Bai Fei'er left, and the rain tio fall.

  Gu Heng took the herbal soup that Bai Fei'er had only sipped and pced it ba the rear room; it couldn't go to waste.

  Thinking back, he found that girl quite iing. His medie could only cure ordinary people, not cultivators. She was a gentle soul, clearly burdened with worries, wandering aimlessly in the rai willing to py along with his act, bringing a bit of joy to them both.

  Unfortunately, they probably wouldn't meet again.

  He was just a mortal, while she was a young cultivator.

  Gu Heng rubbed his sore neck, preparing to cook dinner in the inner room. After eating, he po rest a bit and see if anyone would e for treatment on this rainy day. Suddenly, his ears twitched—

  "Meow."

  A cat's meow caught Gu Heng's attention. He looked toward the entrance of the Medie Hall, where a small white head peeked out.

  Upon closer iion, it was a small white kitten, likely just weaned.

  Seeing someone approach, the white kitten showed no fear, instead gazing at Gu Heng with rge gray-blue eyes.

  "Oh, it's a stray cat."

  Gu Heng crouched doicked up the kitten, which didn't resist, instead ling quietly in his arms as if in a daze.

  He stroked the kitten's soft fur, feeling a surge of affe. The kitten was very cute, pure white like aus on a snowy mountairemely beautiful. Upon closer iion, there urple mark on its forehead, quite mystical. Gu Heng couldn't help but kiss its forehead.

  But theiced the kitten's body was covered in numerous small wounds, with fresh blood staining its snow-white fur, indig severe injuries.

  After all, with the torrential raierday, even people frow the downpour, let alone a small animal for whom it was a life-threatening disaster.

  Gu Heng frowned slightly, "You're badly hurt."

  The white kitten licked the er of Gu Heng's clothes.

  Gu Heng chuckled, "Wait a moment, I'll get you some medie."

  He pced the kitten on the ter ao the ba. The kitten squis eyes, lig its paws, a hint of killing i fshing in its eyes.

  Hmph, truly a tiger fallen to the pins, bullied by dogs; a phoenix fallen to the ground, not as good as a chi.

  She was Su Jinxi, a powerful guest uhe King of Ten Thousand Demons, the great elder of the Nine-Lives Demon Cat . She should have taken advantage of st night's full moon in the demon realm to charge through the tribution aer the Great Assion stage. Instead, halfway through the tribution, she was ambushed by other demon s...

  The tribution failed, the lightning almost killing her. Su Jinxi fled with injuries, running day and night, not knowing how far she had gone, finally ending up in the deep mountains, uo maintain her human form, revealing her demon cat body.

  Then, as if things couldn't get worse, there was an old aor of the Mo Family in nearby Greenwood City, with cultivation at the eighth level of the Divided Spirit stage!

  That old man sensed her and immediately pursued her. Unfortunately, Su Jinxi could only use a fra of her power, quickly falling into a disadvantage, f her to use her st teleportation treasure to escape into the city.

  This time, Su Jinxi suffered a great loss.

  To save her life, she used many treasures, but the tribution was not easy to withstand. tless strong cultivators had died under heavenly lightning. The fact she was still alive was due treat fortune, but her body was severely damaged. Coupled with the ret fight with the Mo Family's old aor, she couldn't use any of her tribution-level power.

  Moreover, she had teleported into the enemy's territory. The Mo Family's old aor would likely find her soon...

  In the past, even if a hundred of those old aors came, she, Su Jinxi, could kill them with a single move!

  Now, her life was at its end!

  But Su Jinxi wasn't ready to give up.

  If she could devour this mortal before her, perhaps she could recover some of her power, maybe even find a glimmer of hope...

  Besides, that human had touched her all over and even kissed her!

  She, Su Jinxi, was the most beautiful among the Nine-Lives Demon Cats. Many male demons wao court her, only to be kicked away. Now she had fallen to being touched and kissed by a mere mortal!

  Utter humiliation!

  She wouldn't be satisfied until she killed him!

  Su Jinxi thought bitterly, lying on the ground, closing her eyes, enduring the physical pain.

  When Gu Heurned with the herbal soup, he saw the kitten sleeping oable and couldn't help but smile and shake his head.

  "Little one, don't sleep. Healing is more important."

  He pced the herbal soup oable, gently patting the white cat's back.

  "Luckily, Miss Fei'er's portion of the soup wasn't finished. You have it to warm up, and then I'll bandage you."

  The white cat zily opes eyes, gnced around, and saw that the mortal had indeed brought it herbal soup. It couldn't help but think this guy was foolish. The soup was useless to her; her internal injuries from the tribution required extremely precious heavenly materials ahly treasures to heal.

  But with her current ck of power, to make the mortal lower his guard, she decided to lick the soup.

  Then...

  "Hmm... Hmm? Hmm? Meow!"

  Su Jinxi suddenly felt something was wrong.

  The soup tained a vast and pure healing power!

  Su Jinxi was stunned. After just a few sips of the brown soup, the internal injuries from the tribution were rapidly healing! Not only that, she even sensed a breakthrough in her demon body!

  A demon's body was uo cultivation but could evolve with opportunities. For example, the Nine-Lives Demon Cat's lowest form had bck fur, then purple, white, silver, and jade.

