Knowing there is a tiger on the mountain, he deliberately heads towards the Tiger Mountain.

  The night sky was windy, and my mood was also turbulent like a stormy sea. The Peanut family was very kind to me, knowing that this was a trap, I had no choice but to grit my teeth and go along with it. Tongzi Cliff was hundreds of miles away from Dacheng City, and my flying skills were mediocre at best. I had to fly for a while, then rest for a bit before continuing on. It wasn't until deep into the night that we finally arrived.

  The moon is dark and the wind is strong, Tongzi Cliff is hidden in a vast expanse of gloomy clouds and mist. Standing at the foot of the cliff, I gaze up to see that the mountain's shape resembles a young boy with braided hair. I carefully observe my surroundings, furrowing my brow in concern - this mountain is so massive, where should I go to find someone?

  "A loud croak, a huge mountain frog suddenly jumped out from the grass, its mouth open, spewing a colorful poisonous smoke towards us. I quickly blocked in front of Huashengguo and Dahu, held my breath, activated the Bingqi Aoyu technique, transformed my arms into two large fans, and with great force, fanned away all the colored smoke."

  Before the toad could spit out its toxic fumes, I chopped down with my left palm, and a faint golden light flashed through the night air. The toad let out a miserable cry as it was split in two by me. Although Haiji had only taught me this "Meridian Severing Knife" technique for a short while, I had already mastered it perfectly.

  "This toad appears somewhat suspiciously." I said cautiously: "From now on, both of you must be careful. The other party may send some poisonous insects or ferocious beasts to launch a sneak attack on us."

  The peanut fruit ran over, panting, and trampled the mountain frog's corpse with force, shouting: "You dare to harm people, you dare to harm people!" Suddenly, it let out a sharp cry, jumped back, and pointed at the mountain frog: "Brother Lin, look, what is this?"

  I walked over and took a look, and in the belly of the mountain frog, which was torn to pieces, there was a wooden sign that read: "Go up the mountain for three miles, turn right at the pine tree."

  Dahu and Huasheng stared at each other in surprise, the latter scratching his head: "Strange, the mountain frog eats wood, how come it didn't burst to death?"

  I sneered, "This wooden sign must have been deliberately put in by someone. The sentence 'Three miles up the mountain, turn right at the pine tree' should be directed at us. The other party is really good at playing tricks. This way is better, it saves us the trouble of finding them. You don't need to worry, this group of people won't lay a hand on Old Man Hua before they see me."

  As I walked up the rugged mountain path, the dark grey rocks were covered with a messy growth of pines, swaying in the night wind like ghostly shadows, making me feel eerie. Huasheng couldn't help but shiver and clenched his fists, muttering to himself: "I'm not afraid."

  After walking about three miles, I indeed came face to face with a solitary old pine tree standing tall on a rock crevice that jutted out into the air. According to the wooden sign, turning right led me to a small stream where a large white boulder lay in the water, and on top of it was a green crab with eyes glowing dimly in the dark.

  The peanut fruit couldn't help but shout: "This crab's eyes are green, it must be something bad!" and quickly ran over to step on it.

  The crab moved nimbly, avoiding the small feet of the peanut fruit, and spat out foam from its wide mouth. The night wind blew, and the foam floated up, gathering in the air but not dispersing. I suddenly felt a sense of unease - these foams were unusually large, each one piling on top of another, squeezing together to surround us on all sides, soon even blocking out the sky above. We were like being trapped in a cage made of foam.

  "Look at me!" Peanut Fruit clenched his small fist, slowly transforming it into a small dagger, stabbing towards the foam. Who would have thought that the foam not only didn't burst, but instead stuck his hand in place, unable to move. Then the foam continued to swell and twist, as if trying to wrap Peanut Fruit inside.

  I hastily applied the Pure Yang Flame's Secret Path Technique, spewing out the Samadhi True Fire. Water and fire counter each other, and the foam immediately turned into water vapor and evaporated. In a short while, all the foam around was eliminated by the Samadhi True Fire. Just as I was about to find that stinky crab to settle accounts, it had already crawled into the creek and escaped. On the white rock, only a small wooden sign remained, inscribed with: "When encountering a waterfall, proceed forward; when encountering a forest, do not enter."

  "Almost became a filling for a bun." Hua Sheng Guo spat out the remaining foam from his mouth and exclaimed in admiration: "Lin brother, you're so awesome!"

  I said with a big mouth: "They found me, Shouxing Gong ate arsenic - I'm tired of living. You wait and see, Brother Lin will definitely rescue your grandfather." Although I said so, I knew in my heart that this was just to boost my own courage. The mountain frog and the crab, the real mastermind had not appeared yet, but they had already led us step by step into a carefully set trap, and we could only follow them obediently.

  The big tiger picked up the wooden sign and looked at it, with a puzzled expression: "Go forward before the waterfall, where is this ghost place with a waterfall?"

