But when he got about three ters away from the tabby, it zipped into the bushes and vanished.
"Damn it!"
After a mont’s thought, Yu Fei ran out to the pet shop by the entrance, bought a can of cat food and a small bag of kibble, then returned to the spot where the great tabby had disappeared and waited quietly.
Before long, he heard a OW OW coming from the bushes.
Yu Fei gloated. ’Heh, you think I can’t handle you?’
A tuxedo cat erged. Gray quality. His expression froze.
Yu Fei silently put the can of cat food away, only pouring a little bit of kibble into the small bowl.
"Don’t bla for being stingy, man. Life’s tough."
The tuxedo cat finished the kibble but still refused to leave. It repeatedly rubbed against his pant leg and even exposed its belly, but its eyes remained fixed on the can.
Helpless, Yu Fei had no choice but to start petting the cat right there.
He waited there for a long ti, and a large group of stray cats gathered around him.
"Bro, Dad’s making dinner. He wants you to co ho!"
At so point, Yu Wei had co looking for him.
"This cat is so ugly!"
The tuxedo cat had a patch of black fur to the left of its nose, ruining its overall look.
Yu Wei called the cat ugly, but she still squatted down to scratch its chin.
Petting these things was a great stress reliever. Yu Fei really wanted to get one, but considering Mr. Yu’s financial situation, he had to give up the idea.
Raising a cat would cost a few thousand a year, and now wasn’t the right ti.
Yu Fei gazed lancholically into the night.
"You and Dad go ahead and eat. I’m busy with sothing right now."
"Busy? Petting cats?"
She found it a bit strange. In her mory, her brother was never this boring.
"Yes, petting cats!"
Yu Fei’s expression was grim, his tone low.
"You’re crazy!"
"Get lost!"
The night grew darker, and an hour passed.
The late sumr air carried a hint of a chill, and the mosquitoes were out in force. Yu Fei looked at the nurous bites covering his legs while five or six stray cats circled around him.
He held the can of cat food in one hand and the nearly empty bag of kibble in the other.
’Great Tabby, if you don’t show up soon, I guess it just wasn’t ant to be.’
Yu Fei muttered.
Just as he was thinking this, a tabby charged over from the distance with unstoppable force, and a few lighter-colored kittens hastily scrambled out of its way.
Yu Fei saw the familiar sapphire again and excitedly rushed to pour the last of the kibble into the bowl and offer it over. At the sa ti, he opened the can of cat food and placed it before the big boss.
Strangely, none of the other kittens tried to fight for it. A couple of them even started licking their paws. Yu Fei had a feeling they were probably drooling and were only licking their paws to hide their embarrassnt.
’I didn’t realize you were so intimidating!’
Stray cats have their own territories. It seed this tabby was the neighborhood tyrant.
Seeing the tabby lower its guard while enjoying the delicious food, Yu Fei decided to make his move.
He sneakily circled around behind the tabby. The great tabby glanced at him before continuing to eat.
Yu Fei activated the marking ability of the Fate-Defying Pearl. The sapphire on the tabby’s head grew much brighter, glowing brilliantly in the dark.
He grabbed the scruff of the tabby’s neck as if giving it a massage. It didn’t resist.
So, he quickly gripped the tabby’s neck from behind, forcefully pressing it to the ground, while his other hand grabbed its two hind legs so it couldn’t struggle free.
"MROW...AWOOO~"
The tabby was stunned by the sudden attack. The surrounding kittens fled the scene, stopping about five ters away and turning their heads to watch the incident with confusion.
Cats are very curious.
Yu Fei couldn’t possibly kill the tabby. A person could be perverse, but they shouldn’t cross certain lines. He was thinking of just capturing it and rendering it helpless to see how the Fate-Defying Pearl would react.
In his ntal space, the Fate-Defying Pearl flashed. He understood that subduing the target also counted as defeating it, completing the talent copy.
Overjoyed, he let go of the great tabby.
The big boss agilely got up, spun, and leaped back. It leaned back, its tail held high, and opened its mouth wide to let out a threatening sound at Yu Fei.
"HSSS~ GRRR~ GRRR~"
Its fur stood on end.
