"Senior Brother, tell us again about your battle with the Tiger Demon on Qingyuan Mountain."
"Yes, Senior Brother, we want to hear it too."
"How many times have I told it already? But since you all want to hear it, I'll tell it once more. This is the last time!"
Late that night, after everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, Shi Kai of the Ghost Axe Sect began boasting to his junior brothers and sisters about his cultivation experiences.
"Now, that Tiger Demon stood twenty feet tall and was fifty feet long. Its physique was truly like a small mountain..."
"Hiss..."
Just as Shi Kai was getting carried away with his story, he suddenly felt a chill and shuddered all over.
"Where did that wind come from?"
Shi Kai reached up to rub his shoulder. Feeling chilly all over, he looked around in bewilderment.
"Wind? There's no wind, Senior Brother."
The other Ghost Axe Sect disciples looked surprised.
Mulberry Wood Valley lay low, with mountains forming a barrier around it, so wind rarely blew in.
"I probably drank too much tonight. No need to make a fuss. Wait here. I'm going to relieve myself."
Shi Kai waved a hand.
Hearing this, the other Ghost Axe Sect disciples hurriedly smiled and nodded.
Out on a trial, they were not as particular as they were back at their sect. For male disciples in particular, before they could abstain from food, finding some woods to relieve themselves in was perfectly normal.
What happened next, however, left the Ghost Axe Sect disciples dumbfounded.
After getting up, Shi Kai did not head straight into the woods behind him. Instead, he dropped onto all fours and began crawling along the ground like a wild beast.
As he crawled, he would occasionally raise an arm and