s. For instance, almost everyone Xiao Yu just saw was suffering from various ailments.After saying this to Erxi, Xiao Yu stood up from Xiao Hongyang's chair and gave him his seat before sitting down h...Chapter 268: Corpse Cat

After the breakfast stall owner and his family left, Xiao Yu asked Xiao Hongyang to also leave the clinic and go back early for rest.

Xiao Hongyang didn't refuse. He needed to digest what Xiao Yu had explained today, and he had matters to discuss with his father. Thus, after Xiao Yu told him to rest early, he left Wansheng Hall.

After Xiao Hongyang left, Xiao Yu closed the door of Wansheng Hall. Now that he was almost fully recovered, he intended to go check on the scene of the previous car accident, as otherwise it would be a disaster if the corpse poison spread further.

Xiao Yu went into the resting room and took out yellow paper and cinnabar for drawing talismans.

Now Xiao Yu was very familiar with drawing talismans. In no time at all, he had drawn several Evil-Exorcising Talismans. Although his body had mostly recovered, only less than half of the righteous energy within him had been restored. To completely recover would require a long period of cultivation.

Xiao Yu originally wanted to draw some powerful talismans, but due to the lack of righteous energy in his body, he couldn't draw such talismans. In the end, Xiao Yu could only draw more Evil-Exorcising Talismans for use.

Seeing that it was still early, Xiao Yu went into a sitting meditation posture and slowly circulated the Righteous Energy Decree. Now every bit of recovery would be beneficial, as this might prove crucial at some future point in time.

At eleven PM sharp, Xiao Yu opened his eyes on schedule.

In the house, he packed all items that he needed into a cloth bag and put his night outfit inside. After locking Wansheng Hall's door, he headed towards his car.

Xiao Yu drove out of Deep Sea under the cover of darkness and onto the highway. When he got to where the incident occurred, he found an exit to get off the highway and parked there. In the car, he changed into the night outfit, then ran forward along the highway's shoulder.

"Everyone be careful, don't let that beast hurt you!"

"Over here……….."

"Be careful…………."

Right as Xiao Yu approached the area where the road incident had occurred, he heard shouts coming from ahead.

Hearing these shouts, Xiao Yu immediately sought out a tree. With swift steps and a leap onto the trunk, his body was like that of a large bird as he climbed up the branches.

Xiao Yu looked forward intently through the gaps in the leaves. In the distance, dozens of dark figures were gathered around something on the road's shoulder in a circle, but what was inside Xiao Yu could not see clearly, only faint shadows.

"When you see it coming, work together and don't take it on alone!"

A voice from afar shouted. Upon hearing the voice, Xiao Yu was surprised; the owner of this voice was Zhang Dahai.

Could they have gotten reinforcements Xiao Yu thought to himself, remembering that Zhang Dahai had said he would ask for help from headquarters.

Xiao Yu focused his gaze and in his black-and-white world, a cluster of black mist floated in the air from afar, exuding thick death energy. However, this death energy felt strange to Xiao Yu; it was already formed into an animal shape, resembling a cat.

But the yin energy emanating from there belonged to humans, which puzzled Xiao Yu even more.

"Boom………."

Xiao Yu was deep in thought when he suddenly heard a loud bang. He looked up and saw that with this explosion, a burst of fire appeared mid-air among the group of people.

It’s talisman fire—Xiao Yu observed the flame, sensing the energy emanating from it, thinking to himself.

As this ball of fire appeared, Xiao Yu saw a green-eyed shadow flash, and then this shadow let out a wail like an infant's cry.

"Boom Boom Boom……….."

Suddenly, a series of explosions rang out on the ground amidst the group. With each explosion, several bursts of fire suddenly appeared around the shadow.

"Waaah…." As these talisman fires surrounded the shadow, it let out piercing screams.

The shadow fell from mid-air onto the ground in a heap, motionless amid its cries.

"Master Wang is truly amazing! Before I left for this mission, my master told me to learn more from Master Wang!"

These people remained vigilant; after a while, seeing that the shadow on the ground did not move, one of them—whom Xiao Yu had saved—held up a compass and inspected it closely. Seeing no reaction on the compass, he sighed in relief.

"Haha, Senior Daoist Li is flattering me!"

Hearing this voice, Xiao Yu looked toward its owner; the speaker was a middle-aged man in his forties dressed in black sportswear and holding a wooden sword. Although he spoke humbly, Xiao Yu could tell from his expression that he felt quite pleased with himself.

"Director Zhang, I have fulfilled my duty!" This person said and then looked at Zhang Dahan.

"Yes, Master Wang has worked hard. When we get back, I will definitely report your achievement to the headquarters," Zhang Dahan's voice echoed in the darkness.

