After returning to the village, start chasing the mountain from binding Emei

Chapter 143: Eight Steps of the White Ape, the Woman Who Raises Insects!
"Hey."

The old locust tree sighed deeply, "It was a woman who did it!"

"Woman?" Chen Yang was a little surprised.

"Yes, a woman, an old woman with gray hair."

The old locust tree tells the story.

It turned out that not long after Chen Yang and his friends went down the mountain, one day, the big locust tree was depressed in the forest, and suddenly a woman broke into the forest.

The woman walked around in the woods and found herself under the old locust tree.

The old locust tree originally thought that finally someone had come to keep him company and relieve his boredom.

However, unexpectedly, the woman walked around it, said some strange words that it could not understand, and then opened a burlap bag.

A group of large black butterflies flew out from his pocket.

The butterflies flew onto it.

At first, the old locust tree thought the butterflies were beautiful and pleasing to the eye, and it was very happy to watch them.

But soon, the old locust tree was no longer happy.

These butterflies lay their eggs on its body.

Lays lots of eggs.

You know, it is hundreds of years old and its spirituality has been around for hundreds of years.

How could it not know what the laying of eggs by these butterflies means to it?

But it couldn't resist at all.

After laying eggs, the butterflies flew back to the woman's pocket. The woman did not stay but left directly.

Soon after that, the butterfly eggs began to hatch and the little butterflies grew out one by one.

Gradually, the branches and leaves covered the entire old locust tree.

They gnawed the leaves and branches frantically, and the old locust tree was soon riddled with holes.

Having lived to such an old age, it has developed an instinct in its body. When its branches and leaves are attacked, they can secrete a mild toxin that can kill some insects.

This is also the fundamental reason why it can live to such an old age.

However, this time, the big locust tree discovered that the toxin secreted by its body seemed to be ineffective against the larvae of these black swallowtail butterflies.

As more and more black swallowtail butterfly larvae hatched, they gnawed faster and faster.

The big locust tree endures the pain of being tortured every day. If Chen Yang had come a few days later, perhaps it would have been devoured by this group of insects.

It was actually man-made.

Chen Yang frowned slightly, "Do you still remember what that woman looks like?"

“It should be quite old.”

The locust tree hesitated for a moment. "She was wearing a headscarf, her hair was gray, and she was wearing a blue dress. She should be in her sixties or seventies. Oh, and there was a mole in the corner of her left eye..."

The big locust tree was briefly described.

Chen Yang secretly kept it in mind.

The big locust tree said, "I think she must have recognized the fact that I have been born with a spirit, so she borrowed my body to help her raise insects. This woman is so vicious. Chen Yang, she will definitely come again. I'm afraid!"

Raising insects?

Chen Yang's eyebrows were wrinkled so tightly that they could almost pinch a fly to death.

Hearing what Dahuaishu said, this woman must be no simple person.

Use the spiritual creatures in the mountains to raise insects.

This method...

Chen Yang couldn't help but think of He Shiwu and the possible person behind He Shiwu.

This method may be somewhat similar.

Is this woman also cultivating something extraordinary?

"Chen Yang, you have to help me!"

The old locust tree's voice was trembling. "If that woman comes again and sees that all the insects she planted are dead, there's no guarantee that she will do something even more vicious."

"Mr. Huai, don't be anxious."

Chen Yang took a deep breath and soothed, "I'll help you heal your wounds first."

As he spoke, he took out a bottle of [Plant Growth Essence] that the system had just rewarded him.

Looking up at the treetops full of holes, Chen Yang took out another umbrella, fearing that the remaining insects on the tree would fall on him.

Holding back the nausea, holding an umbrella, and stepping on the dense corpses of caterpillars, Chen Yang came under the tree.

Open the bottle of growth hormone and pour the thick liquid inside at the roots of the tree.

"Item: Plant Growth Essence"

“Introduction: After use, it can promote plant growth, regrow broken branches, and turn dead leaves green again, giving them new vitality. (Note: Only effective for plants.)”

……

A bottle the size of a milk bottle, with not much liquid in it, was poured at the roots of the tree, where it immediately seeped in.

