Chapter 39 Monkey Wine

What broke the tree was not something else, but an iron rod about ten feet long.

"Is this a magical artifact?"

Ma Qi was startled. He knew that demonic beasts were not cultivators, and low-level demonic beasts had no ability to refine magical artifacts.

Monsters have always trusted their minions more. Their minions are tempered day and night by their own demonic power, making them no less powerful than magical artifacts. At the same time, they do not have the habit of using magical artifacts.

But the demon monkey in front of them was actually using an iron rod.

March glanced at it, and in his opinion, the iron rod had not been refined; it must have been taken from a cultivator.

Although using the magical artifact in this way doesn't allow it to utilize all its wonderful uses, the weight of the artifact itself is just enough to bring out the monkey demon's immense strength.

The demon monkey grinned, revealing its ferocious fangs. Ma Qi was startled and pointed with his right hand, instantly drawing a large red sword and slashing down at the demon monkey's neck.

"squeak!"

The demon monkey was incredibly fast, with unusually long arms. After grabbing a vine, it swung through the air, transforming into a red shadow and appearing ten feet away, where it seized the iron rod.

"Tiger Blade!"

With a cold shout, Ma Qi's broadsword transformed into a striped tiger while still in mid-air, and it bit down at the demon monkey.

"clang!"

The expected scene of blood splattering did not occur; instead, it was blocked by the iron rod in the demon monkey's hand.

The original striped tiger vanished in an instant, transforming back into a crimson longsword.

Seemingly realizing he had been tricked, the demon monkey roared and, biting the iron rod, darted swiftly through the forest at a dazzling speed.

"cut!"

March snorted coldly, and with a flash of his longsword, he cut down the surrounding trees in one stroke.

Just then, an iron rod suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Pfft!"

The sword light from the Demon-Slaying Gourd was invincible, and a demon monkey blocking his way was beheaded with a single strike.

The sounds of panicked cries from the demon monkeys echoed around, occasionally punctuated by the sounds of fighting.

In particular, the three cultivators at the late stage of Qi Refining seemed to be held back by the powerful demon monkey.

"The opportunity has arrived!"

He secretly felt lucky, probably because his strength was neither too great nor too small.

He wouldn't be targeted by the stronger members of the monkey troop, and ordinary demon monkeys were no match for him, which is why he was able to come to the center of the troop.

I must take this opportunity to get my hands on some monkey wine.

"Sniff!"

Just then, he suddenly smelled a peculiar aroma of wine, a scent that was very difficult to describe.

With its complex fruity aroma, it makes your mouth water and your appetite whetted.

"Here it is!"

He licked his lips, his eyes narrowed, and he suddenly looked in one direction before rushing over.

The further I walked, the stronger the fragrance became; I knew I had come to the right place.

It felt as if there was a flower-paved path under my feet, making me feel incredibly safe and secure.

Suddenly, the leaves of the seven-colored flower that grew alongside his spiritual veins trembled.

This is a warning!

Xu Yuanlang immediately woke up and looked around. The ground was bare, with absolutely no place to hide.

He gritted his teeth and jumped onto the treetop without saying a word, tearing off leaves and squeezing out the liquid to wipe himself and cover up the smell.

At the same time, he suppressed his aura completely. Just after he finished doing all this, two people suddenly appeared under the tree canopy.

He recognized the two men; they were cultivators under Yuan Jiang's command. They walked forward with great joy.

"Bang!"

The next moment, the two flew backward, their chests caved in like the bottom of a basin, and they crashed into two large trees.

He didn't even utter a sound before he was already lifeless.

Xu Yuanlang quickly quieted down, and then heard heavy footsteps on the ground.

Realizing something was wrong, he quickly hid on a tree trunk and remained motionless, blending himself into his surroundings.

"Huff huff..."

A golden, radiant monkey emerged, its aura incredibly powerful, even stronger than the red monkey that fought Ma Qi. Among those he knew, its aura was comparable to Xu Zhenguang's; this monkey was likely the leader of the demon monkeys.

He was covered in something that looked like animal skin or a fragment of a spirit robe. His eyes were extremely bright, with a hint of savagery in them. When he saw the two corpses, he excitedly ran over, grabbed their heads, and snapped them off with a crack.

Xu Yuanlang glanced around out of the corner of his eye. Just then, the demon monkey leader sniffed around, as if he had discovered something, and slowly stood up.

It was over ten feet tall, which was really too tall for the demon monkey.

Suddenly, its eyes fixed on the treetop. Xu Yuanlang knew something was wrong, and his whole body felt like it was frozen solid.

He quietly gripped his demon-slaying gourd, ready to strike at any moment.

"Howl!"

Suddenly, a loud roar rang out in the distance, as if urging it on. The demon monkey licked its fangs and had no choice but to quickly leave the place.

Xu Yuanlang breathed a sigh of relief but did not leave immediately. Sure enough, a few breaths later, the demon monkey leader returned again. Seeing that there was no movement around, it left again with peace of mind.

"call!"

Xu Yuanlang breathed a sigh of relief; this demon monkey leader was indeed extremely cunning.

It seemed he wouldn't be coming back. He climbed down the tree and crept towards the spot where the demon monkey leader had come from.

Half an hour later, the surrounding dense forest disappeared, and a neatly planned orchard suddenly appeared in front of them.

"Tier 1 Low-grade Yellow Moon Pear, Tier 1 Low-grade Hundred Flower Fruit, Tier 1 Low-grade Green Vine Fruit..."

Dozens of fruit trees were planted at certain intervals on the ground, with fertilizer piled up on the ground. Some trees were already bearing fruit, while others had not yet blossomed. If he hadn't known that this was the territory of the demon monkey, he would have almost thought it was the spiritual field of some immortal cultivation family.

"These monkey demons are really something else. They actually know how to take care of fruit trees. That makes sense, otherwise they wouldn't be able to brew monkey wine."

Although these spirit fruit trees were precious, they were not his target. He hurriedly continued forward to the end, where a cave appeared before him.

The aroma of wine grew stronger as he stepped inside. Just then, a mid-stage first-tier demon monkey emerged from the cave, and the two clashed head-on.

Panic appeared on the monkey's face. A sword light burst forth from the demon-slaying gourd in Xu Yuanlang's hand, and the monkey's head flew off, but a short cry still rang out.

The demon monkey leader, who was fighting the cultivators, suddenly twitched his ears, then let out a frantic scream and turned to run away.

Yuan Jiang and the others immediately realized something was wrong and, without saying a word, followed and attacked.

"Hurry!"

Xu Yuanlang rushed into the cave, where there were still baby monkeys. Upon seeing him, they roared fiercely but were actually quite weak inside.

Xu Yuanlang paid no attention to these things. He quickly went to the depths of the cave, where there was a small depression where clear, water-like wine was emitting a fragrance. It was monkey wine.