Chapter 559 – Black Catopus

“Poor bastards.”

Their spatial rings only contained one Adam Coin. It seemed that they had been robbed once, and they were looking for easy prey to get their coins back.

Aside from the only coin they had, they only carried grain pills and basic earth-grade swords. In short, they were broke.

Miaomiao tossed the useless weapons to the corner of his spatial ring’s space and proceeded to the mountain foot, hoping to find a good cave or a place to seclude-cultivate.

…

An hour later, Miaomiao was disappointed. The sect forbade their disciples and sect members to dig a cave in the mountains. Several deacons around the mountains said the same thing that many caves had collapsed because of the unplanned cave-digging, and it damaged the foundation of the mountains.

Secondly, this branch’s territory covered over a thousand square kilometers and 500 tall mountains. Many buildings and facilities of the sect were all on the mountain top, but not everyone could access them.

Thirdly, a candidate like him could only stay around the shortest mountain since the rest was the territories of outer disciples, inner disciples, and initiates. None of these disciples lived alone as they brought in their subordinates from their clans or family elders to protect their places, so Miaomiao couldn’t raid or steal it from the owners.

Being wary of the unknown immortal clans, Miaomiao retreated to the mountain of candidates.

Even after Miaomiao returned, he couldn’t find a place to stay.

Miaomiao stared at the series of caves on the mountains. After a rough count, over 5,000 caves had already been there for ages.

Fortunately, not all candidates came here with their parents or grandmothers like the official disciples. Still, many of them gathered in groups. Some of them lived together in the same cave while a few lived alone.

Miaomiao wondered if he could take over one of the caves for himself.

But then again, Miaomiao still had other options, and he didn’t want to attract attention to himself yet. Thus, he turned to the large city at the foot of the Candidate Mountain.

He visited the city, looking for a place to rest.

When Miaomiao arrived at the city, he stopped by the gate to admire the city’s signboard.

Cherry Boy City

The city’s name reminded Miaomiao of Sun Bin’s warning. The latter said that most of the cultivators here were men, and they had no experience with women.

Miaomiao snickered. His ego inflated a bit since he had sex a billion times already, and the number of his partners was countless if he included the system clones in sparring mode.

‘Should I open a sex shop here? I should ask Xu Chu or Diaochan to craft some sex dolls, cock sleeves, or porn VDOs to sell in this city.’

Miaomiao entered and toured the city.

Half a day later, Miaomiao was a bit disappointed and satisfied at the same time.

He was disappointed because no woman was in sight. This place was filled with sausages!

Fortunately, the city had no brothel that could rekindle the PTSD experience when Miaomiao lived in Xu Xiuying’s Poseidon Spa House.

As Miaomiao’s imagination wondered, he thought of the name of the spa house.

Why Poseidon?

Isn’t Poseidon a god of the Olympians?

What was the connection between Xu Xiuying and the Olympians? Do they know each other?

Miaomiao regretted that he let White Album merge with Xu Xiuying. Now she was in the Netherworld like the others, so he couldn’t interrogate her about Xu Xiuying and Lilith’s backgrounds.

But then again, Miaomiao could always ask Xu Chu.

Since Miaomiao had another source of information, he left this matter to his consciousness in the dantian world. Then, he continued searching for an inn or a tavern to rest.

…

Isolated Training Space

Miaomiao’s consciousness stood in front of Xu Chu, asking her what the main body had been thinking.

Betraying Miaomiao’s expectations, Xu Chu had no idea. She shrugged, “I never talked to Xu Xiuying or Xu Lanying. I don’t know why they named their brothel that way.”

Miaomiao sighed. He guessed that he needed to rescue Xu Xiuying or Xu Lanying first before he could confirm his theories. Also, he regretted that he didn’t invite Xu Huang to come along with him when Adam took the continent away from the Golden Heavenly Goose Planet.

The migration was too abrupt that Miaomiao forgot so many things back on that planet.

Talking about forgotten people, Miaomiao remembered that he had left a billion of Liu Guang’s bugs, OHUHU, and Mike on the deserted Aves Continent. He also left Mao Xueyan’s Holy Grail behind.

By now, that Holy Grail should have flooded Siren City and the continent with the elixir water. He wondered if the bugs and the city were still fine.

‘I should contact Adam to fetch me that goblet, OHUHU, and Wang Yun. I should have brought them in the dantian space before we moved. Dammit, stupid me.’

