Chapter 1325: Time to Go Back

Late at night, in the stillness, Tang Yu took a quick shower and scrolled through some short videos for a while.

The spiritual energy revival was no longer a secret, and short videos of cultivators fighting were often seen online, more exciting than any martial arts movie. What Tang Yu was watching were two cultivators dueling, casting spells with their fingers, summoning wind and rain, creating quite a spectacle.

Tang Yu watched with immense envy, as he had tested his aptitude and found he had no spiritual roots, making cultivation impossible for him.

However, his life had improved. Perhaps due to a pang of conscience, his boss was now extremely careful with him, and the company valued him greatly, promoting him to an important position. His ex-girlfriend, for some unknown reason, had even cried and apologized to him, saying she shouldn't have abandoned him.

"Maybe you're the one bringing me good luck," Tang Yu said with a smile, stroking the black cat's head. The black cat docilely leaned against him, meowing a few times.

Tang Yu then scrolled through a few more short videos, most of which were related to cultivators. There was also a news report about a suspected serial killer, possibly a cultivator, who had fled to their city. The Cultivation Affairs Bureau had already dispatched special agents to track him, advising people to stay indoors as much as possible at night.

Mastering extraordinary abilities can also amplify one's inner desires, which is why all sects, from those in the cultivation world to those on Blue Star, emphasize the cultivation of one's character.

"Cultivators aren't all good people, huh?" Tang Yu mumbled, then yawned and went to sleep.

After he fell asleep, the black cat transformed into a cat-eared girl. She quietly picked up the small brass cauldron, climbed out of the window, and moved gracefully across rooftops and walls between buildings.

After her cultivation yielded results, she first scared Tang Yu's ex-girlfriend and boss. Then, every night, she would patrol the city, punishing evil and upholding justice, and urban legends about her had already begun to emerge.

Upholding justice was her hobby. At the same time, she noticed that ever since urban legends about her appeared, the small brass cauldron's speed in condensing the Divine Elixir of Creation had increased, which made her even more motivated.

"Ah—" A scream caught the cat-eared girl's attention. It came from a few female students who were out late.

A villain, holding a gleaming dagger, lunged at these female students.

Clang—

The small brass cauldron and the gleaming dagger collided.

The female students looked up to see a cat-eared girl, clad in black, descending from the sky, moving swiftly in the moonlight.

"Run!"

Hearing the cat-eared girl's reprimand, the female students, forgetting about taking photos, quickly fled.

"A cat demon? Perfect, now that they're gone, your demon blood will do!" The villain's voice was hoarse, as if he hadn't spoken in a long time. He licked his dagger and lunged at the cat-eared girl.

The villain was unusually skilled, the most difficult opponent the cat-eared girl had encountered. However, she was still superior and ultimately killed him.

The cat-eared girl struck the villain a few times with the small brass cauldron. Only after confirming he was truly dead did she squat down to examine him.

"Hmm, why doesn't he look like he just died?" The cat-eared girl discovered that the villain had been dead for at least a month.

The villain's right hand twitched, and the gleaming dagger flew out, pointing directly at the cat-eared girl's heart!

"Oh no!" The cat-eared girl inwardly cried out in alarm. The dagger was too close; she couldn't dodge it!

A figure suddenly appeared, and two fingers firmly clamped the gleaming dagger.

"As a spirit artifact, you drained your master's blood and controlled his corpse to seek virgin blood," Lu Yang said, gripping the trembling gleaming dagger. "There's no point in keeping something like you."

He applied slight pressure with two fingers, snapping the gleaming dagger.

The cat-eared girl's pupils contracted sharply. "Who are you?" she asked.

She knew the hardness of the gleaming dagger; it hadn't shown any weakness even after several collisions with the small brass cauldron. Yet, it was easily broken by this person.

"The Divine Cauldron of Creation is in your hands; it seems you have good luck," Lu Yang said with a smile.

