A tremendous tiger's roar reached the ears of the villagers, who were hundreds of miles away.
Li Mantian immediately sat up and looked in the direction from which the sound came, but unfortunately it was already dark, and no matter how hard he tried, he could only see darkness.
The others were also awakened by the tiger's roar and gathered around Li Mantian.
"Brother Li, is this a tiger? We haven't had a tiger in these mountains for many years. This is terrible."
"Yeah, Brother Li, what do we do?"
"Should we wait? The sound is still far away; maybe it won't come over?"
"That's a tiger! Judging from the sound, it's no small tiger. We wouldn't even be enough to fill its teeth. Should we go down the mountain tonight?"
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The dozen or so people discussed it amongst themselves but did not reach a final conclusion. In the end, they turned their attention to Li Mantian, who was still deep in thought.
Looking at the dozen or so expectant eyes in the group, Li Mantian knew that these people represented a dozen families, and they were all the pillars of their families. Some of them were even the only male members of their families. He couldn't afford to take the risk: "Let's go down the mountain tonight and tell the village chief about the situation on the mountain. We can discuss the hunting matter later."
Everyone was somewhat disappointed, but their trust in Li Mantian left no room for disagreement. They quickly began packing up their belongings, extinguishing the campfire, and heading down the mountain in groups.
The village was quiet under the cover of night, and everyone was fast asleep.
Only Ye Shuang suddenly opened her eyes. Oh no! Something happened to Bai Xue!
The fact that Bai Xue was defeated so easily suggests that, as she suspected, a spirit beast has awakened in the mountains, and she simply doesn't have the power to defeat it!
Ye Shuang looked at Li Shi, who was already fast asleep beside her, carefully stepped over her and got off the bed. She walked out of the room, put a barrier on the two doors behind her to make sure they couldn't hear the noise outside, and then turned to look in the direction of the mountains.
If she guessed correctly, the spirit beast was probably coming for her.
For demonic beasts that cannot absorb much spiritual energy in the mortal realm, cultivators are a great source of nourishment.
Sure enough, a short while later, a black shadow floated lightly down into the courtyard.
It was a huge black tiger with blood-red eyes. Most strangely, the tiger had a pair of snow-white wings on its back, which allowed it to enter the courtyard so silently.
The blue-to-black spiritual energy screen emanating from its body was a manifestation of the dissipation of spiritual energy. Ye Shuang was shocked; this was actually a spirit beast that was falling into demonic beast form.
Although there is only a one-word difference between demonic beasts and spirit beasts, the two are worlds apart. Spirit beasts absorb the essence of heaven and earth, and it is natural for them to ascend to immortality. However, if they harm human lives, they will fall into demonic beasts. Demonic beasts absorb human blood essence to increase their strength, which is intolerable to heaven and earth. Every time they advance to a higher level, they must be tested by heavenly lightning. If they are not careful, they will be destroyed.
The tiger lowered its head obediently, opened its mouth and spat out a white figure, which was none other than Bai Xue, whom Ye Shuang thought had been in trouble!
Ye Shuang raised an eyebrow, about to speak, when she heard its deep voice: "I never imagined that the dignified Grandmaster Ye of the cultivation world would fall to such a state."
This is a spirit beast that can speak human language! Ye Shuang was extremely surprised!
This means it has already reached the Nascent Soul stage of cultivation, which is truly remarkable. Spirit beasts are rare treasures in the cultivation world, and having a Foundation Establishment stage spirit beast as a pet is considered extremely auspicious. Not to mention that the one in front of us is at the Nascent Soul stage!
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