As for potential followers or friends to travel with in the future she already had some ideas on where to put her efforts.

If she could gain the monkey kings sons loyalty she could have someone with potential to manage the clan while she was not there, with her help and his knowledge passed down from his father he would definitely make a great leader.

The fox clan would also be a good candidate to help with dealing with clan management but right now she did not fully understand the fox clans intentions..

Lilith was very fast, dexterous and ruthless but also had a mischievous nature which Shadow quite liked.

Although she was mischievous and playful a lot of the time, when things were serious she could be relied upon in a crisis so she decided to help her develop her strength.

Laune and Elija were also within Shadows future plans, Elija caught her eye during his self sacrifice to give the others more time to escape and help his elder in battle.

His quick growth, potential, bravery and loyalty were what set him out from the rest, although his actions were somewhat reckless and would of lead to his death.

Fortunately his life was saved by his grandfather, from now on hopefully under strict training he will grow a little wiser and adapt to certain situations.

He definitely has the capabilities to be a good leader in combat but right now he is far too young and inexperienced!

Shadow had already decided he would be the protector while Laune takes a different path of offense.

Laune came to a decision on her own that she no longer wished to live under the protection of her clan and wished to serve as a weapon to protect her loved ones from their enemies.

After a short time within the new environment she had quickly investigated information about the growth of the beasts who had recently joined which showed her resourcefulness and wisdom.

Meeting Shadow today showed that she wished to confront her weak self and tread on a new path for her clan, even if she were to do things she once disliked doing.

Confronted with those questioned she again began to question herself and realised she although her views had changed she in her heart could not cross a certain line in order to gain power.

This made Shadow smile as she thought about the young tiger, the tiger was young and decisive but had her own values she would stick to.

She would walk a path of bloodshed in the future but would not become a mindless killer as she had her own sense of self and views which could not be destroyed easily.

Thinking about Launes future path Shadow contemplated for some time before coming to a decision.

Blood based cultivation manuals are classified as taboo/forbidden cultivation methods depending on how they are used.

These type of manuals help the user assist their cultivation speed with the help of the vitality from cultivators blood.

After cultivators begin to absorb spirit energy their bodies are nourished by it and their vitality is greatly increased with every breakthrough, those who are of a higher rank can live a very long life healthily.

Those who train to a certain point can live past their bodies limitations and live for another 100 years or even longer depending on their cultivation realm.

Just like how medicinal herbs, pills and beast cores assist spirit energy cultivation speed, using a blood cultivation method can help absorb vitality to assist their cultivation.

Those that practice this technique usually have a heavy bloody smell on their bodies when they use their spirit energy after using it for a long time but have a quick growth rate beyond what they are capable of.

However it is recognised as a taboo cultivation method because of the fact that the cultivator has to drain bodies of their blood to absorb..

Those obsessed with strength would go and slaughter many innocents just to obtain a breakthrough in their cultivation.

Originally the method was used to train inside of a large pool of blood but there were cultivators who found that if they directly consumed the blood while using the cultivation method they would have faster progress.

However as they practiced the same way for a long time and consumed more blood they became very reliant on it and their bodies deeply craved blood if they did not drink it often enough.

Due to the craving for blood most lost their sanity and began to slaughter anyone and anything near them, their friends, their family, their loved ones and even their children.

This is the reason why the method was also a forbidden technique, depending on the user the results would be entirely different.

Those that could show restraint with this method could train at a faster speed than others, cultivators often make enemies on their path forward so there is no need to go looking for fresh bodies and slaughter innocents.

Those without restraint would fall into a vicious cycle of slaughter, eventually someone will take notice and hunt them down without mercy!

Even if they survive.. If they stepped onto the forbidden path they would only be destroying themselves and become an enemy of everyone in the world.

However judging from Launes determination and firm answers to her questions, Shadow began to reconsider this method.

Naturally tigers and other beasts eat meat so they would also have blood of other beasts enter their bodies but that would be broken down in their stomach and then leave their bodies so long as Laune did not absorb it during training the cultivation method.

So long as she followed Shadows commands she would not practice the forbidden part of the method.

After training in the forest and the war between the wolf and tiger clans, Shadow had collected a lot of blood from many spirit beasts of different strength which were preserved inside a storage bag.

She had found little use the blood right now but the meat collected went towards feeding the clan members who could only eat meat.

Although she had little use for the meat herself because she could only eat fruits and herbs..

Fortunately the blood could be used in this way to help Laune train faster and there were lots of different enemies killed recently with different strength so a training plan was already forming within Shadows mind.

After arriving at the location and spotting the Lynx deep in cultivation with her body sat down in the wooden medicinal bath with her eyes closed, Shadow had already revised the method so it was suitable for Laune to train in.

This was the birth of the Bloody Tiger Art, Laune the tigers future bloody path in the pursuit of power to protect the clan from any threat.