Six days later, Langya Palace.
"Cat Lord, Cat Lord, Cat Lord!!"
Yue Yun had just entered the room and was making a constant noise. Du ke, who still had just woken up irritation in his eyes, glanced at Yue Yun.
The undispersed irritation in his eyes made him look murderous, forcing Yue Yun to shudder involuntarily.
"That...umm..."
Yue Yun scratched his head and smiled awkwardly, "I'll just...um...you keep sleeping Cat Lord. I'll come back after you wake up!"
Yue Yun closed the door and quickly left the room. Over the past few days, Yue Yun figured he understood that his Cat Lord had quite the terrible temper.
He would give you a death stare at the slightest provocation, sending chills down your spine.
It is said that cats are neurotic, but Yue Yun feels that this saying is not entirely accurate. If his Cat Lord is neurotic, then he must be the fiercest among neurotics.
Seeing Yue Yun leave, Du ke nodded in satisfaction and hazily laid back down.
This little chubby kid is noisy all day, if he couldn't help nurture his inner breath, Du ke would have scratched his face up long ago.
Wait a minute!
Du ke suddenly opened his eyes, realizing something.
Yesterday, the little chubby kid had needled him seven times, and his inner breath was complete. He could officially start cultivating now.
Thinking of this, Du ke, whose sleepiness quickly dispersed, stretched out his butt and yawned first, then called out to the outside.
"Meow!!"
After meowing, the door opened a crack, and Yue Yun's head poked in.
"Cat Lord?"
Du ke opened his mouth wide, yawned, and at the same time signaled with his eyes for the little chubby kid to prepare the bath water.
Sleeping last night had messed up his fur, and some places were sticking up.
Don't expect Du ke to lick his own fur straight.
So taking a bath every morning had become his new habit.
"Oh, I'll prepare the bath water for the Cat Lord right away."
Yue Yun closed the door again and went out to prepare the bath water.
Du ke lay back down in his cat bed, thinking about what had happened in the past seven days.
In the past seven days, he had the little chubby kid needle and nourish his inner breath in the mornings.
That stream of heat had now reached its limit after seven needlings.
With this inner breath baking inside him, Du ke felt he had unlimited energy every day, and his pill refining limit increased from five times to eight times a day.
In the afternoons, he would accompany the little girl to martial arts classes and watch a bunch of kids mess around in the martial arts field.
At night, he would go to the study hall to get books for pill refining.
What, you say Du ke was stealing books?
Don't joke around. This entire Langya Palace belonged to Su Qiluo, and what belonged to Su Qiluo also belonged to him. In other words, Langya Palace also belonged to him. How could those few books of his own be considered stealing?
He had only refined forty-two books in seven days.
These forty-two books covered everything, all kinds of genres.
There were history books, fiction and miscellany, as well as books on painting, chess, music theory, etc.
By absorbing the knowledge contained in these books, Du ke was now not exactly well-read, but at least no longer an illiterate who didn't recognize a single word.
At the same time, Yue Yun also prepared recipes for Du ke. Eating according to Yue Yun's recipes, Du ke had grown a size bigger in the past seven days.
Yue Yun also said that with him officially starting cultivation, he would usher in a period of rapid growth and development.
"Cat Lord, the water is ready!"
Yue Yun entered the room carrying a bucket of water, interrupting Du ke's thoughts. Du ke looked at the bucket in front of him and nimbly jumped in very readily.
His agile and graceful figure made people want to exclaim what a fine cat.
Half an hour later, the refreshed Du ke was held by Su Qiluo out of Langya Palace.
Today was the day to officially start cultivating.
However, he would not be learning in Langya Palace, but going to the beast park.
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Su Residence, Beast Park
A small boat drifted over the surface of the water, sailing towards a small island. A white cat crouched on the deck, staring at the colorful snakes constantly swimming in the water.
"Tsk!"
Du ke curled his lips and clicked his tongue.
All the way here, he had seen no shortage of these extremely venomous-looking snakes swimming under the water.
The water areas in the Su Residence gardens were vast, with islands dotted everywhere. Du ke had wondered, wouldn't people sneak in with such a huge water area?
