Those Years I Cultivated as a Cat

Xing Ye turns into a black cat, the kind everyone on this backward planet considers unlucky.

Day one on the backward planet: a long-tongued monster bites his ear, and he sleeps in a doghouse.

Day two on the backward planet: people mistake him for an evil spirit and try to drive him away, but the Daoist priest chases after him, begging to take him as a disciple.

Day three on the backward planet: he goes up the mountain to cultivate, and has to pay out of his own pocket to repair the temple.

Xing Ye: "…"

Xing Ye: "Who exactly is the unlucky one here?! I'm just a little kitty!"

Things have been a little strange up on the mountain lately. The shabby temple next door has taken on a new Daoist, except the new Daoist is a black cat. Ever since he arrived, the shabby temple next door keeps bursting into golden light!

The black cat also keeps going to dig in the dirt behind the mountain.

The first time, the black cat walks past a group of young Daoists with an exquisitely carved, top-grade gourd in his mouth.

The second time, he passes by with an ancient copper coin sword in his mouth.

The third time, the young Daoists finally can't take it anymore. They grab the black cat by his hind legs and hold up their shovels. "Black Cat Adept! Take us with you!"

Xing Ye: "Let go, I'm bringing this for my kid."

The Daoists: "?"

The Daoists are always trying to secretly lure Xing Ye over to their temple.

Then one day, they see the black cat sprawled across a man's shoulder. Purple qi swirls around the man, whose eyes shine like stars and whose manner is as gentle as jade.

The Daoists: "Who is that guy?"

Xing Ye flicks his tail and answers confidently, "My kid."

The Daoists: "…"

Lin Qingnan narrows his eyes. "So you're the ones trying to lure my black cat away?"

The Daoists: "Heh heh, we wouldn't dare..."

A simple story about a little cat slaying demons and exorcising evil, raising a kid along the way, and helping a Daoist temple grow and thrive.

Reading Guide:

- A seemingly gentle top with an intense possessive streak and a ruthless hidden side x a wise, career-driven, reborn interstellar traveler

- The protagonist is a cat at first, but can return to human form later in the story.

- Updates every other day. Once things calm down, updates will be daily. I'll post a notice if I have to take a break.

- The writing isn't great, so please skip it if that bothers you.

Upcoming Novel

"The Underworld's Star Deliveryman"

The population of ghosts in the underworld grows every year, and the delivery business is booming.

Chi Qi is a dedicated ghost-reaper deliveryman who works all year round, braving wind and rain on every delivery.

Thanks to his considerate, attentive service, he makes a name for himself in the underworld and earns the title of Star Deliveryman.

Lady Meng: "This young man is wonderful. I urgently needed ghosts for my soup, and he brought them in just a few minutes."

The evil ghosts he happened to catch along the way: "…"

The hanging ghost: "*&#%&%"

Chi Qi: "Of course. I've made sure your order comes with hot wax oil. Drink it while it's warm."

The hanging ghost blushes and makes a heart with his tongue.

The famous Miss Mary: "I was taking a tomato bath in the castle, and Little Chi climbed all the way from the first floor to the third to bring my food. He's so dedicated!"

Chi Qi, who has crossed mountains and rivers into another country's underworld, smiles professionally. "Underworld delivery. We always deliver."

At some point, the world starts getting strange.

Lu Mo is pulled into the world of death again and again. Though he's cold and aloof, he develops a silver tongue for dealing with ghosts and manages to escape several dangerous situations through sheer eloquence.

Then he meets a ghost in a black trench coat, and things get weird.

Soup Lady: "Don't let me catch you. I'll throw every one of you into the soup!"

After the man in black arrives: "*&#%&%"

Soup Lady takes it, turns around, and waves them away. "What are you waiting for? Get lost!"

The survivors: "…"

The hanging ghost: "&%*%#." Its grotesque tongue whips wildly through the air.

After the man in black arrives: "*&#%&%"

The hanging ghost turns around, lashes out with its long tongue, and throws them out of the inner world.

"…"

Even Miss Mary, whose encounters have an extremely high death rate, feels so cheerful when she sees the man in black outside her window that she flushes them out through the bottom of the toilet.

The blood-red survivors: "…?"

From then on, the survivors respectfully call the man in black the "Lord of Light," meaning a light in the darkness.

So, in one death world, everyone watches as the usually aloof Lu Mo walks up to the Lord of Light.

Lu Mo: "Elegance is your calling card, and handsome is the perfect adjective for you. I'm utterly infatuated with you."

Chi Qi: "Here to apply for a delivery job? You're articulate. You're hired."

Lu Mo: "…"

(A spoof version of an infinite-flow novel.)

A smooth-talking man and ghost team up to con other people (and ghosts).

Theme: Whether you're a person or a cat, you have to work hard to live a happy life.