Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 7: It's a flower raccoon, not a raccoon flower

The servants in the manor shared the same idea as the third young master, thinking that the cousin was catching cats because he was bored.

"Wait and see how I deal with you." Ren Yuan dragged the tabby cat, which had a face full of resentment, into the house and slammed the door.

The tabby cat screamed and scratched around with its four claws, but let Yuan Youyou say, "You are really an idiot. No wonder you haven't rescued your master in three years."

The tabby cat froze suddenly, its mouth wide open, a look of shock on its face.

After a while, it remembered that it probably couldn't understand human language, so it pretended nothing had happened and continued to struggle.

"Stop pretending. I'm not wearing a talisman, so I don't have to worry about the community god hearing it." Ren Yuan threw it onto the low table, sat cross-legged on the mat, and said in detail: "Your name is Wenli, and you are the pet of the mountain god. Your mountain god was turned into a bird, so you pretended to be an ordinary tabby cat and sneaked into the village..."

Seeing that he had revealed all his secrets, the tabby cat realized that it was meaningless to continue pretending, so he finally spoke in human language, "How did you know that?"

"Of course you told me." Ren Yuan spread his hands and said, "How else would I know?"

"My lord?" The tabby cat pointed at itself with its paw, in disbelief.

"It seems that you really don't remember what happened in your dream." Ren Yuan sighed lightly.

"Isn't that normal? God is high above us. If God wants us not to dream, we won't be able to dream." The tabby cat said and added, "Besides, I am not a tabby cat, but a flowered tabby cat."

"Oh oh." Ren Yuan nodded perfunctorily.

"In addition, I was tricked just now on purpose because I had to fit the role I was playing. Do you understand?" The civet cat slapped the table again and emphasized repeatedly:

"It's definitely not because I'm greedy, and I won't even avoid a basket, understand?"

“Dongdong, your acting skills are amazing, it doesn’t even look like you are acting!” Ren Yuan quickly gave it a thumbs up.

"Humph, of course. Otherwise, how could I have been able to hide safely for three years and come and go freely?" The civet cat said proudly.

Seeing that it was no longer angry, Ren Yuan then asked, "The gods you mentioned just now, are they the same kind of gods as your mountain gods and community gods?"

"Of course not, I am a serious god..." As the civet cat was talking, he suddenly realized that didn't this mean that his sister was not serious?
He quickly changed the topic and said, "Ahem, actually they are all the same, just with different divisions of labor. There is no distinction between high and low."

I quickly changed the subject and asked him how he knew about me.
Ren Yuan then recounted his experience in the dream.

The cat was confused by what he heard, but he had to believe it. He scratched his head and thought for a while before saying, "So, you saw me two years ago in your dream?"

Ren Yuan snapped his fingers and nodded, "You didn't know what happened then, but you should know now."

"Of course!" The civet cat patted his chest proudly and said, "I have been deep in the enemy camp for many years, and I know everything inside and out."

"Then continue telling the story you haven't finished yet." Ren Yuan said.

"When you ask me for help, you have to address me as 'Sir'." The civet cat rolled his eyes at him.

"Yes, yes, please speak, sir." Ren Yuan hurriedly pretended to listen attentively.

"That's more like it." The civet cat then told Ren Yuan what happened next.

"That night, after I peeled off your skin, something went wrong and the old witch showed her true form." The civet cat imitated the old witch with its fangs and claws bared:

"In fact, her true form is a blood-sucking locust that sucks blood at least once a month. But after coming to the village, she was afraid that people would find out that she was not human, so she endured not sucking blood for a year. But a cat can't stop eating fish, a dog can't stop eating shit, and she can't stop craving for human blood either."

"In fact, she couldn't help herself the night before, but she suppressed it. The next night, she saw your blood and couldn't control herself anymore." The cat gloated.
"As a result, he revealed his true form that night and sucked the blood of more than a dozen people in the Xie family. That's why his family is so small now."

"Tsk tsk..." Ren Yuan expressed shock, thinking that dieting would only lead to revenge eating.

