Sunlight shines through the gaps between the branches and leaves of the bamboo forest, spilling onto a verdant meadow.

A white ape stretched out its long right hand and wrote and drew on the palm of the green-shirted girl's hand next to it, while its other hand scratched its head from time to time.

The ape male is actually a gibbon of a peculiar species, with arms nearly one meter in length and extremely flexible joints, far beyond the average human. It wrote words on Zhao Qing's palm, stroke by stroke, very clear.

"I've always been able to understand you, but I can't communicate with my voice. However, last night, I somehow learned your human language, and I can communicate by writing......"

According to the seal script written by the ape father, Zhao Qing silently recited it in his heart.

Always understood what I said? Suddenly learned to cross the seal?

Shocked in her heart, she hurriedly recalled the past to make sure she had said anything special to the ape. Don't say anything about time travel, past lives.

As for the fact that it suddenly learned to write last night, it is likely that all kinds of nonsense were transmitted through divine thoughts. I don't know the exact purpose of the master, but I guess I also fell in love with the ape's talent?

As an ape, he doesn't seem to be very old, but his martial arts skills far surpass those of ordinary martial arts practitioners. This kind of talent is absolutely extremely rare.

Receiving the message from the Ape Gong, Zhao Qing thought secretly.

Although she had long felt that the wisdom of the ape was in no way inferior to that of humans, it was still beyond her expectations that he could understand even human language.

This means that it is not only an ape that can comprehend itself, but has the ability to learn from each other and books just like humans, and its future achievements are limitless.

The current strength of the ape is only a little higher than the current me, which is nothing in the Yue Kingdom, but in the future, it will definitely be able to obtain a place among the top masters.

……

After talking about the situation of learning to cross the seal yesterday, the ape began to tell Zhao Qing about his past life in words.

Among human beings, there are precocious geniuses who are literate at the age of three, recite poetry at the age of five, and compose poetry at the age of seven; Compared to humans, gibbons have a much shorter lifespan.

The ape is born with a supernatural spirit and is not the norm. When he was two years old, he learned to use bamboo sticks against other animals. When he was three years old, he was already the most capable ape in the surrounding hundreds of miles of mountains and forests;

When he was five years old, he lived in isolation, fought tigers and leopards with bamboo sticks, lost consecutive battles, and escaped by relying on the advantage of apes in the mountains and forests, but also accumulated a lot of experience;

At the age of seven, he infiltrated into a crowded place, learned the human language, a variety of methods for using foreign objects, and the foundation of the way of strength, and officially embarked on the road of martial arts......

Today, the ape is seventeen years old, equivalent to the age of human beings in their forties, and after ten years of martial arts training, it has reached the realm of rebirth, with physical changes and body growth, and further developed its own wisdom and vitality.

This is a heterogeneous ape that seems to have been born for martial arts cultivation, and the more you practice, the higher your spiritual wisdom will be.

"Old ape, are you going to leave with me?" Zhao Qing asked the ape father.

After learning about the Ape Gong's love for martial arts, she understood that the other party would not be willing to continue to stay in this mountain forest and be a companion to the goats.

After experiencing the rapid progress of the two sides using bamboo sticks to compete with each other, it was difficult for it to bear to return to its previous state of being a single ape and slow down its progress.

And in the past, the ape man did not break through in human society. Although the range of the roaming is not very large, it also proves that it has the ability to adapt to the environment.

Ape Gong nodded in affirmation.

Zhao Qing's face showed a look of joy. Friends have the willingness and ability to accompany themselves to new places, and she naturally agrees.

In addition, it is still a bit troublesome to communicate by handwriting. If Ape Gong learns some special methods, it should be much more convenient, such as Duan Yanqing's ventriloquist technique.

However, the performance of ventriloquist requires a combination of superior and multiplicative internal strength, and if the ape wants to practice it, he also has to encounter many obstacles. Without special exercises such as the "Heavenly Soldier Refining Form and Qi Induction Method", strength and internal strength are incompatible.

Zhao Qing looked at the ape who folded a bamboo stick in his hand in the bamboo forest, and then turned it back, and said, "Old ape, you can follow me next." I'll take care of your food, discussions, and so on. Tomorrow we will set off with me and head to Huiji City. ”

"Huiji City? Where is it? How many distances are there? Is there anything special about it? Ape Gong wrote on her hand.

Zhao Qing replied: "It's about 4,000 miles, and it will take a month or two." The resources and environment for practicing martial arts over there are much richer than here. ”

"Then it's decided." The ape stopped writing.

Finally, stroking the horns on the head of an old goat that had been with him for the longest time, Zhao Qing and the sheep officially separated.

One man and one ape, each carrying a bamboo stick, walked along the valley towards Zhao's house.

……

The next day, more than 20 miles away from the deserted village of Zhao's family, at the intersection on the edge, an ox cart was quietly parked here.

Zhao Qing hugged Rui Xi, who was wrapped in a quilt, and placed her smoothly in the carriage. Then he placed a package with money and a large bag with clothes in the corner of the carriage.

She also piled up some dry food for the road and crockpots needed to cook meals.

At the top of the carriage, the ape lay comfortably on it, holding a bamboo stick in his arms, and nibbling on a bunch of unnamed wild fruits with sweet and sour in his mouth.

At the front of the car, a leashed and somewhat restless scalper looked around, not knowing whether he wanted to be lazy or impatient.

After saying a few words to the person in charge of the township, Zhao Qing jumped into the front of the car and began to drive the scalper to pull the vehicle.

In this day and age, horse-drawn carriages are much more valuable than ox-carts, and at the same time much rarer. Cattle were not used for farming in later generations, but were mainly used for food, sacrifice, and transportation.

In fact, there were no horse-drawn carriages in this small township, and Zhao Qing only had the ox cart as his only option.

Her travel plan was to arrive at the nearest city, "Chungquan", to rest and recuperate, and then quickly follow the official road along the outer edge of the Huiji Mountains to the national capital.

But the sound of wheels rolling was audible, and some of the small rear carriages slowly accelerated, leaving two deep rutted marks on the dirt road overgrown with wildflowers and weeds.