Chu Fengqing shook his head, “Qing Niao, don’t make unnecessary sacrifices.”
He was aware of his own physical strength. Even if there were five or six Qing Niao in front of him to block for him, he would not be able to escape at all.
Qing Niao seemed not to have heard his words. His eyes were fixed on the white tiger in front of him. He drew out a soft sword from his waist that was almost the same as Ji Yujin’s.
The white tiger bared its teeth and growled at him.
Both sides seemed to be testing each other, the white tiger and Qing Niao were looking for opportunities to attack. Chu Fengqing glanced at Lin Ying on the ground. He had lost consciousness and fainted.
The guesses in his mind made his lips turn slightly pale, and his breathing became a little irregular. The white tiger is here, so what about Ji Yujin and the others?
His eyes were slightly cold, and he took out a bottle of medicine powder from his sleeve and said softly, “Qing Niao, hold your breath.”
Qing Niao was slightly startled, not daring to take his eyes off the tiger. He nodded gently and did as he was told.
Blood was dripping from the wounds on the white tiger’s body. It seemed that it had already used up most of its energy in the fight with them just now, so it didn’t dare to launch an attack rashly.
This is a drug that is ten times more powerful than those sold on the market. He prepared it for self-defense, but he doesn’t know if it will work on the white tiger or not, so he can only try it out.
Just then, a headwind blew by. Chu Fengqing covered his mouth and nose with his sleeves and sprinkled the medicine powder in front of the white tiger.
The medicinal powder was very fine, and when blown by the wind, it looked like a white mist, lingering around the white tiger and then quickly dissipating.
The white tiger shook its head and pounced towards the two of them in anger, and Chu Fengqing and Qing Niao had no way to avoid it.
This was the scene Ji Yujin saw when he first arrived. His pupils shrank suddenly, and he staggered, almost falling from the tree.
There was a “bang” sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, but all his vision was blocked by the huge body of the white tiger. Ji Yujin licked his dry lips, fell to the ground, and his feet left a deep footprint on the snow.
For a moment, he even forgot about his martial arts skills and ran over there.
Panic took over all his thoughts. He couldn’t even think. His mind was blank, and he just kept running forward.
When he got closer, the white tiger lay weakly on the ground, scratching the ground with its claws, trying to get up, but it had no strength. It could only stare at him and gasp.
Ji Yujin saw Chu Fengqing getting up from the ground. His white fox fur was soaked by the snow and covered in mud. There was a cut on his face. The wound was very thin, and a few drops of blood oozed out.
Chu Fengqing was slightly stunned when he saw Ji Yujin. Ji Yujin’s eyes were dark, and his face was frighteningly dark. There was no trace of a smile. He walked closer step by step, looked him up and down, and said in a dry voice, “Are you hurt anywhere?”
Chu Fengqing shook his head. When the white tiger pounced on him, Qing Niao took him away. However, he was a little anxious and could not stand firmly, so he suffered some minor injuries.
“That’s good.”
Ji Yujin was dressed in red, with blood on his face, like a shura from hell. Suddenly he pulled Chu Fengqing over and hugged him tightly, with such force that it seemed as if he wanted to embed the person into his body.
Chu Fengqing’s body stiffened slightly, but he didn’t avoid it. The hand on his waist tightened, and the shocking heat permeated from the other party. The other part exhaled heavily, and Ji Yujin’s voice came to his ears, “You really—scared me to death.”
Chu Fengqing was startled and slowly raised his hands that were hanging by his side. As soon as it touched Ji Yujin’s clothes, his fingers curled up. After thinking for a while, he put it down again. His voice was cold but also soothing: “Don’t worry, I’m fine.”
Qing Niao got up from the ground by himself, it was no wonder that no one helped him either. He patted the snow off his body, looked at them with a frown, then walked silently to the big white tiger and touched its beard with his hand. The big white tiger bared its teeth at him, but soon lowered them weakly. The man and the beast looked at each other expressionlessly.
Xichang’s guards hurried over and stopped at the sight. A young guard blinked and asked the head of the organization innocently, “What should we do now?”
That head was obviously very surprised. He thought he was going to face a big battle and was even prepared to make a glorious sacrifice. He didn’t expect… this kind of scene. This jump was too fast, and he could not adapt to it.