"What a pity! Just when he had sucked half of the blood of that old dog Xie You, Wuxiang heard the news and rushed to rescue him." The civet cat slapped the table and said with regret.

"But he can't survive if he loses more than half his blood, right?" Ren Yuan said. "Yes. Unfortunately, Fang Liang knows a magic called 'Shape Changing Parasitism'." The civet cat sighed and said, "She put the soul of that old dog Xie You into the body of a poor child, so he not only survived, but also became very young."

"So the third young master of the Xie family is, is the father of Master Xie?!" Ren Yuan was dumbfounded.

But on second thought, it does make sense. Otherwise, why would a 14-year-old boy like to walk his birds and plant flowers, and even get up in the middle of the night to pee?

"This family is really good at acting." Ren Yuan couldn't help but sigh: "I've heard that cousin call Master Xie "Dad" many times."

"One person has been the other's father for half of his life. No one owes anyone anything. It's good." The civet cat has a pretty vicious tongue.

"What is this conjugated father and son?" After sighing, Ren Yuan asked puzzledly: "Then why am I not parasitized?"

"Because there is only one pill to open the mind." The civet cat replied: "The demon can parasitize directly because it can eat people's souls. Ordinary people like Xie You certainly don't have this ability, so we must rely on Fang Liang's magic. First extract his and the child's souls, and then put his soul into the child's body."

"Ordinary people have never practiced cultivation, and simply cannot bear the pain of having their souls and spirits extracted. Therefore, they must rely on the power of the Kaiqiao Pill to make their bodies stronger so that they won't die immediately."

"I see." Ren Yuan gave the civet cat a thumbs up, saying that he really knew a lot.

"Originally, that day, we were planning to let you take the Enlightenment Pill so that Xie Zhi could change his form first." The civet cat continued, "But plans can't keep up with changes, and that kind of thing happened. You can only wait in the back row."

"Oh, so I haven't taken it yet, what is that awakening pill?" Ren Yuan asked.

"No, you've already eaten it." The civet cat shook his head and said, "Otherwise, how could you lose your memory?"

"Such a strong side effect?" Only then did Ren Yuan understand why he had fallen seriously ill.

"Not only that. You will die if you eat it." The civet cat said alarmingly.

"Ah?" Ren Yuan's heart tightened, not knowing what kind of suffering he would have to endure next.

But the cat said leisurely: "You have been alive for the past two years because there is no awakening pill. Now that you have taken the awakening pill, will the Xie family still raise you in vain?"

As it said this, it deliberately laughed and said, "Of course your body will still exist, but there is no cousin named Ren in the village anymore, only the second cousin named Xie."

"Shit..." Ren Yuan realized that it was deliberately trying to scare him. But the cat was right, he was indeed in danger. So he asked anxiously, "Do you know when they will start?"

"I don't know, but it could happen at any time." replied the civet cat.

"Can we work together?" Ren Yuan suggested.

"It's difficult." The civet cat said with his beard drooping, "Although I can walk in the manor, my magical powers are limited. I am no match for the old witch... As for the silly leopard and the others, they have too much demonic energy. If they get close to the manor, they will be discovered by the brother and sister."

"It seems that we have to find a way to rescue the mountain god first." Ren Yuan thought.

"Impossible." The civet cat said depressedly, "Sister's bird cage is made of the old witch's hair. As long as the old witch is alive, the cage will not break. If I can kill the old witch, why should I catch mice in the village all day long?"

“……”Ren Yuan nodded and thought to himself, it seems like I have to run away quickly.

"You don't want to run away, do you? I advise you to be honest!" The civet cat saw through his thoughts and sneered, "Even if you can escape from the manor, the outside world is the territory of the evil spirit. Can you escape from his clutches?"

"With so many people around, can he keep an eye on them all?" Ren Yuan curled his lips.

"Then you try it." The civet cat sneered.

"It's a death sentence anyway, so let's give it a try." Ren Yuan gritted his teeth.

"Good luck to you." The civet cat said, stretched, picked up the dried fish that fell on the ground, and suddenly jumped out of the window and left.

(End of this chapter)