Unfamiliar Symbol

The morning came, and the birds outside chirped harmoniously as the wind didn't falter to sway the nearby bamboo. Jingyi was still sleeping, so Hyunhei immediately checked on his prey. The four-tailed cat slept peacefully inside the light bubble cage he accidentally created last night. He managed to tame the creature temporarily by giving it a portion of his grilled fish, making it unmindful of his next move. After fixing his bed, he left a note for Jingyi and proceeded to his uncle's chambers. According to the senior disciples, the Sect Leader's chambers were beside the Great Hall of Feng Huang. He had difficulty locating it, but he found the entrance after asking some of the disciples on his way.

Neither guards nor spiritual barriers prevented intruders from coming in, so he welcomed himself and went straight to the lobby. Hyunhei spotted a young lad facing the massive painting on the wall, sipping his morning tea while reading a book.

"Greetings, respectable one. I heed the call to receive an audience from Sect Leader Huo, my uncle."

The young lad stood up and jumped before him, astonished by his politeness. He examined Hyunhei for a moment and gasped.

"Xin Hyunhei?! My beautiful nephew! You're all grown up! Look at you, a stunning grace, the loveliest flower among the Holy Garden!"

Hyunhei was so confused. He thought that the sect leader was an old man. It turns out that this young lad is his uncle, let alone having the title of Sect Leader. His uncle was much shorter compared to his height. He also had the same silver hair, but his eyes were shaded green.

"My dear nephew Hyun-er… I'm so glad that my little brother sent you here! The last time I saw you was when you were still a baby. I can't visit you because of my responsibilities as the Sect Leader.

"Sect Leader Huo—"

"Aiya, just call me Shushu when we're alone."

"Shushu—"

"Oh! The way you call me Shushu is just— I can't bear the cuteness!" Sect Leader Huo jumped to hug his nephew and squeeze him in his arms.

"I also realized I looked like your smaller version, with a different eye shade. Follow me."

He led Hyunhei to the enormous mirror beside his bedroom door. They resemble one another without considering their height and eye color differences.

"Shushu, I need to ask you something." He recalled last night's strange incident and showed him the suppressed four-tailed cat.

"Bailian, my beloved pet! And this cage... it's the Golden Bubble of the Fire Immortal! Where did you learn this? I can't even master this divine spell with my intellectual power!"

Hyunhei mentioned the book he randomly read inside the public library in the Bingwen Capital. He also told his uncle that the book only briefly describes the basic fire spells, and this so-called Golden Cage was accidentally created last night.

"But Shushu, first things first. What's with this little cat?"

Sect Leader Huo explained that the cat's name was Bailian, which means white lotus. The cat was male, and he named him after that because he was a two-faced feline. Bailian is gentle-looking on the outside, but he has an aggressive nature. Also, this creature is the regressed form of the legendary Four-Tailed Beast. It degenerated to this size due to losing most of its spiritual power. Another thing is that after he took care of Bailian, he was fond of grilled fish and managed to steal Hyunhei's fish, maybe because he was hungry last night.

"My Bailian did not mean harm, so please release him from the Golden Bubble."

"I don't have much information about how I created this, but I'll try."

Hyunhei swayed his hand as if wiping something from the air, and to their surprise, Bailian was released. Sect Leader Huo attempted to hug Bailian, but it hopped away, hissing at him. Instead, the feline meowed at Hyunhei and caressed his torso as if making a gentle gesture of, I chose this man as my master.

"Woah, Bailian chose you as his master, Hyunhei. I feel betrayed, waah."

Not long after, Jingyi arrived and was shocked by the sight of his sobbing uncle, comforted by Hyunhei.

"Shushu, what happened? Why are you crying?" Hyunhei told him what happened.

"Jingyi, my handsome nephew!" Sect Leader Huo continued sobbing while talking to Jingyi. At the same time, Bailian seemed happy to have his new master, and a glowing blue crescent moon appeared on its forehead. The same symbol appeared on Hyunhei's right hand.

"Shushu, Yi-gege, what are these?" The two of them stopped their touching reunion and examined the symbols.

"Hmm. This could only mean one thing. It appears when a connection between a servant and their master is successfully created. But that blue crescent moon was so strange and rare. I have no idea what it means." Sect Leader Huo might be a crybaby sometimes, but in terms of these, his actions speak of his reputation as the influential leader of the Feng Huang Sect.

"Maybe the reason behind the appearance of that symbol is the nature of Bailian as a legendary beast?" Jingyi replied. They all considered it a theory.

Hyunhei was overwhelmed by many things that happened overnight, yet he was still happy that he acquired a pet, and it was a cat, his favorite since his past life. When he was still living in Nianzhen, her aunt forbade her to shelter a cat she found. Her aunt hates animal fur sticking to surfaces and the noise of their meowing. She was disheartened by this, but her best friend Rushi volunteered to keep the cat in his home so she could visit it occasionally.

"Since I am his new master, I shall decide a new name for him. I will rename him Shandian, which means lightning." Sect Leader Huo invited his nephews to have breakfast with him.