Start By Parsing The Sun

Chapter 12: My Cat Attempts to Feed Me

Cheng Han understood the situation and decisively muttered, "Devise a way to deal with... no, eliminate the extraordinary power within the gold coins."

A familiar chill spread across the top of his head.

In the next moment, his vision brightened.

Cheng Han "saw" an incredibly brilliant sun, radiating endless light and heat, surrounded by eerie black clouds.

The sun suddenly expanded, bursting with infinite threads of light. Each thread that struck the black clouds caused them to dissipate slightly.

In just a moment, the black clouds ceased to exist.

Only the sun remained, suspended in the sky.

As if it had existed for eternity.

A prompt immediately flashed: "Proficiency +2, current proficiency is 58/1000, mental value is 4.3/13.4."

Cheng Han was pleasantly surprised, "It's truly unexpected that the True Flame Residual Seal extracted from the sun happens to counteract the extraordinary power of the gold coins."

He looked at the drain and smiled, "Mr. Devotee of the Divine, it seems your luck isn't very good."

It was more than just not good.

It was downright terrible.

Originally, the plan of these devotees of the Divine was progressing smoothly. As long as they waited one more day, they could hold a grand ceremony inside the textile factory.

Unfortunately, a certain high school student suddenly appeared and disrupted their plans.

Not only did it ruin the ceremony, but the devotees also suffered heavy casualties. Even the gold coins, hidden so discreetly, were discovered by their scent.

One word: tragic!

Cheng Han wielded a small shovel and diligently worked underground in the drain. He quickly found the gold coin.

He didn't dare to touch this strange object with his hands, so he used the shovel to pick it up and threw it onto the nearby grass.

It was a brand new gold coin.

Its surface was embossed with a thriving giant tree, the Divine Banyan Tree.

The gold coin also contained a special power.

From the moment it was unearthed, Cheng Han's ears were filled with faint and eerie murmurs, causing his emotions to become uncontrollably restless.

Previously, it was the murmurs of skill predictions.

But now, it was real voices.

Cheng Han couldn't delay any longer and quickly activated the True Flame Residual Seal. His fingertips emitted a faint light as he forcefully poked the gold coin.

At this moment, the gold coin seemed to sense the danger and inexplicably jumped a few times.

"Buzz~"

The gold coin trembled.

The murmurs immediately grew louder.

But it was all in vain.

"Ding!"

Cheng Han's finger accurately hit the gold coin.

The light at his fingertips instantly became extremely bright, comparable to a hundred-watt light bulb. The surrounding air seemed to be affected by the heat radiation, and the temperature rose.

"Ah~"

A shrill scream came from the gold coin.

In just a moment, the sound abruptly stopped.

The gold coin no longer trembled.

Cheng Han quickly deduced the situation and let out a sigh of relief, "The black mist has been eliminated by the residual seal."

He relaxed and felt his head spinning. After checking his attributes, he realized that his mental value had dropped to an extremely low value of 0.2/13.4.

In other words, the short confrontation just now had consumed a total of 4.1 mental points.

Cheng Han rubbed his temples, still feeling lingering fear, "The confrontation of extraordinary powers really drains mental energy. My small physique really can't handle it."

He happily collected the gold coin, thinking, "It wasn't in vain that I worked so hard."

The average person's monthly salary was around twenty silver coins, and one gold coin was equivalent to five months' worth of salary for an ordinary person. This was definitely not a small amount of money.

Cheng Han quickly tidied up the scene and rode away on his bicycle.

In a certain secret room.

A candle burned in the center of the floor.

The flame it emitted was strangely dark green.

By the light, one could see that the floor was covered with smooth stone tiles, on which was engraved a rather large and chilling image.

It was a four-armed giant.

It should have been the position of the head, but it is empty.

Two hands near the shoulders each hold a head, with an extremely eerie smile on their faces.

The two hands below the shoulders each hold a bloody bone staff, as if just taken from a corpse.

"Thud! Thud!"

The rhythmic sound of a cane hitting the floor resounded.

A thin and hunched figure, wearing a floor-length robe, slowly approached the candle.

He coughed heavily a few times and waved his sleeve towards the candle.

"Whoosh!"

A large green flame emerged from the candle, condensing into a face with an ordinary appearance.

The flaming face opened its mouth and spat out a burst of sparks: "Zagu, you have failed."

The hunched figure responded sharply: "There is a traitor among us!"

The flaming face spoke indifferently: "Where is the evidence?"

The hunched figure sneered: "This operation was suspicious from beginning to end. Our undercover agents didn't receive any information, yet the authorities suddenly launched an attack."

The flaming face remained unmoved: "That is a poor excuse."

The hunched figure raised his voice suddenly: "Hachi's 'Soul Lamp' went out, which means the 'Mystery Soul Coin' has been discovered. The remnant soul that escaped was killed!"

The flaming face immediately changed: "What?"

The hunched figure grew angrier: "The concealment of the Mystery Soul Coin is beyond doubt. Without a traitor leaking information, how could the authorities have found it?"

"The remnant soul attached to the coin has a unique form. Only a powerful mystic who is proficient in the realm of souls can detect its presence."

"The Soul faction is difficult to cultivate. It has been decades since a mystic specializing in that faction has emerged in the Tai'an Small Spirit Realm. If it weren't for a traitor, how could the authorities have killed Hachi?"

The flaming face fell silent.

After a long while, he spoke: "I will personally investigate everyone related to Hachi."

He added emphatically: "Everyone!"

The hunched figure snorted: "Once you find the traitor, I will use the 'Human-Faced Worm' to devour his internal organs bit by bit."

The flaming face did not respond and dissipated into blue smoke.

*

Shanyi Lane.

The moment Cheng Han pushed open the door, he immediately heard a cat meowing.

"Meow~"

A black cat crouched at the door, its eyes silently watching him.

Cheng Han praised, "Not bad! You listened to me and didn't wander outside when it got dark."

The black cat stood up, rubbed against his leg, then lightly ran a dozen steps and effortlessly leaped onto a table over a meter high.

Cheng Han's gaze followed, and he immediately froze.

Because on the table, there were three birds.

They were much larger than an adult's palm, weighing no less than half a pound.

These were obviously the spoils of the police chief.

The black cat raised its paw and pressed down on one of the birds, then meowed again: "Meow~"

Cheng Han glanced at the cat's belly and tentatively asked, "Chief, is this my dinner?"

The black cat shook its fluffy tail, as if indicating yes.

A twitch appeared at the corner of Cheng Han's mouth.

He suddenly realized that this black cat seemed to be trying to feed itself.

*

Half an hour later.

Dinner was ready.

Cheng Han picked up a bird leg, took a light bite, and immediately nodded repeatedly.

The meat was firm and chewy, and the taste was quite good!

He suddenly felt that adopting this black cat was a wise decision.

At least he could eat meat without spending money, right?

The black cat crouched not far away, observing him eat, and once again flicked its tail.

After finishing his meal and tidying up the dishes, Cheng Han instructed, "I'm going to rest for a while. You stay quietly in the living room and don't make too much noise, understand?"

"Meow~"

The black cat responded and slipped under the cabinet.

(End of this chapter)