Xuanhuan: Immortality Through Beginning Rune Synthesis
Chapter 36

What Do You Need This For, You Fox!!

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"If I had known there was a big tiger nearby, you couldn't have beaten me to death to come to this cursed place..."

Tears streamed down Xu Dongyue's face, her mind flashing with a jumble of thoughts.

She was only seventeen this year, and Xu Erniang from the village had mentioned a few days ago that she wanted to arrange a marriage for her with her mother's brother's son.

She had secretly glanced at that person; he had a proper appearance and was said to be an apprentice at a distillery in town, with his brewing skills highly valued by the owner.

Xu Erniang had also winked and said, "Dongyue, once you're married, you'll know the joyful taste... tsk, tsk."

"I'm not even married yet... I haven't even tasted the joy Xu Erniang talked about... and I'm going to die like this, what a loss..."

Xu Dongyue closed her eyes tightly, her whole body trembling like a sieve, desperately waiting for fate to arrive.

Just as she was preparing to face death, a thunderous roar exploded like a thunderclap!

"You beastly tiger! Release that girl!"

The sound waves rolled, shaking the branches and leaves in the forest. Xu Dongyue opened her eyes abruptly, only to see a tall figure rushing out from the side, reaching the tree in a few leaps!

The tiger seemed to be enraged, letting out a mountain-shaking roar, pushing off with its hind legs, and its thousand-pound body moved violently!

A fishy wind hit her face, and its bloody mouth bit straight at the person's head!

The person was Wang Lang.

His expression was calm, without dodging or avoiding, and just as the tiger's paw, with its fishy wind, was about to hit his face, he raised his right palm and pressed forward!

A muffled sound like thunder!

The air surged, and dust flew everywhere.

Xu Dongyue on the tree could see clearly that the burly man was actually using only one palm, To withstand the tiger's full-force pounce on its head!

The tiger's claws dug two deep grooves in the ground, but its huge body could no longer move forward!

Wang Lang now possessed Bedrock Realm cultivation, with the strength of a single arm exceeding ten thousand pounds. If he were to unleash his full power, this tiger's head would have exploded like a watermelon long ago.

He deliberately restrained his strength, only pressing the tiger's head firmly into the soil, allowing the beast to struggle and roar as if an ant was trying to shake a tree.

Up close, this tiger was indeed a monster, with a hint of human-like surprise and anger in its fierce eyes.

It frantically shook its head, its sharp claws scratching wildly, but it couldn't even touch the corner of Wang Lang's clothes.

"Settle down."

Wang Lang frowned, switching his left hand to press the tiger's head, freeing his right hand, grabbing the fur on the back of its neck, And lifting it up like a kitten, slapping its cheeks twice.

The tiger demon's eyes flashed with stars, momentarily stunned in place.

The tiger demon shook its head, as if feeling humiliated, roaring and trying to bite again.

Wang Lang shook his head and delivered another simple and unadorned punch to its nose.

"Ooo..." The tiger demon wailed, and illusions arose before its eyes.

It seemed to see its long-deceased tiger mother waving to it from the clouds, With several tiger elders beside her who it had never met but whose aura felt very kind...

"Su Yao, can you tell if it has eaten people?" Wang Lang asked.

The Little White Fox's voice came from inside his collar:

"Langzi, the baleful aura of this tiger demon has a strong human blood smell, at least three lives, and it should all be within the last half year."

Wang Lang's eyes turned cold upon hearing this.

He didn't doubt Su Yao's words; the Snow Shadow Spirit Fox clan had a natural and keen spiritual sense, With extraordinary perception of baleful aura and blood.

If she said this tiger demon was stained with human lives, then it definitely was.

He no longer showed mercy, pulling back his right fist to his waist, his muscles and bones crackling like a fully drawn bowstring, and punched out! Right in the center of the tiger demon's forehead!

The sound of a skull cracking was muffled.

The tiger demon's body shook violently, the ferocity in its eyes quickly dissipating, and its huge body fell softly to the ground, no longer making a sound.

On the tree, Xu Dongyue's cherry lips were slightly open, unable to close them for a long time.

She had seen hunters in the village hunt tigers, which required setting traps, laying snares, gathering people to hunt, and often losing manpower.

When had she ever seen such a scene... such a scene like a strong man beating a kitten?

