Seeing this scene, Li Yun was instantly a bit stunned.

After landing, he couldn't help but stare blankly at the black cat.

After careful observation, he realized that this black cat seemed truly unusual, possessing a faint spirituality that ordinary black cats lacked.

Especially the movement just now when it instinctively dodged his left hand's attack; that speed could be described as terrifying.

It was absolutely not something an ordinary cat could do.

"Meow..."

"Meow..."

Just as Li Yun was carefully examining the black cat, the black cat seemed a bit anxious and meowed twice more.

Li Yun came back to his senses, his gaze falling upon the black ring held in the black cat's mouth.

"Hey, little cat... do you want me to take that ring?"

Li Yun didn't actually know if the black cat could understand him; he just asked tentatively, after all, this black cat was indeed a bit unusual.

Who would have thought that upon hearing this, the black cat miraculously nodded its head.

It meowed twice more, seemingly urging him to quickly take that ring.

Li Yun was a bit shocked.

It could understand his words and even actively wanted to give him a ring?

What was this?

A spirit cat offering treasure?

Where did this black cat come from? Was it going to defy the heavens?

Li Yun didn't dare to be careless, a hint of vigilance rising in his heart as he slowly walked towards the black cat.

He walked all the way to the front of the black cat before reaching out towards the black cat's mouth, ready to take the black ring. The black cat showed no intention of dodging; instead, it revealed a look of anticipation, full of spirituality.

Seeing this, the vigilance in Li Yun's heart also lessened considerably.

He thought to himself, this black cat was indeed extraordinary. If it could truly understand human nature, keeping it by his side didn't seem like a bad thing.

But just as Li Yun reached out and grasped the black ring, a sudden change occurred.

The black cat suddenly closed its mouth and bit Li Yun's hand like lightning. Two drops of bright crimson blood with a hint of precious fragrance seeped out and were quickly sucked up by the black cat, which then showed a look of excitement on its face.

"Damn..."

Under the pain, Li Yun quickly pulled his hand back.

Along with it, he pulled back the black ring.

"Shit!"

"What kind of damn cat even ambushes me?"

Li Yun was furious and prepared to pounce and give that black cat a good beating.

Unexpectedly, another change occurred.

The black cat didn't dodge or evade, still sitting on the handrail like a coiled tiger. A bloody light suddenly appeared on its body, illuminating its black fur until it was as red as blood.

At the same time.

A streak of bloody light suddenly flew out and rapidly landed on Li Yun.

Li Yun's movement technique changed rapidly and continuously, yet he still couldn't dodge that streak of bloody light. It was as if the bloody light had already locked onto him, making dodging useless no matter what.

Finally, the bloody light quickly entered Li Yun's glabella.

It actually manifested as a bloody plum blossom on Li Yun's glabella before quickly disappearing.

At this moment—

Li Yun felt a burning sensation in his glabella, and a mass of information appeared in his mind. At the same time, his gaze towards the black cat softened considerably, feeling as if there was a strange connection between them, making them particularly close.

"Blood Soul Mark..."

"Good heavens, this black cat is actually a Spirit Beast, and it actively formed a life contract with me, essentially recognizing me as its master?"

After digesting the information in his mind.

Li Yun couldn't help but be stunned.

A Spirit Beast!

Although he didn't specifically know what kind of existence this was, its ability to understand human nature and actively form a contract to recognize a master already indicated its extraordinariness.

This was equivalent to gaining a great benefit for free.

Especially thinking about the black cat's agile and rapid speed just now, Li Yun had no doubt that if this fellow went berserk, an ordinary True Qi Realm Martial Artist would definitely be scratched to pieces!

Keeping it by his side was equivalent to having an extra helper when fighting.

He had struck gold!

Thinking of this, a smile couldn't help but appear on Li Yun's face, and he tried waving at the black cat: "Come, little fellow, come over here!"

"Meow..."

The black cat also retracted the bloody light from its body and returned to its normal appearance. Seeing Li Yun wave, it let out a cheerful meow and, with a whoosh, leaped into Li Yun's arms.

Good heavens!

Its small head hitting Li Yun's chest actually made Li Yun feel a slight pain.

Not only was the little fellow fast and strong, but even its head was incredibly hard.

Li Yun became even more pleasantly surprised.

Holding the black cat, he started gesturing to it. What surprised him was that he could somehow vaguely understand the black cat's meaning.

After communicating intermittently for a while, he finally got a rough understanding of some of the reasons.

It turned out that this black cat had originally been living on Heavenly East Mountain all along. Relying on its speed and agility, it often secretly snuck into the territory of the Heavenly Martial Sect.

This time was no different.

What was different was that this time, after squeezing in through the Martial Repository's ventilation window, it was attracted by the precious life fragrance on Li Yun and actively chose to recognize Li Yun as its master.

As for how it got into the ventilation window, at Li Yun's request, the black cat demonstrated it on the spot, and Li Yun was completely stunned.

The fellow flickered to the ventilation window, a layer of bloody light silently appeared on its body, and its body mysteriously shrank several times, becoming smaller than a sparrow.

It went in and out of the narrow ventilation window without affecting its flexibility at all.

It was absolutely amazing!

Li Yun completely understood that he had truly found a treasure this time.

Immediately, he thought of the black ring.

He quickly asked again what was going on?

As a result, the black cat was also a bit confused this time. This fellow actually didn't know what the black ring was either, only that it dug it out from a cliff face in a cave on Heavenly East Mountain.

Ever since it dug out this ring, it had kept it in its mouth.

Li Yun couldn't help but feel dizzy.

What the hell, you don't know what it is, so why give it to me?

Li Yun picked up the black ring, looked at it, and was about to return it to the black cat. Suddenly, as if possessed, Li Yun instead put the black ring onto the ring finger of his left hand.

With just this one action.

Good heavens.

The black ring suddenly emitted a spiritual light, rapidly shrank, and tightly clasped the ring finger. Then, like something that had taken root, it couldn't be taken off.

"Damn, what the hell?"

Li Yun instantly became anxious. It was already strange enough that the black cat was a Spirit Beast, but this broken ring actually clung to him as well. Was everything surnamed 'Clingy' or something?

Li Yun vigorously tried to pull it off, refusing to believe in evil.

But unexpectedly, not only could he not pull the ring off, but he instead rubbed the ring finger of his left hand until the skin broke and blood seeped out. After the blood seeped out, it was absorbed by the ring.

The ring that absorbed the blood actually also emitted a streak of bloody light.

Immediately, it slowly faded away, and finally, the entire ring directly disappeared beneath the skin. No one else could see it except for Li Yun himself. Even the black cat perked up its head and stared directly at Li Yun's left hand, looking utterly confused.

Just at this moment—

Another mass of information appeared in Li Yun's mind.

"Divine Artifact Heavenly Origin, Dream Ring Hides Truth!"