7: Chapter 7 Cat and Mouse Battle, the Three-Flower Goddess?

Ye Qingxuan used his Spiritual Sense to scout the surroundings in place for a long time. Within the range of his Spiritual Sense, there were only forests and stones, leaving Daoist Ye feeling helpless.

His Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation was stuck here, and the range of his Spiritual Sense was only a radius of a hundred miles. Even so, this already surpassed ordinary Cultivators by several fold, so he could only casually choose a direction.

Aside from the direction he came from, Daoist Ye began throwing tree branches in the remaining three directions, ultimately choosing straight ahead.

Daoist Ye's method of choosing a direction made the audience in the livestream burst into laughter, and even CCTV's two main pillars could not help but twitch the corners of their mouths.

"As expected of someone who practices the Dao, even the method of choosing a direction is so unique."

"Nobody laugh at anyone else; in an unfamiliar place, running off in a randomly chosen direction is only something Daoist Ye would do with his high skill and bold daring. Look at the fates of the Chosen Ones from other countries? They either die or flee."

"Indeed, having Daoist Ye is truly our good fortune. I really don't understand why there is someone as strong as Daoist Ye fighting for our country, yet so many sheepdogs are still immigrating abroad. Were their brains squeezed by a door?"

"Who can figure out the thought process of sheepdogs? Probably thinking foreign air is sweet?"

"I read little, don't fool me."

"I read a lot, come fool me."

Truly, silly netizens provide endless joy.

National Destiny Space ——

Just as Ye Qingxuan was about to lift his foot to walk, he suddenly remembered something, then took out a command flag from his Storage Pouch.

Reciting the incantation silently in his heart, he shouted "Swift" and threw the command flag into the center of the vein. The command flag grew in the wind, expanding from palm-sized to over ten meters tall in an instant. The command flag erupted with a powerful suction force, forcibly drawing out the Spiritual Qi of the vein.

As it turned out, the blood jade itself contained a small amount of Spiritual Qi. Daoist Ye figured that since it wasn't his family's property, it would be foolish not to take it. He simply decided to drain the Spiritual Qi of the entire vein; bringing it back to Mount Mao would be enough for his fellow apprentices to Cultivate.

In a short moment, the entire vein shook violently, and the Spiritual Qi had already been drained dry. Ye Qingxuan executed a few hand seals, compressed the Spiritual Qi into a solid state, and stuffed it into the command flag's space.

Reaching out to recall the command flag and inspecting it, this compressed, refined Spiritual Qi was enough for Ye Qingxuan to make a Breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Stage. However, for Blue Star's Age of Dharma Decline, it was still a drop in the bucket.

Unless he drained this world's Spiritual Qi dry. However, if Ye Qingxuan dared to do that, even the concealment of the National Destiny Space probably wouldn't work; the Heavenly Dao of this world would risk its life to strike him dead with lightning.

"Rumble—" As the Spiritual Qi was drained, the entire vein collapsed abruptly. The vein spanned over a hundred miles; from a Mortal's perspective, it was nothing short of heaven-shaking and earth-shattering.

Just at this moment, rumbling thunder suddenly came from the sky. Ye Qingxuan's eye twitched. "I've played this too big. If I don't run now, the Heavenly Dao is going to go crazy."

With a wave of his hand, dozens of breath-concealing Talismans flew out from his Storage Pouch. Forming hand seals to activate them, in an instant the Talisman turned into a ball of mysterious aura that enveloped Ye Qingxuan. At this moment, the thunder in the sky also stopped.

Bullet Screen — —

"Whoa, what did Daoist Ye do? Why do I feel like the heavens seem angry?"

"It's not a feeling, the heavens really are angry. This smelly younger brother, just wait till he comes back and see how I deal with him." Third Senior Brother's Life Qi flared up.

"This brat, as an outsider without legal status, actually dares to dig up someone else's roots right under the nose of the Heavenly Dao. His guts are getting bigger and bigger. Old Second, did you teach him this?" Master Yuanxin was also furious, believing he must have learned this from that reckless Old Second.

"..." Second Senior Brother felt even more wronged than Dou E. This was entirely a sudden inspiration of Ye Qingxuan's; who would have known it would cause such a huge disaster.

