Da Zaojun

Chapter 66: Ninth Rank: Stove Cat Wax Tiger
"Wasn't the Chinese rat demon killed?

"Why is there another rat demon?"

Everyone was shocked.

County Magistrate Chen said, "Don't panic! A mouse gives birth to a litter in its lifetime. The more ninth-grade rat demons there are, the better! Look, Wan Xiangping, you're lucky! Here comes your chance!"

As he was speaking, he saw the Cat Catcher showing his might and suddenly roaring like a tiger!
The four-legged man stepped on the cloud and started fighting with the female rat before anyone could react!
In just two or three bites, the female mouse playing the flute was bitten to death.

Then a stove fire burned the rat's corpse, leaving only its tail.

The cat caught the head and ate the mouse's tail. Suddenly, fire broke out on its body and it fell into a deep sleep.

Chen Xiu and the others looked at each other in bewilderment when they saw this scene: "Well, next time, let's go outside and find a ninth-grade demon to refine and kill!"

As he was speaking, several militiamen said, "County Lieutenant, we are commanding the toilet rats to leave the secret realm, but it seems that they can't see the secret realm portal opened by the secret realm token at all."

Chen Xiu nodded. "Sure enough, the demons in the secret realm are unaware that they are actually in a secret realm. They can only leave the secret realm by eating humans, but humans can enter the secret realm. If ordinary people accidentally break into the secret realm and are eaten by demons, these demons will gain spiritual intelligence."

"Since these toilet rats can't leave the secret realm to work, we might as well kill them... Never mind. Perhaps it's related to the secret realm token. I wonder if the county magistrate can use the token to let these rat monsters leave the secret realm."

Xin Wuya sighed, "If I don't follow the teacher's teachings, will I end up like them?"

Lu Hanzhi to Xin Wuya.

Sun Shan and the tiger demon.

These are two good comparisons.

Chen Xiu said: "I can't explain it clearly either. Ask your teacher when the time comes!"

After the tidying up, the warehouse is much cleaner than before, or at least much more tidy.

The cat catcher who hunted the female rat demon has grown to the size of a small tiger, and is surrounded by flames, as if he is undergoing a transformation.

"Cats have the ability to catch mice. The Cat Catcher killed the ninth-rank rat demon. I believe he has also completed a promotion ritual and is currently in the process of promotion."

The Cat Catcher was indeed being promoted, and he met the promotion requirements for the "Cat-Tiger God" among the "Eight Wax Gods".

The Book of Rites states in its "Suburban Sacrifices": "The emperor celebrates the eighth day of the eighth lunar month." Zheng Xuan, a Confucian scholar in the Eastern Han Dynasty, commented: "Xian Se" is one; "Si Se" is two; "Agriculture" is three; "You Biao" is four; "Cat and Tiger" is five; "Fang" is six; "Shui Yong" is seven; and "Insects" is eight.

Cats and tigers are one and the same. Cats can catch mice and tigers can kill wild boars. Both are animals that are beneficial to agriculture.

It just so happens that China is also an "agriculture"-related dungeon, and the scourge is still caused by the rat demon. Killing rats and protecting the granary is the cat's job.

Not to mention what a coincidence, Song Wuji also taught the Tiger Fist to the Cat Constable, and the cat and tiger became one, completely completing the ritual at this time.

It's just that the Eight Wax Gods are the patron saints of agriculture, and Song Wuji had bestowed upon him the power of stove fire in advance to protect the home and ward off evil spirits. The two powers were slightly in conflict, but also integrated with each other, which caused the Cat Catcher to fall into a deep sleep.

In short, the Cat Catcher has become a ninth-rank stove cat, Wax Tiger.

Chen Xiu searched for a while and found another jasper flute among the traces of fighting. He thought to himself, "I've found another jasper flute. The one with Lu Han is a male, and this one is a female. In the future, we in Taichang City can also find some people who are good at music. See if there are any sages in this field. We can offer sacrifices to one or two and inherit their legacy. It will be great to have a good music career. When we fight against demons, it will be quite impressive to open the battle with a battle music."

It seems that the value of this secret realm lies in the blood rice and the rat monsters. If there is a way to artificially cultivate ninth-grade rat monsters and use them for skull sacrifice rituals, then one hundred ninth-grade archers would be enough for Taichang County to dominate.

At this time, the cat catcher also woke up. He looked at his enlarged body in surprise and cried out.

The only difference is that before it made a “meow” sound, but now it makes a “woof” sound.

If it weren't for the black back and white belly, the four legs stepping on the snow, and the silver spear dragging its tail, it would clearly look like a cat. If it were not for the orange cat color scheme, it would be a pure tiger.

But then, he shook his body, and unexpectedly had the ability to change his size as he wished, and returned to his original shape.

Chen Xiunai asked, "Captain Cat, now that you've reached the Ninth Rank, what new abilities have you gained?"

The Cat Catcher tilted his head and said, "Meow, even the cat can't figure it out, but it seems I can beat you!"

After saying this, he bared his teeth, it seemed that he was holding a grudge.

Chen Xiu waved his hands repeatedly: "Stop fighting, I surrender."

The Cat Chief didn't care if the submission was genuine or fake. He knew it was genuine, so he said, "I can recruit a younger brother. If other cats worship me as their boss, they will become smarter and more powerful!"

"People put cat images on granaries to keep rats away, and the rats will move away, meow."

After hearing this, Chen Xiu thought it was quite practical. Combined with the ability to grow bigger and smaller, the Cat Catcher could be said to have mastered the art of magic.

So next, Chen Xiu asked his subordinates, in groups of five, to enter the secret realm to harvest rice, taking turns, and then use the Five Rats Grain Transport Bag magic tool that had just been opened from the box to load the grain away.

On the other hand, after Cat Catcher achieved the ninth rank, the "collecting firewood" in "transmitting fire and collecting firewood" was activated, and a part of Cat Catcher's ritual power actually acted on Song Wuji. Although the effect was not much, it still increased the three treasure attributes of Song Wuji by 0.1.

The ritual for entering the eighth-grade fire residence and being the stove master has also been completed by one-ninth. In other words, if there are eight more people who can pass on the fire to him, Song Wuji can be directly promoted to the eighth grade.

(End of this chapter)