Aspiring to the Immortal Path Chapter 51: Tiger Roaring Valley (3)
After taking care of the furs and other items, Tang Jie continued on his way.
Huxiao Valley is a Hulukou terrain that is narrow in front and wide in back. The farther you go in, the wider it becomes. As an artificial valley, it occupies half of Qingyun Mountain. It is not only vast in area, but also has complex terrain, including grasslands, lakes, Jungles and hills are the pattern of mountains within lakes, valleys within mountains, and valleys with their own universe.
At this moment, Tang Jie was walking all the way and came to a pool at the foot of the mountain. Seeing that the water was clear, he stopped and scooped some water with his hands to drink. He also took the opportunity to see if there were any spiritual plants worth picking nearby.
But it seems that there should have been some here before, but they have all been taken away.
Tang Jie didn't pay attention. After drinking the water, he sat beside a big stone, his head lowered and he didn't know what he was thinking.
For a while, his heart moved slightly, and he raised his head and looked towards the top of the mountain in the distance.
I saw a white-fronted tiger appearing on the top of the mountain in the distance.
The tiger was squatting on a big rock on the top of the mountain, looking at Tang Jie and Yiyi in his arms without blinking.
Although Yiyi was hidden in his arms and did not show her head, at that moment, Tang Jie felt that the tiger's eyes seemed to have penetrated the cloth and seen through everything.
"Roar..." a low tiger roar came.
The sound was not loud, but it was thick and far-reaching, spreading throughout the valley.
Hearing the sound, Yiyi poked her head out and glanced at the white-fronted tiger.
Xiao Yiyi did not feel the aura of the tiger, nor did she feel scared. Instead, she asked Tang Jie:
"Brother, that tiger is looking at me! Is it also a monster?"
"Yes, and it's a very powerful demon." Tang Jie said gratefully, but his eyes stayed on the tiger without blinking.
"Then why doesn't it come after us?" Yiyi was very curious. Along the way, whenever monsters found Yiyi, they would chase them desperately, so that they spent more time running away than ordinary students. Much more.
"Because it can't come down." Tang Jie replied: "There is a formation on the top of the mountain, which traps it."
"Ah? Why is there a formation trapping it? Aren't all the monsters in the Tiger Roaring Valley free?"
"This is the only exception... Yiyi, do you know how the name Tiger Roaring Valley came from?"
Yiyi was startled: "Isn't it because of this big tiger?"
Tang Jie nodded: "To be precise, it's because of its ancestors."
"Its ancestor?"
"Yes." Tang Jie nodded.
He looked at the white-fronted and eye-catching tiger on the top of the mountain, and the tiger was also looking at him from above.
Tang Jie simply sat on a big rock, facing the tiger, and said loudly: "Yes, in the earliest days of Tiger Roaring Valley, it was actually a place where a demon tiger was imprisoned, and this mountain peak was its prison. So. Many years ago, there used to be four great demons in Xiyue Academy: turtle, crane, tiger, and carp. The demon tiger ranked third, which is Tiger. These four demons were actually the companions of the senior masters of Xiyue Sect at the beginning. Just like you and me now."
"Oh..." Yiyi nodded to express her understanding: "What happened next?"
"Later?" Tang Jie smiled: "These four great demons were originally partners of Master Xiyue. Later, some of these seniors ascended and broke through the world, some died and some disappeared, and some could not come out of seclusion. Without their master by their side, the four demons simply stayed in the academy and became the demons of the town. But one day, the demon tiger suddenly betrayed them."
"The demon tiger betrayed?"
"Yes." Tang Jie nodded: "The demon tiger betrayed because he was greedy for a treasure of the Xiyue Sect. Later, the demon tiger left to steal the treasure, but was captured by the Xiyue Sect again. In order to find the secret treasure Wherever he was, he imprisoned it on Tiger Roaring Peak, imposed the most cruel punishment on it, and interrogated it every night. Every night, the demon tiger's mournful roar would be heard on Tiger Roaring Peak, and it was later named Tiger Roaring Peak."
"What happened next?" Yiyi held her chin while listening to Tang Jie's story.
"Later... the demon tiger never told where the secret treasure it stole was. Xiyue Academy failed to get the things, so the demon tiger was kept in captivity until it finally died on Tiger Roaring Peak. But it is not just itself, it also has a wife and children. After the demon tiger died, its wife and children were still locked up here, because the Xiyue Sect believed that the demon tiger might have left secrets to his wife through blood or other means. Or children, they continued to imprison the descendants of the demon tiger here for interrogation, but still couldn't get what they wanted. Later, the Xiyue Sect gave up completely. They simply opened up the Tiger Roaring Peak with the Tiger Roaring Peak as the center. Valley came out, making this place a testing ground for students. As for Tiger Roaring Peak, it became the last challenge area for students..."
"It turns out that this tiger is the only top-grade monster!" Yiyi pointed at the tiger on the top of the mountain and shouted.
Tang Jie nodded and replied: "Yes, it is the only psychic high-grade monster in the Tiger Roaring Valley, and it is also a direct descendant of the monster tiger. It is imprisoned here and can only walk on this mountain peak and cannot go out. Peak, but students can enter and exit the mountain at will to hunt demon tigers."
