Chapter 6: The White Tiger's Life Hangs by a Thread

  "Haha... Dong Zhuo, you see my men are more robust than your soldiers, don't they?" Looking at the shocked expression on Dong Zhuo's face, Huang Shao couldn't help but throw his head back and laugh loudly, taunting him mercilessly.

  Dong Zhuo gazed out at the unknown distance of the beastly tide, and his heart was filled with regret. He had been hitting wild geese all day, but now he was being pecked in the eye by a goose. He never thought that he, Dong Zhuo, would suffer such a great loss at the hands of this little brat! At the same time, he suspected how this kid could command these wild beasts - was he a heavenly demon? Suddenly, Dong Zhuo's line of sight passed over Huang Fei's small body and fixed on the large and small white tigers behind him. So that's it! Tigers are the kings of all beasts! What a blunder!

  Looking at the complacent doll in front of him, Dong Zhuo couldn't help but burst into a fit of rage, really wanting to go forward and chop this annoying little kid with one knife. However, he glanced at the mountain top, thought for a moment, and decided it was not feasible. If he were to kill the two tigers in front, he would inevitably have to spend some effort, but being surrounded by the beast group would be very unfavorable, advancing would only lead to death. He turned his head again to look at the hundreds of beasts behind him, although there were many, but it seemed possible to kill a bloody path, retreating might still leave a glimmer of hope!

  Dong Zhuo is indeed a great general, calm at critical moments. In the blink of an eye, he decided on the route, "All generals, follow me down the mountain, fight for a chance to survive, kill!"

  Dong Zhuo turned his horse's head and charged down the mountain, wielding his sword to kill the beasts that were rushing up. The others saw this and quickly slung their bows and arrows over their shoulders, picked up their personal weapons, and followed Dong Zhuo in a charge down the mountain. It has to be said that the people of Xiliang are fierce warriors, even when faced with many wild animals, they dare to fight to the end.

  Although they were fearless, unfortunately their horses no longer obeyed their masters. In the fierce flames of the beastly sea, one by one, the frightened horses lost their footing, and the more timid ones even foamed at the mouth and died from shock. "Thud..." The people riding on the horses were thrown off one after another, looking very disheveled.

  Dong Zhuo struggled to his feet, straightened out his helmet which had been knocked awry, and roared with a fierce face: "Get up, all of you! Follow me and fight! Advance and there's hope for life; retreat and none can survive! Follow me and I'll cut a bloody path!"

  Most of them were generals under Dong Zhuo, and only a few were civil officials under his rule. However, in this society, even civil officials emphasized the "Six Arts of Gentlemen", and they could wield guns and swords. Under Dong Zhuo's leadership, more than 30 people formed a small arrow array, fighting with wild beasts on one side and running down the mountain on the other.

  Standing on the mountain, Huang Fei looked at the thirty or so figures trapped in the beast tide with a cold eye. He watched as they fell one by one, the arrow clusters getting smaller and smaller until only that ancient yellow figure remained - Dong Zhuo. It seemed that today he wouldn't be spared. Looking at Dong Zhuo who was about to break out of the wild beasts' encirclement, Huang Fei shook his head and sighed.

  Dong Zhuo did not know how many beasts there were, but Huang Fei was very clear. Listening to the sound, he could clearly distinguish which beast in the mountain it was. This time, there were more than 120 heads of beasts coming, and it would be very difficult for Dong Zhuo to stay behind without a fight.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, Dong Zhuo ran away, and his subordinates, including all of their war horses, were killed in the beast tide.

  Looking at the seriously injured white tiger, Huang Xiang waved his hand and shooed away the pack of beasts that were chasing after Dong Zhuo, who had escaped but was nipped on the buttocks by a hunting leopard. He dispersed the beast group and walked solemnly to the front of the white tiger, looking at its increasingly dispirited expression, his heart felt like it was being cut with a knife.

