Vampire Cultivation Notes

A monstrous tiger loomed ahead, its gaze fixed menacingly upon them.

Meanwhile, the energy fluctuations from the demon-summoning talisman unleashed by Li Jieqing continued to spread, striking the white tiger's body and then unnoticed as being projected into the distance.

What kind of broken talisman is this...?

This thought came to Li Jieqing's mind.

The next moment, the white tiger stood up, let out a low growl, and its demonic energy spread out. With a roar, its demonic energy soared into the sky!

At the top of the rocky mountain, a fierce wind spewed outwards, melting the snow on the summit like a volcanic eruption.

At this moment, the Demon-Searching Talisman was finally able to detect the White Tiger's aura, and it trembled violently for a moment before spontaneously combusting.

"A peak-tier first-order demonic beast?!"

A familiar fragrance followed the tiger's roar, causing the Vajra Talisman protective shield that had appeared on Li Jieqing's body to flicker.

It was this pleasant fragrance that helped conceal the overwhelming demonic aura. The demon tiger was no longer a demon tiger; it had undergone a complete transformation, and even the demon-summoning talisman couldn't detect it.

"Hey! Can we reconcile?"

Li Jieqing held one hand behind his back and the other in front of him, trying to communicate as he faced the wind.

He's probably gone down the wrong path.

All things in heaven and earth have spirits, and so do demonic beasts. The White Tiger species is one of the best among them, possessing considerable wisdom.

However, what greeted Li Jieqing was a pair of resentful tiger eyes and a tiger's roar that seemed to be about to be emitted.

It seems impossible...

call out!

The second-generation Azure Water Sword suddenly emerged from the sloping part of the cave, emitting a clear sword cry, and thrust straight at the newly opened tiger's mouth.

"--roar!"

The white tiger saw the blood-red longsword coming, but instead of dodging, it opened its mouth, bit and flicked it, breaking the magic power carried by the green water sword, which then flew back.

As a superior magical artifact, the remaining magical power within the sword was reactivated in mid-air, using the momentum of its backward flight to turn around and fall into Li Jieqing's hands.

While drawing his sword, Li Jieqing had already activated a new talisman.

"Superior Grade Spirit Talisman - Levitation Talisman!"

With a flash of magical light, the talisman propelled Li Jieqing into the air, into the pillar of cascading moonlight, and headed straight for the cave entrance atop the mountain, like an arrow released from a bow.

"roar!!"

The white tiger wouldn't let it get away with that. It slammed its pillar-like tail on the ground, placed its four limbs on the cavern, and chased after it upwards.

boom--!

A talisman of fire was unleashed, and the flames surged, blocking the upper road.

The white tiger broke through the blockade without a single hair being burned.

Boom! !

A Fire Talisman and a Wind Talisman fell down.

Fueled by the wind, it transformed into an orange-yellow fire dragon, charging straight at the White Tiger.

With a roar, the fire dragon shattered, and the white tiger rose again!

Bang bang bang!

Thunderball slipped from his grasp!

Li Jieqing gritted his teeth and threw down all the thunderbolts he possessed. The lightning condensed into a tangible form and exploded between the mountains.

The white tiger was met head-on by the raging thunderstorm.

The entire stone mountain, over 500 feet high, was struck by the thunderbolt. It could not withstand the impact for more than a moment before it broke in half and collapsed, with rocks rolling down.

Li Jieqing himself was also affected by the force of this landslide.

In the midst of dodging and falling down the mountain, Li Jieqing was caught off guard when lightning exploded beneath him. The white tiger, still relentless, pounced from the center, slapping Li Jieqing against the side wall with its claws, and he fell down with the collapsing mountain.

"What a great physique!"

After flying backward and shattering two rock walls, Li Jieqing finally managed to regain control of himself.

"I thought the White Tigers had been wiped out by the market last year, but I didn't expect you, you beast, to still be alive in the valley!"

Wiping the blood from his mouth, Li Jieqing casually sprinkled all the remaining offensive talismans down.

The body of a demon beast is indeed worthy of its reputation, especially for a first-tier peak demon beast like this, whose stats are simply too high.

Perhaps it's also due to the source of that delicate fragrance.

