14 Chapter 14 – Shock and Awe (1/2)

Three people started travelling towards the Clearwater village which was the border village of Qinglu city. According to Bai Wuji, people from Bai family were staying there to escort them back to the city.

They travelled for half a day before resting in a clearing under a tree. Zhu Xuan remembered there was a creek not far from here and went there to get some water to drink after informing them. He found the creek a distance away and started filling his gourd with water when he heard a booming sound.

He put the gourd away and started running fast towards the sound of the direction because that's where the other two are resting. He ran into the clearing within few moments, and suddenly stopped and stood there in shock. He saw Bai Ling and Bai Wuji are fighting against the Snow Tiger senior. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he thought, ”What are the chances of meeting the snow tiger again and what are the chances that both of his past and present acquaintances are fighting each other.”

He ran towards them and shouted ”Wait, Stop fighting.”

Bai Ling and Bai Wuji thought he was going to fight the tiger and retreated back a bit. They knew this demon beast was stronger than those warthog by many times and were only defending, so they were only slightly injured and were battle ready to support him at any time.

Zhu Xuan walked past them, Snow Tiger also stopped when it heard the familiar voice and looked at him. He walked close to the tiger and said with a big smile ”Hahaha Senior, How are you? It's nice to meet you again.”

Both Bai Ling and Bai Wuji stood there like statue with eyes wide open and mouth agape.

Ever since he came in front of them and saved them, Bai Ling started to have some interest in him and longed to know more about him. In the past few days, they familiarised with each other and she found he is a kind person and act decisively in what he feels right, but he was always calm and replied plainly like an old man who has seen many things in life and she couldn't see through him completely. So the sudden change in him, who is acting like a kid with a big smile, fascinated her.

Bai Wuji on the other hand was intrigued on how Zhu Xuan was talking to the demon beast like he had met his close relative.

In fact, Zhu Xuan was really happy to see the snow tiger and had a strange familiar feeling like the tiger a family to him. He probed with his Qi, tried to find its strength and found he still couldn't gauge its strength. ”Just how strong is it?” he wondered.

The Snow tiger looked at him and then looked at the other two from Bai clan. It simply turned around and started walking away. Zhu Xuan had a big smile on his face and shouted ”Thank you for letting them go. I will come visit you again when I have time Senior.”

The snow tiger stopped turned its head, looked at him and transmitted a message ”Get lost. Don't disturb me again.”

Zhu Xuan gave a silly smile at its retort and shouted again waving his hand ”Bye Senior”

Zhu Xuan saw the tiger disappear in the woods and walked back towards Bai Ling and Bai Wuji. Their eyes were still wide open and they looked at him like he was a rare animal. Zhu Xuan touched his nose with a silly smile.

Bai Wuji said astonished ”That's a Dragon Horned Snow Tiger and you were talking with it”. He was not questioning him; he is simply making a statement of how it is a rare thing to seeing someone talking to a demon beast.

Zhu Xuan thought, ”So it was called Dragon Horned Snow Tiger. I still have a lot more to learn and I should do it once I get back.”