Departure

"Xin'er!"

Inside the Ape King Cave, Gu Sheng filled the last gourd in his hand and handed it to Chu Xin beside him. The liquid level in the stone pit had already dropped by half. The sounds inside the tunnel were getting louder and louder, and the "aa aa" sounds of the Iron-Arm Apes could already be faintly heard.

"Here~"

Chu Xin grabbed the wine gourd from his hand, and then grabbed the half-person-high gourd behind her and handed it over.

"Run~"

Gu Sheng's ears, which had been perked up, twitched. He suddenly stood up, grabbed Chu Xin's wrist, and turned to run.

"What's wrong!"

The two hurriedly ran to the entrance of the cave. Chu Xin asked, panting.

Gu Sheng didn't answer. He pushed Chu Xin onto a giant black python, "Go~" Then, he took out a fire starter from his pocket and blew on it.

"Hoo~ Hoo~ Phoo~"

The fire starter lit up. Gu Sheng quickly bent down and lit a cotton thread soaked in oil next to him.

"Boom~"

The cotton thread was quickly ignited. Gu Sheng glanced at the depths of the tunnel, where the movement was getting louder and louder. With a leap, he grabbed a rope to relieve the force and used tools to move quickly on the mountainside.

"Bang~"

With a heavy blow, the Ape King Cave was broken through again by the Silver Ape King. It couldn't suppress the anxiety in its heart and rushed into the tunnel to find the Vermillion Fruit wine. But after walking only halfway, it was stunned by the unfamiliar passage ahead. A whistling wind blew from the passage, indicating that the passage was open and had another entrance.

"Aa aa~"

The Ape King cried out in horror. It was not stupid. The thought that its home might have been looted made its heart skip a beat. Just as it took a step forward to chase, it suddenly felt a palpitation and quickly retreated.

"Rumble~"

After an explosion, a wave of force mixed with fire and smoke swept in. The tunnel was completely sealed off by rubble. The Silver Ape King, who had just stood up, was completely stunned. This familiar recipe, the taste in its memory, had just happened, right!

"Aa aa aa, aa aa aa~~~"

The sudden explosion alerted the Iron-Arm Apes. One after another, the Iron-Arm Apes ignored the Ape King's orders and poured into the Ape King Cave...

Whoosh!

On the cliff face of Iron Arm Ape Mountain, a figure was rapidly descending along the steep cliff.

Gu Sheng was carrying a half-person-high wine gourd on his back, facing the cliff face. The hooks in his hands were deeply embedded in the cliff face, and he slid down all the way. The strong wind howled, leaving six parallel and deep grooves on the cliff face.

Gu Sheng was very calm. After sliding down a certain distance, he stretched out his legs and lightly kicked the cliff face to relieve some of the force, so that the impact would not hurt him when he landed.

"I hope that Ape King won't be relentless!"

Gu Sheng slid down all the way, occasionally looking up at the cave at the top, where stones were still falling from time to time. That was the tunnel that he had blown up. Although he had calculated that he should be able to blow up the tunnel, even the most perfect plan could go wrong, and he had to consider any unexpected situations.

The Ape King's strength was extremely strong, and he had also stolen half of its Vermillion Fruit wine. If those apes knew that everything was his plan, he would definitely be in a terrible situation. So, for safety's sake, he chose this fastest and most dangerous way to escape the scene.

"Aa aa aa~~"

"Aa aa~"

"Aa aa~"

Just as Gu Sheng was descending rapidly, the noisy cries of apes came from the top of the mountain.

"Iron Arm Ape Mountain is probably not a place to stay any longer!"

Gu Sheng's heart trembled. The sound of the apes was even louder than before. Even in his current position near the foot of the mountain, he could hear it so clearly.

The Iron-Arm Apes were screaming in chaos, probably because they had discovered that the Vermillion Fruit wine had been stolen. Gu Sheng knew how ruthless he had been today, and he had definitely angered the ape group.

