Chapter 171 Telling the White Ape a Story
Hey, isn’t this a wood chopping knife?
Xiao Jie was a little surprised. He looked at the huge knife mark and the position where the hatchet was embedded. It looked like someone had chopped the willow tree demon to death with a single blow of the hatchet.
This willow tree demon is more than ten meters tall. Such a huge monster must be at level 30 or 50, right?
This white ape is more powerful than I thought.
But why is it a hatchet? Is there some connection between this hatchet and the woodcutter outside the valley?
Xiao Jie moved the mouse over the hatchet and found that there was an icon of drawing a knife.
Xiao Jie clicked the mouse and saw his character holding the handle of the knife and pulling it out with force.
Then there was a click.
[System prompt: The hatchet is completely broken. You have obtained the item, the broken hatchet. 】
Xiao Jie opened the package and took a look.
[Broken hatchet (garbage)
Item introduction: A severely rusted hatchet that was broken due to time and can no longer be used. 】
Too long? Xiao Jie was keenly aware of a detail bug.
The remains of the willow tree demon in front of me don't look like they have been dead for a long time. Why is the hatchet so badly rusted?
"Old monkey, when was this willow tree demon killed?"
"Just last month, the king killed him with his own hands."
"Then this hatchet is Senior Ape's weapon?"
"I guess so."
Xiao Jie thought to himself that it wouldn't be long, so what's going on with this knife? It couldn't be that White Ape just found a rusty hatchet to kill monsters.
There are too few clues to determine the truth, but Xiao Jie has a feeling that there must be a connection.
"Okay, that's it for today, old monkey, take me to rest."
"My little brother is really powerful. He killed all these monsters so quickly. He is worthy of being chosen by the king. Come with me."
Xiao Jie jumped off the tree demon's body and followed the old monkey towards the valley. As he walked, he couldn't help but said: "Do you have a name? I can't keep calling you old monkey, right?"
"Hahaha, so why not? I'm just an old monkey. We monkeys don't have names. I am an old monkey, the king is a white monkey, and the one who leads you is a little monkey. What's weird about that. "
"Old monkey, can you help me find a place to sleep?"
It is actually possible to log off directly, but if you log off in bed, you will have an energetic BUFF when you come online the next day.
"Yes, yes, little brother, follow me."
The old monkey led the way, but one person and one monkey came to a huge wooden house. This broken wooden house was very simple and rough, but not small in scale. It was built with various logs, broken boards, and branches. Obviously, these monkeys Built.
"Those young and strong monkeys can sleep in the trees, but we old monkeys can't. Fortunately, there are no wild beasts in this valley, so they live in this wooden cave. The king said this thing is called a 'house' ”
Gee, this white ape is still an inventor.
When one person and one monkey walked into the wooden house, the old monkeys inside suddenly screamed.
"Where did the monster come from?"
"Look, what a big bald monkey!"
"Old monkey, what did you bring?"
"Don't be rude, this is the king's guest." said the old monkey.
When they heard that they were White Ape's guests, the old monkeys immediately became speechless.
Suddenly, a cold snort came from the corner, "Humph, what king, he's just a monster."
Xiao Jie followed the voice and saw that it was said by an ape in the darkness in the corner. The monkey was extremely tall, with muscles all over and black hair. It looked a bit like a gorilla. It was lying on a mat of wild grass. , while catching lice, showing a fierce look.
Great Ape (defeat the Monkey King): Level 16 elite, 1200 HP.
The old monkey seemed a little afraid of the big ape, but he still argued, "How dare you speak ill of the king."
"That's right, if you dare to speak ill of the king again, I will drive you out."
"Big Man Ape, don't think that just because you were a king, you can talk nonsense. Now the White Ape King is the real king!"
All the old monkeys made noises one after another, and the big ape snorted coldly, but stopped talking.
Xiao Jie became interested. This old monkey king seemed to know something.
"Why do you say Senior White Ape is a monster?"
"Hmph, I don't talk to humans."
He actually knows about humans. This great ape seems to have some knowledge. It may be the key to solving the mystery of the white ape's identity.
But the old monkey said: "Don't worry about it. It looks big, but it's incapable of doing anything. When it was the monkey king, it couldn't protect the monkeys, and it won't be able to do anything after King Bai comes." If he dares to cause trouble, little brother, just teach him a lesson."
