Chapter 5: The Midnight Climber (Part 2)

  Still a distance from the school gate, I already saw Yue and her opponent fighting! A dazzling green shadow, an eye-catching white body, several faint stars shining with orange light quietly watching them as they went back and forth in mid-air, their battle was extremely intense. This is my first time seeing Yue display magic, it's so amazing! By the pillar at the school gate entrance, the principal and headmaster were leaning against each other panting heavily.

  "Principal! Director! Are you both okay? Are you injured?" I rushed over

  "It's okay, as soon as we came out that green shadow helped us to welcome her down and we were fine. What on earth is going on?" The principal asked me breathlessly, the schoolmaster had already fainted and was lying against a pillar."

  "I'll tell you slowly later, for now just know that she's not human, we need to protect ourselves and not let Yu Fen know." I said.

  Two shadows were still entangled in mid-air, when suddenly Yue fell to the ground in front of me. She slowly floated down, and Yue had actually lost! "Yue! Are you okay?! Were you injured?" I quickly helped Yue up. Since Yue was already bound to me as a spiritual companion, I could feel that he had suffered a severe injury.

  Yue stood up with my support: "I'm fine, she's not a spirit! Mingming, use the seal to summon me proactively! Otherwise, we can't defeat her!"

  "Ah! Good!" As I spoke, I took out a needle, which I had taken from my mom at home in preparation for unexpected situations. I didn't think it would come in handy today. I picked up the needle and stabbed it hard on the back of my right hand, blood slowly started to ooze out. I applied the blood to the blue-purple mark on my left hand! At the same time, Yue's body began to change from green to purple! Her eyes became extremely fierce, and she flew straight towards me.

  I didn't expect that while Yue was flying away, she had also transformed! Her whole body turned a very deep color, and since it was nighttime I couldn't make out what the exact color was, but something was swishing back and forth behind her... That's a tail! Heaven! Who told me she was actually this kind of thing?! Scenes from movies about mutants suddenly flashed through my mind...

  In mid-air, Yue and she started fighting again, this time both of them were extremely fierce! In the dark night sky, due to their contact during the fight, tiny sparks were produced. Yue's body had grown several times larger, and each punch was like a heavy hammer coming down! And that evil claw had also grown more than half a foot long! The open sharp claws actually caught Yue's fist, and the two of them were already entwined together. She wasn't even human, so why could she enter our school? Just thinking about it, my hand inadvertently touched my pocket, Ah, that poem! I quickly took out the letter paper to see if I could find anything.

  She and Yue were fighting in mid-air, when she suddenly saw the letter paper in my hand, and immediately became frantic, swinging her tail and sending Yue flying! She rushed towards me at high speed! Just as her claws were about to crush me, she let out a pained cry and crashed heavily to the ground, with a black seal pressed against her back. In the distance, a figure was slowly approaching... Uncle Zhang! I didn't expect Uncle Zhang to be so powerful! He subdued this evil creature in just one move!

  "Uncle Zhang! How did you come!" I said.

  "Hmph, if I hadn't come, your life would be over. Didn't you say not to lightly use blood summoning? You didn't listen!" Zhang Shu stroked his small beard, his eyes fiercely glancing at me... I lowered my head and stopped speaking. Ah, right! Where's Yue?

  "Uncle Zhang, save Yue! He was just beaten down by her and must be seriously injured!" I said anxiously.

  Uncle Zhang: "Don't worry, I've already summoned him to my home, where his injuries will heal quickly. But you! How did you get into such trouble?"

  "It wasn't me who provoked her, she was the one bullying my classmates at our school, that's why I went with the principal to stop her..." I explained. "Hmph, and what happened? You almost lost your life! Luckily I arrived just in time today!" Zhang Shu looked at me with an even sharper gaze...

  "By the way, Uncle Zhang, how did you know about this situation?" I asked curiously. "This, let's talk about it when we get back, first solve this matter," Uncle Zhang said as he walked towards her and took down that black seal. She suddenly jumped up, a mouthful of blood spurted out from her mouth, and her eyes resentfully stared at us.

  "Monster! A small cat demon dares to cause trouble here! Daring to harm human life, aren't you afraid of being struck by the five thunders?!" Zhang Shu shouted loudly.

  "Hahaha! Five Thunderbolt? That must be the one that struck that cheap person! Hahaha... The heavens are unjust!" The cat demon laughed loudly. Listening to the cat demon's laughter, Zhang Shu was also confused and furrowed his brow: "Mingming, what has stimulated this cat demon?"

