Killing The Stone Monkey King

Three days have passed since the exam.

On Qing Mao Mountain, there was a layer of white color over it. Many branches were bare without leaves, except for the evergreen pines and Qing Mao bamboo, which kept their original colors proudly in the snow.

A group of Six people were running through the snow.

That was Qing Shu's group. Fang Zheng and Xiang Yao joined the same group and formed a duo in subsequent missions.

"You are fortunate to get a Liquor Worm from the gambling Stones, Xiang Yao." Qing Shu, who was at the front, spoke to Xiang Yao at Fang Zheng's side.

"Every day, I give thanks for how lucky I was." Xiang Yao replied with a friendly smile on his face.

Qing Shu nodded in understanding. It's been days since the exam, and during that time, Xiang Yao and Fang Zheng have shown to form a great friendship. Xiang Yao bought a Four Flavors Liquor worm from the system shop to help cultivate Fang Zheng.

As they ran, Qing Shu turned to the two novices in the group and, smiling gently, spoke: "You two, don't be nervous. Although this is the first clan quest you've done, the content is simple. Just follow us and learn along the way."

"Yes!" Xiang Yao and Fang Zheng replied in unison, looking forward with a determined expressions.

Running in the snow, the cold winter winds were even more intense. Every breath was like eating snow powder, freezing his entire chest.

Qing Shu stopped near a hillside where a small group of wolves could be seen and began to speak: "Our first mission is to hunt lightning wolves. While it may seem easy, you'd better be careful as it's quite a complicated mission for newbies like you, so be careful; we'll be nearby in case something goes wrong."

Xiang Yao and Fang Zheng looked at each other and decided to compete against each other.

"Okay, whoever hunts the most wolves wins! What do you think, Chimpanzee?" Xiang Yao smiled at Fang Zheng as he teased him.

"You can be sure I will hunt more than you, Baboon!" Fang Zheng replied with the same teasing smile as Xiang Yao.

So they took off running and down the slope to hunt the wolves. At the same time, the rest of the group looked at them as if they saw two idiots.

"Sigh... Ever since the end-of-year exam, these two have been competing for anything that comes their way." Yao Hong slapped his head as he sighed.

"Haha, let them compete; it will be good for their growth," Qing Shu said as he smiled, looking at the two fighting the wolves.

The entire Qing Mao was covered in a blanket of snow, and many trees had bare branches without a single leaf.

Sometimes squirrels or wild deer were frightened by these people and quickly ran away.

An hour later, the two returned carrying the bodies of the dead wolves on their backs or being dragged by a rope. As soon as they got close to the group, they threw the wolf corpses on the ground and started counting.

2, 3, 4, 5... 10, 11, 12.

Xiang Yao finished counting his and flashed a triumphant smile at Fang Zheng as he waited for him to gauge his.

10, 11, 12.

Fang Zheng raised his head and declared, "Haha, I won; I hunted 12 lightning wolves."

"None of which I won. I also hunted 12 lightning wolves, which are much bigger than yours." Xiang Yao quickly countered.

"What! None of that mine are bigger; look at them; mine are strong and muscular while yours are weak and skinny; I sure won." Fang Zheng said as he stared at Xiang Yao.

"Nonsense! You don't know it's nothing. Mister Qing Shu, please tell this Chimpanzee that I won." Xiang Yao couldn't take it anymore and asked Qing Shu to decide the winner while he snarled at Fang Zheng.

"That Sir Qing Shu tells this Baboon who was the true winner." Fang Zheng said as he snarled at Xiang Yao as well.

Qing Shu rubbed his eyebrows with his hand and was at a loss for words as he sighed tiredly at Fang Zheng and Xiang Yao's competition.

"Let them compete; it will be good for their growth." Yao Hong said in a sarcastic tone to Qing Shu. To which Qing Shu could only look and sighed again, regretting his words, while the other group members tried to contain their laughter.

Qing Shu took a deep breath, turned around, and said to the others: "In this way, our mission is completed. Pack your things, and let's go back to the village."

When they returned to the village, it was already late.

The six left internal affairs, Qing Shu distributing the 120 primordial stones they had won. He took ten pieces, while the other three members took 5 each. As for Fang Zheng and Xiang Yao, each received 47 Primal Stones.

The primal stones were won quickly, so all the members smiled as if they had done nothing and watched Xiang Yao and Fang Zheng compete. They were only there to ensure the rookies' safety while they gained experience, so it was the easiest Primeval Stones they ever got.

