Chapter 137: White Tiger Legacy (Dust Off Fate)

  "Women are just fleeting clouds, cultivation is the true path." Li Mang currently doesn't put his children's private affairs in his heart, cultivating and improving himself is the top priority. Therefore, regarding the misunderstandings with Xue Shen and Bajie, Li Mang doesn't mind and doesn't bother to explain anything to himself.

  See off the senior brother Bajie who still misses "The Snow God Picture", Li Meng simply packed up the family property of Qingzhu Garden, and then entered the Shan Hai Jing which had been away for some days.

  A thick aura of spiritual energy rushed forth, and before his eyes was the familiar sight of lush green mountains and sparkling waters. This caused Li Meng to open up his heart and indulge in a moment of nostalgia: "It's really comfortable."

  "Jing Long." Li Mang shouted in the direction of the Lixi River ahead.

  "Whoosh!"

  "Whoa!" Jing Long burst out of the water, accompanied by a deafening roar, his crystalline body dancing in mid-air was simply stunning.

  "Go help me catch some strange fish and bring them up for roasting." Li Meng waved his hand in indication.

  "Whoosh!" Jing Long directly fell from mid-air, its master was in such a hurry to call it, it thought something important had happened, but it turned out to be catching fish again. The strange fish in Lixi water tasted delicious, but they were extremely fast and vigilant, Li Mang couldn't catch them no matter what, so he could only ask Jing Long for help to catch some to satisfy his hunger.

  Li Meng didn't slack off either. The power of the mountain god circulated outside his body, and with a flash, he arrived at the opposite Tangting Mountain. In the dense vegetable field, he dug up some ginger, picked some chili peppers, scallions, and other seasonings, and also got some green vegetables suitable for barbecue. Adding the strange fish caught by Jing Long, a sumptuous midnight feast was finally assembled. The roasted delicacies were fragrant and overflowing, and Li Meng couldn't wait to devour them in big mouthfuls.

  However, after the night, Li Mang couldn't help but hesitate about what to do next. One option was to cultivate the "Xuanwu True Classic", and the other was to start exploring the second mountain range of Nanshan Jing. Both things seemed extremely important to him.

  The Xuanwu True Classic is the foundation of cultivation. Now that he has entered the door, he should make a concerted effort to solidify his foundation; while the Shanhaijing is his root, without it, he would still be that secretary who types, sends notices, and gets bullied by others, and might even lose his life. Moreover, the ancient beasts of the Shanhaijing can also bring him some benefits.

  So, whether it's cultivating the Xuanwu True Classic or exploring the Shanhaijing world, both are extremely necessary and must be carried out simultaneously. But Li Mang only has one body, and can only choose one of them, really lacking in skill and time!

  Li Mang, who was in a predicament, inadvertently glanced over and saw the white skeleton behind the activity board house. A flash of inspiration suddenly flashed through his mind. He suddenly remembered that he had also obtained a strange bead from the brain of this strange skeleton.

  "I don't know what that pearl is." Li Meng's mind stirred, and the pearl that had been stored in his spatial ring was taken out of his palm. It still emitted a faint, eerie glow, and when placed on his palm, it felt warm and cozy.

  "In the cranial cavity of this beast's skull, there should be organs from when it was alive, and very likely a place to store energy." Li Mang said while examining it closely, at the same time making a great effort to search his own memory.

  Li Meng has only recently entered the world of cultivators, and it's not even been half a year. Most of that time was spent in 'single-player mode', without interacting with anyone. Part of that time was also spent in the Shan Hai Jing world, so he doesn't know much about the cultivation world.

  However, he had spent some time in the Flame Yellow Library before, so he wasn't completely clueless. After thinking hard for a moment, he roughly guessed what this pearl was.

  Humans who practice Taoist alchemy and ancient martial arts store energy in the dantian. As their power increases, the shape of the dantian will change, just like the process of forming a pill or transforming an infant for Taoist practitioners. However, ancient beasts are different, they don't have a dantian to speak of, and most of them store energy in their brains.

  Under normal circumstances, the Ling Beast's crystal would form a tumor-like crystal in its brain, supplying energy to its entire body and allowing it to use some strange abilities. But what confused Li Meng was that according to the data, those beast crystals were mostly irregularly shaped and not very large. The Ling Beast's crystal was about the size of a fingernail, but this one was as big as a fist and round like a ball, which he had never seen in any of the data he had read.

