Chapter 206: Kittens Are Born to Be Kissed

"I heard you returned the 'Small Blazing Sun Art'?"

"I returned it."

"Did you learn it?"

"I have already mastered it. After practicing it for a few more days in the sect, I will begin integrating it into the Thousand Machine Art once I return to Yujing."

"Your level of Spell Rune is quite good."

"I dare not be arrogant in your presence."

"I will come to watch you practice when I have time."

"Good."

After strolling around Yuding Mountain, Chen Shu returned to his courtyard.

Although it was a top-tier sect, it was not the immortal life others imagined. There were no servants, nor anyone specifically to manage one's life. Chen Shu could only take the quilt out of the cabinet himself and make the bed.

Life in the Spirit Sect was already considered quite good.

As far as Chen Shu knew, some top-tier sects were located in remote areas with harsh environments, and the life they led could only be described as "hardship," with even poor signal.

Lying on the bed, everything was deathly silent.

Having tasted the sweetness of the Secret Sect's medicinal agents, he was no longer willing to settle for drinking mass-produced agents.

According to the laws, after the Third Tier, the difficulty of promotion increases exponentially, and the auxiliary effect of medicinal agents is already very low, dropping off a cliff with each tier. When Chen Shu promoted to the Fourth Stage, he drank mass-produced agents; although they were among the better ones, it still took him two attempts to succeed. If he continued to use mass-produced agents on the market when promoting to the Fifth Stage, even if he used the better ones, he estimated it would take four to six attempts.

The cost of medicine would likely be nearly ten million.

Promoting to the Sixth Stage would be even harder.

Although the sect provided them now and he didn't have to pay, the sect's money was still money.

Moreover, every all-out breakthrough was very tiring, both physically and mentally exhausting, and agonizingly painful. If the Restoration Pill had side effects, he would also lose his dignity. The handle on his person hadn't been grasped by Qingqing yet, but the handle in his heart had been grabbed by her first.

As for taking materials from the Square Body...

Chen Shu would have no moral burden.

First, logically speaking, this belonged to the legacy left to him by his fellow countryman. The fellow countryman's will stated it clearly and plainly; it was other people who were in illegal possession.

Second, Square Bodies are spread across all major continents of the world. According to current international consensus, the property inside belongs to the country and people where it is unearthed. Things inside Square Bodies unearthed in foreign countries might not even fall into the hands of the Yiguo Government.

Chen Shu could completely search for these materials from Square Bodies located in other countries, or even those not yet unearthed.

There was only one thing to worry about—

Each Square Body is an interconnected door, and the key is in his hands. But as long as he opens this door, the Mijing of all Square Bodies will fluctuate, and with the capabilities of the Yiguo authorities, they would certainly notice.

They noticed it last time.

So from which Square Body should he open the door to enter?

The closest one is the Yujing Fangti.

However, Yujing is full of big shots; once opened, there is a fear of the risk of exposure.

Even for the Yuanzhou Fangti, which is the furthest in the country, the surroundings are covered in surveillance. If they sense the Fangti fluctuating again and someone is determined to investigate, Chen Shu would have a certain possibility of falling into a situation where he has to bet on whether the Spirit Sect will protect him.

By his judgment, the Spirit Sect would likely protect him.

But he didn't want to bet.

And he didn't dare to bet.

There is no need to pin his own safety on a probabilistic event and other people's choices, nor is there any need to do such things that would make others feel embarrassed. And even if it didn't affect his own safety, it would be difficult to avoid other troubles.

Chen Shu is most afraid of trouble.

There are indeed some Square Bodies unearthed in small countries whose interiors have long been emptied, leaving only a shell, and they are not managed very strictly.

Should he go on a winter vacation abroad?

"Sigh..."

Think about it later.

Chen Shu temporarily shelved these thoughts, took out his Mobile Phone, teased Qingqing for a while, and said he would buy her cat food, but she didn't reply, so it was just time for his Daily Cultivation.