"Are there any big shots who can explain what just happened? That moment was so oppressive, I almost couldn't help kneeling down."

"Same question, I thought it was just my legs going soft from flying too much lately."

"Same question +1"

"Same question +10086"

"The operation of the world has a set of established rules, which we call the Heavenly Dao. Under the Heavenly Dao, all things grow and develop with a fixed destiny. Mortals are born between heaven and earth and die between heaven and earth, all within the world's cycle.

While Cultivators absorb Spiritual Qi within the world to Cultivate, if they die, their Spiritual Qi returns to the world, and the total amount of Spiritual Qi in the world remains unchanged. If they achieve Immortal Ascension and leave, they need to resolve their Karma with the world—they must return however much they absorbed, otherwise they cannot ascend.

That brat is not a living being of that world; he is just a smuggling illegal immigrant. Stealing a little would be one thing, but he actually dared to drain the Spiritual Qi of an entire vein. The Heavenly Dao sensed the Spiritual Qi being stolen and naturally flew into a rage. If he hadn't used his breath-concealing Talismans quickly, he probably would have been struck to death by heavenly punishment."

At this moment, a robust-sounding voice came from CCTV's livestream. Everyone looked over and—wow! What a handsome middle-aged man!

The person who arrived was none other than Master Yuanxin. None of those who practice immortal cultivation are ugly. Although Master Yuanxin was over a hundred and twenty years old, he looked like an uncle in his forties on the outside. Furthermore, his hair was tied up meticulously, his figure was lean and slender, his back was straight, wide-sleeved Daoist robes draped around his body, and his steps were composed. (Reference Handong's version of Wang Chongyang)

It turned out that just now, Number One contacted Daoist Yuanxin to ask if he needed any help. Master Yuanxin thought that since he was idle anyway, he might as well go to CCTV's livestream to act as a commentator. After all, non-Cultivators would find it hard to understand Ye Qingxuan's actions, and the old Daoist felt his Life Qi flare up seeing everyone misunderstand and curse his little disciple.

He might as well explain it to everyone, showing off his disciple while stimulating his other old friends, and incidentally promoting the Shangqing Sect. That way, when Spiritual Qi recovered and everyone practiced cultivation, relying on this half-Master affinity, he might be able to take in a few more good raw talents.

As a result, as soon as he entered, he saw his proudest little disciple give him a surprise, scaring his old self so much that his heart almost jumped out of his chest.

"Daoist, who might you be?"

"Poor Daoist is Yuanxin, Sect Head of Shangqing, and Ye Qingxuan's Master." Master Yuanxin made a Daoist salute.

Well, forgive them; the host only knew that Ye Qingxuan's Master was an old Daoist priest over a hundred years old. But with Master Yuanxin looking like this, who could have guessed he was over a hundred years old? After all, before the National Destiny Game appeared, the cultivation world and the secular world were two parallel lines; nobody ever thought it would become public.

"So it is Daoist Yuanxin, please sit."

Xiao Sa hurriedly invited Master Yuanxin to take a seat, at which point the bullet screen in the livestream directly exploded.

"You're telling me this is an old man over a hundred years old? He looks even younger than my dad. Mom, quickly teach me how to Cultivate!"

"I'm not even thirty this year, and standing next to this Daoist, calling him Big Brother would be more than enough. Heavens, I want to Cultivate too!!!"

"To the poster above, could it be that you aged too hastily?"

"Stop twisting the knife, I'm depressed, wuwuwu."

Silly netizens provide endless joy.

"This brat is acting too recklessly." Master Yuanxin still had lingering fears.

"According to what you said just now, Daoist, will Daoist Ye be in danger?"

Xiao Sa directly asked the crucial point. After all, if Ye Qingxuan really met with trouble and the mission failed, once the punishment descended, China would face massive chaos.

"Rest assured, although Qingxuan's actions just now seemed a bit reckless, he won't do things without assurance. Moreover, he carries almost all the breath-concealing Talismans of my Shangqing Sect on him. Even if he does nothing else next and just uses the breath-concealing Talismans for cover, it is enough for him to safely hold out until the end of the mission."

Master Yuanxin's words gave everyone a sense of reassurance.

The scene returns to Ye Qingxuan here.