After the old monkey left, Xiao Jie was not in a hurry to log off. He walked to the big ape and continued to ask.
But the big ape just lay on the straw mat in a daze, completely ignoring Xiao Jie's inquiry.
Xiao Jie suddenly smiled.
"I know, you must be lying. You were beaten so hard that you felt shameless, so you called Senior Ape a monster to make excuses for your defeat. Tsk, tsk, tsk, you monkey are too shameless. Yes, you just lose if you lose, there is nothing to be embarrassed about.
Senior Ape is so powerful, it’s normal for you to lose to Senior Ape. "
The big ape was not angry, but sneered: "You don't need to provoke my cunning humans. I'm very familiar with your tricks. I won't tell you unless -"
"Unless what?"
The big ape's eyes flashed with a cunning look, and he lowered his voice and said, "Unless you go and get a piece of fruit for me, I will tell you."
"Fruit? This is easy to handle. I have it in my bag."
As he said this, Xiao Jie opened his backpack and was about to give it away.
But the big ape shook his head repeatedly: "I'm not talking about ordinary fruits. There is a dangerous peak behind the white ape's throne, and there is a strange fruit tree growing on the cliff, with vermilion fruits growing on it. If you can pick one for me, I will tell you the origin of the white ape."
System prompt: Trigger the mission [The Great Ape's Commission]. You met a strange ape in the Monkey Valley. He commissioned you to help him find a strange red fruit, and he was willing to give a secret as reward.
Mission content: Help the great ape pick the ‘mysterious red fruit’ on the cliff.
Mission reward:? ? ? ?
Xiao Jie said: "Why don't you pick it yourself?"
"It can't be that easy. We monkeys are good at climbing trees, not mountains. The place where the red fruits grow is very steep. If you are not careful, you will fall and die. I don't dare to try. There are many monkeys who want to try before. Picking the fruit, each one will be crippled to death, but no one can succeed, but I heard that you humans can do martial arts, so maybe you can do it. "
Xiao Jie accepted the task after hesitating for a moment. Anyway, he accepted the task first, and we will wait and see if it can be completed: "Okay, this task is assigned to me. I will help you take a look at it tomorrow."
After accepting the task, Xiao Jie logged off.
A night of silence.
The next day, Xiao Jie went online early and woke up in the big wooden house. The morning light showed outside the door. Xiao Jie walked out of the big wooden house and came to the stone platform where the white ape slept. The unknown white ape had not gotten up yet. Snoring on the stone bed.
Xiao Jie had nothing to do, so he started exploring the Monkey Valley.
Monkey Valley is surrounded by mountains on three sides. Only the north side has an exit. On both sides are continuous towering mountains. They are generally very steep, forming two consecutive peaks. The peak behind the white ape is particularly steep, with steep and steep mountain walls. Strange rocks and mountain peaks plunge into the clouds and mist.
Xiao Jie raised his eyes and looked up. On a cliff halfway up the mountain, between the clouds and mist, he could faintly see a tree growing diagonally halfway up the dangerous peak.
As expected, there are some vermilion fruits on the tree, which should be the so-called mysterious vermilion fruits.
But do I really want to do this task? Will it make the white ape unhappy?
The main purpose of exploring the White Ape's identity is to make it easier to gain favor and learn sword skills. If this makes White Ape angry, I won't wait to try it.
After hesitating for a moment, he suddenly had an idea.
After waiting patiently for a while, Bai Yuan finally woke up with a yawn, tugged on his cotton robe, and walked over with two big sleeves.
"Boy, what are you doing standing here so early in the morning?"
"Senior Ape, there is something I think I should tell you. When I was resting yesterday, there was a big ape in the wooden house. He asked me to help him pick a scarlet fruit. I was wondering if there was something in it. I’d better tell you the problem.”
"Humph, that bastard is really unwilling to give up. If it hadn't done anything bad, I would have killed it just for this reason.
But forget it, let it go.
That fruit is of no use to me. If you want to pick it, just pick it, as long as you can pick it. Hey, hey, let me remind you, if you fall from above, I will not save you. "
Hey, you agreed so easily?
Xiao Jie was a little surprised and confirmed again, "Senior Ape, you really don't mind?" "Nonsense, I'm not as hypocritical as you humans."