Master Wang was sent by the headquarters after Zhang Dahan requested for reinforcements. His name was Wang Fusheng and he was the head of a small family from Western Hunan. However, this family had very few members with only one male descendant per generation.

Now, they were down to just him and his son. His son, who was currently in college, was not particularly interested in these matters either and was merely at the novice level in terms of his abilities.

In the beginning, Wang Fusheng didn't take the government's recruitment offer seriously. However, a few years ago, when his son was bullied by classmates, he lost control and used magic out of anger. Unfortunately, being just a novice, he mishandled it and accidentally killed one of his son’s classmates.

To prevent his son from going to jail, Wang Fusheng agreed to join the Thirteenth Department as required by the government. After joining, the government mediated with the victim's family and settled the matter privately with a large sum of money.

Although the police had filed a case, due to the intervention of the government and the fact that the victim’s side dropped the pursuit, the matter was left unresolved.

"Director Zhang, it is my duty to subdue evil. No need for formalities," said this person with a smug expression but still politely spoke to Zhang Dahan.

Xiao Yu hid in the tree and observed this man. The fluctuations of his Heavenly Earth Primordial Qi were far superior to that of the young cultivator, yet he was still vastly inferior to figures like Zhang Taoist Priest and Li Shi Qing.

"Let's go over there and see what makes a beast so formidable It even carries venom," said the young cultivator.

After saying this, he walked towards the unmoving black shadow lying on the ground.

"Woo..."

The moment the young cultivator approached the black shadow, it suddenly leaped up with a furious howl, dashing through the body of the young cultivator like a streak of black lightning.

Upon seeing this, Wang Fusheng took out a talisman and prepared to throw it at the black shadow. However, he stopped right before doing so.

The reason being that when the black shadow leaped through the legs of the young cultivator, its entire body was blocked by him. If Wang Fusheng threw his talisman now, he would only hurt this young cultivator.

"Little Three, step aside quickly!"

Zhang Dahan and Wang Fusheng were standing together and naturally saw the shadow of the young cultivator blocking that beast. So Zhang Dahan shouted at him urgently to move out of the way.

At this moment, the cultivator named Xiao San finally reacted and quickly turned his head to look behind him, only to see that dark figure already running beside those soldiers who had formed a circle.

It turned out that this direction was supposed to be guarded by Xiao San. However, due to his departure, the strength in this area weakened significantly; without a cultivator like him, these ordinary soldiers would find it extremely difficult to stop the dark figure.

"Rat-a-tat-tat..."

As soon as the black figure darted over the heads of those soldiers, they fired their assault rifles at the shadow in the air.

Despite being shot at by several assault rifles, the dark figure strangely changed direction mid-air and quickly passed through the soldiers' blockade, running towards the highway on the roadbed. In no time, it vanished over to the other side of the road.

"Chase after him! Don't let him get away!"

Zhang Dahan shouted and was the first one to chase after the black figure.

Wang Fusheng and Xiao San also followed Zhang Dahan, running towards where it disappeared. They had clearly seen that this creature was a black cat, a considerably larger black cat than ordinary house cats.

Xiao Yu squatted on a branch watching the escaping shadow; he had already figured out earlier that the dark figure was actually a cat and sensed death energy emanating from its body.

What puzzled Xiao Yu more was, there was clearly a shape of a cat made up of dead energy floating above this creature's body, indicating it should be long deceased, yet now it acted as if alive and even more agile than the living.

Suddenly, Xiao Yu’s expression changed drastically. He shot up from his branch position; in that moment he recalled something from Zhong Kui’s memory — a corpse cat.

The term "corpse cat" specifically refers to black cats, which are also known as nine-lives cats or ghost-attracting cats in legends.

Black cats were called nine-lives cats not because they have nine lives but because after their death, their spirits are easily possessed by evil spirits or ghosts of cultivators who practiced the dark path.

In ancient times, people didn't understand this concept and mistakenly thought that these black cats could resurrect themselves. Thus, they named them nine-lives cats. In some circles of cultivators, black cats were called ghost-attracting cats.

Xiao Yu watched as Zhang Dahan and the others ran up onto the roadbed towards the other side of the highway.

After waiting for Zhang Dahan and his group to reach the other side of the road, Xiao Yu also jumped down from the tree and followed in pursuit of where Zhang Dahan and the corpse cat had disappeared.

Xiao Yu moved through the darkness wearing this night suit without leaving any trace; even when illuminated by car lights on the highway, it seemed to have a light-absorbing quality, making him just a fleeting black shadow.n era where primordial qi is scarce, there can only be one explanation: Xiao Yu must be a direct disciple from one of the most prestigious sects, which explains why they treated him with such respect....