, and the apprentice would still make the same mistake next time.

"Black channel!"

Li Yueqi habitually raised her hand to call out to her companion, intending to send him to scout ahead, but there was no response after calling for a long time.

Seeing this, the spirit snake Qinghe cleverly produced a red brick, wrapped it with the tip of its tail, and handed it to Li Yueqi.

"That stupid dog must be asleep again, smash it."

The brick arrived, its weight just right. Li Yueqi cushioned it twice before tossing it into the shadows.

puff.

The bricks disappeared without a trace, as if they had fallen into a pond.

A moment later, Li Yueqi's shadow shifted. Hei Qu, wearing glasses and earplugs, emerged from behind a book.

Because of the vertical cliff, Hei Qu almost fell into the sea without noticing for a moment.

Looking at Hei Qu's appearance, Li Yueqi was puzzled. "What are you doing?"

“I’m preparing for the exam… I’m going to take the Longhu Mountain exam.” As he spoke, Hei Qu turned the book over and showed Li Yueqi the “Complete Explanation of the Tongtianlu”.

"Hey, your paws are all hairy, can you even draw talismans properly?" Qinghe teased.

Hei Qu glanced at Qing He, but instead of biting him as usual, he politely put away his decorative glasses.

"There's no difference between using spiritual energy to control a brush and using spiritual energy to control a sword. As for the way of talismans... well, I can't explain it to someone like you who only finished junior high school."

The truth is the sharpest knife, and Qinghe, whose heart was heavy with worry, became anxious.

Qinghe, "Will you shout again?"

Hei Qu: "Ha, dropped out of junior high school."

Qinghe began to exhale, but it was powerless to refute, because it deserved it.

The school run by Qianji Pavilion teaches without discrimination; as long as you pass the exam, you can come and attend classes. However, although it is easy to get in, it is strict to graduate.

Repeating a grade is fine, but if you violate the rules and are expelled, you'll have to wait forever to get back in.

Qinghe isn't stupid, but he loves to play. Because he's just hoping to pass the exam, he skips five days of school a week and spends Saturdays and Sundays swinging on the swings in the classroom.

So, less than a month later, he was expelled for too many absences and even broke the classroom door frame. He would have to wait five years to retake the course.

There is no room for leniency in this matter, even though it is Li Yueqi's spirit pet.

Besides it, the number of legitimate second-generation rich kids and all sorts of unlucky guys who were expelled almost equals a reinforced company.

To prevent these people from causing trouble, the six sects gathered their most severe punishment elders together and placed them in the administration office.

They take turns working here, either as Dharma bodies or by remotely controlling a thousand-machine puppet.

Draw them one by one when you see them; if you can't draw them all, then summon your true form and draw them as a group.

If that's all there is to it, then it's fine. If I don't want to go to school, then I don't want to. Anyway, I'm just a cute little snake, so what does going to school have to do with me?

What Qinghe found truly unacceptable was that Heiqu had not only graduated, but was continuing its studies.

"I'll soon be a triple major, cultivating both Sword Sect, Dragon Tiger Mountain, and Beast Taming Sect. You didn't even graduate from junior high school, so don't talk to me again without a report."

Heiqu put its glasses back on, ignoring Qinghe who was determined to fight to the death. It turned to Li Yueqi and asked, "Is there something you need from me?"

Li Yueqi was speechless for a moment, then she waved her hand and said, "No...it's nothing, you can continue reading."

Hei Qu nodded and disappeared back into the shadows.

Qinghe spat out a puff of poison smoke at the shadow, snorted, and then stopped talking. He just hung motionless on Li Yueqi, pretending to be a scarf.

Angry.

Li Yueqi had a headache.

Just as she was speechless, Li Yueqi looked up and saw her unlucky apprentice. The Cat Queen was chuckling foolishly, watching her own mishap, looking like she was having a really fun time today.

Seeing the catgirl's miserable state, she finally lost her composure, stepped forward and grabbed her ear, "Laugh, laugh, laugh, you're still laughing? You were expelled from kindergarten, what are you laughing at!"

"I was wrong! If you're going to pull my ear, just pull it. Why did you have to use your Vajra Finger?"

The catgirl, nailed to the rock wall by the old man's shoes, was being pulled around by Li Yueqi.

Disguised as a small snake, the creature clung tightly to the cat girl's head, swaying and laughing.