Xiao Jie looked at the red fruits above and felt quite moved in his heart.
Generally speaking, in a highly exploratory game like this, the more dangerous the place, the more hidden rewards there will be. This fruit is certainly extraordinary.
Even if you don’t pick it for the great ape, it’s not a bad idea to get one for yourself.
The distance is a bit high, and you can't jump up with Qinggong. Fortunately, I know mountain climbing, so I can give it a try.
Xiao Jie first ate a piece of barbecue, which increased the physical recovery effect by 20%.
Then start the mountain climbing step and climb up the cliff.
This was the first time he used this skill. He saw his character lying on the rock wall. When climbing, his hands and feet would automatically fall on the protrusions of the rock that he could cling to. It reminded him of when he climbed mountains while playing Genshin Impact. experience.
Slow is a bit slow, but it is better than steady. As long as you stay focused, you won't fall.
Seeing Xiao Jie slowly climbing up the rocky cracks on the mountain wall, Bai Yuan was surprised and said to himself, "He can really climb up?" There was a tangled look on his face. , seeming to be hesitating about something.
After climbing for five or six minutes, Xiao Jie finally climbed to the cliff. Looking down, it was probably two to three hundred meters high. Looking up, he saw another dangerous peak with no top visible.
Xiao Jie ignored so much and went straight to the strange tree. The tree was quite shabby and looked malnourished. The leaves were all sparse and were still yellow and green in color, but it was unexpected. His perseverance remained motionless in the mountain wind on the cliff.
There are several vermilion fruits growing on the sparse branches, about the size of eggs, maroon red, but crystal clear, with a translucent texture.
Xiao Jie used Gather on the strange tree!
System prompt: Obtain Red Spirit Fruit (deteriorated) × 1.
Xiao Jie hurriedly checked the effect of this fruit.
[Red Spirit Fruit (Deteriorated Fairy Fruit)
Eating: It will permanently increase your understanding by 1 point (it can only be effective once for each humanoid creature, and cannot be effective for targets with an understanding of more than 20 points).
Item introduction: The scarlet red strange spiritual fruit is said to be a fairy fruit from the fairy world. After taking it, it can increase wisdom and improve understanding. However, because this red spiritual fruit tree grows in the mortal world and lacks the cultivation of spiritual energy, the effectiveness of the fruit is greatly weakened. . 】
What a good thing! Xiao Jie was overjoyed when he saw it.
Eat one directly.
Seeing that my understanding has improved a little bit, I feel very satisfied. Now my own enlightenment has reached 17 points. Counting the old man's bamboo hat, his permanent enlightenment is as high as 18 points. Just add two more points to maintain the permanent enlightenment state.
Although Daigo Pill can also achieve enlightenment, time is limited after all. If you don't understand it, it will be in vain. It is better to have long-term understanding.
It's a pity that only the first one is effective. Otherwise, if I eat them all in one go, I will be extremely unhappy.
After counting, there were still six fruits. Xiao Jie hesitated for a moment and did not dare to pick them all, but he was reluctant to go on like this, so he picked two and put them in his bag, and then walked down the mountain towards the flying geese.
It was difficult to go up the mountain but very easy to go down, and we soon drifted to the bottom of the valley.
Bai Yuan was a little surprised and said: "You're not bad, you actually succeeded. How many fruits did you pick?"
"Junior accidentally picked three. Senior, you don't mind, right?"
"Hmph, I've already picked them all, why are you talking nonsense?"
System prompt: The nameless white ape's favorability towards you has been reduced by 2 points.
Yes, it seems that it still has an impact. I said I don’t mind losing the favorability points...
Fortunately, I only lost two points, which is still acceptable compared to the gains in my hands.
This thing can permanently increase your comprehension by 1, and you can easily sell it for dozens or hundreds of taels of silver.
Then the old monkey king wants the fruit, is it also to improve his understanding? But improving this level of understanding is of little use.
After much hesitation, Xiao Jie decided not to hand over the task yet. It wasn't worth exchanging such a good thing for some information.
If you really have to, hand in the mission again. If you can get White Ape's favor to the max, you won't have to worry about it.
At this time, the sky was darkening, the sun was shining in the Monkey Valley, and the monkeys in the valley woke up one after another.
