Book 5: Chapter 102: Black Cat Freed
Book 5: Chapter 102: Black Cat Freed
Human Path Secret Realm:
Gu Hai and the Grand Mohist continuously tampered with the Six-Colored Water Seal. Ostensibly, there was not much of a change; however, a vast storm occurred outside.
The souls in Reincarnation City had just received news of the Reincarnation King’s death when the volcanoes northeast of the city erupted without any warning.
Every time Gu Hai played a move, a volcano erupted. Fiery light soared into the air as surging heatwaves rushed out in all directions. Countless souls fled the disaster.
However, a blizzard kicked up in the snowy mountains and spread out, cold energy sweeping in all directions. The ground froze wherever the cold energy reached.
The souls in the Human Path Secret Realm were on tenterhooks.
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The Go Dao Mountain Manor disciples who were furious at Gu Hai earlier were frightened silly by the series of volcanic eruptions.
“Is that sage playing? It turned out that the Go puzzle was just the beginning?” Ninth Young Master felt startled.
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In the lava cavern:
As Gu Hai rested for a while, Bing Ji brought him the bowl of Mind Conceding Soup to drink.
Gu Hai glanced at Bing Ji. Then, he brought the Mind Conceding Soup to his lips, preparing to drink it.
“Stupid! Meow! Don’t drink! Don’t drink!” the black cat roared anxiously.
However, Gu Hai could not hear it.
It looked like Gu Hai would drink the Mind Conceding Soup.
When the Supreme Genesis sensed this, he immediately exclaimed in excitement, “Excellent! Excellent! Drink it! Bing Ji, well done!”
“You bitch! Bitch! Bitch! Meow!” The black cat jumped about nervously.
Unfortunately, Gu Hai could not hear it at all.
Gu Hai smiled warmly at Bing Ji. Then, he opened his mouth, about to drink.
Bing Ji’s eyes opened wide as she saw Gu Hai bring the Mind Conceding Soup to his mouth without hesitation. She felt her entire world go dark.
Gu Hai’s expression as he looked at her pricked her guilty conscience.
“Don’t!” Bing Ji suddenly cried out and swung her hand forcefully.
Clatter!
Bing Ji knocked the bowl of Mind Conceding Soup to the ground.
“What’s wrong?” the Go Dao cultivators immediately asked in confusion.
However, Gu Hai relaxed and inwardly released his bated breath.
“Your Majesty, you can’t drink it. That is poison. Don’t drink! Sob! Sob! Sob! Sob!” Bing Ji suddenly knelt before Gu Hai, crying sorrowfully.
“Poison?” the Go Dao cultivators exclaimed.
“What? Bing Ji, how dare you?! Don’t you want to save your mother? You are seeking death!” The Supreme Genesis’s voice suddenly rang out.
“Your Majesty, sorry! Sorry! Sob! Sob! Sob! Sob! Sob…” Bing Ji continued crying sorrowfully as she knelt before Gu Hai, unable to stop.
“It’s poison?” Gu Hai smiled faintly, not blaming Bing Ji. Instead, he gently caressed Bing Ji’s head.
This was not the first time. Bing Ji had given this to Gu Hai before. Since Gu Hai could figure it out last time, what more this time? However, he did not expose her, as he held some hope in his heart. Fortunately, his hope came true; Bing Ji did not make him drink it.
“Bing Ji, what are you doing? You bastard!” the Supreme Genesis roared furiously.
“Your Majesty, sorry. It’s the Supreme Genesis! The Supreme Genesis! No, it’s me! This subject was in the wrong!” Bing Ji took out a small bottle as she cried.
“Oh?” Gu Hai looked at that small bottle.
Bing Ji squeezed that small bottle, trying to break some sort of restriction.
“Bing Ji, what are you trying to do? What are you doing?” The Supreme Genesis’s voice echoed in the lava cavern.
“Who is it? Whose voice is that?!” The Go Dao cultivators gazed at the small bottle in shock.
“The Supreme Genesis?” Gu Hai’s eyes narrowed as a murderous intent flashed in them.
Then, Bing Ji tossed the small bottle into the lava.
Bang!
The lava immediately burned away the small bottle.
“Bing Ji, watch how I deal with you after you come out!” The Supreme Genesis’s voice came from the lava, then stopped entirely.
Bing Ji remained crying on her knees, not even daring to raise her head to look at Gu Hai.
“Bing Ji, tell me what’s going on,” Gu Hai said gently.
Bing Ji shook her head, unwilling to explain. Sobbing, she said, “Your Majesty, this subject has let Your Majesty down. Back when we came out of Major Metropolitan City, I gave Your Majesty a bowl of this. This is the Mind Conceding Soup—the Mind Conceding Soup that the Supreme Singularity wants to use to control you. The Supreme Singularity sent me to your side to make you drink the Mind Conceding Soup. This subject let Your Majesty down! I’m sorry, Your Majesty…”
Bing Ji continued weeping sorrowfully.
Gu Hai smiled gently and said, “Didn’t you also save our life in Major Metropolitan City? It is just a bowl of poison. We are fine. Why would we blame you?”
“No! It’s this subject’s fault! This subject was wrong!” Bing Ji cried, her eyes bloodshot. From start to end, she did not dare to raise her head to look at Gu Hai.
“Alright, it’s fine now. If you don’t want to explain, tell me when you feel like it.” Gu Hai smiled faintly.
Although Bing Ji had wanted to poison Gu Hai, he was in a pretty good mood now. At the very least, she had realized her folly and mended her ways.
“Meow! This bitch wants to harm you, yet you forgive her like that? Furthermore, she even harmed you before? If it were me, I would have cut her into ten thousand pieces! Meow!” the black cat roared.
Unfortunately, Gu Hai could not hear what the black cat said.
