Chapter 15: Farewell, Out of the Forest
In the early morning, the dazzling sunlight is like a sword to dispel the fog of the night. The lifeless forest is rejuvenated.
After a night of suffering, Qi Li in the blood pool gradually regained his perception. As the sun shone on Qi Li's face, his closed eyes suddenly opened, and bursts of light flashed in his eyes, as if there were thousands of thunderbolts flashing in his eyes.
Qi Li felt that his body was now full of power, as if it was about to explode. He stood up, pounded his chest with both hands, and shouted loudly: "Ah~~~Roar~~~" The shocking sound made the surrounding leaves tremble.
He looked around and found that the puddle of blood beneath him had lost its color, becoming like a bay of clear water, and no energy fluctuations could be felt in it. Under the reflection of the puddle, his hands and feet also became extremely thick, and the muscles around his body bulged, attached to his body like a dragon, full of explosive power. The scars from the battle with the beast were gone, replaced by smooth, bronzed skin with a metallic sheen in the sunlight.
After checking his condition, not only had the serious injuries he suffered yesterday healed, but even the old diseases of dark injuries large and small had disappeared, and Qi Li only felt as if a volcano was about to erupt in his body.
He jumped over, but he didn't expect to jump directly to the three-zhang high cliff on the side, and the discomfort of being stuck in the air made Qi Li scramble.
After a little relaxation, Qi Li jumped off the cliff and came to the corpse of Aunt Tiger. Seeing Xiaohu snuggling tightly in the crook of Aunt Tiger's arm, Xiaohu in his sleep was still twitching slightly, and there was still a crystal teardrop hanging from the corner of his eye. Qi Li couldn't help but feel sad from his heart.
He gently picked up Xiaohu, but found that Xiaohu had already woken up, thinking that Xiaohu was unwilling to open his eyes to face this cruel reality, and still forced himself to sleep, wanting to escape the fact that Aunt Tiger had died. Qi Li hugged Xiaohu tightly and gently stroked Xiaohu's back to calm Xiaohu's mood.
In this way, Qi Li stood beside Aunt Tiger's corpse with Xiaohu in his arms, standing from morning to sunrise. Seeing that Xiaohu's mood was a little stable, Qi Li said to Xiaohu: "Mourn, Xiaohu!" I'm also very sad that Aunt Tiger is gone! But Master often told me that people cannot be resurrected after death. If Aunt Tiger is still there, she wants to see you live a strong life, and I will take care of you in the future, rest assured, I will send you safely to your father's side! ”
Xiaohu looked up at Qi Li, his big eyes blinking, and then nodded heavily.
"Then let's settle Aunt Tiger first, let's get ready to go, I'll return to the sect first, and then take you to your father. Dongzhou, I don't know where it is yet, I have to go back and ask Master first! Qi Li asked Xiaohudao. Xiaohu nodded in agreement.
After the baptism of the Black Wind Erosion Rock Python Neidan and the blood of the tiger, Qi Li had changed from the original appearance of twelve or thirteen years old to the appearance of a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy overnight. His strength also increased exponentially, after all, the power contained in the inner Dan essence blood of the two top demon beasts was not trivial. If it weren't for the creation of yin and yang, how could ordinary people have this opportunity to swallow the snake pill raw and bathe the body in tiger blood.
Qi Li dragged Aunt Tiger's body into the cave, spread the soft blades of grass on the ground, and brought piles of mountain rocks, densely covering the entire cave entrance, ensuring that no other wild beast could drill into the cave and destroy Aunt Tiger's corpse. Come to think of it, there are no demon beasts rushing over to make a time, although Aunt Tiger has died, but the tiger is still powerful, and it is easy to dare to have other demon beasts around this tiger's den.
With Xiaohu kowtowing respectfully at the door of the tightly sealed tiger's den, Qi Li took Xiaohu and turned around and left reluctantly.
As soon as he took a few steps, Xiaohu turned around and ran back to the entrance of the cave, and shouted loudly towards the cave: "Roar~Roar~" Three tiger roars, the voice is immature but must be tragic. This is the last goodbye of Xiaohu and Aunt Tiger.
Farewell, my beloved mother, rest in this grassy place. Mountains full of ancient trees will guard you for me;
Farewell, my beloved mother, from this day onwards I will go to live in a new place, and I will have to face this endless wind and rain alone;
Farewell, my beloved mother, I'll be an adult from now on, please don't worry about me, the breeze will bring you my news!
