Elder Zhang was very polite to me, and this politeness was not simply to repay the grace of saving my life, but more like a gesture of goodwill. Of course, to this day, I still maintain a good relationship with him, and he has always called me Brother Shan, even though many young people have become accustomed to calling me "Mountain Master".

We had a light meal and immediately hit the road, and the Monkey Mountain looked very calm at night, with the not-so-high peaks standing quietly in front of us, with only a black outline. It's very quiet, I can't hear too many sounds, and in places where there are groups of demon clans, especially where there is a single demon clan, it is rare to see other species, after all, other animals are the food in the mouths of these demon clans. But Monkey Mountain is fine, at least you can still hear some small noises and the occasional birdsong, but there is no insect moaning, after all, although monkeys do not eat meat, they sometimes eat insects.

The elder Zhang stopped the car, and I carried a rope backpack, turned on the light and prepared to enter the mountain. When I was leaving, I heard the elder Zhang shouting: "Brother Shan, be careful, the monkey is very fierce when he is in a hurry." ”

I waved my hand disappreciatively, not for the monkeys, but for people who thought the same way as me.

Entering the Monkey Mountain, the mountain road at night is not easy to walk, although the lights are very bright, but the range that can be illuminated is just like that, a large piece is particularly bright and the surroundings are pitch black.

Maybe it was because it had rained a few days ago, the ground was a little muddy, and the air was a little cold, so I lit a cigarette and walked forward with a shallow foot. At this time, I heard the former Li Yulang who followed behind complain: "Brother Shan, let's not waste time, with your ability, rush directly to the nest of that group of monkeys and destroy it, won't it?" ”

"I said you're a Japanese, why are you talking more and more smoothly?" I teased.

"Isn't that a long time spent in China? When I went back to Japan this time, I said that my native language was not very fluent, and sometimes I mixed in a few words in Mandarin......"

"Hehe......" I laughed and continued, "You think these monkeys are stupid? Goblins are very sensitive, and although they are fierce and have special abilities, they are very wary of the wind and grass around them, especially when a group of demons get together. We're walking on other people's territory now, and it's estimated that a demon monkey has already discovered us, but we're still observing and haven't done anything. ”

"Really?" As soon as he heard that he had been discovered, the former Li Yulang immediately looked around, looking at the dark mountains around him with a cautious look.

"Hehe, don't be nervous, I'm here. Let's go up the hill first and see if we can find the cloud peach tree, I have been envious of this delicacy for a long time, so I want to find a chance to eat a quenching craving. "I'm talking about light clouds, but in fact, I've always been vigilant, after all, I'm dealing with big demons and maybe hundreds of demon monkeys, although I'm not weak, but I also have to be vigilant.

The climb was not too hard, and if it weren't for the slippery and muddy ground, we might have reached the top of the mountain. At about seven o'clock in the night, we finally reached the top of the mountain, and the former Li Yulang gasped, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and muttered, "It's so tiring to climb the mountain at night." ”

I patted him on the arm, pointed ahead and said, "Look. ”

He raised his head, and in the next second, the expression on his face condensed, in the dark night, under the gray sky, there were a few snow-white trees standing on the bare mountaintop, these trees emitted a soft white light, like the neon on Nanjing Road at night, it was so conspicuous and beautiful under this dark haze.

The wind stirs the leaves to make a ......rustling sound, and the white leaves sway from side to side in the strong wind, which is very beautiful, and from a distance, it looks like a glowing cloud swaying back and forth.

"This ...... So beautiful. The former Li Yulang praised in surprise.

I smiled and said, "According to the information I read, the cloud peach tree will attract goblins from all over the world to inhabit at night, and these goblins will hide among the branches and leaves to rest, and at night they will emit a soft light. Originally, I thought it was just a rumor, but now that I see it, I didn't expect it to be true. It's the first time I've seen such a beautiful view, it's really beautiful. ”

It's a pity that I don't have a camera at hand, and mobile phones in those days rarely have a camera function, so this rare beauty cannot be recorded.

