Chapter 10: Friends
"Well, I know."
Pang Jian admitted softly.
The Caged Ape is the leader of a group of apes in the Cen Lin Mountains, and was seriously injured in a fight with a white bear before it became the king of the apes, and was later rescued by the young Pang Jian and his father.
On that occasion, the reason why his father was willing to come to the rescue was because he saw that the gray ape had a high level of spirituality.
After that, this gray ape with only ice-blue eyes became one of his companions in the Cen Lonely Mountain Range.
In the years since, he has never hunted the apes under the command of the gray ape, and sometimes when he is in danger of hunting, the gray ape will see it and come to the rescue.
Two years ago, after he hunted a mountain leopard alone, he was maliciously targeted by other old hunters in Linshan Town.
The old hunter deceived him for his youth, and when he saw that his father had been missing for a long time, he wanted to snatch the leopard he had killed.
He fought back desperately, and when he was about to be defeated, he was helped by the gray ape and his group of apes.
After that conflict, the three notorious hunters in Linshan Town disappeared into the forest forever.
Seeing that the gray ape was detained in an iron cage and became a prisoner of the Shangguan family, Pang Jian, who was hiding behind the people, suddenly stepped out.
"The gray ape?"
As soon as he moved, Zhou Qingchen was also alarmed, looked at the solemn look on his face, and said curiously: "Do you recognize?" ”
"Friends." Pang Jian replied with a serious face.
"Friends ......"
Zhou Qingchen was thoughtful.
Shangguan Qin, who arrived in front of everyone, his charming face was full of strangeness, and he said casually: "This gray ape and its subordinates attacked us not long ago. The apes under its command were not contaminated with the evil power in the mist, and they were quickly cleared by us. ”
"As for this gray ape with ice-blue eyes......"
Shangguan Qin pursed his lips, looked at Pang Jian, then looked at Zhou Qingchen, and smiled: "It seems to have spirituality." ”
"Spirituality?"
Zhou Qingchen was slightly moved.
Shangguan Qin nodded slightly, his eyes were shining, and he explained with a smile: "After we captured it, we tried it in a variety of ways, and we are sure that it has extremely high wisdom and spirituality. As you know, apes are already very intelligent, and they are much higher than ordinary apes. ”
Zhou Qingchen suddenly said: "It seems that the mutation has changed into a spirit beast." ”
There are many precedents for beasts to transform in places where the aura of heaven and earth is strong, or under the shroud of "treacherous mist".
Beasts that can't cleanse the filth in the aura, although they are also extremely fierce and powerful, but because they can't communicate, they are defined as fierce beasts.
Fierce beasts are difficult to tame and discipline, and have no value for practitioners to live.
Spirit animals are different.
Once the spirit beast is tamed, it can become a cultivator's companion and can drive the spirit beast to do many things.
Shangguan Qin captured this gray ape alive, and it should be ready to be completely tamed after it is taken out, so that it can be used by their Shangguan family.
"Friend......"
Zhou Qingchen touched his chin, sometimes looked at the gray ape in the iron cage, sometimes looked at Pang Jian, weighing the value of the two in his heart, thinking about whether to redeem the gray ape from Shangguanqin's hands.
The gray ape that fell into the hands of the Shangguan family and has spirituality is naturally not low, and I am afraid that it will not be able to get it back without paying a price.
And Pang Jian's ruthlessness in assassinating He Ziren and his familiarity with the Cen Lin Mountains have a certain value, and he does have the intention to recruit Pang Jian.
It's just that Pang Jian's cultivation talent is indeed not good, and unless there is an adventure against the sky in the future, his achievements will still be limited.
After thinking about it, Zhou Qingchen was moved by compassion because of the word "friend", and said: "Aunt Qin, can this gray ape cut love?" You just heard that, my little brother said that the gray ape was his friend. ”
Ning Yao, Ning Yuanshan and the others all felt incomprehensible at the moment, and they didn't understand why Zhou Qingchen suddenly looked at Pang Jian differently.
