Longevity starts with inheriting a friend's legacy

Chapter 123 Opportunity, the transformation of the old ape

"Squeak!"

Two little white apes came up to Fang Xu, climbed onto his shoulders excitedly, and gestured randomly.

Fang Xu watched and roughly understood that the two little guys were asking him to perform magic tricks for them.

But I don’t have the mood to perform magic tricks for them now. I have to find a way to escape!

Judging from the current situation, staying in the tribe of the Earthly Demon Ape seems to be a good choice.

At least you don't have to worry too much about safety.

But the problem is that the Earthly Demon Ape clan is strong enough compared to the Lu family, but compared to the entire Dayu, it is obviously not strong enough.

Although the old ape that appeared before could speak, it was obviously old and its energy and blood were declining. Fang Xu could feel that the old ape's aura was obviously not as good as Ku Lun's, and it looked only slightly stronger than Sha Tianrui.

After the four members of the Lu family escaped back, they would most likely try to rescue the three brothers of the Lu family who were left behind, and at the same time confirm whether they were really dead.

In fact, Fang Xu overlooked one point. Lu Jingren, who was fighting with him, had already guessed that he had the legendary treasure, the Qiankun Bag, in his hand.

Even if they guessed that he was most likely killed by the Earthly Demon Ape, for the sake of the Qiankun bag, the Lu family would definitely find a way to find someone to help, destroy the Earthly Demon Ape clan, and take the Qiankun bag back.

The Earth Demon Apes clan has more than thirty adult Earth Demon Apes. Although these adult Earth Demon Apes possess the strength equivalent to that of human Martial Lords, they are at most similar to the six brothers of the Lu family who are at the third or fourth level of Martial Lord. Once they face human strongmen above the fifth level of Martial Lord, they cannot stop them.

All in all, the Earthly Demon Ape clan is not safe, so he still has to rush to Zhongzhou as soon as possible to take part in the entry test of the Ascension Association.

After thinking it over, Fang Xu took the two little white apes off his shoulders and said, "Do you two know how to leave here?"

The two little white apes were obviously inexperienced, so Fang Xu wanted to see if he could find a way to escape from their mouths.

When the little white ape heard his words, it tilted its head and thought for a while, then suddenly broke free from his hand and ran quickly towards the cave.

Fang Xu looked confused, not knowing what this little guy was trying to do.

However, just a moment later, when Fang Xu saw the old ape walking out of the cave again, his face changed instantly!
Looking at the little white ape on the old ape's shoulder, squeaking and pointing its furry fingers at him from time to time, Fang Xu wanted to slap it.

This little beast must have gone to complain!
The old ape listened to the little white ape's cries, sneered at Fang Xu and said, "Human, you want to escape?"

At this point, Fang Xu could only bite the bullet and bow his hands and said, "Senior Ape, to be honest, if I stay here, I will only bring disaster to the Earth Demon Ape clan. Please let me go."

Hearing this, the old ape looked at him thoughtfully and said, "Tell me about it."

Fang Xu hesitated for a moment and said, "Senior, you know about human affairs, so you should understand what a first-grade martial art means to a human warrior."

Most monsters have their own way of practicing. Martial arts are created by human warriors based on humans themselves, and monsters cannot practice them. That's why Fang Xu dared to talk about the first-grade martial arts.

"So, those people are chasing you for the first-grade martial arts you have?" said the old ape.

Fang Xu nodded: "They failed to catch me this time, and lost three martial masters. After they escape, they will definitely come back again."

"To be honest, Senior, the entire Yu Kingdom is now looking for me. Do you think the Earth Demon Ape Clan can compete with the entire Yu Kingdom?"

Using the safety of the tribe to persuade the old ape was the best way Fang Xu could think of.

After hearing his words, the old ape fell into deep thought.

Tilan Mountain is located in the territory of Yu State, and the old ape knows a lot about Yu State.

The State of Yu is very strong. If I were at my peak, I would not be too afraid of the several strong men of the State of Yu. But now I am dying, and my energy and blood are seriously declining.

If those strong men from the Yu Kingdom really came to attack, even if he could stop them, he would exhaust his energy and blood. In the days that followed, even if the Earthly Demon Ape clan was not slaughtered by human martial masters, they would be swallowed up by other monster forces in the surrounding areas.

