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"Master of the House, everyone outside takes pride in enslaving beasts, so why are we, the Cheng family, so special?"
"This is our ancestral teaching! If it weren't for our forebear sacrificing himself to gain the favor of the White Tiger, how could our Cheng family have prospered?"
"Ancestral teachings? Those are just outdated ideas! The White Tiger saved us, but we have honored and supported it for so many years. Isn't that enough?"
"Do you truly want us to remain beneath other families forever?"
"Master, times have changed! In the past, we relied on the White Tiger's protection, but now we have the strength to defend ourselves. Now it is the White Tiger that cannot leave us!"
"Look around; aside from our Cheng family, which beast-controlling family treats it like this?"
"If it were truly sentient, it wouldn't allow us to be in such a predicament."
"Exactly, Master! If anything, it owes us now! We should cancel the life bond contract and switch to a master-servant contract."
As these voices of agreement echoed, a shocking change unfolded within the Cheng family.
The White Tiger, proud by nature, was enraged to learn that the Cheng family intended to confine it and force it into servitude. It left in fury.
Fearing that their family's strength would decline after the White Tiger's departure, the Cheng family forcibly imprisoned their master and took matters into their own hands.
They approached the White Tiger with feigned friendliness while secretly administering a drug to weaken its limbs.
At the last moment, the White Tiger sensed something amiss and bit the leader among them before making a desperate escape.
The members of the Cheng family were furious and felt they had made an eternal enemy of the White Tiger. Afraid it would one day return for revenge, they stationed their younger members at the foot of the mountain.
This was both to gather wealth and to scout for information about it, planning to eliminate it once and for all.
The sorrow in the White Tiger's eyes deepened. Although it had long since healed from its initial injuries sustained at the Cheng family’s hands, they had set up a Spirit Locking Array all over this mountain, preventing its escape.
Any accidental touch could trigger an alert from the Cheng family.
With sadness weighing heavily on its heart, after much contemplation, the White Tiger pushed its three cubs toward Qi Xiao and lowered its head in what seemed like a plea.
Qi Xiao looked down for a moment. "You want us to take them away from here?"
The White Tiger nodded.
There was only one way out for it here, and it couldn't let the cubs accompany it to their deaths. Although it did not trust humans, it could tell that the person before it had no ulterior motives regarding its cubs. Perhaps entrusting them to him was the best choice.
The White Tiger tugged at Qi Xiao's pant leg, pulling him deeper into the cave, where a wave of scorching heat surged forth, flickering with flames. Qi Xiao then noticed that the stone walls were dotted with light, seeping with molten material. As he approached, he could feel an extremely high temperature radiating from it.
Lu Mingyuan nodded at Qi Xiao; being of the fire element, he naturally had a clearer perception of this substance. This was Stone Lava. A fire vein hidden within the mountain could undergo a transformation into Stone Lava after prolonged pressure and nurturing.
Stone Lava had an intense fire attribute and became incredibly hard upon cooling, making it an excellent material for refining tools. Moreover, this substance was highly versatile; no matter what it was mixed with, it would not significantly alter the outcome of the refinement process.
Qi Xiao felt a surge of joy as he took out two stone jars from his jade ring and scraped along the stone wall, filling them to the brim. However, when he reached the back of the wall, which felt cold and gray, and no liquid seeped out after a long while, disappointment washed over him. He handed one of the jars to Lu Mingyuan.
Lu Mingyuan was overjoyed. "Junior Brother Qi, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't have known there was such a thing in this cave!"
Had it been according to Lu Mingyuan's usual style, if he had been chased by a beast for so long, he would have found an opportunity to kill it long ago. He would never have thought to coerce or entice the beast like Qi Xiao did, nor would he have discovered Stone Lava.
Scratching his head, he felt that he had been too rough in his previous actions and wondered how many things he had missed out on.
Qi Xiao lowered his head and plucked a four-leaf red flower from a crack in the stone, unable to suppress his delight. Earlier, when he had been entangled with the White Tiger, he sensed something was off. Even though this White Tiger was at the mid-stage of Golden Core and could overpower them in battle, his spiritual attacks should have affected its spirit. Under both spiritual and physical assaults, there was no way this White Tiger could grow stronger.
From that moment on, he suspected that this White Tiger must have found some treasure to enhance its spirit; otherwise, it wouldn’t be unaffected by his attacks. And indeed, amidst all this Stone Lava, there grew a plant known as Spirit-Enhancing Grass!
Qi Xiao eagerly gathered all the little flowers from the stone wall while the White Tiger gritted its teeth in frustration, growling repeatedly but could only watch as that greedy human ransacked everything here.
"Quiet! Do you still want to leave this place?"
Of course it wanted to take its cubs away. The White Tiger couldn't help but feel dejected but suddenly lifted its head in excitement and began pacing at the entrance. Had that human just said to let it leave?
"Is there a way to make it leave?"
Qi Xiao chuckled lightly, "Now, don't you think we're being greedy?"
The White Tiger shook its head vigorously. "As long as we can get it out of here, I wouldn't mind if they took this place forever, even if it means giving up these little flowers and the stone slurry."
"We're not going to raise a beast; you can handle the cubs on your own."
The cubs nearby seemed to sense their mother’s joy and stumbled over to the White Tiger. One of the cubs, marked with a royal pattern, lost its balance and fell into the White Tiger's embrace with a thud.
The White Tiger lovingly picked it up and licked it, while the other two cubs obediently snuggled at its feet, basking in their mother's affection.
Qi Xiao handed a handful of small flowers to Lu Mingyuan, who shook his head. "Junior Brother Qi, I'm a body cultivator; these little flowers are more useful for you. You should keep them all."
He had heard Qi Xiao mention the uniqueness of his cultivation method, which focused on the spirit. Such techniques were rare, and the materials needed for cultivation were certainly hard to find.
It was difficult to come by the Clear Grass that could enhance the spirit, and Lu Mingyuan wished he could give all of it to Qi Xiao.
Feeling a warmth in his heart, Qi Xiao thought for a moment and accepted all the flowers without hesitation. "Brother Lu, if we encounter anything else later on, I'll leave it all to you."
Lu Mingyuan smiled.
After tidying up for a while, they left the cave dwelling.
Qi Xiao specialized in swordsmanship, while Song Xiaoling had considerable skill in formations. When he helped her organize her bookshelf, he had come across many things and had some understanding of common spirit-locking formations.
Generally speaking, the larger the range of a formation, the weaker its effect becomes. The Cheng family was neither too big nor too small; setting up a spirit-locking formation that could cover an entire mountain and trap mid-stage Golden Core beasts would certainly require significant resources.
Given that it had lasted this long, Qi Xiao felt there must be something unusual about it.
He took out a compass and flew around with his flying artifact, searching in all directions. At the foot of the mountain in every direction, he discovered a black stone used as an anchoring stone for the formation.
Qi Xiao landed and stroked the stone's surface, pondering for a moment before suddenly realizing something.
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