  The white tiger heard Huang Xiao's footsteps and slightly raised its head, with a hint of smile in its eyes, as if in approval. The white tiger was not stupid at all, although it wasn't as intelligent as humans, but it definitely wouldn't be much worse either. When it came to its senses from the pain of losing its child, it discovered that Huang Xiao wasn't its child, just that it had no malice towards Huang Xiao, whom it had mistakenly taken in, and instead showed him favor and affection, even more so than its own flesh and blood.

  This is what it ate today, the gazelle and the yellow pheasant said.

  If Huang Xiang didn't understand beast language, he might never have known this secret and would only think it was a white tiger that had mistakenly taken him in, at most feeling grateful. But now...

  Gently stroking Bai Hu's injured body, Huang Xiao's tears fell uncontrollably. Turning around, he stripped the clothes off the dead bodies, picked up a precious sword that had fallen to the ground, cut the clothes into strips, and prepared to bandage Bai Hu.

  The clever white tiger, or perhaps sensing Huang Xiao's intention, gently shook its head and let out a few low growls.

  After hearing what the White Tiger said, Huang Xuan furrowed his brow and followed its words. He got up and walked into the cave, and at the end of the corner of the cave, he found the white stone slab mentioned by the White Tiger - a white jade piece.

  What's the use of this thing? White Tiger wouldn't let me bandage it, and I came to find this piece. Huang Xiao was puzzled, holding the jade piece, and returned to White Tiger's side, asking in a low voice using beast language, "Is it this thing?"

  The white tiger glanced at the jade piece, slightly nodded its head and let out a few roars.

  Shatter this jade piece? What does it mean? Unable to think of the reason, Huang Xiao still executed Bai Hu's command, pinched the jade piece with two fingers, and shouted "Hua", the jade piece was pinched into fragments.

  The White Tiger saw that the jade piece had been crushed, and its expression suddenly relaxed, constantly growling as it told Huang Xiao about the origin of this jade piece.

  Originally, this jade piece was left to the white tiger by its father when it grew up, and he told it that if it encountered danger, it should shatter the jade piece, no matter how far away it was, he would rush over. Huang Xiao listened with a dazed expression, what is this? Is this some kind of fantasy? Would anyone believe in such things? It seems that this white tiger isn't very intelligent and is easily deceived! Coming from the 21st century, Huang Xiao wouldn't believe in such tricks, so he tried to persuade it gently and offered to bandage its wounds. However, the white tiger was adamant that its father would definitely come and refused Huang Xiao's offer, running away into the darkness.

  Huang Xiang had no choice but to accompany it and chat with it sentence by sentence.

  "Who hurt my daughter!"

  It wasn't long before a loud shout suddenly came from the sky, causing the valley to rumble.

  Has it really come? Strange, why is it a human voice? The White Tiger Father should also be a white tiger! Huang Xiao looked around for the sound, heavens, what did he see?!

  Afterwards, Huang Xiang was thinking that at the time his expression must have been very colorful, and his mouth which had opened wide could definitely fit in his own fist!

  In the distant sky, a white shadow flashed and quickly flew towards Huang Xiang's location. It was flying! When it arrived nearby, it could be seen clearly that it was a huge white tiger with four paws stepping on cloud, amazingly coming by treading on air!

  Huang Xiang stared blankly at the majestic white tiger soaring in the sky, completely stunned. A flying white tiger? A talking white tiger? This world is too crazy!

  He pinched his arm hard, ouch! It hurts, it's not a dream!

  The white tiger in the sky saw that its daughter was injured, and it suddenly turned into a bloodthirsty tiger. With a glance, it saw Huang Xiao standing beside her, and naturally thought he was the one who did it. In a fit of rage, without any hesitation, it swiped its paw from afar. What? To greet him? No! Suddenly, Huang Xiao only felt a strong gust of wind coming at him, "Boom" a muffled sound, hitting his chest straight on, and the enormous force sent his body flying down the mountain.

  "Boom!"

  Huang Xiao only felt that his forehead had hit something hard, and under the intense pain, he fainted.

  He didn't know how long had passed, but when Huang Xiang slowly woke up, the sky was already bright. "Damn it, what a broken old tiger, did I provoke you? Ahh..." He couldn't help but curse as soon as he remembered everything before he fainted.

