Chapter 385: Hard to eat soft food
After taking her last puff of cigarette, the old lady began to mutter to herself, telling the whole story, then rolled up her sleeves and knocked on the pipe.

Seeing this familiar prelude, Goushengzi, a man in his fifties, quickly got up from the ground and was about to run out, but he didn't expect that his good granddaughter had already seen the situation and slipped away in advance, and locked the door.

"You still want to run away? You think that just because you're old, your mother won't beat you anymore? Bah, dream on!" The old lady was still strong and healthy. Her eyesight was not blurry, her ears were not deaf, and her hands and feet were strong. She swung her big pipe and started beating Goushengzi, who screamed like a ghost. She immediately found the feeling of her childhood.

The little granddaughter shuddered when she heard this outside the door. Once the door is closed, grandpa will be angry for at least three to five days. It would be better for her to go and stay at her grandpa's house for a few days.

Not to mention how his mother taught his son, Yan Xu saw that it was getting late, so he found an inn to stay.

With Yan Xu's outfit, temperament, and the bull's horns alone being three feet long and as strong as a mountain, the waiter dared not neglect him.

Yan Xu asked for a small courtyard with a stable. After a simple meal, he went to practice. The old cow that occupied the stable was enjoying a midnight snack. The slightly burnt soybeans slowly fried over low heat were served with chewy hay. Not only was it crispy in one bite, but it also became more fragrant the more you chewed it.

Not long after, a cat's meow was heard outside the wall. The old cow stopped ruminating and looked sideways. He saw a tabby cat nimbly jumping onto the top of the wall in the moonlight. After walking gracefully along the high wall for a few steps, it lowered its head and stared at the old cow with its wild eyes, which made him very uncomfortable.

"Would you like to have a bite? It smells delicious." The old cow said with a wry smile, and instinctively chewed the cud.

"Oh my, you're getting a gigolo, so fast. It seems my worries were in vain." The tabby cat, lying on the wall with its front paws folded and its tail wagging, said disdainfully.

"This is not soft rice, it's hard. Look at the fried soybeans, they are so crispy." Lao Niu said with a thick face.

"I thought you, the old cow, would be whipped all day after being caught, but I didn't expect you to be well fed and well drunk all day. It seems that I worried for nothing. You are living a good life now and have gained weight. I hope you will be slaughtered for meat one day." The tabby cat squinted and looked at the outstretched claw. It was bright and sharp, but a little itchy and wanted to sharpen it.

When Lao Niu saw this, his face twitched and he quickly admitted his mistake.

"Sorry, I was wrong."

"Tell me, you, Old Cow, are not the kind of spineless person who likes to eat while kneeling." The tabby cat retracted its claws, yawned, and lazily lay on the wall, waiting for Old Cow's explanation.

Next, Lao Niu recounted the days he had spent during this period one by one. Especially when he talked about the herbal liquid and the mixed iron rod, his eyebrows were full of joy. It was amazing that his cow face could make so many expressions.

"Well, does the real person still need cats?" The tabby cat suddenly said, and then stretched out its paws a little embarrassedly.

Lao Niu was not surprised. He showed a look of understanding and nodded.

"I think it's missing."

Even though Yan Xu has never been to this black land, its reputation has already spread. After all, several immortals such as Azhenpo are from here.

It’s just that those immortals didn’t know the details, so after hearing what the old cow said, the tabby cat couldn’t help but be moved.

No matter how many years one has practiced, as long as the last threshold is not crossed, the only thing that awaits the immortal is destruction. Therefore, Lao Niu did not hesitate to personally find his master to guarantee, even though he knew that this might lower his evaluation in his master's heart.

Incense can prolong life, but it cannot make immortals immortal, so as long as there is a glimmer of hope, Lao Niu will not give up. "What a beautiful tabby cat, called Lizi, right? Not bad, not bad." Yan Xu could see that this was a cat demon whose cultivation was not inferior to Bai Yun, but so what, this fur, this figure, this appearance, love it.

He held the boy in his arms and scratched his chin. The snoring sound like boiling water made Yan Xu very satisfied, so he took out a bead.

As soon as it was taken out, the raccoon's eyes widened and it instinctively stretched out its paws to hug it.

This is the inner elixir of the fish demon that Yan Xu obtained in the Yinshan Secret Realm. After purification, only the mellow essence remains. For Li Zi, who is a cat demon, its effect is better than catnip.

Seeing the raccoon holding the bead with its two front paws and biting and licking it, Yan Xu smiled like an old father. As expected, as long as one is good-looking, monsters are never a problem. The only thing is that he doesn't know if the raccoon will be a cat-eared loli after transforming.

The raccoon, who was addicted to licking, didn't know how long it had been. He stuck out his pink tongue, which was numb from licking and couldn't be retracted, and then he suddenly woke up. His eyes became clear again and he said to himself, "That was a close call."

Humans are really insidious. They actually use this method to control its mind and try to tame it, the raccoon thought sinisterly.

Unfortunately, we still underestimated it. As the overlord of the jungle, the raccoon, which has long been accustomed to a bloody life, is not so easy to tame. If the other party did not have the possibility of holding a glimmer of hope for survival in the Dharma-Ending Age, how could it allow the other party to take advantage of it and even expose its belly for the other party to touch? These are all strategies to confuse humans.

As long as you find that glimmer of hope, it is time for you to turn the tables.

The raccoon thought proudly that even though his tongue had not retracted yet, his tail was still raised high, and the pride in his heart was unknown to outsiders.

Yan Xu sat on the ox's back, holding the raccoon in his arms. He casually strung the fish demon's inner elixir together and hung it around the raccoon's neck, making its eyes blurry again. It only knew how to hold it with its two paws and lick it, taking a few bites from time to time. With this look, people would believe that he had drugged it.

The fish demon's inner elixir is a good thing for the cat demon. It is one of the few treasures that can directly improve the cultivation level after absorption. Not to mention that this one has been purified by Yan Xu using the system, so it is more powerful. Ordinary cat demons really can't withstand it.

If the 300-year-old raccoon absorbs the inner elixir of the fish demon, he can at least increase his cultivation by several decades. It is an irresistible temptation. He is controlled by instinct for a moment and has no time to care about his previous plans.

Feeling this, the old cow happily continued on his way at a steady pace.

It can be said that the raccoon was raised by the old cow. How could the old cow not know what the raccoon was thinking?

Unfortunately, this little guy is still too naive. He really thinks that his master is one of the common people who can be fooled at will. Instead, he is played around by his master and is manipulated around without any temper.

Lao Niu didn't think there was anything wrong with it. The inner elixir was priceless nowadays. As long as it was refined thoroughly, it would at least increase the raccoon's cultivation by several decades, allowing him to break through the current bottleneck and stay away from the approaching death.

Compared to the gains, the effort is totally disproportionate. How could Lao Niu be dissatisfied?

Yan Xu was not idle on the way. He kept asking the many immortals living in this land to see which cattle and horses were suitable for recruitment.

(End of this chapter)