Chapter 408: This Is Making Things Difficult for This Kitten!
Inside the room.
A black-and-white patterned kitten leapt lightly down from the table.
"The Demon Sect's Holy Saint… he truly is a rather unusual human."
Its childish voice carried a note of contemplation.
One black and one white eye stared straight toward the front.
Toward the door.
But lying on the floor before that tightly shut door were three figures.
At the bottom lay Luo Wusheng in his black robes, and sprawled across him were two young girls.
All three had their eyes shut, breathing shallow and faint—fallen as if into a deep sleep.
"For a true spirit to separate from the flesh… even among humans, very few Nascent Soul cultivators have ever experienced such a thing, right? Were it not for the sudden anomaly in the Trial of Ascension Platform, which caused the Three Portions of Immortal Aura that Mistress Yue entrusted me with to resonate… such a feat would hardly have been possible."
"Originally, Mistress Yue had wanted me to tell him to take more time to prepare—to spend the next two days deciding which two people those Immortal Auras should bind him to. Who could have expected that the Trial of Ascension Platform would shift ahead of schedule, triggered by him just now… Could it be that his affinity with me is unexpectedly high?"
It did seem so.
After all, back at this very inn, its special trait had already helped him once under Mistress Yue's arrangements.
"But then again… Mistress Yue does treat him as though they were close. To actually hand over something like the Three Portions of Immortal Aura to him… Could it really be as he claimed—that he's Mistress Yue's illegitimate son?"
The kitten sank into thought.
It had just shared a brief exchange with this Demon Sect Holy Saint.
Before entering the room, it had already sent him a voice transmission, informing him of its task.
At first, the Holy Saint had seemed distracted. But once it entered the room at his request, once he discovered through the Immortal Aura in his hand the anomaly about to unfold, and once it explained that this change—brought about by its own trait—should not even have existed, his eyes had suddenly lit up.
Right there, he fired off several quick questions:
"In the instant the true spirit departs, what happens to the body and consciousness left behind?"
"So, I'll instantly appear at the Trial of Ascension Platform? And I won't see the state of my physical body?"
"If caught unprepared, the true spirit will be pulled out in a single breath by the Immortal Aura's influence? Then if I use my full strength to resist, how long can I delay it?"
It had answered each question in turn. Then it heard him mutter to himself:
"Three breaths… not quite long enough…"
After that, he made his request:
"You're here to help that mesugaki—cough, Mistress Yue—with this, right?"
"Then… could you do me a small favor after my true spirit leaves the body? Er, I know we aren't very familiar yet, but just pretend I'm Mistress Yue's illegitimate son. Helping me is no different from helping her…"
In that moment, the little immortal spirit's fragile heart had suffered a tremendous shock.
So much so that it hadn't even thought to give a reply.
But the Demon Sect Holy Saint, pressed for time, had taken its silence as consent. He immediately offered his thanks, and then moved when the knocking at the door began.
Which brought them to the present.
"…Truthfully, even if he hadn't said those things, I would still have tried to help him. After all, I owe favors not only to Mistress Yue, but to him as well."
If not for the Demon Sect Holy Saint, it would never have obtained the method to restrain its troublesome trait from that ancient, headless Buddha statue.
And besides… there were other matters in which it would need his help.
But at this point, a small problem suddenly presented itself.
The tiny kitten padded over to the Demon Sect Holy Saint's head with its dainty steps.
Wrapping its front paws around his head, it gave a tug—only to fail to lift it.
"…"
If only the Demon Sect Holy Saint understood a bit more about the nature of immortal spirits… he would realize just what a terrible mistake he had made.
The traits of Immortal Spirits truly were one more peculiar, one more extraordinary than the last.
But as for the Immortal Spirit's own strength…
Meow?
"I am but an ordinary little kitten. How could I possibly lift several humans at once, let alone pull apart their tangled bodies? And as for cleaning the room… that's just bullying a poor cat!"
But the problem didn't end there.
The kitten opened its mouth in a yawn, looking rather lazy. Whenever its trait overexerted itself, there would be a dormant period afterward, during which it became drowsy.
That was also why, back in the headless statue's secret realm, it had fallen into slumber, and no further "incidents" had occurred.
It cast another glance at the boy and two girls collapsed in a heap before it. After a moment's hesitation, the little Immortal Spirit in kitten form rubbed against the youth's head, then curled into a ball on the floor.
Since it couldn't be of any help, it might as well sleep.
'Meow… how enviable, this Demon Sect Holy Saint. I too wish to one day become the center of attention for thousands, rather than being the creature that everyone flees from the moment they see me…'
'Even though I've already learned to restrain my trait, those green-robed fellows I dragged along still refuse to believe it. They won't let me run about no matter what I say. And yet, the instant I draw near, none of them dare stop me—merely paying lip service by calling me 'Ancestor'.'
'Still, this Demon Sect Holy Saint is a little better. Though he too suffers from my influence, at least he understands that my trait doesn't only bring disaster…'
The room gradually fell into silence.
. . . . . . . . .
High above, on the cloudbank stacked in layers, within the platform that had briefly appeared above the royal city for but a few breaths—
Three blurred figures parted a stretch of rainbow-hued mist.
"…Some records of the Immortal Nation do indeed state that long ago, after entering the Ancient Heavenly Gate, a mighty figure inscribed formations and forged divine contracts upon the so-called First Step of the Heavenly Gate's 'Mortal-Immortal Stairway.' This caused that step to, at set intervals, cross space itself—leaving the ruins of the Heavenly Gate to descend upon the capital of the Immortal Nation, where it became the Trial Immortal Platform for the Human Immortal List."
"That is why the prodigies of the world all yearn to join the struggle for the Human Immortal List. It is not merely about proving their strength—climbing upon that platform and dueling beneath its recognition is, in itself, a great fortune."
"Yet at this very moment, the Trial Platform has not fully descended. Its link to the Ancient Heavenly Gate has not been severed. Thus, another chance remains… the opportunity to establish a true connection with the Mortal-Immortal Stairway, paving the way for the next entrance into the Heavenly Gate."
"Senior Brother, that is what you mean, isn't it?"
The blurred figure on the far right turned to the one beside her. "So… back in that room, you and Sister Yuli were only preparing for this matter? And I was dragged here simply because the timing happened to align?"
The girl's voice was calm, but carried a faintly dangerous undertone.
"Ah, yes yes yes."
"Exactly so!"
The other two nodded like pounding garlic mortars.
Yet with the haze veiling them so heavily, none could see what expressions the three wore.
"I see…"
"Then for now, let's leave it at that."
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