As Lin Qian watched the crows fly deeper into the forest, he hesitated, when a familiar tiger's roar made him instantly take off running.
It's courage!
Upon hearing Yongqi's cry, whether it was dangerous or not was no longer a consideration for Lin Qian!
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In a desolate, rubble-strewn ruin, a boy huddled trembling in a corner, hoping his brother would find him. "Brother..."
The thought of being automatically separated upon entering the cave made the boy uneasy.
In the novels he'd read, this kind of situation usually meant you had to overcome obstacles on your own, and he didn't even know how he got to this godforsaken place. What if his brother and Amo couldn't find him at all?
What if they're sent to an even more dangerous place...? No! I have to get out!
The boy suddenly became anxious, but as soon as he moved slightly, a "crackling" sound came from the ruins beside him.
"Hehe..." A faint laugh drifted out.
The boy was so frightened that he covered his head again, huddled tightly in the corner, and didn't dare to move an inch.
At that moment, the boy's older brother and the young man named Amo were lying in a low bush, breathing heavily with restraint.
The young man took several deep breaths before his rapidly beating heart gradually calmed down.
A wide smile spread across his blood- and mud-stained face, and his scarred hands gripped a branch laden with fruit.
Despite the excruciating pain from his chest wound, the young man bit into one of the fruits, about the size of a thumb.
An extremely rich spiritual energy instantly spread throughout his body, and the deep wounds that exposed bone began to slowly heal and scab over.
Feeling that his body had recovered considerably, and after confirming the fruit's effects, the young man immediately picked a fruit and stuffed it into the mouth of the unconscious Amo, then placed the branch with three fruits still hanging on it into Amo's arms.
Although he risked his life to pick the fruit, he knew that his contribution was only enough to get one fruit.
It's not that he wasn't envious, it's just that he couldn't bring himself to be ungrateful.
The fact that Amo managed to snatch a branch from so many ferocious beasts this time was mainly due to his efforts in stopping them; he was just lucky.
On the way up the mountain, Amo not only saved the brothers, but if Amo hadn't taken that blow for them just now, he would have been dead.
A moment later, Amo woke up. He remained quiet and reserved, and when he saw the three fruits in his arms, he understood.
The young man smiled and breathed a sigh of relief. It's good that he's awake; now that he's awake, his life is no longer in danger.
This experience was extremely dangerous, and it made the young man realize the difference between humans and beasts. He couldn't help but worry about his younger brother, hoping that the boy would be clever enough to hide well and not try to fight over anything...
Just as he was sighing, the young man saw a familiar branch fall into his arms, its fruit looking very tempting.
"this……"
"Eat." Before the young man could ask a question, Amo uttered a single word and popped a spirit fruit into his mouth. In the blink of an eye, he had eaten two fruits.
The young man glanced at Amo, who was resting with his eyes closed, and silently ate the spirit fruit.
He had considered keeping it, but he knew the fruit's allure; keeping it would only bring danger, while eating it would increase his strength.
With sufficient power, it is safer and more likely to succeed whether it is to protect oneself or to seize opportunities.
At least, next time he encounters a similar situation, he won't have to gamble with his life.
...
The tigress happily hugged half of a one-meter-tall shrub, its branches laden with vermilion fruits, which the young man and Amo had just eaten.
Compared to the two of them struggling to obtain a single branch, the stepmother was much happier.
With a leap, the massive tiger smashed the treetop beast aside, and most of the coveted spiritual fruit fell into its claws. Anyone who dared to try and snatch it would have to see if its ice spikes were blind!
The beasts stared at the enormous, snow-white tiger crouching there, clutching half a shrub, too afraid to approach. But when they saw the white tiger extend its scarlet tongue and devour a whole bunch of fruit, the beasts completely lost their composure!
Some couldn't resist the temptation and attacked to steal, while others turned away to avoid seeing it.
The stepmother didn't care at all; once it got its hands on something, no one could touch it!
Several icicles shot out, and several dinner dishes appeared on the ground in an instant. The half spirit fruit was also eaten by the stepmother, and even the plant was torn apart and chewed up by the big tiger. Although the spiritual energy content of the plant was far less than that of the fruit, it was still spiritual energy.
After such a battle, it has expended a great deal of energy; not a single drop of spiritual energy can be wasted!
Aww, I miss my cub! With my cub around, I can happily "cultivate" again!
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