Chapter 293: What’s That Smelly Cat Doing Here?
“Little Snow’s cultivation speed has really picked up recently, huh? She’s already at Golden Core perfection!”
After a nice snooze, Bai Feng strolled into the living room, filled a bowl with cat food for Little Snow, and started rubbing her head while giving her a good look over.
“Meow~~” Little Snow immediately let out a proud sound.
To make a quick jump to Yuan Ying, she had been all about eating and cultivating lately—she’d never been this diligent before.
“Yes, yes, Little Snow is amazing.”
Bai Feng chuckled as he gave her head another rub and poured a little more cat food into her bowl.
‘So what if she’s at Golden Core perfection? What’s there to be proud about?’
Over at the side, munching on her fox food, Xiao Jiu couldn’t help but roll her eyes. Boasting about little things like this? Really?
By the way, how come that smelly cat came out from the bedroom with Bai Feng? What were they up to?
For some reason, she felt a twinge of annoyance. She’d been the one to keep Bai Feng company at night before! Why was this smelly cat crashing the party?
“Xiao Jiu, you need to put in some effort too!” Bai Feng looked at Xiao Jiu, letting out a sigh. “You’ve been at Yuan Ying perfection for so long! With all that fox food every day, when are you going to break through to Transformation God?”
“Umm… soon! I can feel a breakthrough coming!”
Xiao Jiu quickly countered, but then she spotted that smug little cat, and her teeth clenched.
She was being mocked by a cat at Golden Core perfection.
How infuriating! She was determined to work extra hard today to break through to Transformation God in three days!
With newfound resolve, Xiao Jiu took a big bite of her fox food.
Meanwhile, Bai Feng, who had been fanning the flames of competition, nodded in satisfaction at Xiao Jiu’s defiance.
Finally, the competition was heating up.
Ever since Xiao Jiu broke through to Yuan Ying perfection, she seemed to have gotten lazy again. If he didn’t motivate her a little, she might still be dawdling around at Yuan Ying when the war in the Eastern Continent wraps up.
“Okay, after you finish eating, focus on your cultivation. I need to go have breakfast.”
After topping off Little Snow and Xiao Jiu’s food bowls, Bai Feng headed towards Bai Yu Mo’s place.
Since Chu Chu was temporarily staying with Bai Yu Mo, breakfast was at her place today.
……
“Awake already? Did you sleep well last night?”
Bai Feng greeted Chu Chu, who was sitting stiffly in a chair.
“Mm, it was okay.” She nodded and then asked him, “Is there anything you need me to do today?”
“Yes, you need to get familiar with the power of the Celestial Eye.” Bai Feng sat down on a nearby chair. “But if I run into difficulties while making the eye mask, I might come to you for help.”
Just then, Bai Yu Mo came out of the kitchen with dishes in hand. “Need my help with anything?”
“Uh…”
Bai Feng hesitated, stroking his chin in thought for a few seconds.
Last night, Bai Yu Mo had tested the power of the Celestial Eye as well. But because of her Celestial Bone, she was much less affected by its power, barely influenced by emotions.
However, if Chu Chu actively used the power of the Celestial Eye, Bai Yu Mo would be affected, albeit less than Bai Feng would be.
“If you have some time, you can help Chu Chu get familiar with the Celestial Eye’s power, so she can use it proficiently in battle.”
“Sure, no problem.”
Bai Yu Mo lowered her eyes slightly, having a bit of her own agenda. Although doubting her sister was kind of wrong, when she learned about the Celestial Eye’s abilities, her instinct made her a bit wary and uneasy about Bai Feng being alone with Chu Chu.
“Okay, let’s not dwell on that. Let’s eat first.”
……
“This little princess sure has some ideas.”
During a break from making the eye mask, Bai Feng read a message from Shui Xi Yu, unable to help but mumble to himself.
In her message, she mentioned she was setting up an assembly line similar to how image retainers are made, planning to produce some special arrays for upgrading the image retainers.
Before, she’d been recruiting some array masters to modify the retainers, but that was slow, costly, and the quality varied greatly—with many array masters feeling dissatisfied with their work.
It was probably for these reasons that she decided to start her own “factory.”
Plus, she had spent quite a while working with Yu Ling Long and was a core figure there, so she was fairly familiar with the production process and employee training, making it not too challenging to start a factory.
Considering he taught all of Shui Xi Yu’s array basics, her outlook on arrays differed from traditional masters. He guessed she’d been pondering this for a while but simply hadn’t had the chance to put it into action.
After thinking for a few seconds, Bai Feng replied to her questions.
Before long, he received a thank-you message from the little princess, along with an offer for half of the “shares”:
“Thanks for your answers, Teacher! I think I understand now! By the way, I intend to form a trade association. Once the war is over, our produced arrays will be modified for civilian sale. I’ll give you half of the shares for this association. Um… is it called ‘shares’? I heard that from Sixth Sister and during my escape through the Northern Region. If I’m wrong, please correct me!”
“Only fitting for a princess of the Eastern Continent—she really is generous.”
After all, he hadn’t really lifted a finger in this matter, yet Shui Xi Yu was still willing to give him half the shares, likely hoping to thank him and, in a way, bring him closer.
Since that was the case, he wouldn’t be modest about it. He’d taught the little princess so much knowledge already, so a tiny bit of compensation was only fair. Plus, as expenses in arrays seem to get more outrageous, having some extra income wouldn’t hurt.
After replying, a smile crept onto Shui Xi Yu’s face as she sat in the Eastern Continent.
“Teacher agreed, huh…”
She put down the image retainer, leaned back in her chair, and looked up at the ceiling.
Besides wanting to improve efficiency, she had a tiny bit of selfish motivation for wanting to build a factory.
With a factory as an excuse, she could leverage some “factory” situations to sneak in a glimpse of her own life, pulling her closer to her Teacher.
“If only Teacher were from the Eastern Continent…”
She sighed softly, imagining if her Teacher were from the Eastern Continent, she could invite him to the palace to become…
Her very own exclusive teacher.
After a moment of silence, she shook her head, trying to toss away those slightly terrifying thoughts, and continued to handle the pile of unfinished tasks.
At the same time, Bai Feng looked around, feeling a bit of a chill running down his back—could it be that Black Lotus or that Demon Woman were still thinking about him?
Speaking of which, the Hundred Faced Saintess hasn’t appeared in a while. What trouble could the Demon Path be plotting?
