In the Blade

Du Chengfeng turned into a monkey.

It happened three days ago. He was going to explore the cave with the coyote. But just when they entered the cave and didn't even have time to agree on how to divide the spoils, he closed his eyes and opened them again, and he became what he is now.

After two hours of observing the surrounding environment, he finally confirmed that he was not dreaming. It took him another seven hours to finally confirm that he really turned into a monkey.

Although the process was a bit long, these two results were very important to him. Confirming that he was not dreaming meant that he could not leave by forcibly awakening and breaking the dream, and really turning into a monkey meant that all his previous skills could not be used.

"It hurts my tooth..."

Du Chengfeng once again stretched out his soft fingers and drew in the air, but the void in front of him did not respond.

Logically speaking, the Emperor's Cervical Vertebra Sword and his body have been forged into one. He can cut open the hole at any time to take the things inside. Now he can't draw anything, which means that he is not using his own body.

The evil spirit could no longer be mobilized. After all, he had never killed anyone as a newborn. The power of incense and vows was even more nonsense. Who would know a newborn monkey?

As for the mental strength...

"No."

Du Chengfeng's face was a little subtle.

Yes, this was what he had been trying for so long. He couldn't even mobilize the most basic mental strength. At this moment, he seemed to have really turned into a monkey, even a newborn monkey with no power.

However, it was hard to say about this kind of thing. After all, an adult monkey might not be able to beat a chicken. Du Chengfeng didn't know about other places, but the size of the pheasants in this jungle was really too big.

That was the second day after he was born. Since the newborn Du Chengfeng really didn't want to drink monkey milk, one of the two big monkeys went out to look for food - fortunately, the big monkey was lucky. A pheasant happened to be under the tree hole where they lived.

The big monkey bravely pounced on the pheasant. The pheasant spread its wings angrily. Its body and wingspan were two times larger than the big monkey. Its sharp claws were like steel knives, deeply embedded in the big monkey's flesh.

Fortunately, the big monkey fought desperately, which saved him from the fate of having his eyes pecked out by the pheasant. However, although he survived, the big monkey was still cut all over.

The weak big monkey returned to the tree with empty hands, which made Du Chengfeng not know what to say.

However, just when Du Chengfeng thought that the day would pass like this, the big monkey put the wound on his body to Du Chengfeng's face.

Seeing that Du Chengfeng was still a little stunned, another big monkey demonstrated. The big monkey took his scarred arm and carefully licked the blood on the wound.

Although it is not as nutritious as breast milk, fresh blood can also temporarily maintain survival.

"You...sorry."

Du Chengfeng sighed, and his body finally moved forward.

This was not even related to his own will, but his body instinctively acted. The newborn monkey didn't want to starve to death, and how could he suppress his appetite when the nutrients were in front of him - but out of reason, Du Chengfeng still couldn't use the blood of the big monkey as his own nutrients. He just licked the big monkey to clean the wound.

Then, he turned around and started drinking monkey milk.

Now is not the time to save face, survival is the first priority, not to mention that if he insists on saving face, it will only make the two big monkeys pay the price.

Du Chengfeng has never been used to causing trouble for others, even if the other party is not human.

Besides, is there really anyone in this forest?

On the seventh day after birth, Du Chengfeng, who had some strength, began to help the two big monkeys do some simple work. Although he was not qualified to go out to find food at the moment, he could still find some moss and wild vegetables nearby - fortunately, he had considerable cooking experience, so it was easy for him to identify vegetables. He even picked some plants that could be considered medicinal herbs.

The two big monkeys didn't like to eat grass very much, so these things eventually fell into Du Chengfeng's hands. So Du Chengfeng could only lament that the two big monkeys had no vision while squeezing out the juice from the vegetables and putting them into his mouth.

Since the two big monkeys were hungry and full, monkey milk was naturally not available from time to time, so Du Chengfeng could only use his own way to supplement the meal.

"Eat more and become stronger, otherwise you will die faster!"

Although theoretically, he could indeed try to escape from this environment by dying, but when this idea came to his mind, he always felt that the consequences of doing so would be more difficult for him to accept.

So his choice was to survive first and see what was going on.

Another seven days passed, and Du Chengfeng, who was about half a month old, could already walk around like a big monkey. Since he didn't see many monkeys on weekdays, he didn't know whether this speed was fast or slow, but from the eyes of the two big monkeys, Du Chengfeng could see that they were very satisfied with his offspring.

At this time, Du Chengfeng still did not leave the two big monkeys, just because he was not qualified to go out alone to find food. At most, he was allowed to climb the treetops and look far away. This was regarded as a kind of entertainment and a training for the newborn monkeys to strengthen their muscles and bones.

So, since the two big monkeys didn't care, Du Chengfeng simply increased the intensity of the training.

Every morning, he would exercise his muscles and bones by climbing trees and exercise his balance by jumping between tree trunks. As for the afternoon, he would focus on muscle training, take the initiative to carry heavy objects, or simply use the treetops as horizontal bars and use his own weight to perform various fancy movements.

As for the night, he would fall into a deep sleep after drinking enough monkey milk. The growing body has a very strong repair ability. Just a sleep will sweep away the fatigue of yesterday.

So, before a month has passed, Du Chengfeng has become a little less like a monkey.

Unlike the two slender monkeys, Du Chengfeng's muscles have begun to bulge slightly. Even through the thick fur, you can still see the solid lines of the muscles - but these muscles do not look clumsy at all, but have a strange sense of fluidity.

