Chapter 182 – Cat Dad Takes Undine’s Class
Xiaomao cooked a fish steak and gave them to Nyanko and Mama Cat. The two rushed to the plates and ate them as if they hadn’t eaten anything for days.
The sight of hungry cats looked pitiful. He looked at the crew, wondering if soone could temporarily work here as a babysitter for his cats.
Lucky wagged her tail. She crouched and watched the cats. As for the n, they fiddled with their inventory nu, sorting their items without caring about the cats.
Since the boys were not interested in cats, Xiaomao had no choice. He looked at Lucky.
“Lucky, this might sound bad, but could you take care of my cats here, munya?”
Lucky’s dog ears perked. She smiled, “So, I get to stay here and play with them?”
“If you want to, you can play with them. But be sure to feed them every six hours, munya. I’ll leave so cooked fish steaks with you to feed the cats.”
“Can I eat so of them?”
Xiaomao broke a sweat. He sighed, “How about this? I’ll leave enough fish steaks for 7 days worth, but I’ll only be away for about a day or two. Can you handle it?”
“Leave it to , master!” Lucky accepted the task without hesitation.
Seeing how enthusiastic she was, Xiaomao was relieved. He bid farewell to the cats and pressed the security door’s button, opening the sealed door.
The boys and Xiaomao left the room. After they left, the door automatically closed behind them.
In front of the treasure room, Undine was waiting for him. As for Nymph, she had left.
Undine passed the key card back to Xiaomao, “I sent Nymph back to her post to take care of the dungeon expansion. For now, I think you should hold on to the key card. You will need it to access the treasure room.”
Xiaomao took the key card back. He was disappointed.
“I was planning to ask her how to create a new dungeon floor, munya. Oh, well.”
Undine lightly snorted, “You can consult with from now on. But before that, I need your confirmation. Will you join the rmaid Kingdom?”
DING
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Faction Quest: Joining rmaid Kingdom
The rmaid Kingdom is one of the prominent countries in this world. 95% of their population lives in the sea while the rest has occupied an island to live on land. Their territory covers 40% of the seafloor and the chained island north of Seaside Town.
Joining this faction will benefit you in many ways. However, becoming an official citizen of their nation isn’t easy. As Naless Undine has said – You need a dantian and a proper spiritual root.
Quest Objective: Increase one of your spiritual roots to over 1,000 and awaken a dantian by using a spirit stone.
Quest Reward: rmaid Kingdom Official Citizenship, Friendly Relationship with the rn and the rmaids.
Failure Condition: You join another faction while the quest is active.
Failure Penalty: The rmaid Kingdom will be permanently hostile to you.
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The faction quest window appeared and reminded Xiaomao of his unfinished task. This quest had been sitting on Xiaomao’s quest list for the longest ti. Now, Xiaomao could finally complete it.
“Yes, munya!”
Undine revealed a bright smile, “Very well. Give a drop of your blood.”
Without waiting for Xiaomao to react, Undine wiggled her finger, and a droplet of his blood ca out from his third eye. The sharp pain was sudden, but it vanished instantly.
DING
Many reactions from various kingdoms of the ga surprised Xiaomao. He knew so of them, but he never heard of Spear Demoness and Frozen Union. Fortunately, these organizations seed to be allies or friends of the rmaid Kingdom.
Still, Xiaomao ended up making another enemy by joining the rmaid Kingdom. He wondered what Solomon and his underworld demon’s problems were.
“Can I ask you sothing, munya?” Xiaomao looked at Undine.
“Yes?”
“What’s the current stance of the Netherworld. Are they our enemy, munya?”
Undine closed her eyes and slightly frowned. She took a deep breath before she explained.
“From what I know, Solomon and his demons stole the Netherworld Realm from a demon goddess and offended many other chaos demons. Of course, the demon goddesses retaliated, but they were outnumbered, so the conflict continues until now. Sotis, Lady Chang’e deployed task forces to weaken Solomon, but they also sent troops to attack the rmaid Kingdom.”
“In short, we’re at war, munya?”
“Correct.”
Xiaomao rubbed his temples. No wonder why the rmaid Kingdom quickly collapsed after Pangu’s followers attacked them – They had too many enemies and war fronts.
Learning the truth from Undine, Xiaomao understood the issues. Now, he simply had to strengthen the country.
“Let’s talk about the awakening next, munya.”
Undine opened her eyes and carefully examined Xiaomao. Then, she noticed sothing.
“Aren’t you already a 1st-Stage Mortal Cultivator?”
Xiaomao dryly laughed in embarrassnt, “I thought I could awaken the class properly under your guidance. I got this class by an accident, and I don’t know if I have all basics down, munya.”
“I see,” Undine rubbed her chin and leaned closer to Xiaomao. She picked him up and flipped him around as if she was searching for sothing.
“I get it. It seems that you inherit sothing from an artifact. Your dantian is in dormant for a long ti even though you’re a cultivator.”
Undine put Xiaomao down. She pulled out a pair of cushions and a large rectangular rug from her inventory window. Then, she cleaned the floor with her mana and put the rug and the cushion down.
“Sit.”
Xiaomao hopped on the cushion while the n stood behind Xiaomao, wondering what they were doing.
“Since you’ve officially joined us, I’ll teach you a proper cultivation technique as a gift.”
“Okay, munya!”
Xiaomao was delighted. His tail swiped left and right, being excited.
Undine glanced at the four n behind Xiaomao. She blinked several tis before she put four extra cushions behind Xiaomao.
“You can also listen.”
Andrew, Peter, John, and Jas brightly smiled. They took a seat and listened to the lecture.
Undine proceeded, “First off, I want you to know how to cultivate manually without the system’s help. Close all the system nus first.”
Xiaomao closed all system windows and panels. The retainers also did the sa.
“Good. Now, let’s talk about the general knowledge of cultivation. First, to cultivate, you must be in the right place with abundant Qi in the air, which is not inside this dungeon.”
Xiaomao pouted while the n were dejected. They thought that they could cultivate here.
“Don’t be disheartened. The Qi is too thin here, with the right resources, you can still cultivate.”
Undine brought out a spirit stone and showed it to Xiaomao, “Rember what I asked you the last ti we t? Do you still have a spirit stone?”
Xiaomao brightly smiled and brought out a leather pouch, full of spirit stones. He showed it to Undine, “Are these enough?”
“More than enough,” Undine nodded in approval. Then, she looked at the n behind Xiaomao. “Give one each to your retainers.”
Xiaomao passed the spirit stones to the crew. Everyone got 10 each while Xiaomao kept the rest.
The lecture continued, “Next, put one spirit stone in your hand. Do not let it touch another part of your skin other than your palm. Then…”
The lecture and practice continued.
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An hour later
DING
The spirit stone in Xiaomao’s tentacle turned into smoke. He didn’t gain stats like when he used them like consumable items.
However, all Life Qi in the spirit stone was stored in Xiaomao’s tentacles and muscle fibers. Even his blood cells now carried a strand of Qi.
DING
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