"Little guy, I didn't expect you to be such a troublemaker." The old ape said expressionlessly.

Fang Xu didn't know what the old ape was really thinking at this moment, so he could only speak again: "Senior, if you can show some mercy this time, I will definitely repay the Earth Demon Ape Clan in the future."

The old ape fell silent, as if he didn't hear Fang Xu's next words.

a long time--

"Since you said that everyone in Dayu is hunting you, where are you going?"

As soon as he said this, Fang Xu immediately saw hope of leaving, and immediately bowed and said, "Replying to Senior, I plan to go west from here, cross the Tilan Mountain, and head to the grassland in the west."

"Go from the grassland to Zhongzhou to participate in the entrance examination of the Ascension Society. As long as the boy can join the Ascension Society, these forces in Yu Country will not dare to act rashly."

"The Ascension Society?" The old ape was startled, then said with a complicated expression: "The Ascension Society can indeed protect you."

"Little guy, I can let you go, but you have to agree to one condition of mine."

The old ape thought for a moment and finally spoke.

"Please speak, senior!" Fang Xu was overjoyed and bowed quickly.

"Don't rush to agree. What I want you to agree to is not easy for you. Even before you become a human martial master, you are not qualified to know."

Hearing this, Fang Xu was stunned for a moment.

Before becoming a Martial Lord, you don’t even have the qualifications to know. It seems that the old ape’s conditions are not simple.

However, for now, as long as we can leave here, we can talk about the future later.

"I promise!"

Fang Xu said with a serious expression.

Seeing his determination, the old ape smiled faintly, slowly raised the bone staff in his hand and said: "Humans are cunning, I don't trust you, since you agree, make a contract with me."

contract?

Fang Xu frowned slightly.

"Don't worry, this contract is just to remind you of the agreement with my Earth Demon Ape clan. It won't have any other impact on you."

Seeing Fang Xu had some doubts, the old ape spoke calmly.

Fang Xu hesitated for a moment and nodded slightly: "How to do it?"

The old ape slowly raised the bone staff, picked off a sharp animal tooth from it, then took Fang Xu's hand and cut a cut on his hand.

"Hold it."

Fang Xu did as he was told and held the animal tooth in his hand.

"Follow what I say, and don't make a single mistake."

Fang Xu nodded.

"I have signed a contract with the Earth Demon Ape Clan today. When I have the strength in the future, I am willing to do my utmost to help the Earth Demon Ape Clan regain their ancestral land."

Listening to the old ape's low voice, Fang Xu repeated it.

"All right."

After saying this, the old ape looked directly at Fang Xu.

"All right?"

Fang Xu was a little confused. According to the normal process, shouldn’t the second half of the contract include "If I violate this oath, I am willing to bear the punishment of..."?
How could it end so simply?

Seeing his puzzled look, the old ape smiled faintly and said, "To put it bluntly, this contract is just an ordinary agreement. Little guy, I just want you to remember that my Earth Demon Ape clan will let you live today. If you are really powerful in the future and really care about the Earth Demon Ape clan, you might as well help us once."

"This tusk is the tooth of the previous high priest of my tribe. You can keep it as a souvenir."

Fang Xu opened his palm, looked at the bloody fangs in his palm, touched it again and clenched it.

"Don't worry, senior. If I become really strong in the future, I will definitely come back here to help the Earth Demon Ape clan regain their ancestral land."

Although there was no penalty in the contract, Fang Xu did not intend to break it immediately.

When I become really powerful in the future, it won’t be difficult to help the Earthly Demon Ape Clan.

Of course, if this matter is impossible, he will naturally not risk his life for it.

"When will we leave?"

After the contract was signed, the old ape's attitude softened a lot.

"Time is running out. If possible, I'd like to leave tomorrow." Looking at the darkening sky and feeling his own depleted blood, Fang Xu spoke.

"In that case, I will personally send you off tomorrow."

"To get to the grassland, we need to pass through the spheres of influence of some tribes. I still have some authority among some of the surrounding tribes."

"Tonight, you will just stay in this cave."

After saying this, the old ape turned around and was about to go back to the cave, but suddenly stopped, took the little white ape off his shoulder and handed it to Fang Xu, saying, "Do you know what this little guy said to me just now?"