Chen Yang returned to his original position.

The insects on the tree were still being poisoned to death and falling down from time to time. Even though he was holding an umbrella, he didn't dare to stay under the tree for too long.

Soon, a magical scene happened.

Those leaves that were bitten and riddled with holes were actually growing and healing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Some broken branches are also growing again.

New buds sprouted on the branches of the old locust tree, as if at that moment, the old locust tree burst into vitality.

"What did you pour on me?"

I heard the voice of the old locust tree, and I felt inexplicably excited.

It could feel a powerful vitality surging into its body.

This vitality seemed to bring it back to its youth, when it was still a thriving young tree, filled with unspeakable power.

However, this state did not last long.

As this vital force was transmitted to various parts of its body, it was soon consumed.

Then there was a feeling of emptiness and powerlessness.

That feeling is like entering a sage moment.

"Anything else? More?"

The old locust tree seemed to be addicted, and its voice was a little thirsty.

Chen Yang didn't say much. He took out two bottles of [Plant Growth Essence], came under the tree, and poured them all over the tree.

……

The old locust tree soon resumed its growth.

Broken branches regenerate, and leaves damaged by insects are quickly repaired by the powerful vital energy.

Many more buds and leaves appeared on the branches.

In just ten minutes or so, the big locust tree returned to its original appearance, and was even greener than before.

His whole body exudes vitality.

Young, energetic and thriving.

But the price was that Chen Yang spent five bottles of [Plant Growth Essence].

He didn't feel any pain, after all, he picked these things up for free.

"Chen Yang, what is this thing? It's amazing!"

The big locust tree was overjoyed.

If Chen Yang didn't help, he would probably have to wait until next year to grow new leaves and repair his injuries.

Now, it feels full of strength and is in better condition than ever before.

“Augmentin.”

Chen Yang simply replied without much explanation, "Old Huai, I went into the mountains this time to go to Mixiangou, and I'm in a hurry to go there..."

When Elder Huai heard this, he was surprised. "But, what if that woman comes back after you leave?"

Chen Yang thought for a moment and said, "How long has it been since that woman you mentioned came?"

"It's been almost five or six days."

There is no distinction between day and night in the mountains, and Old Huai has no idea how much time has passed.

Chen Yang nodded and said, "If everything goes well on my trip to Mixiangou, I will be back in two or three days at most. Since she is using you to raise insects, she will not kill you easily. I will prepare some tricks for you, so it shouldn't be a big problem..."

He must go to Mixiangou, he can't just wait here.

God knows whether that woman will come again and when she will come.

Chen Yang suppressed his nausea and cleaned up all the dead insects under the tree and cleaned the place thoroughly.

Then, he took out more than thirty animal clamps from the system space.

Under the big locust tree, the clamps were set in circles.

It was paved with dead leaves, and there was no visible trace of anything on the surface.

perfect!

More than twenty minutes later, Chen Yang clapped his hands and looked at his masterpiece in front of him.

More than thirty animal traps almost filled the space under the tree.

It can be said that as long as the woman dares to come, as long as she dares to get close to the big locust tree, she will definitely win the prize.

After doing all this, Chen Yang split the hornet colony into more than two hundred individuals.

Let them build their nests in the woods.

Chen Yang gave them only one order.

Prevent other small animals in the forest from approaching the trap. If any small animals approach, drive them away immediately.

Doing so can prevent the trap from being triggered prematurely and exposing the trap.

It's just perfect.

"Are these things of yours useful?"

"Heh, this thing can even break a wild boar's leg, let alone a human? As long as she dares to come, we can catch her."

“Isn’t that a bit too harsh?”

"Mr. Huai, she's using you to raise insects. Isn't this even crueler? You're still thinking about her? You can't be so naive." Chen Yang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "I didn't poison the clamps, which is already enough for her."

"Well, okay, you go quickly and come back soon. I'm really afraid that she will come again." said the old locust tree.

Chen Yang didn't say much. He checked the trap and then said goodbye.

