Chapter 52

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　　“Jiji…”
　　When the little monkey saw the mountain-moving ape on the ice, its eyes were suddenly filled with horror, and it struggled to climb down from Xu Taiping.
　　”Don’t worry, I’ll take you there.”
　　Xu Taiping gently patted the little monkey’s head, then infused spiritual energy into his feet, and his figure flew out like the wind. In the blink of an eye, he came to the front of the Mountain-Moving Ape.
　　At this time, the Mountain-Moving Ape was covered with burn marks all over its body. It was already dying, but it was still stubbornly trying to see the little monkey.
　　”Jiji…”
　　The little monkey jumped off Xu Taiping at this time, rushed to the front of the Mountain-Moving Ape, and hugged its face with both hands.
　　Then Xu Taiping saw two monkeys, one big and one small, start to communicate “jijiji”.
　　”The old monkey is explaining the funeral arrangements to the little monkey. I just don’t know what exactly it is saying.”
　　The Spirit Moon Fairy seemed to be able to understand some monkey language.
　　Xu Taiping didn’t really care what the two monkeys were specifically saying, but he was still reminded of his grandfather by the scene in front of him.
　　After all, on that snowy and windy night, his grandfather had explained the affairs after his death to him in such a way.
　　”You…　young　man…”
　　Just then, the Mountain-Moving Ape seemed to have finished explaining to the little monkey. It gently tapped the little monkey’s head with its finger, and then looked at Xu Taiping and said：
　　”Can you… help me take care of… my child? I can… let it form a soul contract with you and serve you for sixty years…”
　　Regarding the matter of forming a soul contract with a spirit beast, Xu Taiping already had some understanding. He just didn’t expect such an opportunity to be presented to him for free one day.
　　Fairy Lingyue didn’t chime in on this and just watched quietly from the side. Obviously, she was letting Xu Taiping make the choice on his own.
　　”And you？ Are you willing？”
　　Xu Taiping didn’t immediately agree or refuse but looked at the little monkey instead.
　　Upon hearing this, the Mountain-Moving Ape immediately whispered a few words to the little monkey, seemingly conveying Xu Taiping’s words to the little monkey.
　　”Jee…”
　　After listening to the Mountain-Moving Ape’s words, the little monkey immediately turned around and hugged the Mountain-Moving Ape’s head. However, under the persuasion of the Mountain-Moving Ape, it quickly turned around and looked at Xu Taiping again, and then nodded.
　　”Then you will follow me from now on.”
　　Xu　Taiping　nodded.
　　Seeing that the little monkey was very pitiful, he actually couldn’t bear to leave it in the mountains.
　　The process of forming a soul contract was very simple. The Mountain-Moving Ape took out a drop of the little monkey’s original demonic blood and dripped it on Xu Taiping’s palm, and then asked the little monkey to swear an oath.
　　After forming a soul contract with the little monkey, Xu Taiping clearly felt that he could issue commands to the little monkey with his thoughts. Of course, he definitely wouldn’t do that.
　　The reason why he took in the little monkey was largely out of sympathy, rather than the need for a spirit beast.
　　And the reason for concluding the soul contract is that according to the regulations of the Qingxuan Sect, spirit beasts without a soul contract are not allowed to enter the territory of the Qingxuan Sect.
　　This point, presumably the Mountain-Moving Ape also knows.
　　”Young man…”
　　Just at this time, the Mountain-Moving Ape suddenly put its hand into its mouth, took out a transparent crystal ore from it, and then flicked its hand lightly, throwing the ore weighing more than a hundred catties in front of Xu Taiping.
　　”This thing belongs to you…”
　　The Mountain-Moving Ape pointed at the ore that rolled to Xu Taiping’s feet with its finger.
　　”What　is　this？”
Xu Taiping was a little confused.
　　”Ice Soul Moon Spirit Stone？”
　　At the same time, the Fairy Lingyue on the side let out a cry of surprise.
　　”The Ice Soul Moon Spirit Stone is a material for forging spiritual weapons, very rare, and it is also a very precious ore in my original cultivation world.”
　　She then explained to Xu Taiping.
　　”Spiritual weapon？”
Xu Taiping was also looking surprised when he heard this.
　　According to his current understanding of magic weapon weapons, the weapons in the cultivation world are divided into magic tools, magic weapons, spiritual treasures, and the legendary immortal treasures.
　　And the spiritual weapon is a type of spiritual treasure, specifically referring to weapons with extremely strong attack power.
