The corner gives the wooden martial arts master, whose martial arts are equivalent to a harem.

Under the giant tree that required four adult men to encircle, Gu Chuanhen set up a tent, imitating Ling Feixing.

The ape-man senior also ate the tropical fruits that Ling Feixing had brought him, such as pineapples, lychees, and longans. Fruits and vegetables were piled up on the ground like small mountains, which he slowly savored.

Gu Chuanhen sized up the ape-man elder, then looked at Ling Feixing, hesitant to speak, yet still wanting to.

Ling Feixing caught a glimpse of Gu Chuanhen's hesitant expression, and Linglong immediately guessed what he was thinking: "You want to ask about the specifics of Master Monkey, right?"

"Yes, I think Senior White Ape's situation is beyond the scope of modern biology." Gu Chuanhen couldn't help but glance at Senior Ape a few more times. "Generally speaking, this kind of scene of encountering a strange beast and receiving its power only happens to people who jump off cliffs or have lost an arm. I don't think I lost an arm or jumped off a cliff. The most important thing is that I'm afraid of being beaten until I lose an arm or being forced into a situation where I'd rather jump off a cliff than fight anymore."

"Haha, how could it be so tragic? When I was sixteen, I also sparred with Master Monkey to learn Tongbei Quan. This is an old tradition that started in 1985. Basically, everyone who learns Tongbei Quan will come to Master Monkey."

However, you are right about one thing: this is indeed not within the scope of modern biology, but it is within the scope of the intersection of "martial arts" and "science" that can be explained in classified documents. The flying star tent was already set up, and various food, seasonings, pots, pans, and dishes from his luggage were placed inside.

"Confidential documents? What do you mean by that?" Gu Chuanhen also put his change of clothes into the tent.

"The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union was not over in the 1980s. During this period, the arms race between the two countries never stopped. In addition to technological development, there were also research projects on magic, mysticism, and special abilities that sounded like fantasy to ordinary people. Of course, the martial artists of the United States and the Soviet Union also had the responsibility of being studied or studying.

Martial arts are not unique to my country; it's just that my country has the longest and most profound tradition of martial arts.

Americans lack a strong foundation in martial arts, so they have to rely on imports. And since their martial arts foundation is weak, certain special circumstances will inevitably lead to their development.

In my country, "Taoist arts" are a type of mystical tradition, while in other countries there are also magical mysticism and metaphysics that are comparable.

As for special abilities, just look at Xiang Bofu, that monster who could generate electricity from his own body, and Li Lingdang, that cultivator in the making who could emit sword energy and blade light. So special abilities definitely exist, but the number of people with them is not large, and they can't reach the level of supernatural powers like moving mountains and filling seas.

For people with these special abilities, what great supernatural power is it if they can't fly to travel? They still have to take the train obediently.

In that particular historical context, our country also secretly conducted relevant research, but our strength lies in martial arts, so martial arts were the subject of extensive research.

Even today, we martial artists continue to conduct various collaborative research projects with the National Academy of Sciences.

Oh, most of the time we are the ones being studied. I've been studied before, but my experience wasn't as immediate as Xiang Bofu's.

However, these secret research projects were later leaked, leading to a nationwide craze for qigong.

Where does this qigong actually come from? Those who profit from it simply copy the basic principles of martial arts practitioners' transformation of internal energy, modify them slightly, and then use them to swindle money.

Of all these extensive studies, the broadest area of ​​research is—Secret Fist.

The power strengthens the physical body and modifies it to a certain extent, allowing the body to withstand the modifications of the Secret Fist. However, the Secret Fist only modifies the physical body, and neither of these will affect the genes.

Starting in the 1980s, the National Academy of Sciences gradually declassified its research documents on martial arts practitioners and released them to the Martial Arts Association, helping us to glimpse the way forward.

Those classified documents documented specific circumstances that could affect genes.

Ling Feixing told him everything, then looked at the white ape senior.

"Before becoming a white ape, that senior was an ordinary Ming Jin martial artist. After reaching the peak of Ming Jin, he began to practice Tongbei Secret Fist - Tongbei Ape. However, he was too eager for quick success and took a secret medicine. After that, he practiced day and night, only seeking quick results."

Normally, martial artists use secret techniques and unique strengths to modify their bodies through recorded methods—a gradual and painstaking process. However, there are "secret medicines" that can shorten this time.

"Hmph—drugs are just external things! How can we martial artists rely on such things to force growth?"

When Bajiquan practitioners aren't acting crazy, they're actually quite normal.

"That depends on what kind of miracle cure it is."

I don't hold much opposition to the Great Sage's Chopping Kung Fu.

Gu Chuanhen's face was covered with a set of graffiti-covered posts, while Ling Feixing's afterword was being introduced in his ears.

