Nan Zhi cleaned the tomb, carried out the remains from within, straightened the tombstone, and filled the hole with soil, giving this lonely grave a proper restoration.
As for the bones of those poor souls, she dug holes and buried them one by one.
The souls of these remains' owners had long since departed; perhaps they had already drunk two bowls of Meng Po's soup by now.
But as leaves return to their roots and the dead turn to dust, this gave them a final resting place, ensuring their bones wouldn't be left out in the open to be dragged away by wild dogs.
Nan Zhi looked around. The sky was now bright, with a red sun rising slowly in the east. The sky was filled with rosy clouds, and a purple mist came from the east—a very auspicious sign.
Not far away, the white tiger's head and body were separated. At the break in its neck, the blood on the bone had congealed into a mass, looking quite miserable.
If this were the modern world, she would definitely be sent to prison to spend her days working a sewing machine.
——And some animal protection organization might even jump out and claim she was guilty of animal cruelty.
Nan Zhi didn't want the existence of the Dream Soul Flower to be discovered, so she simply packed the tiger's head and body into her inventory, found another location, and lit a signal fire of wolf smoke to alert Zhang Long and the others waiting at the foot of the mountain.
“Whew...”
After a night, the firewood in the forest was damp, so Nan Zhi was able to easily raise a thick column of wolf smoke.
The billowing black smoke rose with the wind, like a crooked black centipede biting a hole in the emerald sky and breathing out toxic mist at the horizon.
Wenshan had complex terrain and was covered by primeval forests. If a traveler accidentally wandered in, it would be truly difficult to find a way out for a while.
Soon, Nan Zhi saw another identical column of black wolf smoke rising from the other side of the mountain, letting her know that the people coming to meet her had seen the signal.
Having a direction, she leaped up, flying toward the approaching party. But as soon as she jumped, Nan Zhi almost fell flat on her face.
Too fast.
She blinked in surprise and tried again.
This time, the scenery before her receded rapidly, and she could only hear the wind whistling in her ears. In just a single breath, Nan Zhi appeared over a thousand meters away.
Nan Zhi looked back at the tomb that was already hidden deep in the forest, unable to contain her immense joy.
So this was the effect of adding sixty points of constitution all at once.
This was simply too amazing.
As the game character's attributes increased, they would change her physical constitution in reality.
That meant that in her real life, she could also reach this speed.
Why even go to work?
She might as well just quit her job and go join the Olympics.
Clearly, the people coming to meet her hadn't expected her to be so fast either.
Seeing a pitch-black “bloody person” suddenly emerge from the forest, the crowd was startled and jumped back in fright:
“A ghost!”
“Agh! A ghost! A ghost!”
“And it’s a dark, sturdy female ghost!”
“Heaven help us, scaring the life out of me!”
——Those who had come to meet her were all young, able-bodied men, each holding iron axes, wooden clubs, hoes, and rakes, looking quite fierce.
Of course, if the expressions on their faces weren't so terrified, they might have been more convincing.
“It’s the eldest daughter of the Nan family!!”
In the crowd, Zhang Long shouted out, his voice filled with both shock and joy:
“It’s Sister Nan, the one who agreed to light the wolf smoke as a signal! Sister Nan, since you’re here now, that fierce tiger must have been slain! This is wonderful!”
The group saw her face covered in dirt and her hair hanging in a messy tangle behind her head, soaked with blood and clumped together into dry knots. From the ends of her hair, dark red drops of blood were still falling.
On her exposed right arm, two hideous, bone-deep blood holes were terrifying to behold. Her neck, cheeks, and forehead also had various degrees of abrasions.
But strangely, although her hair was still dripping blood, the emerald-colored garment and the pair of emerald boots this dark, sturdy girl wore were completely untainted by a single speck of dust.
The fierce tiger’s reputation was heavy, and the people of Wen County had suffered greatly from it. Many had witnessed the white tiger’s ferocity.
Now, suddenly hearing that the fierce tiger was dead, and that it was killed by the dark, sturdy girl before them, everyone began to cry out in shock:
“Is it true?!”