  Su Jinxi had high cultivation talent, but evolving her demon body was difficult, as bloodliermihe limit. So, despite her tribution-level power, her demon body remained white... But after drinking the soup, she felt her demon body, stagnant for hundreds of years, beginning to evolve!

  "Hmm?"

  Gu Heng, initially bored, watched the kitten drink the soup. Now he noticed something unusual, as the cat's fur gradually turned silvery white.

  He was momentarily stuhen looked closer, notig a faint silver glow iten's eyes, seemingly brighter than before.

  "Hey, this silver looks better than white. I haven't seen a silver cat in a long time."

  Although he didn't know why the stray cat's fur ged cu Heng didn't think much of it. In this world, nothing was too surprising; ging fur color was hardly worth noting.

  "To think I broke through just like that..."

  Su Jinxi hadn't expected that the barrier she couldn't cross for hundreds of years would be overe after being injured and stranded in a human town, drinking a few sips of soup in this small Medie Hall!

  Moreover, her internal injuries from the tribution were pletely healed, and she could freely use her tribution-level pain. However...

  Now she dared not act rashly.

  Because the soup before her shimmered with starlight and moonlight, it was the Star-Moon Divier, ranked 11th on the "Divine Medie List." Normally, even a single drop was a treasure, yet before her was half a bowl!

  And that mortal... no, he wasn't a mortal at all!

  She knew mortals couldn't possibly have access to Star-Moon Divier, as it was like poison to them.

  Yet she couldn't dis this mortal youth's cultivation!

  She, Su Jinxi, was at the tenth level of the tribution stage! If there was someone whose cultivation she couldn't dis, it could only be a supreme power at the Holy Sage stage!

  What else could this mean? The person before her must be a Holy Sage stage powerhouse!

  Su Jinxi now felt a sense of fear.

  For such a strong person, how could he not see she was a Nine-Lives Demon Cat? Yet he didn't care at all, indig that to him, the Nine-Lives Demon Cat was no different from a stray cat, not worth his attention!

  Ihe Nine-Lives Demon Cat 's leader was only at the fourth level of the Great Assion stage. To him, they were indeed like stray cats, to be touched at will.

  She had even thought of dev his soul... Was she living too long, seekih?

  With this thought, Su Jinxi trembled, looking up cautiously. Gu Heng was staring at her, his gaze cold, and she felt an overwhelming pressure, uo utter a word.

  "Behave and finish the medie."

  Gu Heng tapped the soup bowl, his voice slightly stern.

  This little cat, refusing to drink the bitter medie, o warm up after being in the rain for so long.

  Raising a pet required showing some authority.

  Su Jinxi: "..."

  She trembled, lifting her paw to gulp down the medie, then quickly hugged her belly with her paws, looking at Gu Heng with a fttering gaze.

  Gu Heng was amused by her demeanor.

  "Follow me from now on, and I'll take care of you."

  ***

  The Mo Family in Greenwood City was once a promi family in the empire.

  However, like many families, they deed eions. Today, the Mo Family had lost most of the aral assets, fio their old stronghold in Greenwood City.

  In the main hall of the Mo Family residence, Mo g, the eldest young master, wore a displeased expression.

  His useless fiancée wasn't in her ro on her wedding dress but had go!

  Such disrespect!

  The marriage ersonally arranged by the old aor. Even though the old aor khe Bai Family was treating the Mo Family like a dumping ground, sending over a useless daughter, marrying Bai Fei'er still meant f a "e" with the Bai Family.

  To the Bai Family, Bai Fei'er was of no use, just a discarded burden. But marrying her meant the Mo Family could cim an "in-w" retionship with the Bai Family.

  To Mo g, it didn't matter much. Bai Fei'er was on unattainable genius, but now she was just a burden the Bai Family threw away. The Bai Family wouldn't support her anymore. After the wedding, Bai Fei'er would taste his power!

  At this moment, Bai Fei'er walked into the hall, drenched from the relentless rain.

  "Where have you been?!"

  Mo g smmed the table, rising in anger.

  "...Where is your Mo Family's old aor?"

  Bai Fei'er g him disdainfully. She could see through Mo g now, his sed-level Core Formation stage cultivation so superficial!

  A mediocre and inpetent s, and she was to be married to such a person... Bai Fei'er suppressed her anger, refraining from drawing her sword to cut him down.

  "The old aor is out on business. He couldn't care less about seeing a useless woman like you."

  Mo g sneered, eyeing Bai Fei'er, rainwater dripping from her.

  Bai Fei'er raised an eyebrow. She knew she was now at the seventh level of the Elemental Infant stage. How could Mo g possibly see through that?

  The fool thought she was still the one whose cultivation was stantly deing.

  "Listen, Bai Fei'er, the Mo Family remembers you were once a prodigy, hehe courtesy. Otherwise, you wouldn't even qualify to be my maid! Now go back to your room and try on your wedding dress properly, or don't bme me for being ruthless!"

  Mo g poio the door, threatening harshly.

  "...Try on the wedding dress, huh? Fine."

  Hearing this, Bai Fei'er smirked, casting a mog g him before turning to leave. As she turned, a cold, sharp smile appeared on her lips.

  Sihe Mo Family valued this marriage so much, she would trample their dignity at the gra occasion!