A few days later.

Chen Shu borrowed a book titled "A Book About Forbidden Lands," then boarded a flying car and returned to Yujing.

The signal on the flying car was passable.

Chen Shu was scrolling through the news on his Mobile Phone.

Usually, he relied on short video platforms to learn about current events, but the information on short video platforms was too fragmented. When a real big news story broke, relying solely on official accounts and major bloggers in short videos was still lacking, so he downloaded a notorious news platform full of advertisements.

Today is the new Emperor's enthronement ceremony.

The Former Emperor's Posthumous Title has already been released: De.

Just as Chen Shu guessed.

Accomplishing tasks for the people is called De, governing well to nourish the people is called De, and being benevolent with influence is called De.

Chen Shu kept refreshing.

Each time he refreshed, new information appeared, informing netizens about which step the ceremony had reached.

Sometimes there would be a few pictures.

"Sigh..."

Chen Shu put down his Mobile Phone; it was too tiring.

With technology so advanced now, why doesn't the Imperial Family know how to keep pace with the times? It would be great to have a live broadcast; the citizens would have so much more sense of participation.

The driver in front turned his head and said: "We can only go to the outskirts of Yujing Cheng; we cannot fly in. We will land outside the Gusu Tebadaqiao, and then there will be a car to pick you up. It's only a twenty-minute drive... There's really no way around it during this period."

"Okay, thank you."

"I'll just have to trouble you to take a ride."

"No, no..."

Chen Shu watched as the flying car gradually lowered its altitude; the Gusu Xiagu in the distance looked like a massive scar on the Yujing Plain.

And this could indeed be called a scar.

It was caused by Sword Qi when the Grand Ancestor Emperor fought a Ninth Stage cultivator from the previous dynasty during the founding of the nation to eliminate the cultivators below. The average width is nearly two kilometers, and it is sixty-seven kilometers long, and this is merely the physical trace left on the ground by that heaven-startling Sword; the scope of the destruction it caused at the time was unimaginable.

Since then, no one has been able to unleash such a world-shocking Sword.

The Sword Masters of the Sword Sect throughout the generations would just shake their heads when they saw it, indicating that it wasn't that they couldn't unleash it, but that they weren't in the right state today, weren't in the right mood, and didn't want to draw their blades.

Half an hour later.

Chen Shu returned to the Dormitory.

As expected, Brother Meng was not there.

Brother Jiang had just returned from training and finished a shower, wearing a horizontal-striped tank top, his hair damp, sitting on the sofa watching the news.

The news was also broadcasting the enthronement ceremony.

Chen Shu sat down to watch as well.

He knew a lot about things like enthronement ceremonies.

Enthronement ceremonies differed across dynasties; some dynasties were slow, requiring a long time for preparations even after the Former Emperor abdicated or died, while some dynasties were faster, finishing the ceremony the very next day after the Former Emperor's butt left the dragon throne. Some dynasties had simple procedures, while others were more complex, but most were relatively simple.

This was mostly because the Emperors were all very badass and didn't need overly complicated rituals to pretend they were badass.

The initial procedures of the previous dynasty were also very simple, but they became more complex toward the end, likely because the later Emperors were too incompetent and felt somewhat guilty, so they kept adding steps and duration for praying to the gods during the rituals, just so everyone in the world would know that our family has gods.

After the founding of Yiguo, it logically continued many of the previous dynasty's systems but greatly simplified the enthronement process, and it was simplified again in modern times.

The current process is already very simple.

But steps like worshipping the gods, praying to the heavens, accepting the allegiance of vassal states and major domestic sects, and receiving blessings from other countries are still indispensable.

The news footage mostly showed these steps.

This new Emperor is currently only at the Eighth Stage peak.

