Seven Unfortunate Lifetimes (Love You Seven Times)

Chapter 21

Edited by Renderedreversed

“Hey.”

Hiding in the grass, I asked Chu Kong in a low voice: “What are they worshipping?”

At this time, the sunlight had gradually faded away, and night had come. Two men holding three torches were kneeling on the ground against a dusky hole. They bowed three times and worshipped with great respect.

Chu Kong didn’t answer my question. His eyes were fixed on the two men. A little while later, he said: “You go and howl two times.”

His attitude made me unhappy. I smiled coldly: “Go howl yourself. Why should I go?”

Chu Kong didn’t say anything. A hoof landed on my paw. I howled in pain, shocking all the tigers in the mountain. I gritted my teeth. This guy…this guy…

“Ah,” one of the men exclaimed. “Ti…tiger!”

Together with two torches in his hands, the man fell to the ground. Like someone paralyzed, he could only scoot a little bit back. The other guy held his torch in front of me and began to step back, pulling his companion up when he got in range.

“Calm, calm down! She’s afraid of fire. She won’t come here easily.”

Since he said that, I moved towards him. The two men were so afraid that they were trembling and sweating. One of them fell down. I was surprised for a moment and wondered if I’d scared someone to death. The other man started to run, disappearing in a blink of an eye. He must have thought that since I had prey in front of me, I would certainly not chase after him.

I shook my head, sighing. Place a person in a life-or-death situation and their true nature would be revealed. Behind me, I heard the sound of grass rustling before wild boar Kong stepped out. I patted the man who collapsed on the ground with my paw.

“Hey, look at what happened because of you. You should take him back to the village on the foot of the mountain.”

“You still have the heart to care about these stupid humans,” Chu Kong said. “You’re still as ignorant as ever.”

He ignored me and trotted into the dark cave, minding his steps. Although I was dissatisfied with his attitude, seeing the always arrogant Chu Kong being so careful convinced me to hold back my temper and carefully walk behind him.

It was very dark inside the cave; a human would certainly get lost. Fortunately, a tiger’s eyesight was much stronger than a human’s. I could see the entirety of the cave crystal clear: where the stones were, where the puddles were…wait, why did this puddle smell like blood?

My eyes tracked down the source of the sound of water: there was a hole in the wall where water was flowing from.

I was still looking at the hole, when suddenly a human head emerged. It almost gave me a heart attack. The expression on the man’s head was distorted, sickly and haggard. I didn’t know what suddenly sucked the flesh away, but it left only the bones. With a “hulalala” sound, the bones collapsed. Before my paws was a white skeleton.

Although I was an immortal, I lived a peaceful life. I never saw someone who died so miserably. Frightened, I gasped for air and felt the urge to grab hold of the Chu Kong in front of me. But right now, he was not a man, but a boar, and his back was not a back, but a rough behind. Without a care, I exposed my sharp claws and grabbed hold of it.

“There’s a demon,” I yelled.

Chu Kong also shouted: “Do you want me to use my hooves and dump you in the river of wine!”

“But there’s really a demon!”

I pointed with a claw towards the hole in the wall, as well as the white skeleton nearby.