treacherous world

Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang, and Bao Yan and Pang Yu went to the west of Kaifeng City together, looking for the legendary "Ghost Mountain Zhuangyuan Temple", hoping to find something strange in it.

"Your friend said that someone here is selling ghost pens, is that so blatant?" Bao Yan asked Pang Yu as he walked.

"It is said that you can only buy it if you have a predestined relationship." Pang Yu scratched his head, "It's not fate for me to meet those friends. As for who bought it, no one else knows, and I probably won't tell if I really bought it."

"Why didn't you say it?" Zhan Zhao didn't quite understand.

"Oh, it is said that they are a group of ten people, enter the inner hall of the Zhuangyuan Temple, and then meditate. Those who are predestined will be favored by the ghost Zhuangyuan, and then they will get the Zhuangyuan pen."

"Then why do you say 50 taels for a pen?" Bai Yutang was puzzled.

"Oh, you have to hand over 50 taels to Zhuangyuan Temple for meditation." Pang Yu replied indifferently.

"No way!" Bao Yan was startled, "How long does each meditation take?"

"Half an hour." Pang Yu patted his head.

"Half an hour?" Bao Yan almost jumped up, "The ten people are 500 taels, that is, they can earn 1000 taels per hour, let alone 8000 taels for twelve hours a day, it's a lot of money."

"That's true!" Pang Yu nodded. "I heard that the incense is very prosperous there. It is true that people burn incense at twelve hours a day."

"That's true. There are tens of thousands of candidates. There are only a few days left in the autumn exam. It must be too late. Maybe there are still many people waiting in line." Zhan Zhao nodded.

"Is there an abbot in this Zhuangyuan Temple or something else?" Bai Yutang was a little puzzled, "Who will collect so much money?"

"Gold, silver and treasure have always been the ultimate goal of people in the world." Zhan Zhao sneered, "Just ask for money! If you find the person asking for money, there must be clues."

Bai Yutang nodded in agreement.

Pang Yu yawned and grabbed Bao Yan who was walking in the grass, "You stupid bun, the mosquitoes are very poisonous in autumn, and it's not cold yet, and the ground is full of snakes and insects, you nerd, walk in the middle of my walk."

Bao Yan glanced at him, "What's the matter, really, I grew up in the wilderness, I'm not like your young master who is spoiled and spoiled."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked behind, watching the two in front fighting like children.Pang Yu pulled Bao Yan's hair for a while, and then used a big leaf to help him drive away mosquitoes.Bao Yanshi scolded him from time to time, bickered with him or kicked him, so busy that he didn't even have time to look behind him.

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao again.

Where the two walked side by side, the path was very narrow, so they were very close together.The sleeves were wiped, and then the back of the hand was wiped... Both of them thought for a moment that they could grab each other's hand with just a slight flip of their wrists.

"Oh, don't move, little steamed bun, there's a caterpillar on your head."

"Ah!" Bao Yan kept patting his head, "Really?"

"Ah! It fell into the collar." Seeing that Bao Yan was afraid of bugs, Pang Yu frightened him even more, causing Bao Yan to shake his robe.

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, coughed softly, "Well, cat, you have a bug on your shoulder."

Zhan Zhao gave Bai Yutang a depressed look, "You think I'm a little steamed bun? Who's afraid of bugs...not even tigers."

"No..." Bai Yutang was a little embarrassed, pointing at Zhan Zhao's shoulder, "It really is."

Zhan Zhao looked up at the sky, and continued to walk, but heard Pang Yu suddenly shouted, "Wow! What a fat bug."

Zhan Zhao saw that Pang Yu was pointing at himself, and it was on the left shoulder, so he turned his face to look... Just as he turned his face, he saw a fat green and yellow bug lying on his shoulder at some point.

Of course Zhan Zhao is not afraid of bugs, but the bugs come suddenly, and the chubby ones are particularly disgusting.He has a big black head, and although he has no eyes when he lifts his head up, he must be looking at himself.

Zhan Zhao was startled and wanted to reach out to slap the bug away, but before he could touch it... Suddenly a black hand grabbed the bug with a "swish" at an extremely fast speed.

"Thank you." Zhan Zhao turned his head to thank Bai Yutang, but another thought flashed through his head - why are Bai Yutang's hands so black?He clearly remembered that Bai Yutang's hands were very white!No, everything in Bai Yutang is white!Saw it in the shower!

