Alien Dust

Chapter 284 Joining Miss Ruan

We passed through the wild fields and the groves full of wild berries were filled with a sweet and rotten smell.

As a person with awakened sense of taste, Wu Hen picked up these wild fruits and ate them, which could also replenish his consumed energy and water without worrying about poisoning or getting lost.

This body is too weak. It eats whatever it sees, otherwise it will become shriveled soon.

Although he had evolved to the second-level physique, many organs of his body were still failing. This failure also made Wu Hen unable to mobilize his body's strength. After running less than ten miles, he was already out of breath.

Without caring whether the stream water was purified, Wu Hen drank it in big gulps, first trying to absorb as much energy as possible for his exhausted body, and then thinking about how to excrete the toxins that he had absorbed.

"There are still ten miles to go. If we hold on, we can basically survive." Wu Hen rested on the spot.

Suddenly, a strange sound came from the berry bushes, and Wu Hen, who had a keen sense of hearing, instantly caught a hint of danger.

He hurriedly picked up a long, straight natural wooden stick on the ground and hit the thing hard on the head the moment it jumped out of the bushes!
"Ah!"

The stick broke with a sound when it was hit.

A hard dog head appeared in front of Wu Hen. It bared its teeth, and its pair of emerald green eyes were staring at Wu Hen with strong hostility!

Wild dog? ?
But why is this wild dog covered with armor as hard as stone? And its fangs are more terrifying than those of a tiger, and its cold claws are sinking into the grass...

After taking a look at the opponent's muscles, claws, fangs, and body shape, and then looking at his own thin arms and legs, Wu Hen realized that there was no way he could defeat this iron-blooded wild dog in the wild, so he decisively ran away.

……

In less than half an hour, Wu Hen ran the remaining ten miles and arrived at Houshan Town. This speed was slightly faster than when he escaped from the execution ground before.

In the wilderness of life, it’s not that the scenery is not beautiful and you forget to stop and appreciate it, but that there is always a wild dog behind you biting you, and you are unknowingly one step closer to success.

Arriving at Houshan Town, Wu Hen discovered that the stone walls here were piled very high. It did not look like a residential town where people grew crops and collected wood, but more like a small frontier fortress. The defensive construction seemed as if a battle with a neighboring country would break out at any time.

When Wu Hen arrived at the gate, he was so tired that he could not even straighten his back. Fortunately, a few hundred meters behind him, the iron-clad wild dog could no longer move its legs.

"Open...open the door." Wu Hen knocked on the door, signaling the person inside to let him in.

The door opened slowly.

But a hairy face poked out from inside. Just when Wu Hen was wondering why the gatekeeper had a beard, he found that the hairy face suddenly raised a hammer and hit him on the head.

Wu Hen was shocked and quickly hid backwards.

The heavy door opened wide, and one after another of these furry creatures appeared from inside. The strange thing was that they were all wearing the clothes and armor of the townspeople!
猴！
It's full of monkeys!
Some of them stood at the gates holding spears, looking like they were guarding the town. Some of them carried cloth bags on their backs and wandered around the streets like ordinary people in the town. Many of them were wearing women's clothes and dancing in front of the fire.

Monkey Mountain Town? ?

Could it be that all the people living there are monkey monsters?

Wu Hen felt extremely unbelievable. He didn't know what kind of outrageous world he had come to.

The monkeys held long weapons in their hands, showing off their might, and kept grinning and laughing at Wu Hen.

Wu Hen didn't dare to think too much and hurriedly fled to a fruit mountain near the town.

Fortunately, the monkeys did not chase them, which made Wu Hen breathe a sigh of relief.

After climbing to a slightly higher place in the mountain, Wu Hen looked at the town again through his spiritual vision and found that the town was full of monkeys with nimble hands and feet and quick movements. If it weren't for the golden-brown hair covering the exposed parts of their skin, at first glance, one would have thought that this town was so prosperous and lively!
"What's going on??"

Wu Hen just felt weird and strange. For a moment, he even missed his comfortable bed. It was as absurd and weird as if he had run into a dream.

"Shashasha~"

Behind me, a strange sound was heard again from the bushes.

Wu Hen turned around vigilantly and made a gesture to fight the beast.

But what came into view was not wild beasts or monsters, but several pretty women. They stared at him with their big, round eyes, and seemed innocent and at a loss.

"Lu Yun?"

Someone recognized Wu Hen. She walked out from the group of women. She was still wearing a black velvet straw raincoat and a straw hat, which made her look like a female knight.

"Miss Ruan?" Wu Hen was also surprised. He didn't expect to see people in this mountain where wild monkeys should be seen.

"You...you escaped!" Ruan Muchan's tone revealed a bit of uncontrollable joy.

