Chapter 120: with translation of chapter title

Translation: I never expected that at this life‑or‑death moment, a mysterious cat would suddenly appear and help me.

Translation: "I never expected that at such a life‑or‑death moment, a mysterious cat would suddenly appear and help me."

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Translation: Right now, it stood steadily on my shoulder, its pair of eerie green cat eyes fixedly staring at the still‑squeaking Bái Jīngmò, its body tensed up, not daring to relax even for a moment.

Translation: "Now it stood firmly on my shoulder, its pair of dark‑green cat eyes fixed on the still‑squeaking Bai Jingmo, its body tensed, not daring to relax for a moment."

Check note: We need to replace Chinese term with translation and also adjust glossary part.

Chinese phrase.

Translation: The two ears, wrapped in white scriptures, twitched slightly, picking up vibrations that ordinary people cannot hear.

Translation: "Its two ears, wrapped in white scriptures, twitched slightly, picking up vibrations we ordinary people cannot hear."

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Translation: Bái Jīngmò's face slowly turned toward the mysterious cat, his eyes full of vengeful malice, he gritted his teeth and snarled, "You dare ruin my face—you're asking for death!"

Translation: "Bái Jīngmò's face slowly turned toward the mysterious cat, his eyes full of venomous hatred as he gritted his teeth and snarled, "You dare ruin my face—you're asking for death!""

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Translation: As he spoke, he pinched three silver needles in his hand, flicked his wrist, and the three silver needles shot straight toward the mysterious cat.

Translation: "Speaking, he pinched three silver needles in his hand, flicked his wrist, and the three needles shot straight at the mysterious cat."

Translation: And those three scratches on his face were spreading and festering at a speed Visible to the Naked Eye, in the blink of an eye almost half of his face became a bloody mess.

Translation: "And the three claw marks on his face were spreading and rotting at a visible‑to‑the‑naked‑eye speed, so that in the blink of an eye almost half his cheek became a bloody mess."

Visible to the Naked Eye

Thus: "... spreading and rotting at a Visible to the Naked Eye speed..."

Chinese sentence.

Translation: "Looks like this Bai Xian'er has a problem!"

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Thus line 7: "Looks like this Bai Xianer has a problem!"

Chinese sentence.

Translation: "But now is not the time to investigate these things; I need to find a way to withdraw with the mysterious cat and Li Qingying, for Bai Xianer has already been thoroughly enraged, and if we don't withdraw soon it may be too late."

Translation: "I reached out to grab the mysterious cat, intending to hold it with one hand and pull Li Qingying up with the other to run."

Translation: "But I came up empty."

Translation: "The mysterious cat let out a meow, pushed off my shoulder with its four legs, and actually lunged straight at those three silver needles."

Translation: "Done for!"

Chinese sentence.

Translation: "At that moment only two words flashed in my mind: the mysterious cat's explosive power was too great, I had no chance to catch it back."

Translation: "Is this little guy trying to get himself killed?!"

Is this Little Guy trying to get himself killed?!

Translation: "Meow… meow…"

Translation: "Accompanied by two sharp cat cries, a spark burst from the tip of the mysterious cat's tail; immediately, streaks of golden light flashed along both sides of its spine, quickly gathering to form a powerful scripture barrier around its body."

Golden Light pierces the scripture barrier.

Thus: "... streaks of Golden Light flashed along both sides of its spine..."

Translation: "The three silver needles hovered almost touching the mysterious cat's face, but the instant they struck the scripture barrier they lost their mana and fell to the ground."

His Mana struck his face.

Translation: "The mysterious cat turned its head and let out another meow at me, as if urging: "Run!""

Translation: "I immediately understood, snatched Li Qingying's long whip, reached out and pulled her up, half‑carrying half‑dragging her as we retreated toward the gate."

Translation: "The mysterious cat also retreated with us, and we remained within the protective circle of the scripture barrier."

Translation: "For every step we retreated, Bai Jingmo advanced one step."

Translation: "But after a few steps, Bai Jingmo's body suddenly went limp and he collapsed."

Translation: "The large area of rot on his face vanished instantly, leaving only the original three claw marks."

Translation: "Where he had been standing, a young girl now stood."

Translation: "Half of the girl's face was rotted, while the other half bore large and small corpse spots; her brows and eyes gave me a sense of familiarity… her eyes… they looked just like Lu Qiu sheng's eyes!"

Lu Qiusheng

Thus: "... her eyes looked just like Lu Qiusheng's eyes!"

Translation: "Could it be… that this girl before me is Lu Qiusheng's sister?"

Translation: "No, obviously not."

Translation: "Lu Qiusheng's sister was flayed thirty years ago; her skin is gone, but her corpse has long been buried."

Translation: "The one pressing step by step before us is Bai Xianer."

Translation: "She's using Lu Qiusheng's sister's skin!"

Translation: "After thirty years, this skin can no longer hold up, it's covered in corpse spots, and Bai Xianer desperately needs a new skin!"

Translation: "Heh, I almost want to laugh."

Translation: "I really am a tasty morsel."

I really am a tasty morsel.

Translation: "Feng Li Shu wants my flesh, Bai Xianer wants my skin—why don't they just fight each other over it?"

Feng Lishu

Thus line: "Feng Lishu wants my flesh, Bai Xianer wants my skin—why don't they just fight each other over it?"

