CHAPTER 667: CHAPTER 414 WINE WORM!

The next day.

Yan Chuan and Fu Zhe, Feng Jin, and Shangguan Ji preliminarily agreed on the joint development of matters related to Nanyue Lake, after which he sent everyone away. Then, accompanied by Chen Ze and led by Wang Zhengyi’s "Monkey King Avatar," they began their sweep.

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"Old Yan."

"This is the first stop, named ’Evil Vulture Cliff,’ a name I came up with."

"At the top of this cliff resides an Innate Beast King ’Golden Vulture,’ which likes to eat monkey brains, hence its proximity to Iron Arm Monkey Mountain. Over the years, countless Iron-Armed Monkeys have suffered because of it."

"After taking over the monkey group, I investigated. The reason the Golden Vulture perches here isn’t for easy access to monkey brains or to satisfy its appetite, but because there’s a treasure tree on this Evil Vulture Cliff, called the ’Alcohol Worm Tree.’

"The fruit borne by the ’Alcohol Worm Tree’ is known as ’Wine Worm,’ which can cause those in the Innate Realm to fall into a state of ’Drunken Life and Dream Death.’ During this period, whether cultivating Inner Strength or comprehending Absolute Skills, they can achieve twice the result with half the effort. However, the side effect is becoming so intoxicated that they forget life and death, easily falling into peril."

"The Iron-Arm Monkey Group chose this mountain as their base because the pollen from the wine worm flowers on the Alcohol Worm Tree spreads, contaminating the various flowers across the mountains, and the fruits produced are more suitable for brewing Monkey Wine. Only when using the fruits grown beneath the ’Evil Vulture Cliff’ at Iron Arm Monkey Mountain as the main ingredient can the Monkey Wine be brewed to be so mellow, intense, with exceptional Qi Power enhancement effects!"

Wang Zhengyi led Yan Chuan to the mountain peak, pointing diagonally downwards from a distance. From below, it wasn’t visible, but from this angle, one could see a vulture’s nest hidden behind a boulder, sheltered from the cliff’s wild winds. Next to it, a lush treasure tree grew slanted from the cliff edge. Even in the dead of winter, its branches and leaves remained verdant, with numerous fruit resembling large maggots growing faintly among them—

"Those are Wine Worms!"

Wang Zhengyi’s eyes burned with zeal: "’Alcohol Worm Tree’ buds every spring, blooms in summer, bears fruit in autumn, and matures in winter, never withering throughout the year."

"Once the ’Wine Worm Fruit’ matures, it doesn’t fall off. As long as it’s not picked, it can continue to grow. Like wine, the longer it hangs on the tree, the more fragrant, intense, and better the ’Drunken Life and Dream Death’ effect."

"Hey!"

"Look—"

"Just by appearance, you can tell the difference. A newly matured ’Wine Worm Fruit’ has only nineteen segments, and with each year of growth, an additional segment forms. The Golden Vulture has occupied Evil Vulture Cliff for only ten years, and before it, all the birds and beasts that consumed ’Wine Worm Fruit’ ended up in a ’Drunken Life and Dream Death,’ falling from the precipice and being smashed to pieces. Only the Golden Vulture, having achieved the Innate state as a Beast King, preserved its life and recognized the wonders of the ’Wine Worm Fruit,’ thus occupying it for the past ten years."

"But because the ’Alcohol Worm Tree’ had no owner before, it accumulated a considerable amount of high-aged ’Wine Worm Fruit.’ Even with the Golden Vulture consuming it continuously over the past ten years, there are still ten or so remaining hundred-year-old Wine Worm Fruits, which can be considered a Great Medicine!"

Wang Zhengyi’s introduction was explosive from the start.

Golden Vulture!

Alcohol Worm Tree!

Wine Worm Fruit!

A treasure indeed!

"Humans and beasts take different paths."

"In a wild land like Nanyue Lake, it naturally belongs to the Alien Beasts."

"However, even Alien Beasts don’t fully understand Nanyue Lake."

"For example, the ’Golden Vulture’ on ’Evil Vulture Cliff.’ It has occupied the ’Alcohol Worm Tree’ for ten years, remaining in a ’Drunken Life and Dream Death’ state without drawing attention. Other Innate Beast Kings in Nanyue Lake know very little about it, some even unaware that there is such a Beast King in the area."

"But, as the saying goes, snakes follow snake paths, and rats follow rat paths."

"The Iron Arm Monkey Group gathers from all sides, sharing intelligence. Previously, information about the Beast King only allowed the Iron Arm Monkey Group to avoid confrontation and protect themselves. However, after I took over, I integrated the intelligence, and with Old Yan and Brother Chen, this information became priceless!"

Wang Zhengyi’s Monkey King Avatar couldn’t help but grin, his golden eyes looking at Yan Chuan and Chen Ze: "You came at the right time!"

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"Golden Vulture."

From a distance, Yan Chuan and Chen Ze observed. Both "Nine Yang Divine Skill" and "Innate Skill" included the "Turtle Breathing Method." With their profound Inner Strength, they used the soft [Turtle Breathing Method] to breathe, requiring minimal air and avoiding the leaking of their Qi Power as they watched in secret.

Looking at the Golden Vulture—

The upper part of its wings had black feathers with a faint silver-gray sheen, while the lower wings were golden yellow, with a wingspan of about five meters, making it a behemoth.

Guarding the Alcohol Worm Tree in a ’Drunken Life and Dream Death’ state for ten years on Evil Vulture Cliff, based on the ’Wine Worm Fruit’s trait, even if the Golden Vulture was only at the Basic Innate level ten years ago, after ten years, its entire strength had at least entered the Innate Second Rank, possibly even Third Rank!

"Innate Fifth Layer."

"Or Innate Tenth Layer."

"Possibly even higher."

Wang Zhengyi right away found Yan Chuan and the others an extremely tricky and formidable target.

But—

"I didn’t bring you here to kill it!"

"Leaving aside whether we can even kill it, if we indeed manage to, who will protect the ’Alcohol Worm Tree’ for us afterward?"

Wang Zhengyi emphasized: "Old Yan! Brother Chen! We do not seek to kill the Golden Vulture. Whether it’s Old Yan’s ’Gravity Domain’ or Brother Chen’s ’Three Heads and Six Arms,’ one of you can lure it away, and the other takes the opportunity to steal the ’Wine Worm Fruit.’ We only need a moment to pick those ten or so ’Hundred-Year-Old Wine Worm Fruits’ and then withdraw. We can return once a year, and that will be sufficient!"

Indeed.

There’s no need to fight to the death, nor is it their goal to defeat the Golden Vulture.

"In that case, it’s simple."

Yan Chuan looked at Wang Zhengyi: "You go down first to avoid accidental harm."

In battles at the Innate Level, even a feigned attack would be fatal to Wang Zhengyi’s Monkey King Avatar, causing quick demise. It’s better to retreat first.