In a bad mood, Miaomiao summoned Ma Xingjuan, Kang Yan, Xu Chu, Diaochan, Liu Guang, Chang’e, and Dian Wei over to one of the dryad’s buildings. Then, he vented his frustration using their bodies.

The girls’ moaning was so loud that Xie Tian, who was cultivating the Chrono Element Crystal on the ceiling of the space, could hear it.

He shook his head, “Too lively, master. You’re too lively. Please think of the other single men… like me.”

Xie Tian inwardly cried as he never slept with a woman. He had many girlfriends in the previous timeline, but he never banged them since he was too busy trying to rescue his mentor.

Now that Miaomiao started doing it, Xie Tian became conscious of his sexual desire.

He secretly checked out Eurobeat, who never took part in the orgy. From Xie Tian’s perspective, she was an ideal maiden, whose beauty and traits were similar to his ex-girlfriends.

Gulp

Xie Tian took several deep breaths. Then, he stopped cultivating and approached the dryad champion.

“E-Excuse me,” Xie Tian was nervous.

Eurobeat blinked her eyes twice and stared at Xie Tian. The latter blushed like a shy teenager.

“Yes?”

“N-Nothing. I just want to say hi. Oh, by the way, are you free? I never saw you cultivate or fight the space’s clone fighters.”

“Now that you mention it… yes. I’m free. My masters rarely sent me to work.”

“Oh, cool. Err, wanna discuss Dao? I was once a deity, so my experience might be beneficial for you.”

Eurobeat innocently smiled at Xie Tian, “I don’t need Dao since my strength improves automatically as long as this space expands. Well, I don’t mind killing time by listening to your stories. Oh, by chance, do you know any high-tempo song that I can sing?”

“Actually, I do.”

“Great! Let’s go to my favorite spot, so the commotion noise won’t disturb us!”

“Sure!”

Just like that, Xie Tian invited Eurobeat to a private forest on the main continent, and they chatted for days.

The deed didn’t escape the curious eyes of Guo Jia, Sima Yi, and Meowmeow.

“I see. First come, first serve, eh? Maybe I should pick one of the naked dryads as my wife, too,” Guo Jia smirked.

Sima Yi rolled his eyes, “Why bother flirting when women naturally flock to capable men? You just need to prove that you’re an alpha wolf like how Mao Miaomiao has done, and the bitches will come to you.”

“Then, by your logic, you will only get lowly gold diggers. If you’re that capable, how about you score some refined women or princesses of a major country?”

“On the opposite. Those peerless beauties, refined women, and princesses will be the first ones to knock on your door when you’re at the top of the food chain. Have you forgotten how Mao Miaomiao attracted women?”

“Didn’t he bang everyone first and learn about their backgrounds later?”

“Did he?”

“…”

On the other hand, the catopus didn’t understand them. He tilted his head, “Why chasing after pussies when you’re not in season, Munya? You just wait for them to be in heat, and you bang them, impregnate them, and ditch them like a used sow like how I did! Look at me, I don’t have to worry about kids or pesky pussies!”

Sima Yi and Guo Jia: “…”

…

A tavern in Cherry Boy City

“How many soul stones for a room again?” Miaomiao frowned and glared at the tavern keeper.

“Fifty third-grade soul stones or five coins per night. If you don’t have it, scram!”

Miaomiao had guessed this, but the reality surpassed his expectation. The inn fee was extremely expensive!

’50 third-grade soul stones for a night? Why don’t you just rob me?’

This was too much. Miaomiao clicked his tongue and left the inn.

The tavern keeper sneered and shooed Miaomiao, “Yeah, get lost, beggar! We don’t serve poor ass bastards like you!”

Miaomiao’s feet stopped. He turned around and glared at the keeper. However, the tavern bodyguard, who had been sitting behind a counter, glanced at Miaomiao as well.

The bodyguard of this tavern was a four-star constellation immortal, and he wore Eden Garden Deacon’s uniform, which was a set of green robes with the embroidery of a golden apple. The keeper also wore an initiate uniform.

Miaomiao couldn’t afford to cause a scene here. This was not the time to fight a sect’s disciple.

“Tsk!”

Miaomiao swallowed his rage and left. Although he had enough money to pay for the room fee, he wouldn’t spend so much for a rip-off tavern.

He visited another place.

Unfortunately…

“One Adam Coin per night.”

“Three Adam Coins per night.”

“Fifty third-grade soul stones or two coins per night!”

Most inns and taverns only accepted Adam Coins. Rarely, a few shabby places welcomed soul stones, but they set the same price as the disciple’s tavern.

