An unintentional Willow becomes a Shade.

"Hey!"

Carrying a puppy, a white cat dropped down from the roof and didn't sway at all when it landed.

After standing firm, Duke was just about to put down the puppy when the door of a nearby house opened a crack. A little head wearing a tiger hat poked out with a sneaky look on its face.

The tiger hat first looked left and right, then forcefully snorted up its own snot.

"Mom won't let me go out, she even said there were child snatchers, she must be trying to scare me. How could there be anyone wanting to snatch a snot-nosed kid like me who eats a lot and farts stinky farts!?"

"She's tricking me, wanting me to study more words and play outside less, that's why she said that."

"Humph, I'm so smart, running out early in the morning, mom definitely can't find me!"

The tiger hat kid snorted up his big snot again. His little body squeezed out from the crack in the door.

As soon as the tiger hat looked up, he saw a white cat holding a ginger puppy wearing a tiger hat and staring back at him.

Du ke blinked. Why did he run into this snot-nosed kid again?

The tiger hat kid pointed at Du ke, opened his mouth wide, full of horror in his eyes.

Du ke thought for a bit, then opened his mouth wide, revealing sharp teeth, while his eyes narrowed happily: "Out and about so early eh, had breakfast yet?"

The next second,

The tiger hat kid bawled loudly, rushed back inside his house door.

"Mom, mom, that white cat came to snatch me!"

"Mom!!"

Amidst the cries, Du ke and the puppy looked at each other and laughed.

"Let's go to the riverside."

After putting down the puppy, Du ke leaped onto its back, steady as riding a horse.

Feeling the cat's weight, the puppy shook its head, the knot on the tiger hat shook along.

Seeing the puppy shake its head, Du ke adjusted the tiger hat to avoid blocking its eyes.

"Awoo!"

The puppy howled and carried the cat, dashing forward. Soon they disappeared at the end of the street.

Right after the cat and dog left, the tiger hat kid brought his mom to the door, bawling: "I just wanted to sneak out to play. That white cat was at the door carrying a dog waiting for me!"

"A dog carrying a white cat?"

The tiger hat kid's mom looked outside. No one was there at all.

Seeing this, the tiger hat kid's mom glared and grabbed his ear, dragging him inside.

"What white cat?"

"Also, what do you mean you wanted to sneak out and play?"

"Didn't I tell you, you can't run around outside, there are child snatchers right?"

"Why don't you listen?"

"Wah, I'm not lying, there really was a white cat!"

............

Du ke didn't know about the tiger hat kid's troubles, and would have just laughed it off if he did.

What good could come from a four or five year old running around outside early in the morning? It'd just cause trouble for the family right?

Giving him a good scare is for the best, at least it'd make him stay home properly.

Qian Sui had been missing for two to three days already. For the trafficker to occupy that black cat's time for so long, they must have some skills.

With such traffickers skulking around Mao City, the children really should stay home.

Who knows when that bastard trafficker will change their tastes, from newborns to older kids?

"Alright, we've arrived."

Seeing the riverbank right before their eyes, Du ke patted Shi San's head and said softly: "Let's find a less crowded spot. See those reed marshes over there? Let's go there."

Hearing Du ke, the puppy changed directions, circling around crowded areas towards the distant reed marsh.

At this time, wisps of blue smoke were already rising from the chimneys of riverside houses. The smoke drifted along the river breeze. Many people also came out of their homes with snacks, ready to start the day's work.

Not just humans were awake, many cats were also trotting along the riverbank, beginning their day.

As Du ke got the puppy to take him to the reed marsh, some cats had already slipped inside.

Clearly, it wasn't just Du ke who knew the ice had thawed and the fish were moving.

As the saying goes, when waters warm ducks know first, cats also know when ice thaws and fish start swimming.

In the reed marsh, Du ke commanded Shi San towards where the reeds met the water.

As the water levels fell, the soil in the reed marsh was dry. The puppy walked briskly atop it.

But in summertime, when water levels rose, this reed marsh would become part of the river again.

Soon, the puppy carrying the cat arrived at the water's edge after passing through clumps of reeds.

Seeing the cool river waters before him, Du ke jumped down. As soon as he landed, Du ke heard a splash.

The white cat looked over. A long-haired cat with mostly white fur dotted with brown spots was walking out of the water with a fish as big as an adult's palm dangling from its jaws.

As the long-haired cat strode from the water, beads of water also rolled off its damp fur.

The droplets slid down its fur like a string of pearls breaking apart as the pearls fell.

Du ke blinked. He was rather curious about this water-fearing cat.

After all, cats loved dryness by nature, and had a layer of oil on their fur that, if exposed to too much water, would breed skin problems.

Since Du ke had a human's mind in a cat's body, he did not fear water. The medicinal bath water he used when first bathing was specially prepared by Xiao Hei Pang. So there weren't too many considerations.

The long-haired cat glanced at Du ke and calmly stepped over some reeds, sitting on the flattened reeds.

Meanwhile, the fish in its mouth still struggled for life, frantically wagging its head and tail.

Yet the long-haired cat firmly held the fish in its jaws without relaxing one bit.

Seeing Du ke looking at it, the cat turned its back towards Du ke, only leaving him its rear view, before leisurely eating the fish.

Du ke tsked. But he did not look further, immediately scratching patterns into the ground along the riverside instead.

After using his claws to scratch a concave-shaped pattern in the dirt, Du ke shot Shi San a look.

