Chapter 13: Treasure Hunt in the Valley

Author: Zong Hua Jiao Zi Da Xiong Mao

Translation: Mixatye

 

The next day, he bade goodbye to the Golden Toad.

Wang Zhen took Dabao and walked along the mountains towards the middle of the Monster Forest under the leadership of the Golden Ape.

Last night, in order to show his loyalty, the Golden Ape, as the younger brother, reported to Dabao that he had discovered a place that looked like a cultivation cave.

 

Wang Zhen, who was bored, thought that since he was walking anyway, he might as well take a look along the way.

By the way, he can explore for treasures, fight monsters, etc. After all, he is already preparing to go to the human world. He needs to prepare more things to go out and exchange for some money, which will make his life easier.

As for whether he could find something, he really didn't think that much.

 

If it doesn't work out, he'll sell the Ten Thousand Year Earth Milk that Golden Toad gave him last night. Those bottles should be worth a lot of money.

When leaving last night, the Golden Toad refined several jade bottles, filled several bottles of Ten Thousand Year Earth Milk, and gave them to Dabao, saying that they would use them for cultivation.

 

As for the Golden Ape, he will send them to the outskirts of the Monster Forest and return to the cave to keep company with the Golden Toad.

There was silence all the way. With the Golden Ape, a monster in the transformation stage, there was no way any monster with eyes would come to offend.

 

It’s just that, Wang Zhen hasn’t learned how to turn off Mastery of All Techniques.

His ears didn't stop listening along the way, and there were all kinds of conversations between monster beasts.

 

For example: there is a pair of centipede beasts not far away from his feet whispering;

Female centipede; "Honey, is that human?"

Male Centipede: "Yes! That's human. It walks on two legs. It's so ugly."

Female Centipede: "My husband is still handsome, with many legs and a long body."

 

Wang Zhen; "Speechless..."

 

Another example: In a tree hole in the tree, a squirrel-like monster suddenly saw Wang Zhen.

So, it shouted at the entrance of the cave: "Honey, hurry up, come out and see humans!"

After a while, a smaller squirrel came out. As soon as it came out, it asked, "Over there? Over there?"

 

In short, all kinds of animal language finally turned into a language he could understand and passed into his ears.

 

"Little ape, how long will it take?"

Just like that, without knowing it, Wang Zhen, who had been walking for a long time and didn't know how long he would continue walking, asked the golden ape who was leading the way.

 

"Well, boss, we'll be here soon."

Hearing Wang Zhen ask himself, the Golden Ape turned around and patted his chest in assurance.

 

"Thank you for your hard work, little ape. I will give you a piece of fruit as a reward."

Dabao, the treasure-hunting rat sitting on Wang Zhen's shoulder, said softly. Then, with a stroke of her hand, she took out a fruit from the void and handed it to the golden ape in front of her.

 

"Well, thank you, eldest sister."

The golden ape thanked her happily. Although he had eaten this kind of fruit countless times, this one was different because it was a gift from his eldest sister.

 

"Master, you eat too."

Seeing the Golden Ape take the jade date, Dabao moved her hand, and another jade date appeared and handed it to Wang Zhen.

 

"Well, thank you Dabao."

Wang Zhen said thank you as he walked away.

Ever since he knew that Dabao had her own dimension, he finally understood why Dabao could conjure up a jade date from time to time.

 

"Hey, Master, there is a faint fluctuation of spiritual qi in front of us, it should be a spiritual medicine."

While walking, Dabao on his shoulder suddenly said.

 

  "Over there?"

After hearing what Dabao said, Wang Zhen asked with interest.

 

"Xiao Jin, go to the left."

Dabao did not answer but instructed the Golden Ape to lead the way.

 

"Okay, eldest sister."

The Golden Ape obediently opened the way ahead. When he encountered someone blocking the way, he opened it with both hands, and a path appeared.

 

Just like that, after walking about a thousand meters, Wang Zhen suddenly saw a big dead tree.

The big tree was five meters thick and about a hundred meters long. For some unknown reason, it finally withered and fell to the ground.