But on the trip to the beast park today, he finally understood. No one would dare do that.
With so many snakes in the water, not to mention humans, even a giant elephant falling in would be eaten up instantly.
He'd have to stay away from the water from now on!
Just as Du ke was thinking to himself, he was picked up by a pair of chubby hands and held in an embrace.
"General, stay away from the water. You'll be eaten if you fall in."
Su Qiluo held Du ke and stroked his little head, while Yue Yun said, "Miss, the beast park is just ahead."
"Mm."
Su Qiluo nodded. This was the official start of Du ke's journey into cultivation. She had to come take a look.
The boat had just docked when several figures swiftly approached and threw out ropes to tie the boat's bow bumper and secure it to the pier.
Du ke stared at these figures helping dock the boat, and couldn't help but be stunned, because they were actually several monkeys wearing servant's clothes.
"Cat Lord, these are the servant monkeys specially trained in our beast park. Don't be fooled by their reckless appearance, they are very capable at their work."
Seeing Du ke staring unblinkingly at the monkeys in servant's clothes, Yue Yun explained with a smile, while also taking out some candied fruits from his bosom and throwing them over.
The monkeys who were helping dock the boat rushed to snatch the candied fruits when they saw them thrown over.
"Alright, let's go ashore. Master must have prepared everything for the Cat Lord."
Yue Yun familiarly led Su Qiluo's group into the beast park. Though called a beast park, this was actually a beast island.
Du ke had just arrived when he smelled the musky odors of various wild beasts carried in the wind.
"Hmph!"
Du ke snorted and twitched his nose. His ears also flicked, because he had heard the roars of various beasts coming from the depths of the beast park.
"There are a total of 1,326 species of beasts raised in the beast park, with over 5,000 heads in total."
Yue Yun introduced the situation inside the beast park as he led the way for Su Qiluo.
"These include not only the most common jackals, wolves, tigers and leopards, but also rare exotic beasts and precious birds."
"However, those exotic beasts and precious birds still can't compare with the Cat Lord. As one of the four great spirit cats, the Chi Yu Xiao Fei Lian that the Cat Lord belongs to is rarely seen in the world."
Yue Yun flattered Du ke a little, and Su Qiluo was quite pleased to hear it.
"That's right, my general is the best!"
"Yue Yun, you mentioned four great spirit cats, what are the other three?"
Yun Chan, who was falling behind, softly asked. Du ke also pricked up his ears.
Yue Yun counted off on his fingers and recited fluently: "According to the rare beasts record of our Ganzhi Beast Control Sect, on the earth there are exotic beasts, and in the heavens demon cats and spirit cats."
"The four great spirit cats are the Chi Yu Xiao Fei Lian, Moon Shadow Black Eyes Golden Tiger, Four-eared brocade thief, and Lion-faced Arhat."
"The four great spirit cats are born with innate supernatural abilities. The Chi Yu Xiao Fei Lian that the Cat Lord belongs to can vanish without a trace along with light;
The Moon Shadow Black Eyes Golden Tiger has a natural tiger form that can detect evil and eliminate misfortune;
The Four-eared brocade thief comes and goes without a trace, foretelling fortune and misfortune, stealing throughout the world;
As for this last Lion-faced Arhat, tsk tsk tsk!"
Yue Yun suddenly shook his head, clicking his tongue for quite a while before continuing.
"Actually no one has ever seen the Lion-faced Arhat, and its existence is not known to be real or fake!"
"However, the rare beasts record states that the Lion-faced Arhat has golden boy ears, jade maiden waist, immortal's back, able to hear all worldly affairs from home, its Buddha eyes discerning loyalty and evil, and even able to smell karma and deflect calamity."
"Little chubby, among the four great spirit cats, what place does my general rank?"
Su Qiluo was still a child after all, and grew curious after hearing Yue Yun say this. She asked before Yue Yun could answer.
But then a coarse and loud laugh sounded.
"The cat raised by my niece Su Qiluo, naturally ranks first in the world!"
"Anyone who dares disagree, I'll chop off his head and have my niece kick it around as a ball!!"