When Zhou Qingchen first met, he obviously didn't face Pang Jian, but after the bloody case of the rocky pile, he took the initiative to go in to deliver meat and give a dragon spear.
Now, for the sake of Pang Jian, he still wants to ask for the gray ape from the Shangguan family?
Ning Yao and others did not know the reason.
The gray ape in the iron cage really understood human nature, and after Pang Jian said the word "friend", a pair of ice-blue eyes stared at Pang Jian for a long time.
"Who is he?" Shangguan Qin asked strangely.
"A hunter who is most familiar with the Cen Lin Mountains. Next, all our exploration of the Cen Lin Mountains will depend on him! Zhou Qingchen replied.
"It's just...... Hunter? ”
Shangguan Qin was puzzled.
She thought for a while, looked at the bones near the Wuding ferry, the blood moon price on her clothes, and the dark pennant hunting and flying on the ferry, and suddenly changed the topic: "Qingchen, how long have you been here?" And how did they die? ”
"It wasn't long before we came, and all the artifacts on the corpse were still there when we came. I feel that they are also flesh and blood that have been attacked and killed by wild beasts. Han Duping said flatteringly.
"You all know the relationship between our Shangguan family and the blood moon."
Shangguan Qin rubbed his forehead, made a look of embarrassment, and looked at the huge uncertain ferry.
"In this way, the artifacts you searched for from the corpse of the Blood Moon, after leaving the Cen Lin Mountains, I hope they can be sold to our Shangguan family. Next, we will search for this uncertain ferry, and the contents include this ferry, which our Shangguan family will present to the blood moon. ”
"How?"
Shangguan Qin just looked at Zhou Qingchen and asked.
Ning Yuanshan, Ning Yao, and Han Duping's opinions, she chose to ignore them all.
"How does this work?"
Han Duping couldn't help it, and felt that Shangguanqin's conditions were really harsh.
The size of the indefinite ferry is huge, and it is difficult for the people of the Nether to control it and fly without obtaining the secret method of the blood moon.
I am afraid that it will be difficult for the Zhou family to take this special ferry, and they will not give up if they take the Blood Moon.
But if there is a harvest in the cabin, since the Zhou family is the first to come, of course they should have a piece of the pie, and they can't let the Shangguan family behind take advantage of it.
A gray ape that has just had spirituality, the potential behind it has not been revealed, and the value is not much, Shangguan Qin This belongs to the lion's big mouth.
"Okay."
To everyone's surprise, Zhou Qingchen agreed, and immediately pointed to the iron cage and signaled to Pang Jian: "It belongs to you now." ”
"Thank you."
Pang Jian, who was silent, thanked him seriously this time, and said in a deep voice: "I will think about what you said in the stone pile." ”
For the gray ape he cared about, Zhou Qingchen was able to give up such a big benefit, which made him really a little moved.
Pang Jian, who had thanked him, dismounted and came to the iron cage under everyone's strange eyes.
Seeing that Shangguan Qin nodded in permission, the big man who was as muscular as a tower handed the iron cable tied to the cage to Pang Jian, ready to hand it over.
Pang Jian shook his head, and instead of picking up the iron cable, he looked at the gray ape in front of the cage.
The beast's eyes were ice-blue gray apes, and they were also looking at him in the cage, with a little sadness in their cold eyes, as if they were still grieving for the death of the race.
Pang Jian and the gray ape looked at each other for a moment, then opened the lock above the cage, and then lifted the cage lid.
"Hmm!"
Many of the onlookers looked different.
"Hide, and stay away, and don't make a big fuss in the near future." Pang Jian whispered to the caged gray ape.
The gray ape seemed to understand his words, and when he finished saying this, he nodded humanely, and immediately rushed out and rushed towards the densely wooded mountains.
It looked back from time to time and looked at the cultivators of the Shangguan family, its ice blue eyes full of ferocity.
"This gray ape is very dangerous, and its spirituality is improving very quickly, and I regret it a little."
Under its fierce gaze, Shangguan Qin had an inexplicable chill, and always felt that letting this gray ape leave easily might cause trouble for himself.
