Chapter 332 - 329: Monkey King Wine and Giving Up

Chapter 332: Chapter 329: Monkey King Wine and Giving Up

"Since the Zheng Family can offer the legacy of their Alchemy techniques, such a generous reward, it’s naturally not going to be easy to get."

’We’ll just have to take it slow, searching one place at a time. If we succeed in the end, it’ll be worth spending even half a year.’

Shen Changchuan took out a Storage Bag and placed the giant ape’s corpse from the ground into it.

He spoke in an unhurried manner.

At the same time, he spread his Divine Sense,

probing every corner of the surroundings.

A faint white glow suffused his pupils as he activated his True Seeing Eyes to scan the area.

After a long moment,

his gaze finally settled on a large, entirely jade-green tree up ahead.

’So cleverly hidden. You almost had me fooled.’

Shen Changchuan murmured,

and his body rose into the air as if weightless, drifting toward the large tree.

Arriving in front of the tree, Shen Changchuan reached out and pressed his palm against the trunk.

CRACK.

With just a little force,

the jade-like green trunk split open.

A clear liquid trickled out,

and a rich aroma of wine wafted through the air.

The scent alone

was enough to make Shen Changchuan feel slightly tipsy, causing the Magical Power within him to surge with vibrant fluctuations!

Without a doubt,

this was a high-quality Spirit Wine!

’It was most likely brewed by that giant ape using Spirit Fruits from this forest!’

"Good stuff!"

Shen Changchuan was inwardly delighted.

Not about to let the Spirit Wine go to waste, he acted with a single thought. His Magical Power surged out, catching the liquid and suspending it in mid-air.

He then produced a White Jade Gourd and flicked a finger.

The suspended Spirit Wine moved as if alive, flowing in a gentle stream into the White Jade Gourd.

Once every last drop of the Spirit Wine was collected,

he felt the satisfying weight of the White Jade Gourd, and a look of immense satisfaction spread across his face.

"Looks like Monkey King Wine. That stuff is even more precious than the Tier Two True Essence Pills used for Cultivation. Junior Brother, your luck is pretty good!"

Just then,

Wu Tianhao arrived nearby.

He sounded surprised as he took in Shen Changchuan’s haul.

"It’s alright."

"I hear this Monkey King Wine is a treasure among wines, with an exquisite taste. A pity I’m just a simple brute; in my hands, it’s just a resource to boost my Cultivation. I doubt I could truly savor its nuances."

"Senior Brother, why don’t I give you some? It would be a shame to waste such a fine thing on me."

Shen Changchuan shook the White Jade Gourd in his hand toward Wu Tianhao.

The wine sloshing inside

made a crisp, light sound.

"Forget it. You drink it. I’m not really that interested in wine."

"Besides, you killed this Demon Beast alone. The spoils naturally belong to you."

Wu Tianhao shook his head.

The Spirit Wine was certainly valuable,

but not valuable enough for him to break the rules they had agreed upon at the outset.

"Let’s go. Time to continue the search."

"Hopefully our luck will improve, and we’ll find their tracks soon."

Wu Tianhao called out once Shen Changchuan had finished cleaning up the battlefield.

Shen Changchuan nodded.

The two of them took to the sky, flying off in a particular direction.

Continuing the search.

...

Time flew.

Another ten days quickly passed.

And at that moment,

RUMBLE!!!

Blinding lightning cracked across the heavens, and a tremendous roar swept across the sky and land.

At some unknown time,

the sky had filled with clouds as black as ink and as heavy as mountains.

Not long after,

a torrential downpour came crashing down from above.

The entire world was enveloped in a vast, white curtain of rain!

Above a certain patch of forest,

Shen Changchuan looked up at the sky, his brow furrowed.

But Wu Tianhao, floating beside him, wore an ugly expression as he stared down at the forest floor, which was now teeming with countless writhing mountain leeches that had spread everywhere.

"The rainy season is here again."

"Damn it, this brings back some bad memories!"

Wu Yuanzhi hailed from the Border Desolate Forest, and although he had lived in Wu Family Town as a youth,

he still had vivid memories of the troublesome annual rainy season.

Especially the mountain leeches, which swarmed everywhere by using the surface water to spread to every corner of the forest.

Even after so many years,

seeing this scene again

still made his skin crawl.

"What do you think, Junior Brother? Should we continue the mission?"

Wu Tianhao’s gaze fell on Shen Changchuan as he asked.

The heavy rain pouring from the sky

was automatically parted by an invisible field of energy as it came within several yards of him,

creating an empty, shielded space around his body.

With his Cultivation Realm,

he naturally had no reason to fear the swarming mountain leeches on the ground below.

If he wished, he could easily kill a huge swathe of these mortal creatures just by releasing his aura.

But the problem was that these things were everywhere; killing thousands or even tens of thousands of them would be pointless.

On the contrary, the fluctuation of Spiritual Power might attract even more of them from the vicinity.

Although Wu Tianhao wasn’t afraid,

the mere thought of that scene was enough to make one’s stomach turn!

"If that’s the case, then there’s nothing to be done."

"Besides, the rainy season affects the Blood Talisman’s precision, making the task significantly harder."

Shen Changchuan thought for a moment,

then let out a sigh.

In the rainy season,

it really wasn’t suitable for tracking.

’Oh well. We still managed to find some Heavenly and Earthly Treasures on this trip. At least we got something out of it.’

He thought about the items he had collected in his Storage Bag these past few days.

The Monkey King Wine, along with other Spirit Medicines and Spirit Fruits...

Thinking of these things, Shen Changchuan felt a little more at ease.

At least he wasn’t returning empty-handed.

’Perhaps if I run out of Spirit Stones for my Cultivation in the future, I could come back here for a trip and explore this Demon Beast Mountain Range?’

The thought suddenly flashed through Shen Changchuan’s mind.

But after a moment’s thought,

he shook his head.

’In truth, although his haul over the past month might seem substantial,’

’when he really thought about it,’

’Shen Changchuan felt its total value was only around fifty or sixty thousand Spirit Stones.’

’And that was only because he got lucky; the gourd of Monkey King Wine accounted for the lion’s share of the profit.’

’Without it, the value would have been even lower!’

’Only about twenty to thirty thousand Spirit Stones.’

’After all,’

’you couldn’t expect to find treasure all the time.’

’Many of the Heavenly and Earthly Treasures guarded by Demon Beasts were either not yet mature or had already been partially consumed, causing their value to plummet.’

’In the end, you’d be lucky to make a profit off the Demon Beast’s corpse alone.’

’That income’

’really wasn’t very high at all.’

’What’s more,’

’the depths of the Demon Beast Forest weren’t a place he could just waltz in and out of.’

’In the past month alone,’

’their group had run into powerful Demon Beasts at or above the Soul Emergence Realm Middle Stage on more than one occasion.’

’Each time, they had to use all their strength just to escape.’

’On one of those occasions, Wu Tianhao had even been seriously injured.’