Chapter 488 — The Demigod Catgirl and the Jewel Cat (Thanks to the Patron 'Vera' for the Silver Alliance!)
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Having received Lu Yan's message, Donghuang soon arrived at Linglan City, which she had described. Backed by a continuous stretch of mountains, it was a tier-three city located on the outskirts of a tier-two city—very remote geographically.
Donghuang went straight to the grand hotel where Lu Yan was temporarily staying and knocked before entering.
The door was opened with psychokinesis. At that moment, Lu Yan was leaning back in a chair reading a book, her face full of conflict. As Donghuang came in, she set the book down and said, "How is it you look so healthy again?"
Qu Lin smiled and said, "I just went through some high-intensity combat, and I've mostly recovered now." The supplements had been backed up in full!
Donghuang did not tell Lu Yan about having used Qi's power to travel to an ancient parallel spacetime. Qi did not want anyone besides Qu Lin to know its identity—mainly because Qi was afraid of being caught, since its abilities were always coveted, and it truly did not want extra trouble. The fewer who knew of it, the better.
Now that he knew there were even cosmic overlords in the universe more lowly than the Abyss Race, Qi was all the more determined to keep a low profile. "Anyway, you've finally come." Qu Linjia stretched and said, "The directorship of the Fourteenth Bureau is yours. I'm off duty. How do you plan to deal with that spider?"
Donghuang said, "Let's go take a look first and then talk."
"Eh, what's Teacher Ying doing? Why isn't it welcoming me?" Qu Lin looked toward the Jewel Cat, which was deep in meditation.
Why the sudden diligence? Donghuang stared in bafflement at the dozen or so Gem Cat clones lying on the bed, all deep in meditation.
"The rules are reviving. Living things in many countries have awakened divine power. Teacher Ying wants to work hard too—see whether she's some great god reborn." Lu Yan laughed.
"I really think it's possible. Teacher Ying's talent is strong, and her bloodline is utterly ordinary—she doesn't look like a particularly special Gem Cat."
Qu Lin was speechless.
So all this effort was just another shortcut to power. Impossible.
If it were a god reborn, Qu Lin could tell at a glance through the Mythic Revival instruction in her skill compendium. Take Qi—a Time Sprite reincarnated, so even though none of her other skills could be taught, Mythic Revival showed up as directly teachable.
But with Teacher Ying, Mythic Revival couldn't be instructed at all, and her will was only mid-tier. By any measure, she didn't look like a big shot's reincarnation...
"Teacher Ying, keep at it—maybe you really will succeed," Donghuang said with ill intent. It was impossible for her to awaken, but putting in honest effort in cultivation was not bad at all!
At least it would be worthy of that inheritance gem. The Gem Cat opened her eyes and said, "Really?" "Really," Donghuang said.
Gem Cat: "I feel like you're lying to me." Donghuang: "..."
"By the way, has the Gold Ink God woken up?" Donghuang asked.
Gem Cat: "Don't even mention it. Those gods on Inathara Island are still asleep—not a peep out of them."
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"My clone—it watched over them bitterly for more than half a year..." The Gem Cat's main body looked pained.
The meditating clones also put on expressions of shared sorrow. It hadn't been them, and they had never even seen that clone—but all cats are wanderers at the world's end; why must sorrowers have met before?
Donghuang scratched his cheek and said, "Teacher Ying, you've worked hard. Here, this is for you."
From the ruin space, Donghuang took out a specially made Reincarnation Fruit and tossed it to the Gem Cat.
The Gem Cat froze, catching the Reincarnation Fruit with telekinesis. This... this was...
Wasn't this the very Reincarnation Fruit that had awakened the Abyssal Demon Duck power in Yaya?!