Chapter 499 - White Tigers Dominating Body (2/2)
”You can do that?” Alex asked. ”Is there any threat to my life if we do that?”
”This has never been done before, so I don't know,” Lady Ren said. ”All I know is that despite having the bloodlines of the White Tiger, you haven't awakened any skills the bloodline comes with, so we may be safe.”
Alex nodded when he heard that but then stopped as he remembered something. ”Um… actually, there is something I haven't mentioned before. I wasn't hiding or anything, I just forgot to mention something very important,” Alex said.
The beasts got curious and looked at him curiously. ”What is it?” Lady Ren asked.
”You see, whenever Pearl cultivates, I am forcefully made to cultivate the same thing with him as well,” Alex said.
”Forcefully made to cultivate?” Lady Ren seemed confused.
”Um, let me just show you,” Alex said and sat on the ground and pet Pearl as he told him to start cultivating.
Pearl sat on his lap and closed his eyes as white light shined around him. The white light soon turned to yellow, which then turned to golden. He had started cultivating.
As soon as that happened, numerous cuts appeared all around Alex, which hurt him quite a lot, but not enough to make him lose his attention from the current situation.
”See? This is what i— What's wrong with you guys?” Alex asked when he saw all of their eyes wide open and their pupils enlarged.
”It can't be,” the jaguar said.
”He hasn't even awakened his bloodline yet,” the Puma said.
”The White Tiger's Dominating Body technique. How… does he have the technique? Those should be memories lost to him for a very long time,” Lady Ren said.
”Memories?” Alex asked.
”Yes, Memories of the first White Tiger,” Lady Ren said. ”When the first 4 beasts were blessed by the gods, they all received some sorts of skills, each different from each other.”
”In the case of the White Tiger, the progenitor got a few different techniques that were later named White Tiger's Golden Claw, White Tiger's Roar, White Tiger's Steps, and a few others.”
”These skills were skills ingrained onto the bloodline itself, and whoever acquired the bloodline, acquired the memory of these skills as well. The first children of the progenitor White Tiger could all use these skills pretty well.”
”However, as the White Tiger's bloodline extended and started to get diluted, the number of skills they acquired also started to dilute. If they did retain the memories, it would only be some of them, not all.”
”My husband had the knowledge of White Tiger's Steps and White Tiger's Golden Claw, just like many of his brothers and sisters. However, only very few White Tigers ever acquired the memories of the White Tiger's Dominating Body technique.”
”To think I would get to see such a fabled skill on this child; I did not expect that,” Lady Ren said. ”This child is no longer important to us alone. If the family learns about him, they might just take him there to rear him.”
Alex was about to argue after hearing that when Lady Ren herself spoke once again.
”No!” she said, surprising the lot. ”He is too young right now. He will either grow up to be a pawn or die before getting any strong at all. So, the best choice is to keep him here until he is old enough to know better and fend for himself.”
As she said that, she turned to look at Alex who still had cuts appearing all over him. ”Does it not hurt, little human? All of these wounds,” she asked.
”Huh? Oh yes, it hurts. But I'm used to it. Do you know why this is happening?” he asked.
”I'm not really certain, but I believe that because of your 'Bond of Equal' and you also have the same bloodline, you can cultivate what this child does. However, because of your lack of a similar physique to the White Tiger, your body cannot handle the cultivation method,” Lady Ren said.
”I see,” Alex said, even though he had already guessed that much.
”Do you have anything else to ask?” Lady Ren asked.
”Yes, a bunch.”