Chapter 29: Tiger Cubs Are Like Sons (Part 2)

  The next morning, the sky fell again with goose feather-like snow. Xiao Ziyang hid in a mountain cave, cultivating repeatedly. He was now considered to be savoring the flavor of his cultivation. Previously, he had only felt spiritually refreshed and full of energy after one or two cultivations. But after these days of continuous cultivation, he found that in just six or seven days, his strength had increased by a whole 20%!

  It's a whole two percent! Except for some beginners or young people who are still growing, to increase physical strength by two percent, it is an effect that can only be achieved through months and years of hard training!

  For an external family master, increasing two-tenths of power doesn't mean that the martial arts will increase by two-tenths. The two-tenths of power brought about may be a manifold increase in strength! This is just seven short days of work! How can he not be surprised? How can he not be delighted?!

  It snowed for two days, and on the third day early in the morning, the sky cleared up. Xiao Ziyang walked out of the cave, and his eyes were blinded by the strong light reflected from the snowy ground, causing him to tear up. He had to squint his eyes. With his bow and arrow on his back and a hunting spear in hand, he prepared to go hunting again.

  Two snow tiger cubs miraculously survived and their spirits grew more vibrant every day, it's unknown whether it was due to the medicinal diet.

  The mother snow leopard was finally buried by him. He couldn't let the cubs eat their own mother's flesh and blood.

  Xiao Ziyang went down the mountain and first thought of going up to the opposite slope. He, who didn't have much hope, was surprised to find that those pieces of frozen meat had disappeared, and it was unknown whether they were eaten by the bear or other animals. Due to the snow cover, no footprints could be seen on the ground.

  He hesitated for a moment and decided to go up and take a look. Today's weather was extremely cold, if the black bear hadn't eaten those frozen meats, it would have already hibernated, so there shouldn't be any danger.

  Xiao Ziyang slowly approached the black bear's nest built in a tree hole.

  It was a very tall ginkgo tree, seven or eight people could hardly encircle it with their arms. At the base of the tree, a cave about 7-8 feet square had rotted out.

  Xiao Ziyang crouched under a large tree not far away, peeking out to take a look. Soon he discovered that the black bear was already dead, its head facing the entrance of the cave, with a dark red bloodstain in front of its mouth, and a crimson icicle hanging from its nose.

  Xiao Ziyang got up and walked to the front of the tree hole, using the hunting spear in his hand to poke at the black bear. Its body was already cold and stiff, apparently having been dead for some time.

  With this black bear, he naturally didn't need to go hunting anymore. However, getting it back wasn't a simple matter. This was an adult male bear, over six feet long from head to tail, and weighed around 500-600 pounds!

  Xiao Ziyang drew a curved knife from behind his waist and began to dissect the black bear. The black bear had been frozen into a large ice block, he used all his strength, sharpening the knife three times, before finally cutting open the black bear.

  He went back and forth more than a dozen times, and he finally moved the whole black bear into the cave. He cut off a straight tree trunk, set it up in the narrow place in the cave, and hung all the bear meat from the top of the cave.

  With this 500-600 jin black bear, Xiao Ziyang no longer had to go hunting every day. His body began to undergo rapid changes in his cultivation.

  Twenty days have passed, and the entire black bear has entered his abdomen. According to his calculations, this black bear should take at least half a month to eat. In these twenty days of cultivation, his body changed every day, and it became faster and faster. His weight increased by nearly 20%, and with the increase in weight, his strength actually doubled!

  His appetite increased along with his weight and strength! At first, he could only eat five or six catties of fatty bear meat a day. By the end, he was able to eat over ten catties of fat-rich bear meat in one day. Of course, the rapid consumption of bear meat also had something to do with the two small snow tigers that grew extremely fast.

  Xiao Ziyang's body was originally robust, and now it is like a bear, with muscles all over his body, every muscle bulging as if filled with terrifying power!

  Due to the changes in his body, his appearance also underwent a significant transformation due to muscle strain, and at this point, he probably wouldn't dare recognize himself even if Lei Gengtou were standing right in front of him.

  He was worried that the medicinal materials for auxiliary cultivation would be used up, and how to disguise himself when buying them down the mountain. Now he doesn't need to worry about it anymore.

  The two snow tigers were already over a foot long, and in the blink of an eye, they had acquired three parts of the majesty of the mountain king. It was unclear whether it was due to the effect of the medicine or if this fierce beast was naturally growing at an incredible rate!

  Xiao Ziyang made a small wooden hoop that could no longer hold these two little rascals, they had been scorched by the bonfire once and became much more well-behaved, never daring to get close to the fire pit again.

  After eating the bear meat, he had no choice but to take up his hunting bow and arrow again and leave the cave. What made him annoyed was that two small leopards followed him with a thick skin.

  Carrying two small leopards, Xiao Ziyang trudged through knee-deep snow in the mountain forest. The two little guys were away from their cave for the first time, running back and forth, playing wildly, like two white elves.

  The snow tiger is indeed the overlord of the snowy forest, the knee-deep snow makes it very difficult for him to walk, but the two little leopards running in the snow only leave a trace of about an inch deep.

  However, this also made him very worried, with these two troublemakers, he was likely to return empty-handed today.

  What surprised him was that, just like an instinct, when he approached the prey by tracking a yellow sheep's footprints, the two snow tigers calmed down and even made a cat-like crouching motion.

  When Xiao Ziyang shot an arrow that hit the nape of Huang Yang's neck and sent him tumbling to the ground, the two snow tigers immediately pounced on him like arrows flying off a bowstring.

  What made him laugh was that the first snow tiger to pounce, which had a slightly larger head, was actually knocked to the ground and struggled, while the yellow sheep, whose four hooves were kicking wildly, happened to kick it to the ground with one foot, turning it over onto its back.

  This startled the two brave little snow tigers, who hastily retreated back to Xiao Ziyang and hid behind him, peeking out to glare at the gradually disappearing yellow sheep.

  That evening, a dark-skinned, robust man with an iron-like physique arrived in Lushan Town, Luqu County. Although his clothes were clean and tidy, they seemed to be too small for him, clinging tightly to his body, which made his robust figure even more prominent.

  He has dozens of raw animal hides on his back, and two snow-white big cats follow behind him, like a hunter.

  This hunter was Xiao Ziyang, and after seven or eight days of cultivation, his body had become even more robust. Before entering the mountain, the thirty-plus pieces of medicinal materials he had purchased had been completely consumed. This time, he came down the mountain specifically to collect and buy medicinal materials.

  The auxiliary medicines in the first chapter of "Zi Yu Sheng Yan" are all very common, among which the slightly more expensive Tianma, Zhuling, and Shanyi are specialty products of Taifu Mountain.

  Starting from Chapter 2, there are many very precious medicinal materials in the prescription, which can no longer be matched in this remote county town.

  According to Xiao Ziyang's original plan, he should have left Shan Nei County by now, gone far away, found a place with beautiful mountains and rivers, bought a house, devoted himself to cultivation, and waited until his cultivation was successful before starting to investigate the revenge for his parents' murder.