  "I don't know either, oh right, Uncle Zhang, take a look at this, it's what that cat demon dropped." I said as I took out the letter paper. The cat demon saw the letter paper and started getting agitated again, wanting to come up and snatch it, but didn't dare to move because of Uncle Zhang.

  Zhang Shu took over the letter: "Oh? It's actually a love poem. You scoundrel, quickly tell me the whole story behind this!"

  The cat demon heard this and sat on the ground crying, slowly saying out the original situation. It turned out that the master of this cat demon was a boy in the town, and before his death, he was actually Xiao Qi's boyfriend. The two had been together since fifth grade (oh... nowadays kids...). During middle school, the boy went to high school in the county seat, while Xiao Qi attended our school. Every weekend, the boy would take the bus to our school to find Xiao Qi and go out to play.

  One time Xiao Qi went with that boy to play by the side of Luoxia Lake, which was nearby. The water in Luoxia Lake was more than two meters deep, not very deep, but there was a lot of thick mud at the bottom.

  That day, Xia Qi and the boy were chatting and frolicking on a bench by the lake. However, Xia Qi wanted to play a trick on him and asked him to pick some lotus leaves from the lake for her. The nearest lotus leaves were over a meter away, how could he possibly do that? The boy said it was impossible to pick them, but Xia Qi insisted on doing it herself. As a result, she accidentally fell into the lake.

  The boy, in order to save her, didn't have time to take off his clothes and hastily jumped into the lake to rescue her. When the boy pushed Xiao Qi onto the shore, he himself had no more strength and began to sink slowly. If at that moment Xiao Qi could have pulled the boy up a bit, the boy wouldn't have died. But... when she saw the boy slowly sinking down, she actually ran away... leaving the boy behind, she was saved... The boy slowly sank down, little by little, until the mud slowly surrounded him...

  And this cat demon was the boy's most beloved pet before his death: a black cat. Every time the boy went to meet with Xia Qi, the black cat would quietly follow behind him. That day, seeing its master slowly sink away, it had no way to save him... All that was left was a long, mournful cry... It hated Xia Qi! Hated that selfish girl! She was the one who had harmed its master with her own desires! But she just walked away! And the cat, which deeply loved its master, could only find this poem among the boy's belongings. It knew it wasn't meant for itself, but it carried it with him day and night. This was its only connection to its master... That woman! It must take revenge on her!

  After that, Xia Qi slowly returned to her normal life, while the black cat went to beg their feline clan's elder for help in seeking revenge. The elder pitied her and used magic to attach the black cat to a female corpse as a vessel, allowing the black cat to no longer fear the school's guardian toad. However, the cost of this was that the black cat exchanged ten days of her lifespan for magical powers... Now... it is already the seventh day...

  The black cat couldn't speak anymore... Under the quiet night sky, only a cat who deeply loved its master was left, wailing loudly... Neither I nor Uncle Zhang could say another word...

  But in the end, Zhang Shu was the first to speak: "The matter between your master and that girl is beyond human law, and as a medium, we cannot intervene. I pity you, so this time I will let you go back and see if your clan leader can lift the spell and return your life. But if you still refuse to awaken, don't blame me for taking action... The rules of yin and yang are not to be violated by anyone."

  It's already deep in the night, and the stars are peeking out one by one from the sky, as if witnessing something. And now I no longer have any dislike or hostility towards that black cat. Ah, it can be said: "Fine silk and satin, a stinky leather pouch, where to put all these emotions?" Love has never thought about whether there's a return, but that happy person will lose the only treasure in his life in an instant.

  The black cat listened to Uncle Zhang's words and slowly stood up, as if she was going to fight to the death. I thought to myself, "Don't do it! She can't possibly win against Uncle Zhang!" But instead, she knelt down straight away: "Thank you for listening to my story, I understand that as a yin-yang master, you have already shown me great kindness. Although I may not be able to avenge myself now, having you two listen to my tale is enough. Thank you both, I will go accompany my master..."

  After saying these words, the black cat used her sharp claws to pierce straight into her heart! Before I could stop it, the cat had already fallen to the ground. As I walked in front of the cat, my tears somehow started falling drop by drop. The cat's body transformed into a sparkling white light that slowly flew up into the sky...

  "Come on, let's go back and get that arm of yours treated," Zhang Shu said, turning his head to face the director who had been quietly watching the whole process. "I hope you'll keep tonight's events confidential and never mention them again, or it will be harmful to you." The director hastily nodded, and Zhang Shu began to pace back and forth. I gently took out the love poem, folded it neatly, and placed it where Hei Miao had flown up to. In the hazy night sky, I seemed to see the cat's pure smile...