The Fourth Volume Chapter Seven (Part One) Strange and Quaint

  "Don't come any closer! Just stand where you are!" I shouted to the peanuts and Big Tiger outside, summoning my divine power, punching at a tiger demon in front of me. It fell heavily to the ground, then jumped up again, continuing to pounce on me fiercely.

  I was stunned, this punch combined the Dragon Tiger Secret Path and the Chaotic Armor Technique, even an iron man would be crushed to dust, but the tiger corpse was unscathed. Moon Soul quickly reminded me: "Tiger corpses are all undead, no matter how hard you hit them, they won't feel pain."

  "Damn it, grandma's day! You should have said so earlier, don't just shoot your mouth off!" I said irritably, exhaling a blast of True Fire from my nostrils. This move was effective, and many tiger demons were burned to a crisp, letting out wisps of smoke. The remaining tiger demons didn't dare get any closer, instead surrounding me on all sides with bared teeth and brandished claws, making empty threats.

  Suddenly, a dazzling light burst forth before my eyes, illuminating the surroundings as if it were daytime. The tiger's gaze fell on my face once again. I hastily turned my head away, trying to avoid its gaze, but this beast was too cunning - no matter where I turned my head, its gaze followed, always seeking to stare me down.

  Taking advantage of the opportunity, the tiger demons rushed towards me one after another. I was suddenly busy, on the one hand dealing with the tiger demons, and on the other hand constantly shaking my head and dodging the tiger's gaze like a spinning top. After several rounds, my neck was almost sore to death. If this continues, my neck will eventually become a twisted bun.

  Capture the thief first, capture the king. I decided to concentrate my energy and kill the tiger first. After spitting out a string of Samadhi True Fire to repel the tiger demon, my left palm transformed into a golden light flashing pulse knife, and my right hand transformed into a long-lived magic spell, alternately chopping towards the tiger's forehead.

  "Bang, bang, bang", the tiger's head struck me more than a dozen times in a row, but it didn't seem to have any effect. On the contrary, my hand was throbbing with pain, as if I had collided with a hard iron block. I thought that the tiger was not a mortal creature, but rather a being born from the primordial energy of heaven and earth, so ordinary magic spells probably wouldn't work on it.

  Since the situation is not good, I want to use my Feather Escape Technique to escape. Moon Soul saw through my intentions and said: "As long as the Tiger doesn't continue sleeping, these tiger demons will keep chasing you to the ends of the earth, never stopping."

  I anxiously asked: "How will the tiger sleep?"

  "As long as it closes its eyes again, it will fall asleep."

  My heart skipped a beat, the tiger's gaze pressed in again, its light piercing and swift as lightning, I could no longer avoid it. Taking a deep breath, I simply closed my eyes, using the Five Senses Demon Technique to temporarily replace my eyes with my ears. At the same time, I circulated the Xuanji Secret Path Technique, generating layer upon layer of energy circles within my body that radiated outward, blocking the frenzied attack of the tiger demons.

  My five senses aren't yet skilled enough, I won't be able to hold on for much longer and will have to use my eyes again. Having no other choice, I silently recited the incantation and brought out the secret weapon I had prepared for tomorrow's decisive battle against Yun Dalang - the Thousand Knots Curse.

  A thread of crystal flashed by, wrapping around the tiger's eyelids. I rapidly recited a thousand knots of curses, and the crystal threads continuously tied up curse knots, trying to forcibly sew the tiger's eyes shut.

  This move was indeed effective, the curse seal first sealed off the tiger's eye corners and then extended to the center of the eyeball, quickly knotting. The tiger frantically shook its head, its eyes wide open with all its might, refusing to close them, while the surrounding vines fiercely pounced on me, and the tiger demons charged over without regard for their lives.

  I knew that success or failure hung in the balance, so I gritted my teeth and struggled on one side, while repeatedly muttering the incantation on the other. The crystal threads of the curse were woven faster and faster, tighter and tighter. Gradually, the dazzling light around me began to weaken, and the tiger's eyes slowly closed.

  "Hum", the tiger's head fell heavily to the ground, sinking deeply into it, and its eyes finally closed. The surroundings were once again shrouded in darkness.

  The Hu Pao fell one by one, turning back into trees. I opened my eyes, panting in exhaustion, drenched in sweat all over. Yue Hun shouted: "Quickly, take advantage of the tiger's sleep now, quickly dig out its eyes!"

  I burst out laughing, taking advantage of the fire to loot is my strong point! I gaze at the tiger's eyes, my arms transform into sharp blades, swift as lightning. "Puchi" sound, blood splashes, two large eyeballs are dug out alive by me.

  My eyeballs were in my hands, I rushed to the sky and flew outwards. The ground below was shaking and sand and rocks were rolling everywhere. The tiger's eye sockets were overflowing with blood and water, its head suddenly lifted up, shook violently like crazy, and let out a series of thunder-like roars. After a long time, its head finally sank back into the ground. I asked Moon Soul, it turned out that the tiger had fallen asleep again. I was instantly stunned - even after having its eyeballs dug out, it could still fall asleep, I'm impressed!

  Yuè Hún said with satisfaction: "The young man has done a good job. Now even if the evil tiger awakens, it will no longer be able to harm people."

