Yang Hong had no idea two beautiful girls were cursing him.
He quickened his pace, and in less than three hours, he reached his first destination.
Spiritual Monkey Mountain, a vast mountain range spanning over 300 li.
The mountain was covered with various types of monkey demon beasts.
From the lowest-grade Tier 1 demon beasts to Tier 3, and some cultivators even speculated that there might be Tier 4 Golden Core stage great demons.
In Xi Miaohua's jade slip, Yang Hong had seen a sentence: "There are many fruit trees in the mountain, and a Grade 4 spirit fruit is at the center of the mountain range."
But upon seeing the introduction to Spiritual Monkey Mountain, Yang Hong's thoughts went like this:
Fruit trees + monkeys = Monkey Wine!
Exactly!
The first thing Yang Hong thought of was the legendary Monkey Wine.
Although Yang Hong wasn't addicted to alcohol, and could even say he didn't particularly enjoy drinking.
However, after brewing a lot of wine, he still enjoyed appreciating and evaluating various fine wines.
And Monkey Wine, both in his past life and this one, was rumored to be extraordinarily potent. Naturally, Yang Hong was interested in trying it.
Without hesitation, he found a random spot and entered the mountain forest.
The sight that greeted him was a variety of fruit trees: apples, pears, lychees, star fruits, and many others Yang Hong didn't recognize, as well as the most numerous peach trees.
Walking through the forest, the sweet fragrance of fruits filled the air.
Indeed, it was a magnificent sight of a fruit orchard.
"Jiji~ Jiji~"
Not long after Yang Hong entered Spiritual Monkey Mountain, a Tier 1 demon beast discovered him and immediately began to sound the alarm.
"Jiji~ Hou hou~"
In just half an hour, Yang Hong's path ahead was filled with dense clusters of demon monkeys, squatting on the fruit trees and roaring.
They seemed to want to scare Yang Hong away.
"Hou~"
With a powerful roar, the demon monkeys began to riot.
All the demon monkeys threw fruits and stones they held, raining down on Yang Hong.
"Heh heh, I knew you demon monkeys would use this trick.
Watch my true qi shield."
Seeing the incoming attacks, Yang Hong was not flustered at all. A three-foot-wide azure true qi shield materialized around him.
All attacks were blocked, and none landed on him.
"Hou hou~"
The commanding monkey, seeing that Yang Hong was unharmed and not dead, became displeased and began to roar loudly.
At the command, the demon monkeys more diligently threw the things in their hands.
Even more demon monkeys rushed from all directions.
"Heh heh, just Tier 1, Tier 2 little monkeys, not enough to kill me. If I didn't want to come back often for Monkey Wine, I would have wiped you all out with a single sword strike."
Yang Hong sneered, his steps shifted, and his figure vanished from its original spot.
He reappeared a mile away.
Tier 3 secret technique [Leap a Thousand Miles], a supposedly travel-oriented spell, said to allow one to traverse a thousand miles in a single step when mastered.
Yang Hong had practiced it, and even used the "灌顶系统" (briefing system) to raise it to the perfect mastery level.
However, traversing a thousand miles in one step was out of the question. Even when he used it, it only covered ten miles per step.
But in this mountain forest, he dared not move too fast, for fear of crashing into trees.
Using the secret technique to travel was indeed fast. In less than fifteen minutes, Yang Hong arrived at the center of Spiritual Monkey Mountain.
"Hmm~ The spiritual energy here is so dense, and seems even more refined."
The center of Spiritual Monkey Mountain was a small basin surrounded by mountains. As soon as he entered the basin, Yang Hong felt invigorated.
The air around him was sweet.
"The air isn't just sweet, it's fragrant.
The aroma of wine!"
Around the small basin, small rivers flowed with fine wine, constantly pouring into a small lake at the center of the basin.
"These monkeys are quite something. This small lake must be seven or eight li in diameter!
An entire lake made of spirit wine, what a grand undertaking."
Reaching the lakeside, Yang Hong cast a spirit appraisal technique.
"Amazing! Truly amazing, an entire lake of Grade 4 spirit wine!"
Yang Hong was a little stunned. This was Grade 4 spirit wine,
An entire lake!
"There must be a Tier 4 Golden Core demon monkey in Spiritual Monkey Mountain, right?"
