"Roar!"
In the forest, the Tiger Heroine saw the two charging towards her and let out an angry roar, baring her fangs.
"Beast, today I will slice you into a thousand pieces."
Lei Pi's Origin Power surged out, and he charged forward with bare hands.
"You and I will flank it." Xie Yu drew his sword and separated from Lei Pi, his figure slightly behind Lei Pi.
"Roar!"
The Tiger Heroine pounced on Lei Pi, her sharp tiger claws sweeping out. Lei Pi quickly dodged.
Whoosh... Xie Yu followed, extending his Origin Power onto his sword. He slashed out, and a streak of sword light fell.
The Xie Clan was skilled in swordsmanship, possessing a formidable Fourth-Grade sword technique martial art.
"Snap!"
The Tiger Heroine's python tail whipped flexibly, actually wrapping around the opponent's sword. She opened her large mouth and bit towards the hand Xie Yu held the sword with.
"Ah!"
Xie Yu was startled and immediately abandoned his sword and retreated.
"This beast has such strong defense," Xie Yu said with lingering fear. His sword couldn't even cut through its tail.
"Be careful, this beast is probably already at the Heavenly Yuan Realm Middle Stage," Lei Pi reminded.
Xie Yu was only at the Heavenly Yuan Realm Early Stage, a significant gap compared to the Fire Python Tiger.
At the same realm, if they fought head-on, demon beasts were much stronger than humans.
"Crashing Thunder Light!"
Lei Pi let out a low shout, his Origin Power surging wildly. The Origin Power glow on his hands became increasingly intense, eventually transforming into a fluctuating ball of light that tumbled wildly in his palm.
The Tiger Heroine felt the powerful Origin Power fluctuation, her tiger eyes widening. She immediately turned and ran.
Lei Pi was at the Heavenly Yuan Realm Middle Stage, on par with the Tiger Heroine, but Lei Pi also had Xie Yu beside him. Neither side could do anything to the other in a short time, and prolonged entanglement was disadvantageous to the Tiger Heroine.
"Snap!"
Lei Pi struck down a tree with a palm, angrily saying,
"Beast, trying to run!"
He chased closely behind.
However, in the dense jungle, how could they, who were not skilled in movement techniques and speed, catch up to the Tiger Heroine?
In the blink of an eye, the fiery figure disappeared from their sight.
Returning to Lin Yun's side, Lin Yun patted the Tiger Heroine's large head and praised,
"Well done!"
"It's time to change locations."
The man and four tigers set off again, heading deeper into the forest.
...
Two days later, Lin Yun had circled from the north side of Qingyang Town's forest to the south side, near the area of the previous hunting tournament.
"Master, there are many powerful demon beasts deep in this area. It's best we don't go deep now." The Tiger Heroine looked at the forest with some apprehension and actively communicated with Lin Yun.
"Oh~"
Lin Yun stopped and looked at the Tiger Heroine, feeling its emotions fluctuate slightly, its eyes filled with hatred. After a brief thought, he understood the key point. He stroked the Tiger Heroine's large head and asked, "You ran out from deep within this forest back then, right? What kind of demon beast injured you?"
"And your tiger companions, your clan, are they still there?"
"Roar~" The Tiger Heroine let out a low roar.
Leaning against Lin Yun's embrace, it told him its story.
The Tiger Heroine had formed a new family with another Fire Python Tiger. They occupied a decent mountain in this forest, and the couple lived a relatively happy life.
But later, a group of Azure-Eyed Fire Lions invaded their territory.
Azure-Eyed Fire Lions were also Heavenly Yuan Realm level demon beasts, no weaker than Fire Python Tigers, and they operated in groups. Seven or eight Azure-Eyed Fire Lions arrived at once, four of which were already adults, their strength no weaker than the Tiger Heroine's.
Furthermore, the Tiger Heroine was pregnant with the three little ones. In this situation of competing for territory, the Tiger Heroine and her mate naturally suffered losses.
To protect the Tiger Heroine's escape, the tiger father fought a desperate battle with the Azure-Eyed Fire Lion group and ultimately became food for the Azure-Eyed Fire Lion group.
"Four Heavenly Yuan Realm Azure-Eyed Fire Lions, huh? Don't worry, I will definitely avenge you in the future." Lin Yun patted the Tiger Heroine's large head and comforted it.
"Roar roar!" The Tiger Heroine nudged Lin Yun, telling him not to be impulsive.
It understood the strength of the Azure-Eyed Fire Lion group. If their strength wasn't enough, going there would only be a futile sacrifice.
Now, it only wanted to raise the three little ones. Revenge was not as important as the three little ones.