The cat-eared girl secretly activated the small brass cauldron, watching Lu Yang warily. Her heart was filled with shock that the other person actually knew the true name of the small brass cauldron!

However, the small brass cauldron trembled continuously, seemingly afraid of the person before it.

"The bloodline of a Nine-tailed Spiritual Cat, cultivating the Grand Luo Technique—this combination is quite good. No wonder you've achieved your current cultivation level."

"Relax a bit. While the Divine Cauldron of Creation is indeed a good spirit treasure, it's not particularly special to me," Lu Yang said, reassuring the cat-eared girl. He had been observing her for some time and thought she was a promising junior. "Would you consider joining the Cultivation Affairs Bureau? Your cultivation level is among the top for special agents."

"The Cultivation Affairs Bureau? Are you an official?" The cat-eared girl was startled, surprised that the government had such a powerful master.

"Sort of. The Cultivation Affairs Bureau was my idea to establish," Lu Yang said with a smile, casually dropping a bombshell piece of information.

These days, Lu Yang had been secretly observing talented cultivators, recruiting them into official positions to strengthen the government's power. The cat-eared girl's talent was among the best of those he had recruited.

The cat-eared girl valued freedom and was not very keen on joining an official organization.

Seeing her reluctance, Lu Yang continued, "The Bureau has several artificial spiritual roots that I've provided. You can obtain one if your contributions are significant enough."

"Artificial spiritual roots?" The cat-eared girl's heart skipped a beat. Wasn't an artificial spiritual root precisely what Tang Yu needed most?

Lu Yang could tell the cat-eared girl was reluctant to leave Tang Yu, so he added, "The Bureau isn't as strict as you might think. You don't need to clock in; you just need to complete tasks."

Hearing this, the cat-eared girl no longer hesitated. "Alright, I'll join!" she said.

"But will your human race discriminate against us demons?" she asked. In her ancestral bloodline memories, there were ancient fragments suggesting that the relationship between humans and demons was not very good.

"The people I introduce, they'll be too busy welcoming them to discriminate. Come on, let's go meet the other special agents," Lu Yang said, slowly walking into the darkness with his hands behind his back. The cat-eared girl followed closely.

"Elder Xia—"

"Even with the spiritual energy revival, can't Elder Xia be saved?"

"In the end, we were still too late. If the spiritual energy revival had happened earlier, Elder Xia might have pulled through!"

In Xia He's mourning hall, people cried out in sorrow, all genuinely reluctant to see Xia He depart.

Those attending Xia He's funeral were either government officials, former subordinates of Xia He, or elders who had lived through the apocalyptic era. Cries of grief were constant, and the atmosphere was somber.

They held lilies, lining up to place them next to the coffin one after another. These were Xia He's favorite flowers during her lifetime.

It seemed even Heaven was unwilling to see Xia He depart, as a sparse drizzle began to fall.

Not far from the mourning hall, two figures stood in the rain, holding umbrellas. No one noticed them.

"What's it like to attend your own funeral? That's not a common experience," Lu Yang teased. Standing beside him was indeed Xia He, the subject of the funeral.

At this moment, Xia He took off her necklace, no longer pretending to be an old woman, and revealed her original pure and beautiful appearance.

She rolled her eyes. "I'd like to offer myself a bouquet," she said.

"So, you've decided to leave Blue Star?" Lu Yang confirmed once more, to prevent Xia He from changing her mind.

Xia He pointed to the mourning hall. "Do you think I still have a chance to go back on my word?" she asked. Then Xia He sighed. "Besides, you won't stay on Blue Star forever, will you?"

After spending so much time together, Xia He had long understood Lu Yang's attitude: Blue Star was Lu Yang's "old home," but not his "true home."

The same was true for the Immortal seniors; they couldn't stay on Blue Star forever.

Therefore, she decided to follow Lu Yang to the cultivation world along with Bai Shuang.

"Yes, it's time to go back."