Character Story - Ren Tianchi (2)

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"Is this the Spirit Tiger?"

I recognized the tiger, a powerful beast in the forest, although I had never been out of the forest, but the education of the clan still allowed me to understand this creature.

The adult strength can rival the existence of ten thousand beasts, but for some reason it will be unconscious and float down the stream, and the blood in its body will flow out, so it should be injured.

I began to struggle in my heart, whether to save or not to save this young spirit tiger, if left unchecked, it will continue to consume the energy in its body until it dies when it touches the enchantment.

If I were to save it, I would have to break the rules and go outside the barrier, and I don't know what the consequences would be.

"No matter!" I rushed out, jumped into the ravine, and swam ashore with the tiger in my arms.

Although it was a cub, the size of the baby spirit tiger was still very large, and it took me a lot of effort to drag it ashore, "I can't go back this time." "Looking at the entrance to the temple, I knew I had made a bold attempt, but when I looked at the sky outside, I felt a sense of relief.

As I was taking the tiger to find shelter, two white figures came to the previous place, "The trail continues here......" They seemed to be talking to themselves and as if talking, and suddenly their eyes looked at the mountains at the end of the stream, "Look what we found...... Look closely, the place they are looking at is the place where the forest temple is.

A woman dressed in bright red clothes stepped out from behind the two men and said:

"What a bonus!"

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I carried the tiger on my back to a cave, sheltered from the wind and rain to heal my wounds, and to settle the still-unconscious spirit tiger for a while, and I left the cave to gather some food and herbs, and then return to the temple at night to atone for my sins, hoping that they did not find out that they had deserted their posts, although it was unlikely.

The forest of the sky at night is very eerie, and when night falls, a strange fog spreads through the forest, leaving the whole forest in a state of unknowable fog. Especially near the center, the fog became thicker the inside, so dark that you couldn't see your fingers.

Moreover, some ancient and powerful beasts will also be active at night, they have a strong sense of aggression, and the forest at night is not suitable for people to move, otherwise it will be extremely dangerous. This is the information I learned from the education of my ancestors, and for this reason, I must complete the collection work during the day and then return to the clan at night, even for a strong person like Uncle Ren Zhen, it is dangerous to stay outside the temple at night.

As for the tiger, with the guarantee of food and medicine, there should be no problem with recovery, and now I am more curious about what kind of existence would seriously injure a high-level beast like the spirit tiger, the juvenile spirit tiger is like this, and the adult spirit tiger must be more than auspicious now.

Studying in the clan allowed me to quickly collect the herbs and food I needed, but when I went back, I found something strange.

There are traces of trampling in the forest, and I believe that this will never be left by the tribesmen, the Miao people have always been good at hiding their footprints in the forest, and will never reveal their whereabouts, which is obviously done by others. But the vast Firmament Forest has not been touched by outsiders for a long time, which inevitably makes me wonder, what is the intention of the comer?

Back in the cave, everything went well, I grinded the herbs and applied them to the wound of the Spirit Tiger, and soon it recovered, and when it woke up, the strangeness of its surroundings made it show intense irritability.

"You're fine, you're safe now. ”

I held it and stroked it until it slowly cooled down and the growl in my mouth cooled down. I also got a lot of scratches on my body because of this.

I fed it food, but it looked aloof, lifeless, I think it was wild and untamed, or maybe it was just healing, but it would get better, and I was almost time to go back, it was starting to get dark......

As the sun set, I broke through the barrier of the barrier and returned to the entrance of the temple, where I entered Ren Xinyan and the two elders of the clan.

"Ren Tian, are you guilty?"

In the temple hall, I knelt on the floor of the hall, surrounded by the elders, and the patriarch of the main hall, and now I was being punished for my trespass.

"Let God know the guilt. ”

I didn't explain, and they wouldn't want to hear me say that funny and ridiculous answer about going out of the barrier to save a tiger.

"Okay!" the patriarch ordered, "I know you want to become a gatherer and go out to contribute to the clan, but your cultivation has not yet been recognized......

"If you are a first-time offender, you will be punished with ten rods and confined for one day, can you obey?"

"Ren Tian is willing to listen to punishment. ”

It was late at night, and I sat against the wall of the confinement cell, looking out of the high window, the dim starlight shining in, and on my bare upper body, there were several bright red scars, which were the pain of the flesh and skin of the punishment, although it was only a few sticks, but almost all the sticks exerted their strength, but this pain was nothing to me.

"Brother Ren Tian, you haven't had dinner yet, have you?" Ren Xinyan's familiar figure appeared behind the iron gate, "I'm not hungry." I said coldly. I deliberately showed indifference to keep her away from me, to avoid the trouble I had caused her by leaving my post without permission, and the guilt I felt for her.

"Na~ I said, Brother Ren Tian. She put down the plate and sat against the wall outside, following my example, "Do you really want to go out into the world?"

I knew she was blaming me for not telling her anything, and then I went out alone, and there was a short silence, "I saw a tiger...... and then I told her everything that had happened.

She fell silent as well, "Is that tiger more important than your destiny?" she said reproachfully, clearly letting her down by my actions.

"I just don't want to watch a young life disappear in front of me......" I seem to remember when I was younger......

After my mother gave birth to me, I almost died outside, it was my father, the patriarch, and Uncle Ren Zhen, despite the opposition of the clansmen, desperately took the weak me, risked the night, and rushed out of a way back to the temple, so that I survived.

It was also after that incident that a clear division of labor and responsibilities were established within the clan to prevent the tragedy from happening again.

