Thanks to Uchiha Bookworm for the 600 book coin reward. Thanks to Lin Yueyi, thanks to Wan Shu Traveler, thanks to Little Loli... Tang Miao began his sprint to the third level of the Intermediate Ice Element.
Half a day later, the Sky-Marked White Tiger, which had gone out to forage, returned, dragging a wild boar.
I'm not sure what species it was, but its level should have already reached that of a Ruler-level creature.
However, seeing Tang Miao cultivating, the Sky-Marked White Tiger put down the enormous wild boar and lay down outside the cave, beginning to rest quietly.
After a long time, when he felt like he was about to vomit from meditation, Tang Miao got up and walked out of the ice cave.
More than five hours had passed by then.
With only one day of meditation, he naturally didn't see any rapid growth.
However, compared to usual, it was several times faster.
After leaving the cave, he saw a giant wild boar appear before him.
Judging by its size, it had to be a Ruler-level creature!
However, he wasn't an animal, so eating it raw was definitely out of the question.
Immediately, he activated his Ice elemental magic, and a massive ice house emerged.
Then Tang Miao took out a lighter, but to his embarrassment... he realized after preparing everything that this was the summit of Tianshan Mountain.
Due to the cold, snow covered the ground, and there wasn't a single piece of firewood nearby.
This meant that if he wanted to eat cooked food, it was almost impossible.
The commotion Tang Miao caused naturally woke up the Sky-Marked White Tiger.
"Roar, roar~"
The Sky-Marked White Tiger let out a few low growls, looking at Tang Miao with some confusion.
It seemed to be asking him: Why aren't you eating? Aren't you hungry?
Tang Miao said helplessly, "Hu Zi, I'm human... I can't eat this raw stuff."
"Roar, roar~"
The White Tiger growled a few more times, but it was unclear what it was expressing.
Tang Miao felt a pang of frustration... Although at the Monarch level, communication isn't difficult, it was hard for him to understand what the other party was saying in just a day or two!
Just as he was looking bewildered, he suddenly remembered his Dimensional Contract Beast!
Immediately, the star particles connected, and the Dimensional Gate opened.
And then, Little White, with its tiger-like head, cautiously poked its head out and emerged.
Perhaps due to being traumatized before, its caution made Tang Miao's mouth twitch slightly.
"Are you distrusting your dad?"
Hearing this, Little White quickly scurried out.
Just as it was about to fawn over him, it turned its head and happened to see the Sky-Marked White Tiger.
The moment it saw the Sky-Marked White Tiger, Little White's entire demeanor changed for the worse.
Both were white, but in terms of bloodline and strength, it was clearly not in the same league.
It looked at the Sky-Marked White Tiger with a cowering expression, then glanced at Tang Miao helplessly.
Its expression seemed to be asking: Dad, are you now choosing Monarch-level creatures to court death with?
Tang Miao, seeing Little White's pathetic look, kicked it helplessly and then said, "Ask Big Tiger what it was just saying."
Hearing this, Little White weakly turned its head and let out a few low growls.
Tang Miao looked disdainful; he remembered when he summoned this guy in Bo City, it was incredibly arrogant!
Whether it was the Bone Thorn Demon Wolf or the Blood-Striped Rat, it always seemed to look down on them.
So, upon seeing a fellow tiger, it immediately became a coward?
"Roar, roar, roar~"
The Sky-Marked White Tiger also responded with a few growls.
Clearly, knowing that this was Tang Miao's summoned beast, the other party had no intention of scaring it.
Of course, there was no need to scare it anyway, as Little White was still trembling.
After the Sky-Marked White Tiger responded, Little White looked at Tang Miao and let out a few low growls, translating: "Big Boss White Tiger says there are only demons in Tianshan, no human food at all... Even the Tianshan Sacred Lotus, we have to wait until the heavy snow arrives, and at the end of it, it will grow back."
Of course,
There were also some Tianshan Sacred Lotuses, but some places were beyond his reach.
After all, Sacred Lotuses that had existed for a long time were all in dangerous places!
Tang Miao wasn't unable to eat this; he just couldn't eat it raw.
So he said, "Little White, tell Big White to find more dry firewood.
Then I won't starve to death.
A lot of it!"
"Roar, roar, roar..."
Although Little White knew the Sky-Marked White Tiger had no ill intentions, it was still incredibly timid, weakly translating Tang Miao's words.
Actually, Little White didn't even need to translate; the Sky-Marked White Tiger, after hearing Tang Miao, turned and left.
After seeing the Sky-Marked White Tiger leave, Little White collapsed to the ground.
Tang Miao shrugged and then recalled it.
Speaking of which, ever since Bo City, this guy, besides being a means of transportation, he really used to think it didn't have much of a purpose.
He never expected that at a crucial moment, Little White would play such a vital role!
After all, translation is also a skilled job.
The Sky-Marked White Tiger left for an entire afternoon, and when it returned, its body had become enormous.
He didn't know where it got them from, but it spat out trees, one after another, like pine trees, from its mouth.
Tang Miao didn't care what kind of trees they were; as long as they could burn and roast meat, he wasn't worried about starving to death.
In the evening, Tang Miao roasted meat and drank strong liquor.
It was quite comfortable~ The speed of cultivating the Ice element here was simply a natural blessing.
If he also had Tang Yue or Ai Tutu or someone like that accompanying him, cuddling for warmth, Tang Miao felt he could live here permanently.
In a blink of an eye, two months passed slowly like this.
Fortunately, when he came, he had prepared winter gear, and coupled with his powerful Ice magic, he didn't have to worry about freezing to death.
And it was also these past few days that snow began to fall from the sky.
This was the warning of Tianshan being closed off, and during this time, the Sky-Marked White Tiger had also prepared its winter food reserves.
It had also prepared a lot of the trees Tang Miao needed.
The heavy snow that closed off Tianshan Mountain meant that, unless one was a sacred spirit favored by Tianshan, there was no chance of survival below the Forbidden Curse level.
Some people who were searching for treasures here had already fled towards the outside of Tianshan the moment they noticed the snowflakes falling.
After all, Tianshan has always had the saying, "When the snow comes, people leave."
And these few places on the summit of Tianshan were the sacred and favored lands, so Tang Miao didn't have to worry about dying here.
However... in the following days, Tang Miao realized how naive he was!
The arrival of the blizzards was simply like a death knell.
Whether human or demon, in the face of this powerful force of nature, all were incredibly insignificant!
In the first few days, he could still cultivate here, but in the following days, let alone cultivating.
Even relying on his domain power, he could barely withstand the ravages of the blizzard.
The Sky-Marked White Tiger also seemed to realize that Tang Miao couldn't resist, so it endured the baptism of the wind and snow and led him to where it resided.
Although it was only a few steps for the Sky-Marked White Tiger, it felt like a whole day to Tang Miao.
There wasn't such strong wind and snow where the White Tiger resided.
However, the air here was extremely thin; although he wouldn't die, he could do almost nothing except stay warm in the Sky-Marked White Tiger's thick fur.
Every day, Tang Miao cursed the "Qilin Jade" dozens of times in his heart, after all, if it weren't for it, how would he, an Intermediate Mage, have the guts to come here??