  "Humans, I admit it was my fault. At the time, I sensed that my daughter was in danger and, in a fit of rage, I didn't think carefully. There was only one human at the scene, which was you... I truly apologize."

  As soon as Huang Xiao's voice fell, a man's voice suddenly came from beside him. Hmm! This voice sounds so familiar! Is... is that flying white tiger! Huang Xiao quickly turned his head to look over and saw a huge white tiger standing not far away from him. It wasn't the one that had hurt him, but which one was it? At its feet were two big and small white tigers lying down, exactly the mother and son of the white tiger. The white tiger saw Huang Xiao looking over and nodded at him with a hint of apology in its eyes, but its expression seemed to have improved greatly. The little white tiger rubbed against his leg, sticking out its tongue to lick his hand, with a joyful color in its tiger eyes.

  Huang Xiang looked at the big white tiger and asked, "Are you its father?" pointing at the white tiger.

  "Yes, human, I am its father. Thank you for saving my daughter, and also, regarding the injury you sustained just now, I offer you a sincere apology." said Da Bai Hu sincerely.

  "Alas, I'm out of luck. You're anxious too, it's only natural to worry about your daughter's safety. How can I blame you? It's strange, as a beast, how can you speak human language?" Huang Xiao sighed, what else could he do? However, Huang Xiao was very curious that it could speak human language.

  "Hehe, what's so difficult about this? As one of the Four Sacred Beasts, we can all speak human language."

  "I... like this." Suddenly, no! Huang's hand trembled as he pointed at the White Tiger, "Wh... what, you... you are the Western Holy Beast, Wh... White Tiger?"

  "Heh heh, human, what did you think?"

  "No wonder you can fly."

  Huang Xuan weakly came up with a sentence, which made Bai Hu laugh loudly.

  "Human, what's your name? Oh, sorry, I forgot human etiquette again. You can just call me White Tiger. My daughter told me you've known each other for a long time. Now let me formally introduce you to my family: my daughter, Tà Yún; and my grandson, Xiǎo Yuè. Hehe, I gave him that name while you were unconscious. Can you tell me about your past? I'm curious how you and my daughter ended up together."

  "Of course. My name is Huang Xiao, as for my past, let's start from that day..."

  Huang Xiang slowly told Bai Hu about his past, from the easy son to the hundred beasts retreating Dong Zhuo, and Bai Hu listened with relish.

  "So that's how it is. I didn't expect someone as young as you to have such a tumultuous fate. You saved my daughter earlier, but due to my carelessness, I ended up hurting you. Hmm, let me think for a moment, how can I make it up to you." White Tiger said emotionally.

  "There's a saying that goes, 'Do good without expecting reward.' And your daughter has also taken care of me. What's this talk about compensation?" Huang touched his forehead and felt a big scar in the middle, ruining his looks. Alas, this life... "You didn't mean to hurt me either, I don't blame you for anything."

  What's wrong with you? Of course, it's wrong! You're fine this time, but I'm left disfigured. How can I show my face to people with such a huge scar?! But then again, how dare I blame him? That's the legendary White Tiger of the West, one of the Four Sacred Beasts... what if...

  "Don't rush to refuse, listen to me finish speaking. Tapping Cloud was injured this time and lost too much blood. I plan to take it away from here to my cave to recover. Moreover, it has reached the age where it needs my guidance in cultivation. This trip will take at least thirty to fifty years. As for Xiao Yue, I don't plan to take her away, so I can only entrust her to you. She is young and naive, but with your care, I am at ease. What's called compensation is also to enable you to better take care of her."

  "It's like this, White Tiger, you can rest assured. I and Xiao Yue are as close as siblings, I will definitely take good care of it."

  "I trust your character. Hehe, Huang Xiao, don't you want to know what kind of gift I'm going to give you?" Bai Hu Ruo teased Huang Xiao with interest.

  "Haha, as a sacred beast, you naturally have to be generous. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a loss of face?" Seeing the White Tiger start joking, Huang Xiao's tense mood also relaxed.

  "Haha... That's natural, I'm a White Tiger product, how can it be bad?"

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