That head slapped that person on the head and said in a low voice, “What are you doing?! You are looking at me in an indecent way. Turn your heads away! If you make the Madam uncomfortable, I will make you all uncomfortable!”
“Yes!”
The shocking response made the head of the organization cover his head. Damn it, his official position is in jeopardy.
Ji Yujin frowned, let go of Chu Fengqing, turned around and looked at the group of “his own people”, then remembered the white tiger, turned around and looked at the white tiger, and asked, “What’s going on?”
Qing Niao blinked and looked at Chu Qingfeng innocently.
Ji Yujin: “……”
Chu Fengqing was playing with a small empty bottle in his hand. “I used the drug.”
He walked up to the white tiger, squatted down, and said calmly, “I didn’t expect this drug to be so effective. I’ll develop some more when we go back.”
Everyone looked at the big, cold beauty squatting in the snow. He had an immortal look and a calm expression, but cold sweat broke out on their backs.
A white tiger was knocked out by drugs? The old saying is true: beautiful things are dangerous.
Ji Yujin smiled and suddenly felt that it was a bit silly for so many people to fight with the tiger just now. “Your drug is actually more powerful than the dozens of us.”
There was a faint smile in Chu Fengqing’s clear eyes. He lowered his eyes and suddenly saw the blood stains on the fox’s fur. His brows slightly frowned. “Ji Yujin, are you hurt?”
Ji Yujin was dressed in red, and it was hard to find bloodstains if one didn’t look carefully.
After hearing what he said, Ji Yujin suddenly remembered the wound on his arm. He raised his arm and took a look. The wound was caused by the white tiger’s claws. The wound was so hideous that the bone was visible. However, he just took a look and then covered it with his sleeve. “It’s fine, just a minor injury.”
Chu Fengqing: “……”
Chu Fengqing didn’t care whether he was willing or not, he pulled his sleeves open, saw the hideous wound, and pursed his lips slightly. “Is this a minor injury?”
As he spoke, he took out a small jade bottle from his bosom. Ji Yujin let out a “tsk” and said, “Are you a moving medicine box? How come you have all kinds of medicine?”
Chu Fengqing ignored him. In fact, there were also only three bottles of medicine: one bottle of self-defense drugs, one bottle of life-saving drugs—he had just fed one to Lin Ying—and one bottle for external injuries, which was the bottle in his hand now.
He sprinkled the powder evenly on Ji Yujin’s wound. Ji Yujin was calm at first but slowly became distorted. He frowned and said, “You little sick seedling, are you seeking revenge for personal gain?”
This medicine is too painful.
When Chu Fengqing heard those four words, he pursed his lips into a straight line and applied another layer of the medicine that he was about to take back.
“Hiss…”
Chu Fengqing raised his eyes. It was rare to see such a vivid expression on his face. He said, “Has anyone ever told you not to offend your physician?”
Ji Yujin glanced at him and couldn’t help curling his lips. “Well, I was wrong. Physician, please have mercy on me.”
Chu Fengqing said in a cold voice, “There is no solution, just bear with it.”
This medicine is very effective, but it is a bit painful.
“Awoo, awoo–”
The milky sound of the little tiger was heard, and everyone was slightly stunned. They saw a little tiger circling around the big white tiger, but walking with a limp, its belly pressed against the ground, its eyes slightly open, their color was azure, like the color of the sky, but purer.
The little tiger was hiding behind the big tiger just now, so it didn’t get any drugs.
“Aiyo! What a sin!” At this moment, an old man dressed as a hunter came over from outside and shouted when he saw this scene.
Everyone drew their swords immediately. The perimeter of the winter hunting grounds was heavily guarded, yet a stranger appeared.
Ji Yujin narrowed his eyes, protected Chu Fengqing behind him, and asked, “Who are you?”
The hunter had never seen such a scene before, and his legs and feet immediately became weak, but he still knelt down and kowtowed, “Dear soldiers, I am a hunter from the village at the foot of the mountain. I have intruded without permission, please have mercy on me.”
“Knowing that this is a heavily guarded area, why do you want to break in?”
The hunter trembled, “Ans-answer my lord, I just worry about Hu Niu… I-I risked my life to come and see, but I didn’t expect…”
He looked so sad that he gently patted the big white tiger with his hand.
