128 Spirits Vengeance (1/2)
Hundreds of meters above the air, Su Yang and Qiuyue stood on a wooden boat, their gazes on the small animal that was minding its own business miles in the distance, watching its every little movement, almost like they were playing god.
They have been standing there for a few minutes now, silently inspecting the necklace that was around the Ghost Cat's neck.
”It is not a storage-type Spiritual Treasure but…”
”But?”
After a moment of silence, Su Yang spoke with a pondering expression, ”It seems to be some sort of Spiritual Treasure that deals with curses.”
”Curses? Then our clue…” Qiuyue sighed loudly.
Their chances of finding a clue that will help them return home in this place were becoming slimmer and slimmer.
”However, there is something weird about it now that I take a closer look,” said Su Yang.
”Weird? What's weird about the Spiritual Treasure? I don't see anything wrong with it.”
Su Yang shook his head and said, ”Not the Spiritual Treasure. There is something off about the Ghost Cat. Although I cannot pinpoint exactly what this feeling is, I am certain that there's something wrong with it. I have seen a few Ghost Cats in my life, but they all feel different when compared to this one.”
Qiuyue looked at him with a surprised look. He's seen a few Ghost Cats in his life despite its rarity?
”I was acquainted with this powerful individual who had managed to tame a few Ghost Cats and had unwillingly become familiar with them due to my relationship with her…”
Hearing this, Qiuyue was shocked. Who'd be willing to go through that much effort and resource to tame not just one, but a 'few' Ghost Cats that are known to be extremely rare and hard to find, much less tame them and their arrogant nature.
And for Su Yang to address this individual as 'powerful', she must be a peak expert within the four Divine Heavens.
”But what does that have anything to do with us? We still won't get any clues from it.”
”You are right, but this feeling coming from it is bothering me the longer I look at it.”
After a few moments of silence, Su Yang suddenly said,” Take me to the Ghost Cat, I want to take a closer look at it.”
”Eh? But won't it just run away the moment it sees us?”
”It might run away, but I have a feeling that it won't. Did you see how it stood still despite being surrounded by humans on all sides when we first saw it? It's too prideful and arrogant. It probably won't run away on sight as it believes that nothing can outspeed it, and it is correct.”
”Then what if it attacks you?” Qiuyue asked since she knows almost nothing about Ghost Cats and its nature.
”Besides their insane and nearly unrivaled speed, they have little to zero combat ability and could at most hurt normal people or those with weak Cultivation bases, not to mention their non-hostile nature. I will be fine.”
Qiuyue nodded and commanded the boat to descend towards where the Ghost Cat was resting.
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After noticing its presence, the Ghost Cat raised its head to look at the wooden boat in the sky.
It stood on all four of its limbs and stared at it with bright eyes.
Ever since all the humans had disappeared out of thin air like ghosts, its joy from getting chased around had disappeared along with them. And with nobody to play with, it lazily laid around in boredom, silently wondering where everyone had gone.
However, now there were more humans to play with, so it happily waited for them to finish descending without running away.
Once the wooden boat landed, Su Yang began approaching the Ghost Cat in small steps while Qiuyue remained in the boat.
The Ghost Cat quietly watched his every movement, hoping he'd play tag with it. But when it couldn't sense such intentions coming from Su Yang, the hopeful lights in its eyes dimmed, and its gaze turned cold.
Su Yang continued to calmly approach the Ghost Cat despite its cold stares. Once he was only a few meters away from it, he said in a calm voice, ”Despite your limited knowledge, you should be able to understand my words.”
The Ghost Cat did not react upon hearing his words, almost like it didn't understand a word he'd just said.
However, Su Yang continued to speak regardless, ”I can sense an irregularity within your Profound Qi, and that may have been caused by that Spiritual Treasure around your neck.”
”If you want, I can take a look at it for you.”
”...”
After a moment of silence, the Ghost Cat suddenly meowed in a wary tone.
Su Yang shook his head and said, ”It's fine if you don't believe me, it's not as if I really care. The only reason why I even bothered to approach you was because of a friend of mine who adores Ghost Cats to the extreme. If I left you alone while knowing that something might be wrong with you, I won't be able to face her without guilt the next time we meet… That's all.”
”But now that I have approached you, I won't feel as much guilt, as I have at least tried to help.”
After saying those words, Su Yang turned around and began walking back to the wooden boat where Qiuyue was waiting.
However, when Su Yang was halfway back to Qiuyue's side, a small figure appeared in front of him out of thin air like a real ghost.
The Ghost Cat had placed itself in his path to block him, and it'd achieve that without alerting either Su Yang or Qiuyue. There was no wind, not even the slightest sounds, nothing… almost like it'd teleported in front of him.
”You Ghost Cats' absurd speed is astounding no matter how many times I see it…” Su Yang showed a slight smile when he recalled the times he'd spent with his friend and her Ghost Cats.
”Well? What do you want?” he then said to it.
”...”
Although the Ghost Cat couldn't speak, its gaze was filled with the desire to communicate, as it has never seen a human being like Su Yang. Ever since it appeared in this desolate world one day out of the blue hundreds of years ago and without memories prior to this place, it's been looking for a purpose in its life, and when humans started showing up recently, it found joy in life for the first time.
But alas, one day, like their sudden appearance, they disappeared suddenly, and it's been an entire week since then.
Now that another human has shown up, just like it'd hoped, why would it allow him to leave so quickly?