My Name Is Long Yan, and I'm Only 15

"Tiger."

The middle-aged man's first reaction upon seeing the tiger was to draw his Miao Saber from his waist, his eyes filled with terror and his whole body tense.

But the tiger only glanced at him before continuing to lie prone with its head in its hands, like a docile house cat, showing no desire to attack whatsoever.

Now, besides pretending to be timid and obedient, it dares not make any other move, for fear of bringing trouble upon itself again.

Seeing the tiger's docile and obedient appearance, the middle-aged man was clearly bewildered, gripping his Miao Saber with both hands and looking on incredulously.

"Don't be nervous, it's very well-behaved and won't bite."

A cool yet gentle voice reached his ears, and the middle-aged man suddenly remembered that there was another person on the cliff.

The middle-aged man nervously turned his head and looked at the man in blue behind him, a man from the Central Plains whose temperament and appearance were completely different from his own.

Who are you? Why are you here?

Although the other party had just saved his life, the sudden appearance of a handsome man who looked like a scholar in this remote mountain village was quite a shock.

It feels eerie and terrifying no matter how you look at it.

Could it be some mountain spirit or monster disguised as a person, trying to seduce him, tempt him, and then drain his yang energy?

Fortunately, this was just a guess in the middle-aged man's mind, and he didn't say it out loud. Otherwise, Gao Yunyi definitely wouldn't have spoken to him so kindly; he would have just fed him to the tiger as meat.

"Do you think I'm human or a demon?"

Gao Yunyi said with a smile.

He was in a good mood after finally encountering a human in this remote and uninhabited mountain forest.

But the middle-aged man who heard this felt a great sense of dread.

"You... you're a monster."

He answered tremblingly, gripping the Miao Saber in his hand even tighter, his face turning pale.

"I'm very sorry, your answer was incorrect."

Gao Yunyi shook his head with regret.

A moment later,

The middle-aged man then crouched down beside the tiger, his face bruised and swollen, just as docile and obedient as the tiger.

The tiger raised its eyes and glanced at the man beside it, its gaze filled with schadenfreude.

It's like saying, "Hey bro, you're here too!"

"Next, I'll ask you questions, and you'll answer them, understand?"

Gao Yunyi stood with his hands behind his back in front of the middle-aged man and said.

The middle-aged man nodded vigorously, not daring to disobey in the slightest.

What's your name?

"Long Yan, my name is Long Yan."

Where is this?

"Hundred-Beast Peak".

"Be more specific."

"The Hundred-Beast Peak of the Hundred Thousand Mountains in Miaojiang."

Gao Yunyi was taken aback.

Holy crap! I've ended up in Xiangxi. No wonder this guy named Long Yan is dressed like a Miao people person.

Tell me about the situation in your Miaojiang.

Gao Yunyi was the kind of person who would accept whatever came his way. The system task required him to stay in the mortal world for a year, and he was too lazy to go anywhere else.

Miaojiang is quite nice.

Look at the people here, so warm and friendly, and they speak so pleasantly.

Unexpectedly, Long Yan did not answer Gao Yunyi's question.

The Miaojiang and the Central Plains have always lived in relative peace, with mountains as a barrier and miasma forests as a shield. People from the Central Plains did not enter the Miao mountains, and the Miao people did not enter the Central Plains. They lived in harmony for generations.

Now suddenly a man from the Central Plains appears, wanting to inquire about the situation in Miaojiang.

This led Long Yan to suspect that the other party had ulterior motives.

He is a citizen of Miaojiang and would never betray his tribe.

Then,

He got beaten up again.

Even the tiger watching from the side began to feel sorry for him.

Bro, what are you being so stubborn about? Look at me, I'm so obedient and compliant.

Brother, if you beat him up, you can't beat me up anymore.

"There are three major tribes in Miaojiang, comprising seventy-two villages, scattered throughout the Hundred Thousand Mountains. The Black Miao, White Miao, and Green Miao each govern dozens of villages."

"I am from Green Miao, and I live in Yandao Stockade on Xiangyang Mountain."

"That's all I know, please stop hitting me."

Gao Yunyi could tell that the other party was still hiding something, but that didn't matter anymore. He just wanted to leave this deep mountain forest.

"Take me to your village."

"What?"

Upon hearing this, Long Yan's face showed a look of utter shock, as if he had seen a ghost.

Although the Miaojiang and the Central Plains occasionally had exchanges and traded goods, the Yandao Stockade of Xiangyang Mountain was the ancestral home of the Green Miao, and outsiders were not allowed to set foot there.

If the villagers saw that he dared to bring an outsider into the village, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Can I refuse?

Long Yan lifted his swollen eyelids and asked weakly.

Gao Yunyi simply smiled and did not answer.

Long Yan's eyelids drooped again; he knew he had no other choice.

He will certainly be severely punished for bringing outsiders into the village.

If you refuse now, he will definitely be beaten to death.

When faced with two evils, choose the lesser one.

So he agreed.

Gao Yunyi smiled with relief when he saw that the other party had agreed.

As the old saying goes:

Those who understand the times are wise.

Violence is wrong, but it can solve most problems in the world.

"Lead the way."

"Oh."

Long Yan stood up shakily and then obediently acted as a guide.

Seeing that the two seemed to be preparing to leave, a glint of excitement flashed in the tiger's eyes as it lay on the ground.

This powerful and domineering human is finally leaving.

Tiger, I'm finally free!

But when Gao Yunyi slightly turned his head and glanced at it, the tiger's body instantly shuddered.

Then,

They didn't even dare to get up, crawling on their stomachs to the other person's feet.

Gao Yunyi sat on its tiger's back,

He had an air of complete self-righteousness about him.

He's a lazy person by nature and doesn't like walking.

Now that there's a free mount available, how could I possibly let it go?

"You... you want to ride a tiger into the village?"

Long Yan was so frightened that his legs went weak, and he stammered, his face pale.

Gao Yunyi asked with a smile, "Is that not allowed?"

So Long Yan stopped talking.

He felt he had the worst luck of the day, with each event more outrageous than the last.

But when you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.

He had no choice but to accept his fate.

There's nothing we can do.

That's all,

Two people and a tiger

The path leading down the mountain gradually disappears at the summit.

It was very quiet along the way.

Long Yan didn't dare to speak, but simply led the way in silence.

The tiger didn't dare roar; it just lowered its head and followed.

Gao Yunyi, sitting on the tiger's back, was getting a little bored, so he asked curiously.

"There's a clear path up the mountain, so why did you climb the cliff?"

Long Yan replied, "Today is my Coming-of-Age Ceremony. According to the traditions passed down through generations of the Green Miao Coming-of-Age Ceremony, there are two tests for this ceremony: first, I must climb a cliff with my bare hands, and then I must hunt a wild beast deep in the forest. Only by completing these two trials can I be recognized by the village and become a warrior of the Green Miao."

As soon as he finished speaking,

Gao Yunyi's expression turned strange.

"Wait a minute, turn around."

"What?"

Although Long Yan didn't understand what he meant, he still obediently turned around.

Gao Yunyi's lips twitched as he said, "You just said today is your Coming-of-Age Ceremony?"

"Yeah, I just turned 15 this year."

A buzzing sound came from Long Yan.

Gao Yunyi: "..."

Looking at Long Yan, who was clearly strong and healthy, looked middle-aged but claimed to be only 15 years old, Gao Yunyi fell into deep thought.

What did he eat to grow up like that?

Why are you growing up in such a hurry?