The mountain road was difficult to travel, but fortunately, they were only out for fun. When they were hungry, they hunted and barbecued. When they were thirsty, they boiled snow and drank tea. They had traveled according to the map that the Blue Phoenix Douque Palace had prepared for many years. They had traveled for seven or eight days while playing and admiring the scenery. They had already traveled more than half the distance, but they had not found a single spiritual herb. They could not help but feel a little discouraged. After moving forward for half a day, they found a mountain valley to avoid the wind and snow. They were prepared to rest there for a while!
It was almost evening. He gathered some dry wood and began to roast the deer leg of a sika deer that he had hunted two days ago. He sprinkled the spices he had brought with him and was roasting it until it was fragrant. Suddenly, a fishy smell came. Li Rui sensed that something was wrong and carefully observed the surroundings. He saw a majestic tiger with beautiful fur and eye-catching eyes stepping on the wind and snow. The black stripes of this tiger were clear and slender, and it was strong and powerful. It was very beautiful.
At this moment, the black jade bead that Li Rui had worn on his chest for more than ten years suddenly throbbed. However, Li Rui did not notice this. Chun Ming and Xia Lian also saw the tiger at this moment. They screamed in fear and ran to Li Rui's side. Li Rui quickly hugged them and the two girls immediately stopped talking. Li Rui still didn't understand why the two girls were so timid. They were so scared that their bodies were stiff.
At this moment, the agile tiger pounced at Li Rui. Li Rui hurriedly hid the two girls behind him and pulled out his hand to block it. However, it suddenly turned around and ran away with the deer leg in its mouth. Li Rui was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that a beast would snatch away the meat that was in his mouth today. Li Rui was so angry that he wanted to catch it. This time, he wanted to catch it and eat its tiger penis ~ gnaw on its tiger bones ~
Li Rui hit the snow beside the charcoal fire, and the snow immediately covered the charcoal fire. Once again, Li Rui hugged the two girls and used his lightness skill to chase after the tiger. However, in this forest, Li Rui was not as fast as the tiger. Moreover, he was carrying Chun Ming and Xia Lian, making it even more inconvenient for him to travel. He really could not catch up in a short period of time. Li Rui was determined to catch up to it and plant a few more Yin-Yang Life-Death Notes on it.
As they chased, they gradually went further and further away. After dozens of miles of mountain road, they suddenly arrived at an open area. A small lake came into view. The tiger also entered a stone cave by the lake in the blink of an eye. Presumably, that was the tiger's nest. This small lake did not freeze in this world of ice and snow, but it was still steaming. There was probably a hot spring at the bottom of the lake that kept pouring into the lake to keep the surface of the lake from freezing!
Seeing a few white lotus flowers growing on the lake, Li Rui couldn't help but think, could it be Tianshan Snow Lotus? Didn't they say that Tianshan Snow Lotus should grow on the top of the extremely high snow peaks? Although he couldn't confirm if it was true, he thought about it and picked it back to preserve it. Even if it wasn't Tianshan Snow Lotus, it must be some other precious lotus aquatic plant.
The environment here was beautiful, the lake water was clear, and the temperature was pleasant. There were hot springs near the lake. The three of them came to the lake and found a kind of red fish that was four or five inches long in the lake. There were also many of them. Li Rui thought that since this place was the home of the tiger, this young master would be with you. Little guy, I don't believe that you won't come out!
After that, Li Rui caught a few fish. Although the fish were small, the meat of these wild fish must be delicious and delicate. Thus, Li Rui and the others set up a straw hut here and wanted to stay for a few days before returning. Everyone looked for suitable trees, hay, rattan, and so on. It took them half a day to build a simple straw hut.
