My words have become law; I truly have no desire to display my divine power before others.

Ye Qingfeng continued:

"A tigress is the most ferocious creature."

Lü Yang blinked, his face full of confusion:

"No way? How can this female be as ferocious as the male?"

Ye Qingfeng shook his head:

"The tigresses I've seen are far more ferocious than this."

These words piqued their curiosity.

"You've met the Immortal Master? Where did you meet him?"

Shen Zhaoyue also looked up at him, her eyes filled with a hint of inquiry.

Ye Qingfeng was silent for a moment, as if he was recalling something.

Then he spoke, his tone still calm, yet somehow it made you feel that he was telling the truth:

"I once met one who had a fierce face and a bad temper. She would get angry at the drop of a hat. When she got angry, even men were afraid of her."

Lü Yang listened with great interest:

"Are there really such tigresses?"

Ye Qingfeng's lips twitched slightly:

"She often has one phrase on her lips."

The two said in unison:

"What did you say?"

Ye Qingfeng looked at the cave entrance and said slowly:

"Laozi's Shu Road is three."

Lü Yang was stunned.

"Laozi... the Shu Road III?"

He read it aloud several times, then scratched his head:

"What does this mean? The 'Shu Road' in 'The Road to Shu is Hard'? And what about 'three'?"

Ye Qingfeng smiled without saying a word.

Lu Yang wanted to ask more, but seeing that Ye Qingfeng had no intention of explaining, he had no choice but to give up.

He turned around and looked at Shen Zhaoyue:

"Officer Shen, did you understand?"

Shen Zhaoyue did not answer.

She stood there, softly reciting those five words:

"Laozi... the Shu Road, Part Three..."

I read it once, and then I read it again.

Her eyes gradually brightened.

It was an indescribable radiance, like a child finding a beloved toy, or a martial artist witnessing a masterful sword technique.

She pondered these words repeatedly, finding them increasingly meaningful with each reading.

"Laozi's Shu Road, Part Three..."

Short, powerful, and with an indescribable domineering air.

She suddenly felt that this sentence was tailor-made for her.

Shen Zhaoyue raised her head and looked at the gray-blue figure in front of her, her eyes filled with a hint of inquiry.

When the Taoist priest said those words, there was clearly a hint of...smile in his tone?

She didn't know what that sentence meant.

But even the Taoist priest believed that the ferocious being must be extraordinary!

She decided that from now on, this would be her catchphrase.

Watching Shen Zhaoyue's eyes grow increasingly bright, Lü Yang felt a chill run down his spine.

"Officer Shen, are you...are you alright?"

Shen Zhaoyue glanced at him:

"Laozi's Shu Road is three."

Lü Yang: Why do I feel a chill down my spine? No wonder even the Taoist priest finds this existence fierce; it must possess great supernatural powers!

Ye Qingfeng, who was in front, only twitched his lips when he heard those four words from behind.

This girl certainly knows how to choose.

Lao Tzu's Three Paths to Shu.

If she knew the real meaning behind those words...

Forget it.

Deep within the cave, a faint light flickered.

The tigress lay on the stone platform, her eyes closed, her breathing long and even.

It has felt uneasy all day, and the unease started in the evening and has not subsided yet.

The partner has not returned to this day.

Moreover, the old fox led several accomplices down the mountain to check, but they haven't returned yet.

It lay there, its tail slapping against the stone platform, making the hay fly up.

The mandrill next to it squatted in the corner, curled up in a ball, not daring to make a sound.

It had followed this tiger demon for many years and knew that it was most dangerous to provoke it at times like this, as any slight movement would result in a beating.

But just then, a sound came from outside the cave.

The sound was initially indistinct and intermittent, like someone talking.

The tiger demon's ears twitched, but it didn't open its eyes.

Then the sound became clearer and louder—

"Listen up, you beast in the cave!"

The tiger demon's ears twitched again.

"We came here tonight not intending to cause you any trouble. But since you've seized this mountain and acted as your own king, inciting your accomplices to harm people, then don't blame us for coming here!"

The tiger demon opened its eyes.

A pair of vertical pupils gleamed with a chilling aura in the dim light.

"Those who know what's good for them will come out of the cave immediately and surrender. If they remain obstinate and resist stubbornly, don't blame us for showing no mercy when the fighting starts!"

The tiger demon sat up.

It could tell that there was a human outside.

A reckless human was shouting at the entrance of its cave.

Having lived for over a hundred years, no mortal has ever dared to shout like that at its cave entrance.

"Then what else did the human say?" it asked, looking at the mandrill.

The mandrill shrank back and whispered, "It sounds...it sounds like it's cursing you..."

The tiger demon's pupils contracted.

The sound from outside came again:

"...Using bones to make broth, tiger penis to make wine, and tiger bones for medicine—not a single bit is wasted!"

The tiger demon was stunned.

Tiger penis?

It looked down at itself.

It is female.

Where did this tiger penis come from?

A surge of anger welled up inside it, making its fur stand on end.

"court death!"

It suddenly raised its right paw and slammed it down on a boulder beside it!

That rock was about a meter tall and weighed at least several hundred kilograms; it was the rock it used to nap against.

When it slapped me, I flew away like a pebble!

The boulder roared through the cave passage, smashed through the thick vines at the entrance, and flew outwards.

Outside the cave, Lü Yang was shouting enthusiastically.

He had just finished shouting that part and was thinking about how to curse next when he suddenly saw the vines at the cave entrance burst open, and a dark shadow came hurtling towards him with a whooshing sound!

That's a huge rock!

It was about a meter tall, a huge, dark mass, flying over like a small mountain!

Lu Yang's legs went weak instantly.

He wanted to hide, but his legs wouldn't obey him.

He wanted to run, but his feet felt like they were nailed to the ground.

He could only watch helplessly as the boulder grew larger and closer...

A hand reached out from behind him, grabbed him by the back of his collar, and flung him to the side.

Lu Yang was sent flying and landed in the grass three zhang away. He rolled around a few times before getting up, covered in dust and dirt.

He turned around and looked.

Ye Qingfeng stood where he had just been standing, facing the boulder that was hurtling towards him, and raised his right hand.

The cuffs of the bluish-gray Taoist robe fluttered slightly.

The movement was so casual, as if he were shooing away a flying insect.

His sleeve brushed against the boulder.

"Bang--!"

With a muffled thud, the boulder stopped in mid-air, as if it had crashed into an invisible wall.

Then it split in the middle, into two halves, then into four pieces, and then into countless fragments—

"Splash—"

A rain of pebbles fell from the sky, landing within a three-zhang radius of Ye Qingfeng, raising dust on the ground, but none of them landed on him.

He just stood there, without even his clothes being touched.

Lu Yang opened his mouth, unable to speak for a long time.

Shen Zhaoyue stood to the side, gripping the knife hilt tightly, staring at the cave entrance.

A deep, angry roar came from deep within the cave entrance.

A gigantic figure slowly emerged from the darkness.

It was several sizes larger than the previous male tiger, with dark brown fur that gleamed with an oily sheen in the moonlight.

With each step it took, the ground trembled slightly, and its pair of eerie green vertical pupils stared intently at the three people outside the cave, its eyes filled with barely suppressed rage.