Chapter 24 Exchange

Zhu Liuqing asked: "Senior brother, can you feel that the power of the netherworld in this ghostly roaring place is much stronger than outside, and there is an evil aura mixed in it."

"Indeed. It is recorded in the sect's classics that the Ghost Roaring Land is not suitable for ordinary monks to practice. If you inhale too much evil energy in your body, you will easily be transformed into a ghost, lose your mind and become like a zombie."

The two of them sat cross-legged and closed their eyes to rest. Half an hour later, most of the fatigue from the rush had disappeared.

Xu Yang stood up and looked in the direction of the distant spiritual fruit forest, but found no abnormal fluctuations in spiritual power. It seems that the flame tiger that escaped just now has not come back. Xu Yang patted the spiritual pet bag with his left hand, and a golden mink jumped out. It was Xu Yang's spiritual pet "Pan Tao".

"Pan Tao" jumped on Xu Yang's arm and squeaked twice. It seems that he is venting his dissatisfaction by putting himself in the spiritual pet bag.

Xu Yang took out a small storage bag, opened it and took out a few red spiritual fruits. He handed one of them to Zhu Liuqing and said, "The weather is hot, let's eat some fruit to cool down."

Zhu Liuqing took the fruit with a smile and said, "Thank you."

Another fruit was thrown to "Peach".

"Pan Peach" dexterously grabbed the fruit, held the spiritual fruit in his two front paws, and eagerly ate it. The abundant juice overflowed from the corners of his mouth, and an intoxicating fruity aroma emanated. Not long after, a red fragrant fruit turned into a core and was thrown to the ground. After eating four of them, "Peach" patted his belly before giving up.

"I have something to ask you for help." Xu Yang said, touching the furry little head of "Pan Tao" with one hand.

"Pan Tao" nodded her little head like a ball of thread knowingly.

"We are now going into the mountain col ahead to pick a kind of spiritual fruit called Qingyanguo that grows there. But there are also a group of bone-faced monkeys in the fruit forest. You are small and flexible, so it is not easy to be discovered. I want you to Go to the opposite side to check the situation first. With your speed, the Bone-faced Monkey should not be able to do anything to you. If you are in danger, hurry back." Xu Yang said, taking out the spiritual sketch book issued by the sect. I showed "Pan Tao" the picture page of Qingyan Guo.

"Pan Tao" raised her delicate little palm and patted her chest twice, as if to say: "Wrap it around me." Then it swished into the grass on the ground and disappeared in the direction of the orchard.

"Senior Brother Xu, your spirit weasel is so cute." Zhu Liuqing said with a look of fondness.

"Let's wait here for a while to find out the situation of the bone-faced monkey in the orchard before we make the next step."

The two of them looked quietly in the direction of the orchard.

After a stick of incense was passed, Xu Yang was a little anxious when the "Peach" did not come back. It stands to reason that one stick of incense is enough time for "Peach" to go back and forth to the orchard. At this moment, there was a sudden movement in the grass in front of him, revealing a furry little head, which was "Peach".

Seeing "Pan Tao" return safely, Xu Yang smiled, stretched out his arm, and "Pan Tao" jumped onto his arm.

Although "Pan Tao" did not recognize his master, his spiritual communication with Xu Yang was extremely smooth.

The "Peach" bear stood on Xu Yang's arm, swinging its two front paws and making a squeaking sound.

Xu Yang looked at "Peach" attentively, with a slightly solemn expression on his face. After "Pan Tao" calmed down, Xu Yang touched "Pan Tao"'s head and said, "Well done."

Xu Yang turned to Zhu Liuqing and said: "There is indeed a flaming fruit tree in the orchard ahead, but all the fruits on the tree have been picked by the bone-faced monkeys, leaving only some immature ones. The fruits were hidden by the bone-faced monkeys. It's in a secret cave, but there are a lot of bone-faced monkeys waiting near the cave."

"Thank you for your hard work, little guy." Zhu Liuqing touched the little head of "Pan Tao" and liked this little beast quite a lot.

"The flaming fruit is hidden in the cave by the monkeys, making it even more difficult to obtain. There are currently a small number of bone-faced monkeys in the orchard, so we can take the opportunity to pass through the orchard. It seems that we have to give up the flaming fruit temporarily and take the road first. ." Zhu Liuqing said.

"Without further ado, let's hurry up."

Under the guidance of "Peach", the two sneaked toward the orchard.

Not long after, two people and one beast came to the orchard.

"Be careful down there. Try not to be discovered by the Bone-faced Monkey and cause unnecessary trouble. I have some "shadowing powder" bought from Fangshi, which can help us hide part of our whereabouts." After saying that, Xu Yang took out A small amount of a packet of white powder was sprinkled on their clothes.

In the fruit forest.

Xu Yang looked up and said: "There are no ripe fruits on the tree. The rest are green fruits, which are of little value. Speaking of which, these monkeys are quite intelligent."