After the house was built, Spring Tea and Summer Lotus prepared food and drink (they brought out quite a lot of dry food and a deer leg from hunting). Li Rui went to the cave of the tiger that also settled down by the lake. He wanted to tease it. Li Rui thought that if he could catch it and bring it back to the Green Phoenix Dou Que Palace as a pet, it would be very impressive when he hunted in the future. Who knew that this tiger was surprisingly smart? No matter how Li Rui teased it, it would hide in the cave and not come out. It must have known that it was not Li Rui's match. If it came out, it would definitely be caught. Li Rui had no choice but to return to the straw shed. He happened to see Spring Tea Summer Lotus processing the venison. Li Rui thought that if he roasted some meat to lure it out, the tiger would not come out. Thus, Li Rui left a few words of advice to Spring Tea and Summer Lotus before going hunting.
Li Rui thought that since the temperature was suitable and there was drinking water, there must be a lot of animals. However, he did not dare to get too close because there was a tiger here. However, there must be other animals secretly coming to drink water. As expected, Li Rui did not walk far before he found a wild boar digging in the ground and eating happily. Well, it was a plant that looked like cabbage. It was really a good cabbage that had been eaten by a pig! Li Rui approached carefully, afraid of scaring the wild boar away. Just as Li Rui was about to attack, the wild boar raised its head to look around and saw Li Rui. However, the wild boar did not run away as Li Rui had imagined. Instead, it charged at Li Rui without hesitation.
Li Rui was shocked. He didn't expect a wild boar to be fiercer than a tiger. Fortunately, he was a martial arts master. He immediately dodged the wild boar's charge and immediately took out the sword he carried with him. He stabbed with his sword and hit the wild boar's neck. In the blink of an eye, hot blood spurted out and scattered all over the ground. The wild boar immediately flipped a few times and fell to the ground.
However, the fatal injury did not kill the wild boar immediately. After rolling, it immediately got up and fled into the distance. However, it did not run far before it fell to the ground again. Li Rui walked in front of the wild boar. He was still breathing. Although the strong preyed on the weak and humans stood at the top of the food chain in this world, Li Rui still couldn't bear to see an animal die miserably. Even if it was just a beast. Li Rui thrust his sword again, hitting the wild boar's heart. Soon, the wild boar died completely. Li Rui cut off four of the boar's legs, but the other parts of the boar's body did not care about him. He would let nature take its course and let it return to dust! Perhaps there were other animals coming to eat him. Then, Li Rui took the pig leg and went to the straw shed.
After returning, Li Rui washed himself in the lake, peeled off his fur, and set up a bonfire to roast it. The water in the lake was especially sweet, and a sip of it could make one feel a slight increase in inner strength. Li Rui looked at the white snow lotus in the middle of the small lake and lowered his head to ponder what made this place different.
After cleaning up the boar legs, he brought them to the thatched cottage. Chun Ming and Xia Lian had already started a fire, so they set up the boar legs and roasted them over the fire. In just a short while, the pork leg began to sizzle and drip oil into the bonfire. The fragrance began to spread. Li Rui saw the tiger sticking its head out but did not come out. When the roast was almost done, Li Rui picked up the pork leg and walked towards the tiger cave. He saw the tiger return to the cave with a reluctant expression. Li Rui walked to the entrance of the cave and shouted,"Big cat, come out quickly. This is for you ~" But apparently, the tiger did not believe Li Rui. Li Rui placed the pig leg by the hole and left, then quietly came back to hide at the side.
After a long time, the tiger stuck its head out of the cave again. Li Rui was speechless. He had never seen such a timid tiger. The tiger vigilantly observed its surroundings to make sure there was no danger before it walked out of the cave and stretched its head out to bite the piece of meat. This time, Li Rui had already hidden himself. Observing it in the dark, he saw that it was a snow-white tiger with black veins. Its white smooth fur was full of luster as if it had been washed by water. The ink-like black patterns were spread all over the white fur, and its body was vigorous and beautiful. For a moment, Li Rui was reluctant to release the Yin-Yang Life-Death Notes that he had prepared beforehand. He was unwilling to torture this beautiful creature. Li Rui suddenly changed his mind and sped up to live at the entrance of the tiger cave.