Usually, the quest to hunt lightning wolves would only give 20 prime stones, but with two newbies in the group, the clan decided to multiply the reward they would earn to encourage the newbies; it's like the stick with the carrot tactic. They lure you in with the carrot and then educate you with the bat.

It was already dusk when the group was about to split up until Xiang Yao caught Qing Shu's attention: "Senior Qing Shu, I wanted to excuse myself for a while; I intend to move up to Level 2 these days, so I wanted to let senior know beforehand. ."

Qing Shu looked surprised and worried simultaneously, so he replied: "Are you sure? Ascending to Level 2 is not as easy as you think."

"I am aware of this, but I still want to try; I feel I can reach level 2 in less than three days." Xiang Yao clenched his fists and informed Qing Shu.

"Mm, since you think like that, you can do nothing. Since you are the closest person to Xiang Yao, Fang Zheng, you will ensure his safety as he advances to Level 2." During a breakthrough of a large cultivation realm, the Gu master must under no circumstances be stopped, or it may cause a considerable backlash leading to even death. So it's beneficial to have someone nearby to protect him while he makes the advance.

"Senior Qing Shu Scholar!" Fang Zheng clenched his fists and resolutely replied.

It was already night when Fang Zheng and Xiang Yao arrived at a simple three-room house. They opened the door and went inside, with Xiang Yao sitting on the bed in the lotus position while Fang Zheng sat in the chair beside them.

"How is the Four Flavors Liquor Worm?" Xiang Yao broke the silence and asked Fang Zheng.

"It's been beneficial; I'll make a breakthrough in over a month." Fang Zheng calmly replied.

"Well, when I reach Level 2, we'll go to the Flower Wine monk's heritage cave to kill that Monkey King." Xiang Yao nodded as he commented.

"Ah! Thinking about it now, you said that you recently gained the system scan function, and it can scan anything and add the store, right?" Fang Zheng had an idea and asked Xiang Yao to confirm.

"Yes," Xiang Yao replied, unable to understand his best friend's intentions.

"So you couldn't just scan your body and add the Dao marks in the system store and then buy them?" Fang Zheng said with a sly look at Xiang Yao.

"I hadn't thought of that yet! If this works, I would be as strong as an immortal, even a mortal." Xiang Yao had a realization and decided to test it right away.

[Level 1 Scan – Body of a Gu Master with Grade C Talent – ​​55% – For 300 points?]

[Scan Level 1 – Memories of Xiang Yao – For 000 points?]

[Scan Level 1 – Fate of Xiang Yao – for 000 points?]

[Scan Level 1 – Xiang Yao's Attainments – for 000 points?]

[Scan Level 1 – Dao Marks of the Path of Strength – for 10,000 points?]

[Scan Level 1 – Dao Marks of the Path of Dreams – for 10,000 points?]

"It does! But they are costly to buy. They are 5,000 points each Dao mark." Xiang Yao said to Fang Zheng.

"What are you worried about? Didn't you say that after scanning a bunch of primeval stones, they were free for you in the shop? Now you need to repeat the process!" Fang Zheng said, consoling his friend.

"You are right! Now if you'll excuse me, I'll advance to Level 2," Xiang Yao said as he picked up several primordial stones in the system and focused on its aperture.

As her primal sea raged at the aperture, every drop of primal essence was dark green.

The four walls of the aperture were crystal white, in a translucent state.

Level 1 peak stage.

Suddenly, the primeval sea of ​​green bronze began to have currents, like enraged and suicidal beasts, towards the four walls of the aperture.

bam bam bam…

The huge waves crashed into the walls of the aperture, causing the small ripples to break into tiny droplets before dissipating.

After a while, the 55% sea of ​​primal essence was quickly spent, with large amounts of primal essence consumed.

In the sturdy walls of the aperture, there were lines of cracks.

But just cracks weren't enough.

The black-green primeval essence continued to attack the crystal wall, and the cracks widened, forming a giant piece. The cracks were even more profound in some spots, forming very noticeable lines.

Seeing that his primal essence was running out, Xiang Yao split a part of his consciousness to absorb the energy of the primordial stones so as not to lose all his hard work.

The night passed quickly, and soon came the sunny winter day. Xiang Yao was still diligently cultivating and showed no signs of stopping anytime soon. Meanwhile, Fang Zheng was on the side, watching as he yawned in sleep.

The day passed, and soon it was night again, but this time Xiang Yao was showing signs of advancing in level.

At the aperture, waves of black-green primal essence relentlessly crash against the crystal walls.