Having consumed so many spirit talisman thunder pills, this demonic tiger became even more ferocious.

If it hadn't activated a high-grade Vajra Talisman beforehand for protection, and had been shielded by a Dharma robe, it would probably have been smashed into a meat patty by a single claw.

Having withstood a blow from the demonic tiger, the superior-grade Vajra Talisman was rendered useless.

Li Jieqing no longer had a second high-grade protective talisman.

Fortunately, after the demonic tiger broke through the lightning and struck with its claw, it was also smashed down by a massive boulder and fell back into the mountain, where it did not reappear for a while.

Li Jieqing was slammed onto the collapsed rock face and fell down at the same time.

Before long, the mountain was about to collapse and hit the ground.

At this moment, Li Jieqing spared no effort in activating all the talismans he had scattered.

"roar!"

The tiger roared again, and was only a few feet away.

Li Jieqing originally intended to hold back one more half-finished move of the Blood Heart Freedom Technique, but seeing the situation, he couldn't care less. How could he possibly face the demon tiger? He hurriedly used the Soaring Talisman to rise again.

However, just as they were leaping up, the demonic tiger on the ground burst through the rock face, its gaze following the figure that had just leaped up again.

The fact that the attack failed to kill the cultivator made the demon tiger even more enraged.

Just as they were about to give chase, the talismans that Li Jieqing had scattered beforehand suddenly activated.

Bing Fire, Ding Fire, Li Fire Talisman; Xun Wind, Zhen Thunder, Xin Gold Paper!

A hundred spiritual talismans burst forth simultaneously, unleashing a torrent of lightning and fire, instantly reducing the surrounding rock wall to dust.

"You beast, I'm done living!"

"The Ruyi Sword Talisman!"

Above the sky, Li Jieqing unleashed his last trump card, a top-grade spirit talisman. This talisman came from the Ruyi Sect and possessed extraordinary power.

As the mountain collapsed, the white tiger endured the devastation of a hundred spirit talismans. Its body was charred black, and just as it was about to raise its head, another golden sword light swooped down.

As the swords clashed and the tiger roared in confrontation, they both crashed into the avalanche's depths.

"...Can it still move?"

Above the sky, a new demon-summoning talisman in Li Jieqing's hand spontaneously combusted. He glanced down at the dust and debris from the landslide below and couldn't help but feel a chill run through his entire body.

You beast, you're really something!

I'll come back to settle this score with you another day!

Riding the levitation talisman, disregarding whether it would provoke other demonic beasts, Li Jieqing found the direction of Taipingfang City he had come from, parted his figure in the snow, and disappeared in the air in a flash.

Not even half a quarter of an hour had passed.

A tiger's roar shook the rocks, and the demon tiger, its body covered in scorched blood, which had turned from a white tiger into a black tiger, stood on the landslide site. It recognized the scent in the air, roared angrily, and chased after it again, its body nimble and seemingly oblivious to its injuries.

Li Jieqing, who was in the lead, was only concerned with running away. Before long, he had almost flown out of Wangyue Valley and was still running non-stop, leaving Hu Xiao far behind.

……

Just before they reached Taipingfang Market, the power of that superior-grade levitation talisman was completely exhausted.

Li Jieqing fell from the snow and saw the archway at the entrance of the market in front of him. He breathed a sigh of relief and luxuriously took out a Qi-Nourishing Pill to replenish his depleted magical power.

After swallowing it in one gulp, Li Jieqing looked back towards Wangyue Valley. After a while, his magical power surged, and he exhaled a breath of turbid air.

The old map is fake, or perhaps it was real, but judging from the condition inside the stone mountain, it has long since become the den of that demonic tiger.

In other words.

When Jiang Wei was desperate and came to us for help, he wouldn't even tell the truth. He guarded the cave and gave us a fake map to fool us.

"The human heart has reached this point... truly wondrous."

Li Jieqing turned around, put on his hood, and walked towards the market in the snow.

Even in death, my good brother didn't forget to teach me a lesson, informing me of the cruel conspiracies of the cultivation world. With such a friend, what more could one ask for?

If fate allows, I will do my utmost to reunite the family.