Chapter 78: Subdue the Monkey, the Ling Family’s Dilemma

Chapter 78: Subdue the Monkey, the Ling Family’s Dilemma

Chapter 78: Subdue the Monkey, the Ling Family’s Dilemma

Wei Zhong did not act in a hurry, but practiced for another year to consolidate his skills, and then left secretly without the knowledge of others.

This trip to capture the golden-browed red monkey was top secret, and Wei Zhong didn't want to reveal any trace of himself.

After adjusting his facial appearance and aura of cultivation, Wei Zhong once again stepped into the Dongting Secret Realm and headed straight towards the Autumn Maple Forest.

Looking at the red maple leaves in the forest, Wei Zhong spread his spiritual sense, searching for the location of the golden-browed red monkey.

The strange thing is that after searching the entire maple forest, no trace of it was found, but instead a lot of first and second level monkeys were seen.

"Has this third-level spirit monkey left this place? Or..."

Wei Zhong came to the stone forest, crossed the mountain along the route he remembered, climbed the long stone steps, and finally saw the golden-browed red monkey in the ruins.

The other party was sitting in front of the formation in the spiritual medicine garden, scratching his head.

Suddenly they found that Wei Zhong, a stranger, had entered their territory, and they immediately roared. The roar alarmed a large number of first- and second-level spirit monkeys, who surrounded Wei Zhong.

Wei Zhong stared at the third-level spirit monkey with a smile on his face.

He was already practicing the Taoism of Time at the same time, and his cultivation continued to rise from the late stage of foundation building to the early stage of pill formation, and then to the middle stage of pill formation.

"Let me first use my cultivation at the middle stage of Jindan to test your quality."

Wei Zhong stepped lightly on the air with his toes and escaped from the encirclement of the monkeys. His figure disappeared in a flash.

The golden-browed red monkey became alert and suddenly found that the sky was covered with dark clouds and it was about to rain in the blink of an eye.

But why did it suddenly rain in this secret realm, or was it just covering the area above his head?

"Drip, drip!"

A few drops of rain fell and hit the arm of a second-level spirit monkey, causing it to stagger and lose its balance as if it had been hit by a heavy object.

With a crash, a torrential rain began to fall, covering the golden-browed red monkey and its vicinity.

The other monkeys barely used all their strength to escape, but no matter how the golden-browed red monkey ran, the dark clouds were always above its head and the heavy rain kept covering it.

Knowing that this was a trick of the human cultivators, the golden-browed red monkey hammered his chest and let out an angry roar, and the red hair on his body instantly ignited into flames.

The blazing flames evaporated the falling raindrops, producing clouds of smoke, giving it a moment's respite.

Suddenly, a loud explosion was heard in the air.

It was not thunder, but the explosion produced when the black ball in Wei Zhong's hand was activated.

【Throwing Technique】

The golden-browed red monkey seemed to have sensed the danger of this attack. With a loud roar, the flames on his body became more and more dazzling. He stood with his arms crossed in front of him, and a flame shield condensed outside his arms.

However, all this was in vain. The black ball seemed to have broken through a piece of fragile glass, and it went straight through the fire shield and hit his arms.

"Kacha!"

There was a sound like breaking bones, followed by a violent explosion. The bricks and stones below were hit by the flying technique, raising gravel and dust.

A red figure jumped out from it, it was the miserable golden-browed red monkey.

Wei Zhong looked at the other person in the clouds, and suddenly found that a circle of green vines had been wrapped around his arms.

With this buffer, the throwing technique did not completely break his arms, but only caused minor fractures.

After searching for the black ball, it was discovered that the trajectory of the black ball had shifted, as if it had been bounced out by the golden-browed red monkey in a force-reducing manner.

Just as Wei Zhong was standing behind the dark clouds and observing the monkey, the golden-browed red monkey discovered where Wei Zhong was at the same time.

Regardless of the injuries on his body, he roared again and jumped towards Wei Zhong with a heavy stomp.

"At this height, how can you reach me?"

Wei Zhong had just said this when he suddenly saw the flames on the monkey's body burst out again when it was exhausted. Two tail flames formed under its feet, carrying the monkey and continuing to fly towards him.

Wei Zhong was immediately surprised: "Is this a new trick that it learned after it was defeated by us last time because it couldn't fly? It's indeed smart as expected of a third-level spirit beast."

Despite this, there was no trace of panic in Wei Zhong's eyes.