After searching through the nook and cranny of the city, Miaomiao couldn’t find any place with a reasonable price.

When Miaomiao was on the verge of giving up, he discovered a dirty place in a slum area with a signboard, [Stable for Rent]. However, it was a worn-down horse barn, which was located next to the city’s public trash dump.

The smell of the wet trash was terrible. A mountain of human corpses, animal bones, rotten wood, and miscellaneous objects was piled at the corner of the city, waiting to be taken away by the sect’s disciples on missions.

Yet, it had been neglected for ages. It piled higher than a modern three-story house.

Miaomiao disabled his nose sense and entered the stable. The barn owner rushed out in joy.

The owner was surprisingly a catopus! A black catopus!

“Munya? Do you want to book the stable, Munya?”

Miaomiao had a wry smile on his face and sat in front of the black cat. Again, he was surprised.

From the cat’s voice, it seemed to be a female.

If it was the past Miaomiao, he would have said, [A cat is fine, too]. Fortunately, he learned some decency after having so many wives.

“Does Mu-Nyang allow you to be here? I thought all catopuses weren’t allowed out of their territories.”

The black cat’s eyes drooped, and she sniffed, “I don’t want to leave, too, but my family and neighbors expelled me, Munya.”

“What did you do? Why did they expel you?”

“I was born with black fur, Munya. They said I was a jinx, and everyone kicked me out, Munya.”

“Huh?”

The cat’s sad eyes looked pitiful. Yet, she smiled and hid her pain, “But I have a home here, Munya! Even though the local people don’t talk to me, they allow me to live here. I also bought 200 fourth-grade soul stones and all my coins, Munya!”

“…”

Obviously, this catopus had been scammed. This place shouldn’t be worth 200 fourth-grade soul stones.

“Are you here to rent the stable? The rent fee is very cheap! It’s o-only one first-grade soul stone per night!”

Miaomiao bit his lower lips and looked at the pile of trash next to the barn. He had a mixed feeling about this.

The black catopus also noticed Miaomiao’s expression. She was flustered, “One first-grade soul stone for 3 nights… no, a week!”

Miaomiao understood how desperate this catopus was. No cultivator would have used this place to stay since it was too smelly. Moreover, it was a horse stable, not a proper room.

“A month! How about a month for only one first-grade soul stone!”

The black cat’s eyes were teary. She tried her best to gain a customer.

Miaomiao patted her head, “Okay. I want a space for me to rest. Can you arrange it?”

“S-Sure, Munya!” The cat wiped the corner of her eyes with her dirty tentacles. Then, she guided Miaomiao to the cleanest room of her barn.

When Miaomiao saw the place, he found some of the catopus’ belongings, such as a stuffed toy of a cat, a portrait of herself on a grassland, a cushion, and a bowl of drinking water.

This seemed to be her bedroom.

“E-Excuse me, Munya. Let me take my stuff out first! You can stay here!”

Miaomiao bit his lower lips, “What about you? Where will you stay?”

“I-I can clean the other blocks, Munya. It’s okay!”

“…”

The black cat grabbed her stuff and dragged them toward the next broken room. However, every room was filled with trash, which had fallen from the mountain of trash dump through the barn’s roof.

The catopus stared at the pile of trash and became teary. She mustered her little strength to gather the heaps of dark trash and dragged them outside.

But Miaomiao patted her head. Then, she took out a blank spatial ring, which he had just stolen from the dead candidates. He collected the trash into the ring.

“D-Dear customer! Y-You don’t have to do this, Munya!”

“I’ve changed my mind. I’ll use this slot. I’ll clean this place myself.”

“B-B-But I’m the owner of this place! It’s my responsibility, Munya!”

“…”

Miaomiao passed another spatial ring to the catopus. However, it was a ring, which stored his pocket money.

Inside the ring, there were a thousand third-grade soul stones! These stones were the rewards of his DaoTube and DaoPorn jobs.

The black cat widened her eyes in shock. Her tentacle trembled, “D-Dear customer.”

“I’m booking every room for a few years. Is that enough?”

“B-But I don’t have enough changes, Munya.”

“Keep the changes. They’re for your service tips.”

Tears dripped from the catopus’ eyes as she stared at Miaomiao in disbelief.

Miaomiao added, “I’d rather pay all my money to you than those hypocrites. So, don’t cry kitty.”

“…”

“Also, being born with black fur isn’t your fault. Don’t blame it on yourself. Actually, you’re quite pretty for a catopus.”

Hearing Miaomiao’s consolation, the catopus wailed.