Chapter 245: The Herb-Gathering Macaque

Just as Mo Juren was fighting fiercely with the roasted-horned deer, a hole suddenly collapsed in the middle of the clearing in the forest.

I saw a little pointy-eared macaque poking its head out.

When it saw Mo Juren and the roasted-horned deer fighting and no one was paying attention to it, the monkey's face lit up with joy, and it quickly crawled out of the hole. It carefully picked up the remaining two earth soul flowers with one hand and pulled them up by the roots.

The scorched-horned deer happened to see this scene. Seeing that there was not a single Earth Soul Flower left that it was guarding, it became furious and struggled violently in the quicksand. Then it jumped over Mo Juren and tried to chase after the little macaque who was taking advantage of the situation.

However, by doing so, it forgot about Mo Juren, who posed the greatest threat to it. He would not let this rare monster go easily.

Mo Juren saw the roasted-horned deer leap into the air without its feet touching the ground, like a living target with a clear trajectory.

So he dodged with a Luoyan Step and flew onto the back of the scorched horned deer. Then he used a sword aura that amplified his evil spirit and used the Xuanguang Sword as a dagger to slash the long neck of the deer...

With a "bang", the scorched-horned deer ended its life in the air and fell heavily to the ground like a dead object.

Mo Juren walked lightly to the corpse and gently stroked the two strange antlers. He felt that they were like two hard iron rods, still retaining extremely high temperature. So he pulled them along and put them into the storage bag as if they were prey.

Six Earth Soul Flowers and a Roasted Horned Deer, this is a pretty good harvest.

However, when he looked at the hole in the middle of the open space and the last two Earth Soul Flowers that had disappeared, Mo Juren frowned.

I must have been tricked by this little monkey and became a pawn of the tiger to devour the wolf. I didn't expect it to be so intelligent.

"This little guy actually dared to play dirty tricks on me!"

Mo Juren muttered something seemingly casually, then sneered, and slowly walked into the forest, his figure disappearing again.

Not long after, the little pointy-eared macaque that had been hiding for a long time crawled out from underground. Like the final winner, it chewed the petals of the Earth Soul Flower while slowly climbing up the tree with a swaggering step and walked away.

Since there was no one chasing it, the little macaque took a walk and then went straight back to its own territory.

And that place was near the huge ancient tree where Mo Juren first settled. In a small mound of earth, there seemed to be a man-made rockery, but it was actually empty. There happened to be a cave for macaques to live in.

The little monkey had already eaten the two Earth Soul Flowers that he had stolen along the way, and he sneaked into the cave without any precautions, ready to have a good sleep.

At this time, Mo Juren's figure gradually emerged under the tree.

It was a piece of cake to keep up with the leisurely strolling little macaque by moving around in the woods with his shadowless body movements. It was much easier than chasing it with all his might before.

The reason why Mo Juren was interested in it was not only because he was dissatisfied with being used as a gun by it, but more importantly, he wanted to know why this little macaque was so intelligent.

Mo Juren looked around secretly and saw that the little monkey's cave seemed to have only one entrance and exit, so he felt relieved and went straight to block the door.

As Mo Juren stood at the entrance of the cave, the light changed and the little monkeys in the cave woke up immediately, starting to squeak and call, and it sounded like there were three or four of them.

Since there was only one entrance and exit, the monkeys in the cave had nowhere to escape. A few of them even approached Mo Juren directly, hoping to find an opportunity to sneak out.

Unexpectedly, they fell one after another and were all knocked unconscious by Mo Juren and thrown to the edge of the cave entrance.

Seeing this, the little pointy-eared macaque was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, and jumped around in the cave. Mo Juren knew that it was smart, so he smiled and said,
"Why are you so anxious, little guy? I didn't come here to kill you. I just want to ask you a question. Do you understand?"

Then he said it again, and the little pointy-eared monkey gradually calmed down, looking at Mo Juren with a puzzled expression.

Mo Juren pinched the acupoints of the other macaques that had been knocked unconscious to stimulate their awakening, and threw them back into the cave as a sign of goodwill.

Then he took out the Earth Soul Flower from his storage bag and asked,
"Do you know where else there is this kind of thing?"

The little macaque shook its head and touched its stomach repeatedly, meaning that it had eaten everything.

Mo Juren was a little disappointed, and then he gestured and asked it if it had taken any other elixirs.

This time the little pointy-eared macaque seemed to understand. After settling the monkeys, he walked out of the cave carefully and pointed at the ground next to him.

I saw that the place seemed to be where the macaques threw their garbage. The ground was covered with various fruit cores and other things, some of which had even taken root and sprouted.

Mo Juren was delighted when he saw it. In this bloody forbidden land, there were many ancient species that were not found outside. And the food that this clever little macaque liked should also be extraordinary.

So Mo Juren nodded and said,
"Yes, these are what I need."

Then he jumped down without any disgust and collected the sprouted seedlings one by one.

The little macaque was watching nearby. Not long after, he squeaked a few times, informed Mo Juren, and then hurriedly ran outside.

Mo Juren knew that it must have made some new discovery, so he waited on the side.

Not long after, the little monkey came back with a bunch of things and threw them all in front of Mo Juren.

Mo Juren was happy. With the help of this local tyrant, it was indeed easier than going out to hunt for them on his own. So he squatted down and started to identify them one by one.

After separating the common fruits and foods, Mo Juren found that only a few things like Ganoderma lucidum were special.

These Ganoderma lucidum are mainly gray in color, and their texture seems to be as hard as stone, with a faint green glow at the roots.

When Mo Juren saw this familiar appearance, he couldn't help but wonder.

"Could this be the 'Jade Marrow Ganoderma', one of the three main ingredients of the Foundation Establishment Pill?"

But think about it, it's impossible. If these precious elixirs that everyone seeks were growing in the periphery, they would have been picked to extinction long ago.

However, with the attitude of giving it a try, Mo Juren still put these stone Ganoderma-like things into his storage bag.

If it is really related to the chalcedony ganoderma, then we can try to catalyze it with the magical porcelain pieces.

Just as Mo Juren was chatting with the little monkey and finishing his preparations to leave, he heard a voice suddenly coming from someone.
"Hahaha, I didn't expect this Taoist friend to be so smart. He actually thought of this method of driving away beasts and collecting herbs. I, an old man, really admire him. I admire him!"

(End of this chapter)