"I, the Black Cat Heavenly Empress, have lived for countless years but never in my eight lifetimes have I taught someone."
A feminine voice filled with untold majesty resounded in Erik's head. Suddenly, the little black cat under Erik's eyes transformed into a giant monster whose size eclipsed even the biggest black holes in existence.
Its little golden eyes turned into a giant sun shining in the void. The void itself started to twist and turn as if it would collapse at any moment.
"Young man, do you accept this Black Cat Empress as your master?"
Erik was about to faint; the scene in front of him was too much for him. He was like a bug that had seen the grand reality of the world. His tiny head was going to explode from too much information.
[Ding! Higher Being Enormous Tower is dissatisfied with the Black Cat's action and wants to kill the cat. Luckily Madcarrot comes to the rescue and stops him.]
Erik was having trouble processing his words. He had forgotten how to speak. No matter how much he tried, he wasn't able to speak, and in the end, only with his sheer will did he nod his head.
"Good! Good! From now on, you are my disciple." The Black Cat nodded and the vision that Erik was seeing disappeared. The cat returned to its original appearance.
Suddenly, a resolute look appeared on the cat's face and with a slightly painful look in her eyes she muttered, "Disciple, forgive the master for doing this but I have no choice."
The Black Cat Empress pointed her little paw in the direction of Erik's forehead. All the memories of the earlier incident were sealed by a runic formation. In the future, when Erik grows strong enough, they would be automatically unlocked.
The damage that Erik suffered was also recovered.
[Ding! Challenge completed. 5 Origin Stones have been credited to your account.]
[Ding! Higher Being Enormous Tower is feeling frustrated and is disappointed with the action of Black Cat.]
[Ding! Higher Being Madcarrot is feeling happy for your survival.]
Erik's mind was suddenly bombarded by three consecutive notifications.
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"What is this little bitch Enormous Tower saying?" Erik cursed Enormous Tower in his head and at the same time, he was also touched by Higher Being Madcarrot's concern. But he survived what?
Erik's mind was filled with confusion, and then finally his eyes landed on the Origin stones. With these stones, he could live for one more month.
Like every sane human being, Erik wanted success in whatever he was doing. Success is easy to come by if you have enough money. And with success came even more money, and just like this the cycle continued.
These 5 Origin stones were not just 5 stones for Erik; they were everything for him at this point.
"Meow! Meow!"
The Black Cat jumped and sat on top of Erik's shoulders and looked at Erik annoyingly. At first, Erik was surprised by the Black Cat's action and wanted to stop it, but then he remembered.
He had just accepted the cat as the master. It would be extremely rude to do something like this. After hesitating for a moment, he didn't stop the cat and let it use his shoulder as a chair.
Time continued to pass and evening arrived. Erik moved through the whole garden skillfully, with a black cat perched upon his shoulder. In these three or four hours, he tried to gather as much information as possible, focusing mainly on two things: firstly, cultivation and secondly, about the man who beat him last night.
Erik couldn't forget how the man humiliated him for nothing. Fortunately for Erik, the man seemed to be really popular. He was easily able to find a lot of information about the man. The man who gave him a good beating last night was the head of the servants that took care of this garden, and his name was Little D. Nobody really knew how he got his name, and Erik wasn't curious about it anyway.
[Ding! Higher Being Tjjfche has sent you one Origin stone.]
"One more Higher Being," Erik exclaimed unconsciously. Earlier he was worried that if Higher Being Madcarrot quit his channel he would die, now that three Higher Beings were in his channel he was a little relieved.
[Ding! Higher Being Enormous Tower and Higher Being Madcarrot are shocked by the presence of Higher Being Tjjfche.]
Erik got a notification once more, but this time the notification was a little weird. Higher Being Tjjfche seemed to be really popular as two other Higher Beings had recognized him.
After this short episode, things continued as usual with only one slight change. The Black Cat Empress was looking at her disciple with worry in her eyes. Her disciple was muttering unknown words in a gibberish language.
"Hsjskbdkk jekeond ekdnk."
She didn't understand a single thing. Was her first disciple a retard? She, in her eight lifetimes, had never heard such words before. Erik didn't notice anything different and continued to do his business of collecting information.
All this time, he hadn't managed to find anything about cultivation. Erik didn't have a single idea of how a person cultivated. He was sure about one thing: none of the people present in the garden were cultivating as he didn't find any fields or plows.
Suddenly, the noisy garden fell silent. All the workers stopped doing whatever they were doing and looked at the entrance of the garden with various emotions.
A girl dressed in red robes had entered the garden. Erik's mind went blank when his gaze landed on the girl in red robes. He had never seen such a beautiful girl before.
Her cherry red lips, skin white as snow, and black hair that flowed like a waterfall made her appearance devastatingly beautiful. She was the embodiment of beauty. The girl walked forward and moved through the garden. No one came to stop her. Whatever courage the servants had disappeared like a puff of smoke.