"So, this Dao Seeking Sect is very powerful?" the old hunter asked.
"It's not Dao Seeking Sect, it's Dao Seeking Sect," Qi Wu corrected the old hunter's pronunciation.
"When we go to Qinghuai Commandery tomorrow, we will write a letter and send it to the Five Great Immortal Sects, asking them to take action." Qi Wu had asked about the procedure when he met Dai Bufan.
At that time, he was still lamenting that the local officials in places with no cultivation were high and mighty, but he didn't expect that the immortal sect disciples who were not in the mortal world were more approachable.
However, Qi Wu didn't know Dai Bufan's position in the Dao Seeking Sect, and only regarded him as an ordinary immortal sect disciple.
If he really knew Dai Bufan's identity and cultivation, I'm afraid it would be more than just a lament.
The old hunter was overjoyed and quickly thanked Qi Wu and others, and also said that if they could really solve the Tiger Demon, he wouldn't even need travel expenses. Qi Wu quickly said no, no.
It wasn't that they didn't want to save money, but that they didn't know whether the old hunter was just being polite or sincere.
"Excuse me, I encountered heavy rain on the way, can I stay here for the night?"
A graceful figure broke through the rain, she was wearing a green dress and lotus skirt, with a hint of sorrow between her eyebrows, making people involuntarily want to grant her request.
Everyone turned their heads to look at A Yue. So the ghost did come as he said. Was this kid's mouth blessed?
"No!" Qi Wu immediately rejected the green-clothed girl's request.
This place is far from any village or shop, and a beautiful woman suddenly appeared in the deep mountains and old forests. Considering what the old hunter said just now, he couldn't help but be suspicious.
The most important thing is that the green-clothed girl is dry!
The rain outside is so heavy as if God is pouring water, how could she be dry?
The green-clothed girl was slightly annoyed, feeling that these people seemed to have read books, but their words were quite rude.
"You are so unreasonable, not to mention that this Mountain God temple has no owner, you are just here to avoid the rain. Now it is raining heavily outside, do you want me to keep casting spells to block the rain?!"
"Spells, are you a cultivator?" Qi Wu spoke cautiously. Most cultivators treat mortals with a gentle attitude, but it's hard to say what they might do if they are really annoyed.
He hesitated.
However, the old hunter's attitude was firm. Based on his many years of experience living in the mountains, he felt that this green-clothed girl definitely had a problem, but his tone was much more tactful: "This cultivator, you are a cultivator, and a woman, sharing a temple with eight big men like us, it's not good if it gets out."
"In this way, there is a mountain road to the north, and there is a wooden house temporarily built by us hunters halfway up the mountain road. This distance is only a few steps for a master like you."
The old hunter was not lying, there was indeed a wooden house there, but it couldn't accommodate so many of them, so he brought Qi Wu and others to the Mountain God temple to avoid the rain.
The green-clothed girl thought for a while, and felt that the old hunter was right. She was a woman, and although she didn't care about trivial matters when traveling the world, why stay in this leaky temple when there was a better choice?
After the green-clothed girl left, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, fearing that the green-clothed girl would turn into a tiger and eat them.
"Alright, let's all sleep. If we sleep well, we have to get up early tomorrow to travel. I really don't want to come to this ghostly place a second time." Qi Wu said with a yawn, his eyelids fighting, so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes.
Qi Wu wanted to sleep with his head facing inward, so that he would be facing the Mountain God statue. He always felt that there was something wrong with the Mountain God statue, and he didn't dare to get too close, so he could only let everyone sleep with their heads facing the door.
After arranging the two-person night watch, everyone fell asleep.
After everyone fell asleep, the eyes of the Mountain God statue turned, looking down, staring at everyone.
No one noticed.
A Yue yawned, his eyes blurred, as if he was about to fall asleep at any moment. He and another person were on the first night shift.
"I'm so sleepy, I really want to sleep."
"Bear with it, you heard it too, it's not safe in these mountains..."
"Right, I can't sleep, I'm still waiting for a female ghost to attack me at night."
"You look average, didn't you read in the book that female ghosts like handsome guys, they should attack me at night."
"Female ghosts like scholars, how many days have you read? Female ghosts like people like me who are well-versed in the books of sages."
The two argued in a low voice about the non-existent female ghost, becoming more and more energetic as they talked.
Suddenly, a low roar sounded, and the rain and thunder could not stop the roar. The two trembled and shuddered.
Just as the two were wondering if it was a hallucination, another low roar came, closer!
"It's that Tiger Demon!" The two looked at each other, seeing the fear in each other's eyes.
"Everyone, wake up, there's a monster!" A Yue shouted hurriedly.
Everyone woke up from their sleep, gripped their weapons tightly, stared at the outside of the temple, cold sweat dripping from their foreheads, and their legs were shaking.
The roar disappeared, replaced by a heavy breathing sound, from which it was easy to imagine how huge the other party was.
A shadow appeared in the rain, the shadow became larger and larger, and everyone was frightened and trembling.
A huge tiger head passed through the rain and stretched towards the Mountain God temple. Qi Wu could even see the tiger's fur clearly!
The Tiger Demon walked into the temple with its entire body, causing everyone's backs to sweat. It was actually a four-meter-long tiger!
The Tiger Demon used force on its hind legs and actually stood up!
"Old Sun, what do we do now?" Qi Wu asked in a low voice. This Tiger Demon was definitely not something that could be defeated with the wooden sticks in their hands.
Who knew that Old Sun walked straight to the Tiger Demon, bowed and said, "Please enjoy your meal, Tiger Lord."
"Well, well done." The Tiger Demon spoke human words, it's unknown what its cultivation level was.
Qi Wu's eyes were about to burst with fury, wishing he could tear the old hunter apart with his bare hands.
The girl in green wasn't a Ghoul; the old hunter who had been with them all along was!
The Tiger Demon revealed a human-like smile, mocking, "Originally, I didn't want to eat you. After all, there are too many of you, and if you all died, it might attract outside attention. But there's nothing I can do; you actually wanted to tell the Five Great Immortal Sects about me, so I can't let you live!"
As it spoke, the Tiger Demon pinned down the old hunter with a paw: "And you, you never change your habit of being a busybody. You just had to tell some story, make me come out to clean up the mess, and make me kill you again?"
The old hunter begged for mercy repeatedly, saying he wouldn't dare do it again.
The Tiger Demon snorted. "You did a good job driving away that female cultivator, so your merits and demerits cancel each other out. I won't punish you this time!"
The Tiger Demon didn't have the habit of toying with its prey. It possessed Qi Wu and scrutinized him closely, its throat making a "heh heh" sound, as if it had phlegm stuck in it. "You are the smartest one here. If you are willing to come under my command, I can refine you into a Ghoul, neither dead nor alive."
At this point, Qi Wu was no longer afraid. He pointed at the old hunter and sneered repeatedly, "To harm people everywhere like him? I'd rather die! Bah!"
"You won't accept a toast, so you'll be forced to drink a forfeit!" When had the Tiger Demon ever been insulted like this? It was immediately enraged, and waves of sound spread out, shaking the roof of the temple, as if it were about to collapse.
The Tiger Demon stopped trying to persuade him and pounced on the crowd with its bloody maw wide open. Qi Wu closed his eyes, waiting for death to descend.
Just then, a Gentleman Sword lay between the Tiger Demon and Qi Wu, its sword light blooming like the morning sun, exceptionally dazzling, cutting across the Tiger Demon's cheek.
"Who?!" the Tiger Demon roared.
"Your Mountain God grandfather!"