'Hmm, very good, very energetic. This is how the Beast Taming Sect should be.'

Her Majesty the Cat Girl has thick skin and flesh; she only makes a loud noise, but she is actually perfectly fine.

Li Yueqi released her grip on the catgirl's ears and sighed again.

"Open the map. I remember there's a karst cave near here that connects to the sea. Let's stay there first, and then plan the rest of the trip."

"Oh." The cat lady instinctively reached for the small walnut, but after fiddling around for a while, she realized that she no longer used it.

She raised her wrist and gently touched the silver ring on it with her right hand.

The silver ring lit up, and a panel appeared in front of Her Majesty the Cat Girl.

The panel is detailed, including basic information such as mission objectives and progress, as well as quantified cultivator physical data, personal information, redeemable points, one-click alarm, group chat, and other functions.

This is the civilian version of the Destiny System.

The idea came from Lao Tang, and Baidi City and Qianji Pavilion provided the technology. This is the new thing they came up with.

It is still in the experimental stage and has only been distributed to a small number of people for testing.

So far, the results are good.

In every respect.

Users all felt like they were the male/female protagonist.

Wearing this broken thing, and with Old Tang's persuasion and the claim of its historical value, those kids developed a sense of mission from the bottom of their hearts, and afterwards they worked harder than ever before, whether carrying out missions or cultivating.

Meanwhile, the Star Gods, including the Eggman customer service representatives and the Old Man, were quite satisfied.

Because most tasks and functions are automated, they no longer need to be hidden inside the host's body and on standby as before.

All you need to do is glance at it occasionally, operate it manually, and answer some questions—it's that easy.

Meanwhile, Tongtong and the old man, who were deeply harmed by the two tormentors, Zhang Ze and Meimei, also said that it felt really good to have someone honestly doing the tasks.

As for the name of this thing...

Zhang Ze's idea was to divide it into Heaven, Earth, and Man, and name it the Human Fate System or the Earth Fate System, which was then unanimously rejected.

After a long but pointless meeting, which rejected unlucky names such as Invincible Lily King System, Sheep Ninja Killer System, Sword Dao Limitless System, and Talisman Heaven-Reaching System, this thing was officially named Little Walnut System.

Is there no other way but this name satisfies everyone?
Moreover, according to the original plan, Qianjige also intended to gradually replace the old version of Little Walnut with a bracelet that had its system functions removed, carrying out a trade-in and technology upgrade, and this name was just right.

Therefore, because it was something new, Her Majesty the Cat Girl was still a little unfamiliar with using it.

She fiddled with it for a long time, nearly triggering the alarm several times, before finally managing to pull up a map of the area.

I looked at it for a long time but still didn't understand it.

"What is this...?"

The creature perched on the catgirl's head couldn't stand it any longer. It stretched out the tip of its tail and gently tapped the overturned map back onto its side.

Then she placed a thumbtack in another spot, and the map transformed into a three-dimensional image, projecting into the eyes of the catgirl.

After reconstruction and verification, the map matched reality, and a moment later a light blue dotted line appeared, stretching forward along the cliff face.

Automatic pathfinding.

"Wow! It has this function too, how amazing! Master, can you see it?!" The cat girl gesticulated excitedly as she showed off.

Seeing this, Li Yueqi picked up her own and fiddled with it for a while, then looked at her apprentice with a complicated expression.

"This feature costs money, it's charged by time, and Master's advice is that you turn it off right now."

"Don't click too fast when you close it, or you'll run into loan ads."

"Ah... but I've already marked it." The catgirl looked at the suddenly appearing interest with a sad expression, on the verge of tears.

"Whatever, it's done. Anyone with a brain knows Lily added that loan. I'll talk to Zhang Ze when I get back and ask him to remove that feature."

"Let's go, let's go to that cave to stay first."

Looking at the messages from fellow disciples below the quest on her bracelet, Li Yueqi continued, "That cave connects to the South China Sea. It's very large inside, and we haven't even reached halfway through the exploration yet. I'll go there and fish a few fish to finish the quest. I'm a little worried about the time that's been wasting."

As they spoke, the sky darkened and the waves grew larger, indicating that rain was imminent.

“Okay…” Her Majesty the Cat Girl replied weakly.

Seeing her balance drop from 49 to -500, Her Majesty the Cat Girl lost all her strength.

Li Yueqi: "Let's go. If we catch a few more fish, we'll have everything we need."