"Let's go, don't stand stupid, we still have business to do." I tapped him on the shoulder and walked forward.

The cloud peach tree is the lifeblood of this group of demon monkeys, and the demon monkeys love the cloud peach beyond the imagination of ordinary people, so they will launch a rapid attack when someone tries to steal the cloud peach. But what I didn't expect was that for such an important thing, and it had just been stolen a few days ago, there was no demon monkey guarding it right now.

"Strange, why are there no monkeys?" I said to myself.

"After all, it's a monkey, how can he have such a smart brain, and now he may be hiding in that tree and sleeping. Hehe......" Qianli Yulang raised his head and looked at the cloud peach tree, and said with a smile.

"Are you Japanese Shikigami as stupid as beasts?" I asked.

"Of course not, smarter, sometimes smarter than people."

"That's amazing, it's like our Chinese monsters are stupid." I sneered at each other, but he immediately fell silent.

"You watch here, I'll take a look around and see how it goes." I felt that something was wrong, so I explained it and walked around. Bypassing a few cloud peach trees, the top of the mountain is relatively wide, and after walking a few steps forward, I found that some scattered fruits on the ground have been bitten or eaten. It is obvious that there are traces of monkey life, but the surroundings are silent and very quiet.

I took a few steps forward, and at this moment, a shout from the front of Li Yulang suddenly came from behind: "Ba Xiaoshan, here, something happened here!" ”

When I heard the shout, I immediately turned around and ran towards him, shouting desperately, "What's the matter? ”

When I turned around and ran for ten steps, I saw that the former Li Yulang released Shikijin, and some huge shadows could be seen in the surrounding darkness, and at the same time, some eyes with cold light could be seen in the darkness, there were a lot of them, I glanced at it and estimated, there were about dozens of pairs of eyes. It turned out that it wasn't that this group of demon monkeys was gone, but that they were hiding and wanted to ambush us.

"Are you alright?" I ran up and asked. Qianli Yulang shook his head and said, "It's okay, I was just thrown by a stone." ”

At this moment, all kinds of strange cries were coming from the darkness around us, and the excited and very unfriendly monkeys, although they had not yet rushed up, kept roaring and giving terrible warnings, and at the same time were eager to come up and tear us apart.

"What should I do with Ba Xiaoshan?" The former Li Yulang's Shikijin is very tall, but the deterrent power against the monkeys is obviously insufficient.

I reached out and slapped the ground, and the flames immediately burned on the ground, and at the same time circled around us, and we were temporarily safe under the flames, and the monkeys who saw the fire also retreated anxiously, and erupted into more anxious roars.

"They're afraid of fire, so this will stop them temporarily."

At this moment, a dull but domineering roar came out of the woods, and at the same time as the roar sounded, the cries of the other monkeys weakened a lot, and a tall black shadow slowly walked out of the dark woods, it walked upright like a human, and looked as majestic as a giant.

When we walked to the place where the firelight shone on, we saw the true face of this "giant", which was a huge demon monkey, with dark red hair all over its body, and it looked dark red, and we don't know if it was because of the fire or because it was the original color. The limbs are very strong, especially the legs are like two sturdy pillars. It was slightly hunched, but even so, it was still more than three meters tall, and even taller if it was straight.

The demeanor of a king is revealed between his eyebrows, and the aura emanating from his whole body tells us one thing - it is the monkey king here.

Sure enough, it is different from what is written in the information, maybe there is really a change of dynasty here.

"You're the Monkey King?" I tried to negotiate with it, and asked.

It looked at me condescendingly, but didn't come close to the flames, nodded slightly, and let out a low growl of irritation.

"I have no intention of being your enemy, I just want to come and sign a contract with you." As I spoke, I pulled out the contract scroll from my backpack.