Gu Hai continued playing. He could not possibly stop playing the Go puzzle.
Clack! Clack! Clack!
This Go puzzle was just the low-difficulty Thirty-Two Line-Pair World Go Puzzle. After his breakthrough at the Ten Thousand Sages Convention, he could bear it. However, the separation of his spiritual souls from his physical souls imposed an extremely great strain.
Gu Hai developed a slight headache.
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In the snowy valley:
The Grand Mohist’s power of faith was running out.
“The Six-Colored Water Seal is breaking? There is not enough power of faith. There’s not enough! What should I do?” the Grand Mohist said anxiously.
“Hahahaha! Bitch, you are running out? There’s nothing more you can do, right?!” the black cat said excitedly as it looked at the Grand Mohist.
Indeed, the Grand Mohist’s power of faith had run out.
The Grand Mohist stared at the six-colored water that was differentiating, in a quandary.
The colors grew increasingly more distinct as the ritual array broke slowly. The Grand Mohist’s eyelids twitched wildly, her eyes brimming with anxiety, as she awaited the final result.
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In the lava cavern:
Bing Ji knelt before Gu Hai, sobbing with her head lowered, not daring to look at Gu Hai.
The Go Dao cultivators frowned as they looked at Bing Ji in silence. After all, Gu Hai himself did not say anything. It was not their place to interfere.
Gu Hai felt incredibly fatigued, but he continued playing.
“Oh? An impasse?” Gu Hai smiled faintly.
Clack! Clack! Clack!
Gu Hai’s play accelerated. The independent space where the black cat was turned increasingly more distinct as well.
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“Meow! Brat, quickly break it! Break it, and I will give you a great gift! Hahahahaha!” the black cat said excitedly.
The black cat could sense the seal loosening. Its view of the outside world grew increasingly clearer as if the seal would break soon.
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Now, Yan Qingshan quietly gathered all the other Go Dao cultivators.
As the Go Dao cultivators looked at Yan Qingshan in confusion, he called them out of the lava cavern.
Before leaving, Yan Qingshan cast another glance at Gu Hai with a solemn expression, then bowed respectfully to him.
The group of Go Dao cultivators left slowly.
The ground shook outside the lava cavern.
“Manor Lord, what should we do? The volcanoes are erupting nonstop. The lava seems to be pouring towards us!” Ninth Young Master said with an anxious expression.
“Manor Lord Yan, why did you call us out?” the Go Dao cultivators asked in confusion.
Yan Qingshan glanced at the cave before looking at everyone. Then, he smiled faintly and replied, “I’ve finally completed Teacher’s mission. Many thanks for everyone’s efforts over all these years. This humble one is giving everyone an opportunity.”
“Ah? Teacher? Who is your teacher? What mission?” the Go Dao cultivators asked in confusion.
“My teacher is Old Mister Guan Qi!” Yan Qingshan replied gravely.
“Old Mister Guan Qi?” Everyone’s expression changed.
“Old Mister Guan Qi? Yan Qingshan, are you one of the old inheritors of Guan Qi? What are you doing here? Also, what mission? What do you mean?” the Go Dao cultivators asked in shock.
“Teacher wanted to release the black cat but did not want to form a karmic connection. Hence, the black cat had to wait until now. Unfortunately, no one could break the seal in these one thousand years. If another ten years had passed without anyone solving it, I would be the one to take on this karmic connection. Now, there is no need for that. Mister Gu is here. We can return to the Divine Continent,” Yan Qingshan explained with a faint smile.
“Huh?” Everyone felt startled.
Yan Qingshan suddenly looked towards the cave and bowed gravely again.
“Mister Gu, Yan Qingshan owes you a favor. If we can meet again in the Divine Continent, I will repay it!” Yan Qingshan said gravely.
As he spoke, he waved his hand.
Whoosh!
All at once, a vast fog came from the Go Dao Mountain Manor’s ritual array. The fog swept away the souls outside the cave.
Yan Qingshan and the others vanished.
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Gu Hai did not notice the disappearance of the Go Dao cultivators. He felt both mentally and physically exhausted as he focused on the Go puzzle.
Bing Ji was still kneeling and crying, ignoring everything else.
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The Grand Mohist stood in the snowy valley, with anxiety on her face, as the water had differentiated back into the six colors. The colors had even separated from each other, showing gaps between them like fretwork.
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Clack! Gu Hai played his final move.
Boom!
A loud sound came from the lava pool, and the lava suddenly shot into the air where the black cat was.
Pop!
When the lava struck the space where the black cat was, it popped like a bubble.
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At the same time, the six-colored water before the Grand Mohist surged into the air and reached the space where the black cat was. A pop resounded as if a bubble had burst.
Torrential black energy gushed out where the bubble burst.
Be it the snowy mountains or the volcanoes, those places broke, and black energy poured out.
“It broke? The seal broke?” The Grand Mohist’s expression changed. She could no longer be bothered with anything as she turned to run into the distance.
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“It broke?” Gu Hai’s eyes lit up as he slumped down in fatigue.
The black cat felt stunned, in disbelief. Then, wild joy filled it in the next moment.
“Meow!”
The black cat’s black fur stood on end as it cried out excitedly.
Its wild cries surged out in all directions. Gu Hai, Bing Ji, and the Grand Mohist bore the brunt of them, instantly knocked out by the cat’s cries.
The loud cat’s cries made all the volcanoes erupt. All the snow in the snowy mountains got blown into the sky.
The entire Human Path Secret Realm shuddered.
Countless souls immediately held their ears in pain.
“Argh!”
“Argh!”
“Argh!”
Miserable cries rang out throughout the Human Path Secret Realm, and the churning clouds in the sky shook intensely. Even space trembled.
“Six Paths, I’m out! Meow!”
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