Chapter 323 No Need to Take Risks

"Don't need to go? Why?" Qin Ruyan asked. Not only she, but others also didn't understand why Hou Jiangong would suddenly say such a thing.

Hou Jiangong said: "I think the monkey I raised should have got the spirit wine."

After Hou Jiangong's reminder, everyone remembered that Hou Jiangong did raise a spirit monkey, which was the same species as the iron-armed monkey in Yehoupo. It's just that this demon monkey didn't act with everyone along the way. Later, after a series of changes, everyone forgot about it. Now think about it, Hou Jiangong must have brought the spirit monkey with him, but just used it as a backup.

Qin Ruyan asked, "Did your monkey get the wine?"

Hou Jiangong said, "Because the monsters have different habits from us, I always let him follow us secretly and act according to the situation. After that, the monkey king was trapped, and the monster monkeys in the monster cave were also lured out by us. The monkey took advantage of the chaos to enter the cave and stole a jar of wine."

The monkey king was so powerful that everyone still had lingering fears when they thought of him. Even if he was injured, he was capable of killing several of them, so no one wanted to fight him head-on. If the monkey really stole the wine, everyone would not have to take risks.

"Really? That's great, then we don't have to take risks. But where is your monkey? Why didn't you join us?" Qin Ruyan said in surprise.

"Later, Shisan died in battle and we were hunted by the Monkey King. I didn't want Shisan's body to be exposed in the wilderness, so I asked the monkey to take back Shisan's body. As a result, we encountered the three evil spirits of Nanling. I was captured and temporarily lost contact with the monkey. But I feel that he is not far away from us. As long as we look around, we should be able to find him." Hou Jiangong said.

The cultivators are connected with the spirit insects and spirit beasts they control. They can not only communicate with each other, but also feel the approximate location of each other. However, this connection has a distance limit. Once this distance is exceeded, the connection will be interrupted.

After being captured by the three evil spirits of Nanling, Hou Jiangong was taken directly to the Nanling mountain village, which is dozens of miles away from the wild monkey slope. It is normal that the monkey can't find him for a while. Now a day or two has passed, and the monkey should be here soon.

Qin Ruyan thought that Hou Jiangong sent out his spirit beasts to guard against everyone. Now she knows that it was to help her get spirit wine, and then sent him to take back the body of Shisan for her. Unexpectedly, an outsider did better than her master.

Shisan has been with Qin Ruyan for more than ten years, and there is some affection between them. Qin Ruyan's eyes turned red, and she said to Hou Jiangong: "Junior Brother Hou, thank you very much."

Hou Jiangong was not used to being thanked so solemnly by Qin Ruyan, and hurriedly said: "No, no, in fact, I didn't do anything, and I am far inferior to Junior Brother Qingyang."

This is true. If it weren't for Qingyang this time, they would probably be wiped out. It was Qingyang who first found a way to kill the rolling rat, and then joined forces with Tian Shengcai, Cui Yu'an and others to kill Yi Er, which changed the strength comparison between the two sides.

Afterwards, Qingyang resisted the one-eyed dragon Leng Yu at the critical moment, and sacrificed his spirit insect to bite the one-eyed dragon Leng Yu. It can be said that he worked hard and made great contributions, and saved everyone's life.

Everyone has already discussed that the spoils of this time are all Qingyang's. After returning, the body of Yi Er of the rolling rat will be handed over, and the rewards will be given to Qingyang.

Qin Ruyan also fulfilled the reward she promised before coming on the spot, ten spirit stones per person. Although these ten spirit stones cannot be compared with the dangers encountered by everyone, it is not a small amount. Ten spirit stones for two months is much better than staying in Qingfeng Hall to do tasks.

Qin Ruyan's collection talisman was still found by Qingyang. If it were not for Qingyang, she would not be able to afford even these few spirit stones. Not only that, Qingyang also returned the other two collection talismans to Hou Jiangong and Deng Changting. There were not many things in them, so there was no need to make others unhappy because of such a small matter. Qingyang subdued the Monkey King this time and obtained a large amount of spirit wine, which was a great harvest.

Since there was spirit wine, there was no need to take risks anymore, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Although Hou Jiangong's limb injuries were not completely healed, they did not affect his walking, so Deng Changting accompanied him to the foot of the mountain to look for the lost spirit monkey, while the others continued to repair in Nanling Mountain Village.

The two of them went out for most of the day, and in the afternoon, they returned to the mountain stronghold with Hou Jiangong's spirit monkey. They not only brought back a jar of monkey spirit wine, but also Shi Shan's body. The nine people who set out from Qingfeng Hall were finally gathered together, but two of them became corpses.

Everyone was a cultivator and had seen a lot of life and death, so they were not very sad. Only Qin Ruyan, Shi Jian and Deng Changting stood in front of the two corpses for a while.

Shi Shan and Deng Changzhu had no relatives in the sect, so there was no need to bring the bodies back, so everyone buried the two bodies directly in the Nanling mountain stronghold.

On the third day, everyone's injuries had recovered by 60% to 70%. Those with lighter injuries, such as Cui Yu'an and Shi Jian, had recovered from external injuries, and those with more serious injuries had basically healed their wounds. Internal injuries need to be slowly healed, but the overall strength has recovered by 70% to 80%, and there is no problem in self-protection.

The sequelae of Qingyang's blood burning technique had long gone, and his internal injuries had mostly healed. The only pity was the crocodile armor on his body, which was repeatedly damaged during the battle with the demon monkey, and was finally slapped by the one-eyed dragon Leng Yu, almost completely scrapped.

As Qingyang's strength increased, the crocodile armor of the middle-grade defensive magic weapon level was no longer practical for him. It was just right to scrap it, and he could get a better one later if he had the chance.

The matter has been settled, so there is no need to delay here any longer. On the morning of the third day, everyone packed up their luggage and left Nanling Mountain Village together, heading towards Qingfeng Palace.

Everyone traveled all day and slept at night. During the day, they focused on the journey, and at night they found a temporary place to rest. When they were thirsty, they drank some mountain stream water directly, and when they were hungry, they ate some dry food casually. Occasionally, they would hunt a wild beast to improve their lives. They went smoothly along the way and did not encounter any danger.

Qin Ruyan would set up her own tent every night, and would ask Shijian to make her a delicious dinner. In the morning, she would continue to wash and dress up by the river, and most of the journey would require spotted deer to travel. However, compared to the past, Qin Ruyan had done things much more neatly, and did not delay everyone's time too much, so the return trip was very fast, taking only twenty days.

After this incident, Qin Ruyan seemed to have grown up. Although there were still many minor problems, at least she was not as hypocritical as before, and she no longer bossed others around. It was just that there seemed to be a hint of something inexplicable in her eyes when she looked at Qingyang.

～～～～～～Thanks to fellow Taoist Bai Lige and Wuyong Baiban for their recent rewards!