Chapter 18: Sparring

In order to compete with Wang Fatda, Li Bai kept practicing the three styles of the sword repeatedly, but no matter how he practiced, when he attached the spirit to the sword body, he always lacked a little feeling.

At that moment, he heard a sound in the bamboo forest, as if something was approaching him.

"Who is it?"

Li Bai became vigilant, and then shouted loudly. But when he looked around, he found nothing but pieces of purple bamboo.

He was feeling strange when he turned around and was about to continue practicing. A white-haired tiger cub was squatting in front of him, the tiger cub was snow-white all over, and there were some ice crystals on its hair, it purred twice, and looked at Li Bai intently, with a wild longing in its eyes.

"Don't come here! I saved you! You white-eyed tiger......"

Li Bai shouted, thinking that the tiger cub in front of him was most likely the Thunder Tiger he had rescued. At this point, he may be hungry and want to eat him. He immediately raised the sword in his hand and pointed it at the tiger cub, keeping him vigilant.

The tiger cub rolled its eyes, suddenly opened its mouth slightly, exhaled in one breath, and splashed ice slag on the ground. Then, the tiger cub jumped up and pounced on Li Bai.

Li Bai knew that the tiger cub had devoured the four-star spirit bead, and his strength must have soared, and his swordsmanship had not yet been successful, so he had to avoid its edge and run away. While running, he was still shouting in his mouth: "Hei Lao, come out quickly, cure this tiger cub, turn around and compete with Wang Fatda, I must work hard, no, it's desperate." ”

However, the Black Blood Saint did not respond to Li Bai, even if Li Bai knocked on the pine cone on his chest, he still did not react at all.

Seeing that the tiger cub was about to catch up with him, Li Bai really had no choice. Speaking of urgency, it was fast, Li Bai suddenly poured all his spiritual power into Ji Yijian, and turned his head to hold the sword and pointed at the tiger cub.

When the tiger cub saw that Li Bai was no longer running, he pointed his sword at it, and it immediately stopped, exhaled cold air in its mouth, slowly squatted down, and then shook its head left and right, looking around.

"Whew!"

The tiger cub snorted softly and jumped at Li Bai.

Li Bai turned around again and ran, but was finally caught up by the tiger cub and fell to the ground.

However, surprisingly, the tiger cub did not attack Li Bai, but snorted and screamed, and then rubbed his snow-white hair against Li Bai's body, and the tiger teeth even bit Li Bai's clothes.

"Nourishing ......"

The place where the tiger cub was trampled on immediately froze, and if Li Bai hadn't used his spiritual power to protect his body, I am afraid that he would have been frostbitten a long time ago.

Knowing that the tiger cub had no malicious intent, Li Bai immediately relieved himself, and then struggled to break the tiger's claws and climbed up from the ground.

"Go!"

Li Bai stood up, his face full of disgust, and kicked the tiger cub.

"Ouch...... It hurts......"

The tiger cub didn't move, but Li Bai hugged his feet and shouted in pain.

The tiger cub thought that Li Bai was playing with it, and surrounded Li Bai, jumping happily from side to side, humming and calling.

"Li Bai, this tiger cub swallowed the beast pill of Lei Xunhu, but it was frozen in the ice lotus for too long, and its body mutated, which is the special ability of the demon beast to adapt to the environment. After devouring the Beast Pill, it already has the strength of a level 4 demonic beast, but its wisdom has not yet opened, and it is an excellent time to subdue it, maybe it can become a good helper in the future. The Black Blood Saint suddenly appeared.

"Old man, why did you only come out now, that stupid tiger almost played me to death...... You are rare, hurry up and get rid of it, the whole body is cold, what's the use of keeping it, it's a foodie at first glance, and you can't afford it!"

Li Bai said angrily, glaring at the tiger cub at the same time.

The tiger cub seemed to see Li Bai's disgust, looked at Li Bai pitifully with two eyes, and then obediently walked to his side, rubbed him with the tiger's head, and arched his hand.

Suddenly, Li Bai's hands were frozen again. Li Bai used his spiritual power to melt the ice and turn it into water, and the tiger cub rubbed Li Bai's hand again, and then his hand was frozen again. As a result, Li Bai's hands will freeze for a while, and turn into water for a while. In Li Bai's opinion, it was simply a stupid thing, but it made the tiger cub very happy, and he "played games" with Li Bai.

"Hei Lao, are you sure...... Can this product help?" asked Li Bai with some sarcasm.

"It has the taste of ice lotus in its mouth, it should have eaten ......," the Black Blood Saint said, "Don't worry, at least for now, it's still somewhat useful." ”

Li Bai lowered his head and said dejectedly: "Tell me to listen!"

After a while, under the guidance of the Black Blood Saint, the tiger cub successfully became Li Bai's sparring partner. And he made a bet with Li Bai that as long as he could cut off a handful of hair from the tiger cub, he would teach him the swordsmanship to be able to defeat the swordsman warriors, so that he would have a chance to enter the Imperial Guard.

