The White Cat

"Why are you dragging me away? I didn't say I was leaving!" Lu Liang protested as he was forcefully pulled by Wen Wuyou.

Wen Wuyou was quite sly and cunning; he must have been afraid that Lu Liang would stay there and receive guidance from the seniors, so he dragged him away.

"This is the territory of my Tai Hua Sect!" Wen Wuyou glared at Lu Liang and said, "When a senior resides in my Tai Hua Sect's territory, I naturally want to ensure that the senior can have peace and won't be disturbed by others."

"Don't be like this!" Lu Liang grinned and said, "Wuyou Senior, the relationship between our two sects has always been good. Tai Hua Sect has obtained such great opportunities this time, can't you let our Falling Cloud Sect share a bit of the glory?"

Wen Wuyou glanced at Lu Liang and said seriously, "It's precisely because the relationship between our two sects has always been good that I brought you here."

He looked meaningful and continued, "I've long noticed your strong interest in the landscape painting on the wall. Your Falling Cloud Sect specializes in the path of nature, and that landscape painting contains the highest level of natural harmony. Naturally, you would be very interested in it."

"However, I must remind you that we can only accept what the senior offers. We must not ask for anything from the senior."

When they were at the store, Wen Wuyou had already observed Lu Liang's every move and saw that he was showing signs of wanting to ask for the painting from the senior. That's why he hurriedly bid farewell to the senior and pulled Lu Liang away.

"If the senior speaks of giving, then we can accept it. But we must not ask the senior for anything. That would make us appear greedy and lacking in discretion!" Wen Wuyou's expression became solemn as he continued, "If it displeases the senior, the consequences will be beyond what you and I can bear!"

Lu Liang was unconvinced and said, "But in the end, you still asked the senior for the painting, didn't you?"

"I asked for the painting only because the senior had already mentioned giving it. If the senior hadn't mentioned giving it earlier, even if you gave me a hundred courage, I wouldn't dare to ask the senior for it!" Wen Wuyou explained, "Even so, I was still quite nervous at the time, afraid of displeasing the senior. Fortunately, the senior didn't mind."

"Alright," Lu Liang sighed and didn't say much more. At that moment, he also felt that it wasn't appropriate to ask the senior for the painting, but he couldn't resist the temptation of that landscape painting. If Wen Wuyou hadn't forcibly pulled him away, he might have really asked Li Jiudao for the painting.

"Meeting a senior like this is already a great blessing for us. We should let everything happen naturally and not try to force anything!" Wen Wuyou cautioned Lu Liang repeatedly.

"I understand," Lu Liang nodded and bid farewell to Wen Wuyou before returning to the Falling Cloud Sect. He knew that Wen Wuyou was right; they couldn't demand anything from such a senior, or they would invite disaster upon themselves.

In Qing Shan City, a young woman dressed in pure white, with a tall and enchanting figure, slowly walked into the city.

"Why has the Primordial Deity come to such a mortal city?" She murmured, her delicate and beautiful eyebrows furrowing slightly, and her eyes shimmering with dazzling brilliance, clearly indicating that she was no ordinary person.

"It's not just one deity; many Primordial Deities have gathered in this city. What could be the reason?" She couldn't help but think that something was amiss. The city still retained a very strong aura of Primordial Deities, and she had not chased after the wrong scent; she was in the right place.

"The strongest remaining aura is over there!" She sniffed with her beautiful, pure white nose, her sensitivity to the aura of Primordial Deities extraordinary. Even among powerful individuals of the Ten Thousand Transformations Realm, few could detect such an aura as keenly as she did.

This was precisely her advantage. If it were anyone else, even a powerful expert at the Myriad Transformations Realm, they might not be able to sense the aura of the Primordial Deities so acutely.

"Here..." Her face filled with astonishment as she reached the place where the aura of the Primordial Deities was the strongest. It was the shop opened by Li Jiudao.

The character "Dao" on the shop's plaque shocked her. She had never imagined that a single character could contain such an amazing and terrifying Dao rhyme!

"This is simply the most direct embodiment of the Dao's greatest meaning!" She was overwhelmed by the Dao rhyme on the character "Dao," which she felt surpassed even the Dao her father practiced. This was truly awe-inspiring!

You should know that her father was incredibly powerful and had no regard even for the Sacred Grounds, let alone a battle against them!

The Dao rhyme on the character "Dao" exceeded even the Dao righteousness her father practiced, which was quite frightening. She had never encountered anything like it!

However, she hesitated. She wasn't sure if she should enter. The strong remaining aura of the Primordial Deities here indicated that many Primordial Deities had gathered here before. Otherwise, there wouldn't be such a strong aura left.

But this was just a plaque, and yet it contained such a breathtaking and transcendent Dao rhyme. The owner of the shop must be an unimaginably powerful figure!

If she entered, it was very likely that she would face great danger, and she wouldn't have any chance to resist against such a powerful figure.

"This is a rare opportunity!" She gritted her teeth and made a decision. She cautiously and nervously entered the shop.

Her father was seriously ill, and he was now extremely weak. She didn't have much time left. If she couldn't find the rare treasures needed to cure her father's injuries, he wouldn't survive for long.

If not for this reason, she wouldn't have dared to follow the scent of the Primordial Deities. Those were true Primordial Deities, godlike beings who could destroy the heavens and earth with a wave of their hand. With her current strength, she couldn't even compare to an ant.

But she had no choice. Her father was an incredibly powerful figure, but his injuries were so severe that ordinary medicinal herbs couldn't heal him. In the desolate Eastern Region, there were few higher-grade cultivation materials, let alone the rare treasures needed to cure her father's injuries.

She had even considered taking a risk and returning to the Central Region to search for those rare treasures for her father. That was how desperate she was.

And then, she sensed the aura of the Primordial Deities. Primordial Deities were extremely rare and rarely appeared before ordinary people. She thought that there might be a reason for their appearance, or perhaps it was an opportunity.

That's why she had been chasing after this aura.

The shop's door was open, and she cautiously entered. However, at that moment, an unimaginable pressure descended on her from all directions. She couldn't even make a sound, and her entire body

 was under an indescribable force, forcing her out of her human form. She transformed into a pure white cat, unable to move.

"Am I going to die?" She was filled with despair. Under this pressure, she had no ability to resist at all. Her body was being severely compressed, and if this continued for a moment longer, she would be crushed to death.

"Father... I'm sorry, I have to go before you..." Tears welled up in her eyes, and she felt her life force rapidly diminishing under the immense pressure.