  I perked up my ears, using the Wind Ear Secret Technique to listen carefully to the sound of the water. As I walked along the stream, I guessed that the waterfall might be at the source of the creek. After about half a stick of incense time, a loud rumbling sound came from ahead, and a waterfall appeared, like a white dragon, rushing down from the middle of the mountain, splashing up fragments of snow and jade.

  To the east of the waterfall is a forest of small trees, to the south is the road we came from. A small part of the water flows into a stream, but most of it rushes towards the steep cliffs on both sides of the northwest. Below the cliff is a deep pool of water that is thousands of feet deep. The rushing water falls down and the pool's surface remains dark and calm, without any white waves splashing up.

  "I pondered: 'To proceed in front of the waterfall' should mean that we are supposed to go straight through the waterfall."

  The peanut fruit looked around cautiously and said, "These guys must be cheating us. The waterfall is blocking our way, how can we go? In my opinion, we shouldn't listen to them and should enter the forest instead."

  The big tiger also nodded in agreement, at this time, a dull and strange sound came from the waterfall, the water flow divided into two sides, and a peculiar giant mouth slowly drilled out from inside. The thick black hard lip skin turned outward, and there was no light in the dark mouth.

  "You see, it's a good thing I didn't fall for it, otherwise I would have fallen into the waterfall and been eaten by this strange mouth!" Hua Sheng Guo shouted, not waiting for me to catch up with him, he ran towards the forest, and Da Hu and I had no choice but to follow.

  In the forest, branches and leaves were intertwined, with thick thorns and moss everywhere. The tree trunks were covered in long, tendril-like vines that stretched all the way to the ground, forming a dense net that was impossible to penetrate. With the uneven terrain, it was difficult to walk at all. Before taking a few steps, Huashengguo accidentally tripped over a vine and as he tried to get up, the vine suddenly wrapped around him like a python, tightening its grip. His face immediately turned bright red from lack of air, and he couldn't speak.

  I made a decisive move, chopping off the vines with one palm, and thick blood flowed out from the cut end of the vines, emitting a pungent smell. In an instant, all the vines shook violently, and strange sounds rose up here and there, as if some dormant monster had suddenly awakened.

  A sense of foreboding flashed through my mind, I shouted: "Something's off, let's get out of here!" With peanuts in my left hand and a big tiger in my right, I flew towards the edge of the forest.

  A loud rumble, the ground shook like waves, the entire forest slowly rose up, as if a gigantic monster slowly lifted its head, strong winds howled, mud and rocks rolled down, vines and snakes danced wildly.

  Two rays of cold light shot out from the forest, shining all the way onto the cloud layer in the night sky. The dark clouds were instantly pierced by two round white holes. I had never seen such a dazzling light before, and even with my eyes closed, there was still a lingering flash of snow-white light in my field of vision. Before I could think any further, I used all my strength to fling the peanut fruit and the big tiger out of the forest.

  Two cold lights rotated slightly, moving slowly and projecting onto my face, blinking mysteriously. Whoa, this is actually a pair of eyes! The thorns I saw earlier were the eyelashes of these eyes, the moss was the layered folds of the eyelids! The vines were the fine hairs around the eyes!

  "Stupid kid, don't stare at it!" Yuè Hún suddenly shouted: "This is a demonic tiger, you absolutely cannot look into its eyes!"

  My heart skipped a beat, and I shifted my gaze without hesitation. The ground had already bulged up completely, swaying back and forth - it was actually the enormous head of a Charizard! We had walked into the forest, which meant we were standing on its head!

  "Don't enter the forest." I suddenly remembered the hint on the wooden sign, feeling very strange. Could it be that these people would kindly remind us? No time to entangle with the tiger, I blew out a gust of wind and jumped up, ready to fly away.

  The tiger's gaze, shining with a fierce light, suddenly shot towards the Blowing Wind, and with a "poof" sound, the Blowing Wind seemed to be pierced by an invisible sharp arrow and instantly dissipated. I fell backwards onto the ground, then quickly jumped up again, my soul shaken. What was going on? Why did my Blowing Wind Armor Technique suddenly lose its effect?

  The Moon Soul's tone became extremely solemn: "The Drought Tiger is one of the most terrifying demons in the North, said to be born from the evil energy of heaven and earth, appearing only once every few million years. The Drought Tiger's eyes possess a strange power that can shatter wind and clouds, specializing in countering flight techniques. If a human or demon's gaze meets its for even an instant, they will be petrified, transformed into a tiger slave, and become its servant from then on. The Drought Tiger's body is deeply buried underground, never emerging, only revealing its head. Normally it likes to sleep with its head buried, sleeping for hundreds of years at a time, so the top of its head is covered in dirt, stone, and dust, making it difficult to distinguish from ordinary land. If the Drought Tiger is ever disturbed by humans, it will turn them into tiger slaves. Look, those are the tiger slaves."

  The trees suddenly came to life, turning into dark shadows that floated around like ghosts. They were no different from ordinary demons, except that their bodies were covered in tiger-striped patterns, their eyes were like two black holes, and their claws and fangs shone with a dark luster. The tiger demons swarmed towards me, their mouths emitting a chilling laughter.