Blood Tooth Mountain

Li Banfeng turned to look at the man who had spoken. He was around thirty years old, wearing a fur coat and a fur hat, with a short knife slung over his shoulder and a bow and arrows on his back.

"Who are you?" Li Banfeng asked.

"Hunting," the man replied, "Is this your first time in the Three Coil River New Area?"

Li Banfeng nodded, then asked, "What did you just say about a tooth monster?"

The hunter's speech was not very clear, and he spoke somewhat unclearly, so Li Banfeng hadn't heard him clearly.

The hunter repeated, "The Dripping Blood Tooth Monster is known to everyone who has been to the Three Coil River. Blood Tooth Mountain is off-limits."

The Dripping Blood Tooth Monster —that's quite a mouthful of a name.

Li Banfeng looked at the lush Blood Tooth Mountain and asked the hunter, "Have you ever seen the Blood Tooth Monster?"

"Yes, I've seen it. I always hunt in this new area."

"What does the Blood Tooth Monster look like?"

"It's hard to say, there are all sorts, just stay away from them."

"Nothing special about it at all?"

"If you ask what's special about it..." the hunter thought for a moment and said, "The Blood Tooth Monster has two particularly long fangs. It usually hides its fangs in its mouth, but sometimes they accidentally show."

The feature is on the teeth.

By the time you see the other person's teeth clearly and take precautions, it will probably be too late.

"Won't we encounter Blood Tooth Monster if we don't go up the mountain?"

The hunter nodded and said, "Blood Tooth Monster can't go down the mountain; that's the rule."

The fact that Blood Tooth Monster can't come down the mountain proves that he's always been on the mountain.

As instructed by Old Man Yao, Li Banfeng had to follow the fixed route to Sea Eat Ridge and could not detour, otherwise he would encounter more dangers.

In other words, Li Banfeng must go up the mountain.

Before going up the mountain, you need to know more about the situation.

Li Banfeng took out a thousand Huan Country Notes and handed them to the hunter. He never let others do things for free; this was Li Banfeng's habit.

Is the Blood Tooth Monster strong?

The hunter was delighted to receive the money and answered Li Banfeng's question earnestly, "It depends on who you're comparing yourself to. The Blood Tooth Monster has a cultivation level of five. If you're a master above the fifth level, you don't need to be afraid of him."

Fifth level of cultivation...

That's a bit tricky.

Li Banfeng is a third-level House Cultivator and a near-third-level Travel Cultivator, making it difficult for him to defeat a fifth-level cultivator under normal circumstances.

Moreover, Blood Tooth Mountain is the territory of the Blood Tooth Monster, and fighting him here would obviously be disadvantageous for Li Banfeng.

All of this is based on the premise that the hunter was telling the truth.

"How many Blood Tooth Monster live on this mountain?"

The hunter replied, "One."

"Just one?"

The hunter's eyes widened. "You think it's not enough? One isn't enough?"

There's only one monster on such a big mountain. As long as I don't rush around recklessly, the chances of avoiding it are still quite high.

The key issue is that it was Li Banfeng's first time going up the mountain, and he was not familiar with the situation there.

As he pondered his options, the hunter asked, "Why do you insist on going up Blood Tooth Mountain?"

Li Banfeng casually replied, "I'm a hunter, just like you."

As soon as he finished speaking, a loud bang was heard.

A rock next to Li Banfeng suddenly exploded.

A piece of gravel grazed Li Banfeng's cheek, leaving a bloody mark on his face.

The hunter shuddered in fright and roared, "You're lying!"

"I didn't!" Li Banfeng denied it outright.

Snap!

Another rock exploded. This time, Li Banfeng sensed the danger and dodged most of the rubble, but his clothes were torn.

What's going on?

The hunter, clutching his head, exclaimed, "You bastard, you're lying again!"

"I really didn't..."

