It was from a user called Fresh Little Lychee: "I'm 21 years old, 168cm tall and 98 kg. I took 2nd place in my campus beauty competition, but the 1st was the dean's cheating granddaughter…"
"Oh, please! I just want to find Xiao Bai,,." Jiang Shaoliu touched his forehead and sighed.
Beep beep beep
The private message alert rang continuously, and Jiang Shaoliu cheered up and read them one by one.
"To my dear Doctor Jiang, I've have fallen deeply in love with you from the first time I saw your videos online. You are so handsome, so special and so distinguished…"
"My name is Monica, and I think the most romantic thing in the world is us growing elder together, smiling and chatting together till we're old…"
"People always say I'm a cold person, but actually they are quite wrong, I was just waiting for the right man, until I saw you in the livestream. I believe you are my hero, Doctor Jiang, and you will marry me in a golden coat…"
Jiang Shaoliu couldn't help but chuckle to himself a little, but he was starting to lose hope of finding Xiao Bai at all.
Another message caught his attention. "Hmm?"
"13 minutes ago, 3 silver masters were chasing the white tiger northeast along the river at the following coordinates: North latitude N34°35′51.23″, East longitude E119°12′56.69…"
Jiang Shaoliu quickly input the coordinates into his smart watch's GPS. "It's northeast of here. Seems I was right."
Lin Yuetao's voice came from ground level. "Found something, Doctor Jiang?"
"Yes." Jiang Shaoliu nodded with bright eyes and pointed northeast. "Let's go, Monkey King, Xiao Bai is that way!"
"Ooh!"
…
At the mouth of the fat parrots' gorge.
The golden tiger woke up from its nap and glanced at Xiao Bai.
The white tiger was still there on the ground next to it, gently waving its tail.
The golden tiger got up, reached over with a massive paw and tapped Xiao Bai's head.
Xiao Bai felt his head spin, but refused to show the rare fruit tightly clamped in its jaws.
The golden tiger retracted its paw and looked at Xiao Bai impatiently.
Xiao Bai lay down and looked at the bigger tiger miserably.
But the golden tiger's eyes became determined and it lifted its paw up again and slapped Xiao Bai, sending the white tiger rolling thirty meters across the ground like a fluffy sandbag until he crashed into a large tree.
Disoriented, Xiao Bai didn't dare to move at all and stared at the golden tiger in fear.
The golden tiger came up slowly and slapped him again and again.
Xiao Bai curled up and covered his head with his paws, his bronze light instantly slapped away.
Bang Bang Bang!
The big tree shook violently. Roots came up from the ground and showers of leaves fell upon the two tigers.
After dozens of slaps, the golden tiger suddenly stopped and intently watched Xiao Bai. It was covered and glittering with gold light, majestic and awesome.
Xiao Bai struggled to slowly get up, trembling in pain, carefully checking his bones were still in place. Large black and blue bruises covered his skin beneath his ruffled fur.
The golden tiger raise a leg and slammed it into the ground just before Xiao Bai's head.
Bang!
A wave of rubble exploded into Xiao Bai's face.
Xiao Bai whimpered and moaned miserably, hesitating for a long while before at last slowly opening his mouth.
The tight ball of vines dropped down from its mouth and rolled on the ground, slowly coming to a stop at the golden tiger's leg.
Quite satisfied, the golden tiger reached out and gently patted Xiao Bai on the head, as if to say, "Good boy."
Xiao Bai plopped himself on the ground and wailed sadly. After all the effort he went to to steal away and protect that fruit…
The golden tiger ignored Xiao Bai and curiously examined vine ball.
It seemed as if the dozens of strong vines felt the great threat, as they twisted and contracted, the ball gradually becoming even smaller and tighter.
Squinting its eyes, the golden tiger raised its paw up, sharp claws gleaming in the sun with golden light, and slapped the ball with heavy force.
Then…
"Xiao Bai!"
A loud roar in the distance announced the arrival of the Monkey King, who dropped from the air like a meteor some distance away and created a deep crater.
Standing on the Monkey King's shoulder, Jiang Shaoliu's eyes swept over Xiao Bai's beat-up form, he turned round and stared at the golden tiger with clenched fists and fury.
Xiao Bai looked up and his eyes lit up with joy at the sight of the golden Monkey King. He burst into tears when he saw Jiang Shaoliu straddled on its thick shoulders, crying out like a child.
Lin Yuetao arrived beside the Monkey King's feet soon after.
The golden tiger turned round slowly and straightened up to an impressive twenty meters, its fierce roar shaking the earth.
The Monkey King looked down at the golden tiger with fiery eyes. Suddenly, it began stomping on the ground wildly and beating its chest while howling at the top of its lungs.
Bang bang bang!
"Why are they so aggressive when they've only just met…" Lin Yuetao said in a trembling voice. "I don't even have the courage to fight amongst giants like these."
"I know this tiger…" Jiang Shaoliu said with infinite anger. "It fought the Monkey King on the day of the Great Changes, and the Monkey King suffered a lot to protect me. It's time to settle the score."
A powerful wind picked up as the two golden beasts gathered their energy. The water on the surface of the pool rippled and stones rolled down the cliffs into the gorge. For miles around monsters picked themselves up and ran as far as their legs could carry them.
Suddenly, the Monkey King snatched up Lin Yuetao off the ground and jumped high into the air with a roar.
The Monkey King landed at the top of the cliffs overlooking the gorge and put both human masters down, pointing a finger at the ground to indicate they should stay put before leaping off the cliff toward the golden tiger.
Bang!
With blood-red eyes the Monkey King rushed out and rammed a fist as hard as a hunk of pure gold at the golden tiger's head.
The golden tiger roared and twisted, sliding out of the way like a huge python before swiping its massive claws at the Monkey King's fist.
Bang!
A shockwave exploded with a deafening crack as the golden tiger flew away and rolled on the ground, but quickly got back up.
The Monkey King moved back and roared, jumping up and punching again.
Golden light shone under the tiger's legs as it nimbly dodged the attack.
The Monkey King's fist created a giant pit in the ground where the tiger previously stood, throwing rubble in all directions.
A golden light flashed over the tiger's eyes as it turned round and leapt back at the Monkey King, its wide-open jaws aimed at the giant monkey's arm.
With a fierce scowl, the Monkey King took a deep breath and gleamed with golden light as it shoved its fist down the tiger's gullet.
The tiger's teeth glittered with gold light as its terrible jaws clamped shut.
But then, the golden tiger's eyes open wide in surprise.
The skin of the Monkey King's arm sank under its golden fangs but was not pierced, no matter how hard the tiger squeezed its jaws.
The golden tiger quickly loosened its jaws and retreated, but not fast enough to avoid a hammer strike onto its forehead from the Monkey King's other hand.
The tiger was smashed head-first into the dirt, cracking the ground.
The golden tiger scuttled away moaning, staggering, wobbling and bumping into trees, knocking them over.
After a few seconds, it collapsed.
"The power of Monkey King!" Jiang Shaoliu clapped once and victoriously shook his fist in his air.
Lin Yuetao was speechless.