"Damn, this Fierce Tiger Forest is really winding."
Shen Mo kicked away a fierce tiger bleeding from all its orifices and scratched his head.
He had been searching for a long time but still hadn't found the Tiger King's cave mentioned in the life panel.
Along the way, he encountered a few itinerant cultivators.
He wanted to ask them about the location of the Tiger King's cave.
However, they quickly avoided him, showing a high level of vigilance.
Thus, Shen Mo wandered around the Fierce Tiger Forest.
Apart from killing a few fierce tigers and some hard-skinned wild boars, he found nothing.
"Hmm? Such a powerful tiger roar?"
Shen Mo's ears twitched as he heard an astonishing roar coming from the southeast.
This roar was completely different from the fierce tigers he had killed earlier.
It exuded the majesty and ferocity of the king of beasts.
Clearly, it was undoubtedly the Tiger King. Shen Mo quickly headed in that direction.
On the other side, in front of the Tiger King's cave.
Luo Fei watched in horror as the Tiger King bit off the upper bodies of the two warriors he had recruited, spraying him with blood. He was stunned.
He hadn't expected the outside world to be so dangerous.
Nor had he expected the woman who led them here to disappear immediately.
Although he had no experience traveling outside, he understood now.
He had been set up!
"Young Master Luo, run quickly! This Tiger King is too fierce; we are no match for it!" Another warrior cursed as he dodged the Tiger King's claws, shouting.
As soon as he finished speaking, the Tiger King's sharp claws slashed across his neck.
In an instant, his head was separated from his body.
Luo Fei stood frozen in place, his legs feeling like they were made of lead, unable to move.
"I... I..." He smiled bitterly.
The Tiger King's bloodthirsty jaws were already opening towards him.
The foul stench hit his face.
Scenes of him with his father and sister flashed quickly through his mind.
"If I hadn't sneaked out from home, if I hadn't wanted to kill the Tiger King to gather materials to treat my father's illness, I wouldn't be dying now."
At that moment, a blinding flash of sword light, like lightning, streaked across the sky.
With a splashing sound. A spray of hot blood erupted from the Tiger King's body, drenching the ground around it.
The Tiger King let out a miserable cry and immediately retreated. It looked at its attacker with anger and astonishment.
Luo Fei, as if revived from despair, looked at the young man who had suddenly appeared.
He stood tall, wearing a dark green robe, his face sharp and handsome.
"I've been looking for you for a long time, and here you are."
Shen Mo sneered and activated his Thunder Shadow Sword Technique, charging again.
Before coming, he had investigated that the Tiger King was only a second-tier beast, equivalent to a cultivator at the peak of the Qi Condensation Realm.
Shen Mo, now at the peak of the Qi Condensation Realm, found it easy to deal with such a beast.
That first sword strike almost killed the Tiger King instantly.
However, the Tiger King had instinctively avoided a fatal hit, thus preventing an instant kill.
Clang, clang, clang!
Shen Mo struck three more times.
Each strike was as swift and fierce as lightning, targeting vital points. The Tiger King initially resisted.
But as its vital points were continuously injured and blood gushed out, it grew weaker.
In the end, it roared angrily and pushed Shen Mo back, trying to escape.
But Shen Mo wouldn't give it a chance to flee. With the fourth strike, he pierced its heart, shattering it!
The Tiger King let out a final, desperate cry and collapsed.
Shen Mo cautiously delivered a few more strikes to ensure its death, then sheathed his sword.
His formidable skills left Luo Fei dumbfounded. So many warriors had attacked the Tiger King but barely harmed it.
Yet he, alone, took it down with just four strikes?
"I've seen strong people before, but never anyone this strong!"
Luo Fei snapped back to reality and quickly called out, "Benefactor! Could you sell me the Tiger King's bones? I'm willing to pay double!"
Shen Mo glanced at him. "Why should I sell them to you?"