Seeing this entire lake of spirit wine, Yang Hong didn't immediately collect it. Instead, he stepped back a few paces from the lake.
He was worried that if a fight broke out, it might damage this spirit wine lake.
Since he had entered this basin, he hadn't seen a single demon monkey.
Even the most foolish person would know this was the calm before the storm.
However, since the demon monkeys hadn't attacked him immediately, he was happy to explore the basin first.
There were all sorts of fruit trees in the basin. He could collect some fruits and seeds first, lest they be damaged later, which would be a pity.
Although he couldn't identify the species of these spirit plants, with the spirit appraisal technique, he could judge the quality of the spirit plants.
Grade 3~ Grade 3~ Grade 4~ Grade 5~ Grade 6?
Grade 6!
"Haha, there's a Grade 6 spirit plant."
After spending more than half an hour collecting a storage bag full of spirit fruits, Yang Hong surprisingly found a Grade 6 spirit plant.
It was a fruit tree less than ten feet tall, with only a main trunk and five branches, looking very ordinary.
There was only one fruit on the tree. Judging by its color, it was greenish-blue, and seemed unripe.
As Yang Hong approached the tree, preparing to pluck the spirit fruit,
"Hou~"
"Awu~"
A series of roars suddenly came from all directions. In an instant, a group of demon beasts rushed towards him.
"Hmm~ Their auras are all above the Fusion stage, meaning Tier 4.
There are still Golden Core demon beasts that haven't been killed, and in such large numbers?"
Sensing the aura of the charging demon beasts, Yang Hong was also shocked.
The aura of these demon beasts was stronger than the Golden Core cultivators of the Blazing Flame Sect he had killed.
Significantly stronger!
"28~ 29~ 31~ 34!
There are actually 34 Golden Core demon beasts hidden here!
The demon beasts in the Hongtong Secret Realm are getting smarter!"
Yang Hong knew from Xi Miaohua's jade slip that 300 Golden Core cultivators had entered, and as soon as they entered, they started from the core area and swept outwards, cleaning out Golden Core demon beasts.
They would even kill Fusion stage demon beasts if they encountered them.
Logically, after more than twenty days of clearing, there shouldn't be any Golden Core demon beasts left.
But the existence of so many Golden Core demon beasts in Spiritual Monkey Mountain was a bit strange.
"Forget it, strange or not. You will all die."
Yang Hong took out a Tier 2 flying sword and began to channel the [Clear Wind] sword intent.
"Hou~"
As Yang Hong's sword intent surged, a furious roar erupted next to Yang Hong's ear.
"Damn it!"
This roar was actually a sonic attack, which directly disrupted Yang Hong's state of mind, and interrupted his [Clear Wind] sword intent.
"Phew~ It seems that demon beasts at the Tier 4 Golden Core stage possess considerable intelligence."
Yang Hong sighed, held his flying sword, and directly faced a tiger-shaped demon beast that had gotten close.
"Clang~"
The Tier 2 flying sword made intimate contact with the tiger demon's back.
Then, the Tier 2 flying sword shattered.
The effect was merely to make the tiger demon stop in its tracks.
"This is not scientific!"
Yang Hong was shocked again. He had killed so many tiger demons, even an eighth-tier tiger demon had been devoured by him.
Now, he couldn't even pierce the tiger demon's defense. It was completely unscientific.
"Awu~"
The tiger demon roared in pain, opened its bloody maw, and bit down towards Yang Hong's head.
"Noisy."
Yang Hong was only momentarily stunned, not foolish. Since the Tier 2 flying sword was useless, he would switch weapons.
He flipped his hand, and a long spear appeared in his palm.
He flicked his hand, and the spear shot out like an arrow towards the tiger demon,
Entering the tiger demon's gaping maw,
All the way to the hilt!
"Wuwu~ Wuwu~"
The tiger demon whimpered and ran backward, trying to escape.
However, since he had made a move, Yang Hong would not let the tiger demon live.
"Casual punch."
Without waiting for the tiger demon to retreat, Yang Hong threw a punch directly at the tiger demon's neck.
A spear tip emerged from the tiger demon's rear.
The tiger demon staggered back two steps and collapsed to the ground, no longer moving.