"Do you know how dangerous it is out there now?" Ren Xinyan said angrily, "Even Uncle Ren Zhen is injured, aren't you afraid?"

"But I'm afraid, I'm afraid that there is only me and no ...... of your life" The voice gradually became quieter.

"I just looked at the tiger and felt the same way. I stood up and walked to the iron gate, "Will you help me save a young life?"

"This is what Brother Ren Tian wants to do, isn't it?"

I didn't speak, and I hesitated for a moment. I'm not a rebel, I just feel like I have to do it.

Ren Xinyan no longer spoke, but opened the iron door, as the daughter of the patriarch, she had the key to the confinement room.

"Go ahead, do what makes you happy, just do it, Brother Ren Tian. She turned around and made a way for me, obviously not worth my request, but she was still willing to respect my decision.

I was suddenly very moved, since I was a child, only she would be so affectionate to me, I walked outside, turned around and waved, "I will be back soon, you don't have to deliberately hide it for me......"

"I know I'll meet you at the entrance. Hey~" In the end, she smiled at me, and my heart was much calmer. But I didn't know that this parting was forever.

Dawn came, and I broke through the barrier again, left the temple, and went to the place where the spirit tiger was, I just wanted to make sure that it was okay and that it would not go against the mandate of heaven again.

As soon as I entered the cave, I felt the breath of the spirit tiger recovering, I knew that it should be fine, and when I got closer, I found that the spirit tiger looked very scared and frightened.

Curled up in a corner, as if feeling some fear, it didn't dare to move, I walked up to it, stroked its forehead, and it closed its eyes very meekly.

"Take it easy, you'll be healed soon, and then go back to your family......"

Suddenly, as if it had overcome some will, it rushed out of the cave, and I didn't react for a moment, but immediately chased after it.

Following the direction it was heading, I was surprised to find that it was actually the direction of the forest temple, the entrance to the enchantment?!

As I watched from afar, thick black smoke rose from the sky in the direction of the temple, and my heart beat violently, and a sense of uneasiness welled up in my heart.

Soon I came to the entrance of the mountain range, and the spirit tiger was anxiously circling outside, as if worried about something, and at the same time waiting for me, and then I was able to see the situation of the temple, and I saw that there was a raging fire inside.

I couldn't care about anything anymore, and rushed in, I was not blocked, it turned out that the barrier had already been destroyed.

I saw a horrible scene, and I felt like the sky was falling, and I fell to my knees as if I had lost all my strength.

"Joyful!"

Ren Xinyan's body lay on the boulder, blood flowing down the cracks in the stone, dripping on the ground to form a pool of blood, and her body rolled aside.

I wanted to vomit in discomfort, tears welled up in my eyes, but I couldn't break down, I pinched my flesh with my fingers, blood gushed out, and the pain in my heart made me move on, I wanted to know what was going on inside the temple.

It was a mess inside, the corpses of the clansmen were all over the field, the fire was burning the house, a hell on earth, I was about to collapse, I rushed to the main hall, the patriarch was sitting in his seat, but his body was poked out of a few bloody holes, I don't know whether he was alive or dead.

"Sorry......"

At this moment, I no longer had any strength to support me to stand, and I fell to my knees in front of the altar in despair. I hate my weakness, I hate my powerlessness, and I hate this person who survives alone.

I waited quietly for the fire to spread, and let this disaster, this fire, take me with me......

"Ren Tian......" The breath of the patriarch reached my ears, and I was shocked: "Patriarch!"

I ran to the patriarch, who still had a breath left, "The seriously injured Ren Zhenren is here... Holy land, they took away ... The wick of the illusion..."

I cried and said, "It's all my fault, it was I who went out against the mandate of heaven to cause the temple to be invaded by outsiders." ”

At this moment, I finally understood why Uncle Ren Zhen was seriously injured that night, why that spirit tiger was injured, it turned out that all this was because there was a stronger enemy and found here.

"It's not your fault. The patriarch stretched out his hand and put it on my head, "All this...... It's all fate. ”

"The destiny of the Miao people is not over yet, Ren Tian, go and get the wick of illusion back. ”

"This is your destiny now...... the patriarch's eyes gradually closed, "You are the hero of the Miao tribe, go now, do what you want." After saying that, the patriarch's hand lost its strength and hung down from my head.

"No~!!"

I roared to the sky, and the whole forest echoed with my angry voice.

Returning to the entrance of the mountain range, I propped up Ren Xinyan's head with both hands, "I'm really sorry I couldn't protect you, Xinyan." There was no pain on her face, no struggle, and she walked so serene.

"I'll make those guys pay for what they did today~!" I kissed her on the cheek and walked over to her body.

I stopped crying, and firmly reached into her back, pulling the whole spine out.

"Draw its blood bones and refine them into sword bones!" "According to the Wuxiang Sword Technique, I refined the person I love the most into a sword bone.

Removing the white cloth from my waist, I wrapped the sword bone around until it was all wrapped, but I still couldn't hide the crimson inside.

The tiger came to me, and it seemed to see my grief and indignation, and very obediently prostrate on the ground, quietly waiting for me.

I smashed the boulder with a sword, dug a pit under it, buried Ren Xinyan, and looked back to see that the temple was gone, and the fire began to spread to the forest.

"Let's go~! ”

Binding the sword bone to my back, at this moment, I am no longer sad, no longer afraid, all I have is a resolute and resolute belief.

"Find them, destroy them!"

Suddenly it rained over the forest, and the boy and the tiger were gradually moving away......