　　You know, not to mention spiritual weapons, he has not even seen a magic weapon now, let alone spiritual treasures and spiritual weapons.
　　“Quickly put it away. After reaching the third transformation of the Earth Fruit Realm, use this Ice Soul Moon Spirit Stone as nourishment and plant it on a spiritual mountain. Maybe it can give birth to a top-grade spiritual weapon with special abilities.”
　　The Spirit Moon Fairy said slightly excitedly.
　　If it were in her original world, an Ice Soul Moon Spirit Stone naturally wouldn’t make her so excited, but on this continent, it’s different. The preciousness of the Ice Soul Moon Spirit Stone can be compared to the Ice Soul Immortal Spirit Stone in their world.
　　“Jiji……”
　　Just as Xu Taiping picked up that Ice Soul Moon Spirit Stone, the shrill screams of the little monkey rang out on the ice surface in front. Looking up, he saw that the Mountain-Moving Ape had already closed its eyes.
　　“It’s dead.”
　　The tone of the Spirit Moon Fairy was a bit desolate.
　　Next, Xu Taiping managed to bury the corpse of the Mountain-Moving Ape in the forest, and took out the python skin and monster gallbladder of the Fire-Pattern Python before taking the little monkey back to the Green Bamboo Residence.
　　……
　　In　the　bedroom.
　　“Little monkey, my name is Taiping. How about you be called Ping’an from now on？”
　　Xu Taiping put the little monkey on the table and then wrote the words “Ping’an” on the paper with a brush.
　　“Ji.”
　　The little monkey nodded while holding that piece of paper.
　　It seemed to have understood the meaning of Xu Taiping’s words.
　　Then, Xu Taiping took some food for the little monkey again.
　　Perhaps it was too tired. After eating a plate of mutton, the little monkey fell asleep soundly on Xu Taiping’s bed with a snore.
　　“Taiping, it’s time to plant the Earth Fruit.”
　　The soul body of Fairy Lingyue appeared beside Xu Taiping at this time.
　　“Mm.”
　　Xu Taiping nodded with some anticipation.
　　……
　　Late　at　night
　　“Sister Lingyue, the holes are dug.”
　　In the spiritual herb garden, Xu Taiping dug one large and three small pits on the pre-reserved open space.
　　“The east belongs to wood and is in charge of growth. Put the Fire Ganoderma in the small pit, and it can conceive a treasure that can improve the cultivation speed.”
　　“The north belongs to water and is in charge of harmony. Put gold, silver, money and silk in the small pit, and it can conceive a treasure for healing and repairing.”
　　“The west belongs to metal and is in charge of killing. Put the Shuo Feng Pearl, tiger head, tiger gallbladder, snake head, and snake gallbladder in the small pit, and it can conceive a killing treasure weapon.”
　　Under the guidance of Fairy Lingyue, Xu Taiping poured the pre-prepared items into the three small pits in turn according to different directions.
Finally, put the Earth Fruit into the main pit and wait quietly for three months.
After filling the three small pits, Xu Taiping took out the Earth Fruit and carefully put it into the main pit.
　　“Little Taiping, see you in three months.”
The shadow of Fairy Lingyue floated above the main pit and blinked at Xu Taiping with a smile.
　　“Mm, Sister Lingyue, see you in three months.”
　　Xu　Taiping　nodded.
　　After the second transformation of the Earth Store Fruit, the fruit takes three months to mature. This was something that Fairy Lingyue had already explained to Xu Taiping in advance.
　　“Come to think of it, it’s time to buy seeds for the medicine garden. Although the harvest of the Nine-leaf Perilla last year was good, if we only rely on the merit earned from selling the Nine-leaf Perilla, we can only save about a hundred merit coins.”
　　After planting the Earth Store Fruit, Xu Taiping looked at the now bare medicine garden after selling all the Nine-leaf Perilla and muttered to himself.
　　“Adding the merit coins obtained from the Chang Gui and the Tiger Demon, I now have about five hundred merit coins left on me. Although it is enough for future expenses, it won’t work if I want to buy medicinal materials and cultivation techniques. It seems that I have to plant some more valuable medicinal materials this year.”
　　He calculated like this as he returned to the bedroom.
　　He has now deeply realized that cultivation not only requires talent and perseverance, but also money, a lot of money, and in the Qingxuan Sect, money is merit coins.
　　“Three months, it should be very fast, right？”
　　Xu Taiping whispered a word, and then closed the door.