"Shut up!" the hunter cried out in terror. "Once you're in Blood Tooth Mountain territory, you absolutely mustn't lie! If you want to die, go ahead and do it yourself, don't drag me into it!"

You can't lie on this mountain. Is there such a magical place?

Li Banfeng looked around and shouted, "I really came here to hunt!"

Snap!

A rock exploded.

"I've never seen Teacher Song's peaches!"

Snap!

Fry another piece!

"I have never killed anyone!"

Boom!

The entire mountain seemed to be shaking.

Several rubble collapsed around them, and dust swirled, making it difficult for the two to open their eyes for a long time.

Despite dodging and weaving through the rubble, Li Banfeng still sustained numerous abrasions.

The hunter clutched his head, cowered on the ground, and hissed, "What are you doing? What are you going to do? Didn't I tell you you can't lie in Blood Tooth Mountain?"

Li Banfeng wiped the blood off his body and turned to look at the hunter. "You've seen the Blood Tooth Monster, so you must have been to Blood Tooth Mountain, right?"

"I've been there," the hunter replied. There were no rocks shattering; he was telling the truth.

Li Banfeng asked, "Would you be willing to be my guide?"

The hunter stood up, brushed the dust off his clothes, and looked at Li Banfeng, saying, "Why should I be your guide? I'm here to hunt!"

That's the truth.

Li Banfeng took out two stacks of Huan Country Notes and handed them to the hunter. "Is this enough?"

The hunter took the money, counted it, and accepted it, saying, "Let me tell you, I'm only responsible for leading the way; I don't care about anything else."

"You don't need to worry about anything, just lead me over this mountain!"

"And another thing, you absolutely mustn't lie again, it could get someone killed!"

Li Banfeng nodded and said, "You'd better not lie either, or someone could really die."

"Come with me!"

The hunter had only taken two steps forward when he suddenly heard Li Banfeng ask from behind, "Are you Blood Tooth Monster?"

The hunter turned around and said, "Are you crazy? I'm not Blood Tooth Monster! I'd avoid him like the plague!"

The rocks remained still, and the hunter was not lying.

Li Banfeng smiled and chatted with the hunter as they went up the mountain.

"What kind of monsters live on this mountain?"

The hunter shook his head and said, "Only the Dripping Blood Tooth Monster can get up Blood Tooth Mountain. Other monsters can't get up there. There might be some birds and beasts occasionally, but don't worry about that. I can handle them all."

If it were just ordinary birds and beasts, Li Banfeng could handle them on his own without the need for a hunter.

The mountain path was difficult to traverse, with knee-high weeds. As Li Banfeng walked, he asked, "Blood Tooth Monster usually don't frequent this area, do they?"

The hunter shook his head and said, "I don't know about that, but I've walked this road before."

"You'll help me avoid the Blood Tooth Monster, right?"

"I definitely need to avoid him; I don't want to run into him."

The rocks remained motionless; that's the truth.

The higher they went up the mountain, the more lush the vegetation became, and the hunter, carrying a scimitar, led the way.

The two chatted along the way, but the hunter's speech was really slow, and Li Banfeng found it difficult to understand him.

But the hunter was telling the truth, and the rocks on the mountain remained motionless.

Halfway up the mountain, the hunter turned right. "Let's skip the summit. The Blood Tooth Monster's lair is quite close to the top. Let's go around it from here."

Li Banfeng nodded, then suddenly asked, "Do you have any cultivation?"

The hunter nodded and said, "Yes!"

"What sect is it, and what level of cultivation?"

The hunter frowned and said, "Why should I tell you that? We're not even acquaintances!"

Li Banfeng said calmly, "I am a good person."

The hunter shuddered at the words and quickly covered his head.

The rocks on the mountain remained still.

Li Banfeng was telling the truth.

"You scared me to death!" the hunter exclaimed with a sigh of relief. "I thought you were going to pull some kind of trick again!"

Li Banfeng said calmly, "I'm really a good person."

The rocks remained motionless.