"We definitely won't go now. We'll talk about it after we all break through to the Heavenly Yuan Realm," Lin Yun reassured the Tiger Heroine.
After remembering this place, Lin Yun led the four tigers to temporarily detour.
Now that he had reached the Earthly Yuan Realm Late Stage, he could begin working towards the Heavenly Yuan Realm.
To break through to the Heavenly Yuan Realm, he had to absorb Yang Gang Qi.
"It seems I can only plan to go to Ironwood Manor!"
Lin Yun immediately thought of the Lei Family's Ironwood Manor. There was a Yang Yuan Stone Mine beneath it. In the original work, during the Hunting Tournament, the Lin Clan gambled with the Lei Family's Ironwood Manor using a Fire Python Tiger cub. In the end, Lin Dong defeated Lei Li, and the Lin Clan obtained Ironwood Manor.
Later, at Ironwood Manor, Lin Dong discovered the underground Yang Yuan Stone Mine through the Stone Talisman.
The Lin Clan also rapidly prospered through this mine.
Now, because Lin Yun had taken the Fire Python Tiger family away in advance, the gambling segment did not occur.
However, none of that mattered. He would just take it back.
Anyway, the Lei Family had not yet discovered the existence of the Yang Yuan Stone Mine beneath Ironwood Manor.
Lin Yun immediately headed in the direction of Ironwood Manor.
Ironwood Manor was half a day's journey from Qingyang Town. If he detoured through the forest, it would take about two or three days.
Upon reaching the outskirts of Ironwood Manor!
Lin Yun first tried to create tasks.
Task: Find a Yang Yuan Stone Mine. Reward: A bag of Yang Yuan Pills.
Task: Capture Ironwood Manor. Reward: Intermediate Cosmos Sack.
Task: Occupy the Yang Yuan Stone Mine. Reward: Innate Yang Gang Qi.
"These rewards are great." Lin Yun immediately beamed with joy, looking at Ironwood Manor with eyes full of possessiveness.
"Ironwood Manor, he, Lin Yun, is taking it!"
Lin Yun slipped into the forest, circled Ironwood Manor, and released his mental energy to investigate.
Ironwood Manor specialized in cultivating and producing a type of black ironwood. This ironwood was like refined iron, impervious to water and fire, and its material was thick and heavy, making it extremely suitable for manufacturing weapons and various buildings.
Within a radius of several hundred miles around Qingyang Town, only Ironwood Manor had this kind of ironwood, so the price was also quite high. It was one of the Lei Family's core industries.
Heavenly Yuan Realm experts from the Lei Family were stationed here year-round.
Lin Yun investigated and found a Heavenly Yuan Realm expert from the Lei Family, Lei Xing.
In addition, there were six Earthly Yuan Realm cultivators, and over a hundred Body Tempering Realm cultivators and lumberjacks.
The stationed lineup could be said to be quite luxurious! Lin Yun did not act rashly. If he released Tiger Heroine now, it would likely immediately attract the full force of the Lei Family and Xie Family's attacks. Even if he temporarily occupied it, it would be taken back.
"Right, there seem to be two leopards as well." Lin Yun had a flash of inspiration, remembering that in the original work, there were also two Heavenly Yuan Realm Black Iron Demon Leopards deep within Ironwood Manor.
Moreover, the location of the Yang Yuan Stone Mine was also where those two demon leopards were.
"If I can control the two Black Iron Demon Leopards and make them my thugs, it should be easier."
Lin Yun immediately thought that his Beast Taming Art had reached mastery now, so controlling two Heavenly Yuan Realm demon beasts would not be a big problem.
He circled around the outside to the depths of Ironwood Manor.
Lin Yun discovered that Ironwood Manor was actually connected to the primeval forest inside. The Lei Family had only developed the outer area to plant ironwood.
"Found them!"
Soon, Lin Yun went about ten miles deep into Ironwood Manor and detected the two Black Iron Demon Leopards.
The Lei Family members seemed to be aware of the existence of these two Black Iron Demon Leopards. No one dared to approach this area, and they had even set up a warning fence in the middle.
With no Lei Family members approaching, he could deal with the two demon leopards with peace of mind.
"Create tasks first!"
Lin Yun began creating tasks in his mind.
Task: Defeat the Black Iron Demon Leopards. Reward: A bottle of Fifth-Grade Origin Qi Pills. ×2.
Task: Use the Beast Taming Art to tame the Black Iron Demon Leopards. Reward: A bottle of Fourth-Grade Soul Nourishing Pills. ×2.
With the four tasks successfully created, Lin Yun began to act.
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