For the students, the strength of the high-grade monsters is really too strong. It is so strong that if the monster tigers are allowed to walk freely in the valley, even if they have jade tokens, they may not be able to save the lives of the students.
For this reason, the academy detains the demon tiger alone, which can be regarded as giving the students the power to choose.
If you don’t want to encounter high-grade monsters, you’ll be fine if you don’t go to the peak. Of course, if you go to the top, you are responsible for your own life.
"If that's the case, wouldn't all the demon tigers be dead?" Yiyi asked.
"No." Tang Jie replied: "Every once in a while, the Xiyue Sect will catch a demon tiger from outside, mate with the demon tiger on the Tiger Roaring Mountain, and produce offspring so that they will not become extinct. , and Xiyue students are also strictly required not to kill tiger cubs if they encounter them. If there is any violation, they will be directly expelled or even executed! If the old demon tiger dies and the new demon tiger has not grown up, the Tiger Roaring Peak will be temporarily closed. , wait for it to grow up before opening it up. Other monsters in Tiger Roar Valley change every year. Anyway, as long as their strength is about the same, only the monster tiger on Tiger Roar Peak has remained unchanged for hundreds of years. It is always that monster tiger. Descendants will continue from generation to generation. For thousands of years, Tiger Roaring Peak has been dyed red with tiger blood countless times, and no demon tiger has ever had a good end. This is the punishment for that demon tiger... and it will bring disaster to the descendants!"
As if he heard Tang Jie's words, the tiger on the top of the mountain let out a low whistle, and the sound echoed in the valley, full of sadness.
"It's so scary." Yiyi was also frightened by the story Tang Jie told.
After all, she is still young, and some things are still too cruel for her.
In fact, even for students, this story seems a bit cruel.
But Xiyue Academy does not hide this.
Just like Tianzhu Temple teaches students to trust the Moon Xining Sect, Hu Xiaofeng uses another way to tell students the consequences of betrayal.
Tang Jie smiled and said: "It's a bit cruel to the demon tiger, but how about the students? Do you know how many students die every time you kill the demon tiger? Top-grade demon beasts are never easy to kill. Yes. Relying on the number of people, the students can certainly kill the demon tiger, but the demon tiger's dying counterattack can always drag some people into the water. Don't be superstitious about jade cards. Ordinary students usually attack like the demon tiger. Killed. Because of this, most operations to hunt demon tigers actually end in failure. It’s not because they can’t beat them, but because they are afraid, timid, collapse, and run away when faced with the tragic death... …”
"Then they are still going? Is this demon tiger valuable?"
"Is it valuable?" Tang Jie raised his eyebrows: "Of course it is valuable. High-grade monsters are much more valuable than middle- and low-grade monsters, but no matter how valuable they are, can they be worth as much as their own lives? It's just that as the only one For students, whoever can kill a high-grade monster is equivalent to creating a glory... This is the greatest degree of glory that the Lingquan level can get, and to some extent, it is even higher than the record of the Seven Heavens Palace. Only This one item is enough to make many people risk their lives. In addition, there is another saying that the Moon-washing secret treasure stolen by the demon tiger has actually always been on the Tiger Roaring Peak, but no one has ever been able to take it away. Find it out. So there are also students who hope to reach the sky in one step and find the secret treasure. ~IndoMTL.com~ And to find the secret treasure, naturally you have to step on the corpse of the demon tiger."
"Wow, if we kill the demon tiger, won't we get the treasure?" Yiyi's eyes widened, filled with longing.
Tang Jie saw it funny, pinched her little cheek and said: "Silly girl, how can a student find something that Xiyue Sect has not found for hundreds of years? That secret treasure may have disappeared from the world long ago, so that It is impossible to hand over the demon tiger, so he will be punished here for generations."
"Uh, disgusting, don't pinch your face!" Yiyi shouted dissatisfied.
"But..." Tang Jie suddenly changed his tone: "Although you can't get the secret treasure, it doesn't mean that you can't get other gains. There are always some treasures that are actually there, right in front of everyone's eyes, but Most people just turn a blind eye."
"What else can be gained?"
Tang Jie smiled: "Think for yourself, Yiyi, use your brain to think about it. The information is in the story, it depends on whether you can find it, don't worry, you have enough time to think."
"Humph, I don't want to think about it." Yiyi turned her head angrily: "You are a student of the academy. The immortal master will tell you everything. Of course you understand. I can't guess what's so strange. ”
Tang Jie Youyou replied: "The masters will indeed tell this story when they give lectures, but do you think the stories they tell will be so cruel and direct? No, they will embellish it, embellish it, and make everyone People think that all this is caused by the demon tiger. So the version I am talking about is actually not the academy’s version, but..."
"That Brother Xu?" Yiyi answered the question very smartly.
Tang Jie's eyes dimmed.
After a long time, he finally said: "The story was left by Brother Xu, but the information can only be discovered by ourselves. There is something I need on the Tiger Roaring Peak. No matter what... I must get it!" ”