“What’s wrong?”
Looking at the group of people led by He Gaoming who suddenly stood up, Chen Xiaogang asked in confusion, “What’s the matter?”
Fang Qiu and Zhao Rulong also stood up.
“What’s going on?”
Zhao Rulong also asked in confusion, “Why are you all looking so serious? What happened?”
“Are you alright?”
Fang Qiu pretended that he didn’t know what was going on.
“I’m fine.”
He Gaoming smoothened his brows and suddenly laughed, saying, “Didn’t you hear the tiger’s roar?”
“Yes, I heard it.”
Chen Xiaogang nodded his head and said, “There is a mountain named Crouching Tiger Mountain near this base. It is surrounded by mountains. It is said that in order to prevent people from going up the mountain to set fire, the forest guardians would often play the record of the tiger’s roars at night. Thus, the local people are used to it.”
“I see.”
He Gaoming scratched his head in embarrassment and said, “We overreacted as it’s our first time here.”
As soon as he said that, everyone laughed and sat down again.
“Will there be any danger?” asked He Gaoming again.
“You martial arts practitioners are afraid of tigers?”
Zhao Rulong glanced at He Gaoming in surprise and then said, “Even if there are wild tigers in the mountains, we’ll be safe as they are still far away from here.”
“I can put down an ordinary small tiger with one finger,” said He Gaoming proudly.
Everyone knew that he was going to brag.
But the next second, He Gaoming frowned and tried hard to recall the roar he heard just now.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong.
He quickly took out his mobile phone and used navigation to check the distance between Crouching Tiger Mountain and the place where they were, like a detective.
The distance was about ten kilometers.
How could the voice of an ordinary tiger reach so far?
“No, I have to go there and have a look.”
He Gaoming waved his hand and shouted to everyone present. “Let’s go to check whether there is a tiger or not.”
The group of people stood up and walked out together.
“Are you really going there?”
Chen Xiaogang looked quite confused.
“We are experts, so we’ll be fine. We’re going there to have a look and we can clear the hidden danger for you,” He Gaoming said with a smile.
Chen Xiaogang and Zhao Rulong exchanged a glance and could not help but smile wryly after hearing that.
“They must have nothing better to do. I’ve told them that it was a sound recording.” they thought.
He Gaoming had already driven to Crouching Tiger Mountain with his fellows.
“Don’t do anything stupid.”
Seeing that he was unable to stop them, Chen Xiaogang gave a wry smile and warned them.
Soon, the group of people drove to Crouching Tiger Mountain.
“Roar!!”
Just as they arrived at the foot of Crouching Tiger Mountain, an earth-shattering roar came again, ringing in the ears of He Gaoming and the others.
Everyone’s face froze.
“It seems to be a real tiger, not a sound recording at all!” He Gaoming said solemnly.
The group of people got out of the cars and Li Boqing, who was standing beside He Gaoming, said with a frown, “Sounds like this tiger is not an ordinary one.”
“Let’s go up and have a look first.” He Gaoming pursed his lips at the top of the mountain.
The group of people immediately went up the mountain.
Halfway up the mountain, they saw a huge black shadow.
They took a closer look and found that it was a huge tiger standing at the top of the mountain.
The tiger was as large as an elephant!
This scene frightened everyone.
Even though they were not weak, they felt terrified out of their instinct and were at a disadvantage when they were faced with a fierce beast like a tiger.
“What should we do now?”
Li Boqing asked in a low voice, “Should we continue to go up the mountain?”
“This is a guardian beast.”
He Gaoming looked at the big tiger with shining eyes and said, “Since there is a guardian beast, there must be some Heaven and Earth Treasures. Let’s go up the mountain and have a try first. It’s best if we can handle it on our own. If we fail, I’ll call my master!”
“Okay.”
Upon hearing this, the group of people immediately became excited and were eager to go up the mountain, ready to take action.
“Li Boqing, go up the mountain with a team of men first and test the strength of this guardian beast. Let’s see if we can put it down!” He Gaoming ordered.
Li Boqing didn’t hesitate at all.
He immediately rushed forward with a team of men and charged at the giant tiger without saying a word.
He Gaoming and the others followed closely behind.
“As we have expected!”
While Li Boqing and his men were fighting against the giant tiger, He Gaoming and the others were attracted by a stone behind the giant tiger on the top of the mountain.
It was an oval-shaped, green stone that one could encircle with both arms.
Taking a closer look, they found that there were some extremely fine, silky purple vines on the surface of the green stone. These vines were as thin as ordinary needles.
The stone was covered by the vines.
After observing the stone carefully, they saw a thumb-sized purple crystal at the center where those purple vines intersected.
This crystal was octagonal and extremely beautiful, and it was purple all over.
“Heaven Treasure! It’s a Heaven Treasure!”
He Gaoming became excited.
He could feel the strong Qi of Heaven and Earth in the surrounding air. Although he had never seen such a stone before, he was sure that it was a Heaven Treasure because it was impossible for an Earth Treasure to emit such strong Qi of Heaven and Earth!
The others also became excited.
Heaven Treasure! It was a real Heaven Treasure!
They were all martial arts practitioners.
They all knew very well how lucky it was to meet a Heaven Treasure. Some people couldn’t even find an Earth Treasure in their lifetime, let alone a Heaven Treasure!
