Free Web NovelChapter 416: Chapter 300: Breaking the Rule Unchanged for Over a Hundred Years, the World Sees New Changes
If the two little stray cats hadn’t eaten the beef strips Zhou Tongtong fed them, they might have actually gone for the small piece of sausage the little boy tossed over.
But now they were both stuffed, so they naturally ignored the temptation of the little piece of sausage.
A rather scrawny little boy, seeing that the food his friend tossed failed to catch the two little stray cats’ attention, spoke up.
"It’s no use! Those two little guys couldn’t care less about the sausage you tossed them."
"That’s weird. Why aren’t the two of them eating sausage today? They’re usually not like this..." the little girl said in confusion.
Sometime earlier, these kids had discovered two new stray cats in their neighborhood. They were thrilled and came together every day to feed the pair.
With a free, long-term meal ticket, the two stray cats that had wandered into the neighborhood naturally never refused an offer.
However, they remained very wary of humans. They only saw these little humans as free meal tickets. The children wanting to pet them was absolutely out of the question.
Although the children had fed them many times, they had never once managed to pet the two stray cats. But that didn’t make them give up.
They figured that if they just kept feeding them, they would eventually build a friendship with the two strays and achieve their small goal.
"Maybe they think the piece of sausage I gave them was too small?"
The stocky little boy saw the two stray cats ignore the small piece of sausage he’d tossed. After a moment of thought, he threw the entire sausage he had left toward them.
The two little stray cats had eaten their fill. No, that’s not right—they were stuffed. At this point, they wouldn’t have been tempted even if a gourmet feast were placed in front of them.
"MEOW..." Little Black and Little White glanced at the whole sausage that had landed nearby. They turned their heads to look at the little humans beyond the shrubbery, flicked their tails, and closed their eyes to doze.
"Still no good!"
"Why, though?"
"Maybe the two of them have already eaten?"
"Probably! They might’ve caught a big rat earlier. Now their tummies are full, and they can’t eat the sausage we’re giving them."
The boys and girls watched the two stray cats lying contentedly in the shade of a distant tree, chattering away.
「Building 3, Apartment 602」
Zhou Tongtong was in the living room watching cartoons when Xia Qing’s voice called out from the kitchen.
"Tongtong, lunch is ready! Go wash your hands and come eat..."
Hearing her mom call her for lunch, Zhou Tongtong immediately hopped off the sofa, grabbed the remote to turn off the TV, and ran to the bathroom to wash her hands before heading to the dining room.
For lunch today, Xia Qing had made beef and rice noodle soup. A large, fragrant bowl of noodles was covered with thin slices of beef—the very same Yellow Ox Exotic Beast Meat that Lin Li had given them not long ago.
"Mom, didn’t you say you were going to use the beef Lin Li gave us to make that yummy beef and potato stew?" Zhou Tongtong asked in confusion, looking down at the bowl of noodles from her chair.
"I went to look for Lin Li just now, but he wasn’t home. So, I’m planning to make the beef and potato stew for dinner instead..." Xia Qing planned to make it for dinner so she could bring a portion over for Lin Li to try once it was ready.
"Oh." Zhou Tongtong, who loved beef and potato stew, nodded when she heard her mom would make it that evening. She picked up her chopsticks and a small spoon, lifted a slice of beef, blew on it to cool it down, and popped it into her mouth.
"How is it? Is the beef noodle soup I made tasty?" Xia Qing asked after seeing her daughter eat a piece of beef and then slurp up some noodles.
"It’s super yummy," Zhou Tongtong said. She put her chopsticks down on the table, patted her little tummy, and added...
"Mom, after the beef got into my tummy, I feel like something is swirling around inside, and my whole body feels all warm..."
After Zhou Tongtong ate the Yellow Ox Exotic Beast Meat, the Spiritual Energy it contained was slowly released and gradually absorbed by the little girl, which was why her body felt so warm.
"Is that right? Well, you should eat some more, then. Eating lots of meat helps you grow up big and strong so you don’t get sick easily," Xia Qing said with a smile, dismissing her daughter’s comment about feeling warm as childish imagination.