The translucent white crystal wall was already full of cracks, crisscrossing each other.

As time passed, when only about 24% of primeval essence was left, the wall couldn't take it anymore and reached its limit.

Crack, crack…

The initially strong crystal wall broke into pieces, and the fragments fell into the primeval sea, causing ripples and waves. After that, it turned into white dots and disappeared into thin air.

What replaced the crystal wall was a new wall of white light.

This was the Level 2 wall of light. Although there wasn't much difference, it still gave off a white light, but it was much brighter than the Level 1 wall of light.

At the same time, traces of red primordial essence were produced in the sea and mixed with the black-green primal sea in the aperture.

This was the Tier 2 Early Stage Red Steel Primeval Essence!

"Finally, I made it to Level 2!" Xiang Yao opened his eyes abruptly, lighting the room up.

"Um, what, where?" Fang Zheng, who had dozed off, woke up startled by the noise and looked around, still sleepily.

"I said I made it through!" Xiang Yao said to the sleepy Fang Zheng.

Fang Zheng lost all sleep and looked intently at Xiang Yao - "You did it the first time; congratulations!" Fang Zheng cheered Xiang Yao's advancement.

"There! My legs are numb from sitting so long. A day and a night of continuous cultivation and split consciousness to absorb primeval stones, I am dead tired." Xiang Yao complained as he threw himself on the bed.

Without even thinking about it, Xiang Yao fell asleep right after lying on the bed, and Fang Zheng slept on a spare bed that Xiang Yao bought for him on the system; soon, the two fell asleep to rest their minds.

They slept until the following afternoon.

Xiang Yao opened his eyes, feeling his spirit renewed; he immediately woke up Fang Zheng, who was sleeping on his side before doing his business for the day.

After a good shower and changing clothes, Xiang Yao felt like new. Looking at his Level 2 cultivation, he let out a satisfied smile.

"Come on, Fang Zheng; we must report to Senior Qing Shu later today." Xiang Yao complained to Fang Zheng that he was slacking off.

"You say that because you weren't the one who had to stay up all day looking at that ugly face of yours." Fang Zheng grumbled back.

"Stop this nonsense and let's go; we must go to the inheritance cave later today to kill that Monkey King." Xiang Yao said, sighing at Fang Zheng.

The morning sun beamed down on Gu Yue Village; despite the cold winter winds, the village was still bustling with mortals and Gu masters walking back and forth.

"Reporting to Senior Qing Shu, I have reached Level 2." Xiang Yao clenched his fists as he reported to Qing Shu.

"Congratulations! You managed to beat Level 2 the first time." Qing Shu replied with a smile on his face.

"It was pure luck, Senior Qing Shu." Xiang Yao humbly replied as Fang Zheng rolled his eyes to the side.

"Very good! come back and rest for today; tomorrow, we will do another mission and celebrate your promotion." Qing Shu said as he nodded and withdrew.

Xiang Yao and Fang Zheng nodded and walked back home; then, they prepared to go to the heritage cave.

Xiang Yao bought two Gu MoonGlow from the system store and gave one to Fang Zheng so that they would have the means to attack the Monkey King effectively.

After that, he bought a Four Flavors Liquor Worm to have mid-stage primitive essence.

And lastly, he drew two more Gu MoonRaiment for defense. Now he had MoonGlow for offense, MoonRaiment for defense, and Four Flavors Liquor Worm for Support, both having Primitive Essence of Intermediate Stage Level 2.

The rocky forest inside the mountain is full of dark red light.

Massive stone pillars extended from the ceiling resembling long gigantic tree trunks forming a majestic gray stone forest.

"Wow! So this is the famous Flower Wine Monk heritage cave." Fang Zheng said as he approached the massive stone pillars.

Chirp chirp chirp...

A flock of stone monkeys stared with circular green eyes, burst out of their caves, and began relentlessly chasing Fang Zheng.

"Moonglow Gu!" Xiang Yao called out in his mind, his right arm slashing toward the monkey gang that started chasing Fang Zheng.

Pow.

A strange blue moon blade as big as a face formed a crescent and pierced the air, slicing through the monkey gang.

A stone monkey with a jade eye was leaping in the air. The moon blade directly hit him with no support to escape.

Before he could scream, in the next moment, his entire body was split in two from head to toe.

He had lost his remaining life force and was shrouded in a profound death aura.

Her lively eyes turned into a pair of jade pearls in a split second. As his body descended, he turned into a stone statue.

Bam.

With a sharp sound, the statue fell to the ground, shattering into pieces.

