Chapter 603: Miscellaneous Matters of Dayin Mountain

On Dayin Mountain, a ten-meter-long fierce tiger lay prone on a large rock, licking blood that had seeped into the stone.

Beneath the rock lay the remains of a male bear, long since eaten clean, leaving behind a stark white skeleton.

It suddenly lifted its head in alert, its tiger eyes scanning the surroundings, yet it discovered nothing.

A mountain breeze blew past, carrying a faint roar; it came from a member of its own kind in another territory.

The fierce tiger stretched, arched its back, and leaped up; the skin and flesh connecting its limbs to its torso vibrated the air like the membranes of bat wings, actually carving out black-lined trajectories.

It was seen leaping over a hundred-meter-wide mountain ravine, disappearing into the depths of the lush jungle.

"Hoo!"

The tigers in Dayin Mountain were all collected from various places by the Old Ancestor, and all were of exotic bloodlines.

……

Mountain peaks collapsed one after another, the ground split open, clear streams dried up, viscous magma bubbled up from the fissures in the earth, and countless birds and beasts were submerged in the billowing smoke of the burning jungle.

"Not bad, after much persuasion, I finally sent that plague god away."

Lu Jianqing silently tidied up the kitchen, pulled Wang Yan to the side, and the two sat shoulder-to-shoulder on the stone steps in front of the door.

Yan Baihu stood with his feet on a twenty-meter-long fierce tiger, withdrawing his gaze from Lu Jianqing.

A pair of eyes opened on the ground, and the owner of the eyes flipped over the dirt on their body and began to breathe heavily.

Thinking of the glory to come, he couldn't help but smile.

In a valley deep within Dayin Mountain……

Lu Jianqing was hiding underground, secretly observing the habits and hunting of the exotic fierce tigers; it could be said he was treading on thin ice, for if he were discovered through the slightest carelessness, he would become food in the mouth of a ten-meter-long fierce tiger.

"From now on, there will be one more competitor to watch out for."

Led by the Biao Generals and Tiger Generals, many Disciples and followers resisted the natural disaster; they moved through the valley in tiger-like forms, avoiding the falling rocks and rolling logs to rescue the families of all parties.

Legend has it that there even exist tigers that have become Demon.

Yan Baihu accepted the precious pearl, thinking to himself that chaotic times were approaching, as even legendary Demon creatures had appeared in the world.

Wang Yan lowered her head to listen, while staring at the blisters on her hands.

"Last month, I was appreciated by a Biao General; he promised that if I become a Tiger General, I can follow him."

His expression was full of gravity, and the young girl on his back had been replaced by another.

"You go back first and tell your leader: whether it is human or Demon, only I, Hu Shi, can decide for myself."

……

Flashes of blade light flickered and rose, some a hundred meters long, others thousands of meters long, sweeping away the sky full of rubble, and even collapsing mountain peaks were severed in two by a single blade.

The words of the beauty's head touched Yan Baihu's concerns. "Indeed, his growth rate is too fast; in time, he might well be the second Yan Shan."

Once he breaks through to Martial Master, he will have the confidence to challenge a Tiger General or even replace one.

Opposite Hu Shi, unexpectedly, was a petite, chubby orange cat.

Hu Shi looked at everything before him and said angrily, "You Demon cat, threatening me is useless; even if you kill every living soul in the mountain, my, Hu Shi's, thoughts will not waver in the slightest."

"That person is Zhou You's former junior brother; he is so mediocre, he doesn't look like it at all!"

He calculated that this risky close-up observation was not in vain; he had already grasped the essence of the 'Sick Tiger' demeanor, and a breakthrough to Martial Master was in sight.

In order to observe the movements and behavior of tigers and refine their fist techniques, many Disciples were buried in tiger bellies every year, including Tiger Generals and Chang Generals.

"This item can help you reach the Strong Martial Second Heaven; practice your fist techniques with peace of mind, and once you reach Strong Martial, help the Old Ancestor deal with the world's great trends." "Forget it, don't bother; spend money to have the public kitchen send a portion over."