Due to the existence of gods, Chen Shu believes he can suppress the major sects, not to mention that the Emperor no longer holds power in modern times. However, if he wants to make the Sect Masters of the major sects bow their heads like the Former Emperor did, summoning them to the Imperial Capital solely in his own name and making them accept national policies, it is still quite unrealistic.

They are all Ninth Stage, have lived for hundreds of years, and stand at the very peak of the world in every aspect; no one will truly fear you.

However, for the Former Emperor, the leaders of the major sects today had known him for over two hundred years, so there was some friendship, just like the current gossip group leader and people like Zhang Suannai. Therefore, it was not just the suppression of imperial power, but also personal reasons.

But for the new Emperor, these are all old seniors.

Just like when the state previously restricted the major top sects from wantonly recruiting disciples, it would have been impossible to gain the recognition of the major sects without the Emperor mediating in between.

The new Emperor does not possess this ability for the time being.

The ceremony has now ended.

It went very smoothly.

It would be a miracle if it hadn't gone smoothly.

The Imperial Family still has Ninth Stage experts, their ancestors occupy three of the seventeen gods, and the big shots of the Yiguo cultivation world are all gathered here; even the Heavenly Palace has flown back and is parked above the rolling mountains east of Yujing. Who wouldn't be afraid of this thing? If it still hadn't gone smoothly, that would be too anti-intellectual.

Thus, a new dynasty has begun.

The reign title will be changed to Kaishu starting next year.

It should mean dawn.

Since the Shengzu, this world has had one reign title per Emperor; no Emperor has ever had two or three, so one can also use the reign title to address the Emperor.

It's alright, at least it sounds better than things like Azure Dragon, Heavenly Phoenix, or Earth Emperor.

"Emperor Kaishu..."

Chen Shu scratched his head; it must be because he wasn't used to saying it yet.

The next day, Zhilan Garden.

Chen Shu pushed the door open and entered; only Qingqing was in the living room.

Qingqing was still sitting cross-legged on the sofa, eyes tightly shut, with not the slightest fluctuation of Spirit Power around her body.

Clearly, she was practicing the Taixin Dao again.

Not far from her, Taozi was looking up, staring intently at a mosquito, following it all the way to the wall, then jumping up, stretching out its claws to try and catch it, and in the name of Sheriff Taozi, lock it in prison.

One look and you could tell—

It was undoubtedly Qingqing.

Recently, Qingqing's Taixin Dao has become increasingly proficient; at the very least, when possessing Taozi, she has been able to act like a normal spirit cat, which shows that she has at least understood the thinking and habits of a spirit cat.

Sometimes, even after finishing a session of practice, she would inadvertently display cat habits.

"Hehe!"

Chen Shu let out an evil laugh.

Upon hearing this, Taozi only turned its head to look once before bolting away, but Chen Shu reached out and snatched it over, holding it firmly despite its struggles, burying his face in its belly, and sniffing continuously.

The even more perverted part was yet to come.

Chen Shu lifted his face, laughing hehe, and began kissing its face frantically:

"Bo bo bo...

"Little kitty!

"Oh, you have quite a lot of endurance! Let me kiss you a few more times!

"muamuamua~

"Don't resist, don't be shy, you'll get used to it! Hahahaha, little kitties are born to be kissed by people! Still resisting? Can you really escape from my palm? Little kitty! Hahahaha wahahahaha..."

Chen Shu's laughter gradually became perverted.

Even upstairs, half a little head couldn't help but peek out, secretly observing the commotion downstairs.

It is evident that Qingqing has indeed become increasingly devoted to her cultivation lately; she can even endure this much.

Chen Shu held it and kissed it for quite a while before putting it down, then placed Taozi on his lap on its back, randomly groping it up and down.

He continued to stroke it while uttering wild and lewd remarks.

Taozi, for its part, struggled frantically.

It behaved very naturally.

Just like a real cat.

But he did not notice that a bird was standing on the swing set outside, silently observing his behavior through the living room window.