“Hu Niu?” Ji Yujin frowned and pointed at the white tiger lying on the ground. “It?”
“Yes, this white tiger is Hu Niu.”
The hunter looked around as he spoke, and finally, his eyes fell on the little white tiger beside him. Tears streamed down his face. “There were five little tigers ah, how come there is only one left?”
The big white tiger grunted, as if responding to the old man.
The old man kowtowed several times, “My lord, I picked up Hu Niu when I was a child and have been raising it ever since. Later, I couldn’t raise it anymore, so I sent it to the mountain. Hu Niu is very humane and never attacks anyone… It never comes down the mountain to scare people. For so many years, it has been staying in its own territory peacefully and has never provoked anyone. Please have mercy on me, my lord. If it doesn’t work, I will take Hu Niu to another mountain.”
The implication is that Hu Niu’s riot this time must have been caused by someone provoking it.
Ji Yujin frowned and looked at Chu Fengqing. “What do you think?”
Chu Fengqing pursed his lips and looked at the little tiger that was barely standing. If the big tiger died, the little tiger would definitely not survive. “If it’s really as the old man said, the white tiger was protecting its child, it’s indeed innocent. It’s our fault.”
He paused as he spoke, frowned, and looked at the white tiger. A trace of pity flashed in his eyes. Perhaps his words could save its life. He also understood that the white tiger was innocent in this matter, but… everything is not just black and white. What did Ji Yujin do wrong that he should take the blame for this matter?
He couldn’t bring himself to say that.
Chu Fengqing: “Even so, His Majesty has seen the white tiger, and the white tiger has hurt people. It is a fact that cannot be reversed. However you deal with it, it is reasonable, so there is no need to feel pressured.”
Ji Yujin was stunned. He thought Chu Fengqing would plead for the white tiger.
He glanced at Chu Fengqing, then turned to look at the old man, “Can you guarantee that it won’t hurt anyone?”
“Yes, yes, yes. Hu Niu has a gentle temperament and will never hurt anyone for no reason.”
Ji Yujin shook his head. “What guarantees can you make? The white tiger has lost its children, and it has started to do evil. It will be hard to stop from now on.”
He glanced at the white tiger and said, “The white tiger, I can’t let it go. Now you. If you stay, I will also punish you accordingly.”
The old man was still kowtowing, but two guards came over and pulled him away. The old man looked at Hu Niu, crying, but he knew it was too late. “It’s my fault, Hu Niu.”
The old man’s voice gradually faded away. Chu Fengqing turned his head, walked to the little white tiger, and picked up a branch from the side. The little white tiger stepped back in fear, making a “hissing” sound from its mouth, as if trying to scare him away.
Chu Fengqing touched the little tiger’s hind legs, tore off a piece of cloth from his clothes, and fixed the branch on its hind legs. He had just discovered that the little tiger’s hind leg seemed to be broken.
Ji Yujin called Qing Niao over and said, “Have someone send an iron cage over.”
Qing Niao frowned. “Yes.”
But he was a little confused. The iron cage must be used to lock up the tiger, so why didn’t they just kill it directly?
Ji Yujin: “Send them to the wilderness.”
That place is sparsely populated, so there is no need to worry about the white tiger hurting people. It is all forest, so there is no need to worry about the white tiger having nowhere to find food either.
Qing Niao: “Yes.”
The eyes of the head of the organization below flickered slightly. His master actually felt sympathy. He had done so many tasks, and his master had always been decisive in killing and had never done such a thankless task. He didn’t know whether this change was good or bad either…
Chu Fengqing touched the little white tiger’s chin, and the little white tiger made a “woooo” sound. Not sure if it felt comfortable being touched or something, it rubbed its face against Chu Fengqing.
Ji Yujin walked up to the white tiger and patted its body. “Whether you live or die will depend on yourself now.”
Chu Fengqing stared at him and asked, “How are you going to explain this to His Majesty?”
Ji Yujin: “I have my own way.”
He touched Chu Fengqing’s hand, which was cold, and frowned, saying, “Let’s go.”
“En.”
The two walked a few steps, and Ji Yujin suddenly looked at him, “Were you scared just now? Why is your breathing so disordered?”
Chu Fengqing pursed his pale lips, his breathing changed, he tried to adjust his breathing, and he said calmly, “En, I was a little scared.”
