The sunlight passed through the gaps between the branches and leaves of the bamboo forest and fell on a piece of green grass.
A white ape stretched out its long right hand and wrote and drew on the palm of the girl in green shirt next to it, while its other hand scratched its head from time to time.
The male ape is actually a special species of gibbon. His arms are nearly one meter long and his joints are extremely flexible, far beyond those of ordinary people. It wrote words on Zhao Qing's palm, stroke by stroke, very clearly.
"I have always been able to understand your speech, but I have no way to communicate with my voice. However, last night, I inexplicably learned your human words and can communicate through writing..."
According to the seal script written by Yuan Gong, Zhao Qing read it silently in his heart.
Can you always understand what I say? Suddenly learned Yue Zhuan?
She was shocked and quickly recalled the past to confirm whether she had said anything special to Mr. Ape. Don't say anything about time travel or past lives.
As for the fact that it suddenly learned to write words last night, it was most likely transmitted by Zhu Ji Wu Ci through spiritual thoughts. I don’t know the exact purpose of the master, but he probably also took a fancy to the ape man’s talent?
As an ape, he doesn't seem to be very old, but his martial arts skills are far beyond those of ordinary martial arts practitioners. This kind of talent is absolutely extremely rare.
After receiving the message from Monkey King, Zhao Qing thought secretly.
Although she had long felt that the ape man's intelligence was no less than that of humans, it was beyond her expectation that he could even understand human language.
This means that it is not something that can only be understood by an ape on its own, but has the ability to learn through mutual communication and books like humans, and its future achievements are limitless.
Monkey King's current strength is only slightly higher than mine now, and is nothing in the Yue Kingdom, but in the future, he will definitely be able to gain a place among the top masters.
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After talking about how he learned Yue Seal yesterday, the ape man began to tell Zhao Qing about his past life in words.
Among humans, there are precocious geniuses who can read at the age of three, recite poetry at the age of five, and compose poetry at the age of seven. Compared with humans, the life span of gibbons is much shorter.
The ape male is born with supernatural powers and is different from ordinary humans. When it was two years old, it initially learned to use bamboo sticks to deal with other animals; when it was three years old, it was already the most capable ape in the hundreds of miles of surrounding mountains and forests;
When he was five years old, he lived in isolation and used bamboo sticks to fight tigers and leopards. He lost consecutive battles and escaped by relying on the advantages of apes in the mountains and forests, but he also accumulated a lot of experience;
When he was seven years old, he sneaked into places where people gathered, learned human language, various methods of using foreign objects, and the basics of strength, and officially embarked on the path of martial arts training...
Today, the Monkey King is seventeen years old, which is equivalent to a human being in his forties. After practicing martial arts for ten years, he has reached the state of reincarnation and transformation. His physique has changed, his body size has grown, and he has further developed his wisdom and vitality.
This is a heterogeneous ape that seems to be born to practice martial arts, and the more it practices, the higher its intelligence becomes.
"Old Ape, do you want to leave with me?" Zhao Qing asked Mr. Ape.
After learning about the ape man's love for martial arts, she understood that he would not be willing to stay in this mountain forest and be companions with the goats.
After experiencing the two sides competing with each other with bamboo sticks and making rapid progress, it could hardly bear to return to its previous state of being a single ape and slow down its progress.
And it’s not like the ape male has never made his way into human society in the past. Although the scope of the adventure is not very large, it also proves its ability to adapt to the environment.
The monkey nodded in affirmation.
Zhao Qing's face showed a look of joy. If her friend is willing and able to accompany her to a new place, she naturally agrees with it.
Speaking of which, communicating by handwriting is still a bit troublesome. If Mr. Yuan learned some special methods, it would be much easier, such as Duan Yanqing's ventriloquism.
However, the performance of ventriloquism requires a combination of superior internal skills. If Yuan Gong wants to practice it, he has to encounter many obstacles. There is no special technique such as "Heavenly Weapons Form Refining and Qi Entrainment Method", strength and internal strength are incompatible with each other.
Zhao Qing looked at the ape man who folded a bamboo stick in the bamboo forest and held it in his hand, then turned back and said: "Old ape, you can follow me from now on. I will take care of your eating, fighting, etc. Undertaken. Set off with me tomorrow to Kuaiji City."
"Kuiji City? Where is it? How far away is it? Is there anything special there?" Monkey King wrote on her hand.
Zhao Qing replied: "It's about four thousand miles, and it will take a month or two. The resources and environment for martial arts training there are much richer than here."
"Then it's decided." Monkey King stopped writing.
Finally, Zhao Qing stroked the horns on the head of the old goat he had been with the longest, and Zhao Qing formally parted with the sheep.
One person and one ape, each carrying a bamboo stick, walked along the valley towards Zhao's house.
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The next day, at a rural town more than 20 miles away from the deserted Zhao family, at an intersection on the edge, an ox cart parked quietly here.
Zhao Qing hugged Rui Xi, who was wrapped in a quilt, and placed her smoothly in the carriage. Then he placed a package containing money and a large bundle containing clothes in the corner of the carriage.
She also piled some dry food prepared for the road and utensils and jars needed for cooking and dining.
On the top of the carriage, the ape man lay comfortably on it, holding a bamboo stick in his arms and chewing on a bunch of sweet and sour wild fruits with unknown names in his mouth.
In front of the car, a roped and somewhat anxious cattle looked around, not sure whether he wanted to be lazy or impatient.
After saying a few words to the people in charge in the township, Zhao Qing jumped on the front of the car and began to drive the cattle to pull the vehicle.
In this day and age, horse-drawn carriages are far more valuable than ox-carts and are also much rarer. Cattle were not used to cultivate land in later generations, but were mainly used for food, sacrifice and transportation.
In fact, there were no horse-drawn carriages in this small village, and Zhao Qing only had an ox-cart as his only option.
Her travel plan was to arrive at the nearest city, "Chongquan", to rest for a while, and then quickly rush to the capital city along the flat official road along the outer edge of the Kuaiji Mountains.
But after hearing the sound of rolling wheels, the slightly smaller rear compartment slowly accelerated, leaving two deep ruts on the dirt road covered with wild flowers and weeds.
