At this moment, outside the space, a fierce tiger was eyeing the group of people menacingly from the forest.
Through the space, Shang Ruoyi happened to meet the tiger's gaze.
Instantly, her clothes were soaked through with sweat.
When facing such a highly aggressive beast, in her previous life, she would have simply used a gun to deal with it. Even in close - combat, she would at least need a sharp weapon in hand.
The idea of killing a tiger bare - handed only existed in Water Margin.
But at the moment, aside from her, everyone else had been affected by the sleeping gas. There was only He Jingheng left, and he was half - disabled. There was a fundamental difference between the combat power of a tiger and that of a wolf. Otherwise, why wasn't the wolf the king of beasts?
A single tiger taking on a pack of wolves was no mere legend.
Watching the depths of the dense forest warily, Shang Ruoyi withdrew her consciousness from the space and opened her eyes. He Jingheng looked at Shang Ruoyi, a flash of coldness disappearing in his eyes. "When did you wake up?"
"Just now," she replied without turning her head, her eyes fixed intently on the forest. "Did you see it?"
In fact, He Jingheng had sensed the approach of the tiger's aura. Just as he was about to take action, Shang Ruoyi opened her eyes.
"See what?"
"You know what I'm talking about. A mere tiger isn't worth getting so worked up about," Shang Ruoyi said. At this, her heart skipped a beat, but then she heard him say leisurely, "Of course, that's when I'm not injured."
Wasn't that just nonsense?
Shang Ruoyi finally understood what the saying "men can't be relied on" meant.
The next moment, a tiger, with its huge head swaying, emerged slowly from the dense forest. When the tiger revealed its full form, Shang Ruoyi's eyes lit up noticeably.
This tiger was significantly larger in size compared to others. Its body was snow - white all over, and the patterns on it glistened under the moonlight. It was incredibly beautiful!
If she could make it her own...
Her eyes narrowed slightly, and with a hint of excitement, she said to He Jingheng, "Take care of yourself." With that, she walked straight towards the white tiger.
The white tiger, having lived on this mountain for so many years, had never seen a human being so eager to throw themselves into its jaws.
For a moment, it was stunned.
By the time Shang Ruoyi was almost in front of it, it finally reacted.
It actually took a few steps back.
Suddenly, it seemed to wake up from a dream, realizing that it had been intimidated by a human.
Its tiger dignity was greatly challenged, and it let out low growls from its throat.
He Jingheng held a sleeve - arrow in his hand, ready to act at any moment.
Unexpectedly, Shang Ruoyi neither dodged nor evaded, running straight towards the white tiger.
Two stones in her hand flew towards the tiger's face.
There were projectiles! As expected, humans were crafty! The tiger deftly dodged. A smile curved Shang Ruoyi's lips. This was the moment! She leaped past the white tiger and jumped into the dense forest.
Turning back, she smiled and said, "You can't catch me!"
The white tiger was slightly enraged. How dare she provoke it! It promptly turned around and chased deep into the forest.
Seeing this, He Jingheng instantly tightened his grip on the sleeve - arrow. By this time, it was too late to shoot at the tiger.
He could only watch as the figures of Shang Ruoyi and the tiger gradually disappeared.
After running for a while, Shang Ruoyi turned around. The white tiger was already right behind her.
She gasped for breath as the white tiger stared at her with fierce eyes.
Her physical strength had reached its limit.
Although this body had been transformed by the spiritual spring, the lack of endurance couldn't be compensated for.
She took out a bowl of spiritual spring water and gulped it down, only then feeling a bit more restored.
Shang Ruoyi didn't notice that when she took out the spiritual spring water, the white tiger's eyes changed abruptly.
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It licked its lips, its eyes fixed intently on the bowl in her hand, or more precisely, the contents of the bowl.
Shang Ruoyi threw the bowl in her hand to the side.
Before it even hit the ground, the white tiger shot towards the bowl like an arrow.
It frantically licked the remaining spiritual spring water in the bowl, and the bowl clinked against the ground. Shang Ruoyi's eyes dimmed. What was wrong with this magnificent tiger, acting like a dog? Could it be because of the spiritual spring water?
She took out another bowl and filled it with water.
As soon as the spiritual spring water appeared, the white tiger looked over again.
As she had suspected.
Shang Ruoyi smiled and shook the bowl in her hand. "Do you want a drink?" The white tiger looked at the human in front of it in confusion and slowly nodded its huge head.
She took a step closer and accidentally spilled some of the spiritual spring water.
The white tiger's tail swished twice, and it took a few steps forward.
Shang Ruoyi quickly said, "Stop!"
The white tiger indeed stopped in its tracks.
She smiled. "Sit."
Although hesitant, after a moment of deliberation, the white tiger sat down. Taming a beast like this was incredibly convenient.
She moved a few steps closer. Now, she was only an arm's length away from the white tiger. She extended her hand towards the tiger, and the white tiger looked at her hand in bewilderment. Shang Ruoyi said softly, "Shake paw."
Shake paw, shake paw...
Was it really being asked to shake paw?
This made it extremely resistant. Just then, Shang Ruoyi waved the water - filled bowl in front of it a few times. "If you want a drink, you have to shake paw."
The white tiger blinked its eyes. The smell of the water was truly alluring, or rather, irresistible to a tiger.
This time, it hesitated for a relatively long time. After all, it was a matter related to its tiger dignity.
But nothing could change the nature of a glutton.
Finally, it extended its tiger paw.
In an instant, the world around them transformed. When it came to its senses, they were no longer in the dense forest. The white tiger looked around at the unfamiliar surroundings in confusion. Where was its territory? Where was its mountain? Where was its den?
But the smell here was so pleasant!
Suddenly, it saw the spring not far away, and its tiger eyes lit up. It rushed over to the spring and drank heartily.
It drank until it was full.
When it looked at Shang Ruoyi again, all the vigilance and fierceness in its eyes had vanished.
"From today on, you're my tiger," Shang Ruoyi said, surprised that she had tamed a fierce beast so easily.
The white tiger rolled on the grass. Suddenly, it saw a rabbit grazing not far away.
Just as it was about to pounce, Shang Ruoyi shouted, "If you dare to eat it, I'll stew you tonight and drink tiger - bone soup!" The white tiger, which had already prepared to sprint, was so frightened by her words that it dropped to the ground.
Shang Ruoyi walked up to it and patted its head. "Good boy. From now on, you'll be called Xiaobai, okay?"
Although it didn't like the name, it didn't dare to resist.
Shang Ruoyi left the space, grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground and smeared it on herself, then slowly walked towards the camp.
When her figure appeared, He Jingheng sent the two people in front of him flying with a palm strike.
Shang Ruoyi only felt two shadows flash in front of her eyes, but she didn't see anyone.
The others were still unconscious. He Jingheng looked at her, and the fist he had been clenching slowly relaxed.
"You're still alive."
"Of course," Shang Ruoyi scoffed. "What, do you think you're seeing a ghost?"
"What about the white tiger?"
"It couldn't catch up with me. It probably got lost in the dense forest," she said, trying to brush it off. She walked up to him and touched his knee. "Didn't expect you to recover so quickly。‘’
"Thanks to you," He Jingheng replied indifferently.
Did she think he was a three - year - old?
The tiger couldn't catch up with her?
The tiger got lost in the forest?
She was clearly lying.