Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 150 The Monkey Becomes the King

A noisy sound spread slowly through the wilderness and dense forests.

As we approached the source of the sound, we saw four sturdy monkeys carrying a wooden frame and grunting as they hurried along.

On a simple and rough wooden frame, a wild boar weighing about 300 kilograms was hung upside down.

The wild boar had long since lost its life, its pointed mouth with sharp fangs was open, and smelly blood was dripping all the way.

There were two stronger monkeys in front and behind the monkey carrying the wild boar.

The two monkeys exuded a demonic aura, walked upright, wore animal-skin skirts around their waists, and each held a worn, blood-stained broadsword in their hands.

The monkeys behind saw that their companions were exhausted from carrying the prey and said, "Rest!"

The four monkeys were delighted when they heard this. They quickly put down the wooden frame and squatted there to breathe deeply.

A monkey glanced around and saw some wild fruits not far away. He called out a few times and raised his hand to signal the monkey demon.

The monkey demon's eyes were cold, and he slowly said, "Go!"

The monkey roared excitedly when he heard this, ran excitedly to pick some wild fruits, and ran back.

It didn't dare to eat it first, so it offered the fruit to the two monkey demons and saw that the monkey demons started to eat it first.

The monkeys then shared the other wild fruits.

Four monkeys squatted on the ground, eating wild fruits and making animal calls.

The two monkey monsters that had turned into demons were more human-like. They stood there without moving, looking around from time to time and eating wild fruits slowly.

Suddenly, the monkey demon in front of him flashed his eyes and said in a sharp voice: "Human!"

The monkeys looked in the direction of the sound and saw several tall men walking towards them.

The four monkeys were immediately frightened and started screaming and baring their teeth.

The two monkey demons quickly dropped the wild fruits in their hands, held their big knives and stared at the people who came with burning eyes.

Lu Zheng looked at the monkeys, paused, and said with a smile, "I heard there's a monkey king in this mountain. Are you his subordinates?"

"Who are you?" a monkey demon asked vigilantly.

Lu Zheng said, "We are from the city. We have long heard of the Monkey King's great name and have come to visit him. Could you please show us the way?"

After saying that, Lu Zheng took out two small pieces of gold and threw them directly at the feet of a monkey demon.

Zhang Bo and his companions at the back saw this and thought that if you throw out a few big peaches, it might be more practical and make these monkeys happy. But if you give out gold, do these monkeys know the value of gold?

Lu Zheng naturally knew this truth, but he was testing this group of monkeys.

If these monkeys are very interested in gold, it means they are intelligent to a certain extent.

When the monkey demon saw the gold at its feet, its eyes sparkled with a hint of greed.

It did not bend down to pick it up, but stretched out one foot, scooped it up and threw it, and then grasped the gold steadily in its hand.

The monkey demon said quietly, "Your Majesty rarely sees outsiders, but I can bring you a message."

The monkey demon turned to look at an ape and ordered, "Go, go back and tell the king that someone is here to visit."

"Wow!"

The monkey responded, nodded its head, then stepped on all fours and ran away quickly.

The monkey demon stuffed a piece of gold in his hand into his animal skin skirt, and then threw another piece of gold to another monkey demon.

As for these ordinary apes, they are not qualified to share such things.

The status of monkeys is clearly divided into different classes. The monkeys that have not yet developed intelligence and become demons have a much lower status than the monkeys that have become demons.

Ordinary apes can be driven at will by monkey demons. Even if their king forbids fighting among the same tribe, in some special circumstances, these ordinary apes will be beaten and killed, and no monkey will care.

Lu Zheng looked at the wild boar on the ground and smiled, "We haven't seen such a big prey on all our journey. You are very capable to hunt such a wild boar."

Even monsters and ghosts like to be praised.

A monkey demon heard this and a smug look appeared on his face. He shrieked, "I found it! There are very few pigs this big here. I'm going to offer this to the king!"

Lu Zheng nodded slightly and said, "Your king should be very powerful, right?"

"Of course!" The monkey demon's eyes were filled with reverence. "Your Majesty is very powerful. According to you people, you are a demon king of the third realm!"

The third realm! Zhang Bo and the others' expressions changed slightly.

They had previously guessed that the king of this monkey group was just a second-level monkey demon, but he had actually reached the third level.

His level of Taoism is higher than theirs. If they were to fight with real swords and guns, it would be hard to say who would win.

And judging from the situation, there are quite a few powerful monkeys among the Monkey King's subordinates.

Lu Zheng was not surprised. He just smiled and said, "That's really impressive. There are not many people in the city who can compare to your king."

Upon hearing this, the two monkey demons couldn't help but show expressions of joy and pride, and felt proud.

In the distance, the sound of monkeys could be heard faintly.

The sound did not come from just one bird, but from many birds, humming and humming, echoing in the mountains for a long time.

But after a while, a sound came from a distance.

Lu Zheng took a glance and saw grass and trees swaying in the distant forests, and figures running in the mountains, appearing and disappearing.

A strange sound came from a big tree not far away.

A white-haired monkey stood on a branch.

The white ape is as tall as a human teenager, but stronger, with bulging muscles.

