This Is Not the Female Demon Lord I Remembered

Feeling the soft touch in his palm, Liang Yi suddenly realized that the little white tiger had awakened at some unknown time, and was now weakly nibbling on his fingers.

"Is it... hungry?"

Seeing the white tiger that couldn't even break through his defense, Liang Yi couldn't help but feel amused.

This little thing is quite adorable!

"Although I haven't figured out how to deal with you, I definitely won't let you starve."

Liang Yi gently stroked the little guy's nose, chuckling as he spoke.

The easiest way to handle this little guy would be to find another suitable Cultivator from his side, let that person take on the authority of the white tiger spirit, and also directly master the White Tiger Seven Kills Technique condensed from the heart's blood of the White Tiger Envoy; this could swiftly create another top-level Cultivator.

Of course, he naturally wouldn't let the new bearer of the white tiger's authority follow the path of slaughter again.

Another method would be to simply raise this fellow properly, so that when he awakens, he will naturally be the new generation of Divine Beast, White Tiger.

Beings like the Four Spirits have ways of engraving their legacy somewhere, quietly waiting for the continuation of their bloodline, just like the young people in Liang Yi's previous life who loved to engrave weird things in their genes.

Liang Yi searched through his ring, found the grilled fish that he had bought for Old Man Ju at the Little Bamboo House, and carefully peeled off a small piece of tender and fatty fish meat to feed the white tiger.

This fish, being sold in Little Bamboo House, was naturally no ordinary item; the fish meat contained a rich amount of Spiritual Power, even more effective than general low-level Spirit Pills.

Tigers definitely don't eat vegetarian, and this was the first thing Liang Yi thought of when he chose meat.

As the fish meat was gently placed down, the white tiger that was nibbling on Liang Yi's fingers finally diverted its attention.

However, to Liang Yi's surprise, the little guy just sniffed at it a couple of times with its head and continued nibbling on Liang Yi's fingers.

"Doesn't it eat meat? Could it be that I've really come across a vegetarian tiger?" Liang Yi was utterly amazed at this thought—could this be what Innate Divine Beasts are like? Not eating meat but turning to vegetarianism.

But what puzzled Liang Yi even more was that this little thing wasn't vegetarian either!

The fruits brought by his junior sister as snacks, various meats that Old Man Ju loved, and even some Spiritual Medicines that Liang Yi took out intending to feed this little one, regretfully it didn't eat any of them.

"It won't eat this or that; I only have these strange and rare metals left in the ring; if you don't eat, I might just let you transform into authority to be borne by someone else!"

When Yue Bai and Wan Tinggui returned after checking and repairing the Secret Realm, what they saw was Liang Yi hurriedly stuffing a piece of Mystic Iron into the mouth of the white tiger, looking a bit exasperated.

"Liang Yi brother, what are you doing?"

Yue Bai couldn't stand it anymore, as a fellow of the Demon Clan's lineage, she had never seen a tiger that eats iron.

"What's this? The spirit of the White Tiger?"

Wan Tinggui looked puzzled, although she recognized what it was, she was perplexed as to how it ended up with Liang Yi.

"It is indeed the spirit of the White Tiger; somehow it got wrapped up with me."

Unable to explain the existence of the System, Liang Yi just casually found an excuse to fob Wan Tinggui off.

"Here you go, you take care of him..."

Seeing Yue Bai, Liang Yi's spirits lifted, and he hurriedly handed over the little creature to her, admitting he really couldn't take care of it.

"Um..."

Yue Bai looked at Liang Yi brother hurriedly passing the little white tiger into her hands, somewhat dazed.

"This little one must be hungry, right?"

Even if Yue Bai had no experience in caring for young beasts of the Demon Clan, she could tell that the meaning of nibbling on her fingers was that it was hungry.

Liang Yi just shrugged, signaling to Yue Bai to do what she thought was necessary; as for himself, he was out of ideas.

"Come, have something tasty..."

Although Yue Bai did not understand what the senior brother meant, she still excitedly took out some milk-based Spirit Food from her ring, planning to feed it to the little tiger. This was also Wan Tinggui's first time seeing such a spirit of the White Tiger, and he was interestedly watching Yue Bai busy herself.

But soon, Yue Bai encountered the same situation as Liang Yi; the variety of food she took out held no interest at all.

"Could it be that it needs to drink milk?"

Yue Bai looked troubled. She knew that young demon beast cubs usually drank mother's milk, but where was she supposed to get that for this little guy?

Moreover, this was the spirit of a White Tiger, a naturally nurtured Innate Divine Beast. If anything, Heavenly Dao was its mother or father.

Liang Yi cheerfully watched Yue Bai and Wan Tinggui fiddle around, casually taking out the World Origin, ready to further study what use it could have for him.

But unexpectedly, just when Liang Yi took out the World Origin, the little tiger lying in Yue Bai's hands suddenly seemed to discover something, standing up shakily and continuously roaring towards the World Origin in Liang Yi's hands.

Everyone was stunned; could it be that this little one wanted to eat the World Origin?

Liang Yi hesitated for a moment. Since this thing was useless in his hands, he might as well give it a try.

With this thought in mind, Liang Yi approached Yue Bai with the orb-like World Origin, cautiously bringing it closer to the little tiger.

Surprisingly, the White Tiger who had been previously interested in nothing, only knew to chew on fingers and claws, now seemed spirited and began joyfully embracing the World Origin many times larger than its body, slowly absorbing it.

As far as Liang Yi and the others could see, strands of extremely fine Origin silk threads drifted out from the orb, slowly falling into the White Tiger's mouth.

The little tiger looked as if it was starving, continuously absorbing these silky threads.

Liang Yi's face showed astonishment because the White Tiger that absorbed the World Origin grew its aura at a visibly fast speed, and he also received a system notification:

"Ding! Innate Divine Beast [White Tiger] has absorbed your World Origin and recognizes you as its master!"

"???"

Liang Yi was full of doubts, his face a mix of wanting to complain but not knowing where to start.

Aren't you an Innate Divine Beast? Can Divine Beasts casually recognize owners? And to think you'd recognize an owner just because of food, not even a dog would do that.

"The food is pretty high-end..."

Liang Yi dryly uttered, truly speechless.

It was the World Origin, after all, something of inexplicable value even to cultivators of the Ninth Realm, and in this creature's mouth, it had now just become food.

"Oh, spit it out, if you're going to eat, eat mine."

Yue Bai was somewhat anxious. She naturally understood the value of the World Origin for cultivators; what would her senior brother use if this little one finished eating it?

"It's alright, the World Origin is useless to me; I was just struggling with what to do with it."

Liang Yi hurriedly waved his hands with a bitter smile, soothing the concerned Yue Bai.

Although the World Origin was of no use to him, it was extremely precious to Yue Bai and the others, and there was no need to waste it in such a manner.

"Aow, aow!"

Only after the World Origin had shrunk by about a tenth did the little White Tiger finally let out two satisfied cries and energetically jumped into the palm of Liang Yi's hand with the remaining World Origin.

"Thankfully it didn't eat too much..."

Liang Yi checked the World Origin, finding that this little guy didn't have a big appetite; for now, it seemed sustainable, no immediate problems expected.

"An Innate Divine Beast is born from the Innate Void, naturally nurtured, indeed there's no issue with it feeding on the World Origin."

Wan Tinggui quietly watched everything, gently guessing aloud.