Yu Fei quickly backed away. Seeing the great tabby was still on high alert, he simply turned and left.
He left only the can and the kibble behind.
Like a sage who had just finished his business.
Tabby: "ow~ (You’re crazy!)"
He hurried back ho, made a beeline for his bedroom, and casually scratched the mosquito bites on his way.
Mr. Yu, who was sitting on the sofa scrolling through his phone, looked like he wanted to say sothing but held back.
He felt that Yu Fei might be under too much stress from his studies lately, acting all jumpy, but seeing his son in such a rush, he didn’t know what to say.
Yu Fei imrsed his consciousness in his ntal space. The light of the Fate-Defying Pearl had dimd sowhat, and there was one copy chance remaining.
The na of the blue-quality talent from the tabby was:
[Super Speed Reaction]
Description: A cat’s reaction ti is seven tis that of a cat’s.
Effect: Increases base neural reaction speed by seven tis.
Feedback from the Fate-Defying Pearl inford him that loading this talent would take an hour, and it was best to remain in a quiet, undisturbed environnt.
So he left his bedroom and told Mr. Yu that he was going to sleep, would close the door, and didn’t want to be disturbed.
Then he went back to his bed and lay down quietly.
Yu Zhiguo was scrolling through his phone when he suddenly felt a bit lonely, so he sent a ssage to his wife asking when she would be back.
’Load talent!’
It was like a numbing electric current passing through his brain, then slowly filling his entire spine and spreading to his limbs.
Again and again.
Due to his body’s self-preservation instinct, Yu Fei fell into a semi-conscious state.
An hour later, he woke up.
’Hmm, sothing’s different.’
He sensed the change in himself. He picked up a pen and let it fall. When he focused his attention on the pen, everything before his eyes turned to slow motion.
Just as the pen was about to hit the floor, he stuck out his right foot and precisely caught it between two of his toes.
"Nice!"
Talents were innate abilities. Yu Fei felt no discomfort; he was in complete control of his seven-fold enhanced neural reaction speed.
Excited, he pushed open the door, planning to find sothing to eat.
He had been too tense to think about food before, but now that his important business was done, he was hungry.
"Didn’t you say you were going to sleep? You even told not to disturb you!"
Yu Zhiguo felt his son was acting very strangely today.
"So what!"
"Hiss~" The old man felt a pang in his teeth. ’What on earth set this kid off?’
Yu Fei was in a great mood.
Early the next morning, Yu Fei couldn’t resist and forced himself through a round of the Ox Subduing Pile Skill.
The blue talent, [Super Speed Reaction], not only provided him with neural reflexes far beyond that of an ordinary person but also, to so extent, enhanced Yu Fei’s control over his body.
After this round of the pile skill, he could clearly feel that his movents were more precise. His super-fast neural reactions allowed him to make micro-adjustnts.
Halfway through the skill, Yu Fei suddenly perceived a faint, warm current surging within his body. It was like a tiny trickle that circulated throughout his body along with the pile skill’s movents before finally dissipating into his skin.
’I’ve entered the threshold of martial arts and achieved Qi Blood perception!’
Yu Fei felt that his future was now full of boundless light, filled with promise.
Without the Fate-Defying Pearl, he believed he could have made his life a little better through his own efforts, but taking it a step further would have been absolutely impossible.
At this mont, although Yu Fei’s body was exhausted, he no longer felt the sense of depletion he used to.
If he hadn’t perceived his Qi Blood, practicing the pile skill would have just depleted his body’s vital energy.
It was called "perceiving Qi Blood," but the process was passive. It could only be perceived once the vital energy within the body gathered and transford into the power of Qi Blood.
This was the threshold of martial arts. So people were stuck here their entire lives, unable to even enter the gate.
If their vital energy couldn’t gather and qualitatively change into Qi Blood, the vital energy they painstakingly accumulated through a round of the pile skill would just be expelled from the body with their sweat. On the contrary, the more they practiced, the weaker they would beco.
Qi Blood, however, would be locked in by the skin, in turn strengthening the epidermis.
The first stage of martial arts, Skin Refining, was the practice of locking in one’s own vital energy. Of course, it also improved the body’s resistance to blows.
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