A "squeak" seemed to come from the dense forest on the eastern side of the mountain.

Wei Yuan was so tense that the soft spikes on his head bristled again.

He had experienced being captured before, and although his initial intentions hadn't changed, he learned a lesson and became much more vigilant in his demon heart now.

Before Chen Xu could speak, Wei Yuan's entire body was already bristling with sharp spikes.

He was just waiting for the moment any danger was discovered; he would use his earth-escape technique to flee with Mr. Chen!

Only the sound of the wind was faint, and the pine trees whispered softly.

Besides the previous "squeak" from the forest, no other sounds emerged.

No, there seemed to be birds singing and the wind moving in the distance.

Occasionally, there was a fluttering sound, making the whole mountain seem alive.

Wei Yuan was both startled and angry, shouting once more, "Who is it? Come out, or else, or else I will not be polite with you!"

Saying this, he was about to fetch a talisman from the bookcase.

At this moment, Chen Xu suddenly waved his hand gently.

With this wave, the gentle wind in the mountain suddenly roared like waves, and the eastern pine forest abruptly fell neatly downslope.

The gentle wind turned into a fierce wind, raging wildly.

A "squeak" was heard.

The thing hiding in the pine forest could no longer stay hidden, leaping forward, and suddenly tumbled to the ground.

That little creature was about two feet high, with brownish-gray fur, and upon landing, it sprang up frantically intending to dash into the dense forest.

But having already revealed itself, how could it escape Chen Xu's pursuit?

Chen Xu remained seated, only waving his hand slightly in the air.

The howling wind turned into a long rope, swiftly twisting and pulling.

The fleeing little creature, unable to control its movements, cried chaotically in mid-air, flying backwards to Chen Xu's side.

Bang!

The little creature was swept to the ground by the fierce wind, feeling both pain and panic, attempting to flip over and escape, but was suppressed by the wind rope, unable to move at all.

It could only lie down with its head up, squeaking on the ground, pitifully looking at Chen Xu and Wei Yuan.

Hey, it turned out to be a little monkey.

The monkey had a delicate face, puffy cheeks, a pair of round ears standing erect on its head, its fur smooth and dense, looking somewhat cute and pretty.

Wei Yuan was momentarily taken aback, feeling slightly embarrassed.

A harmless looking little monkey appearing in front of them, treating it as an enemy seemed to be overreacting.

Yet, having been duped before, he didn't dare to say the little monkey was definitely harmless.

So he kept silent, waiting for Chen Xu to take action.

Chen Xu's cultivation was so high that in Wei Yuan's mind now, he had left a complete impression of being "unreachable."

Hence, Wei Yuan felt ashamed for having thought of fleeing with Chen Xu, feeling thankful it was only a thought and not an expressed action.

Otherwise, wouldn't it have been a joke?

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!" The little monkey, lying on the ground, saw its pitiful cries did not elicit sympathy, quickly raising its furry arms in a gesture of supplication to Chen Xu.

Seeing Chen Xu still unmoved, it hastily stammered out a few human words: "Immortal... immortal sir... spare, spare my life!"

Hey, this little monkey turned out to be a little demon capable of speaking human language.

Indeed, it had weak demon energy and wasn't an ordinary wild monkey from the mountain.

Otherwise, Wei Yuan wouldn't have been so tense upon sensing its presence.

Seeing the monkey speaking human parlance out of urgency, Chen Xu calmly responded, "I am not an immortal sir, my surname is Chen. May I ask why you have been watching us in the forest for quite some time?"

It turned out Chen Xu had long discovered the monkey peeking at him from the forest.

It seemed to have started from the moment he boiled the Jade Needle Grass.

Yet, since the monkey only peeked without taking any specific action, Chen Xu decided to remain unchanged and acted as if the monkey didn't exist.

Now that the little monkey was revealed, Chen Xu straightforwardly asked.

The little monkey anxiously scratched its face, tilted its head, seemingly processing Chen Xu's question.

After a while, the monkey appeared to finally comprehend, hurriedly saying, "I, I... have seen, have seen Master Chen!"

Having uttered this sentence, the little monkey breathed a long sigh of relief.

As if it accomplished a significant task, it happily scratched its face, then turned its head, looking longingly at the fire stove and pottery jar nearby.

"I... I smelled the fragrance! A different kind of fragrance, so fragrant, I... I want it! I have fruit, fruit to exchange with you!"

It struggled to articulate, with each sentence seeming to require its full effort.

Yet fortunately, Chen Xu and Wei Yuan understood its meaning.

Most amusingly, as soon as the little monkey uttered "fragrant," the Food Cauldron Celestial Book opened, immediately recording a line of praise data.

[Praise +30]

The monkey's "fragrance" gave Chen Xu thirty points of praise.

The Food Cauldron Celestial Book further indicated the monkey's basic praise limit was precisely 30 points, whereas the Spiritual Food praise limit was 300 points.

A somewhat weak little demon, even less potent than the previously newly awakened intelligent blue eagle, seemed entirely harmless to Chen Xu now.

Chen Xu found it intriguing, not expecting that cooking Jade Needle Grass on the mountain would attract a little demon.

He responded to the monkey, "This pot of Jade Needle Grass soup is urgently needed and can't be traded with you."

Saying this, he stood and walked back to the fire stove.

The Jade Needle Grass had simmered over the gentle fire for roughly a quarter of an hour, and it seemed the time was just about right now.

The little monkey, however, grew anxious, quickly saying, "But I... I have wine, I have good wine... good wine to exchange for this soup!"

As it spoke, its delicate face displayed a human-like proud expression.

It was visibly convinced that its wine was the finest in the world.

Chen Xu felt increasingly amused, a monkey demon, whose speech was even less coherent, yet possessing good wine?

He wasn't greedy for the monkey's wine but instead flipped his hand, tossing a small bamboo tube to the monkey.

The bamboo tube contained not the Intoxicated Spirit Wine, but the diluted Joy and Sorrow Wine.

It was visibly convinced that its wine was the finest in the world.

Chen Xu felt increasingly amused, a monkey demon, whose speech was even less coherent, yet possessing good wine?

He wasn't greedy for the monkey's wine but instead flipped his hand, tossing a small bamboo tube to the monkey.

The bamboo tube contained not the Intoxicated Spirit Wine, but the diluted Joy and Sorrow Wine. It was visibly convinced that its wine was the finest in the world.

Chen Xu felt increasingly amused, a monkey demon, whose speech was even less coherent, yet possessing good wine?

He wasn't greedy for the monkey's wine but instead flipped his hand, tossing a small bamboo tube to the monkey.

The bamboo tube contained not the Intoxicated Spirit Wine, but the diluted Joy and Sorrow Wine.

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