Faced with the forceful recommendation of this black and gold monkey, Lin Yu had no choice but to accept it.
Unfortunately, she had already eaten several dates. The spiritual power contained in these dates, which were facing the stream, was extremely domineering. Even Lin Yu did not yet have the spiritual power to control such domineering spiritual power.
Originally, spiritual power only increases gradually, a little bit each day, and even this little bit should be the result of arduous cultivation.
At the same time, not only will spiritual power increase, but the strength of the body and meridians will also increase. This is the correct way to cultivate.
However, while these sweet dates can rapidly increase a cultivator's power, they can also cause chaos. Therefore, Lin Yu dared not consume them indiscriminately, as the slightest carelessness could have irreversible effects on him.
Even if Lin Yu knew the effects of it, he didn't want to force his growth.
"Even someone like me, with the assistance of the Primordial Hall, would find it difficult to tolerate these dates. How could such a little guy eat so many dates in one go without any change?"
Lin Yu suddenly realized something. If he remembered correctly, the black and gold monkey had eaten quite a few dates, and it had eaten them all in one go.
Even Lin Yu, after eating a few dates facing the stream, would not be able to withstand the surge of spiritual energy without eating a few dates with their backs to the stream. However, this black and gold monkey seemed to accept this with ease.
"You little guy, you're no different from any other monkey outside. So why are you able to eat these dates?" Lin Yu couldn't help but ask.
But soon, Lin Yu realized that it was highly likely that the monkey had eaten all the dates facing the stream and those facing away from it, and that its body had reached a delicate balance through long-term consumption of these dates.
And speaking of this, there is also the stream.
Perhaps, unknowingly, it helped neutralize the domineering energy of the jujube on the back of the black and gold monkey.
It is through the alternation of these two energies that this black-gold monkey may have been able to survive and retain a certain level of intelligence.
"I think you'll be fine if you eat both sides of the dates regularly. After all, if you only ate one side, you definitely wouldn't be alive now," Lin Yu concluded seriously.
However, all of this sounded like a divine book to the black-gold monkey.
Although he could understand some of the conversations, it was limited to only simple ones.
Having spent hundreds of years alone in a cave, this monkey had no one to communicate with, so being able to understand simple conversations was already quite an achievement.
How could the black and gold monkey possibly understand such complicated words spoken by Lin Yu at this moment?
However, after pondering for a long time, the black and gold monkey seemed to finally understand Lin Yu's meaning, but he quickly scratched his head again, as if he still couldn't fully comprehend it.
Just as Lin Yu and the black and gold monkey were staring at each other, unable to communicate at all, a special fragrance suddenly wafted from the cave.
The fragrance came so suddenly that Lin Yu couldn't immediately pinpoint its source.
Lin Yu got up and observed carefully before realizing that the smell actually came from the thin stream of water.
Not knowing why a fragrance suddenly wafted from the water, Lin Yu got up to investigate. The black and gold monkey, not wanting to let go of a creature that had finally appeared in the cave, followed Lin Yu over.
Lin Yu reached into the stream and felt that the water was very warm, unlike the water flow outside at this time of year.
Moreover, while ordinary flowing water should be somewhat cold, this flowing water carried a temperature that ordinary flowing water does not possess.
I don't know if it's because of the special environment, but the water feels incredibly comfortable to the touch.
Lin Yu followed the stream and found a puddle at the end of the jujube tree.
It was the existence of this puddle that allowed water to flow continuously into the roots of the jujube tree, enabling it to grow into a towering tree over the years.
If you look closely, this jujube tree has lived for over a thousand years, but it shows no signs of aging. It is as lush and fruitful as a young tree.
Lin Yu felt that it was a blessing that this jujube tree could grow in this cave.
After all, if they had grown up in the outside world, they might have been destroyed in the previous era.
Lin Yu carefully examined the jujube tree and soon discovered that beneath the rough bark, there were some strange characters.
These characters are completely unnoticed unless you specifically look for them in the location of the puddle.
Even though Lin Yu had stood under the jujube tree, eaten quite a few jujubes, and even took a piece of bark with him, he hadn't discovered any runes on them.
Based on this, one can imagine just how secretive the existence of this character truly is.
Lin Yu was astonished by this discovery. He had thought there was nothing special in this strange place, but the existence of these characters seemed to have given Lin Yu a new breakthrough.
Lin Yu couldn't help but want to explore the meaning behind these characters.
"What does this mean?" Lin Yu stroked the characters on it, muttering to himself.
Lin Yu could sense that those characters had been on the jujube tree for quite some time, but unfortunately, Lin Yu was all alone and couldn't find anyone to discuss things with except for the black and gold monkey in front of him.
To Lin Yu's surprise, after hearing his words, the black and golden monkey seemed to understand something, jumped onto the book, and then moved all the leaves and fruits off the jujube tree.
Lin Yu didn't understand the meaning of the black and gold monkey's actions at first, but after all the leaves and fruits were peeled away, Lin Yu gradually discovered that there was an even larger area of text on it.
"This... looks like a tombstone." Lin Yu suddenly had a feeling that the shape of the jujube tree in front of him really did resemble a tombstone.
"Little monkey, besides me, have you seen anyone else here?" Lin Yu couldn't help but ask.
The jujube tree is covered with dense runes, which are definitely man-made. This means that Lin Yu and the black and gold monkey were not the only ones who visited this cave; there must have been another person there as well.
However, the black and gold monkey shook its head violently upon hearing this.