In Li Banfeng's mind, he was indeed a good person.

This led Li Banfeng to speculate that the basis for judging whether a person is lying in Blood Tooth Mountain is not objective facts, but a person's own perception.

It's impossible to gather so many objective facts from a barren mountain in a new place, let alone make a clear and objective definition of whether a person is good or bad.

However, if a person says something that contradicts their own understanding, it is equivalent to violating the rules of Blood Tooth Mountain, which will cause the mountain to collapse.

The more serious the violation, the more violently the rocks crumble.

If a particularly good liar came along, would he blow up the whole mountain?

If someone actually dared to do that, they probably wouldn't survive themselves.

This reminded Li Banfeng of a magical artifact, Virtue Cultivation Magical Treasure Guanfang Envoy.

That magical artifact can test whether a person is lying. If a person lies about their name, they will be torn to pieces on the spot.

If a person has just changed their name and is not yet satisfied with it, they will die instantly in front of that magical artifact.

This precisely takes advantage of the nature of lies.

You can deceive others with lies, but it's hard to deceive yourself with lies. This must be the method that Dexiu uses to distinguish lies.

Of course, this is just Li Banfeng's speculation.

While pondering, the hunter suddenly turned around and asked, "You just said you've never killed anyone. The rocks exploded, you lied. It seems you have killed someone."

"I have killed them," Li Banfeng answered truthfully.

"You've killed someone, and you still call yourself a good person?"

Li Banfeng calmly replied, "Those people I've killed all deserved to die."

The rocks remained motionless, further confirming Li Banfeng's conjecture.

Whether someone deserves to be killed is difficult to determine, but in Li Banfeng's opinion, they certainly did.

The surrounding weeds grew taller and taller, some reaching up to Li Banfeng's shoulders.

The stones underfoot kept increasing, and if it weren't for my basic Travel Cultivator skills, I would have twisted my ankle if I wasn't careful.

This is a bit unusual; there shouldn't be so many stones in a place with lush vegetation.

After rounding the halfway point of the mountain, it's almost time to descend.

The hunter wiped the sweat from his brow, put down his machete, and asked Li Banfeng, "Want to take a break?"

Li Banfeng didn't feel tired, but seeing the hunter sit down, he sat down as well.

There was no danger in the surroundings, but the Blood Tooth Monster was at the fifth level of cultivation, while Li Banfeng was only at the second level of Travel Cultivator. If the Blood Tooth Monster deliberately hid itself, it would be difficult for Li Banfeng to sense any malice.

The hunter fiddled with his scimitar for a moment and said to Li Banfeng, "Let's rest for a while, it's time to hit the road."

Li Banfeng took out his Wine Gourd, took a sip, and asked, "Which road should we take?"

The hunter asked in surprise, "Is there any other road we can take?"

Li Banfeng looked at the hunter seriously. "I really don't know."

The hunter frowned and said, "Are you out of your mind?"

"I'm not crazy." Li Banfeng smiled naturally, and Shan Shi didn't react. This was the truth.

The hunter frowned and asked, "So what exactly do you want to do?"

Li Banfeng said, "I just want to ask, which road should we take?"

"You chose to go up Blood Tooth Mountain yourself, so you must have chosen to set off on your own."

"Aren't you coming with me on my journey?"

"Haven't I been with you the whole time?"

"You want to kill me, don't you?" Li Banfeng's eyes flashed with cold light.

The hunter said slowly, "I told you, I'm not Blood Tooth Monster."

Li Banfeng nodded and said, "You are indeed not Blood Tooth Monster. You also told me that apart from the Dripping Blood Tooth Monster, no other monster can go up Blood Tooth Mountain."

"Yes, as I said, there are no other monsters on this mountain except for the Dripping Blood Tooth Monster." The hunter nodded calmly.

Li Banfeng laughed and said, "So you're Lin Li, right?"

P. S.: Isn't Blood Tooth Mountain really fun?