"Alright, you can now go to the Uncertainty Ferry to search."
Zhou Qingchen also kept his promise, first let the servants of the Zhou family who were loyal to him leave the sailboat, and then beckoned to Pang Jian, signaling him to go back to his side.
Pang Jian waited until there was no trace of the gray ape, and confirmed that it was difficult for the Shangguan family to pursue, so he returned to Zhou Qingchen's side.
"It's amazing to be friends with the spiritual ape king." When Pang Jian came over, Zhou Qingchen opened his mouth and laughed heartily, and said, "Pang Jian, you kid is very interesting." ”
In his mind, Pang Jian, who was hired by the Ning family, was already his Zhou Qingchen's person.
Ning Yao also saw this.
Although it was Pang Jian who she asked for with a bag of silver, since Zhou Qingchen put on such an attitude, Pang Jian was probably destined to walk with Zhou Qingchen.
"You, you, and a few of you!"
Shangguan Qin waved his snow-white jade arm, ordered a few people loyal to the Shangguan family, and ordered: "You go to the Wuding ferry to check carefully and see what is inside." ”
A few people nodded yes, and immediately moved to the sailboat, which was moored to the dead wood chips.
Shangguanqin, who had no mount, let the rest of the people stay where they were, and she came to Zhou Qingchen and Ning Yao.
At this time, she seemed to finally see Ning Yao, her eyes glanced at Ning Yao's slightly bulging breasts, and said meaningfully: "Hey, Ning girl, you have also grown up." ”
When Ning Yao wanted to respond with a straight face, her face suddenly turned cold, and she said in a cold tone: "Ning Yuanshan, you are not dead yet?" ”
Ning Yuanshanpi smiled and snorted, without entanglement with her in words.
Everyone can see that Shangguan Qin and the Ning family are not on the right path, and they are afraid that there will be some festivals in the past.
"Qingchen, what did you find on the way?"
Seeing that Ning Yuanshan didn't talk to her, Shangguan Qin was not aggressive, and casually chatted with the young master of the Zhou family.
While they were chatting, the Shangguan family, the Zhou family, and the Ning family were all paying attention to the movements of the Wuding ferry, watching a few people loyal to the Shangguan family walk down the wooden ladder to the deck, and then dive from the deck to the inside of the cabin.
Pang Jian also learned from their conversation that the Shangguan family had entered from the east of the Cen Lin Mountain Range, and had encountered many attacks by wild beasts on the way.
Like them, the Shangguan family also saw the huge dry bones erected from a distance, so they hurried over.
"Bang! Boom! Bang bang! ”
When they talked about the mystery of the phoenix bone, from the inside of the cabin of the indefinite ferry, there was a terrifying sound of flesh and blood exploding.
Shangguan Qin Huo Ran changed color, and the rest of the people were also shocked.
Soon I saw a thick blood water, shot out of the cabin like a bloody arrow, with a strange and bloody blood, one by one injected into the blood moon pattern on the pitch-black pennant.
A round of blood-red crescent moon moving with the wind, after engulfing the blood water, slowly swelled up in the pennant.
The blood-red light that gradually brightened was released outward through the crescent, and the crescent moon also turned into a full moon in a short time.
It looked like a demonic blood pupil embedded in a pitch-black pennant, facing the position of everyone faintly.
The treacherous transformation of this round of "blood moon" made everyone feel creepy, and everyone who looked at it had their eyes tingling, and their temples seemed to be pierced by two steel nails.
"Branded Eye!"
After the panic, Shangguan Qin was the first to calm down, and she raised her hand and shouted towards the pitch-black pennant that had been soaked with blood and turned into a full moon.
She was excited, her eyes full of anticipation and longing, as if waiting for the favor of the evil god.
On the pennant, the terrifying bloody eye slowly turned, searching for a target to freeze.
Suddenly, Pang Jian felt a heat in his chest, and his pupils were instantly dyed red with thick blood.
He immediately made eye contact with the demonic bloody eye, and scenes suddenly appeared in his mind, as if he was forcibly infused with some kind of memory picture.
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