Snow Woman

He had thought a few months would be enough, but he had never expected that waiting would take an entire year. Moreover, this White Tiger did not look very certain either...

But how could Tang Miao be willing to leave just like that? How could he possibly be willing?

After hesitating for a while, Tang Miao looked at the tool snake on his shoulder and said, "You should leave Tianshan now and return to Hangzhou. Come back here and look for me after eight months. If Tang Yue comes looking for me, tell her I'm cultivating, but don't tell her I'm in danger, understand?"

Although communication would be very troublesome if the tool snake left.

But he had told Tang Yue that he would be gone for a few months. If the time dragged on too long, he would have to report back somehow.

Yet aside from the Dark Serpent, there was no better choice available.

As for not having the Dark Serpent return after a year, it was simply because Tang Miao was uncertain whether the Ice Sky Snow Woman would emerge ahead of schedule. After all, the White Tiger had said that her aura was growing weaker and weaker.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss~"

Although the Dark Serpent was complaining, it seemed even more worried about Tang Miao's safety...

Tang Miao glanced at the Sacred Beast White Tiger behind him, then looked at it and asked, "White Tiger, are there any Totem Beasts inhabiting this area?"

He was a man who possessed the title of Lord of Totems. Although the Kirin was currently nothing more than a broken piece of jade, its pressure remained. Otherwise, why would the Dark Serpent have become his tool snake?

Therefore, if the Dark Serpent left and he found a bodyguard, together with the Sky Scarred White Tiger before him, there should be no major safety concerns. After all, this was not the territory of the Demon Beasts. With two Monarchs guarding him, as long as he did not go looking for death, he should not be in any danger.

Moreover, the pressure of the Sacred Beast White Tiger made the Demon Beasts inhabiting Tianshan too afraid to approach this place.

"Roar, roar~"

Hearing Tang Miao's question, the White Tiger fell silent for a moment before responding with several roars. Tang Miao naturally could not understand them. He could understand snake speech only because he had gradually learned it through years of contact.

The Dark Serpent looked at Tang Miao and continued conveying the message with hissing flicks of its tongue: Ever since the White Tiger had arrived at Tianshan, quite a few Totem Beasts had also come here.

Of those still alive—and whose auras the White Tiger could still detect—there were only Qin Yuan, Gui Che, and Jiu Ying...

As if understanding Tang Miao's intentions, the White Tiger roared several more times. The Dark Serpent continued flicking its tongue. "These Totem Sacred Beasts no longer have the slightest fondness for humanity. Qin Yuan and Jiu Ying in particular have already established their own Demon Beast tribes. Jiu Ying, meanwhile, has extremely deep ties with the Extreme Cold Ancient Eagle clan!"

Upon hearing that, Tang Miao immediately felt that things were going to be troublesome.

Could the Totem Beasts be blamed? Not really. Could humanity be blamed? Not entirely either, since not all humans had targeted the Totem Beasts. Besides, what had started everything was merely the actions of those leaders who had been tempted by power and ambition. Not to mention the past—even now, did the heads of all the major nations in this world not still scheme against one another to protect their own power?

He had originally planned to rely on the Kirin Jade to shake his tiger-like body and recruit several totems as subordinates. Now, it seemed that not every totem would be willing to cooperate as the Dark Serpent was...

The most important point was that the Four Divine Beasts, who had originally governed the totems, had all fallen. Naturally, the Totem Divine Beasts whose strength was no weaker than that of the Four Divine Beasts had gradually changed as well.

"Hiss, hiss~"

The Dark Serpent flicked its tongue and asked Tang Miao, "Should I still have it return?"

With only the Sky Scarred White Tiger here, it would be fine as long as it did not leave this area. But once it went outside, the safety guarantee would be rather poor.

Most importantly, no one knew when the Snow Woman's barrier would disappear. If the Dark Serpent was not here then, Tang Miao and a Sky Scarred White Tiger might gain nothing at all.

After all, that territory was extremely attractive to some Monarchs. When the Ice Sky Snow Woman had been powerful, no Demon Beast had dared to fight over it. But now that her aura was growing weaker and weaker, and the newly conceived life was at most just a cub, she might not be able to hold onto it. By then, the new Snow Woman might end up as nothing more than a pile of excrement.

Although it was giving him a headache, Tang Miao still insisted that the Dark Serpent return for a while.

There were quite a few Super Level Mages stationed in Hangzhou, but what the Sky Demon Eagles feared was never those few Super Level Mages. The reason they stayed peacefully outside Hangzhou was that they feared the Totem Mystic Snake. Once a poisonous gas bomb came down, quite a few Sky Demon Eagles would be finished... As for the humans in Hangzhou, if they wanted to fight in the air, they probably would not even be able to get a single Sky Eagle airborne properly.

After the Dark Serpent left, the White Tiger roared several times before disappearing from sight as well.

Tang Miao was somewhat baffled. What was this White Tiger up to? What did those roars mean?

Just as he was wondering, the Sky Scarred White Tiger behind him suddenly bit onto his clothes and dragged him away.

"F*ck!!"

At that moment, Tang Miao felt as if he were about to explode inside. What the hell was happening all of a sudden? Why was the Sky Scarred White Tiger dragging him over there? The Sky Scarred White Tiger gave him no chance to ask, much less answer him. After leaving the mountaintop, it reached an ice cave in the rear mountains within moments. Once they arrived, the Sky Scarred White Tiger put Tang Miao down.

"Roar, roar..."

Seeing the Sky Scarred White Tiger growl and gesture at him, Tang Miao looked doubtfully toward the cave behind it, then turned back and asked, "You want me to go inside?"

At first, he had even wondered whether the Sacred Beast White Tiger disliked humans as well and wanted to kill him. But after arriving nearby and feeling the speed at which the Ice Element inside his body surged, Tang Miao finally understood. The White Tiger had probably sensed the powerful Ice Element within him and given him a suitable place for secluded cultivation?

However, Tang Miao suddenly remembered something very serious... The rations he had brought with him were not sufficient! In fact, he had only three days' worth of food left...

After thinking it over, Tang Miao could only look at the Sky Scarred White Tiger and say, "Hey, big tiger, I don't have much food left. Can you get me something edible?"

A Commander Level Demon Beast already possessed considerable intelligence. Although this Sky Scarred White Tiger was not as powerful as the Dark Serpent, its strength was still at the level of an Intermediate Monarch. Naturally, it could understand what Tang Miao was saying.

"Roar, roar, roar~"

After roaring several more times, the White Tiger turned and left. Judging by its appearance, it seemed to have really gone to find Tang Miao something to eat.

Tang Miao entered the ice cave selected by the White Tiger. The moment he stepped inside, he felt the Ice Magic star cloud within his body begin to surge violently. Although the speed was not as fast as in the Three-Step Tower, it was already several times faster than his usual rate of improvement. During this year—or rather, less than a year—he might be able to attempt breaking through to the third level of the Intermediate Level of Ice Magic.