The Golden Elixir is A Star, and You Call This Cultivation?
Chapter 654 - 297: The Cold and Ruthless Humanity

Chapter 654: Chapter 297: The Cold and Ruthless Humanity

Warm light bathed Xie Xinsu, curled up into a ball on the soft bedding.

She felt cozy, much like when she would sneak in extra sleep at the Xuantian Sect.

Her heart was somewhat in a trance.

It was as if she had had a dream where she left the Xuantian Sect to venture into a new world and then began a life in hiding.

It had been a nightmare.

After all the trouble of successfully lying dormant, when the world reset, she became a cat with low intelligence.

And so began her woeful life as a cat.

Thankfully... that dream was over.

However, just then, a conversation reached her ears.

"Liver organ damage and... unsuitable for sterilization."

"Sterilize? Shouldn’t all stray cats be sterilized? That’s what the law dictates."

"It’s not suitable for its body condition."

"Oh... if it can’t be sterilized, then just put it down, that won’t break the law."

In her sleep, Xie Xinsu, upon hearing that cold, heartless man’s voice, jolted awake.

Meow meow meow?

Sterilization?

No!

Can’t sterilize so just put to death instead, is that how it becomes legal?

These humans are too terrifying, what kind of thinking is that!

Still, better to be sterilized!

Awakening, she found she was still a cat.

It seemed, the dream she had was indeed reality.

She had been stuck in a manhole cover and was saved by this cold, heartless man.

Heh... she had decided that one day, should she return to her true form, she would certainly not take this man along the Immortal Path.

"Meow meow meow!" But at this moment, survival was most important. Xie Xinsu sold cuteness for the first time ever, just to live.

That’s when the cold, merciless man who wanted to kill her looked at her with a calm gaze, "What if it goes into heat?"

He posed a critical question.

Meow meow meow!

Xie Xinsu cried out frantically.

What does he mean by ’go into heat’!

How could she possibly go into heat?

Though her rebirth as a cat had left her mind muddled and vague.

Arbitrarily going into heat was not within Xie Xinsu’s contemplation; she still considered herself human, not driven by bestial instincts.

She was the Xuantian Sect’s saintess.

Even though the Xuantian Sect had dwindled to just over a dozen disciples, she was the saintess of its revival.

Her master, the thirty-first Sect Leader of the Xuantian Sect, Master Heyun, had even secured an Immortal Cultivation Method for her from a mentor in the Higher Realm.

It could be said that if she progressed step by step, in this lifetime she might achieve the Purple Mansion Realm.

Furthermore, should fate explode in her favor, she might even have the chance to glimpse the legendary Yin God Realm.

If she ascended to the Yin God Realm, she would have the opportunity to ascend to the Higher Realm and become a legend of the Xuantian Sect.

With such... exceptional talent, even as a cat, her mind might be damaged, but she could not possibly go into heat on a whim.

Moreover, how does one deal with a cat in heat?

Are these humans speaking?

"To resolve this issue, besides sterilization, there’s another way," said the robot Lingyi with an air of intelligence.

"What way?"

"The cat pleasure stick."

As Lingyi spoke, a screen appeared on its face.

On the screen, there was a link to a product.

It included some indescribable illustrations.

The cat’s expression in them was like that of the white cat eating corn.

"This..." Qi Yuan discovered a new world as he glanced at the black and white Xie Xinsu, his expression thoughtful, "You come."

Lingyi nodded, its mechanical and electronic voice seemingly tinged with a hint of amusement.

Xie Xinsu listened to the robot’s conversation with its master and felt quite helpless.

Is this how her life’s decisions were being made?

Xie Xinsu resolved to find an opportunity to slip away from this house.

This household was somewhat too abnormal.

With that thought, she was ready to look for a chance to leave when suddenly, her pink nose twitched. Xie Xinsu’s heart surged with excitement.

"Treasure, there must be treasures here!"

In her previous life, before the reset, she had spent a few years on Vault Star.

She was rather familiar with Vault Star.

The Spiritual Energy in this world was extremely scarce and, though slowly recovering, compared to the world where the Xuantian Sect was located, the difference in Spiritual Energy was significant.

However, this world still contained some relics and chances of fortune.

In the forthcoming ten years, they would gradually appear.

Among them were some precious treasures.

She had just taken a whiff and detected a rich scent of Spiritual Energy.

The source of the Spiritual Energy was clearly inside this house.

This indicated that there was an Immortal Cultivation treasure left behind in this house.

The emitted Spiritual Energy was incredibly rich.

At that moment, she could move no more beneath the blanket.

This past month, she had lived a wretched life for several reasons: firstly because the cat’s body was too weak; secondly, the Spiritual Energy here was too thin; third, she lacked a Cultivation Method suitable for this body; and fourth, her brain was not bright enough.

All these reasons had caused her, the Xuantian Sect’s prime Golden Core, to fall into such decline.

Now that there was an Immortal Path Treasure in this house with rich Spiritual Energy,

she suddenly didn’t want to leave anymore.

Given her cat form, it was impossible to cultivate in the outside world, only in a place with such rich Spiritual Energy could she cultivate.

She decided, out of great mercy, to humbly grace this simple mortal abode with her presence.

"Alright, get it out of here; after all, it’s not my cat."

Just then, that cold, merciless, and peculiar man spoke again, his voice as unfeeling as ever.

Xie Xinsu paused for a moment, then became anxious, meow meow meow!

She didn’t want to leave!

If she did, she might just become a stray cat again.

She wanted to stay here to cultivate.

She called out urgently, her voice sounding quite pitiful.

"Master, it seems it doesn’t want to leave," the robot Lingyi appropriately remarked.

