Chapter 104: Stuck With Him?

The Snow Consort, dragged away, looked to the Second Prince for help with her eyes.

But the Second Prince already had more than enough on his hands — where would he find the mind to care about her?

He was the one in charge of organizing the winter hunt.

Yet now first a Tiger had charged into the Camp and wounded people, and then an assassin had mixed in among the guards.

The wound on his body still ached terribly…

Watching the officials gathered together in the Camp whispering among themselves, he could already imagine that tomorrow the memorials impeaching him could probably drown the Hall of State Affairs!

Once Father Emperor woke, who knew how he would be punished…

Fifth really played a fine game, actually setting a chain plot against him!

The Second Prince at this moment had one head swelling to the size of seven or eight!

His temples ached and throbbed, his skull buzzing.

His face, drained of too much blood, was a sheet of deathly white; his bloodless lips pressed tightly together into a single straight line. He stared with a sullen, shadowed gaze at Shang Xiaomin, who not far away was surrounded by imperial physicians.

An imperial physician walked over.

"Second Prince, your wound is far too serious. Allow your subject to apply medicine for you."

The guards at his side also urged him.

"Indeed, Imperial Prince, treating the wound is what matters most."

"Get lost!"

Shang Xiao Hui shoved them aside and staggered toward the National Lord's tent.

Since you're playing dirty, then I'll simply lay everything out in the open!

The guards had no choice but to chase after him and support him, so that he could walk with less effort, more easily.

Shang Xiao Hui gripped the guard's hand tightly, his gaze fierce, and said through gritted teeth.

"The Tiger appearing in the Camp was absolutely no accident. That masked man is also very suspicious — go investigate!"

The guard nodded heavily.

"Yes!"

……

Outside the Camp, Cheng Chengxuan was quickly caught up to by two Tigers.

"Aowu!"

The Tiger lunged forward; the Horse, startled, went mad and threw him straight off.

Fortunately, Cheng Chengxuan activated his Lightness Skill in time and landed safely on a tree.

The two Tigers beneath the tree were madly slapping and clawing at it.

Seeing the tree about to break, An Luo was frantic with worry too.

"What do we do?"

"How about this — I'll hold them off first, you quickly put the Young Tiger down, then run!"

Cheng Chengxuan shook his head.

"I'm afraid that won't work."

The young tiger's injuries were severe; these two tigers would likely fight to the death — how could they possibly let him leave easily?

At this moment, Chu Yuan also arrived.

"What's the situation here?"

Sensing the presence of strangers, the two Tigers turned to attack him.

"Don't come over!"

Chu Yuan was startled by the Tiger lunging straight at him; while fending it off, he drew the Long Sword in his hand.

"This Pavilion Master once fought his way out of a pack of starving wolves!"

"Dealing with you lot — one, two tigers — is more than enough!"

"Cheng Chengxuan, each of us takes one!"

"Aowu—"

The male Tiger suddenly raised its head and let out a furious roar.

This time, one after another enormous tiger heads popped up on the surrounding Mountain slopes, all roaring back in response.

"Oh my heavens!"

Seeing this scene, Chu Yuan broke down and covered his face.

"So many of them — did that damned Shang Xiaomin kidnap the Crown Prince of the Tiger Clan?!"

"Heaven wants to destroy me!"

Two tigers, he and Cheng Chengxuan could barely handle.

But this is over twenty!

The tiger pack charged at them all together.

Just looking at this scene made one's whole body tremble.

Where did Chu Yuan have any of his earlier bravado now?

He had completely forgotten that he knew martial arts, and took off running, scrambling up a big tree in a fluster.

Chu Yuan sat astride a branch hugging the trunk, watching the big tigers below baring their sharp fangs with fierce glints in their eyes. He patted his own chest, overcome with lingering fear.

"That was close, scared me to death."

He turned to look at Cheng Chengxuan on the tree opposite.

"What do we do now?"

"How about this — you put the Young Tiger up in the tree to draw their attention, and then the two of us seize the chance and run!"

The tree is so tall that if it fell, the cub would very likely die.

But the situation was critical now — there was no other choice.

It was indeed pitiful to use the cub as a decoy, but their two lives were lives too!

Looking at the dying cub in his arms, Cheng Chengxuan hesitated no longer and took out a small white porcelain bottle from his clothes.

