Chapter 45: Possessed by a Cat Demon

Shi Xiaofei gave Jiang Baiyuan a strange look, then lifted her chin. “Sister-in-law, what’s wrong?”

As if suddenly realizing something, she stretched out her arms like a mother hen protecting her chick, blocking in front of Shen Chujin and staring at Jiang Baiyuan warily.

“This is my sister-in-law. Don’t even think about making a move on her!”

Her brother’s friend was just a flashy peacock, flirting everywhere, playing around with women left and right.

She absolutely wouldn’t let him get close to her sister-in-law!

Her sister-in-law was under her protection!

No one was allowed to steal her away!

Jiang Baiyuan looked at Shi Xiaofei in disbelief, then glanced at Shen Chujin.

For a moment, his face was like a painter’s palette, changing color over and over — a real spectacle.

He stared at Shen Chujin in shock. “You’re actually that mysterious wife of Shi Yi!”

After a while, he nervously patted his chest.

Fortunately, he hadn’t confessed to Master Shen.

Otherwise, if Shi Yi found out, who knew what sneaky tricks he’d use against him!

Although he wasn’t sure whether Shi Yi really liked his wife or not,

one thing was certain — no one was allowed to covet his things.

Anyone who laid eyes on his stuff ended up… very badly…

Seeing Jiang Baiyuan’s expression, the Lu family was all a bit confused.

Had this kid taken some bad medicine?

Why did he look so shocked?

After asking around, they learned it was just a misunderstanding.

The powerful master he mentioned was actually Grandma Mo’s precious granddaughter-in-law!

It was really… like a flood washing over the ^[1]“大水沖了龍王廟，一家人不認識一家人” is a Chinese idiom. Literally, it means: “A flood washed into the Dragon King’s temple—family members failed to recognize each … Continue readingDragon King’s temple — family members not recognizing each other.

Once that was cleared up, the Lu family eagerly took Shen Chujin up to the villa’s second floor.

“About three nights ago, around midnight, Xiao Beibei suddenly started screaming loudly, and no one could calm her down,”

The matriarch Lu sighed as she walked, describing the strange things the little girl had experienced.

“She didn’t just scream, she also smashed things everywhere. Both her sounds and movements were exactly like… a cat.

The most frightening part was that her eyes would turn blue during this time!

That night, she continued like this until past two in the morning, then suddenly stopped and fell into a coma.

The next day when she woke up, she was completely normal, as if nothing had happened.

But that same night at midnight, it started again!

Today marks the third full day.

Every day, it happens right on time.

Afterward, the coma periods have been getting longer and longer, and she’s been looking more and more exhausted when she wakes up.

We took her to the hospital, and all the tests were done, but nothing abnormal was found.

So we began to suspect that it might be something unclean, some kind of evil spirit.

That’s why we thought to invite you over to take a look — to find out what exactly is going on.”

Listening to the matriarch Lu, everyone’s faces were filled with worry.

Dark circles showed under each of their eyes — clearly none of them had slept well these past three days.

While they spoke, the group had already reached the innermost room on the right side of the second floor.

The matriarch Lu’s eldest grandson knocked on the door.

Soon, the door opened from the inside.

A young woman appeared before them.

She looked worse than anyone else present — her skin pale and dull, heavy dark circles under her eyes.

She was the matriarch Lu’s eldest grandson’s wife, Lu Xiaobei’s mother, Lu Wanying.

Knowing that someone had been invited to examine her daughter today, she quickly stepped aside to let them in.

“Xiao Beibei is still in a deep sleep.”

She glanced at the large bed not far away, her eyes immediately reddening.

“She was awake around this time yesterday, but now…”

The longer her daughter remained unconscious, the worse her condition was getting.

It felt like an enormous stone was pressing heavily on her chest, making it hard to breathe.

Her daughter was her life — she truly couldn’t imagine what she would do if anything were to happen to her.

Shen Chujin stepped forward first and walked to the bedside.

On the pink princess bed lay a delicate little girl, as flawless as a finely carved jade statue.

She was about two years old and was quietly sleeping with her eyes closed.

Shen Chujin bent slightly, reached out her right hand, and gently used her thumb and index finger to pry open the little girl’s eyelids.

She checked the left eye, then the right eye.

Seeing the heavy expression on Lu Wanying’s face, she couldn’t help but ask, “Master Shen, what exactly is wrong with my daughter?”

Looking at Lu Xiaobei’s chubby little face, Shen Chujin’s voice grew serious.

“She’s possessed by a cat demon. She is unconscious now because the demonic aura is poisoning her, which is why she hasn’t woken up.”

“What? Possessed by a cat demon?!”

Hearing this, everyone present was stunned, their eyes filled with disbelief and shock.

“Yes,” Shen Chujin nodded.

“If this condition continues, your daughter can only be saved within four days at most. Even if it drags on two more days, your daughter will become mentally impaired and it will be very difficult for her to recover to normal.”

At these words, everyone gasped sharply.

It was that serious!

“What should we do then?”

Lu Wanying grabbed Shen Chujin’s arm desperately and looked at her pleadingly.

“Master Shen, please, you must save my daughter. She’s still so young — nothing must happen to her.”

Shen Chujin patted her hand to comfort her.

“Don’t be anxious for now. The most important thing is to understand why that cat demon possessed your daughter and harmed her.”

From what she currently understands, the spiritual energy in this world is very weak, which not only makes cultivation harder for practitioners but is also unfavorable for all living beings in their cultivation.

Therefore, spiritual creatures in this world should be extremely rare.

Creatures like demons that can possess a person are even more scarce.

Generally speaking, they would cherish their cultivation achievements and would not waste their own power harming a child.

Because doing so would affect their own cultivation level to some extent.

If they want to ascend, harming people basically makes that impossible.

“Think about it, has your daughter recently encountered anything related to cats?” Shen Chujin asked.

Upon hearing this, Lu Wanying’s pupils trembled.

Her mouth opened slightly, as if she had suddenly remembered something.

“Could it be because…” she looked up at Shen Chujin, “Three days ago, I was driving my daughter back to my mother’s house. When passing a fork in the road, I accidentally…”

She hesitated and struggled to continue.

She took a deep breath and then continued, “I accidentally hit a kitten. It suddenly dashed out from the road entrance. Although I braked in time, I still…”

Thinking about the bloody scene at that moment, she shuddered.

“Did the cat die on the spot?” Shen Chujin asked.

Lu Wanying nodded.

Shen Chujin frowned, “Do you remember how big the cat was?”

“It should have been… a very young kitten, just recently born, very small.”

“So, you didn’t get out of the car to bury it, but drove away directly?” Shen Chujin asked again.