Xie Xinsu blinked, finding this robot rather smart.

She then meowed even more eagerly.

She wanted to stay here and cultivate.

As for something like a cat joy stick, once she had made progress in her cultivation, would she still be worried about that?

"Aside from eating, all it does is sleep and poop—it doesn’t even know how to do a backflip or cook. What use is it?

I never keep idle cats."

The indifferent and heartless man was, as expected, indifferent and heartless, already thinking about exploiting her.

Xie Xinsu didn’t overthink it; she twisted her body and with a fierce jump, she performed a backflip.

At the moment, she was especially putting in extra effort.

After all, cats that could do backflips and also understand human speech were extremely rare.

With that one flip, wouldn’t she be able to impress the man before her?

Sure enough, the indifferent and heartless man glanced at her, his eyes carrying a peculiar expression: "Has this cat... mutated to understand human speech?"

The robot Lingyi also looked at Xie Xinsu with an inexplicable expression: "It seems different from other people’s cats."

For some reason, being watched by this man and robot made Xie Xinsu feel as if she were an item being appraised.

The indifferent and heartless man scrutinized her, as if considering her fate.

At that moment, the robot Lingyi spoke up, "Master, you can also make money by making videos nowadays.

We could keep this cat to make videos and earn money.

The money earned could be used to upgrade my components, which would also save money for Master."

Robot Lingyi was very considerate.

Now, it was very eager for upgrades and transformations.

However, past upgrades and enhancements had always been funded by its master.

As a machine aspiring to become the master’s top assistant, Lingyi didn’t want to trouble the master for everything; it intended to earn money and strive to improve itself, to become truly useful to its master.

"Fine, since it’s like that, you take care of it, okay?

Oh, and don’t let it go into heat and disturb my martial training. I need to stay focused when I train."

Qi Yuan, who was accustomed to immortal cultivation, could cultivate at any time and place.

Yet, martial training was a new endeavor, and Qi Yuan was very serious about it.

Hearing this, Xie Xinsu breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, she sneaked a peek at the indifferent, but somewhat handsome man, thinking to herself.

What era was it for men to still be training in martial arts?

Martial training wasn’t as good as cultivating immortality.

If she was well taken care of, she might just feel generous enough to bestow upon him a chance at immortal fate.

Watching the indifferent man leave, Xie Xinsu suddenly felt delighted.

The living room was hers now, with no one around, the pressure was gone, and she could also start trying to cultivate.

The spiritual energy here was quite dense.

As for robot Lingyi?

It wasn’t a person, was it?

Xie Xinsu knew that the robots in this world were very ordinary, not at all intelligent, and lacking their own consciousness.

If they could develop their own consciousness, that’d be astonishing.

Only treasures crafted by cultivators of the Purple Mansion Realm and above might harbor the possibility of developing sentience.

So she shouldn’t treat this pile of scrap metal as a living being.

She was just about to leap away to find a comfortable position to start her cultivation.

Suddenly, a pair of cold hands grasped her.

"Please cooperate with me to make a cat cooking video!" robot Lingyi said rigidly.

Its tone wasn’t as soft as when it was with Qi Yuan.

Meow meow meow?

Xie Xinsu meowed.

Are you seriously asking a cat to cook?

How could a cat know how to cook?

Xie Xinsu pretended not to understand, showing an innocent look in her eyes.

Cats can’t understand human speech, cats don’t work... That’s normal, right?

Unfortunately, robot Lingyi was relentless: "Oh, you said you could, good... Let’s make a video then!

If the video isn’t successful, I will let you try out the cat joy stick tonight!"

"Meow?" Xie Xinsu was completely dumbfounded.

Threatening a cat?

Did this robot have a malfunction or what?

How could there be such a robot in this world?

She prepared to keep pretending not to understand.

Unfortunately, robot Lingyi didn’t give Xie Xinsu any chance to react, grabbing her leg and running towards the kitchen.

Meow meow meow!

This was cat abuse!

Xie Xinsu protested loudly, but to no avail.

Facing the robot, she had no power to resist.

Two hours later, Xie Xinsu lay curled up on the ground, listless.

These two hours had been intense.

Under Lingyi’s compulsion, she had honestly initiated the humiliating life of cooking.

Not only that, but she had also danced several of the most popular internet dances, under Lingyi’s coercion.

It was particularly embarrassing.

Now she was completely tired, with no energy left at all.

"Once I regain my cultivation level and transform back into a human, I’ll dismantle that stinky robot into pieces!"

Perhaps it was because robot Lingyi seemed too malicious in Xie Xinsu’s eyes.

Now, the indifferent man seemed, in her sight, to be more refined and handsome.

"But... this robot... how is it different from those I’ve seen before?

Even on Canxing, the planet with the most advanced technology, their robots... aren’t this intelligent, right?"

During the two hours she was harassed by Lingyi, she had somewhat realized that Lingyi was different from other robots she had encountered.

For example, those robots were just stupid, without any emotional nuances.

Lingyi was different; it even knew how to threaten her.

"Is this whole family... all very strange?"

"Could it be that they were influenced by an Immortal Path Treasure?"

Xie Xinsu pondered.

"No, I have to cultivate, I have to rise up!"

She decided to start her cultivation process.

She found a safe spot and began to meditate and cultivate.

Unbeknownst to her, a pair of mechanical eyes were already watching her.

The recording function was activated, and a video of the cat meditating and cultivating was captured.

Lingyi returned to its room, to edit the video and add voiceovers.

About half an hour later, Lingyi, with a nickname set to ’Working Hard to Earn Money for Batteries’, uploaded a video.

"My cat has become enlightened, it can not only cook but also meditates to cultivate!"