The tiger was extremely alert. It turned around quickly when it noticed Li Rui. It let out a few low roars from time to time as if it was trying to scare Li Rui. Li Rui looked at it casually and said to it gently,"Big cat, don't be too nervous. I just like you a lot. If you're willing to follow me, I'll let you eat delicious roasted meat every day."'Li Rui said while gesturing, not knowing if it could understand ~~~
It roared again, and Li Rui could clearly feel that it was confused. Li Rui continued,"I just like you very much, and I won't restrict your freedom. If you follow me, not only will you be able to eat meat every meal, but I won't care when you want to leave ~" At this moment, Li Rui clearly saw the stars in the eyes of the tiger, and the tiger roared again ~
Li Rui realized what it meant. It had agreed to him. What a magical, smart tiger!! Li Rui wondered if the Baihu had developed its intelligence by drinking the spiritual water from the hot spring lake, which was why it was especially smart. Li Rui was surprised and said happily,""Big Cat, how about I give you a name?”"Looking at your beautiful and smooth fur, how about we call you Bai Zhi?”
That BaiHu actually took the initiative to approach Li Rui intimately, indicating that he liked this name. Li Rui also stroked its fur happily. Suddenly, Li Rui felt the ink jade bead jump. At this time, Li Rui also noticed that there was a slight existence similar to internal energy in the body of the Baihu that was close to him. It was just that the amount was not much, but it was purer and more condensed than internal energy. This made Li Rui very curious. Could it be that this tiger was once raised by a master, like a divine eagle that was lonely and defeated? Was that why it was so human? And it just so happened to learn some kind of extremely brilliant internal energy!
Li Rui didn't know if it was as he had guessed, but he didn't think too much about it. He thought that it was fate that he could see this tiger and that it was willing to follow him. Why was he so worried?
When Li Rui brought Bai Hu back to the straw shed, Chun Ming and Xia Lian were both shocked." Young Master, why did you bring her back? Could it be that she has already been subdued?"”Li Rui knew from their expressions that they were afraid that the tiger would attack when they were not paying attention because they had already seen the cunning of this tiger.
Li Rui smiled and said,"Don't worry. She'll be our partner in the future. I'll name her Bai Zhi. You guys greet her!"”Chun Ming and Xia Lian temporarily put down their doubts and looked at the tiger. They saw that the tiger was indeed so docile, as if it really understood human language. "Hello, Bai Zhi, we are Chun Ming and Xia Lian ~" Bai Hu stretched out his claws and growled. Chun Ming and Xia Lian were also surprised. They seemed to understand what Bai Hu meant. He happily caressed the tiger's fur and talked to her.
Li Rui went to the side to continue the two girls 'unfinished roast meat while thinking about what was similar to internal energy in Bai Zhi's body. When Li Rui came back, he carefully investigated Bai Zhi's internal energy circulation method and realized that Bai Zhi was only slowly producing internal energy through simple breathing. Li Rui's Nanhua Xiaoyao Sect was a Daoist sect, so he immediately thought of the four stages of Daoist Qi Refinement, namely," drawing qi into the body, refining qi into spirit, refining spirit into virtual entity, and refining virtual entity into Dao."
The cultivation of martial arts was different from Taoism from the beginning. The first stage was " refining into Qi ". Li Rui's personal understanding of martial arts was to continuously develop the potential of the human body and condense the essence in the body into Internal Qi. Daoism was to draw in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the body and then gradually nourish the flesh. The difference in the first stage of cultivation was the most fundamental difference between martial arts and qi refinement.
According to the records in the sect, in ancient times, the cultivation of spiritual energy was the main thing. However, for some unknown reason, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth gradually decreased. Only in ancient caves and desolate mountains where no one went could there be a large amount of spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Therefore, from then on, the martial arts and Inner Qi cultivation of the Jianghu people who wandered in the mortal world began to flourish.
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