A cat that lingers beside a saint

Yu Qiushui watched Su Bai leave, and a chill ran down her spine.

The cat glanced at him before leaving, clearly having already sensed his presence.

But that look in his eyes made him feel very uncomfortable, though he couldn't quite put his finger on why.

Su Bai set off, and Yu Qiushui naturally followed closely behind him.

Along the way, he saw the cat, but it didn't do anything unusual; it simply grabbed a few snakes and wrapped them around its neck.

Then, they caught a few more wild rabbits.

After doing all this, the cat quickly disappeared from Yu Qiushui's sight.

Yu Qiushui frowned as she looked in the direction where Su Bai had disappeared.

The speed is too fast; with his current cultivation level, it would be very difficult for him to keep up.

Fortunately, he had memorized the approximate location, and he only needed to keep going along this road to find the cat's den.

……

Inside the Taoist temple.

Wanling and the old Taoist priest chatted casually.

It's clear that the conversation between the old man and the young man wasn't very harmonious.

As if sensing something, the divine light in its pupils vanished completely.

"It seems like my senior brother has returned," Wan Ling said in a low voice.

The old Taoist priest clearly noticed Su Bai's return, raising his eyebrows slightly and a hint of mockery in his eyes: "Go and greet him; this little fellow even brought you a gift."

"Looks like they're planning to give you some nourishing food."

With that, the old Taoist priest got up and prepared to walk into the Taoist temple.

At this moment, Su Bai had already seen the Taoist temple on the mountaintop in the distance. In no time, he quickly climbed to the top of the mountain.

Upon arriving at the entrance of the Taoist temple, Su Bai first glanced at the painting outside the wall, and then saw Wan Ling already standing at the entrance.

"Junior sister, look what I brought you."

"After thinking about it carefully, I realized you definitely couldn't get such good food down the mountain, so I brought some for you."

"We can't waste it!"

It was incredibly boring in these mountains. Apart from sitting in the Taoist temple and guarding the master, Wanling had nothing else to do.

Hearing that her senior brother had brought her a gift, a smile appeared on her face.

Just as Wan Ling reached out her hand, she saw Su Bai quickly throw the snakes wrapped around his neck into her arms.

Su Bai originally thought that Wan Ling would be terrified when he saw these snakes.

In this way, Su Bai can also show off his charisma.

After all, he was quite skilled at catching snakes.

To Su Bai's surprise, the snakes, upon landing on Wan Ling, not only showed no intention of attacking, but instead obediently coiled around her hand.

Needless to say, it includes all spirits.

Facing the snakes coiled around her arms, she showed no fear, but rather a hint of excitement.

Su Bai hesitated for a moment and then said, "Junior sister, aren't you going to eat?"

Wan Ling was taken aback upon hearing this.

"Is this for eating?"

Su Bai fell silent.

The old Taoist priest in the temple had clearly witnessed this scene, his face turning red with embarrassment.

But he didn't laugh out loud.

Meanwhile, somewhere in this world, a sound emanates from a palace.

"This cat is cute, but it's a bit too much."

"Junior Sister, what makes you say that?" A voice echoed from the void.

"This cat has been taken too good care of by its senior brother and has never suffered any hardships. If it wants to become an immortal, it will probably be quite difficult."

"Cultivating both body and mind can certainly lead to the Great Dao, but if the path is smooth and without any obstacles, it may be difficult to know the unpredictable nature of people in the outside world."

The woman paused for a moment, and then the palace gates suddenly swung open.

A vague, ethereal figure slowly emerged.

"There must be demonic beasts in this world."

As soon as she finished speaking, a dense jungle instantly grew in the area where her palace was located, and then countless animals quickly grew on this jungle.

As a gentle rain fell, the animals began to stand upright.

In no time, the territory of the demon beasts had taken shape.

Looking at the monsters scattered all over the ground, the figure stood outside the palace in silence for a long time, and finally all his emotions turned into a sigh.

He then turned and walked into the hall.

……

Inside the Taoist temple, Su Bai lay on the old Taoist's stomach, his eyes fixed on Wan Ling, who was playing with a small snake in his hand.

"Master, where did you pick this girl up from?"

"I saw her all alone on the way, looking so pitiful, so I just brought her back. What's wrong?"

Su Bai stared at Wan Ling for a long time, pondered for a moment, and then said softly, "I feel that this girl is a little different."

The old Taoist priest was taken aback.

He subconsciously looked at Su Bai.

The old Taoist priest couldn't help but ask, "What's different?", upon seeing Su Bai's expression at that moment.

"Do you think a normal person can get along well with snakes?"

"Anyway, I've never seen her before. Maybe she's a good candidate for cultivation. Why don't you teach her cultivation?"

Teach her spiritual practice?

The old Taoist chuckled softly, then looked away and leisurely basked in the sun.

Does she still need to cultivate herself?

The old Taoist priest found it increasingly amusing.

"If you teach her, will I not have to help her when we go out together in the future?"

"Isn't that the logic?"

The reasoning is correct.

But the old Taoist priest felt that something was not quite right.

Enabling all spirits to cultivate is actually not a difficult task.

She probably wouldn't even need him to teach her; he could probably teach her the Dao after just one explanation.

However, this will actually make Fang Subai feel a sense of dependence.

This would be detrimental to Su Bai's future cultivation.

After hesitating for a moment, the old Taoist nodded and said, "Alright, I'll find some time to discuss it with her."

Su Bai rolled his eyes. Does cultivation need to be discussed?

For ordinary people, cultivating oneself is harder than climbing to heaven. If she doesn't want such a good opportunity, then she's a fool.

Thinking of this, Su Bai walked up to Wan Ling with cat-like steps, looked up at the little girl, grinned, and said, "Do you want to cultivate?"

"I'll teach you, senior brother."

Wanling tossed the small snake aside, then picked up Su Bai, patted him gently, and asked, "Senior brother, will you teach me cultivation?"

"You are human, I am a cat. Our paths of cultivation are different, but I can teach you how to cultivate your body and mind. As for how to embark on the path of cultivation, you will have to find a master."

"Master said that practitioners cannot eat, but they can drink some water if they are hungry."

"In addition, it is best not to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. If you can absorb the essence of the sun and moon, that would be even better."

Upon hearing Su Bai's words, Wan Ling subconsciously looked towards the old Taoist priest.

Wanling generally agreed that one should not indiscriminately absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but the fact that cultivators cannot eat was something she had never heard of before.

"Can't eat? How did you manage to get through that, senior brother?"

"Drink water. Master said you can drink water if you're hungry."

"Master also said that these grains contain impure energy, which is highly poisonous to cultivators and cannot be eaten."

The old Taoist priest sat not far away, and subconsciously turned his body to the side. He had a vague feeling that something was wrong.