This white ape was also wearing an animal skin skirt, but he was holding a wooden bow in his hand and had a bow bag on his back.

Even though they were at a distance, Lu Zheng could feel that the aura of this white ape was stronger than that of the two monkey demons nearby.

"General Bai!"

The two monkey demons bowed their heads respectfully when they saw the white ape. This white ape was a trusted confidant of the king, stronger and of higher status than them, and possessed remarkable archery skills.

Faced with such an existence, the two monkey demons were in awe and did not dare to act presumptuously.

Bai Fei didn't even look at the monkey demon, his black and red eyes staring at Lu Zheng and the others.

After a few more breaths, there were noises coming from the ground and the trees.

More monkeys appeared, most of them were ordinary monkeys, but a few of them turned into monsters.

There didn't seem to be many of them, only about thirty or forty.

Bai Fei then slowly spoke, "People, the king wants you to come over, please follow me!"

Lu Zheng's eyes moved slightly, and he thought to himself that these monkeys are still very polite!
Lu Zheng looked at Zhang Bo and the others and whispered, "Let's go."

After saying that, Lu Zheng walked towards the monkey group with a calm expression.

Seeing that Lu Zheng looked calm, Zhang Bo and his companions felt no fear and quickly followed him.

Bai Fei jumped down from the tree and ordered some monkeys to carry the wild boar.

Some monkeys excitedly walked around Lu Zheng and his companions to lift the wild boar.

Bai Fei ordered a few monkeys to clear the way in front, and then followed Lu Zheng and his companions.

Dozens of monkeys almost surrounded Lu Zheng and his companions as they hurried on their journey.

Being surrounded by a group of monkeys and being stared at with all kinds of looks, Zhang Bo and his companions felt a little uncomfortable.

They had never experienced anything like this before, and they were afraid that these monkeys would suddenly go crazy and attack them.

"You, have practiced." Bai Fei suddenly said.

As they got closer, Bai Fei discovered that Lu Zheng and the others were not like ordinary people, and they faintly exuded an extraordinary aura.

Lu Zheng couldn't help but smile and said, "We are all scholars in the city, students of Confucianism and Taoism."

"Confucianism..."

Bai Fei repeated it, without any surprise or confusion in his tone.

Lu Zheng said, "It seems you know a lot. I'm Lu Zheng, and these are my friends, named...May I know General Bai's name?"

Bai Fei remembered Lu Zheng's name after hearing this, and then replied, "Bai Fei."

Bai Fei asked again, "What do you want from the king?"

"Visiting, just chatting about life... demon life." Lu Zheng said with a smile, "I think your king should be hospitable, right?"

That was their own king, so Bai Fei naturally didn't dare to criticize anything.

Bai Fei said, "There are very few visitors to the mountains. The king was very happy to hear that someone had come."

Lu Zheng asked curiously, "Few people come here, so someone must have been here before. I wonder who else has been here?"

"Many years ago, someone came here secretly and was beaten out by the king." Bai Fei said.

"Ok?"

Bai Fei said slowly, "A person wearing a coat and not daring to show his face is obviously not a good person."

"Oh."

Lu Zheng suddenly realized and guessed that the man was most likely a subordinate of the dragon.

Lu Zheng couldn't help but ask: "When did it happen?"

Bai Fei thought about it and shook his head, "I forgot. Who can remember it so clearly?"

The monsters and ghosts who have lived in the mountains for many years have a vague concept of time and rarely remember how many springs, autumns, colds and summers they have gone through.

As they walked, the group of people and the monkeys climbed up a mountain.

There are small trails in the mountains left by monkeys walking all year round.

Walking along the path, Lu Zheng found that there were more and more monkeys around, and there was more than one species of monkeys.

Many monkeys were sitting on the big trees, looking at them curiously.

Not only that, Lu Zheng also saw some tree houses built on some giant trees.

Many of the monkeys wore animal skins and carried crude but sharp weapons.

At a glance, Lu Zheng estimated that there were probably no less than a thousand monkeys in this mountain.

Li Zhao and his companions felt the pressure. If so many monkeys surrounded them, it would be difficult for them to escape safely.

Not far away, some monkeys were making a fire and roasting meat, some were sorting the food, and some were forging weapons, busy as hell...

After observing for a while, Lu Zheng felt that these monkeys had almost established a primitive little kingdom.

Compared with the monsters in Jiguana Mountain, these monkeys are more creative and productive.

As we went up the mountain road, there were fewer monkeys.

The monkeys passing by behind him just watched from a distance, not daring to get close, let alone go up the mountain.

It seems that the mountains are not the territory that some monkeys can set foot on.

Almost all the monkeys that appeared on the mountainside became monsters or had monster auras.

These apes move more like humans, don't walk around on all fours, and are also qualified to wear dresses.

Above, there is a huge banyan tree, with some monkeys standing or sitting on it.

These monkeys exuded a strong demonic aura. They gathered around the tree respectfully, with their eyes slightly lowered and their peripheral vision glancing towards the center of the tree.

A tall ape sat cross-legged at the root of a tree, being revered by the other apes.

(End of this chapter)