Hu Shi's expression was grave; after listening, he said, "I have received the message, but as for the specifics, I cannot give you an answer right now; after all, it is a matter of great importance, and I cannot make a decision rashly."

The figures of the two were reflected in the eyes of a certain Mou ten thousand meters away.

"Furthermore, the Old Ancestor values him and imparted the Nine Oxen and Two Tigers Divine Strength; although this child has no Strong Martial Omen, someone discovered that when he fought Fu Manlun, he briefly erupted with power at the Strong Martial Level."

The orange cat seemed somewhat dissatisfied; it raised a paw and pressed it against the ground, and in an instant, the mountain range of Dayin Mountain shook.

Returning to their residence, a woman was in the kitchen in a flurry, with broken utensils and ingredients scattered all over the floor.

The hair on the back of Hu Shi's neck stood up, and the young girl on his back suddenly puffed out her chest, opened her mouth, and spat out a precious pearl.

Disciples were constantly being crushed to death by large rocks, and some were even covered in ruins before they could escape the buildings.

"Hoo, hoo, hoo!"

"By next year at the latest, I will break through to Martial Master and become a Tiger General, and our life will be much easier. You like quiet, so we will change to a residence with a courtyard; you don't know how to do housework, so I'll hire a maid for you."

The mountain is not only a place for Tiger Fist Disciples to operate, but also a paradise for countless old tigers.

Lu Jianqing breathed heavily; he had been unable to breathe while buried under the soil just now, and it had been suffocating.

The woman was none other than the Wang Yan of those years; after fleeing Gongliang City, she married Lu Jianqing under the arrangement of her father, Wang Laohu, and the two moved into Dayin Mountain to live.

Yan Baihu patted the beauty's head. "Go back and continue practicing your fist techniques."

Based on this alone, Zhou You was regarded by Yan Baihu as an existence of the same level.

Although Lu Jianqing was reluctant, he also knew that his wife was not cut out for housework.

Regardless of the past, as of now, the two were just the most ordinary couple in Dayin Mountain, two people supporting each other against the backdrop of a chaotic world.

There were only two possibilities: the Strong Martial power was exerted by Zhou You, or if it wasn't, then he also had the means to defeat Strong Martial power.

"Good brother, I know your heart; you have already treated Zhou You as a competitor."

"I entrusted people to inquire around Fucheng, and there are sightings of an old man suspected to be the Master, but the news is plentiful and mixed; it will take time to check them one by one, so please wait a little longer."

The orange cat lazily meowed twice, as if saying something.

This was Yan Baihu's Tiger Chang; ever since he obtained Zhou You's secret technique, he had manifested the human face on his chest into a physical form, and now it had been nurtured to the point of being as solid as reality.

The traces of the explosion at the scene clearly showed ruins caused by Strong Martial power.

A voice full of smiles came, and a beauty's head emerged from behind Yan Baihu, speaking with lightly parted red lips.

A moment later, the orange cat left.

The Old Ancestor, spoken of by many Disciples, had his body swell to over a hundred meters long at this moment, and the fur around his body burned like golden flames.

As for Lu Jianqing and Wang Yan, he did not take them to heart at all; such low-level Disciples in Dayin Mountain were countless, and they had no value worth his attention.

This intelligence could be called top secret; if one were not a core figure of the various factions, it would be very difficult to come into contact with this point.

Yan Baihu came before the tiger corpse, knelt on one knee to salute, and said, "Old Ancestor, the earthquake just now was unusual; could it be that an envoy has come from that side?"

The inheritance obtained by the tiger corpse had its core in 'Demon Transformation', which originated from the ancient era's "Original Book of Ten Thousand Demon Things".

The origin of the Demon was also unusual; it is rumored that someone investigated its source and split the character shape into 'Heavenly Maiden', and only when the Heavenly Maiden was inverted did the existence of the Demon come to be.

Therefore, Demon creatures all claim to be descendants of the Heavenly Maiden, a species nobler than humans.

However, as a member of the human race, who would be willing to admit that they are a second-class species, or willing to submit to some Demon race? The current actions of the tiger corpse were merely pretense and insincerity.

(End of this chapter)