And in the middle of its thick trunk, a blood-red Ganoderma lucidum that looks like the size of a bowl is growing vigorously.

"Master, this is a Blood Ganoderma that is over a hundred years old."

"Eating it raw has the effect of replenishing qi and blood. It should be able to refine pills."

Dabao, the treasure-hunting rat on one side, explained.

"By the way, this object also belongs to the category of spiritual objects, and it should have a guardian spirit beast."

"Xiao Jin, go pick it and be careful of its guardian spirit."

 

"Well, okay, eldest sister."

The Golden Ape listened and didn't care at all.

You must know that there are countless such things in the inner circle, and many of them are eaten as snacks.

As for the guardian spirits, it’s a complete joke.

He is a majestic golden ape, but he is still afraid of a small guardian spirit.

Besides, this is the outskirts of the monster forest, and there will not be too many powerful monsters there.

How powerful can a centuries-old guardian spirit creature of Blood Ganoderma be?

If it does show up, he doesn't mind teaching it a lesson.

Perhaps because he sensed the Golden Ape's thoughts, the guardian spirit did not appear until the Blood Ganoderma was picked.

 

It wasn't until Wang Zhen was far away that a one-meter-long lizard emerged from the branches of the tree, but it was a monster beast similar to a chameleon.

It was looking in the direction where Wang Zhen’s group was walking away, crying with tears in its eyes;

"You won't let us monsters live. You are a monster in the transformation stage. You don't stay in the inner circle, but come out to snatch the food rations of us little monsters. It's really shameless."

 

These are things that Wang Zhen who has gone far away doesn’t know.

After the Blood Ganoderma was collected, Dabao took it into its space.

Then, one person and one mouse walked towards the unknown cave under the leadership of the golden ape.

Along the way, under Dabao's perception, they picked up a lot of century-old herbs.

There are Ganoderma Lucidum, Ginseng, Huang Jing, Chinese knotweed, and other precious medicinal materials. There are also some that Wang Zhen has never seen before, but according to Dabao, they all belong to the scope of medicinal herbs.

 

Most of the guardian spirit beasts were frightened away after seeing the golden ape. Some of them did not run away. The final result was that they were beaten to death by the golden ape and roasted and eaten by one person and two beasts.

 

The next day, after walking for another half day, around the afternoon, they finally reached the place the Golden Ape mentioned.

It was a valley. From the outside, it seemed that no one had come to the valley for a long time, and there was no sound inside.

Standing at the entrance of the valley, the Golden Ape pointed inside and said, "This is right here. There is a very powerful trap inside. I accidentally entered it once. If it weren't for good luck, I almost wouldn't be able to get out."

 

Not long ago, when Golden Ape came out for training, he accidentally discovered this valley.

He found that there are few people in the valley here and the scenery is beautiful, so he planned to spend the night in the valley.

What he didn't expect was that as soon as he stepped into the valley, the formation inside was activated.

Fortunately, it only stepped in with one foot. After biting the tip of its own tongue, it managed to lose its vitality and blood before leaving the range of the formation.

Although it didn't know the level of the formation, it was cautious by nature and still gave up going in.

The more important reason is that when the formation was activated, he felt a huge danger.

It had a feeling that if it goes in, it may never come out again.

 

Although it didn't go in, it still remembered this place. Thinking about it, this place should be the powerful cave or the place of cultivation.

Although he couldn’t go in then, if his cultivation level improves in the future, he can still give it a try.

What he didn't expect was that in just a few months, it would be here again.

And now it is already in its transformation stage.

 

After hearing this, Wang Zhen looked at Dabao on his shoulder; "Dabao, do you have any idea?"

 

Dabao thought for a while and replied, "No problem, Master, I'll go in and take a look first."

With that said, without waiting for Wang Zhen to say anything more, she dodged and rushed into the valley.

Then, the valley in front of them was like a pebble falling into the water, causing a burst of wrinkles.

It returned to normal in the blink of an eye, but Dabao had disappeared.