  "Does that mean that the higher the level of the ancient beast, the bigger and more beautiful its crystal will be?" Li Mang thought to himself, his eyes burning with excitement.

  Then he subconsciously began to consider its function and value.

  Some information says that the energy inside the beast crystal can be absorbed, but Li Mang doesn't understand it at all, so he gave up.

  Some materials say that the energy inside the beast crystal can be borrowed, and it can be used as a carrier to launch an even more powerful attack... Li Mang still didn't understand, and his eyes went dark.

  Some materials say that some advanced beast crystals contain certain principles or the legacy of ancient beasts. If you can get it, it's a great opportunity.

  "Is this considered a high-grade beast crystal?" Li Mang was extremely expectant, the spiritual sword given by Song Shi Palm Teach appeared in his hand, and with a slight "chi" sound, it easily cut through his tough finger skin, fresh blood slowly seeping out, the sharpness of the weapon was no joke.

  "Tick-tock!"

  Tick-tock……

  A drop of bright red blood fell onto the pearl in his hand, making a ticking sound. But what made Li Mang extremely excited was that after his blood dripped down, it was immediately absorbed by the pearl, and at the same time, the temperature of the pearl became higher and higher, changing obviously, letting him know that this method was correct.

  "Hum!"

  The pearl suddenly emitted a humming noise, and at the same time burst forth with dazzling light, forcing Li Meng to close his eyes involuntarily. At the same time, the scorching temperature on the pearl was like a raging fire, causing him to instinctively let go of it.

  So he didn't see that the pearl slowly flew up and came to his front, the light beam emitted from it slowly gathered, and finally condensed on his brow.

  Li Meng only felt a severe pain in his forehead, and then he felt something breaking through his consciousness, making him lose control of his body.

  "What's going on!" Li Mang was shocked and his mouth couldn't speak, his hands and feet couldn't move, even his eyes couldn't open. This feeling was extremely terrible, making him worried.

  "Hum!"

  Suddenly, Li Meng's brain was dizzy, and he felt himself entering a dream realm. Before his eyes was a strange and primitive background, like the beginning of the world. A huge white tiger stood on the rocks, looking up at the sky and letting out a long roar. The thunderous sound made Li Meng temporarily deaf. The mountains and rivers in his line of sight were violently shaking, and all kinds of strange and bizarre giant beasts were crawling on the ground, not like any animals that exist on modern Earth, but rather like the ancient wild beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

  "This... is the White Tiger?" Li Meng's heart was shocked, and through the contrast of the outline, Li Meng finally confirmed that the beast bones he obtained in the Ghost Lake underground were indeed a white tiger. This was an ancient divine beast, it was simply unthinkable.

  In its line of sight, after the white tiger let out a loud roar, its spirit suddenly became dispirited and listless, but it didn't fall or sit down. It just stood steadily on the rock, looking up at the sky with eyes as big as lanterns, filled with unresigned defiance against fate.

  However, the result was that it couldn't escape its fate, and the white tiger eventually closed its eyes in a sorrowful atmosphere, dying of old age. The majestic divine beast had finally died of old age, which made people feel sad and oppressed. At the moment of its death, Li Mang's heart even stopped beating.

  A few days ago, he was still thinking about being immortal, but today, seeing the white tiger's old age and death scene, Li Mang felt that his dream was so far away, simply unattainable. Even a powerful divine beast like this would eventually grow old and die, let alone him, who is now just a low-level cultivator. Is the goal of immortality too far-fetched?

  But what moved Li Meng's heart was that this white tiger stood still until death, and the strong aura on its corpse made other ancient beasts dare not approach. It wasn't until many years later, when the heavens shook violently and the earth collapsed, that the white tiger's corpse was finally buried underground.

  Li Mang's visible mirror image has come to an end, but he knows the ending. This white tiger has been standing for tens of billions of years, through countless changes in mountains and rivers, yet it remains unshakeable. It was finally discovered by Li Mang under Ghost Lake, and now it stands steadily on Zhao Yang Mountain.

  The divine beast White Tiger's spirit of resisting fate shocked Li Mang, moved him, and also made his wavering determination re-condense. He wanted to be like this white tiger, pursuing the highest state of eternal life until death...

  The visible mirror was gone, but the inheritance of the data had just begun. A profound and mysterious energy route map was instantly imprinted in Li Mang's mind.