This was because the opponent's move was too slow, much slower than the flying speed of the foundation-building stage, not to mention that he was facing Wei Zhong, who was a Jindan cultivator at the moment.

In Wei Zhong's eyes, this little trick was just like a child's boxing.

Wei Zhong raised his arm and used a throwing technique to hit the Golden-browed Red Monkey's leg, instantly causing the opponent to lose balance and fall directly from the air.

"Time is running out, so let's make it quick and decisive."

Wei Zhong took out the black heavy sword, and the black water spirit robe attached to his body, forming a nine-foot-tall black water giant.

This is a small application method of the Black Water Spirit Robe invented by Wei Zhong inspired by Ling Hua's magic.

The Black Water Giant holds a heavy sword, which looks a bit funny like an adult wielding a dagger.

Wei Zhong shook his head, and the black water climbed onto the heavy sword again, wrapping around the heavy sword in the blink of an eye, forming a giant sword with the black sword as its bones and the black water spiritual power as its flesh.

The Black Water Giant stepped lightly, waving the heavy sword in his hand, and rushed towards the monkey.

If you want to tame this kind of spiritual beast, you have to defeat it.

Seeing that Wei Zhong still dared to get close to him, the Golden-browed Red Monkey took the sword without dodging or evading.

"Oh!"

The heavy sword pressed down on the monkey's head, and suddenly a huge force burst out, forcing the opponent to kneel on one knee.

"Submit and I will spare your life."

Wei Zhong sent his spiritual consciousness to the monkey, but in his heart he was thinking: "With the intelligence of the third-level monkey, it should be able to understand what I am saying."

Hearing this, the golden-browed red monkey immediately raised its head, stared at the black water giant above its head with flaming eyes, and let out an unwilling roar.

Wei Zhong was delighted, realizing that the monkey had understood his message. However, due to its pride as a third-level spirit beast, it had no intention of surrendering for the time being.

"Humph, you're quite stubborn!"

A black ball flew out of Wei Zhong's body and landed on the heavy sword. It was the Yuanshuizhu, the life treasure that had already been promoted to the third level.

Wei Zhong injected spiritual power into it, and the weight of the Yuanshui bead increased instantly, exerting pressure on the heavy sword at the same time.

All of a sudden, the enormous force increased several times, forcing the spirit beast that was resisting the sword to kneel on the ground in an instant, with its outstretched arms pressed close to its head.

The monkey suddenly became flustered and made a squeaking sound.

Wei Zhong didn't understand the animal language, but he understood that the other party was probably begging for mercy.

Without hastily withdrawing the heavy sword, Wei Zhong's spiritual consciousness condensed into a true seal and floated towards the monkey's head.

Faced with the life-and-death crisis, it did not take long or any effort for the true seal to be successfully imprinted into his sea of ​​consciousness.

At this moment, Wei Zhong's cultivation had reached the Jindan stage, and his spiritual awareness was much stronger than when he had established his foundation, but the number of his condensed true seals had not increased, and remained at seven.

However, the strength of each one is much stronger than before.

After a true seal was successfully engraved, Wei Zhong could instantly sense that there was an indescribable special connection between himself and it.

Wei Zhong could probably understand what the other party meant.

"Please spare my life, Master. Please spare my life."

The words were even clearer than those expressed by Jiucai and Dajin. Is this the difference between a third-order and a second-order spirit beast?
Wei Zhong took away the Yuan Shui beads and the heavy sword, and the Golden Eyebrowed Spirit Beast collapsed as if relieved, sitting on the ground with its buttocks sticking out its tongue, obviously exhausted.

After engraving one true seal, Wei Zhong had no intention of giving up. He condensed four true seals in succession and imprinted them into his sea of ​​consciousness one by one.

It is recorded in the "True Seal Treasure Technique" that to contract a spirit beast across levels, multiple true seals are needed.

Wei Zhong's Jindan cultivation at this moment can only last for more than half an hour at most, after which he will recover to the late foundation building stage.

At that time, the strength of the true seal will also decrease. In order to ensure that the golden-browed red monkey will not rebel again, Wei Zhong will use all the true seals that can be condensed on it except for the two of Nine Colors and Big Gold.

After confirming that this third-level spirit beast had become his contracted spirit beast, Wei Zhong took off his black water spirit robe and then carefully looked at the spirit monkey in front of him.

"It looks no different from the common white-browed red monkey, except that it is stronger, its eyebrows have changed from white to gold, and the red hair on its body is brighter."