"Yes, I don't have to die, but your situation doesn't seem optimistic. How come you were driven to the mountain by those monkeys?" Wu Hen looked behind the women and found that they had built some simple tents in the wild. He thought that he should come to Miss Ruan to avoid this weakest stage.

But Miss Ruan's life was not going well either. She could only sleep in the wild, endure the cold rain, and live off the land.

"I don't know what's wrong with these monkeys. They don't live in their own caves or forests, but suddenly come to the town... Fortunately, they just steal things and don't kill anyone." Ruan Muhan said.

"I think they don't plan to leave. They want to become residents of the town," said Wu Hen.

"Don't worry, they will leave. Please be patient."

People are in the mountains and monkeys are in the towns.

Just like that, night fell, and the "people" in the small town revealed their true forms and scattered towards the mountains and fields that they loved more.

After the monkeys left, the townspeople who had hidden in the mountains returned to the town one after another, just like workers from a large logging camp returning home after get off work...

Wu Hen also followed the residents of the town and Miss Ruan back to Monkey Town.

He noticed that the people here seemed to be accustomed to this phenomenon. Some people cleaned up, some people organized, some people borrowed food, and some people started to make fire and cook.

Wu Hen didn't know how to comment. In order to prevent these people from realizing that he was a stranger, he spoke less.

Ruan Muhan took a tour and confirmed that there were no monkey monsters in the town before bringing Wu Hen to her house.

The room was simple, with only a cold bed and a wooden table. All other furnishings seemed to have been moved away by the monkeys.

"How did you escape?" Ruan Muhan asked.

"Their shackles were loose, and I broke free and ran away. I heard that you were working here, so I came to you." Wu Hen also directly stated his purpose.

"I'm working for Madam Zeng now. She needs some high-quality monkey jade raw materials, so I came here to look for it." Ruan Muhan briefly explained his situation.

"I need some time to recuperate. The people from the Jiang Mansion will post a notice to arrest me in a few days, and I have nowhere to go." Wu Hen also talked about his situation.

"You've been in prison for several months without saying a word. I thought your soul was gone, so I let you choose to be free. Since you still want to live, why don't you tell me? I will let them spare your life no matter what." There was a flash of anger in Ruan Muhan's eyes.

"In the past, I just couldn't figure out a lot of things. Now I understand. I want to live, and I want to live like a human being," said Wu Hen.

After hearing Wu Hen say this, Ruan Muhan breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, she didn't want her friend to die, but seeing how depressed and desperate he looked, she couldn't bear to let him stay in this world and suffer.

She has been feeling uneasy today because she knew that today was the day of his execution. She thought they would be separated forever, but she didn't expect that he would come here on his own!

"Miss Ruan, if it will implicate you, I can think of other ways." Wu Hen continued.

"It's not a matter of being implicated. They don't dare to be disrespectful to me. It's just that all my power relies on Madam Zeng. If we can make Madam Zeng happy, everything will be fine." Ruan Muhan said.

"Where is the top-grade monkey jade?" Wu Hen asked.

"I only know that it is in the stone forest, but I haven't seen the exact location yet." Ruan Muhan said.

"How was the monkey jade formed?"

"I asked the old people in the town. The jade is actually the bud jade that is produced in abundance in your Yacheng. It's just that the body temperature of the monkey mother will be relatively high during pregnancy. They will lick the cold jade to make themselves more comfortable. At the same time, the spiritual energy contained in the cold jade is also needed by their bodies, and it can give birth to stronger monkey spirits. To form a perfect piece of monkey jade, the same monkey mother needs twenty years to nourish the bud jade with her special saliva every day. However, monkey mothers who give birth so frequently are often already elders among the demon clan. It is extremely difficult to take such a treasure from them." Ruan Muhan recounted the situation in detail.

Catching dream monsters and looking for monkey jade...

Is this Mrs. Zeng a treasure collector?
Wu Hen also roughly understood that Miss Ruan was a female military officer of Madam Zeng. Whatever Madam wanted, she had to search all over the world. Her life was full of hard work, but she also had someone behind her.

"What is your current cultivation level?" Wu Hen asked.

Miss Ruan was stunned, not quite understanding why Wu Hen suddenly asked this.

In the past, he never cared about his own cultivation.

"The ninth level of Qi silk is only one step away from Qi stream." Ruan Muhan said.

"Hey, you caught the dream demon and gave it to Madam Zeng. Didn't she reward you? Didn't you ask for the elixir that could improve your Qi realm?" Wu Hen said with some surprise.

"I..." Ruan Muhan didn't know how to start for a moment.

"You used it to exchange for my life?"

Ruan Muhan shook his head, but said: "In exchange for the protection of the warriors of Yacheng for half a year, this is your only concern in the world, isn't it?"

(End of this chapter)