Li Erhu calmed the girl down and then focused all his attention on the tiger.

When walking out of the shadow, the tiger suddenly stopped.

Li Erhu did not dare to take it lightly. He prepared himself for the battle while pulling the girl back slowly.

He knew very well that when facing the most dangerous beast in the mountains, he had to keep a close eye on its movements and never turn around and run away, as that would only leave his vulnerable back to the deadly hunter.

At this moment, flames appeared in the stone houses closest to this place.

It was the families that were woken up by the screams.

The adult men in these families had already put on their clothes, lit torches, opened the door with a vigilant look, looked at each other, picked up their weapons and headed towards the place where the sound came from.

After all, Qiugang Village is close to deep mountains and forests, where there are ferocious beasts such as tigers and wild boars.

If you want to survive in a place like this, vigilance is essential.

This kind of situation where someone screamed in the middle of the night was not the first time that it happened in Qiugang Village.

The last time was three years ago, when the wild boar king rushed into the fields, smashed the barn and destroyed a lot of food.

Therefore, after hearing the girl's terrified scream, the whole village woke up.

The adult men in every household quickly got up, dressed, and went out with their weapons. They soon gathered with the main force and rushed towards the direction where the sound came from.

The fire grew brighter and brighter, and Li Erhu knew what was happening in the village without even looking back.

He said to himself "Oh no" because the tiger in front of him was not something that could be scared away by the villagers just gathering together.

With the speed and strength it displayed when it killed the Wild Boar King in seconds, no matter how many people came, they were just food.

Li Erhu was a little anxious. He wanted to warn the villagers of Qiugang Village, but the tiger in front of him was staring at him, so he didn't dare to act rashly.

Just when the atmosphere was tense, the tiger suddenly yawned, glanced at him, and turned to walk towards the mountain temple.

Li Erhu was slightly startled and subconsciously stopped retreating.

At the same time, the first group of villagers had arrived here.

With the help of moonlight and firelight, they also saw the tiger that exuded a dangerous aura.

"tiger!"

"It's a tiger!"

A man holding a crude spear couldn't help but exclaimed, and several other men quickly stepped forward, holding various weapons, and protected Li Erhu and his sister behind them.

The leading man tilted his head slightly and asked in a low voice.

"Erhu, what's going on? Why are you here?"

"…This is a long story, and I'm afraid I can't explain it clearly in a short time."

Hearing the man's question, Li Erhu didn't know how to explain for a moment and could only evade it.

The man frowned and glanced at him, without having time to think about anything else. He immediately looked at the tiger vigilantly.

Perhaps because he heard the footsteps of several people, Lao Hu paused, slowly turned around, and glanced at the people in front of Li Erhu.

Seeing this scene, everyone became more vigilant. Several men standing on both sides held spears in their hands, stared at the tiger's eyes, and slowly moved their feet, as if they wanted to disperse their positions and surround the tiger.

"Don't move!"

Li Erhu suddenly shouted loudly.

The people around were stunned, but they still stopped subconsciously.

The man standing next to Li Erhu frowned again and asked in a low voice: "Why?"

"Because it doesn't want us to pass..."

Li Erhu replied softly. He had understood what the tiger meant: "As long as we don't go over, it won't hurt us."

"Go? Where?"

"Mountain Temple."

Mountain temple?

Hearing this, the man was stunned for a moment. When he was about to continue asking, an exclamation attracted everyone's attention.

"Mountain...Grandpa Mountain God!"

There were exclamations filled with shock and excitement.

Everyone looked at the man who exclaimed, and then followed his gaze to the front.

I saw a tall and burly stone man walking slowly out of the forest. Behind him, there were two half-grown tiger cubs following him closely.

"It's Grandpa Mountain God!"

"The mountain god has appeared!"

No matter whether they were the villagers who arrived earlier or later, when they saw this scene, they couldn't help but shout excitedly and crowded forward, wanting to pay homage to the mountain god they had believed in for so many years.

Li Erhu's heart tightened when he saw this and he shouted loudly.

"Don't--"

"roar!!!"

Before he finished his words, the tiger leaped forward, opened its bloody mouth, and roared at the crowd. Its eyes, which were wide open like copper bells, flashed with bloody murderous intent.

Everyone stopped and screamed, weapons raised, and retreated backwards with horror on their faces.

Fortunately, the tiger had no intention of killing anyone, and after everyone retreated to a dividing line, it stopped and stared at the silent crowd with a fierce look.

At the same time, the stone mountain god had walked to Fu Youzhi's body.

Li Erhu was extremely nervous, with cold sweat on his forehead. He quietly grabbed his sister's hand, wanting to take the opportunity to slip away.

As soon as he turned around, Li Erhu's eyes met a pair of eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling——

It was the elusive little squirrel.

At this moment, it was standing on his sister's shoulder, looking at him with a smile.

"You...when did you come?"

Li Erhu's tone was a little stuttering.

He was already feeling guilty, and when he saw the elusive little squirrel, he was so frightened that he dared not move, and the courage he had just mustered disappeared without a trace.

The little squirrel glanced at him with disdain, then looked at the stone mountain god in front of him.

Li Erhu followed its gaze and saw the stone mountain god squatting down and stretching out a hand to place on Fu Youzhi's head.

About half a minute later, Fu Youzhi, who was lying dead, suddenly opened his eyes and sat up from the ground. His bruised and bloody face slowly turned around and looked at Li Erhu in the distance.

"Fake... fake corpse?!"

Li Erhu couldn't help but take a step back, his eyes filled with horror.

The girl standing behind him rolled her eyes and fainted on the spot.

Li Erhu noticed the girl's movement and hurriedly held her arm. The little squirrel that was originally standing on the girl's shoulder leaped up and landed on Li Erhu's head, looking at the unconscious girl in silence.

"This is too scary..."

Lin Zhongtian curled his lips and stopped suppressing the speed of the gray fog.

In an instant, a steady stream of gray mist dissipated from the gray ball. Under Lin Zhongtian's conscious control, it started from the brain and flowed along the veins and blood vessels in the body to the limbs and bones.

As Lin Zhongtian stood up, the bruises on his face gradually subsided and his broken nose bone repaired itself.

Soon, the damage that Li Erhu had brought to this body completely disappeared. Although there were still some dried blood stains on the face, it no longer looked as terrifying as before.

Not only that, the face of this body also underwent a drastic change.

The facial features including the nose, eyes and mouth have been slightly adjusted to become more three-dimensional and handsome. The originally black and yellow teeth have quickly loosened and fallen off, and a new set of white teeth has grown.

In addition, his figure became more upright and his muscles became fuller.

After wiping the blood off his face, a tall young man who looked to be around twenty years old appeared in front of everyone. Fu Youzhi's facial features vaguely resembled his, but he had become a completely different person.

“Is this what it feels like to be human?”

Lin Zhongtian couldn't help but stretching, his handsome face full of joy and smiles.