Luo Fei hurriedly explained, "My name is Luo Fei, from the Luo family of Gufeng City. My father, injured in a battle, is now critically ill. My sister is working hard at Qingxuan Sect to gather spirit stones. I felt I should do something too, so I came out to find the Tiger King and extract its bones."
His tone was very sincere. "The Tiger King's bones are a crucial ingredient for the medicine. If I miss this, it will be hard to find another Tiger King."
"Name your price!" Luo Fei's eyes reddened. "You are also a disciple of Qingxuan Sect. If I don't have enough spirit stones, I will take you to my sister at Qingxuan Sect."
Shen Mo frowned. This kid is truly naive.
Who reveals their bottom line right away? If it were someone else, they would have extorted a sky-high price for the Tiger King's bones.
"A second-tier perfected beast's body parts usually require one hundred and fifty low-grade spirit stones."
"It's the Tiger King, so the price should be higher. Give me two hundred low-grade spirit stones."
Shen Mo waved his hand.
That amount of spirit stones was nothing to him now, but he wouldn't give away the Tiger King's bones for free.
He wasn't some self-sacrificing saint.
"Two hundred... two hundred spirit stones..." Luo Fei stammered, feeling embarrassed. "I only have one hundred on me. I was swindled out of many along the way."
"But my sister definitely has money. She wears the same green disciple robe as you!"
"Oh? What's your sister's name?" Shen Mo asked casually.
"Luo Shengnan! Benefactor, do you know my sister?" Luo Fei asked excitedly.
Shen Mo sighed, "I've met her."
It's hard to imagine that such a robust woman like Luo Shengnan has such a naive and simple-minded brother.
"Wait here. Later, you will come back to Qingxuan Sect with me." Shen Mo instructed, storing the Tiger King's corpse in his storage ring.
"Okay!" Luo Fei nodded vigorously.
Shen Mo entered the Tiger King's cave and soon found a corpse with a blurred face.
He found a storage ring under the corpse. Inside, there was indeed a fist-sized piece of Tiger Gold.
Shen Mo put the items away and walked out of the cave. "Let's go, time to find your sister."
After the two left, Wu Lan emerged from her hiding place, her eyes full of shock.
"Luckily, I didn't team up with that Qingxuan Sect disciple. That guy... is too strong."
"I need to be more careful when deceiving people next time."
Wu Lan (She Yan) searched the bodies but found nothing valuable, leaving in frustration.
On the other side.
Shen Mo and Luo Fei had arrived at the Qingxuan Sect's gate.
At this time, the recruitment activity of the four true disciples for inner disciples at the martial arts arena had ended.
Shen Mo found Luo Shengnan and brought Luo Fei to her, handing over the Tiger King's corpse as well.
Luo Fei burst into tears on the spot. After explaining everything, Luo Shengnan looked gratefully at Shen Mo.
"Thank you so much!"
"I've heard about this Tiger King. I searched for it several times but never found it. You took it down in just a few strikes!"
"I used to think you looked thin and weak, but you're actually very strong!"
Luo Shengnan patted Shen Mo's shoulder.
Shen Mo's shoulder sank under the weight, and he gasped.
Luo Shengnan laughed heartily, "I have a lot of strength and sometimes can't control it. But still, thank you very much!"
"I'll take the whole Tiger King's body. Four hundred low-grade spirit stones, how about that?"
"That's fine." Shen Mo nodded.
Luo Shengnan handed over four medium-grade spirit stones.
After settling the matter, Shen Mo immediately left.
Luo Fei looked at his departing figure with admiration, "Sister, can I become like Brother Shen in the future?"
Luo Shengnan was puzzled, "Why do you want to be like him? Isn't your sister strong enough?"
Luo Fei looked at his muscular sister and shook his head like a rattle, "Strength doesn't matter. I like using a sword. It's cool."
Luo Shengnan's face stiffened. She raised her palm, as large as a fan, "Seems I've been away from home too long. You're getting too bold."
Luo Fei cried out, "Sister, no!"