Li Yueqi made a hand seal, and her figure vanished. But her shadow remained. After a while, the shadow moved slightly, and the black-clad creature with glasses poked its head out. It hesitated, then, too lazy to chase after her, stuck directly to the still-muttering catgirl.

After it stuck and the auto-follow function was turned on, it sank back down.

Exams are coming up soon, so studying is important.

——A dividing line to help students succeed in the college entrance examination——

After turning around the cliff and passing through a seaside stone forest, the two arrived at the cave entrance.

"So big!" Her Majesty the Cat Girl exclaimed, her mouth agape.

The cave entrance is hundreds of feet wide and high, shaped like a whale's mouth.

"Stop opening your mouth, or I'll have to put your dislocated jaw back in place." Li Yueqi stepped inside first.

The cave is named Cat Ear Cave, but there are neither cat ears nor cat ear noodles inside. The origin of the name is now unknown.

This was Li Yueqi's first time visiting this place.

The cave was big enough for the silly cat to jump around in. The cat lady sprinted a few hundred meters and measured the width of the cave entrance. After running a few laps, she suddenly saw something hanging from the cave ceiling. She climbed up and, out of curiosity, reached out and tugged at it.

"Is this also the Mother Tree?"

The cat-girl was pulling out a 'root'.

The roots are woven from hundreds of vines, much like the underground network of the mother tree, only much smaller.

These roots, made up of vines, hang densely at the entrance of the cave.

Driven by curiosity, Her Majesty the Catwoman stretched out her tail and unleashed a unique skill she had learned from a certain Bai-surnamed cultivator of the fox demon clan.

[The Art of Tail Refining]

Golden light burst forth, and the cat's tail, which had been refined into a natal magic weapon, turned golden and transformed into a whirlwind shovel, as if it was about to cut off a piece to study.

However, before she could even make a move, Her Majesty the Cat Girl was struck by a throat lock.

Xiang wrapped his tail around the cat lady's neck and threw her off the top of the cave.

Fortunately, the silly child was tough; even after falling from a height of 100 feet, only the hem of his clothes got slightly dirty.

"What? This isn't your wife. Touching her won't make her pregnant," the cat-girl said, looking aggrieved at her new companion whom she had just picked up that morning.

The snake disguised as a small snake didn't say a word, yawned, climbed onto the cat lady's head, and tapped her with the tip of its tail, signaling her to go into the cave.

Just then, Li Yueqi's voice also rang out from inside the cave.

"Come here, let me see what I've found?"

"Oh, here it comes!" The catgirl got up and chased after the sound.

……

As you venture deeper, the vegetation thins out, revealing rock walls beneath that resemble the texture of bones and muscles, making it feel as if you are truly walking inside the belly of a whale.

Before long, Her Majesty the Catwoman saw what Li Yueqi had mentioned.

"Look." Li Yueqi made the ball of light in her hand shine even brighter, illuminating the entire cave.

It consists of vast expanses of rock paintings.

The rock paintings are all painted with red pigment, with delicate techniques and a return to simplicity, depicting one scene after another of the lives of our ancestors in the wild forests.

However, the scenes depicted are too dense, and there are occasional overlapping situations, just like the lives of several generations overlapping and intertwining.

If you look at it for too long, you will feel dizzy and nauseous.

Despite how disgusting it was, Her Majesty the Cat Girl was quite happy.

Although she was just a doorman saying "Welcome," she was still a long-time employee of Zha Shi De. She had never eaten pork, but she watched pigs run every day.

Just one glance at these rock paintings told her they must be valuable.

They can repackage it, claiming it's an ancient secret treasure, a masterpiece by a great master. The more disgusted people are by its appearance, the higher the price they can sell it for.

It's good that they don't understand; not understanding proves it's true. They'll then focus on their own problems, not others'.

It's incredibly easy to simply knock off the entire slab of rock, or make a rubbing of it, pay off the small loan, and earn another fifty.

Her Majesty the Catwoman rubbed her hands together like a fly, just about to reach for her weapon, when she was once again met with a chokehold.

"Master, save me, save me, I need to wash it off!" the catgirl pleaded as she was dragged to the ground.

Li Yueqi didn't even glance at her, too lazy to pay her any attention.

Only after His Majesty conceded did the village loosen its grip.

