Chapter 628 - 394: Spiritual Energy Entering the Body, a Share That Defies Common Sense

Chapter 628: Chapter 394: Spiritual Energy Entering the Body, a Share That Defies Common Sense

It was a little after four in the afternoon. The sky was a spotless, brilliant blue, and the sun was still bright, but the peak heat of the day had passed.

Beneath a large, leafy tree in a strip of greenery, two small stray cats—one black and one white—lay on the grass, dozing with their eyes closed.

"Huuu..."

As the two little creatures dozed, they slowly absorbed the ambient Spiritual Energy from the air with each breath.

As they refined this absorbed Spiritual Energy, the Spiritual Energy waves they emitted gradually grew stronger.

Although their unconscious cultivation wasn’t very efficient, if they kept this up, judging by the progress they were making just by absorbing ambient Spiritual Energy, breaking through to the First Rank Initial Stage was only a matter of time.

"PAT, PAT, PAT..."

The sound of footsteps emerged from the stairwell of Building #3 in the distance.

Before long, a little girl emerged from the stairwell, walking briskly. She had her hair up in a bun, wore a cute pink dress, and carried a small metal basin in her hands.

After coming out of the stairwell, the cute little girl, Zhou Tongtong, seemed to sense something. She turned to look toward the distant strip of greenery, then walked purposefully toward it.

In the shade of the large, leafy tree, the two small stray cats dozing on the grass seemed to notice something.

Their small ears twitched a few times. Then, they slowly opened their eyes and lifted their heads to look ahead.

Zhou Tongtong walked into the strip of greenery, holding the small metal basin. When she saw that the two little sleepyheads under the tree had woken up and were looking at her, faint dimples appeared on her cheeks as she called out a greeting.

"Good afternoon, Little White, Little Black!"

"Meow..." The Little White Cat and Little Black Cat scrambled up from the grass, meowing in response to the approaching Zhou Tongtong.

Zhou Tongtong reached the large, leafy tree and crouched down. She placed the small metal basin, which was filled with mung bean soup, in front of the two little cats.

"Meow... Zhou Tongtong, what is this stuff?" asked the Little Black Cat, who had never had mung bean soup before.

"This is mung bean soup my mom cooked for me. It’s super yummy! It’s so hot today, and this soup helps you cool down. You two should have some!" Zhou Tongtong explained.

The Little White Cat was the first to lower its head and take a lick of the soup. Zhou Tongtong smiled and asked, "So, Little White? Is my mom’s soup yummy?"

"Meow... It’s yummy." The Little White Cat looked up at Zhou Tongtong and nodded.

Hearing Little White say the soup was yummy, the Little Black Cat immediately scooted closer and lowered its head to drink from the small metal basin.

"Meow... A few hours ago, I saw your mom leave on her electric scooter," the Little White Cat said, recalling the earlier scene.

"Mhm," Zhou Tongtong nodded. "I know. Mom left me a note before she went out. It said she had to run some errands."

"Meow... Tomorrow’s Monday. You have to go to school again," the Little White Cat said.

"Yup!"

"Meow... Have you finished your homework?"

"I finished it yesterday."

"Meow... That’s good. This afternoon, I saw a chubby kid from Building #5 get a serious spanking from his mom because he ran out to play before finishing his homework. He was bawling his eyes out. It was a pitiful sight."

As Little White spoke, an image flashed through its mind: ’the chubby human cub it had seen that afternoon, running out of its home to play with its friends, only to be nabbed by its mother and dragged back to do homework.’

"I always finish my homework before I come out to play. Besides, my mom has never spanked me..." Zhou Tongtong said.

She knew the chubby kid Little White was talking about. He went to her school and was in the same grade, just in the class next to hers.

She’d occasionally run into him on her way to school in the morning.

"Meow... Your mom has never spanked you? You’re amazing!!!"

"Since we came to this neighborhood, I’ve seen lots of kids get spanked by their moms," the Little Black Cat said, lifting its head for a moment before going back to the soup.

When Zhou Tongtong heard Little Black praise her, her eyes crinkled up as she smiled.

"Meow... Hey, leave some for me! Don’t drink it all yourself," Little White said, lifting a small paw to nudge the head of Little Black, who was busy gulping down the soup.

Nudged on the head, Little Black immediately raised its own small paw to fend it off.

Seeing that the two little cats were about to fight over the soup, Zhou Tongtong quickly reached out and patted both of their small heads.

"Don’t you two fight, okay? I have plenty more mung bean soup at home! When you’re done, I’ll go get you some more."

The two little cats instantly quieted down and began to drink the soup together in perfect harmony.

At that moment, Zhou Tongtong’s small hands, which had been patting their heads, began to move down, gently stroking their backs.

As she watched the two little cats drink with relish, a faint golden Spiritual Light flickered in Zhou Tongtong’s smiling eyes.

Following that, a faint trace of Spiritual Energy began to flow from the fingertips of the hands stroking their backs, quickly seeping into the little cats’ bodies.

"Mmmrrrow..." The two little cats, still drinking the mung bean soup, felt a pleasant sensation spread through their bodies and let out contented purrs.