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Tang Miao began charging toward the third level of the Ice Element Intermediate Level. After half a day, Sky Scarred White Tiger returned from hunting with a wild boar in its mouth. Tang Miao had no idea what breed it was, but as for its level, it had probably already reached Commander Level.
However, when it saw Tang Miao cultivating, Sky Scarred White Tiger put down the enormous wild boar and lay down outside the cave, beginning to rest quietly.
After a long while, when Tang Miao was so sick of meditating that he was about to throw up, he got to his feet and walked out of the ice cave. More than five hours had passed...
After only a day of meditation, he naturally had not achieved any rapid growth. Compared to normal, however, his progress had been several times faster.
After leaving the cave, he saw an enormous wild boar lying before him. Judging by its size alone, it had to be at Commander Level!
However, this was not an ordinary animal. There was no way he could eat it raw.
He immediately circulated his Ice Element magic energy, and a huge ice house rose up. Tang Miao then took out a lighter, but awkwardly... only after he had finished setting everything up did he realize that this was the summit of Tianshan. Because of the bitter cold, snow covered the earth, and there was not a single piece of firewood nearby.
That meant that if he wanted to eat cooked food, it was practically impossible...
The commotion Tang Miao made naturally woke Sky Scarred White Tiger.
"Roar, roar~"
Sky Scarred White Tiger let out several low roars and looked at Tang Miao in confusion. It seemed to be asking him: Why aren't you eating? Weren't you hungry?
Tang Miao said helplessly, "Tiger, I'm human... I can't eat this raw."
"Roar, roar~"
White Tiger let out several more low roars. No one knew what it was trying to express.
Tang Miao felt a burst of frustration... Although it had reached Monarch Level and communication should not have been difficult, he still could not understand what it was saying after only a day or two!
Just as he stood there in a daze, he suddenly thought of his Contract Beast!
He immediately connected the Star Seeds and opened the Dimensional Gate. Then Little White, with its tigerish head, cautiously poked its head out and squeezed through. It seemed that it had been traumatized by being tricked before. Its caution made the corner of Tang Miao's mouth twitch.
"Are you saying you don't trust your dad?"
Upon hearing this, Little White hurriedly crawled out. It was just about to flatter him when it turned its head and saw Sky Scarred White Tiger. The instant it saw Sky Scarred White Tiger, Little White felt utterly miserable. They were both white, but whether in bloodline or strength, it was obviously far inferior. It looked timidly at Sky Scarred White Tiger, then helplessly at Tang Miao.
Its expression seemed to be asking: Dad, have you started picking fights with Monarch Level creatures now?
Seeing Little White's pathetic attitude, Tang Miao helplessly kicked it and said, "Ask Big Tiger what it was saying just now."
Little White timidly turned its head and let out several low roars. Tang Miao looked at it disdainfully. He remembered that when he had summoned this fellow in Bo City, it had been extremely arrogant! Whether it was Spiked Bone Wolf or Blood-Mark Mouse, it had acted as though neither was worth its attention.
So it became a complete coward the moment it saw one of its own kind?
"Roar, roar, roar~"
Sky Scarred White Tiger also roared several times in response. Clearly, after learning that this was Tang Miao's Summoned Beast, it had no intention of frightening it. Of course, there was no need to frighten it anyway. Little White was already trembling like a leaf.
After Sky Scarred White Tiger responded, Little White looked at Tang Miao and let out several low roars, translating, "The White Tiger boss says that there are only Demon Beasts on Tianshan, and no human food at all... Even Tianshan Sacred Lotus won't grow again until the heavy snow arrives and ends..."
Of course, there were some Tianshan Sacred Lotuses around, but there were places that even it could not reach. After all, Sacred Lotuses that had existed for many years were all found in dangerous areas!
It was not that Tang Miao could not eat this. He just could not eat it raw. He said, "Little White, tell Big White to find more dry firewood. Then I won't starve to death. A lot more!"
"Roar, roar, roar..."
Although Little White knew that Sky Scarred White Tiger meant it no harm, it was still terribly timid as it weakly translated Tang Miao's words.
Actually, Little White did not need to translate. After hearing Tang Miao, Sky Scarred White Tiger turned around and left.
After seeing Sky Scarred White Tiger leave, Little White collapsed directly onto the ground. Tang Miao shrugged and then recalled it.
Thinking about it, ever since Bo City, aside from serving as transportation, he had truly felt that this fellow was not of much use... He had not expected Little White to play such a crucial role at a critical moment! After all, translation was a skill in itself.
Sky Scarred White Tiger was gone for the entire afternoon. When it returned, its body had grown incomparably huge. No one knew where it had gone, but tree after tree, looking somewhat like pine trees, came tumbling out of its mouth.
Tang Miao did not care what kind of trees they were. As long as they could burn and roast meat, he no longer had to worry about starving.
That night, Tang Miao roasted meat and drank strong liquor. It was incredibly comfortable~ The speed at which he cultivated the Ice Element here was practically a gift from nature.
If Tang Yue or Ai Tutu were here to keep him company and warm him up, Tang Miao felt that he could even settle down here permanently...
In the blink of an eye, two months passed slowly like that. Fortunately, he had prepared winter equipment before coming, and with his powerful Ice Element magic, he did not have to worry about freezing to death.
Over the past few days, snowflakes had also begun falling from the sky.
This was the warning that Tianshan was about to be sealed off. During this period, Sky Scarred White Tiger had also finished storing food for the winter. It had even prepared plenty of the wood Tang Miao needed.
When the sealing snow of Tianshan arrived, aside from certain Sacred Spirits favored and protected by Tianshan, nothing below the Forbidden Curse level could survive. The people who had come here searching for treasures had already fled toward the outside of Tianshan as soon as they noticed the falling snow. After all, Tianshan had always had the saying since ancient times: when the snow comes, people leave.
Several places at the summit of Tianshan were the sacred, favored lands of this mountain. Tang Miao did not have to worry about dying here.
However... over the next few days, Tang Miao came to understand just how naive he had been! The arrival of the raging wind and blizzard was practically like a death warrant... In the face of this overwhelming natural power, whether human or Demon Beast, everything was pitifully small!
During the first few days, he could still stay there and cultivate. But in the days that followed, let alone cultivating, even with the power of his domain, he could barely resist the ravages of the blizzard...
Sky Scarred White Tiger seemed to realize that Tang Miao could not hold out any longer. It then brought him through the wind and snow to the place where the White Tiger lived.
It was clearly only a few steps away for Sky Scarred White Tiger, but it gave Tang Miao the feeling that he had spent an entire day getting there...
The place where White Tiger lived did not have such fierce wind and snow. However, the air here was exceptionally thin. Although it would not kill him, aside from staying inside Sky Scarred White Tiger's thick fur to keep warm, there was practically nothing else he could do...
Every day, Tang Miao cursed "Kirin Jade" dozens of times in his heart. After all, if not for it, how would an Intermediate Mage like him have dared come here??
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