The river, as smooth as silk, flows through the forest. Its surface is wide and its water is gentle, but the rushing sound tells the creatures that this is not a water source without danger.
Didn't you see that even the continuous, icy snowflakes couldn't freeze it? The ever-decreasing frigidity only cooled the river water by a fraction.
Sunlight shimmered on the river's surface, and schools of fish lurked beneath the surface. At an undercurrent, colorful figures were carried by the current into the river channel.
"Splash!"
The sound of water splashing was incredibly pleasant. Tiger Dad carried Lin Qian in his mouth and swam quickly toward the riverbank.
Unable to find a way out of the forest, the father and son were forced to drift along once again.
This time, the tiger dad was not injured or unconscious. He carried his cub and successfully rushed out along the underground river.
However, he was swept away by the current and hit a rock, but with his current defensive capabilities, it was only a superficial injury.
Lin Qian quickly shook off the water droplets from his fur, looking at the fur that was still covered with a layer of ice crystals with a sense of helplessness.
The temperature here is so high that water freezes instantly.
There's nothing we can do, let it freeze if it wants, it's not cold anyway.
Tiger Dad shook his body, quickly getting rid of most of the ice shards. Then, he rubbed his paw across his cub's back, cleaning the ice shards off Lin Qian completely.
Tiger Dad's parenting skills are really amazing now!
Thumbs up!
Seeing the familiar, snow-white, and vast forest, Lin Qian breathed a sigh of relief. Being trapped in a place without food was truly a terrifying thing.
The forest is full of towering trees, and even in the heaviest snowfalls of previous years, there are always some places under the trees that are not covered.
Tigers will try to walk in these small areas that are not covered by snow to minimize the noise they make when they move.
Experienced hunters don't walk through the snow, partly because it's physically exhausting, and partly because the sound of breaking ice and snow can easily scare away prey.
But this winter, those little tricks are clearly no longer effective, as the deepest snow in the forest has reached two meters.
If Lin Qian hadn't remembered the date, he probably would have forgotten that it was only early winter.
Looking at the thick snow under his feet and the icicles hanging from the trees, Lin Qian knew that the tremendous changes brought about by the revival of spiritual energy had begun.
The tiger dad sniffed around, gathering information; his mind was now completely focused on the tiger mom and the others.
We've been apart for several days, and I don't know how things are going.
In a cave, a tigress lay in a steaming pool of water, taking a comfortable hot bath and falling asleep.
Unlike Lin Qian and his son, the tigress failed to return to the forest via the underground river. When she resurfaced from the river, she was swept into this underground cave.
Its strength was no longer sufficient to support a second "diving rafting" trip, so it could only explore the surrounding area.
Perhaps Lady Luck was on its side; after walking for half a day, the tigress found this hot spring-like pool deep in the cave, where there were also a few small fish.
Although the fish was small, only about half the size of a palm, its flesh was delicious and rich in spiritual energy, several times more so than the spiritual fish Lin Qian had caught before.
The tigress ate three small fish in the pond in one go, and then felt feverish all over and fainted.
The tigress's body probably couldn't withstand the sudden influx of spiritual energy, which is why she fell into a coma to digest it.
The pool, shimmering with a faint light, was crystal clear. Three small fish swam carefree and oblivious around the female tiger, occasionally touching the colorful fur scattered in the water, seemingly very curious about her coat.
Fortunately, the little fish did not mutate to have offensive capabilities, otherwise the tigress's situation would probably be a disaster rather than a blessing.
The spiritual energy in the air did not disappear after a period of time as it usually did. This time, the spiritual energy continued to exist between heaven and earth. Although the content of spiritual energy was very low, it was much better than the situation where there was none at all in the past.
Walking through the woods from day to night, Lin Qian suddenly called out to Tiger Dad to stop and rest.
It wasn't that he was tired, but rather that he felt the cooldown of "Gathering Spirit" was about to end, so he used the skill at the right moment to maximize its effect.
Finding Tiger Mom and the others is important, but without communication, it's just like headless flies trying their luck. We still need to rest.
As soon as the tiger dad heard what his cub wanted, he immediately dug a hole, stuffed the cub into the hole, and then lay down at the entrance. That was it.
Lin Qian was speechless, but didn't know what to say. His father's actions were to protect him, and there was nothing wrong with them, but he just felt uneasy, as if something was off...
Lin Qian thought about it for a moment, then, without wasting any time, used his spiritual sense to gather spiritual energy again.
This was the second time he had used this new ability. The first time, he used it in two separate sessions, and he hadn't paid attention to the passage of time at the beginning.
So he hasn't estimated how long it will last yet, but he can estimate it this time.
Sensing the dense spiritual energy gathering around them, Tiger Dad and Lin Qian immediately entered a state of cultivation.
Tiger Dad's cultivation method is simply sleeping, letting his body breathe naturally. Lin Qian, on the other hand, is trying to research methods of cultivation.
He had previously allowed his body to absorb spiritual energy, and through self-observation with his spiritual sense, he discovered that although he could absorb spiritual energy and continuously strengthen his body and abilities in that state, the efficiency and distribution were not perfect.
If you consciously guide the spiritual energy with your spiritual sense, the absorption speed will be much faster, and the tempering of the body will be more even, unlike the situation where there is more or less as it is distributed autonomously.
A bone that has been strengthened over a long period of time will naturally be stronger than other parts of the body, but those neglected areas will become weaknesses over time, and if attacked, the consequences will be very serious.
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