After three goodbyes, Xiaohu resolutely turned around and walked into the distance with Qi Li.
Aunt Tiger's territory is located in the central area of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Forest, and there are many other powerful demon beasts' territories around, with Qi Li and Xiaohu, if you want to pass through the territory of these powerful demon beasts, it is naturally a dangerous situation. So this man and a tiger passed through the cave where they came, and came to the outer area of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Forest.
When they arrived at the outer area, it was just when it was dark, and after identifying the direction, Qi Li and Xiaohu continued to rush due north. Qi Li still followed the original plan, rushing at night and resting during the day.
After a few days, he encountered a few fierce beasts, but now that Qi Li's own strength has skyrocketed, it is naturally no longer as difficult to solve a few fierce beasts as before. In addition, now there is a little tiger by his side, although the little tiger is still young and lacks combat effectiveness, but the momentum of the king of beasts is innate, many fierce beasts fled after smelling the smell of the little tiger, Qi Li is happy to be behind the little tiger fox fake tiger power once.
After nearly two months of travel, one man and one tiger have experienced countless battles, large and small.
In the battles again and again, Qi Li found that his skin had now become as hard as steel, and some fierce beasts of average strength would only leave a faint white mark on his body when they bit him, and he could not hurt himself at all. Occasionally, when the enemy attacked, thunder and lightning would appear on Qi Li's body, and the fierce beast lightning near him would be caught off guard. It's just that Qi Li has never been able to control the appearance of the power of thunder and lightning. On the contrary, Xiaohu has become more and more proficient in mastering his thunder and lightning talent in many battles.
It was another cool night, and the moon hung like a crooked sickle on the far side of the sky. The surrounding stars surround the moon, blinking and blinking, and slowly fading as the moon fades little by little.
In the east, the sun rises over the mountains and sheds its first rays of the morning.
Qi Li looked at Xiaohu: "Huzi, we should find a place to rest" Huzi is the name Qi Li gave Xiaohu, they have experienced more than two months of adventure together, and they are already very familiar with each other.
He picked up the tiger and climbed up the trunk of the tree, reaching the canopy of the tree, trying to find a place to hide. The long time in the forest has made Qi Li extremely vigilant.
Qi Li stood in the treetops and looked around: "Huzi, have you noticed it, we haven't encountered a powerful beast for several days, and now they are all some weak beasts, and they don't dare to attack us, and now they have to hunt by themselves if they want to eat meat, it's really troublesome" The tiger in his arms whimpered twice, which was Qi Li's response.
The scene in front of him was not quite the same as the previous few days, and Qi Li found that the trees in the distance had become lower, and the branches and foliage had become more sparse. The farther away the tall peaks are, the more low hills you look at. Combined with the fact that the beasts he had encountered recently were getting weaker and weaker, and his courage was getting smaller and smaller, Qi Li finally came back to his senses.
Qi Li excitedly raised the tiger: "Huzi, we are finally going to get out of the forest, haha~"
All kinds of information indicate that Qi Li and Huzi have reached the edge of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Forest. Qi Li didn't care about waiting until the evening to hurry again, so he jumped down and ran forward with his bare feet.
After rushing forward for nearly an hour, Qi Li saw bursts of cooking smoke in front of him, and the sweet smell of cooking porridge wafted in the air with the wind. After nearly a year of living like a savage, after nine deaths, Qi Li finally walked out of the forest and returned to the gathering place of human life.
It's a small village, with a dozen thatched huts scattered around the forest and some farmland around it. Qi Li took Huzi into a courtyard enclosed with a stone wall at the entrance of the village, some buds and beans were drying in the courtyard, some hares and pheasants were dried on the wooden frame next to it, and the chimney on the roof was curling, and the smell of rice from the house was wafting from the courtyard.
Looking at the most common scene for most ordinary people in front of him, Qi Li felt a long-lost warmth, and stood at the gate of the courtyard in a daze.
With a squeak, the door was pushed open, and an old man in his seventies came out of the door. The old man couldn't help but be startled when he saw a wild man standing at the door, naked on his upper body, surrounded by a circle of leaves, and a small tiger next to him. Immediately picked up the steel fork by the door and shouted: "What person!! ”