I Am Your Natural Enemy

Chapter 362: Chapter 157: Tiger Subduing Three Styles, Betrayal to One’s Face (5k)_2

Now, thanks to scientific measures, we’ve already passed the peak of the extreme rainstorm in a short period, and the accumulated floodwaters didn’t even reach the towns before being diverted away.

In a few isolated spots where the floodwaters overtopped the embankment, accountability procedures have already begun—based on the facts, they’ll determine whether there was any negligence in daily flood control and disaster preparedness.

Little Mustache was savoring the news, listening to the shop’s customers exclaim about how, with so much rain falling in such a short time, they still managed to hold the line. The flood was brought under control and diverted within a single day. All these years of building up dykes and dams are really paying off.

Decades ago, the rainfall wasn’t even this intense, and their area still got flooded.

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Wen Yan returned home, opened the cat carrier, and saw Sparrow Cat hugging a dry bone, licking it until it was covered in drool.

Wen Yan took out the Crouching Tiger Stone Carving, only to see a few more dry bones fall out of the statue.

Altogether, there was a vertebra, a length of leg bone, a section of rib, and one more piece he couldn’t even identify.

The bones were as hard as fine steel, probably with extremely high density, and felt especially heavy in the hand.

Wen Yan put away these bones. There were only a few of them—he didn’t know what they were for or how effective they would be.

But with all the hype about ”curing all kinds of wind disorders,” they had to be useful.

Heading down to the basement, Wen Yan pushed the shelves into the corner and opened the window leading to Fuyu Mountain.

He saw a flying sword appear by the window in a second, and Wen Yan cupped his hands in greeting.

”Brother Jian, could you call someone over? It’d be best if Eighth Uncle-Master Ancestor could come too.”

Not long after, Grand Uncle Master arrived with three old men in tow, with Eighth Uncle-Master Ancestor only able to stand on the very outside.

After the customary greetings, Wen Yan tossed over the box containing the trapped Rakshasa Bird.

”Eighth Uncle-Master Ancestor, I asked around on my end—Scorching Sun Department doesn’t really have a better way to handle this, so could I trouble you to take care of this Rakshasa Bird and make sure there are no future problems?”

”Oh? You caught it?” Eighth Uncle-Master Ancestor was pleasantly surprised.

”Yeah, this bastard even tried to ambush me. I gave him a good beating—he’s barely hanging on. I didn’t dare finish him off, worried something unexpected might happen.”

”Don’t worry, I can’t vouch for other things, but there will be absolutely no problem with this.” Eighth Uncle-Master Ancestor’s face instantly turned serious, with killing intent practically spilling out from the corners of his mouth.

Then, Wen Yan took out a section of leg bone and handed it over.

”Tiger bone. Unless I’m mistaken, there shouldn’t be any tiger bone of higher quality than this one. I don’t really know how to use it, but you Grand Uncles and Grand Uncle Master probably do. Handle it as you see fit.”

Grand Uncle Master reached out and gently stroked the Mountain Lord Tiger Bone, his fingers trembling ever so slightly.

”This thing is... that, right?”

”Pretty much.” Wen Yan nodded slightly.

”Then I’ll accept it.” Grand Uncle Master didn’t refuse. This was definitely a supreme treasure. He quickly sensed it and ordered the other Great Uncle Masters:

”When adding it to medicine, start with one-tenth of the normal amount. If that doesn’t work, reduce it further. This stuff is too potent—if you use any more, the other ingredients won’t be able to balance it out.”

After that, Grand Uncle Master gave Wen Yan another word of caution.

”Don’t mess around with the tiger bone. The demon energy and powerful essence in it have all been dissipated, so it looks like it’s already been initially prepared. But if you use it improperly, it’ll turn into a fierce, dangerous medicine.

You’d better tell Scorching Sun Department too—don’t let them treat it like ordinary tiger bone. If they do, it could kill someone.

To be safe, have them start with one percent of the normal dose. If that’s still too much, reduce it further.”

Wen Yan was a bit surprised. Just now he’d thought that with only a few pieces per month, it wouldn’t really be much use—at best, something for the bottom of the chest.

But it turned out the dosage was so tiny. Does that mean you could just shave off a little bone powder with a steel file and it’d be enough for a single dose?

”It says it can treat all kinds of wind problems, but I have no idea how to actually use it.”

”We’re all laymen here, honestly. We’ll still need the Medicine King Mountain folks to research it before we can be sure. And it’s just this one piece...”

Grand Uncle Master hadn’t finished his sentence before Wen Yan handed over two more pieces.

”Actually, there’s more. I’ll have to trouble you seniors to take care of this.”

The old Taoists, standing by the window looking at the tiger bones, fell silent for a moment.

There were the leg bone, skull, and vertebra.

Hu Yuan really died miserably—they even took his bones apart like this.

”Alright, don’t worry about this. Leave it to us. With a piece of tiger bone at this level, once the Medicine King Mountain people hear about it, they’ll show up in Fuyu Mountain the very same day.”

”Okay, I’m closing the window now. Eighth Uncle-Master Ancestor, once you’ve taken care of things and made sure it’s all safe, can you leave a bit for the Little Zombie?”

”No problem, leave it to me.”

”Great!”

Wen Yan closed the window and placed the Crouching Tiger Statue in the basement.

He reached out his hand and placed it on the tiger’s head.

The statue naturally transmitted some information into his mind.

”Mountain Lord Tiger Bone, can cure all wind disorders, produced monthly.”

At the same time, the Natural Enemy Profession triggered a new notification.

”You personally took action, stripped away the Mountain Lord title, and took everything from the Tiger Demon Hu Yuan. His life was filled with slaughter, but in the end, unwilling to part with the Mountain Lord title, he gladly became a medicine to save the world.”

”New title acquired: Tiger Nemesis.

While wearing this title, you have 100% suppression against all tiger types, 100% true damage, 100% ignore immunity.

1% chance to trigger full deprivation.”

”This title comes with: Tiger Subduing Three Styles. When used with tiger bone, it has a powerful effect on strengthening the bones.”

Wen Yan immediately equipped the ”Tiger Nemesis” title.