"The style of boxing refers to the secret medicine of each school of boxing, which is the common understanding among martial artists as a panacea."

The ingredients that make up these miraculous elixirs are derived from plants, animals, and minerals. They are blended in specific proportions and then processed through numerous steps, including refining and smelting. Each martial art style has a different secret formula, but all involve extensive processing. After this processing, the final product is the elixir.

Ling Feixing opened a bag of Maltesers, and carefully collected the plastic waste, putting it into another backpack specifically for trash, to be thrown into a trash can after leaving Shennongjia.

Then, with one hand acting as a whip, he tossed the Maltesers one by one to the white ape from a great distance, creating a crackling sound in the air, like a machine gun.

Gu Chuanhen had no doubt that these Maltesers would rip the flesh apart, but the White Ape Senior's arms were like whips, and he lashed out a net to catch the flying Maltesers.

It was as if he had swallowed a series of secret medicines from different martial arts styles.

"The complete recipes for the secret medicines contain many plants that are not currently available on the market and are not described in encyclopedias. In fact, these plants are intermittently extinct."

The main ingredient in the secret medicine of Tongbei Fist was called Monkey Spirit Flower in ancient times. It mostly grows in places where monkeys gather. The best quality Monkey Spirit Flower is recorded in sayings such as "growing in the place where 'monkey demons' live".

Because the research on the secret medicine is of great significance, it has long been on the agenda.

Over the years, through subsequent investigations and site visits by researchers, and after many stages, botanists, biologists, and other scholars were protected by the military and traveled to uninhabited areas and protected regions such as Shennongjia, the Greater Khingan Mountains, the Ailao Mountains, and the Qinling Mountains.

Subsequently, these top teams discovered many rare plants in uninhabited areas and protected areas, which were found in ancient martial arts manuals or compiled classics.

It is precisely because of these research efforts that the country has discovered a large number of new species previously unknown to the world. Of course, these new species also face the unpredictable situation of intermittent extinction followed by resurgence.

Now you know the origin of the term "forbidden zone," right?

Ling Feixing stomped one foot on the ground, indicating to Gu Chuanhen that this was Shennongjia, where teams had once camped and found many amazing plants and animals in other places similar to Shennongjia.

Gu Chuanhen also understood the origin of the "forbidden zone," which was not only to protect human lives but also to protect these endangered species.

"Through the collaborative research of botanists and biologists, a conclusion was finally reached."

These plants and the plants that make up the medicinal materials of this type of plant are distant relatives or even ancestors. Through mutation or atavism, extinct plants are reborn; the same is true for those new species.

Subsequently, after verification by historians, it was found that the last monkey spirit flower before the founding of the People's Republic of China appeared around 1860.

Through identification, it was determined that Master Monkey was related to a certain Tongbei Quan family. After reviewing the family genealogy and their ancestors' diaries, the situation of Senior White Ape was finally confirmed.

When Master Monkey was still human, he went mad due to his eagerness for quick success and instant benefits. Feeling ashamed to face his elders and the ancestral tablets, he banished himself from home and abandoned his name. His father also crossed out his name and forbade anyone else to mention it. Many years passed, and no one knew his name anymore. They could only see his name blacked out on the family tree.

Perhaps sensing that his body was about to transform into an ape, he took advantage of his remaining consciousness to go to Shennongjia alone and live in seclusion. I think he distanced himself from the world because he was afraid of harming people after becoming a "monster".

Even after transforming into a "monster," Master Monkey never harmed anyone. He controlled himself very well.

What is 2012 - 1860 again? Oh right, it's 152.

After mentally calculating at a snail's pace, Gu Chuanhen looked at Senior White Ape and said incredulously, "So, this Senior White Ape is at least 152 years old?"

Ling Feixing nodded and opened a bag of spicy strips.

"Yes, he is over a hundred years old, but his mind has regressed to that of a child under five. He only remembers the practice and secret techniques of Tongbei Quan. He has lived here alone for over a hundred years, using Tongbei Quan as his spiritual fire, and practicing martial arts in every movement, whether walking, sitting, or lying down."

He reached the Great Perfection of Ming Jin when he was still a human, but after transforming into a Tongbei ape, he spent more than a hundred years in solitude, using his childlike heart and instincts as a furnace to refine Gang Jin martial arts.

Doesn't he resemble Zhou Botong, the Old Mischievous Boy from "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"? But Zhou Botong can communicate with people, while he can't.

Because of his mental deficiencies and inability to communicate, he was never able to rely on instinct to break through the void in his heart and meet the God within him.

However, he probably didn't care about this matter. After all, how could a child under five know anything about "breaking through the void and seeing the indestructible god"?