"Dig it open!"

The already stirred up puppy immediately pounced at the lines Du ke scratched, madly waving its front paws to dig a hole following the outline.

They say little dogs know how to dig ditches, using hooks to dig holes.

At first glance, it was unclear whether it was using hooks to dig ditches, or using ditches to employ hooks.

The puppy dug fervently and wholeheartedly. Soon, an concave-shaped hole appeared amidst the flying soil.

Du ke allowed river water to flow into the deep hole. He then took out a twice-refined Xue Qi Pellet from his black cauldron space, extending his sharp claws to scrape off some of the pellet's powder and let it dissolve into the water in the hole.

Du ke then stuffed the Xue Qi Pellet into his mouth, took out a Moon Blossom Pellet, and continued scraping powder to dissolve it in the water before stuffing the Moon Blossom Pellet into the puppy's mouth.

Having exerted excess energy through activity and obtained a Moon Blossom Pellet, the puppy was naturally overjoyed, laughing with eyes scrunched up.

Du ke chuckled at the puppy, then waited for fish to take the bait.

For Du ke, catching fish was simply digging a hole, scraping powder off some pellets, then letting the fish deliver themselves into his net.

As the scent of the Xue Qi powder and Moon Blossom powder spread through the river water, the previously still surface suddenly erupted with splashing water.

Innumerable large fish crowded and shoved towards the water hole. At the same time, Du ke cracked his neck.

"Shi San, time to catch fish!"

Du ke stood at the passage connecting the hole and the river. The one foot wide passage allowed fish to easily crowd from the river into the hole.

Du ke stood at the edge of this passage. When big fish came through, he hooked them with a paw and slapped them dead with his other paw.

Then, without need to gut them, he directly stuffed the fish into his black cauldron space.

As for slightly smaller fish, Du ke simply hooked and flung them aside.

Too tiny, can't appreciate them, it'll be cat feed instead!

The long-haired cat from before now gaped in shock watching Du ke catch fish so casually and effortlessly.

It looked at the half-eaten fish in its own mouth, then at the fish Du ke didn't want. The long-haired cat instantly plunged into self-doubt.

Was I just too useless, or is he too strong?

There's even catching fish like this?

While one cat fell into doubt, the fishy smell also attracted more cats over.

In the blink of an eye, Du ke at the edge of this pond was surrounded by dozens of cats. All the kittens unanimously pressed down the reeds and sat on them, staring absentmindedly at Du ke's side catching fish.

At this moment, Du ke had already caught more than twenty big fish, and the number of small fish thrown out was countless.

Du ke casually hooked a small fish and threw it towards the group of cats, conveying feelings through spiritual rhyme fluctuations.

It's time to eat!

Through the spiritual rhyme fluctuations, all the kittens pricked up their ears, staring at Du ke without blinking.

The fish Du ke had thrown out earlier landed in front of some cats, and those cats would take away the fish, while the others continued to wait.

Gradually, more and more cats got fish, and the big fish Du ke had accumulated in his black cauldron were also piled up like a mountain.

Du ke moved his mind and put the big fish into the black cauldron for refining into pills, while continuing to catch fish at the same time.

He had used this blood food pill for catching fish in Steaming Cloud Mountain before. Now he added more powder of Moon Flower Pill, making the effect even more remarkable.

Thirteen was also helping him catch fish, but it was learning from him to pick those small fish and throw them towards the cats.

In just one incense stick time, more than a dozen cats gathered around Thirteen. These cats were lined up in front and behind, waiting to be fed by the dog.

The cats that had eaten the fish given by the dog came to the dog’s side and raised their front paws to press the dog for milking massage.

Seeing this scene, Du ke shook his head with a laugh, but seeing so many kittens looking forward to it, he also accelerated.

Today I will let you eat until you can’t move!

Except for the bigger fish, Du ke threw all the medium-sized and small fish out to feed the cats.

In this process, Du ke suddenly sensed something with his spiritual rhyme and looked towards the group of cats. More than two-thirds of these kittens emanated quite strong spiritual rhymes within their bodies.

Du ke was stunned for a moment, then directly inhaled towards these kittens from mid-air.

Then, all the spiritual rhymes emanating from the cats flowed into Du ke's nose, while Du ke practiced the heavenly mechanism spiritual rhyme sensing chapter to refine the spiritual rhymes with one heart and two purposes, never stopping throwing fish out.

Perceiving the rhyme kinds that were being filled, Du ke couldn't help laughing: "It really is that when one unintentionally plants flowers, the flowers bloom; when one unintentionally inserts willows, a willow shade forms!"

Just after he finished saying this, the water in the river channel suddenly splashed, revealing a huge creature.

Its scarred, uneven scaly back rose slowly, and a pair of ghastly green eyes stared at Du ke.

As the huge creature swayed its body and moved closer to the shore, it also let out a roar like a pig and dragon from its throat.

"Humph!"

Upon hearing the roar, Du ke immediately looked towards it. Those cats that heard the roar immediately fled and scattered like birds and beasts, abandoning their fish. Only Du ke and the clueless dog were left here.

The dog cluelessly looked at the fleeing cats, howling somewhat puzzledly.

Why are you running away? We were just enjoying it!

Come back and continue!

Du ke narrowed his eyes instead, looking at the massive creature nearly twenty meters long, and muttered: "What a huge Pig Dragon!"