It wasn't until Wang Lang looked up and called to her, "Girl, it's okay, come down."

That Xu Dongyue suddenly came back to her senses and hurriedly climbed down the tree.

Her hands and feet were weak, and she almost slipped several times, but Wang Lang gently supported her with a soft force under the tree, helping her land safely.

"Thank... Thank you, hero, for saving my life!"

Xu Dongyue knelt down with a thud, repeatedly kowtowing.

"I am Xu Dongyue from Xu Family Village. I went up the mountain to gather herbs today and encountered a tiger. If not for your help, I would surely have died!"

Wang Lang gave a gentle supporting gesture. "It was just a small effort, no need for such formality. This tiger had already become a demon, having devoured several people. It deserved to be killed today."

Xu Dongyue stole glances at her savior.

This man was tall and sturdy. When he subdued the tiger, he was like a god descending to earth, but now that he stood still and spoke, he exuded a calm temperament and gentle words, possessing some of the refined air of a scholar that Xu Erniang often spoke of.

Although she had never seen a scholar who could kill a tiger with a single punch.

After a few exchanges, Wang Lang learned that Xu Dongyue was indeed a nearby villager, living alone and making a living by gathering herbs.

She insisted on giving him the herbs in her bamboo basket as a gift, but Wang Lang politely declined.

Those herbs were decent medicinal materials for ordinary people, but they were of little use to someone of his cultivation level.

Wang Lang had originally intended to leave the tiger for her as well, after all, over a thousand pounds of tiger meat and bones would be enough for the girl to live on for several years.

But Xu Dongyue refused to accept it, saying that his kindness was already too great and she dared not take more.

After some back and forth, Wang Lang simply stopped being polite.

The four-meter-long tiger skin would indeed be good for making a cloak or a soft cushion for a couch after being tanned.

The tiger bones could be used to make medicinal wine, and the tiger meat... hmm, the Little White Fox in his arms seemed to swallow a mouthful of saliva.

"I'll escort you back to the village," Wang Lang said, seeing that Xu Dongyue was still a little shaken.

"No... No need to trouble you, hero!" Xu Dongyue quickly waved her hands.

"It's only five or six li from here to the village, and it's already daylight. I know the way."

Wang Lang didn't insist, nodding, "Then be careful."

Xu Dongyue bowed again, carried her bamboo basket, and hurried away. After walking a dozen steps, she suddenly turned back, her face flushed, and asked:

"May I ask for your honorable name?"

"Wang Lang."

"Hero Wang... If you ever pass by Xu Family Village, you must come to my house for a cup of tea!"

After saying this, Xu Dongyue's face turned even redder, and she turned her head and quickly walked away.

Only after her figure disappeared at the end of the mountain path did Wang Lang turn around to deal with the tiger's corpse.

He lifted the thousand-pound tiger corpse with one hand and carried it on his right shoulder, as easily as carrying a bundle of dry grass.

"Let's go, back to the manor."

Su Yao poked her head out from his collar, glanced at the tiger corpse, and her eyes sparkled: "Langzi, can you leave the tiger penis for me?"

Wang Lang staggered, almost throwing the tiger corpse away.

"You're a fox, what do you need that for?"

Su Yao said with righteous indignation, "Anyway, you can't use it. I didn't even see you look twice at that girl just now. I'm afraid you've cultivated yourself into a state of purity and desirelessness."

"So I want to use it to make medicinal wine. My mother said that stuff is very nourishing when soaked in wine!"

Wang Lang was too lazy to pay attention to her and strode towards Listening Waves Mountain Manor.

But in Wang Lang's heart, there was always an inexplicable sense of unease lingering.

This tiger demon was only First Order Initial Stage, but it had injured three people in half a year, which was not a small matter.

As far as he knew, the Xu Family Village area was also under the jurisdiction of Black Stone City.

With such a demon eating people, it was impossible for the nearby villages and towns to be unaware, and it was even more impossible not to ask Black Stone City for help.

If Black Stone City really received a report, why was there no response?

Did they not receive the message at all, or... did they receive it, but ignored it?

He shook his head, temporarily suppressing the distracting thoughts.

In any case, it was always a good thing to save a person and eliminate a pest today.

If the old man hadn't been reincarnated in the underworld, he should be gratified to know.

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