Getting up from the ground, the angry catgirl tried to scratch off the 'little snake' on her head, but it was slippery and she couldn't catch it after several attempts.

"Hmph, what a cat girl and a snake! I was trying to be nice and let you play, but you've got me all tangled up. I'll switch you out when we get back and not form a contract with your natal spirit beast."

The village remained noncommittal, then coiled itself back on the cat girl's head, looking like it didn't matter what.

After chattering for a while, the cat-girl, panting, followed Li Yueqi deeper into the cave.

As they continued to explore, the figures in the rock paintings also changed. Their clothing began to resemble that of primitive people, and their behavior became increasingly primal, with scenes of sacrifice and war appearing.

"Speaking of which, Master, did that brother who came to investigate this place mention any rock paintings here?" The Catwoman was a little scared, and she tugged at Li Yueqi's sleeve and asked in a low voice.

Li Yueqi: "No... However, many secret realms will not reveal their true appearance until a specific day and time. Perhaps we just happened to arrive at the right time today."

Your Majesty the Catwoman: "But I'm scared."

"What are you afraid of? I'm here."

"What good are you? You can't even beat that Zhang Ze guy."

"Shut up, or I'll cover your retreat."

The two whispered among themselves as they continued deeper into the cave. The humid sea air filled the air, and wondrous plants and animals reappeared.

If this cat-ear-shaped cave is the interior of a giant whale, then they have now reached the whale's stomach.

Just as the monk who came here before had said, there are countless wondrous creatures here. The two of them caught a few at random and completed their task for the day. However, the rock paintings did not disappear; instead, they became even more densely packed.

Driven by curiosity, the two continued to explore further.

The rock walls not covered by fungi, the rocks in the water, and the roots of terrestrial corals were all densely covered with rock paintings. As the number of rock paintings increased, in the end, it was impossible to tell what they depicted; only large areas of red remained.

It's a vibrant red, like a 'giant whale' that has come back to life.

Before they knew it, the two had reached the end of the cave.

A lake inside a cave, connected to the open sea, appeared before the two of them; it was much larger than the cave entrance.

In the middle of the lake, Li Yueqi saw the artist of the rock paintings.

A girl who was tens of feet tall.

Her black hair reached her waist, and her green robe, woven from vines, cascaded down into the water, partially concealing her snake-like lower body.

As she moved her finger, crimson fungi emerged from under the rock, then immediately died, and the red color was fixed.

The dreamlike patterns piled up layer upon layer, finally transforming into a pure red.

"Holy crap, how many mission points will it take to capture such a big woman?"

The cat-girl, who had never been cultured in her entire life, couldn't help but let out a sigh, drawing on all the knowledge she had acquired.

"Points? What are those..."

The giant girl wasn't deaf; she turned around and looked at the silly catgirl who was making the noise.

As she was being watched, her eyes first looked confused, then excited.

Excited, the snake's body began to move, causing the lake water to surge and waves to billow.

"You're really here!"

The giant girl laughed and pounced on Li Yueqi and Her Majesty the Cat Girl.

Li Yueqi, "..."

As a seasoned nun, she quickly made what she believed to be the right decision.

She grabbed Her Majesty the Cat Girl and ran away.

Because she ran so fast, her shadow remained in the same spot once again.

This time, the Black Canal reacted quickly. As soon as Li Yueqi left, it poked its head out and saw the girl's beautiful face, as tall as a city tower.

Hei Qu exclaimed in a cultured manner, "My child, what is this?"

……

Qianji Pavilion.

The junior sister sat in Zhang Ze's lap, browsing the intelligence that Lady Fuji had collected.

These are all unknown creatures that Fu Ji photographed while wandering around Changzhou recently, along with the cultivators there on their mission.

"Could this be the Mother Tree?" the junior sister asked, pointing to a video.

Due to interference, the image in the spirit stone is very blurry, just like the one captured by the door lock.

In a green lake outside the wasteland, a blurry figure is running on the water.

Judging from her figure, she is only the size of a normal person, with a girl's upper body and... a spring-like lower body.

The junior sister didn't know what it was either; it might be a snake's body or an earthworm, but it was coiled into the shape of a spring.

The girl performed a water-flying act by hopping and bouncing, moving at great speed and disappearing from sight in no time.

"Probably." Zhang Ze hugged his junior sister, but seemed a little absent-minded, as if he was thinking about something else.

(End of this chapter)