Especially when Du Chengfeng made a move, his light posture was more like a large beast than a monkey.

"It can be regarded as a basic sense of security."

Until this time, Du Chengfeng was a little relaxed. After all, he was a little uncomfortable with the situation of being powerless - as for now, although he has not fought those large pheasants, he is confident that even if he encounters those pheasants, he has the strength to fight.

Moreover, with a good body, he is qualified to hunt.

The food he ate on weekdays could not meet his nutritional needs. After all, the food that monkeys could find was only that much. It was either berries brought back from afar or bugs caught nearby. Even the bugs that Du Chengfeng despised the most were good food for the two big monkeys.

As for monkey milk... let's not talk about it.

In short, compared to this kind of food, Du Chengfeng decided to make some for himself. This was something he had planned since he started training.

You need to eat meat to become stronger.

He didn't want to stay here as a monkey for the rest of his life.

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng simply fell asleep. Adequate rest could bring him better recovery. Now he was in the period of growing up, so he couldn't waste this precious time.

However, just when he was relaxed for a moment, an accident happened.

The sun still rose as usual, but one of the two big monkeys was missing.

The big monkey that often went out to look for food did not come back this time.

The other big monkey had also become alert and even tried to carry Du Chengfeng on his shoulders - but Du Chengfeng was obviously too big at the moment, and no matter how hard the big monkey tried, it couldn't get Du Chengfeng up.

Of course, this was also due to Du Chengfeng himself.

He never thought of running away.

Gently pushing the big monkey in front of him aside, Du Chengfeng rushed out by himself. After turning over and jumping onto a tree, Du Chengfeng took a wooden stick from the treetop.

The wooden stick was long and straight, and the texture was quite tough. Both ends were even deliberately polished, revealing sharp stubble.

Yes, Du Chengfeng never thought of hunting with bare hands.

After all, using tools is the most basic wisdom.

Following the smell left by the disappeared big monkey, Du Chengfeng chased all the way out, and in the process, Du Chengfeng even faintly smelled the smell of blood - although he wanted to save the big monkey that had raised him for a month, it was obvious that the big monkey had met with an accident before he tracked it out.

This also gave Du Chengfeng a deeper understanding of the current environment.

When death comes, it will not greet anyone. It will always come so suddenly and so quietly.

"Then all I can do is to avenge you."

Following the bloodstains, Du Chengfeng on the treetop ran all the way.

Du Chengfeng was running very fast on the treetops, and the height brought him a very good vision. Soon he saw the figure of the big monkey - or the body of the big monkey. In the distance, in a piece of open space that was pressed out, the familiar big monkey had been disemboweled, and a gorgeous tiger was lying beside the body, chewing the monkey's internal organs and feasting on it.

"Tiger..."

After weighing the tiger's figure, Du Chengfeng simply jumped down from the treetop.

He did not fall on the tiger, but in front of the tiger. The sudden noise also made the tiger turn its head.

Facing the real tiger's eyes, Du Chengfeng's face was only calm.

It's just a tiger.

"Roar!!!"

Seeing another food appear in front of him, the tiger pounced on him fiercely. A mere monkey was nothing in the tiger's eyes, not to mention that it was obviously not an adult monkey.

Even if the monkey had a stick in his hand, what would it matter?

It's just a monkey...

"Puff--"

The sharp stick pierced into the tiger's soft abdomen, and the bright red blood instantly dyed the stick red.

And Du Chengfeng had already turned over and jumped onto the tiger's back.

"Strength alone is not enough."

Although he said this, Du Chengfeng still raised his arms.

"But what about this?"

puff--

Two slender long branches accurately pierced the tiger's ears, causing the tiger's eyes to turn red immediately.

"roar!!!"

The severe pain caused the tiger to roar crazily, and its angry claws almost tore apart everything around it - but Du Chengfeng didn't give the tiger a chance to tear himself apart, and he even had the strength to drag the big monkey's body away. Out of the tiger's attack range.

"It's a pity...it's still too weak."

Looking at the raging tiger, Du Chengfeng shook his head slightly.

Yes, if he could have his own body, let alone the steel body, even if it was just the most basic human body, it would not be so laborious to kill this tiger. With enough power, he could use it more quickly. method to kill the tiger, instead of just watching the tiger bleed out the precious tiger blood like now.

"But...it can be regarded as a verification of my ability."

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng simply stretched out and stretched his muscles.

Yes, he at least proved that he is now qualified to hunt beasts head-on.

It is not the kind of ordinary hunting where you secretly insert a spear and then run wildly after the blood loss of the prey, but a frontal hunting where you fight the prey head-on and take the life of the prey before it escapes.

Although both are hunting, the specific meanings are completely different.

"Now I have some basic strength."

Seeing that the tiger was getting weaker and weaker, Du Chengfeng stepped forward and pulled out the broken stick.

Immediately afterwards, he drank the tiger's blood.

Feeling that the lost physical energy was gradually recovering, Du Chengfeng stopped. After wiping the blood from his face, Du Chengfeng first found a place to bury the dead monkey.

This was also why he wanted to kill the tiger head-on. After all, only doing something that could be called a ritual could be considered revenge.

As for the tiger's meat, Du Chengfeng didn't have any way to cut it up at the moment. He could only temporarily find some stone flakes to polish on site, and cut off as many as he could. As for the rest, Du Chengfeng simply peeled off more of the tiger's skin. After buying some clothes, he planned to make himself a set of clothes.

After being in this jungle for a month, he had already begun to learn the laws of the jungle.