Thinking of this, Zhan Zhao felt inexplicably hot. At the same time, he noticed that Bai Yutang, Pang Yu, and Bao Yan had strange expressions.The three of them opened their mouths wide and looked up at his head.

Confused, Zhan Zhao raised his head and looked back.I was also dumbfounded when I saw it - I saw a black long-armed long-haired ape squatting on a big tree behind them.

This ape is not big, it looks like a young ape, with long arms, big eyes, and chewing mouth, probably eating the fat bug just now.

Zhan Zhao was stunned for a while and immediately realized—God Ape? !

"Wow, is it really a monkey?" Pang Yu asked Bao Yan in a low voice, "Is it that divine ape?"

"It looks like an ordinary ape. The chubby black one is quite cute." Bao Yan looked at it carefully, "It seems to be very young."

The ape also opened its big eyes at this time, tilting its head to look at the few people below. "

Bai Yutang came back to his senses a long time ago, and asked Zhan Zhao in a low voice, "You just..."

"No." Zhan Zhao shook his head before he finished speaking, "If it hadn't caught bugs, I wouldn't have noticed it approaching at all, and the lightness kung fu is so good that I can't seem to see it."

"Do you want to try it?" Bai Yutang asked in a low voice.

"Okay, I'm on the left and you are on the right." Zhan Zhao gently turned to the side.

"En." Bai Yutang agreed, and Pang Yu and Bao Yan didn't know what they were doing before they saw a "whoosh", and they disappeared in a flash.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang quickly jumped up and reached out to grab the black ape.

The black ape didn't quite understand it yet, seeing the two people coming, he thought they were playing with him, so he yelled and jumped up to a higher branch.It moved extremely swiftly, and the moment Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang got it, it had already escaped, and was still standing on the branch, jumping and laughing happily.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glanced at each other, one left and one right went up to grab it.

The black ape stretched its long arms, grabbed the tree trunk and flew up and down, and used its tail to be very agile and flexible.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang chased it all over the sky, while Bao Yan and Pang Yu shook their heads at first, but in the end they both felt that it was up to their necks, and their eyes were dazzled.

"Hey... I'm dizzy!" Pang Yu kept patting his head, "Why are you so scary?"

"That's right, I'm sick to death!" Bao Yan also nodded.

The two had no choice but to stand there and listen to the "huhu" wind in their ears.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang finally came down.

"call……"

Zhan Zhao leaned against the tree with one hand, looking at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang also leaned against the tree and shook his head, and waved his hands to the squeaking black ape squatting on the tree branch not far away, "Don't play anymore, you are amazing."

Zhan Zhao also shook his head, "The title of the world's number one lightness kung fu is given to you."

Pang Yu and Bao Yan looked at each other and ran to their side.

"Hey, isn't it, you two peerless masters can't catch a monkey?"

"This is not an ordinary monkey. It must have been taught by an expert." Zhan Zhao shook his head, "Besides, this is a forest. It has an absolute advantage, which is incomparable."

Bai Yutang looked up at it, and saw the monkey bouncing around and looking at them with its head tilted, as if it wanted to continue playing.

"Forget it, don't make trouble with it, it will be dark after playing again." Zhan Zhao signaled and continued on his way.

"Yes." Bai Yutang nodded, and everyone turned and left.

It's just that the black ape didn't seem to be willing to let them go, and followed behind with a squeak, reaching out to pat Zhan Zhao or Bai Yutang from time to time.As soon as the two of them looked back at it, it squeaked twice, as if it still wanted to play.

"It seems to be really young." Pang Yu thought the ape was cute, so he liked it a little.He remembered that there was still a duck pear hidden in his bosom, which was stuffed by the younger brother before going out, and he forgot to eat it as soon as he put it in his bosom.

Thinking of this, Pang Yu took out a pear and stuffed it to the monkey, "Can you eat it?"

The monkey reached out to catch it, and jumped onto Pang Yu's shoulder, hooking his shoulder to eat the pear.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang watched from behind, feeling as if Pang Yu was carrying a child on his back.

"This black ape shouldn't be an animal in the mountains, right?" Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao while walking, "There shouldn't be monkeys on the mountains in Kaifeng."

"Yeah, unfortunately I'm not familiar with animals..."

"This is the mountain ape."

Bao Yan turned his head and told the two, "I have read the book of beasts, and there are descriptions in it. This kind of mountain ape is extremely rare. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are divine beasts. Usually they can only be seen in the deep mountains and old forests in the Western Shu area. This ape has a particularly long lifespan and is very psychic!"