Just as Wei Zhong was watching carefully, there were squeaking sounds coming from the surroundings. It turned out that the other monkeys that had just escaped gathered around again after seeing that the situation had calmed down.

Wei Zhong looked at the group of monkeys and asked the red-browed monkey, "Would you like to come with me?"

The monkey understood what Wei Zhong said. It grabbed a handful of the fiery red hair on its head in annoyance, then looked at the nearby monkey group and roared.

The clever monkeys responded with squeaks, and the golden-browed red monkey then turned around to look at Wei Zhong and squeaked twice.

Wei Zhong also roughly understood the meaning, which was that after he left, a new king would appear in the tribe and he was willing to follow him.

Wei Zhong chuckled, raised his hand and threw a jar of spirit wine at the spirit monkey, which was the second-level Qingluozui.

The golden-browed red monkey sniffed, and a look of joy instantly appeared on his face. He took the wine jar, opened the seal, and began to drink.

The medicinal power of the spiritual wine seeped into his body, and the injuries he had just suffered from the battle with Wei Zhong were instantly relieved.

In just a few dozen breaths, the entire jar of spiritual wine fell into his stomach.

He licked the wine jar with some reluctance and looked at Wei Zhong with hope.

"There's still some spirit wine, but you have to exchange it for something."

Wei Zhong then took out the red wine that he had taken from his lair and said, "Teach me how to brew this wine, and I will give it to you."

As he spoke, Wei Zhong took out another jar of Qingluozui and shook it. Then, with a wave of his sleeves, he put the jar back into the cave.

Seeing that he couldn't get the wine, the Golden-browed Red Monkey suddenly became anxious and pulled Wei Zhong towards the ruins.

Under his guidance, Wei Zhong saw another red wine pool.

What was different from the last time was that the spiritual wine in the wine pool was still light red, and there were various spiritual fruits and spiritual medicines placed by the pool. It was obvious that the brewing was only half done this time.

The golden-browed red monkey grabbed the spiritual fruit and began to demonstrate to Wei Zhong. Unfortunately, there is still a difference between humans and monkeys. Wei Zhong could only barely understand most of its meaning and was still a little vague about the refining process.

However, I do know the raw materials needed to refine this kind of spiritual wine. If I try it myself in the future, it won’t take me long to replicate it.

"Yes, the wine is yours."

Wei Zhong waved his hand and threw out a jar of spiritual wine. The Golden-browed Red Monkey took it happily and drank it gulply. The whole jar of spiritual wine was finished by it.

'Even for a third-level spirit monkey, drinking second-level Qingluo Zui is still a bit surprising. These two jars are enough for me to consume for several months.'

The corners of Wei Zhong's mouth twitched slightly, but fortunately, after the Golden-browed Red Monkey finished drinking the jar of spiritual wine, he did not ask for more.

He held his stomach and burped, then pointed at the wine pool and asked:

"Master, do you need to take these spiritual wines away?" After his demonstration, Wei Zhong already understood that the spiritual wine in the wine pool was almost ready and only needed the last few processes to be completed.

Without any hesitation, Wei Zhong waved his sleeves and took the great spiritual liquid along with the spiritual fruits and medicines beside it, and then walked out of the ruins.

The monkey group outside had been waiting for a long time. When they saw Wei Zhong and the golden-browed red monkey appear, they immediately started squeaking one after another.

Wei Zhong looked to the side and the golden-browed red monkey explained, "They call you the Great King and ask for a reward from you."

Wei Zhong smiled, he had no interest in being the Monkey King.

"Did these monkeys see that I gave the second-level Qingluozui to this golden-browed red monkey? They are really a bunch of drunkards."

Wei Zhong waved his sleeves, and more than a dozen jars of spirit wine flew out.

The spiritual wine this time is not the second-level Qingluozui, but the first-level Qingluozui that he brewed in his spare time. The medicinal power is much weaker, but it should be enough for this group of first- and second-level spiritual monkeys.

More than a dozen wine jars flew out, and the monkeys immediately started scrambling for them.

Seeing a jar of spiritual wine being broken during the scramble, the golden-browed red monkey let out a roar.

The monkeys immediately stopped the looting, and a few yellow-browed monkeys took all the wine and went on to distribute the rewards.

"With this third-level monkey here, they are still very disciplined."

Wei Zhong looked at the golden-browed red monkey, thought for a moment, and then said, "From now on, you will be called Jinmei."

