Nuwa, the goddess of immortality, said that cultivating immortality does not require spiritual energ

The students returned from the secret realm and headed straight for the cafeteria almost without touching the ground.

Whether it's routine training or real combat, after each session, that intense hunger that seeps into your bones and can't be suppressed even by fasting pills always strikes right on time.

Some classmates were puzzled and asked Qin Le for the reason. Qin Le explained at the time that when they were fighting in formation and their minds were connected, their own humanity was aroused, and at the same time, their most primal instincts as living beings were awakened.

Eating is one of the most basic instincts ingrained deep in the blood of all living beings.

The demon race is no exception—humans have their own way, and so do demons.

This explanation left everyone speechless, and they could only obediently satisfy their appetites with large amounts of food, rather than hoping for the fasting pills that didn't keep them full.

"I didn't expect that junior Luo Qiuyue would be so amazing."

"Who says otherwise? I thought Qin Le would have to save the day halfway through."

"No wonder she was chosen by the Goddess of the Nine Heavens..."

"Damn it, why can't I have this knack for giving orders!"

"..."

The cafeteria was bustling with activity as students shoveled food into their mouths and discussed the recently concluded World War I.

Luo Qiuyue's performance exceeded many people's expectations—she remained calm throughout, made no obvious mistakes, and did not ask Qin Le for help. She won a textbook victory all by herself.

Sitting with Qin Le, Chen Yun, and the others, Luo Qiuyue listened to the faint discussions around her, and a faint but genuine smile unconsciously appeared on her lips.

Apart from Qin Le, everyone else assumed that she was just like everyone else, happy because she had gained academic credits.

Although Qin Le could tell that the source of her joy was not the reward, he did not point it out at this moment.

After the meal, everyone went their separate ways. Qin Le had planned to continue strolling around the academy, but he received an urgent summons from his mother, Lin Wanrou, and had to rush home.

Before going home, he had to reassure the three hundred demon classmates and tell them to wait at the academy—he couldn't possibly bring this entire sightseeing group home with him.

Qin Le wasn't surprised by his mother's reason for calling him back; in fact, he had expected it: most likely, it was to ask him to go back and test the medicine.

boom! ! !

Just as I reached my front door, before I could even unlock it with my divine sense, a muffled thud came from inside the house, causing the ground beneath my feet to tremble slightly.

Qin Le remained expressionless, channeling a wisp of divine sense into the door lock and pushing open the heavy solid wood door—the entire villa was shrouded in a sophisticated array, but as one of the homeowners, the array naturally wouldn't hinder him.

As I walked into the living room, I immediately saw my mother, Lin Wanrou.

She was wearing a white silk nightgown stained with black and gray, sitting cross-legged on the sofa, deep in thought, staring at a prescription covered with complicated symbols. Her hair was slightly disheveled, and her face bore traces of cigarette smoke.

Upon seeing Qin Le, Lin Wanrou's eyes lit up. She immediately stood up and walked over quickly. Without saying a word, she pried open Qin Le's mouth with one hand and precisely inserted a strangely colored pill into his mouth with the other.

The entire set of movements was fluid and seamless, giving Qin Le no chance to speak at all.

The moment the pill entered his mouth, Qin Le's face contorted in pain. He gasped for breath, then rushed to the coffee table, grabbed the kettle, poured a full glass of water, and gulped it down.

"Mom...can't you adjust the seasoning first?"

Qin Le stuck out his tongue, feeling his entire mouth go numb—he had never tasted such pure and domineering bitterness before.

"Seasoning is for later." Lin Wan waved her hand dismissively, her gaze fixed intently on him: "How do you feel right now?"

"A feeling?" Qin Le pondered for a moment, then shook his head. "Nothing special... By the way, what kind of pill are you refining?"

He was fairly certain that his mother was working on a new elixir, but he had no idea what it was.

"Transformation Pill." Lin Wanrou raised her chin slightly, her tone carrying a hint of smugness.

"Transformation Pill?" Qin Le was stunned. "Isn't that for demons?"

Of course he knew about the Transformation Pill. Besides being able to completely transform into human form after passing the Transformation Tribulation, demons could also temporarily transform by taking the Transformation Pill.

However, most of the existing transformation pills are somewhat useless – changing one's body shape with pills often requires time for demons to adapt, and it is difficult to exert their full strength, which is far less smooth and easy than going through the transformation tribulation.

He couldn't understand why his mother was researching this stuff. The Celestial Realm had no shortage of recipes for Transformation Pills.

"It's different." Lin Wanrou explained with a smile, "This is a transformation pill for humans. Didn't you take those demon classmates out to play before? I saw that many people were very interested in those furry original forms, and some even said in private that they wanted to try turning into animals... I was thinking, could we do the opposite and let humans turn into animals to experience it?"

Qin Le was speechless for a moment, unsure how to evaluate his mother's impulsive and unpredictable scientific research spirit.

But soon, he realized something was wrong.

In my field of vision, my mother's figure seems... to be slowly growing taller?

No, it's not that it grew taller, it became huge.

"Mom, you...how have you grown so much?"

Qin Le looked up at Lin Wanrou, who seemed like a giant, and asked in confusion.

Lin Wanrou's smile widened. She turned around and brought over a full-length mirror from the side, standing in front of Qin Le: "It's not that I've gotten bigger, it's that you've gotten smaller."

"Holy crap!!" Qin Le couldn't help but swear when he saw the scene in the mirror.

In the mirror, he no longer looked like the person he used to be.

Only one tabby cat, with fluffy fur, clear stripes, and wide-open eyes, was standing there, its fur standing on end, staring at the mirror in shock.

The clothes that were originally worn had somehow fallen to the ground and were piled up at the cat's feet.

"Hahaha... Little Lele, you're so cute like this!"

A tiny, palm-sized clay figure emerged from Qin Le's cat head; it was Nuwa.

She laughed so hard she almost fell over, reaching out her little hand to pat Qin Le's cat head repeatedly, her tone full of undisguised schadenfreude.

Upon seeing Nuwa appear, Lin Wanrou was taken aback at first, then quickly bowed and greeted her: "Goddess Nuwa."

This was the first time she had seen this legendary saint manifest, and she couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, but she couldn't neglect the proper etiquette.

The little clay figure of Nuwa smiled and waved her hand casually: "Don't be so tense, relax. Your pills are so interesting! Research more of these in the future, hahaha..."

"Yes, there will definitely be many new ideas in the future." Seeing that Nuwa was so easygoing, Lin Wanrou also relaxed and replied with a smile.

"..."

Qin Le glanced at Nuwa, who was laughing happily, and then at his mother, who looked triumphant with the satisfaction of a successful scientific research project. A look of utter despair crossed his cat-like face.

He silently stretched out his claws, pulled the clothes scattered on the ground over his shoulders, and put them on. Then, with a slight thought, he activated the clay creation technique.

Under his will, the clothing fibers quickly reorganized and changed, and in the blink of an eye, they became a set of well-fitting cat clothes that fit his current cat size.

Even if he turned into a cat, Qin Le would still wear clothes!

This was his last act of defiance as a human being!

"Oh dear, little Lele." Nuwa floated in front of him, poked his little clothes, and teased, "You look so awkward in these clothes~ What cat runs around in clothes?"

Lin Wanrou couldn't help but laugh and chime in, "Your Majesty is right, what's the point of you wearing clothes, you're just a cat."

Qin Le raised his cat head and looked speechlessly at the two people he had to call "Mom" with his round cat eyes:

"I'm a human, not a cat!"

Having two mothers like these, Qin Le suddenly felt that her future... was probably going to be bleak.