"It was said that people in this area saw the god ape before. Could it be it?" Pang Yu saw that it ate pears and reached out to grab bugs to eat, and then he took out the snacks in the dry food bag and gave it to him, "Don't eat bugs, are you?" God Ape, I will take you to eat when I have time."

The monkey was eating deliciously while flicking its long black tail. The tip of the tail was hooked up to sweep Zhan Zhao's sleeves behind him, looking quite naughty.Zhan Zhao liked small animals the most, so he naturally stretched out his hand to play with them by grabbing their tails.

"Western Shu area? In other words, it shouldn't have appeared in the Central Plains." Bai Yutang said to himself, "Someone brought it from there, but why left it alone in the mountains?"

"Sigh." Zhan Zhao rubbed his arm against him, "Tell me, do you want to beat it so that its veins go backwards, and see if it will lose hair?"

Bai Yutang stared at him for a while, "Cat, you've been funny lately!"

"Those who are close to vermilion are red and those who are close to ink are black." Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows at him with a smile, "Young Hero Bai is so romantic in the world, of course I can't be ignorant of his style."

"That's true." Bai Yutang nodded with a smile, reached out and put his hand on his shoulder lightly, "Is that why it's called a perfect match?"

Zhan Zhao was stunned for a moment, then looked at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang also looked at him, and put his hand on his shoulder and didn't take it off.

In front, both Bao Yan and Pang Yu looked back at Qi Qi and dared not go out, and said in their hearts——Say it quickly!

The two looked at each other for a while, Bai Yutang turned his head helplessly, and just about to let go, he heard Zhan Zhao say, "Yes, they are a perfect match."

Pang Yu and Bao Yan opened their mouths wide and looked at each other—let go!Mr. Zhan is enlightened!

Bai Yutang didn't expect Zhan Zhao to say this, the main reason is that the cat is usually too dull, so it's true that he doesn't understand style.

After staring at Zhan Zhao for a long time, Bai Yutang gave him a nice smile.

Zhan Zhao put his hand on his shoulders, a little reluctantly, the two looked at each other and smiled, knowing in their hearts... Take your time, who is afraid of whom?

Bao Yan was happy to see it, and looked at Pang Yu, and saw Pang Yu was looking at the monkey.

"What are you looking at?" Bao Yan leaned over.

"Oh, little mantou, look at the monkey's neck."

Upon hearing this, Bao Yan took a closer look and exclaimed, "Ah!"

Zhan Zhao Bai Yutang quickly stepped forward, "What did you find?"

Together, the two pointed to the monkey's neck for them to see.I saw a gold chain of just the right length on the neck of the black ape.A triangular gold medal was hung on the chain, the style was very similar to the amulets worn around the necks of those samurai warriors. The key point was... There was a word "beast" in the middle of the gold medal.

Zhan Zhao frowned, "It really is it? But isn't the beast god in the legend a statue?"

"There is something strange." Bai Yutang shook his head, seeing the monkey turned around and looking at him obediently, he stretched out his hand to gently stroke its fur, and said in a low voice, "This monkey really doesn't look like a vicious monster."

"Evil thing?" Pang Yu frowned, "No way, it's so cute."

"That's right." Bao Yan also nodded.

"A monkey is just a spiritual animal, not to mention it's still a little monkey, how could it think of harming people?" Zhan Zhao sneered, "Only those who use it are the real harmers!"

The crowd continued on their way until the evening, but they still didn't get out of the woods, and they didn't find the legendary "Ghost Mountain Zhuangyuan Temple."

"Oops, are we lost?" Pang Yu looked at the blueprint worriedly.

"Aren't you so unreliable? Everyone can get there, but we can't!" Bao Yan scolded him from the side.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao found a clearing in the forest and stood there, watching the surroundings.

Zhan Zhao felt weird, the mountains here in Kaifeng were all small hills, even if they were really lost, they would be able to get out if they walked in one direction, but why were they trapped in the mountains and couldn't get out?

Bai Yutang suddenly turned his head to look at the black ape.

He saw the black ape lying on Pang Yu's back and looking back at them.Seeing him looking at her, she immediately turned her head... and secretly glanced back.Bai Yutang lightly touched Zhan Zhao's hand with his fingers, signaling to him—look at the monkey.

Zhan Zhao looked over, and they were all too familiar with the look on that black ape's face, the fourth son usually had this expression when he did something wrong and was afraid of being scolded by his grandson.