Looking at the little white ape in the old ape's hand who was grinning at him, Fang Xu shook his head.

"It's asking me how to get out of here."

"These two little guys like you. Before you leave, you can keep them company."

Putting the little white ape on the ground, the old ape slowly walked into the cave.

"Squeak!"

After the little white ape was put down by the old ape, it came to Fang Xu squeaking, tugged at the corner of his clothes and called out excitedly, as if to say: Look at my cleverness!

Fang Xu picked it up, flicked its head gently and said helplessly: "What a fool."

He brought the two little white apes to a nearby waterfall and took out a bottle of Qi and Blood Pills from his Qiankun bag, which he had stolen from some unknown warrior. Fang Xu took out a few and swallowed them.

Seeing this, the two little white apes also came over curiously.

"Want to eat?"

Seeing how they were almost drooling with greed, Fang Xu found a few first-grade Qi and Blood Pills from his storage bag and gave them to the two little guys, treating them as candy beans.

The two little guys got the Qi and Blood Pills and stopped disturbing him. They just started eating happily beside him.

After swallowing the Qi and Blood Pill, after a simple refining, the Qi and blood in his body that was about to be exhausted was quickly replenished.

However, Fang Xu was not satisfied. He swallowed more than ten fourth-grade Qi and Blood Pills again, and immediately used his consciousness to mobilize the divine servants in his body to let them store this part of the Qi and Blood power.

He could only rely on his own energy and blood to perform the Three Transformations of the Demon Ape for one minute, but if he took into account the energy and blood stored in the divine servant, Fang Xu felt that he should have no problem holding on for ninety seconds.

Time passed quickly and the sky soon became completely dark.

In the quiet valley, the night sky is like a black curtain, and the stars in the sky are like pearls hanging on the curtain.

Fang Xu sat in front of the cave, quietly roasting an unknown bird.

Smelling the rich aroma, two little white apes jumped up and down anxiously beside them.

Not only the two of them, but also the other demon apes in the valley were attracted by the rich aroma. They gathered around Fang Xu, staring at the barbecue on the campfire, with crystal clear lines flowing from the corners of their mouths from time to time. Seeing this, Fang Xu couldn't help but shook his head, stretched out his hand to tear off the two fat thighs of the bird, threw them to the two little white apes, and then tore off a piece of breast meat weighing several kilograms.

He threw the remaining birds to an adult Earth Demon Ape in front of him and said, "Divide them among you."

The evil ape hurriedly caught the delicious barbecue, not caring about the heat, and tore off a big piece and stuffed it into its mouth. When it wanted to tear off another piece, the barbecue in its hand had been snatched away by other members of the tribe.

The bird weighed no more than a hundred pounds. After removing its two legs and the piece in Fang Xu's hand, and then removing the bones, there was not enough to share.

"Hooho..."

Not feeling satisfied, the Demonic Ape approached Fang Xu with a shameless face, pointed at the bottles and jars containing salt and various seasonings, and then pointed at himself.

"Want this?"

"take it."

After giving all these gadgets to the Earthly Demon Ape, Fang Xu slowly walked into the cave, followed closely by the two little white apes.

"senior."

The cave was not too big. At this moment, the old ape was sitting cross-legged in front of a stone slab engraved with complex patterns, pondering hard.

Seeing Fang Xu coming in, it didn't shy away and directly greeted him, "Boy, come and take a look."

Fang Xu walked up slowly, looked at the ancient stone slab in front of the old ape, and frowned slightly: "Senior, what is this?"

The old ape sighed slowly and said, "This is the ancestral artifact of my clan. The ancestors of the Earth Demon Ape clan relied on this stone slab to evolve from ignorant beasts to intelligent monsters."

"It's just that after our ancestors gained wisdom, the news of the stone tablet was known to other forces, and the Earth Demon Ape tribe suffered a joint attack from other forces. The elders of the tribe risked their lives to send our people and the stone tablet out."

"Over the years, I have been trying to comprehend the secrets on this stone slab, but I have never been able to reach the level of my ancestors."

"Now, my energy and blood are gradually drying up. I am afraid I don't have much time left. I want to use this time to learn as much as possible and leave it to them."

Hearing this, Fang Xu felt a little uncomfortable.

