Chapter 109: Small Success

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Demon beasts cannot understand human words.

Mo Hua was quite clear on this point.

After two days, the cat demon seemed to be frightened by Mo Shan, always shrinking in the iron cage. If released, it wouldn't come out, let alone attack Mo Hua.

No matter how Mo Hua spoke to it, it didn't understand, only staring at Mo Hua with fierce but somewhat timid eyes.

Only when Mo Hua fed it meat did its eyes become a little kinder.

This way, he couldn't practice Passing Water Step.

What to do?

Mo Hua thought for two days and finally came up with a method.

He first starved the cat demon for two days, until its stomach rumbled with hunger and its eyes glowed green. Then, he used small dried fish specially made by Liu Ru Hua to feed it.

These small dried fish were also a kind of demon beast, their flesh quality wasn't good, and they had a heavy fishy smell. Cultivators didn't eat them, but cats who craved fish liked them very much.

Afterward, Mo Hua would string several small dried fish on a rope, hang it around his neck, then point to the dried fish, and then point to the demon cat.

The general meaning was: "If you want to eat fish, then come and snatch them yourself."

The rules during his sparring with Bai Zi Sheng before were similar to this, only now the sparring opponent had changed from Bai Zi Sheng to the small cat demon.

Even if the cat demon didn't understand human words, it understood now.

Thus, the cautious cat demon, in order to fill its stomach, began to snatch the small dried fish from Mo Hua's neck.

But Mo Shan's fierce eyes were clearly remembered, so it didn't dare to injure Mo Hua in the slightest, targeting only the small dried fish on Mo Hua's neck.

Just like this, in the remote side room, human and demon shadows intertwined and chased.

After "sparring" with the cat demon for several days, Mo Hua couldn't help but sigh that demon beasts were indeed much stronger than cultivators.

This cat demon was only at the initial stage of the first grade, and wasn't known for strength, yet its speed was extremely fast and its movements exceptionally agile, not inferior to general Qi Refining sixth layer cultivators at all.

The cat demon's attack forms were even richer than those of cultivators, even treacherous to a bizarre degree.

Cultivators' attacks, if they were close-body physical cultivators, were mainly with fists and feet. If they were spiritual cultivators, they were mainly with remote spells. Their actions all had traces to follow.

While the cat demon's mouth, teeth, sharp claws, and tail could all be used to attack, their angles were treacherous, making defense difficult.

Moreover, the cat demon could also use demonic power to urge its talent, making its figure blurry for a short time, almost indistinguishable to the eyes. Mo Hua had to push his divine sense to the extreme to barely perceive the cat demon's position.

This was only at the initial stage of the first grade. If it was at the middle or even late stage of the first grade, its speed would be even harder to imagine.

No wonder the demon hunting teams generally needed about ten people to form a team.

If demon beasts were equivalent to cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage, how powerful would a second-grade demon beast be?

Wouldn't ordinary cultivators be left with no bones after one encounter?

Mo Hua involuntarily shivered.

"Passing Water Step must be learned properly. This way, even if I can't win, at least I can still run."

Mo Hua thought silently.

Exchanging moves with demon beasts was also a process of practice makes perfect.

In the beginning, not being familiar with the cat demon's moves, the small dried fish on Mo Hua's neck would quickly fall into the cat demon's mouth.

The cat demon would then lie in the iron cage, slowly and methodically chewing the dried fish while licking its claws, occasionally glancing at Mo Hua with eyes that held some pride and contempt.

As Mo Hua gradually became familiar with the cat demon's attack habits, he could vaguely guess whether the cat demon would use its claws to grab down, or its teeth to tear and bite, or fling out the needles on its tail.

The cat demon's talent, which was difficult to defend against when first seen, could be predicted after seeing it several times. Mo Hua could then gradually see through its traces with his divine sense.

The process of the cat demon eating dried fish became difficult.

Sometimes, if Mo Hua was careless, it could snatch one or two to fill its stomach.

If Mo Hua was fully focused, it basically couldn't eat a single fish, only standing by the wall, staring fiercely at Mo Hua.

But this fierceness was somewhat strong on the outside and weak on the inside, a bit ineffective.

Mo Hua knew the taste of an empty stomach wasn't good, so he also pretended to be careless and let it eat a few dried fish.

One month passed like this. Although the demon cat wasn't full, it wasn't starving either, and its size had grown a circle, reaching five feet in length.

Mo Hua knew the time had come. This cat demon couldn't be kept any longer. If he kept it, and it grew a bit bigger, one day if he wasn't careful, it might eat him.

The nature of demon beasts wasn't that easy to change.

Mo Hua didn't think of killing it either, but planned to follow the agreement and release it.

Although the cat demon didn't understand human words and didn't know about this agreement.

One evening, Mo Hua put the cat demon into the iron cage, covered it with a black cloth, and took it outside Tongxian City, to the foot of the mountain closest to the outer part of Dahei Mountain.

Demon beasts and other living things couldn't be put into storage bags, only in iron cages.

Mo Hua even specially covered it with a black cloth just to avoid being discovered by other demon hunters who might directly strike and kill it.

Mo Hua saw that there were no people around, uncovered the black cloth, opened the gate of the iron cage, and released the cat demon.

When the cat demon saw the surrounding mountain scenery and forests, it was startled at first, then its eyes showed joy.

But it didn't leave, instead looking at Mo Hua with a vigilant expression.

Mo Hua said to it: "I am following the agreement and releasing you. But remember, it's best not to eat people, otherwise if we meet later, I will definitely kill you. Even if I don't kill you, other demon hunters should also kill you."

"People aren't actually that delicious. Eating more fish isn't bad either."

"If you don't provoke cultivators, relying on your movement talent, you should be able to live a bit longer..."

Mo Hua didn't care if it could understand, and chattered on with instructions. Then he waved his hand at it and said:

"Go."

The cat demon looked at Mo Hua doubtfully, tried taking a few steps, and found that Mo Hua didn't stop it, even nodding affirmatively at it.

The cat demon's courage then grew a bit. It walked step by step towards Dahei Mountain. When it was about to enter the mountain forest, it suddenly accelerated, and with a "whoosh," it darted into Dahei Mountain.

Mo Hua let out a breath.

This could be said to be a win-win situation. His Passing Water Step had already achieved small success, and should be at ease when dealing with cultivators of the same realm or with demon beasts.

And this cat demon had also been sent into the mountain forest.

Dahei Mountain was so big, they probably wouldn't meet again later. Even if they did, this cat demon had grown up and its appearance had changed, so he might not be able to recognize it.

He only hoped it wouldn't kill other cultivators, and it was best if it didn't die at the hands of other demon hunters.

But this was not something Mo Hua could control.

Mo Hua felt relieved, carrying his small hands and whistling, and went home.

Meanwhile, in the mountain forest of Dahei Mountain, the cat demon hadn't gone far, but crouched in the grass, secretly observing Mo Hua.

After seeing Mo Hua leave, the cat demon's vertical pupils revealed a trace of doubt. After a moment, its pupils opened, memorized Mo Hua's retreating figure, then looked left and right, cautiously heading deeper into Dahei Mountain.

The cat demon passed through the mountain forest, crossed over the poisonous swamp, climbed up the mountain rocks, and arrived at a small stream between the mountains.

Seeing that there were neither cultivators nor other demon beasts around, the cat demon leaped into the stream, using the stream water to wash off the dust on its body. After a moment, it went ashore, shook off the water droplets. The cat demon's black patterns became even deeper, and its white fur also became more crystalline.

At the same time, the flower pattern on the cat demon's forehead also gradually became clear, gradually showing the character "王" (Wáng - king).

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