Now, a Heaven Treasure really appeared in front of them. How could they not be excited?
“Bang, bang, bang…”
Just when everyone became extremely excited, the sounds of a violent collision were heard.
They saw that the purple vines on the stone began to shine with red light, and the giant tiger became furious. Li Boqing, who was originally a fifth-class expert, and his men managed to fight neck and neck against the tiger, but when the tiger became furious, its momentum suddenly soared. Its roars resounded through the place as it sent Li Boqing and his men flying with a few punches.
“Are you alright?”
He Gaoming quickly led other people to protect Li Boqing and his men.
Fortunately, no one was injured.
“This tiger is very strong!”
Li Boqing took a deep breath and said, “We are no match for it. If we annoy it, I’m afraid we will suffer a lot.”
“Roar!”
At this moment, the giant tiger roared again!
It looked at the people around with an aggressive look in its big eyes, preparing to pounce on them!
“Retreat!”
He Gaoming immediately shouted.
Everyone retreated one after another.
They didn’t stop for a rest until they were halfway down the mountain.
The tiger had been on the top of the mountain all the time and did not chase after them. After all, the Heaven Treasure was there.
“Let’s take a break here first and keep an eye on the mountain. The tiger roars were a bit loud, so they might have attracted other experts’ attention. We have to keep a close eye on it, and we can’t let our guard down.”
He Gaoming looked at the top of the mountain and said, “I’ll call my master!”
After that, he immediately took out his mobile phone, walked aside, and dialed John Doe’s number.
However, he couldn’t get through!
He was anxious and dialed the number again and again.
Fang Qiu felt the phone vibrating in his trouser pocket. He took it out and found that He Gaoming had called him several times.
“Excuse me, I have to make a phone call.” Fang Qiu held his mobile phone and walked to a remote corner with a smile. After making sure that no one was around, he immediately dialed He Gaoming’s number.
“Hey, master, I’ve finally got through.”
He Gaoming’s anxious voice came from the other end of the line.
“What’s wrong?” Fang Qiu asked in John Doe’s voice and tone.
“I found a Heaven Treasure!”
He Gaoming said excitedly, “I don’t know its name, but I’m sure it’s a Heaven Treasure.”
“Heaven Treasure?” Fang Qiu was stunned.
“Yes.”
He Gaoming immediately nodded and said, “I don’t know its ranking, but I’m sure it’s really a Heaven Treasure. The guardian beast is a tiger as big as an elephant. We can’t defeat it!”
“Where is it?” Fang Qiu asked.
“It’s in Crouching Tiger Mountain near the Shiqiu Film and Television Base in Jiangnan,” He Gaoming immediately replied.
“Wait for me,” Fang Qiu answered and then hung up the phone.
“A Heaven Treasure.”
Looking in the direction of Crouching Tiger Mountain, Fang Qiu gently let out a sigh and murmured, “I didn’t expect that there was really a Heaven Treasure. God is helping me! I was just worried about how to improve my strength! And this is also a good opportunity to dispel people’s doubt that Fang Qiu is John Doe.”
In fact, when he heard the roar of the tiger, Fang Qiu had already begun to think about it.
Now, everything was just as he had expected.
He knew it was the best opportunity to dispel people’s doubt that Fang Qiu was John Doe.
Thinking of this, he immediately called Li Ji.
“Hello?” Li Ji answered the phone.
“I need your help,” Fang Qiu said without hesitation. “I need you to pretend to be John Doe!”
Fang Qiu made such a request because he had always felt that he and Li Ji had similar figures.
The next morning, a piece of news spread quickly in Wulin.
“John Doe showed up in a high profile at the airport in the capital.”
As soon as the news came out, it quickly spread among the major forces in Wulin.
All the major forces were curious about it.
“John Doe appeared at the airport in the capital?”
“It’s strange. Hasn’t John Doe always kept a low profile? Why did he suddenly show up in a high profile?”
“I haven’t heard any news of John Doe for a long time. I’m wondering what trouble would come after his showing up in a high profile.”
Just when everyone was talking about it, another piece of news came.
“John Doe took a plane to Jiangjing.”
Jiangjing was the place where John Doe first appeared in public, so no one was too curious about it. What was more, his disciple, He Gaoming, was also from Jiangjing.
When people inquired further, they found that He Gaoming and the others had actually followed the crew to Jiangnan, together with Fang Qiu.
Then, people in Wulin were more certain that Fang Qiu and John Doe were two different people since they had appeared at two places at the same time.
He Gaoming, who had stayed on Crouching Tiger Mountain all day long, quickly returned to Shiqiu Film and Television Base and found Chen Xiaogang.
“Director Chen, I’m sorry, but the shooting of the movie has to stop now because something happened nearby.”
“Is anything going wrong?”
Chen Xiaogang was stunned and asked with a puzzled expression, “What happened?”
“Do you know Crouching Tiger Mountain? There is a big tiger on the mountain,” He Gaoming said.
“Is there really a tiger?” Chen Xiaogang was shocked. He quickly took out his mobile phone, wanting to call the police.
“Director Chen, the police can’t solve it.”
He Gaoming immediately stopped him and shook his head, saying, “No one else can solve it.”