An Luo was slightly taken aback.

"Isn't this…"

The healing elixir Zaituan had given him before they set out?

The kind that could pull a person back from their last breath.

Twenty thousand Reputation Points a pill!

Although Zaituan was fairly well-off in Reputation Points now and wouldn't miss these twenty thousand.

But this heaven-defying thing was rationed!

You could only buy it once every three months!

At the time, she had bought it for Zaituan to carry for protection, just in case.

She hadn't expected that after hearing its effects, Zaituan had insisted on giving it to his little uncle.

Watching the tigers slowly closing in below the tree, Cheng Chengxuan broke the pill into four portions, put one portion back into the bottle, and fed one of the remaining portions to the cub.

The pill worked well — the little tiger's internal injuries healed quickly, and it looked more spirited than before.

The palm-sized little fellow blinked its eyes, hugged his finger and nuzzled against it, licking him affectionately several times.

It was also letting out milky little grunts.

Such an adorable little thing — if the timing were right, An Luo would have loved to pet it a couple of times.

Just then, the tree beneath them snapped, so Cheng Chengxuan simply held the cub and jumped down to the ground.

Perhaps wary of the cub in his arms, the two or so tigers merely surrounded him, snarling threateningly and pawing at the snow beneath them.

Cheng Chengxuan slowly bent down and placed the little tiger in his arms onto the ground.

"Go on."

The Young Tiger first glanced at its tiger father and tiger mother not far away, then turned its head to look at Cheng Chengxuan.

Finally, without the slightest hesitation, it padded forward on its little paws — one step deep, one step shallow — stumbling and bumbling as it ran toward Cheng Chengxuan.

It lay down on his boot, squinted its eyes slightly, let out two childish "Aow aow" sounds, and refused to come down no matter what.

An Luo: "…"

Has it latched onto him?

Cheng Chengxuan had no choice but to put the little fellow back on the ground again and give it a push forward.

"Go find your father and mother quickly, and be more careful in the future — don't get caught by bad people again."

"Aowu?"

The Young Tiger looked back every step of the way, reluctantly walking toward its tiger father and tiger mother.

With the cub back at their side, the dozen or so tigers were completely without scruples. They lowered their heads slightly, stared fixedly at the human before them, and took up pouncing postures.

They looked as if they would charge forward the very next moment and tear Cheng Chengxuan to shreds.

"Aowu—"

With an angry roar from the tiger father, the tiger group slowly drew closer.

Then, a howl different from the deep, powerful roars just now rang out.

"Aow aow aow!"

Seeing its savior surrounded and attacked, the Young Tiger anxiously cried out nonstop.

It bounced around beside its tiger father and tiger mother, calling out as it hopped about.

The two tigers nuzzled the little fellow's body.

"Aowu!"

After the male tiger let out another deep, majestic roar, the rest of the tigers stopped in their tracks and stood still where they were.

The tiger mother and tiger father stepped forward a few paces, lowered their massive tiger heads, as if to thank Cheng Chengxuan.

Cheng Chengxuan tentatively reached out and stroked them. The two tigers let out a series of rumbling purrs, and aside from nuzzling his hand, they made no other moves.

Cheng Chengxuan fed the remaining two portions of the pill to them. Seeing the bleeding stop on their crisscrossing, bloodstained wounds, he took out the Jinchuang Medicine he carried with him and applied it to them.

"There, now hurry back."

The tiger father turned its head and let out a roar, and upon hearing it, all the other tigers ran far away.

But this family of three refused to leave.

Actually, this cub had been underdeveloped since birth and had always been frail — otherwise it wouldn't have grown as scrawny as a weak little kitten cub.

Yet the things this person had taken out had actually cured the cub.

The tiger father and tiger mother touched heads and reached a unanimous decision.

This person had very powerful things — good for the cub's body!

They were going to follow this person!

Cheng Chengxuan was utterly helpless. He waved his hand at the family of three.

"You all need to go."

"Go back to the Mountain. I'm living under someone else's roof myself right now — I have nowhere to settle you."

An Luo, outside the screen, suddenly slapped her hand.

"Let them go find Yu'an!"

In the Reputation Mall there's a skill — Beast Taming!

Just picture that scene: from now on, whenever Zaituan goes out, a pack of tigers flanks her.

How majestic, how domineering!