“The tiger is dead?!”
“Really? That beast was so fierce, how could it die so easily?!”
“She killed the tiger all by herself?!”
“Young lady, is that tiger really dead? You better not be tricking us!”
“Where is the tiger? Take us to find it!”
Nan Zhi scanned the crowd and indeed found familiar figures, unable to help but smile slightly:
“Fellow villagers, that beast has been decapitated by me, and the chang ghosts are mostly dead as well. From now on, the tiger threat in the Wenshan area is gone.”
She didn't offer much explanation and simply waved her hand to release the decapitated white tiger corpse.
With a heavy “thud,” the massive tiger corpse, as heavy as a small mountain, landed on the ground.
Though it was dead, the white tiger’s body was still warm. The tiger head was hideous, its bloody maw slightly open, fangs protruding, and its long bright red tongue lying across them, smelling strongly of gore.
——For some reason, the whiskers around the tiger's mouth were scorched, and there was a faint smell of roasted meat.
The sturdy tiger corpse was even more terrifying, lying on the ground at a length of at least two grown men. The tiger fur was as sharp as needles, each strand distinct.
The tiger tail was as thick as a tree, and its paws were massive and fleshy, with sharp claws hidden within.
No one doubted that if this tiger were still alive, a single swipe of its paw could directly shatter a person’s skull.
“Gasp!! It really is this tiger!”
“It’s really dead! Dead! Dead!”
“It truly is a tiger!”
“Waaaaah, Mother, Mother! If Sister Nan had been born ten years earlier, you wouldn't have been eaten by the tiger!”
“Whoa! This big, it must have practically been a demon!”
“This is a tiger demon, a tiger demon! Sister Nan of the Nan family killed a tiger demon!”
“Sob, sob, this beast is finally dead! When my wife took the baby back to her parents' house and passed through Wenshan, the tiger snatched the baby away and ate him!”
“A good kill!!”
“The eldest daughter of the Wen family killed the tiger!”
“What Wen family? It’s the Nan family! Sister Nan of the Nan family killed a fierce tiger all by herself!”
The great fear in everyone's hearts was removed, and they all voiced their relief and joy.
Some punched and kicked the tiger corpse to vent the resentment in their hearts.
Some knelt on the ground and wailed loudly, pulling others to recount the tragedies this beast had caused.
Some circled the tiger corpse in amazement, reaching out to touch it with faces full of wonder.
Some knelt and kowtowed repeatedly, shouting that the heavens had blessed them.
At this moment, a woman who had been unable to get through finally pushed her way through the crowd. She threw her arms around Nan Zhi and began to wail loudly:
“You absolute disaster of a child, you must have been a debt-collecting ghost born into my womb to settle scores from a past life! You dared to run off and kill a tiger with just a message left behind—you truly have no regard for your life!”
“A perfectly good girl, even if you are a bit dark, you were at least born handsome. Now that you’ve got such a huge scar on you, what are you going to do in the future?”
This woman was Chen Jingui, who had rushed there to meet Nan Zhi.
Held in the woman's embrace, Nan Zhi felt a warmth in her heart. She quickly patted her back to comfort her:
“Mom, I’m fine. These are just minor injuries, it’s no problem. In the future, I’ll take some pills, and the scar will disappear.”
“Where is Brother Yi? Is he okay? Why didn't Father come? You didn't leave Sister Ye at home alone, did you?”
“It must hurt so much! Those two blood holes, how much blood must have been lost? You’ll have to eat so much pig liver and eggs to make up for it.”
“You finally stopped being simple-minded just a while ago, and now you’ve gone and gotten injured. You’re cultivating and learning skills—how could you almost throw your life away?”
Chen Jingui sobbed, two streams of tears hanging on her face; it was clear she had been truly terrified:
“Brother Yi fainted, so your father carried him down the mountain to the clinic. He hasn't come back yet. On the way here, I left Sister Ye at your maternal grandparents' house. She’s fine right now, don't you worry.”
Nan Zhi finally felt relieved.
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