The Scent of Blood

"Mmm! This snow rabbit meat is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. When you take a bite, its juices burst in your mouth, and rich meat juices appear."

"Perfect, perfect taste, this snow rabbit tastes so delicious."

Xuan Ye took a bite, closed his eyes, and savored the taste. Of course, he wouldn't ignore the White Tiger beside him.

After opening his eyes, Xuan Ye threw the remaining four iron rods on the shelf to the White Tiger, putting them into its mouth.

After chewing for a while, it spat out four iron rods. After eating, it squinted its tiger eyes, rubbed its belly, and looked very cute.

"Sigh! How can you taste anything if you eat so fast?" Xuan Ye smiled slightly, looking at the enormous White Tiger in front of him.

However, Xuan Ye's gaze soon shifted from him to the two snow rabbits in his hands, and he began to savor them carefully.

Xuan Ye only needed to eat two snow rabbits to feel comfortable in his stomach, and that was his favorite feeling.

If you eat too much, you'll feel very full and even bloated, which is a very uncomfortable feeling.

After finishing the two snow rabbits in his hand, Xuan Ye licked his lips, tidied up the iron frame in front of him, created some water with his chakra, rinsed the iron frame and iron rods with the water, and then put them back into his Storage Scroll, preparing for the next use.

After rinsing, flames were created again, this time with significantly increased temperature and destructive power. The purpose of creating the flames this time was to clean up the bones.

After a burst of flames appeared, the bones in front of Xuan Ye instantly turned to ashes, and the snow melted into a large puddle of water after the flames disappeared.

"Little White, let's go! We've already eaten, let's just wander around! Anyway, there's nowhere else to go now."

Xuan Ye's voice became somewhat low. After all, he had only just left Jiraiya and hadn't been away for long. He was still very unaccustomed to traveling alone.

"Awoo! Awoo!"

The White Tiger let out a few low growls, seemingly trying to Xuan Ye.

"It's alright, I'm fine. How could I become depressed just because I'm away from Jiraiya- sensei!"

"I'm a powerful ninja now, I won't be defeated by these things!"

Then, a smile appeared on Xuan Ye's face. He jumped onto the White Tiger's back, patted its back, and said, "Let's go! Let's go!"

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

The White Tiger continued running forward at its usual speed, but its normal speed was not slow at all; it was at least twice the speed of White Tiger Jonin.

"Whoosh!"

Before Xuan Ye's eyes was still endless white snow, everywhere was covered in white snow, as if there was little life in this place.

Endless white snow appeared before Xuan Ye's eyes and then instantly appeared behind him. Sitting on the White Tiger's back felt quite nice.

He squinted, lay down on the White Tiger's back, feeling its warmth and the softness of its fur, and stopped looking ahead, because he knew that even if he did look, it would mostly be a vast expanse of white, or a bare tree, and nothing else.

It felt very comfortable to lie on the White Tiger. Although the endless cold wind blew past Xuan Ye and even onto his face, he didn't feel cold at all. Why bother with the cold wind when he could feel the warmth?

Xuan Ye stroked the White Tiger's fur. Its fur was thick and long, and lying on its back was almost like lying on a bed, warm and comfortable.

Xuan Ye didn't know how long the White Tiger had been running when he slowly opened his eyes. He had actually fallen asleep while lying on the White Tiger because it was so comfortable and he felt a little uneasy.

"Sniff! Sniff! Sniff!"

Suddenly, Xuan Ye's eyes narrowed, and he looked into the distance.

"Blood, that's the scent of blood, that's the taste of blood."

Xuan Ye looked toward the source of the blood scent, a red light flashing in his eyes, but it quickly disappeared.

The scent and smell of blood— Xuan Ye was extremely sensitive to this smell; he could follow the scent even from a great distance.

Moreover, this distance is far beyond Little White's olfactory range. This time, the smell of blood seems to be coming from a very far place. The smell is very strong, extremely strong. There must have been a lot of deaths!

Xuan Ye stared at that spot, his eyes deep and unfathomable, lost in thought.

Then he patted the White Tiger beneath him and pointed in a direction, "Little White, run that way, hurry up!"

Xuan Ye's voice remained deep, but if you listened carefully, you could sense that his voice was trembling slightly, as if he was somewhat excited.

"Awoo!"

The White Tiger beneath Xuan Ye responded, and then it ran in the direction Xuan Ye pointed out, increasing its speed dozens of times. It was so fast that Xuan Ye could hardly open his eyes.

Over the past three years, the White Tiger beneath Xuan Ye has reached the level of Elite Jonin White Tiger. Speed is one of its strengths, so even if Xuan Ye uses his full strength, he cannot catch up with it. Even if he activates the Fast Mode of Tai Chi Palm and increases his speed tenfold, he still cannot catch up and can only leave it far behind.

"Whoosh!"

The White Tiger was in sync with Xuan Ye's mind. Even if Xuan Ye hadn't pointed out the direction, it was still able to find the path it wanted to take based on Xuan Ye's thoughts.

As the White Tiger ran, Xuan Ye could feel the scent of blood in the air gradually becoming stronger, as if they were not far from the place where the blood had floated.

As time passed, Xuan Ye squinted, looking ahead at the direction from which the smell of blood was wafting.

He wanted to know, he really wanted to know why there was a blood smell. This smell was human, Xuan Ye was certain it was the scent of human blood, there was no mistake.

"Divine Eye, activate!"

Xuan Ye circulated his chakra and secretly activated the ninjutsu— Divine Eye —greatly enhancing his visibility. Now he could see very far away.

Soon after, a black dot appeared in front of Xuan Ye's eyes. Upon seeing the black dot, a hint of excitement appeared in Xuan Ye's eyes.

"Finally, finally it's not all white anymore! Finally, we can see something other than snow!"