Chapitre 21: [Snow Tiger]
Jian Ning swiftly arrived at the location of the rich spiritual aura he had sensed earlier.
Unsurprisingly, he was greeted by an enormous white tiger with black and silver stripes. The beast was a snow tiger, over 4 meters long, exuding a terrifyingly glacial and bestial aura. Such monsters can easily reach the peak of rank 1 in adulthood, and it's not uncommon for some to surpass this limit and reach rank 2.
Snow tigers are quite rare in this area; they are generally found in the frozen peaks of certain high mountains.
Jian Ning quickly averted his gaze from the beast after judging it posed no danger to him and began searching for the treasure at the origin of this exceptional spiritual aura density.
"There you are," he said to himself upon spotting a massive tree behind the snow tiger.
The tree was easily over 15 meters tall, but what made it even more unique were its frozen leaves and a strong aura of ice and wind. On its frozen branches were indigo blue fruits resembling peaches, though these fruits were much larger than the peaches he was accustomed to finding at the market.
"Ling, analyze these fruits for me."
[Ding, beginning analysis...]
[Ding, analysis complete. The fruit is a yin ice spiritual fruit: known to help those with yin bodies awaken their physique. It also has a chance to awaken an ice or wind talent in the eater if they don't have an ice body. Additionally, it increases the cultivation of those with ice or wind talents.]
"Ling, if I eat this fruit, can it enhance my wind talent?"
[Ding, to enhance your wind talent, you would need to eat several. Ling has calculated that you would need to eat a minimum of five to enhance your wind talent without using any W.E. However, with your current W.E, it would only take a few hours at most.]
Hearing this, Jian Ning felt a surge of excitement. He quickly counted the number of fruits on the tree and found seven that were nearing maturity.
Jian Ning quickly considered killing the snow tiger to secure the fruits as soon as possible, but he was surprised to see the tiger moving away from the spiritual tree behind it.
"It's impossible for this beast to have sensed my presence," Jian Ning thought, observing the great distance between them.
Curious about why the snow tiger was moving away from its precious treasure, Jian Ning, hidden in the woods, looked in the direction the beast was heading and smiled.
"He arrived sooner than expected," he thought as he saw a young man approaching.
The young man had an ordinary face with black hair and bright golden eyes. It was obviously Jian Shi, Jian Ning's adopted brother.
"I'll leave him the prey; I'm only interested in the fruit," Jian Ning finally said before heading towards his objective. Although a bit surprised by Jian Shi's speed, he didn't take it to heart; after all, everyone had their secrets.
He quickly ran towards the tree and began meditating underneath it. Additionally, the aura here was more concentrated, making cultivation slightly faster. So it was best to cultivate a bit before significant events.
[Ding, congratulations to the host for cultivating for one minute, +41 cultivation points, +40 W.E]
[Ding, congratulations to the host for cultivating for one minute, +41 cultivation points, +40 W.E]
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~~ Meanwhile, with Jian Shi ~~
The tiger looked at Jian Shi as if he were a delicious meal.
Though it held some restraint towards Jian Shi, it didn't treat him as a threatening adversary.
Normally, the snow tiger would have let Jian Shi go, especially when the fruits it had so diligently protected and waited for were about to ripen.
But for this very reason, today it couldn't let Jian Shi leave. After all, it had encountered humans before and knew that if it let one human discover its treasure, that human would likely return with several stronger humans to steal it.
In its mind, the tiger already envisioned Jian Shi dead and in its stomach to prevent the information about the fruit from leaking.
After all, though they were at the same level of cultivation, monsters are naturally stronger than humans. It takes about five normal cultivators to defeat a beast of the same level.
So a cultivator like Jian Shi would normally never survive.
After all, it usually takes five rank 9 body tempering cultivators to kill the beast.
So a single rank 8 body tempering cultivator could only await his death.
Of course, unless he were a genius with strong skills or born with a special body.
Roar!
The tiger roared dominantly in front of Jian Shi, then leaped towards him, opening its mouth wide to reveal knife-sharp fangs.
"Even a level 1 beast dares attack me! Ha!" Jian Shi laughed dominantly before clenching his palms into fists. Then he shouted.
"It must be at least a profound rank technique," Jian Ning thought, observing from afar.
Jian Shi roared dominantly as a flaming lion's head condensed around his fists.
Whda!!
Jian Shi struck with great force towards the tiger, who attacked with its fangs.
Seeing Jian Shi's attack, the tiger felt a small fear, realizing the immense energy in the blow.
But that didn't stop it from continuing its attack. After all, although it couldn't match the energy in the strike, it planned to defeat Jian Shi with its large, powerful body, a good strategy, especially for a beast that hadn't yet developed significant intelligence.
Jian Ning judged that this beast might even surpass rank 2 if it had more time.
"Too bad you met a child of fortune! *Mental sigh* Poor beast, your near future doesn't look bright," Jian Ning commented silently, glancing at the battle between Jian Shi and the tiger before continuing to cultivate.
Boom! ... Bam!
As Jian Ning had predicted, although the tiger could take a few blows from Jian Shi, it ultimately lost.
After all, Jian Shi was using a profound rank technique. So the fact that the tiger survived so long was due to luck and its physical power.
The battle lasted over 10 minutes, and the fruits would reach maturity in about an hour.
<Jian Shi's P.O.V.>
I am currently heading towards the spiritual tree I found after fighting a snow tiger at the peak of rank 1.
"Luckily, I have this ancient technique that serves as my spiritual sense; otherwise, I wouldn't have known there was such pure aura here," Jian Shi thought as he continued advancing.
It didn't take him long to get there, as Jian Shi only took the tiger's fangs as proof and left.
Although he left the tiger's body at the battle site, it wouldn't cause too many problems since the battle site and the spiritual tree were quite far apart.
...
Arriving at the spiritual tree, he was surprised to see a figure cultivating beneath it.
"Who are you?" Jian Shi asked menacingly, his fists igniting.
"You don't recognize me anymore, brother?" the figure said, lifting his head to reveal a handsome face illuminated by a brilliant smile.
<End of P.O.V.>
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
-- Classement
Power Stone 
-- Power
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