In order to become a Heroic Spirit, I had no choice but to cause trouble in history.

I'm still going to die.

The beast was still ramming against my abdominal wound with its sharp fangs.

My dearest friend... I'm so sorry...

I thought sadly and closed my eyes.

But I survived again, just like when I was a young tiger cub.

This time, it wasn't Ziye, nor my best friend, who saved me.

Instead, he was a Taoist priest with white hair and beard.

I slightly opened my eyes and looked at him, but then spat out another mouthful of blood.

"I followed my destiny here, but I never expected to see this." What was in his eyes? Was it a sigh? Or something else?

I don't know, I can't see clearly.

“I see that you, tiger demon, are full of spirituality, and you were born on this vast Pang Mountain.” The Taoist stroked his beard and said with a smile, “You and I are destined to meet, and we have a cause and effect relationship. So today I will enlighten you.”

Enlighten me? What does that mean?

However, a hint of hesitation appeared on the Taoist's face: "I do not know what this cause and effect is, but there is indeed a cause and effect between you and me, and my Jie Sect advocates teaching without discrimination, so we should naturally sow this cause and effect."

"From now on, you will lie cross-legged on this Pang Mountain to suppress this spiritual vein, which will be enough to repay my guidance today."

Is there anything I need to do? I'm sorry... but I'm about to die...

The Taoist priest seemed to notice my condition and placed his hand on my forehead. I felt a cool and gentle power flow from his hand into my body.

I don't think I'll die.

In that instant, I understood.

"I planted this seed, but I cannot see the fruit. However, one day, cause and effect will bring retribution. Just wait for that day. Regardless of the outcome, remember my Taoist name."

“My Taoist name is Nai Si Ji.”

The Taoist priest moved his hand away and said this.

After saying that, he turned and left, but after taking two steps, he came back.

He was silent for a moment, then stretched out his hands, as if he were creating something.

Before long, a jade tiger appeared in his hand.

He placed the jade tiger in front of me, glanced at the thatched hut to the side, and hesitated.

“I don’t know why you’re guarding this mother and child here, but it’s best not to let them stay here. This is an ominous place, and trouble will happen sooner or later. They don’t belong here anyway. Once you’ve recovered, send them away.” Daoist Siji turned away, but then turned back to me and said, “I have other important matters to attend to, so I’ll take my leave first.”

Is it an inauspicious place?

But if I send them away, what will happen when my dearest friend returns and can't see his wife and children?

In the end, I didn't send his wife and children away.

After that Taoist's enlightenment, I became very strong, even the strongest in Pangshan.

In order to completely eliminate the danger threatening them, I wiped out all the spirits and demons on Pang Mountain and became the sole overlord of Pang Mountain.

I am still waiting for his return.

But his son grew up, and he did not return.

His son's son was born, but he did not return.

His wife died of old age, and he still did not return.

He... won't be coming back.

By the time I reluctantly accepted this reality, his descendants had already built a village at the foot of the mountain.

And I, too, am already reluctant to send these children away.

His children revered me as the Mountain Lord, the Mountain God, and built a temple for me called the Mountain Lord Temple. They also wrote a couplet for me to ward off evil spirits.

"A good mountain king does not eat blood."

"The most righteous are the true immortals."

And so, I became the Mountain Lord, received offerings, and became a deity.

Because I pacified the area around Pangshan, all the alien monsters were suppressed by me, and the population increased. In addition to the villages of his descendants, Yangjia Village and Wujia Village were also established.

I couldn't help but recall what the Taoist priest had said to me that day, and I smiled.

With me here, how could anything go wrong?

......

When I opened my eyes again, all I felt was pain and tears.

The Taoist priest remained standing there, his expression still one of sighing.

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Chapter 809 Fairness and Injustice?

boom----!!!

Centered on the mountain lord, a powerful shockwave erupted, directly throwing the Xiang brothers, who were suppressing the mountain lord, into the air and forcibly creating distance between them.

"Uh--"

"what happens?"

The two brothers' eyes flashed with ferocity. They turned around and stood still, staring at the mountain lord again, ready to pounce on him once more.