Wei Zhong randomly gave it a name. The latter jumped up happily, then pulled Wei Zhong's robe and pointed to the spiritual medicine garden covered by the formation.

"There's a treasure inside."

It seems that this monkey is also eyeing the treasures in the sect's ruins, otherwise it would not have moved its nest into these ruins.

Wei Zhong tapped Jin Mei's head and said, "Come back and get it later."

Then he put Jinmei into the cave and left on the magic sword.

When the monkeys below saw Wei Zhong leaving, they all knelt on the ground and bowed towards the sky.

"I don't know where this group of monkeys learned this move, but this group of monkeys is indeed much smarter than other groups."

Wei Zhong sighed, then controlled his flying sword towards the exit and left the cave.

At the entrance to the secret realm, a streak of light flew away into the distance, and then returned to Yunxia Island silently.

Seeing Ling Ziwei coming to visit, Wei Zhong pretended to have just come out of seclusion.

"Fairy Ling, you are so honored to be here. I am sorry for being so inconsiderate."

Ling Ziwei rolled her eyes at Wei Zhong's behavior, then pulled Xie Linghua over and started chattering.

Wei Zhong was not angry, but lay on the rattan chair beside him, took out spiritual fruits and spiritual wine and drank them by himself.

Listening to the conversation between the two women, Wei Zhong's eyes were already wandering, and then focused on the panel.

【Name: Wei Zhong】

[Cultivation: Foundation Building Level 9 (%)]

[Kung Fu: Spring and Autumn Water Refining Technique·Master (97%); Health-preserving Kung Fu·Master (53%)]

【Shouyuan: 276/305】

After practicing for several decades, he finally mastered the "Spring and Autumn Water Refining Art" to almost the master level. Wei Zhong estimated that it would take another two years for him to enter the next stage of the grandmaster level.

'I don't know how much my cultivation speed will be improved by then.'

Wei Zhong was delighted that his "Spring and Autumn Water Refining Art" was about to be promoted, but his lifespan also added some worries to him.

In order to subdue Jinmei, he performed the Time Dao Spell twice, raising his cultivation to the middle stage of Jindan, which consumed a total of forty-eight years of his life.

The abundant life span was running out in the blink of an eye, and only twenty-nine years were left.

This amount of lifespan is not enough for me to cast the Dao of Time twice. It seems that I need to level up again to exchange for lifespan.

"Retreat from the seventh foundation building level to the sixth foundation building level in exchange for a lifespan of twenty-five years."

"The first level of foundation building takes eighteen years, and the later stage takes twenty-five years. The improvement is not that much!"

'But there is no need to rush to level up. Now that I have subdued Golden Eyebrow and have the protection of a third-level monkey, my safety will be no problem.

It is better to practice slowly. At most, I will stay in this late stage of foundation building for a few more decades.'

This was the case when Wei Zhong was refining Qi, so he can be considered experienced.

"Master, master!"

Xie Linghua's voice brought Wei Zhong back to the real world.

"what happened?"

Wei Zhong opened his eyes and asked with some confusion.

"Sister Ling has something to ask the master."

Wei Zhong then turned his attention to Ling Ziwei, only to see her puffing up her cheeks in anger.

"Fairy Ling, I'm sorry, I was a little distracted just now. I wonder what the fairy wants to tell you?"

The latter then let out a sigh of relief and said, "Does Brother Wei still have the Hao Yuan Pill?"

Wei Zhong nodded: "But does Brother Ling need it?"

"That's right. The bottle of Haoyuan Pill given by Brother Wei was consumed by my brother a year ago.

Later, although I bought a few pills in the market, they were almost gone. That’s why I came to find Fellow Daoist Wei to buy a few more bottles.”

Wei Zhong frowned, a little confused: "Brother Ling, is the demand for Haoyuan Pills so high? Ten pills are consumed in two years, that's more than 10,000 spirit stones."

Ling Ziwei looked a little embarrassed:
"It's mainly because the spiritual land in the clan is not high enough, which has hindered my brother, so he has to use this kind of elixir to practice."

Wei Zhong suddenly realized that the Ling family's spiritual land was only of the second level, which was indeed not enough for Ling Hua, who had reached the Jindan stage.

"After three years, with Fellow Daoist Ling Hua's ability, he still hasn't found a third-level spiritual place?"

Ling Ziwei felt a little bitter:
“A third-level spiritual land is not that easy.