Xiao Jie saw a large group of monkeys running towards this side from the trees, each holding a fruit in their hands, and they piled them up on the ground in front of the white ape's stone platform.
There were fruits of all kinds, red and green, mostly wild fruits, and soon there was a small pile.
The white ape looked at this scene but didn't pay attention at all, as if he had long been accustomed to it.
Without even looking at the fruits, he took out a steamed bun from a wooden basket and ate it.
Xiao Jie is not in a hurry to gain favor. He has almost given away all the things he can give away. If he wants to continue to gain favor, he can only rely on his own strategy and exploration.
This kind of thing can't be rushed, so let's upgrade first.
When we arrived at that remote valley, the tree-burled monsters had indeed been wiped out, and they were covered all over the ground in one night.
Xiao Jie summoned Xiong Da and continued to spawn tree monsters.
This thing has a lot of experience, moderate difficulty, and is very refreshing to kill. The only drawback is that the drops are not very good. It does not drop money or equipment. It only drops a material made of scarlet resin.
Xiao Jie had a lot saved in his bag, but he didn't know if it was worth anything.
Kill this wave of tree monsters in one go, and your experience will increase by 5%.
Xiao Jie was not sure how long it would take to refresh, so he decided to just check it every half hour.
When he returned to the valley, White Ape had already finished his breakfast and was making a pot of cold tea, sipping every sip of it and disdainful of the fruits on the ground.
At this time, its face showed that bored expression again, as if it was impatient with everything around it.
After yesterday's familiarity, Xiao Jie already knew the white ape's biggest problem at the moment, which was boredom.
This guy seemed to despise the monkeys in the valley and thought they were stupid.
It seems to have some kind of hatred for humans, but it is also very fascinated by various human things. These contradictory characteristics are presented to it one by one, giving people a very weird feeling.
If you can make it happy, you can definitely increase its favorability.
After chatting with Bai Yuan for a while, they started talking about the gifts Xiao Jie had bought before.
"Senior Yuan, are you satisfied with those gifts? By the way, do you still like those books?"
"I'm satisfied. It's just that my eyes don't work well as I get older. It's very hard to read. Boy, since you have nothing to do, please read these books for me." He said and took out all the books Xiao Jie gave him before. , casually threw a copy for Xiao Jie to read.
Xiao Jie thought to himself that you couldn't be illiterate at all, but if you don't expose someone's shortcomings when you scold them, you can't say it out loud.
"Senior, don't worry, junior, I'll read it to you right now."
I picked it up and looked at it, but it was a book of herbs.
After reading it for a while, Bai Yuan became impatient.
"Stop, stop, stop, these are some crappy stuff, they're not interesting at all. Please change it."
Xiao Jie picked up another Jiuzhou Chronicle. This time it was a little better, but he soon got tired of it.
Then he picked up a book about the travels of strangers, but after a while he still didn’t want to listen to it.
"There is nothing surprising about the things written in these books. They are not as good as the stories I heard from the old country man. I can change them again and again."
Xiao Jie turned off the book reading interface and thought to himself that your requirements are really high. After looking at these books, I guess there is nothing that can meet his requirements.
Wait, this monkey wants to hear a story? An idea flashed in Xiao Jie's mind, yes!
Haha, my favorability level can definitely be maxed out now!
He immediately smiled and said: "The stories in these books are not interesting, but I do know an interesting story, a story about monkeys. Would you like to hear it, senior?"
White Ape became interested now. The previous books were all about mountains and rivers, geography, or plant introductions, or they were some human travel notes. He was a monkey, and it didn't make sense to listen to them.
Now that I heard a story about monkeys, I immediately became interested.
"The story of the monkey? Well, well, tell me quickly."
Xiao Jie took a deep breath and spoke with emotion.
"This story takes place in another world, but it is said that in this world there is a continent called Dongsheng Divine Continent. In Dongsheng Divine Continent, there is a country called Aolai. It is located on the coast of the East China Sea. There is a Huaguo Mountain on the seaside. On the Huaguo Mountain There is a boulder.
Every day, I absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, absorbed the essence of the sun and the moon, and gradually became spiritual. On this day, I suddenly heard a loud noise like a thunderbolt, and the boulder exploded, and a stone monkey jumped out from it..."
(End of chapter)