Besides, it was the middle of summer. Getting warm and sweaty from eating hot beef noodle soup was perfectly normal.
When Zhou Tongtong heard her mom say that eating more beef was good for her, she subconsciously assumed the warm feeling was normal.
She stopped thinking about it, picked up her chopsticks, and began stuffing more beef from her bowl into her mouth.
Seeing her daughter shoveling beef into her mouth, Xia Qing quickly cautioned her, "Slow down, be careful not to burn yourself."
Nowadays, a lot of children have trouble focusing at mealtimes. They drag things out, eating slowly, and still can’t finish their food after a long while, forcing their parents to watch over them or even feed them by hand.
Zhou Tongtong had no such bad habits. She had a great appetite and quickly polished off the large bowl of beef noodle soup Xia Qing had made.
Seeing how much her daughter was enjoying the beef in the soup, Xia Qing even gave the beef from her own bowl to her, leaving Zhou Tongtong feeling a bit stuffed.
"Mom, can I have some ice cream?" Zhou Tongtong asked as she carried her empty bowl and chopsticks into the kitchen, handing them to Xia Qing, who was washing dishes.
"You can, but you just finished lunch and your tummy is full. Let’s wait a little while before you have any," Xia Qing replied as she washed the dishes.
"Okay." Zhou Tongtong nodded, left the kitchen, and headed for the living room.
She picked up the TV remote from the coffee table, turned on the television, found a cartoon channel, and sat down on the sofa.
GIGGLE GIGGLE... Zhou Tongtong let out a series of clear, bell-like laughs as she watched the cartoon on TV.
Suddenly, she stopped laughing. She looked down, her small, round face full of confusion as she stared at her tummy and muttered to herself.
’Why is that swirling thing in my tummy still swirling?’
Zhou Tongtong reached out and patted her tummy. She thought for a moment and guessed that it would probably go back to normal once the beef was digested.
No longer paying it any mind, Zhou Tongtong leaned back against the sofa, feeling comfortable all over. She laughed happily as she continued watching the cartoon.
At that very moment, the Yellow Ox Exotic Beast Meat Zhou Tongtong had eaten was continuously releasing Spiritual Energy. The energy gathered into a mass that swirled inside the little girl’s belly as it was gradually absorbed.
This process would take quite a while, which was why she felt something swirling in her stomach. The sensation wouldn’t fade for several hours.
As Zhou Tongtong sat on the sofa laughing at the cartoon, the warm, swirling sensation in her belly made her feel increasingly comfortable. Then, her body began to emit a faint Spiritual Energy Wave.
From time to time, an almost imperceptible glint of pale golden Spiritual Light flashed in her wide, round eyes.
If a Tier Two Cultivator had been present and used their Perception, they would have discovered that the intensity of the Spiritual Energy Wave emanating from Zhou Tongtong was gradually increasing—a sign of her cultivation level growing.
The Spiritual Energy Wave she was currently exhibiting was only that of an Awakened who had just Awakened their Spirituality. She was still a long way from breaking through to the First Rank Initial Stage and becoming a true Cultivator. But she was only six years old!
Normally, humans could only Awaken their Spirituality after the age of fifteen, but Zhou Tongtong had just shattered that convention.
If news of this were to spread on the internet, it would absolutely cause a massive uproar.
With a precedent for Awakening Spirituality before the age of fifteen, did this mean the long-held convention that humans could only do so after turning fifteen was now broken?
It had been over a hundred years since Spiritual Energy first appeared on Blue Star. Throughout that entire time, it had always been the case that humans could only Awaken their Spirituality after the age of fifteen...
Now that this convention was broken, ordinary people would see it as a good thing. If people could Awaken their Spirituality earlier, the probability of becoming a Cultivator would be higher. After all, it meant more time to cultivate!
However, for those tasked with protecting social order, this would not be seen as a good thing at all.
A rule that had stood unchanged for over a hundred years had now been broken. Did this mean the world was about to undergo a new, unforeseen change?
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