Once upon a time, humans themselves might have been like this, able to make selfless contributions for the sake of their own tribe.

But now...

"Humans' intelligence is naturally higher than that of us beastmen. Boy, come and see." said the old ape.

Fang Xu nodded when he heard this, and immediately sat cross-legged in front of the stone slab.

After absorbing the spiritual attributes of Mu Xuan and Tao Ziheng, his comprehension now far surpassed what it was before. He sat cross-legged in front of the stone slab and soon fell into a wonderful state.

Seeing him like this, the old ape showed a trace of shock on his face, and quickly said slowly: "I have discussed cultivation with several human martial masters before."

"From them, I learned that the training of human warriors is aimed at opening the acupoints and stimulating the body's hidden secrets. This is the way of the warrior."

"The transition from a martial arts apprentice to a martial arts master is a transformation from a point to a line, building a divine bridge between two acupoints to communicate the power of the acupoints."

"From this, we can infer that when a martial artist advances to the Martial Master stage, the lines form a plane, which humans call a star map."

"The acupoints in the body are regarded as stars, and the acupoints form a star map in a certain fixed way. This is the martial honor..."

Fang Xu was in a wonderful state. Listening to the old ape's explanation beside him, the complex patterns on the stone slab deep in his sea of consciousness suddenly became orderly.

Fang Xu could clearly feel that the places where these strange lines intersected were exactly like the acupoints in the human body.

By connecting these acupoints along the lines, strange patterns will be formed.

However, with his current state of mind, he simply could not do this, let alone experience the effects that would occur after the acupoints were connected in this way.

His consciousness gradually expanded, and the strange patterns in front of him quickly shrank. At this moment, Fang Xu seemed to be the creator standing in front of a sand table, able to see everything clearly.

The pattern in front of him changed again, and the outline of a huge divine ape slowly appeared in front of Fang Xu's consciousness!

It was those complex and mysterious star maps that filled in the outline of the divine ape. Watching the star maps undergoing complex changes, Fang Xu's consciousness gradually became a little fuzzy, until finally, he seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep.

Inside the cave, it was already bright. The old ape looked at Fang Xu who was still in a strange state in front of him. He hesitated again and again, but ultimately chose not to wake him up.

As an intelligent demon, he knew very well that this state of enlightenment was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for both humans and demons!

A sudden enlightenment is worth ten years of hard practice.

He stood up quietly and carried the two little white apes who were still sleeping soundly out of the cave. The old ape called two adult evil demon apes and told them to guard the entrance of the cave and not let anyone approach. Then the old ape left the cave and walked towards the back mountain.

Leaning on a bone stick, the old ape's hunched body was trembling a little. Just after climbing over a not-too-high mountain, it was already out of breath.

"Hoohoo!"

In the back mountain, in front of a deep forest path, two sturdy Earth Demon Apes saw the old ape coming and roared twice with some curiosity.

The old ape eased his somewhat rapid breathing and said, "Everyone go back. From now on, there is no need to guard this place."

When the two evil demon apes heard this, they scratched their heads in confusion. After confirming again and again that they had heard correctly, the two apes walked towards the valley.

After they left, the old ape looked around with a look of nostalgia and melancholy, and then resolutely walked into the path in front of him.

……

Qingzhou, the Lu family mansion.

After the four brothers Lu Jingren escaped back, they were sitting in front of a middle-aged man with a square face with their heads hung down.

"Brother, the fourth, fifth and ninth brothers must go and rescue them!" The five men were silent for a long time, and Lu Jingren couldn't help but speak.

"Save? How?" After hearing this, the square-faced Saint Lu glared at Lu Jingren angrily and said, "You and I both know the strength of the Earth Demon Ape Clan. There are more than 30 adult Earth Demon Apes that are comparable to Martial Lords. Plus that old ape with unfathomable strength, it will be difficult for my Lu family to defeat them even with all their might!"

"That kid and the fourth one have fallen into the hands of the Earthly Demon Ape. They are most likely dead."

"The second son is still in the Tilanshan ruins, his life or death is uncertain, and my Lu family cannot take any more risks."

The reason why the Lu family of Qingzhou could become the most powerful force in Dayu after the royal family was because of the Nine Martial Lords.