  I stroked the tiger's eyeballs, which were large and round, snow-white and smooth, with a softness that was slightly elastic. I couldn't help but exclaim: "This thing must be worth a lot of silver!"

  Yuè Hún let out a mocking laugh: "You really are short-sighted, the tiger's gaze can shatter wind and clouds, its eyeballs are the world's most precious Wind-calming Pearls."

  I hid the tiger's eyeball close to my body, and Hua Sheng walked over with a timid look on his face, saying in a low voice: "Lin brother, I was wrong. I shouldn't have run around like that. Are you hurt?"

  "Who made you our boss? As younger brothers, we only have the privilege of following behind our boss's butt."

  The peanut fruit hung its head in embarrassment, I took a look and it was already approaching midnight, can't waste any more time, so I brought the two of them to the waterfall again. The sound of the water was deafening, that mouth still stretched out from the torrent, opened very wide, as if it hadn't moved at all.

  The peanut fruit looked at me with a worried expression: "Won't it? Are we really going to pass through the waterfall and be sent into someone else's mouth? I've heard that many monsters like to eat human flesh, especially the flesh of young children."

  I grabbed him like an eagle catching a chick: "If you want to save your grandfather and sister, don't be afraid of this or that. From the phrase '遇林莫入', we can see that the other side is not deceiving us. In my opinion, this mouth should lead to the other end of the waterfall. No more nonsense, whether it's a donkey or a horse, let's take a walk and find out!" With a swift pull, I dragged Big Tiger towards the waterfall.

  The wind howled in my ears, and the rushing water poured down on me, a chilling coldness that pierced to the bone. Suddenly, everything went black before our eyes, and we had entered the giant mouth. As I had expected, this mouth was just a passageway through the waterfall, and although it was pitch-black inside, there was no danger, only some dark tentacles wriggling on the walls, which did not attack us either. The peanut fruit cried out "wa wa" several times, then wisely shut up. We walked cautiously forward, when suddenly the big tiger covered his nose and whispered: "It stinks!"

  A wave of stench came rushing to my nose, it was really an unusual smell, I almost fainted from the pungent smell. The peanut fruit covered its face and cried: "Is this a mouth or an anus? Why is it so smelly?" After finishing speaking, it hurriedly held its breath and covered its face with its belly pocket.

  I furrowed my brow and rushed forward, when suddenly I stepped on a thick layer of soft and mushy substance. I used the "Sufu Mirror Pupil Secret Method" to take a look, oh heavens! The surrounding area was filled with large piles of dung, thickly covering the ground, and squirming with white maggots, emitting wave after wave of foul odor. The three of us cried out in distress, covering our mouths and noses as we ran wildly. Truly, this stench is unique to the Northern Border, how many times can you smell it in Luoyang?

  After a while, a ray of light appeared in front, running along the light, the cold mountain wind blew towards us, revealing a narrow mountain road that rose steeply upwards, directly leading to the top of Tongzi Cliff. The wind made us breathe more comfortably, and Huashengguo and Datu were panting heavily. Looking back, the passage behind us slowly closed.

  A fierce gust of wind swept over my head, the sound of flapping wings was incessant, hundreds of black bats flew overhead, something fell from the bat swarm, I caught it and took a look, another wooden sign, covered with stinky bat dung, with the words: "Go straight up, meet at the pavilion."

  We had to save people, we didn't have time to wipe away the shit on our feet, and ran up the mountain road. The top of the cliff was bare, with no grass growing, and surrounded by a deep valley on three sides. A small pavilion stood alone at the edge of the cliff. The roof of the pavilion was broken, and the eaves were missing, but the words "Spider Pavilion" could still be faintly seen written on it. The four pillars had long since lost their paint, and their color could no longer be discerned. As the mountain wind blew by, a broken railing creaked back and forth with a "creaking" sound.

  A short old man was sitting in the pavilion, wearing a large red robe and red pants, facing a stone table inside the pavilion, with his back to us, humming a tune. I became alert, knowing that the other party had finally appeared, and hurriedly pressed down on Hua Shengguo and Da Hu, not letting them get close, and walked over with full vigilance.

  "I'm Lin Fei, I've come as promised. Speak up, what conditions will you accept to release the person?" I said straightforwardly.

  The old man suddenly turned around, looked at me with a sly and cunning expression, and said: "I had some dry grass for breakfast, ate a few pieces of charcoal for lunch, and haven't eaten dinner yet."

  I was taken aback: "Even if you eat shit, it has nothing to do with me. I'm asking you, did you guys kidnap Hua Laozhang and Bai Guangguang?"

  The old man tilted his head, thought for a moment, and suddenly clapped his hands and exclaimed: "I know this one! My name is Guri! Remember, it's not Guori or Wanli, but Guri!"

  The old man in Guri answered irrelevantly, was he intentionally pretending to be crazy? I tentatively asked: "Are you an idiot?"

  "You're a piece of crap!" Kuri replied neatly and cleanly.

  Damn it, as expected, they're just trying to get rid of me! But with the peanuts in their hands, I have to endure. With a flicker of my eyes, I gave a signal to Hua Shengguo and Da Hu, and sat down opposite the old man with an air of confidence, not saying a word. Since their target is me, as long as I remain calm, they will be the ones who can't hold out first.