In fact, whether the clamp can catch people is not important to Chen Yang.

His purpose was to tell the other party that this big locust tree was protected by someone, so that the other party would have some concerns.

……

We were delayed in the Old Ghost Forest for an hour and a half.

But strangely, Chen Yang did not wait for Qinzhou to appear.

Logically speaking, Qinzhou was not that far behind him and should have caught up with him long ago.

But he never waited to Qinzhou.

Come to think of it, there are only two possibilities.

Either Qinzhou encountered an accident, or this old guy took a detour.

He did not leave the Old Ghost Forest.

However, the shortest way to the Snake King Temple is through the Old Ghost Forest.

Could it be that this old guy Qinzhou has a shorter way?
Chen Yang had no time to think about it. He had spent too long in the Old Ghost Forest. If he didn't hurry up, he might really be defeated by that old guy Qinzhou.

Even though he wouldn't suffer any loss if he lost, he would still lose face.

He leaped up and used the trunk of a pine tree to gain leverage and quickly climbed to the top of the tree. Chen Yang used the Flying Swallow skill to leap and move on the treetop and quickly ran towards Centipede Ridge.

……

It would take at least half a day for a normal person to walk from Laoguilin to Centipede Ridge along the mountain road.

But Chen Yang used the Flying Swallow Skill and shuttled directly among the treetops. Only when he occasionally encountered some open spaces without trees would he come down and run. He was walking in a straight line, looking in the direction of Centipede Ridge.

In just half an hour, he arrived at the foot of Centipede Ridge.

At this moment, he saw a figure from afar.

Qinzhou.

This old guy really ran to the front.

At this time, Qinzhou was sitting on a rock at the foot of the ridge.

The stone was huge and looked like it had fallen from Centipede Ridge.

Half of it was buried in the soil.

The top of the stone is flat, like a large natural table.

Qinzhou sat on the edge of the stone, with one foot hanging and the other foot on the stone, his posture was very casual.

Holding a broad leaf in his hand, he fanned himself with the wind.

From afar, Chen Yang was seen coming out of the valley, carrying two backpacks, and climbing up from the barren slope.

The corners of Qinzhou's mouth curved slightly.

"That's great, Chen Yang. You can run so fast even though you carry so many things."

Qin Zhou grinned and spoke in an unusually loud voice, "What a pity, you are still not as fast as me. I have been waiting for you for an hour."

Chen Yang's face was full of black lines. He threw the backpack in front of Qin Zhou and said, "Old man, you have no martial ethics."

Still sitting here feeling smug.

Should I tell you that I was delayed in the Old Ghost Forest for almost two hours?

Qin Zhou looked at his watch. "Two hours and fifty-two minutes. You can run so fast with so many things on your back. Your physical fitness is really good."

"It's a pity that my physical skills are lacking."

At this point, Qin Zhou looked at him with interest, "Are you interested in learning body movements from me?"

"Shenfa?"

Chen Yang looked at him with a strange look, "You jump up and down like a monkey?"

"Tsk, you don't know what's good."

Qin Zhou curled his lips and said, "My body movement is called the White Ape Eight Steps, but I spent a lot of money to learn it from a master in Taiwan. The tuition alone cost tens of millions..."

"Eight Steps of the White Ape?" Chen Yang raised his eyebrows.

Qinzhou said, "Have you heard of the White Ape Patriarch? He imitated the white apes in the mountains and created the White Ape Eight Steps. If it weren't for chance, this superior light body method could not be learned no matter how much money one spent."

White Ape Patriarch.

During the Ming Dynasty, there was a martial arts master on Mount Emei named Sikong Xuan. Because he often wore white clothes, he was revered as the "White Ape Master" by his disciples.

"Forget it. Your body movements, jumping up and down like a horse, don't fit my image at all. I prefer something more casual."

Chen Yang had disgust written all over his face.

Qin Zhou didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "What's the matter? Old man, I see that you have a talent for intelligence, so I gave it to you for free, but you don't even want it?"

"No."