Now three of them have been killed at once, and the second brother, Lu Liren, is also in danger of life and death. The strength of the Lu family has been greatly damaged. As the current head of the Lu family, Lu Shengren naturally dares not act rashly for the future of the family.

"Can……"

After hearing this, Lu Jingren bit his tongue and stood up and said, "Brother, there is something I haven't had time to tell you."

Upon hearing this, Saint Lu frowned slightly and asked, "What's the matter?"

Lu Jingren hesitated for a moment and then cupped his hands and said, "That kid has the legendary Qiankun bag!"

Originally, he was planning to keep the Qiankun bag for himself, but now he had to speak out.

"Qian Kun bag!?"

Hearing this, the others couldn't help but exclaim.

"Good old Seven, you didn't tell me before, did you want to steal the Qiankun bag secretly!?"

"Seventh Brother, we are brothers, you...you actually..."

"All right!"

Seeing several people accusing Lü Jingren, Saint Lü stopped them and slowly stood up: "Seventh Brother, tell me, is the matter about the Qiankun bag true?"

Lu Jingren didn't dare to look up, and quickly said, "Brother, I am 90% sure that the boy has the Qiankun bag!"

As he spoke, he recounted how he saw with his own eyes a strange long stick suddenly appear in Fang Xu's hand when he was fighting with him.

"Brothers, being able to conjure up weapons out of thin air, isn't this the same as the legendary Qiankun bag?"

After hearing this, several people nodded slightly.

Lu Jingren’s description is indeed the same as the legendary Qiankun bag’s effect.

"But how could this kid possess such a legendary treasure?"

Someone raised doubts.

"What's so hard to understand about this? Don't forget that the boy has also been to the Tilanshan Ruins. In the ruins there is a mysterious bone tablet that can allow people to comprehend first-grade martial arts. It's not surprising that there is an extra Qiankun bag."

Listening to the arguments among his brothers, Saint Lu fell into deep thought.

a long time--

"Don't tell anyone about the Qiankun bag!"

"Also, immediately send someone to send invitations to all the major forces, saying that my Lu family has found the boy's whereabouts and is willing to share it with all the forces!"

The power of the Earthly Demon Ape clan is very strong, and the Lu family certainly cannot deal with them on their own.

The current plan is to use the power of other forces to wipe out the Earth Demon Ape clan. If that kid is lucky enough not to die, then that first-grade martial art can be taken out for everyone to comprehend together.

If that kid died, they could also get the legendary Qiankun bag. No matter what, the Lu family had lost three martial masters this time, and they had to find a way to make it back!
"Seventh Brother, I will not pursue you for concealing the matter of the Qiankun bag. I will leave the matter of contacting the various families to you personally."

"It is imperative that the clan leaders of each family take action."

Upon hearing this, Lu Jingren's face turned stern, and he immediately cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, big brother!"

……

valley.

A figure slowly walked out from the secluded path in the back mountain.

The figure was wearing a loose linen robe and a tattered hat on his head. His face was covered with a white veil, so his face could not be seen clearly.

Just by looking at the bone staff in the figure's hand, it can be seen that this figure is the old ape who had walked into the path before.

The old ape no longer had the air of decadence it had before. Its hunched body now stood straight, and the hairy hands holding the bone staff had completely transformed into the shape of human hands.

Standing at the entrance of the deep trail, the old ape turned his head to look at the slowly withering old trees on both sides of the trail, sighed slightly and said: "I hope my decision today is not wrong."

After saying this, his figure suddenly flashed and quickly disappeared in front of the trail.

In front of the cave, when the old ape's figure appeared again, it immediately caused exclamations from many evil apes nearby.

A group of evil apes surrounded him, gesticulating anxiously on their faces, and no one knew what they were saying.

The old ape laughed and said, "It doesn't matter. As long as we don't take any action, we still have a year."

"Is that kid awake?" This sentence was directed at the two evil apes guarding the entrance of the cave.

The two Earth Demon Apes looked at the cave behind them and shook their heads slightly.

The old ape waved his hand and said, "You all go down, pack your things, and then leave here."

As soon as he finished speaking, a strange wave suddenly came from the cave in front of him, and then a wave of air gushed out directly from the cave, accompanied by Fang Xu's figure.

(End of this chapter)