The moon blade only slowed down a bit, and after killing this stone monkey, its strength remained as it ran towards the monkeys behind.

Kachakk…

After some screaming, seven or eight stone monkeys were killed.

Chirp, chirp chirp!

The death of their comrades fueled the monkey gang's rage as they screamed furiously, their influence doubling, leaping imposingly at Xiang Yao.

This time it was Fang Zheng Agir's turn; he quickly activated MoonRaiment and extended his defense to Xiang Yao as the two attacked the Monkeys with Moonblades.

The Moonglow Gu could kill seven or eight stone monkeys at once.

They continued like this until they reached the center of the cave, where the next part of the inheritance and the house of the Monkey King.

Whenever they ran low on Primal Essence, Xiang Yao would pull Primal Stones into their system for them to fully absorb and recover.

Right now, in front of them, was the last pillar.

It was the most prominent and thickest rock pillar in this rocky forest.

The pillar extended down from the ceiling, almost touching the floor. It gave off a majestic aura amidst the silence.

The two looked grimly and expectantly at the stone cave at the top level.

The entrance to this cavern was more extensive than any surrounding caverns, at least twice as large, if not more.

And below it, the caves were close together, forming and resembling a position where they were worshiping and revering.

Without waiting too long, Fang Zheng and Xiang Yao activated MoonRaiment and approached the giant pillar waiting for the Stone Monkey King's sneak attack.

In the next instant, the stone monkey king – three times the size of an ordinary stone monkey – suddenly appeared on Xiang Yao's left side and fiercely attacked Xiang Yao's left shoulder with its sharp claws.

Bang!

"Ugh!" The Gu MoonRaiment's defense blocked the Stone Monkey King's attack; your attack failed. But Xiang Yao still felt the impact of the blow.

Fang Zheng, a little behind, quickly reacted and launched a Moonblade at the Stone Monkey King, hitting him in the abdomen.

The moon blade injured the stone monkey king, and he quickly activated his stealth and retreated.

Fang Zheng came close to Xiang Yao and asked worriedly, "Are you well?"

"I'm Gu's defense. It is good enough; the only problem was the impact." Xiang Yao said as he waved his hand.

"Let's get this goddamn fight over soon; I hit him in the abdomen, so even if he uses his stealth, you'll still be able to see the blood he left behind." Fang Zheng said as he followed the blood trails the Stone Monkey King left behind as he fled.

"Chirp!" At that very moment, the Jade Eye Stone Monkey King appeared and commanded loudly.

"Chirp, chirp!!" The groups of stone monkeys responded immediately; they immediately left their homes and began chasing Fang Zheng and Xiang Yao.

More than five hundred Jade Eye Stone Monkeys persistently chased after him, but the duo didn't panic; they looked at each other, and as if they understood each other, they smiled at each other.

The two split up, went a different way and headed towards the other stone pillars to lure the monkeys into a trap. With the low intelligence of these stone apes, how could they know?

Under the supervision of the stone monkey king, they invaded the stone forest, infringing the warning zones of other groups of monkeys and resulting in counterattacks by the other groups of monkeys.

The stone forest was in great chaos!

Countless jade-eyed stone monkeys were in their place, starting a massacre to defend their homes.

In ten years, the stone monkey king might even advance to become a king of a thousand beasts and ultimately unify this stone forest. But right now, he was just a king of a hundred beasts and couldn't control so many stone monkeys.

The different groups of stone monkeys fought a chaotic battle with each other.

For a moment, all that could be heard were the squeaks and screams of the stone monkeys.

Those five hundred stone monkeys chasing him were quickly entangled with the other groups of stone monkeys. But the king of stone monkeys persisted in chasing the duo.

Xiang Yao and Fang Zheng met again, focusing their attacks on the chasing monkey king. During all this time, the Monkey King tried several sneak attacks but was always intercepted by a Moonblade; when the Monkey King decided to attack Fang Zheng, he would receive an attack from Xiang Yao, and vice versa.

Xiang Yao looked at Fang Zheng and nodded as if he understood his meaning. Fang Zheng stopped running and tried to attract the Stone Monkey King's attention.

As if provoked, the Stone Monkey King rushed forward to attack Fang Zheng, but just as he was about to land a slash on Fang Zheng's back, a clawed hand pierced his chest and killed him.

"Ufa! We achieved! Who knew this monkey would be so much trouble." Said Xiang Yao as he stopped using the Shadow Follower Gu and Love Life Separation, returning to normal.