Chen Yang spread his hands. He already knew Feiyan Kung Fu, why did he need to learn Ma Lou Ba Bu?
There is no such thing as a free lunch. Given this old man's personality, how could he give me a light-body skill for free?
Chen Yang didn't want to have too many interests involved with this person.

Qinzhou's face stiffened.

I've already taken this initiative, how can this kid refuse?

"One cannot recognize gold and jade."

Qinzhou blew his beard and didn't say much to Chen Yang. If you don't want to learn, I don't want to teach you either.

It was already past one in the afternoon. There was no sun today and it was very cool in the mountains.

The actual reason why he was waiting for Chen Yang here was because he was hungry after running all the way.

All the things were in the backpack, but he had no food with him.

Although there are wild fruits in the mountains.

But, I'm not hungry.

Qinzhou opened the package and took out a box of self-heating rice.

Looking back at Chen Yang, "You should have brought some food, right?"

"Stingy!"

I carried your backpack for you all the way, and you couldn't even give me a box of rice?
Chen Yang was so angry that he laughed.

Not wanting to bother with him, I found an open space, took out a blanket from my backpack and spread it on the ground.

Then take out the food that had been prepared.

He had prepared a lot of meals that he had ordered from a restaurant in town yesterday and had placed them all in the system warehouse.

Three dishes, one soup and a bowl of rice.

It was even still warm when I took it out of the system warehouse.

Qinzhou smelled the aroma of the food and came over.

When he looked at Chen Yang, his face couldn't help but twitch.

Not only three dishes and a soup, but there is also a sweet-skinned duck.

"I say, kid, are these all the stuff in your backpack?" Qin Zhou couldn't help but complain.

The conditions in the mountains are harsh. You didn't bring anything useful with you, just these foods. Do you have any common sense about mountain climbing?
In the deep mountains and forests, what can you eat?

A backpack is only so big, and each person's carrying capacity is limited. If you pack more food, you will naturally have to bring less other things.

If possible, of course you should bring some small, light, high-calorie food that can fill your stomach. The enjoyment on your tongue is secondary.

Qinzhou only brought a few boxes of self-heating rice, but he already felt guilty. In the past, when he went to the mountains in his early years, he would at most bring some homemade buns, corn pancakes, etc.

There are three dishes and one soup.

Your backpack is so small, how many dishes and a soup can you put in it?
"none of your business?"

Chen Yang retorted directly, not wanting to pay attention to him, opened the lunch box and started eating.

Qinzhou looked at his own self-heating rice, then looked at the food in front of Chen Yang, and couldn't help swallowing.

He shamelessly sat down next to Chen Yang and naturally stretched his chopsticks towards the box of sweet-skin duck.

"Snapped!"

Chen Yang hit the back of his hand with a chopstick.

"hiss!"

Qinzhou only felt as if he was whipped by someone, and the chopsticks in his hand almost fell out of his hand.

"Can you please have some shame?"

Qinzhou sucked his teeth and said, "I'm just worried that you can't finish it."

"If I can't finish it, I can take it back to feed the dog."

Chen Yang ignored him at all.

The implication is that I would rather feed it to the dog than give it to you.

"mean."

Qin Zhou rolled his eyes at him, stood up angrily, and returned to his original seat, "Chen Yang, did your grandfather tell you something? You have a deep prejudice against me."

"My grandfather is not as boring as you. He doesn't have the habit of talking bad about people behind their backs."

Chen Yang ate by himself, "I am not interested in what kind of person you are. Anyway, after this rice noodle fight, we will go our separate ways and have nothing to do with each other."

"Ah."

Qinzhou shook his head, not knowing what he was thinking, and just ate his self-heating rice.

……

Chen Yang ate up all three dishes and one soup.

He ate a whole sweet-skin duck until there was almost no bone left, and only after eating three boxes of rice did he feel 80% full.

Qinzhou, who was standing nearby, was dumbfounded.

This kid is so strong and eats so much, he is simply an outlier.

"Uh……"

Taking out a tissue to wipe his mouth, Chen Yang burped long and contentedly.

Qinzhou shook his head.

This kid seems to be here to enjoy life.

(End of this chapter)