Teng Qing Shan followed the three Iron-Armed Monkeys from a distance, chasing after them with quick and agile movements. When they encountered some thorny bushes blocking their path, Teng Qing Shan even lightly floated out more than ten zhang away, easily dodging them. In short, Teng Qing Shan made no sound on this Iron-Armed Monkey Mountain.

  "Ah!"

  "Ahhh~~~~"

  Three-headed iron-armed monkeys carried the corpse of a green python, rushing along and excitedly calling out to each other. With their six keen senses, they didn't notice at all that a human was following them from far behind.

  Teng Qing Shan's ears perked up after following for seven or eight miles.

  "Ah ah!"

  "Ahhh~~~~"

  ……

  A loud chattering noise, extremely boisterous iron arm monkey calls came from the front not far away.

  "Judging from the calls of the Iron Arm Apes, there should be a large number of them." Teng Qing Shan gazed ahead as three Iron Arm Apes carrying green python corpses disappeared from view, but he stood still on the spot without moving. "We can't blindly follow now. If we're not careful, we'll fall into the midst of the Iron Arm Ape group, and that would be disastrous."

  Crouching low, Teng Qing Shan followed the noisy cries and slowly approached.

  "Gurgling..." The sound of running water was very faint, but Teng Qing Shan heard it clearly.

  On the mountain, Teng Qing quietly advanced for about a mile before stopping and hiding in the dense grass. In front of him, not far away, was a nearly circular lake with a length of tens of meters. The lake water was still emitting heat, and many iron-armed monkeys were in the lake, while a few were on the shore.

  "There are quite a few iron arm monkeys. In the hot spring lake, there are probably over thirty heads, and on the shore, there are more than ten iron arm monkeys." Teng Qing Shan smiled, "These iron arm monkeys also like to soak in hot springs."

  Judging from its appearance, the hot spring-like lake water is indeed emitting heat.

  But whether it's really a hot spring, I'm not sure unless I personally feel the temperature.

  "Ah! Ah ah!"

  The macaques were making a ruckus in the lake, and those on the shore were calling out too. Unfortunately, Teng Qing Shan couldn't understand their language.

  "Huh!" Teng Qing Shan's eyes lit up, staring at the center of the hot spring lake.

  In the hot spring lake, there are also some smooth stones protruding from the water surface. In the center of the hot spring lake, there are more than a dozen thin and long stalks that break through the water, with green leaves on them. Among them, three stalks have a bright red fruit hanging in the middle of their green leaves.

  Among the other dozen or so roots, three also had fruit, but the fruit was green and smaller. The remaining roots only had leaves, with no fruit.

  "Zhu Guo!" Teng Qing Shan, who had seen various spirit fruit spectra before, was overjoyed at the sight. "I've come at just the right time, and there are actually three mature Zhu Guo. The other three Zhu Guo will probably take a few more months to fully ripen." Unripe Zhu Guo is not good to eat, it's all harm and no benefit.

  However, nearly fifty iron-armed monkeys are here! Teng Qing's eyebrows furrowed, "What to do?"

  "Forcefully rushing in is definitely not an option. The three-headed iron-armed ape that was carrying the green python's corpse earlier is nowhere to be found here. It's clear that on this Iron-Armed Ape Mountain, there are more iron-armed apes than just these ones in front of us!" Teng Qing Shan had a premonition that the iron-armed apes guarding the red fruit were only part of the larger troop.

  The 'monkey king' and other formidable characters in the monkey troop are probably not here yet.

  "If I go over and snatch the Zhu fruit directly, I estimate that before the Zhu fruit is even picked, the Iron Arm Apes will surround me. They might even call other Iron Arm Apes." Teng Qing Shan thought for a moment, "Hm, all living things must have times when they sleep or feel drowsy. The Iron Arm Apes may be intelligent, but they're just like children. They can't even do their jobs as diligently as soldiers."

  One word - wait!

  Wait until nightfall, wait for the iron-armed monkeys to fall asleep. Take advantage of the darkness to steal the red fruit!

  It works better at night with its own night vision.

  ……

  Because he was preparing to steal the jujube, Teng Qing Shan first poured out more than half of the water in his gourd. If the gourd is not full of water and Teng Qing Shan does not make any drastic movements, it may not make a sound. However, at critical moments when he makes drastic movements and changes rapidly, the water inside the gourd will surge and produce a noise.

  The blood-drinking knife was also put into the package, wrapped in clothes, without making a single sound.

  With a rifle in hand, Teng Qing Shan crouched quietly among the weeds.

  "When the time comes at night, pass by from the side!" Teng Qing Shan carefully examined the environment, even the surrounding rocks and trees, thinking of a safest plan. "After picking, if not discovered, quietly return. If discovered, directly jump up the tree... These are still not enough for the innate Iron Arm Ape, it's impossible to catch up with me."

  Waiting quietly.

  Without making a sound, after several hours had passed, it was already late afternoon, the sky was dark.

  "Ah!" A piercing cry rang out.

  The Tengqing Mountain stared at the distant hot spring lake, and his eyes narrowed involuntarily.

  Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!

  Almost fifty iron-armed monkeys, after the ear-piercing cry sounded, all rushed out of the hot spring lake like lightning. All the iron-armed monkeys were on the lakeside, and not a single one dared to make a sound. They all stared at an iron-armed monkey walking upright from a distance - an iron-armed monkey that was much taller and larger!

  The common tamarins are slightly smaller than humans.

  A nearly nine-foot-tall iron-armed ape, with a body covered in red fur and a small patch of silver fur on its chest. The tall iron-armed ape scanned the group of iron-armed apes with a glance, then let out a loud "whoosh" as it leapt up, jumping several dozen feet high and over a hundred feet away, landing on a rocky outcropping in the center of the lake.