Suddenly, there was a rapid rustling of leaves in the forest.

Then, only a strange scream was heard. A bone-faced monkey jumped out of nowhere and stood abruptly on the branch of a big tree in front of them, staring at the two of them eagerly.

The bone-faced monkey opened its mouth wide, revealing its sharp canine teeth. It tapped its chest several times with both hands, as if it was issuing a warning to the two of them.

"These monkeys are really a headache." Zhu Liuqing shook her head helplessly. But he didn't dare to be negligent. He turned his right hand over, and a small silver scimitar that was more than two feet long appeared in his right hand, with a cold light appearing on the blade.

Xu Yang also had an extra fire cone in his hand.

The bone-faced monkey saw that the two men were not good-natured, and kept making whining sounds. Not long after, seven or eight bone-faced monkeys gathered from the forest.

The two sides are at war with each other, and the battle is about to break out.

At this moment, "Pantao" squeaked. Unlike the previous encounters with strong enemies, there was no fighting spirit in the cry.

"Pantao" jumped a few times and came to the tree where the bone-faced monkey was.

"Pantao" stood and squeaked at the monkeys on the tree.

For some reason, the monkeys on the tree were not hostile to "Pantao". One of them also squeaked at "Pantao".

Then, one of the bone-faced monkeys ran away, and soon, the leader of the bone-faced monkeys and more than 20 bone-faced monkeys appeared in front of Xu Yang and the others.

"Pantao" squeaked at the leader of the bone-faced monkeys again. The leader of the bone-faced monkeys gestured with his hands and made a humming sound.

Through the communication with the consciousness of "Pantao", Xu Yang also knew a lot.

"Brother Xu, your spirit beast is so cute, and it can even talk to monkeys." Zhu Liuqing said in admiration after seeing "Peaches" talking to the monkey leader.

"I'm not sure about this, maybe spirit beasts have their own unique way of communication. Just now, the monkey leader said that we can borrow the fruit forest, but we have to give it a gift." Xu Yang turned his head and said to Zhu Liuqing.

"This monkey is too smart, and it even collected the toll." Zhu Liuqing said with a pout.

Xu Yang took out a small storage bag, walked forward a few steps, opened the storage bag, took out seven or eight red fragrant fruits from it and placed them on the open space. Then, he said loudly to the bone-faced monkey leader on the tree: "Master leader, we just want to borrow the road to pass, and these red fragrant fruits are gifts for you." After that, he turned his head and walked back to the distance.

Seeing this, the monkey leader on the tree waved his hand, and the two bone-faced monkeys around him jumped down and came to the place where the red fragrant fruits were placed. In a few seconds, he took all the red fragrant fruits on the ground, then quickly returned to the tree and handed one of the red fragrant fruits to the monkey leader.

The monkey leader took the red fragrant fruit, sniffed it with his nose, and then bit it. The fragrance of the flesh overflowed during chewing, making the monkeys beside him drool.

After a moment, the monkey leader finished eating the red fragrant fruit and spit out a fruit core. Then he whined a few times at the "Peach".

"Junior Sister Zhu, the monkey leader agreed to let us pass through the Qingyan Fruit Forest."

"That's great. The monkey leader won't set up an ambush to rob us halfway."

"Maybe at other times, but not now. The Flame Tiger is their real opponent now. If they fight us and both lose, the Flame Tiger will come back and the monkeys will suffer in the end."

"That's true. It's a pity that we can't take a few Qingyan Fruits."

After hearing what Zhu Liuqing said, Xu Yang thought for a while and said, "It's not impossible. I can exchange the remaining red fragrant fruits with them." After that, Xu Yang muttered a few words to "Peaches".

"Peaches" started chatting with the monkey leader again.

The monkey leader on the tree thought for a moment, made a low humming sound, and pointed to a large rock protruding on the hillside in the distance.

After communicating with the Pantao spirit, Xu Yang turned to Zhu Liuqing and said, "This monkey leader said that he agreed to let us exchange the spiritual fruit we just gave them for the Qingyan fruit, but there is a condition. We must compete with them. If we win, we agree to the exchange. If we lose, we must give them twice the amount of red fragrant fruit we just gave them, and we won't get the Qingyan fruit." Xu Yang said.

"This monkey is not only smart, but also cunning. It wants to take your red fragrant fruit for free but not give you the Qingyan fruit. I don't know what the competition is about."

Xu Yang pointed to a large rock protruding on the mountainside in the distance that the monkey leader had just pointed out. He said, "The content of the competition they proposed is to start from here and see who reaches the large rock on the mountainside first, two wins out of three. They will send out three of their fastest monkeys, and on our side, you, me and my spiritual beast "Peach" will participate in the competition."

"I see." After saying that, Zhu Liuqing rolled her eyes, and then whispered a few words to Xu Yang's ear.

After hearing this, Xu Yang smiled and said, "Let's do it."