However, after half a day, Li Bai couldn't move a single hair of the tiger cub, and after careful observation, he found that the snow-white hair on its body carried an extremely cold spiritual power. No matter how much force Li Bai used, when he touched the tiger cub's hair, he would be unloaded by the extremely cold spiritual power.

In desperation, Li Bai had no choice but to concentrate on cultivating the three styles of the sword, and the tiger cub became Li Bai's sparring partner.

Two days later.

In the bamboo forest, Li Bai stood Ji Yijian in front of his forehead, and then the sword body disappeared, and when he opened his eyes, he aimed at the white-haired tiger cub in front of him.

"Hehe, look how arrogant you are now!

After Ji Yijian disappeared, the sword shadow flickered immediately where the tiger cub was in front of him, and then the sound of a thunderbolt sounded.

When the tiger cub saw Li Bai's "performance", he became even more cheerful, jumped on Li Bai, and rubbed his cheek with its tiger head.

"Ah...... I've had enough! Wait, I'll make you look good in a while. As he spoke, a wicked smile appeared on the corner of Li Bai's mouth.

After a while, Li Bai found a cauldron out of nowhere, and when the fire under the pot was hot, he began to coax the tiger cub to get out of the pot by himself.

"Come, tiger cub, take a bath. ”

Li Bai finally tricked the tiger cub into the cauldron, however, the next moment, the boiling water in the pot quickly froze, and the fire at the bottom of the pot slowly extinguished because the temperature was too low.

In the end, Li Bai tried various methods, and found that the tiger cub was invulnerable and invulnerable, so he had to give up the idea of punishing the tiger cub.

"Boy, don't bother, practice hard, and when the swordsmanship is completed, maybe you can cut off a few hairs while the tiger cub is sleeping. The Black Blood Saint said sarcastically.

"Old man, you can't buy this swordsmanship at the stall in Warrior City, can you?

"I remember hearing about this tiger beast somewhere, but I couldn't remember it. However, it can be determined that this tiger cub is absolutely extraordinary, and it is really impossible to raise it first...... That tiger bone soup shouldn't taste much worse!" the Black Blood Saint didn't know how to persuade him.

"Okay, tiger cub, come here!" Li Bai shouted at the little white tiger.

The tiger cub seemed to be very humane, and immediately ran to Li Bai's side and began to rub Li Bai's leg with its tiger head.

"I've got to give you a name, Tiger Head, or 'Tiger Head'?" asked Li Bai tentatively.

The tiger cub looked at Li Bai, a little sullen, and then lowered his head and lay on the ground.

"Looks like this tiger cub really understands what you're talking about......!"

"This stupid tiger is all white hair, but 'little white hair' is the name of the dog. I want to think about it...... There you go!"

"Tiger cubs!" cried Liber.

The tiger cub was still lying on the ground and moved his ears, but he didn't pay attention to Li Bai.

"How about you with white hair and ice, how about calling you 'Xiaoice'?"

After hearing the name 'Xiaoice', the tiger cub immediately got up in spirit, jumped up directly, pounced on Li Bai, and began to rub his face with its tiger head.

Since the tiger cub knew that his name was 'Xiaoice', he was so happy that he jumped around all day, and at the same time, he stayed in Li Bai's line of sight all day long, inseparable.

The day before the competition, Li Bai finally practiced the three styles of the sword, and the whole person stood quietly in front of the Tibetan Sword House, a little more powerful, and Ji Yijian gradually wielded freely. Beside him, a little white tiger squatted quietly, looking at the depths of the bamboo forest with him.

"Hei Lao, now, can you tell me why you let me compete with Wang Fatda?" asked Li Bai.

"Of course it's good! That kid has something on his hand that will allow me to recover from my injuries a little. The Black Blood Saint did not hide it, and continued, "He is a warrior of Yongkang Demon Bear Valley, and you can see it from the martial arts pattern on his arm!"

"During the academy assessment, when he challenged the second-level demonic beast, when he hunted the demon dog, his arm suddenly showed strange lines, and then his strength became stronger, his movements became more agile, and finally he defeated the demonic beast. That's the martial arts pattern?"

Li Bai clearly recalled the events of the day of the admission assessment, and looked serious.

"That's right, don't keep a straight face, the benefits are indispensable!" said the Black Blood Saint.

"Haha...... Earlier, Hei Lao, who are we with whom? I will definitely help with this favor!"

Li Bai laughed shamelessly, and then patted himself on the chest. Then, he turned his head to look at 'Xiaoice' with a serious expression and kicked it over.

"'Xiaoice', don't act! That old man has already said that there are benefits, and you will not be indispensable when the time comes, right, Hei Lao?"

However, 'Xiaoice' didn't pay attention to Li Bai, but just looked at the depths of the bamboo forest, and the tiger's face gradually showed a fierce look.

Suddenly, the sky above the bamboo forest was covered with dark clouds, the sky suddenly darkened, a gust of wind blew, and the bamboo leaves all over the ground were swept up, mixed with a gloomy spiritual power with the wind.

Li Bai raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said in a low voice: "Be careful, someone is coming!"