  Then he jumped twice in a row, and the tall iron-armed monkey came to a pomegranate root, stretched out his hand and picked a bright red pomegranate!

  "Not good!"

  Hong Qing's face changed greatly, "Picking red fruit!"

  Teng Qing Shan had originally planned to make his move at night, but... that tall and powerful Iron Arm Ape had started picking the lotus flowers in the late afternoon. At this moment, nearly fifty Iron Arm Apes were surrounding the lake, behaving very obediently. They all stared at the tall and powerful Iron Arm Ape as it picked the lotus flowers... At this time, Teng Qing Shan didn't have a single chance!

  Hoo! Hoo!

  Several jumps, three mature jujubes were picked off.

  "Not a single one is left! This is troublesome." Teng Qing Shan gritted his teeth, "That tall and powerful Iron Arm Ape, its strength should be much stronger than an ordinary Iron Arm Ape!" An ordinary Iron Arm Ape has arms with at least 100,000 jin of strength, this tall Iron Arm Ape... its strength is probably comparable to that of a pre-heavenly strong expert.

  "Look for another chance." Teng Qing Shan did not dare to rob openly.

  Who knows how many iron-armed monkeys are still in the monkey group?

  "Ah!" The giant iron-armed ape let out a loud cry, and instantly nearly thirty iron-armed apes followed it, leaving in a single direction. Only over ten iron-armed apes remained here.

  Teng Qing Shan held the Wheel of Reincarnation in one hand, quietly walking through the mountain forest, and began to quickly follow that group of Iron-Armed Apes. This tailing, probably for more than two miles... Teng Qing Shan saw at a glance, far away there were at least over a hundred Iron-Armed Apes waiting, among those over a hundred Iron-Armed Apes, there was one with the same tall and strong build, with silver fur on its chest.

  "Ah! Ah ah!"

  That tall and powerful Iron-Armed Ape, upon arrival with other Iron-Armed Apes, was immediately greeted with cheers.

  "This troop of monkeys is really numerous. There are over a hundred at the entrance of the old nest, I don't know how many there are inside." Teng Qing Shan glanced at a prominent steep cliff beside him, "Go up the cliff." With one hand holding the wheel gun, Teng Qing Shan easily climbed up and reached the cliff in a short while.

  There is a platform on this cliff, and the platform is full of weeds such as wisteria.

  Hong Qing Shan slowly moved forward on the cliff platform, then crouched down and moved to the edge of the cliff, gazing out at the monkey troop's old nest below.

  "Good heavens!" At this sight, Teng Qing Shan took in a breath of cool air.

  Only below, a large number of red-haired iron-armed monkeys are scattered all over the place, some eating wild fruits, and some fighting and playing with each other. From time to time, one or two tall iron-armed monkeys can be seen: "No wonder no one dares to come hard. The iron-armed monkeys in this old nest of the monkey group are actually over a thousand! It's those tall iron-armed monkeys that can be seen, and there are already eight heads."

  Each iron arm ape has a strength of 100,000 catties in both arms.

  Thousands of iron-armed monkeys, who dares to force their way through?

  "That iron-armed monkey holding the red fruit." Teng Qing Shan saw that tall and sturdy iron-armed monkey, holding three red fruits, walking towards a cave on the side of the mountain. At the entrance of the cave, two ordinary iron-armed monkeys were guarding it. The tall iron-armed monkey entered the cave just like that, without any obstruction from the other monkeys.

  "Oh... it seems that Iron Arm Ape's things are all hidden inside that cave." Teng Qing Shan stared at the not-so-distant cave, carefully observing the surroundings. "Hm, if I climb up to the platform above the cave and wait until nightfall, then quickly flip in from above, I might be able to get in."

  ……

  The tall and powerful Iron Arm Ape held three red fruits in its arms, advancing steadily inside the cave. After several turns, it arrived at a spacious mountain belly, where there was a large square pit on the ground. Inside the pit, there were many shallow reddish liquids, emitting a strong wine aroma that wafted through the air. The Iron Arm Ape sniffed with its nose and couldn't help but lick its lips.

  But it didn't dare make a sound.

  At this moment, beside the square pit, there is a iron arm monkey with the same build as an ordinary iron arm monkey, only... its entire body hair is silver! The pupils are golden! In front of this golden pupil and silver-haired iron arm monkey, the tall iron arm monkey is very obedient.

  This golden-eyed silver-haired Iron-Armed Ape glanced at the tall and large Iron-Armed Ape.

  "Ah!" The giant iron-armed ape immediately put down three red fruits and took two steps back.

  The golden-eyed iron-armed monkey took out a stone basin from the side, inside which were water and various wild fruits of green and white colors. Then, this golden-eyed iron-armed monkey picked up a red fruit and put it into the stone basin. After that, using a stone stick, he mashed all these fruits, mixed with water, and they actually turned into light red color.

  "Heh heh!" Golden-eyed Iron Arm Ape sniffed and sniffed, then took another red fruit, mashed it up and put it in.

  "Heh heh." After sniffing again, Jin Tou Tie Bi Hou nodded in satisfaction.

  He poured the contents of the stone basin directly into a large square pit beside him, and the light red liquid all flowed into the pit. Jintong Iron Arm Ape smiled with satisfaction, then casually threw the last Zhu fruit into the stone basin beside him, apparently without any other ingredients.

  "Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!" Jin Tong Iron Arm Ape shouted at the tall and sturdy Iron Arm Ape.

  The tall iron-armed monkey also heard it and happily raised its paws, excitedly shouting. Then it ran out continuously.

  The golden-eyed iron-armed monkey then picked up a stone wine jar from the side, filled it to the brim with water from a nearby large pit, took a big drink first, let out two strange cries of satisfaction, and then carried the large wine jar and walked away.

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