Translation: "With each step Bai Xianer takes forward, the rot on her face spreads a bit more, the corpse spots grow darker and more numerous, the scripture barrier fades accordingly, and the spark on the tip of the mysterious cat's tail grows weaker."

Translation: "Fortunately we quickly withdrew from the Bai Family clinic; the scripture barrier remained, and those who rushed out of the Bai Family kept looking for a chance to break it."

The Bái Jiā Yīguǎn belongs to the Bai Family.

Thus: "Fortunately we quickly withdrew from the Bái Jiā Yīguǎn; the scripture barrier remained, and those who rushed out of the Bai Family kept looking for a chance to break it."

Translation: "I'm not afraid of these people, for they lack the dark energy capable of swallowing Feng Wu's flame."

Feng Wu

Thus: "... lacking the dark energy capable of swallowing Feng Wu's flame."

Translation: "The only thing I fear now is Bai Xianer; fortunately, after we retreated outside, Bai Xianer stood in the shadow of the gate but dared not step even half a foot out."

Translation: "That tattered skin could no longer withstand even a hint of direct sunlight."

Translation: "She could only turn back and try to attach herself to Bai Jingmo's body."

Translation: "At that moment the mysterious cat let out a fierce meow at me; I immediately understood, hoisted Li Qingying onto my back, and ran toward the pawnshop."

Li Qingying of Dang Pu.

Thus: "... hoisted Li Qingying onto my back, and ran toward Dang Pu."

Translation: "At the same time, the mysterious cat withdrew the scripture barrier and howled as it lunged at the surrounding people."

Translation: "I didn't turn back to help; that Little Guy is very agile, and as long as I can run back to Dang Pu at top speed, it will be able to escape smoothly."

The Little Guy is at Dang Pu.

Thus: "... as long as I can run back to Dang Pu at top speed, it will be able to escape smoothly."

Translation: "As I had expected, when I returned to Dang Pu, set Li Qingying down, turned back to rescue the mysterious cat, I saw a black mass like lightning swoosh into Dang Pu, pass through the rear chambers, enter the main hall, and finally lie curled up on Liu Junyan's black coffin, motionless."

Liu Junyan of Dang Pu sees a black coffin.

Thus: "... finally lie curled up on Liu Junyan's black coffin, motionless."

Translation: "It didn't even return to the hexagonal palace lamp."

The hexagonal palace lamp lights up.

Translation: "It seems that in this main hall, beside Liu Junyan, it feels safer."

Liu Junyan speaks.

Thus: "... beside Liu Junyan, it feels safer."

Translation: "I didn't disturb it further; today it expended too much energy saving me and needs proper rest."

Translation: "I closed the door of the main hall and then went to Li Qingying's side."

Translation: "Li Qingying lay limp on the bed, her eyes vacant and fixed on the canopy, unable to move a muscle."

Translation: "This condition of hers worries me greatly."

Translation: "What's worse, I don't know how to help Li Qingying disperse the toxin from the flesh spikes."

Flesh spikes are everywhere.

Translation: "My first thought was to go find Elder Xiao for help, but we had just barely escaped back to Dang Pu, and going out now is dangerous; if I were captured, what would become of Li Qingying?"

Xiaoye is at Dang Pu.

Thus: "My first thought was to go find Xiaoye for help, but we had just barely escaped back to Dang Pu, and going out now is dangerous; if I were captured, what would become of Li Qingying?"

Translation: "Right now, besides Xiaoye, who else could I turn to for help?"

Translation: "All I can do now is imitate how Liu Junyan saved me each time, constantly gathering the faint true qi in my body and transmitting it into Li Qingying's body."

Liu Junyan's true qi.

Translation: "But how long have I trained? That bit of true qi is utterly insignificant."

Translation: "As time kept flowing and the sky gradually darkened, I noticed that Li Qingying's condition had also changed."

Translation: "She still couldn't move; her vocal cords had no strength, she couldn't make a sound, but her flesh twitched slightly, as if someone were pricking her all over with needles."

Translation: "In the end, the red mole on the tip of her nose began to bleed outward."

Translation: "This red mole is quite special for Li Qingying."

Last time the red mole oozed blood outward, Li Qingying got into trouble; it seems the deeper the night, the fiercer the poison of the flesh thorns becomes.

I'm really afraid Li Qingying won't make it through the night; I gritted my teeth, threw on my coat, and got ready to go out.

No matter how dangerous it is outside, I have to go find Xiaoye to come rescue Li Qingying.

I had just pulled the door open a crack when a white blob brushed against my foot and slipped inside; I looked down and saw it was a little white mouse.

The little white mouse huddled under the doorstep, its two front paws holding a small box, squeaking at me a few times, then set the box down, turned and darted out, vanishing quickly into the night.

I closed the door and picked up the small box.

That small box resembled Tiger Brand cooling oil; I scraped at the seam for a while before managing to open it, and a strong smell of smoke oil hit me, making me cough.

Smoke oil?

Thinking back to the little white mouse just now, I suddenly realized this must be the smoke oil from Dou Zhile's big smoke pot.

Why would he have the little white mouse bring over the smoke oil for no reason?

Could it be…?

I lifted my leg and headed to the back, returning to Li Qingying's bedside; I used a cotton swab to dig out the smoke oil bit by bit and stuffed it into the little hole where a thorn had pierced Li Qingying's hand…