Although Luohe Prefecture is rich in resources, third-tier spiritual lands are not readily available. Most of them are held by various Jindan families or sects.

Although there is a third-level spiritual land that can be rented in the Chamber of Commerce, my Ling family has almost exhausted all the financial resources in order to help my brother overcome the tribulation of forming a pill.

Besides, my Ling family has many members and we really can’t afford the price of such spiritual land.”

Wei Zhong then realized that he had always been a casual cultivator and had only one or two people with him.

Every time I look for a spiritual place, I don’t have any requirements on size, so it is relatively cheap.

But the Ling family is different. From top to bottom, the Ling family includes all cultivators and mortals, at least tens of thousands of people. The spiritual land they need is not a small island like theirs.

But it is a truly large area with levels as high as the third level, as low as the first level, and even an ordinary land.

This is enough time for the entire Ling family to recuperate.

The price of this kind of spiritual land is naturally not something the Ling family can afford at present. In comparison, the Haoyuan Pill, which costs more than one thousand spirit stones, is much more affordable.

Wei Zhong figured this out, so he took out two bottles of pills and pushed them into Ling Ziwei's hands:

"Brother Ling, if you need any medicine, feel free to come to me."

Although my cultivation level is not good, I do have some attainments in alchemy.

Ling Ziwei stared at the two bottles of pills for a moment, then took out three Thousand Spirit Water Stones and a storage bag:

"This is the Thousand Spiritual Water Stones that the Ling family has recently collected. There are also 25,000 Spiritual Stones in this storage bag. Fellow Daoist Wei, please count them."

Wei Zhong reached out to take it, and his spiritual sense probed into the storage bag and took a glance, then he looked at the three Thousand Spirit Water Stones.

In the past three years, Wei Zhong has exchanged more than 300 Thousand Spirit Water Stones from the Yunji Chamber of Commerce by issuing tasks, and he has no intention of stopping collecting.

A hundred-jin heavy water spirit body consumes more than two hundred Bailing water stones at a time. It is impossible to guarantee how much a thousand-jin heavy water spirit body will consume.

Therefore, based on the principle of safety, Wei Zhong still has a large gap in his Thousand Spirit Water Stone.

After accepting the three Thousand Spiritual Water Stones and the storage bag containing the spirit stones, Wei Zhong looked at Ling Ziwei and said:
“If the Ling family can collect the spiritual medicine needed to refine the Haoyuan Pill, they can also come to me to refine the pill, and the price will be much cheaper.

Even if the Ling family is in financial difficulty, it doesn't matter. I can borrow some elixirs from you. I believe you will not forget the few spiritual stones I have given you."

"Then thank you, Brother Wei," Ling Ziwei bowed.

“My Ling family is not yet to the point of owing you the money for the elixir. If that day really comes,” Ling Ziwei leaned close to Wei Zhong and whispered in his ear, “…”

Then Wei Zhong saw that the other party's face was red, and he threw the flying sword casually and flew away.

While Wei Zhong was still in a daze, the other party had already turned into a streak of light and disappeared without a trace.

With a chuckle, Wei Zhong put his hands behind his head and gently rocked the rattan chair.

Xie Linghua leaned close to Wei Zhong's ear with some curiosity and asked curiously, "Master, what did Sister Ling say just now? Why is her face so red?"

Wei Zhong stretched out his hand and grabbed Xie Linghua's cheek: "Ling'er is asking even though you already know the answer! As the worm in your sister Ling's stomach, how could Ling'er not know?"

"Haha, Master, stop pulling me."

"Just pull it, just pull it," while playing, Wei Zhong's other hand dishonestly reached towards his waist.

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After enjoying himself for a while, Wei Zhong returned to the cave, still recalling Ling Ziwei's words in his mind.

"This girl is really brave."

Wei Zhong sighed and calmed his restless heart.

"I have too many secrets, so it's inconvenient to get too close to others at this time. If I want to respond to the other party, I need to at least have the ability to keep my own secrets."

After thinking for a moment, Wei Zhong let out a long breath.

Then he took out various spiritual fruits and spiritual medicines, which were the raw materials needed to brew the red spiritual wine mentioned by Jin Mei.

Recalling the steps he taught, Wei Zhong followed closely in the process of brewing spirit wine.

The first failure, the second failure...

Even though he knew all the steps, the difficulty of brewing this wine still exceeded Wei Zhong's expectations.

(End of this chapter)