Chapter 151: Crossing the Bandit Monkey Mountain

After staying at Jiangjia Village for almost a week, the merchant convoy decided to set out once again.
The merchants selling goods had made a good profit, not only selling many Gu materials and Gu insects, but also some rare little trinkets and daily necessities.
他们还收购了黑风山上不少的特产，风柳，小钻风蛊……
商队启程，又从山上下来。
经过半个多月的行进，商队终于离开了黑风山范围，这期间再没发生什么危险的事。
“前方就是匪猴山了，你们都准备好了吗？”贾家昌对这次的收获很满意，笑着对周围其他人问道。
“那是自然，我在出商之前可是特地又增添了一牛之力，不愁会失败。”一个力道蛊师骄傲地晃了晃胳膊上的肌肉。
“呵呵，那就好。”
这样的事情还发生在其他家族的商队里面。
匪猴山是一座特殊的山，凡是要经过这座山的人，都要与山里面的猴子扳手腕，这样的规则还是“冠天侯”所定。
As a once insurmountable barrier, merchant caravans have been in constant battles with the bandit monkeys in the mountain. Even large families may not have the power to clear the bandit monkeys from their hideout in the mountain.
However, the situation changed when a righteous fifth-level Gu Master, known as the Heavenly Crown, appeared and reached an agreement with the Monkey Emperor using the Monkey Language Gu, deciding the outcome through a arm wrestling match.
从此这条路开始通商。
这条联通东西的商路成了最重要的商路之一，其重要性不言而喻。
Roar roar roar...
山道两旁的山峦中站满了匪猴，足有上千只之多，商队想要通过就只能扳手腕。
The Monkey King, with a golden sword, sat on a stone stool, waiting for the merchants' Gu masters to come forward and compete.
One by one, the merchant teams sent their own strength Gu masters to challenge the Monkey King in an arm wrestling match.
商队有胜有负，扳手腕胜了的则可以免去过路费，而输了的则要被匪猴拿走一部分的货物。
每过一段路，都会有猴群设下关卡。
商队走走停停之间，花费了二十余天时间才离开了这座山。
经过这座山商队也损失了不少的货物。
山道旁倒着一位蛊师，商队发现他奄奄一息。
“莫非是魔道蛊师？”
“贾用，你过去看看。”一位中年蛊师上前，检查了一番。
“大人，看起来不像是魔道蛊师。”
“哼，魔道贼子奸猾狡诈，常常伪装成正道蛊师想打入商队行抢劫之事，决不能让他们得逞。”贾家昌冷着脸对着中年蛊师说道。
"Yes, yes, what should we do, sir?"
"First, we take out all the worms in his body, and then we tie him up with those bandits." Jia Jiachang said.
……
One day ago.
In a certain place on the mountain, there are several people trekking through the mountains. They are dressed like sorcerers, but judging by the color of the belts tied around their waists, they don't seem to belong to the Huang family.
“Captain, I have already used my eagle-eye to scout the area. This path is not often traveled by teams, and a team passed through here three days ago.
经过我的仔细观察，我判断出他们实力并不强，而且其中一个还是今年刚毕业的新人，不过，不知道他们是去做什么任务，想必也不会太困难，等他们回来的时候，我们就偷袭他们。”
“Hahaha, well, it seems this Eagle Eye Gu really suits you!” Captain Jin Chao's big hand patted the young Gu Master named Jin Ying.
“Of course! I, Jin Ying, am determined to become a master of flight.”
“哈哈哈，我看好你。”
“队长，我们就这么等着吗，也不知道他们什么时候会回去，回去的时候是否会经过这条路也不一定？”金任问道。
“Well, we'll wait for three days. If they don't come back after three days, we'll leave.”
“Golden Eagle, find a favorable terrain where we can ambush them on their way.”
其他人也在观察地形，金鹰兜兜转转，在小路旁的侧面找到了一处峭壁，峭壁下还有落石以及被砸断的树木。
看到这里金鹰心中一喜，手脚并用爬到了这处地方。
山壁上的一处凸起引起了他的注意，他用力一跳，想要上去，差一点就能够到凸的时候，上升的力道已经耗尽。
眼看就要掉下去，默念一声鹰爪蛊，他的一只手变成了鹰爪。
With a fierce grip on the rock face, the sharp eagle claws dug into the stone, and with another pull, it carried him upward, perfectly hiding behind a tree that had grown between the rocks.
A few others looked at the spot that Jin Ying had found, and then looked at each other.
One person crawled under the fallen tree, while the other two hid behind a large rock. Jin Chao hid behind a tree a little further away.
In the early morning, at the entrance of a small village called Douyuan, an older mortal was speaking to a young Gu Master: "Thanks to several esteemed Gu Masters this time, if it weren't for you all, our village would have likely faced great disaster."
“This is a small token of appreciation from the village, I hope you will accept it,” said the villager as he handed a bag to the young Gu Master.
The young Gu Master did not refuse and accepted the bag without hesitation. He knew that if he were to decline, it might raise unnecessary thoughts among the villagers, and he felt powerless to change that kind of mindset.
"Alright, let's go."
```htmlHe took the lead and walked ahead.
Seeing that the captain had already left, the other team members hurriedly followed.
A female witch doctor approached Huang Wu. She was stunningly beautiful, with fair skin, dressed in a light green outfit, and her long white legs moved gracefully. Her hurried movements caused her ample bosom to bounce slightly.```
“队长，队长，那个老头子给了多少元石啊？”
甜腻腻的声音响在这山间的小路上，犹如黄莺啼鸣，婉转动听，不了解她的人还真会以为她是一位可爱的女孩子呢。
```html“Guess?” Huang Wu glanced at her ample curves and replied with a smiling expression.
“Humph, if you don't want to say then forget it, I will find out sooner or later.” Huang Yin pretended to be angry.```
“哈哈哈，我刚才掂量了一下，有五六块元石，每人都有份。”
“这个村子给的不多啊。”有人觉得少了。
“呵，区区凡人，卑贱如蚁，能有什么元石，就这些元石恐怕也是整个村子一起才凑出来的。”另一位蛊师接话道，神情里带着不屑。
“Alright, let's go. Tianwen, you can put this in the lantern flower first.” As she spoke, she handed the bag to another girl behind her.
The girl was small and appeared innocent and adorable, but she seemed a bit scared of the captain. Hearing the captain's voice, she hurriedly fumbled to take the bag: "Okay, captain."
"Alright, let's go. As long as we don't delay on the way, we should be able to return to the mountain stronghold and complete the mission in two days..."
A group of Gu Masters were traveling quickly through the mountains.
快到傍晚的时候，这支五人小队已经走了一半的路程，要是能在天黑之前再走一段路程，第二天就可以早早地回去了。
A high-flying golden eagle spotted a distant team and immediately recognized it as the small team they had been waiting for desperately for almost two days, quickly signaling the others.
Within the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, this team approached the hiding place of the golden eagle and its group.
近了，越来越近了，准备偷袭的几个人都忍不住屏住了呼吸，只等他们更加靠近。
对方好像没有发现什么，依然在往前走。
Huang Wu passed by here, Huang Yin and Huang Tianwen also passed by. When the last person passed, a hand reached out from behind him...