Rakish Little Immortal Doctor

“Want to drive us away? No way, this mansion is mine!” Li Qianfan said with a cold laugh.

Liu Ruyan smiled and said, “It’s time to take action. Let’s see what’s been fooling around here!”

Liu Ruyan, Li Qianfan, and Ah Hua were all cultivators, so their senses were extremely sharp, including the sixth sense inherent to cultivators.

Especially Liu Ruyan, whose realm was even higher, at the Foundation Establishment Realm, naturally she was more formidable than Li Qianfan and Ah Hua, who were both at the Qi Refining Realm.

Thus, at this moment, all three of them could clearly feel that there were not just the three of them in this mansion.

There was also some unknown entity!

The elusive, spooky, and terrifying ghostly shadows in front of them were caused by this unknown entity!

Although they still couldn’t figure out what these ghostly shadows were, catching this unknown entity would naturally solve the mystery of these spooky shadows!

Therefore, Liu Ruyan, Li Qianfan, and Ah Hua immediately split up and started searching around for the hidden unknown object, following their gut feelings.

Before long, Li Qianfan heard Liu Ruyan shouting from upstairs.

“I found it, this thing is not human, it’s a cat!”

Following Liu Ruyan’s voice, a sharp and mournful cat cry echoed throughout the entire mansion!

The next moment, a slender black shadow darted out of a room upstairs at an extremely fast speed, running towards the first floor.

“Go!”

“Catch it!”

Li Qianfan and Ah Hua immediately lunged forward, chasing after the black shadow, while Liu Ruyan had also chased down from the upstairs room.

Yet, the three of them couldn’t catch up to this creature for the time being!

Because this black shadow was too fast and extremely agile, and additionally, because it was so thin, it managed to escape from the hands of Li Qianfan, Liu Ruyan, and Ah Hua every time.

Unknowingly, ten minutes had passed, and the ghostly shadows around them were increasing.

Although these spooky and terrifying ghostly shadows couldn’t cause any harm to Li Qianfan and the others, they were really annoying!

“You forced my hand!”

Li Qianfan bellowed loudly, and his right hand suddenly lifted, his index finger pointing toward the black shadow.

The next moment, a thin red light burst forth from the tip of Li Qianfan’s finger!

This was a martial arts technique Li Qianfan had recently mastered—Rouge Thread!

The Rouge Thread flashed by, like a red laser suddenly lighting up then swiftly extinguishing.

The black shadow then thudded to the ground, fresh red blood oozing from its right hind leg.

The piercing cat’s scream became louder and more urgent, but finally, the creature could no longer run away.

Li Qianfan and Ah Hua moved closer to take a look, only to find that Liu Ruyan was right.

This thing was indeed a cat, a completely black cat.

Moreover, while most black cats have light yellow eyes, even the eyeballs of this black cat were black!

If this guy crouched in darkness, it could perfectly blend into the darkness due to optical camouflage!

“You beasts! You’re all beasts!”

“You trespass into my home and beat me up, you bunch of bastards!”

The black cat’s mouth opened and closed, emitting the voice of a little girl.

The voice was overly pained and excessively piercing, somewhat unnerving.

“Damn, it can actually talk!”

Li Qianfan was greatly shocked, Ah Hua and Liu Ruyan also showed expressions of astonishment on their faces.

But then Liu Ruyan said, “I’ve long heard about the existence of Spiritual Beasts, but this is my first time seeing one in person, and talking Spiritual Beasts are quite rare!”

“Spiritual Beasts?” Li Qianfan showed a curious expression.

Liu Ruyan nodded and said, “Yes, in this world there are Spiritual Beasts. Since humans can cultivate, animals can certainly cultivate as well, even plants can.”

“When animals cultivate, they become Spiritual Beasts. When plants cultivate, they become spirits.”

Li Qianfan’s face was filled with curiosity, hearing about Spiritual Beasts and spirits for the first time.

“The Cultivator Administration Bureau has both Spiritual Beasts and spirits, and they are held in very high regard, definitely not something we are qualified to mingle with at this stage, I’ve only heard about them,” Liu Ruyan said with a smile.

Li Qianfan then asked, “So, once an animal becomes a Spiritual Beast, it gains intelligence and can talk?”

Liu Ruyan thought for a second and said, “Gaining intelligence is definite, no matter the animal, once it becomes a Spiritual Beast it will definitely develop intelligence, can think like humans, and become very clever.”

“But not every Spiritual Beast can talk. From what I know, the majority of them initially cannot speak; they need to cultivate to a certain level before gaining the ability to speak human language. However, some animals are special; birds, for instance, can speak immediately after becoming Spiritual Beasts.”

“Birds?” Li Qianfan blinked inquisitively.

“Yes, the structure of birds’ mouths and vocal cords is quite flexible, allowing them almost all to speak after they become Spiritual Beasts,” Liu Ruyan nodded.

Li Qianfan, pointing at the black cat with a facial expression of hatred, questioned, “What about cats? Can cats speak when they become Spiritual Beasts?”

“I haven’t heard of that; theoretically, it shouldn’t be possible as cats, while cute, are pretty dumb,” Liu Ruyan stated.

Immediately, the black cat reacted vehemently, screaming, “You’re the dumb one, you are the real idiot!”

“Have you had enough of living?”

Liu Ruyan snorted and, grabbing the black cat by its throat, said, “You’re already in our hands, yet you dare to be so arrogant, I think you really don’t know the precariousness of your situation!”

Yet the black cat, holding its head high arrogantly, responded, “I prefer jade broken rather than intact tiles!”

“Well said, ‘prefer jade broken rather than intact tiles’.” Li Qianfan chuckled.

Ah Hua hesitated a bit then said, “Should we give it some treatment first? After all, it’s also a Spiritual Beast, we should not just let it die or stand by watching it die here.”

Li Qianfan then stepped forward, wanting to treat the black cat.

But the black cat immediately glared at him furiously with big angry eyes, even making a motion with its front paws as if it was going to attack him, and its sharp claws extended.

“I’m here to treat you now!” Li Qianfan exclaimed angrily.

“How do I know you’re not deceiving me? And it was you who hurt me just now!” the black cat retorted bitterly.

“Your life is already in our hands, why would I need to deceive you?” Li Qianfan said impatiently.

The black cat thought for a moment, finally retracting its claws.

In fact, even if it didn’t retract its claws, it wouldn’t be able to attack Li Qianfan, as it was being held in Liu Ruyan’s hands.

Li Qianfan gently held the black cat’s right hind leg, performing the Illusion Sky Cloud Hand to stimulate its Qi and blood flow, accelerating its metabolism, whereupon the flesh around the cat’s wounds started to twitch and regenerate, gradually healing together.

The process was not slow, it took just over ten minutes to complete.