Zhan Zhao took a step back, went to Bai Yutang and asked, "Isn't it? We can't catch up with it with Qinggong, and we were deceived by it and lost our way. If it spreads, we just quit the rivers and lakes."

Bai Yutang smiled slightly, "Pang Yu is always leading the way. It doesn't follow anyone but Pang Yu who leads the way. It's just a monkey. It can't be that smart, right?"

Zhan Zhao folded his arms and nodded, "Has anyone taught it?"

"Hello." Bao Yan asked Pang Yu, "Should we still go? If not, let's go back."

"It's all here..." Pang Yu hesitated, because he felt the little monkey on his back pushing him forward, as if telling him to continue walking.

"Shouldn't we be spending the night in the woods when it's dark again?" Bao Yan was overjoyed, "I have to go back to study, there might be wild animals in the woods."

"That's not the point, there are two people behind you, let alone beasts, you're not afraid of ghosts!" Pang Yu said, looking back at Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, while winking at them at the monkey.

Zhan Zhao nodded, and said, "Let's keep going, maybe we'll be there after a while."

"Oh." Pang Yu led the crowd to move on.

After walking for a while, Bai Yutang suddenly whispered, "Wait."

Everyone stopped and looked back at him.

Bai Yutang pointed to the sky in front of the forest and asked, "Is there smoke there?"

Zhan Zhao's eyesight was excellent, he looked in the direction of Bai Yutang's finger, and recognized at a glance that there was a thin layer of smoke floating in the sky at the far end of the forest.

"Hey, I guess we've arrived at the Zhuangyuan Temple. That's incense!" Pang Yu said, running forward in a hurry.

"Oh, slow down!" Bao Yan also followed.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang suddenly noticed that the monkey squeaked twice, and stretched out its hand to grab the branch next to it, as if to prevent Pang Yu from running away.

The two looked at each other, secretly said "No!" and jumped to chase after him.

At this time, Pang Yu rushed out of the woods, and saw a bright light in front of him.I haven't waited to understand what's going on, but I feel empty under my feet...

"Wow!" Pang Yu turned pale with shock, there was a cliff behind a large bush.

He fell down as soon as his feet were free, but fortunately Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang reached out together, grabbed his arms from left to right and pulled them back, so he sat down on the ground.

Pang Yu was almost scared out of his wits, and sat on the ground panting, "Mother! That magic stick is wrong, what kind of bloody disaster is simply a disaster of extinction, I must have worshiped the wrong god recently!"

The little black ape on his back suddenly jumped back...but this time there were no trees nearby, so it couldn't escape, and Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao reached out and grabbed his arm.

"Squeak!" The little ape struggled as if frightened.

When Pang Yu turned his head, Bao Yan helped him up while patting the ashes off his butt.

Pang Yu pointed at the monkey, "Oh! You are so vicious, you little bastard! I feed you delicious food and drink, but I still think you are like a little four. It turns out that you have a heart of snakes and scorpions. If you lead us astray, you will hurt us!"

The black ape lowered his head and was silent, looking pitiful.

"Forget it." Zhan Zhao let go of the monkey's arm.

The little monkey put his arms around Bai Yutang's arm, poking his head like a child in an adult's arms.

Zhan Zhao patted Pang Yu's shoulder, "It may have been instigated by someone. After all, it's just a monkey. It was thanks to it trying to save you when it was in crisis, so we felt something was wrong."

Pang Yu flattened his mouth, but it's true...

Bai Yutang thought for a while, then mentioned the little monkey and asked, "Why did everyone else go to the Zhuangyuan Temple, but why did they bring us to the cliff?"

Bao Yan also came over and pinched the monkey's ear, "This road is really dangerous. If you don't know the situation, you will definitely fall into the abyss and die!"

"Why did you do that?" Pang Yu asked it, "Are you still a little monkey? Is your master vicious? Don't follow him when he's too much, follow me!"

Both Bai Yutang and Bao Yan were helpless.

"How to deal with it?" Bao Yan asked Bai Yutang, "I feel so pitiful when I catch it, but I'm afraid it will hurt people again when I let it go."

"I can't let it go." Zhan Zhao, who was standing on the edge of the cliff, turned around and said, "It's a beast god."

As he spoke, Zhan Zhao stretched out his finger and pointed into the distance for everyone to see.

Bai Yutang stood up, looked in the direction of Zhan Zhao's finger, and couldn't help frowning.

Pang Yu and Bao Yan glanced at each other—it's amazing!