However, what happened next stunned the two of them.

The mountain king lay prone on the ground, his chest heaving violently, and one of his dark eyes had turned white again.

"Knock—"

With its tiger's mouth wide open, a mouthful of dark red blood spurted out from the mountain tiger's mouth.

The child's eyes were trembling, trembling violently, and hot tears were flowing from them.

"You bastard—why—why were you able to break through the blockade of our will—" the half-face with still-black eyes roared in disbelief, but one could hear a trace of panic hidden in this madness.

"You... vile thief!!!"

roar------!!!!!!

This tiger's roar was louder and more powerful than any of the previous ones. It made the Pangshan Mountain tremble, the dark clouds disperse, and even the invincible Xiang brothers were forced back half a step by the roar of the enraged mountain lord.

The refugees temporarily housed in the field outside Zijia Village, Xiangliang, Liu Ji who was fighting the demons with a longsword on the mountainside, and several Tiger Lord servants who had already awakened all looked in the direction from which the tiger's roar came.

The rain has stopped.

With this roar, the mountain lord forced the black energy out of its body completely.

However, the cost was also extremely high.

Half of the tiger's body was covered in blood; its black and yellow fur was soaked in blood, a pitiful yet beautiful sight.

"You are also a different race, why—" The black mist finally condensed into a shape, looking somewhat like a demon, its flickering scarlet eyes glaring at the mountain lord with hatred.

"shut up."

Even though the mountain king is dying, his power and influence remain.

"I have no words to say to you now, you thieving insect." In the mountain lord's eyes, only killing intent remained.

"You are not worthy of even a single word from me." The mountain lord took a step forward, his chin and whiskers trembling in unison. "Filthy, vile, wicked worm that makes everything nauseous."

"Right now, all I want is... to kill you in the most horrific way I can think of."

The mountain lord's aura had begun to solidify, and its magical power surged like the tide, expanding to a level that made people involuntarily feel uneasy.

The wind has stirred.

That was a violent gale powerful enough to destroy the entire Pangshan Mountain. The extremely enraged mountain lord concentrated it on a single point of the alien consciousness, tearing at that consciousness with its overwhelming fury.

"We—the alien race—are—"

"Undying—————— Ughh ...

Despite its stubbornness, the ghostly consciousness eventually let out a shrill scream.

Xiang Yu and Xiang An stood aside, neither speaking nor moving, simply watching quietly as everything unfolded.

They weren't stupid; they naturally knew what had happened.

The black, ghostly thing was torn to shreds in the gale, turning into the most primal magical molecules that drifted away under the bright moon.

The mountain tiger looked up at the bright moon, tears streaming down its huge eyes, its massive body trembling uncontrollably.

Blood and tears mingled together and rolled onto the ground like shattered pearls.

Xiang Yu and Xiang An remained silent when suddenly two hands reached up to their shoulders; it was a Taoist priest with white hair and beard.

"Leave this to me."

After saying this, the Taoist priest walked past the two brothers and headed towards the mountain lord.

The mountain lord noticed the approach of the Taoist priest and collapsed to the ground with a thud.

Having had his body invaded, attacked by the two brothers, and having exhausted a great deal of his life force to force the alien race out of his body, the Mountain Lord, who had protected the area around Pangshan for hundreds of years, was already at his last gasp.

"Siji... I was wrong after all..." Shanjun's tone was filled with grief and indignation.

"I actually killed his offspring with my own hands... I actually did such a heinous thing..."

The mountain lord cried, and cried very sadly.

The phantom of the Taoist Master Siji walked to the front of the Mountain Lord, sat down, and gently stroked the Mountain Lord's head twice. His eyes revealed only sadness and lament.

“You did nothing wrong, it was all destined,” Siji sighed. “Back then, my cultivation wasn’t enough, I couldn’t foresee this consequence. You’ve suffered so much, so much…”

One Sword Supreme

"But this time, I can't save you like I did a hundred years ago..."

"...It's alright." The mountain king's throat was filled with self-mockery and weariness. "If it weren't for my own arrogance and carelessness, that thieving insect wouldn't have been able to use my body to do so many evil things."