"That Golden-Eyed Silver Ape King will probably order its subordinates to search for the whereabouts of the Vermillion Fruit wine all over the mountains. Although I have a backup plan, the goal has already been achieved. There is not much point in staying any longer, so it is better to leave early."

Gu Sheng made up his mind. This time, he had over-fulfilled the task, but the consequences were even more serious.

Originally, if it was just him and Chu Xin, they would have been lucky to make two trips back and forth before the Iron-Arm Apes broke through the stone wall. They would not have been able to take away much Vermillion Fruit wine, and the change in the liquid level in the stone pit should not have been significant.

As long as they blew up the tunnel in time, the Iron-Arm Apes might not have noticed some subtle changes in the liquid level without seeing anyone, and Gu Sheng might have been able to fool them.

But now, with the help of the snakes, they had filled twelve of the person-high gourds and two of the half-person-high gourds, taking away nearly half of the Vermillion Fruit wine. It would be strange if the Iron-Arm Apes didn't notice such a significant change in the liquid level.

Gu Sheng thought to himself, his speed of descent getting faster and faster. The closer he got to the foot of the mountain, the more relaxed he became. His Internal Fist had already reached a certain level, and he wouldn't die from falling from a straight-line height of five hundred meters.

When he was less than two hundred meters from the bottom of the mountain, Gu Sheng supported himself with both hands, retracted the hooks, and suddenly jumped down. Each time he fell ten zhang, he spread his hands and grabbed the cliff face to pause. Just like that, pausing every ten zhang, pausing every ten zhang, after seven or eight jumps, he leaped towards Chu Xin at the foot of the mountain.

"Crack!"

Gu Sheng stepped on a branch of a big tree at the foot of the mountain and broke it, and then used the force to easily land on the ground beside Chu Xin. Beside the two of them, there were nearly twenty large snakes over six zhang long, most of them with a gourd in their mouths.

"Go~"

Gu Sheng didn't dare to be negligent. He took Chu Xin and climbed onto the largest black python, which was over ten zhang long and had bumps on its head. Its strength was not inferior to Qing Ling before its evolution.

"Hiss hiss~"

Qing Ling, hidden on Gu Sheng's body, poked out its dragon head and hissed twice. The twenty large snakes immediately scurried into the mountains at a high speed and disappeared into the vast Wildlands.

Boom!

A passage on the mountainside of Iron Arm Ape Mountain suddenly exploded open again. The Ape King, quickly realizing what had happened after noticing the change in the wine pit, thought of the previous passage. With the help of a large number of Iron-Arm Apes, the obstructing rocks were quickly cleared away, and the entrance to the dead end on the cliff face was exposed once more.

"Aaa! Aaa! Aaa! Aaa!~~~~"

The Golden-Eyed Silver Ape King craned its neck to look down. The cliff below was shrouded in mist, making it impossible to see the bottom of the mountain. However, the grooves left by Gu Sheng as he fell caught the Ape King's attention, and it couldn't help but roar in anger!

The roar echoed through the sky, and anyone could sense the Ape King's fury. But even with its sharp claws capable of dissipating force, it didn't rashly jump down the unfathomably deep cliff.

"Aaa!"

"Aaa! Aaa!"

The Ape King Cave was filled with a cacophony of noise, each Iron-Arm Ape clearly filled with indignation. Twelve tall Iron-Arm Apes came behind the Golden-Eyed Ape King, each waiting for the Ape King's command.

"Aaa!"

The Ape King bared its teeth and roared. Four of the tall Iron-Arm Apes and nearly three hundred ordinary Iron-Arm Apes rushed out of the cave, heading down the unknown mountainside.

Unlike Teng Qingshan in the original story, who only took one gourd, Gu Sheng had almost emptied their stock. How could the Ape King not order a pursuit? If it weren't worried about enemies attacking its lair after it left, the Ape King would have personally gone after him.