Ling Feixing tossed out a spicy snack, and the white ape caught it with a flick of its wrist. It really did look like they were playing around with a child, tossing spicy snacks back and forth like nunchucks.

"Actually, Master Monkey really, really, really welcomes us and really, really, really, really likes us. It's like he projected his feelings for children when he was still a human onto us."

He's only five years old, but he acts like an elderly person living alone with dementia, hoping we'll come to see him. Thankfully, he recognizes each and every one of us, and he remembers what we look like even when we're all grown up.

Haha, I still remember the Tongbei Quan skills each of us possessed.

She was talking about her mentors and close friends. She didn't distance herself from them just because they looked different from others.

"Although he is not human, he knows how to control his strength. When he spars with us, he holds back his strength and teaches us Tongbei Quan with all his might. When we grow up, he will also teach our disciples."

He is our common mentor.

The grateful expression on Fei Xing's face was intertwined with nostalgia. He casually tossed out a few spicy strips as a surprise attack, while the white ape chuckled and caught them, putting them into his mouth.

Gu Chuanhen watched as Ling Feixing tossed out fewer and fewer spicy strips, and slowly complained.

"It sounds like the sect's mythical beasts cherish their disciples, and the disciples cherish their mythical beasts in return, but... I mean, Teacher, could you please not feed your Monkey Ancestor like you feed the monkeys on Monkey Mountain?"

"This is also a tradition. Master Monkey tests our skills by the force with which we feed him," Ling Feixing said without blushing, making up a lie that didn't sound like the truth.

After Gu Chuanhen finished setting up his tent, he turned to Ling Feixing and said, "Teacher Ling, you yourself admit that this was feeding them, right?"

"I myself feel that this kind of examination method is like a scam to get food and drinks from us. Don't you know that the monkeys in the monkey mountain perform tricks to get food from tourists? The monkey master is like a child under five years old, asking for red envelopes by saying auspicious words."

However, what makes him more impressive than a five-year-old is that if we fail the test, he will hold back and continue to teach us the techniques of Tongbei Quan.

Do you think I wanted to feed him? I just didn't want to fight with Master.

Ling Feixing spoke the truth without batting an eye. She indeed also thought it was feeding.

"Isn't it nice to spar with your master? I've seen scenes in martial arts novels and TV dramas where a loving disciple and a kind master spar with each other to strengthen their bond."

"Have you ever seen a master fight with his disciple without bathing and smelling terrible?" Ling Feixing was both amused and exasperated, finally revealing the real reason he didn't want to fight his master: He found him dirty.

After careful recollection, Gu Chuanhen managed to find an answer.

"Hong Qigong."

"But at least Hong Qigong wouldn't wipe his butt with his hands after defecating, right? And he wouldn't just use leaves or dirt to clean up the mess on his hands after they got dirty, right?"

Doesn't he know that when poop gets mixed with leaves and dirt, it will also crush the leaves and dirt into the soil?

He should at least wash his hands with water, right?! Right?!

Ling Feixing couldn't hold back any longer. It was as if some bad memories were flooding back to him, and he screamed as if he were about to break down.

Gu Chuanhen's eyes widened in surprise, and he let out a cry of astonishment.

"What?! You mean the Monkey Master would hit me with hands covered in poop?!"

"Yes, that's right, it's a tradition we go through every year, hahaha." A light female voice overtook Ling Feixing's shout, followed by a somewhat hoarse, authoritative female voice that couldn't bear to look at her. "It's not just hitting, if he gets really angry he might even poop on you right there and then."

Finally, there was an incredibly powerful male voice.

"That's right! This is our tradition—tricking our apprentices!" He said loudly, his voice full of good-natured schadenfreude.

Ling Feixing had just lost his composure and hadn't paid much attention. Now, when he turned around, he saw three old acquaintances carrying large bags and numerous small bags in their hands.

Her expression was somewhat melancholy and complex, both letting Gu Chuanhen know who the three were and calling out their names to calm herself down.

"Zhuge Jing, Lu Wu, Xiang Bofu, what brings you here? You're all here without your apprentices? Oh, I forgot, who doesn't have apprentices? It's you! Hahahaha!"

Ling Feixing burst into laughter, and the two opposite him also smiled in a friendly and cordial manner. Only Lu Wu remained expressionless and chuckled twice.

This is like meeting an old friend in a foreign land!

"Is that right? I thought you, Teacher, had an irreconcilable feud with them. How come you two seem to get along so well?"

But that's fine too. Martial artists are human too, and it's normal for them to make friends, especially since they're all from the same generation and taught by the same master. Who would make enemies everywhere? Only someone out of their mind would do that.

Ancient traditions express feelings of resentment.