With a body full of breath-concealing Talismans, Ye Qingxuan flew leisurely forward. After flying for a little over half an hour, Ye Qingxuan roughly estimated that he had flown close to four hundred kilometers. Yet along the way, there were only forests and rivers.

He hadn't found anything useful at all. Just as he was thinking of changing direction, he sensed a few auras ahead, seemingly engaged in combat—of course, compared to that Flood Dragon Snake, to Ye Qingxuan, they were all at the ant level.

Ye Qingxuan descended and sensed carefully again. One relatively strong aura was roughly at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, another was around the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, and there was a large group of very weak auras, as if conducting a siege. He immediately extended his Spiritual Sense, but the scene seen by his Spiritual Sense made the corners of Ye Qingxuan's eyes twitch.

"Cat and mouse battle? But this body shape is quite special."

Bullet Screen — —

"Cat and mouse battle? Isn't this very normal? What did Daoist Lord see? Why is his expression so strange?"

"Same question, how normal is a cat catching a mouse? Why does Daoist Lord's expression have such an indescribable feeling?"

"Hurry up and look, my curiosity is killing me."

Daoist Yuanxin was also somewhat puzzled; he had never seen his disciple make this kind of expression before, but he didn't say much. Anyway, they would be able to see it soon.

National Destiny Space — —

Ye Qingxuan concealed his figure and aura, quickly approaching the 'battlefield'.

After Ye Qingxuan drew close, everyone in the livestream also saw the live broadcast.

I saw a Three-Flower Cat being besieged by a group of mice. That's right, a cat being chased and beaten by mice!

The most important thing was that that Three-Flower Cat had a very strong aura, reaching the strength of the Foundation Establishment Late Stage. Meanwhile, the strongest among that group of mice was only at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, and all the rest had auras of Qi Refining strength.

The sizes of the cat and mice were also abnormal; the Three-Flower Cat's body was about the size of a calf, while the strongest mouse was only two or three times larger than a normal one.

It gave a visual impression of a pack of puppy cubs chasing and biting an adult tiger, and moreover, the tiger was bitten into a wretched state by the puppy cubs. It felt quite strange.

Bullet Screen — —

"No, a cat of this size, being chased and beaten by mice?"

"Such a cowardly cat?"

"Why do I have the feeling of a lion being thrashed by dogs?"

"To the poster above, me too."

Daoist Yuanxin also watched with twitching corners of his mouth. Master Yuanxin concentrated his energy and perceived it immersively, and his expression was even more indescribable.

"Daoist Yuanxin, why do you also have this expression? Is there a problem? Do these mice have some ultimate move that can beat a cat like this?" Sister Qing asked with some doubt.

"No, this poor Daoist has sensed it. That cat has the strength of the Foundation Establishment Late Stage. Although I don't know how much strength it can display, in terms of aura strength, it is only slightly weaker than this poor Daoist. And those mice..."

Master Yuanxin stopped talking midway. "As long as that cat is willing, it can slap them all to death with a single palm."

"Could it be that the cat is playing?" Xiao Sa was also somewhat puzzled.

"No, that cat is truly frightened. This poor Daoist can perceive its emotions; it is terrified of those mice, running in a panic without choosing its path. Furthermore, Qingxuan should have sensed it too, which is why he has that expression."

"..." Everyone

A cat chased by a group of mice? Chased in a panic by a group of mice it could slap to death with a single palm? Such a cowardly cat?

National Destiny Space — —

"Meow meow meow meow"

Ye Qingxuan saw that Three-Flower Cat running towards him?

"Hmm? Can it sense me? Or is it running blindly in panic?"

Another "Meow meow meow," and what Ye Qingxuan heard was, "Bipedal beast over there, quickly save this meow."

"Such keen perceptual power, and it also possesses spiritual intelligence. It seems this poor Daoist's contract Spirit Beast has a destination."

Ye Qingxuan thought of Lady Sanhua from his past life. Ever since he began cultivating immortals, he had always wanted to find a Three-Flower Cat. Unfortunately, the Three-Flower Cats on Blue Star lacked both spiritual intelligence and bone structure, so he could never get his wish. He never expected to encounter one here in the National Destiny Space. Although its courage was a bit small, this perceptual power was indeed peerless.

"Since we are fated, let's give it a try. What if it works out?"