Dragon Clan: Little Dragon Man Changes Job to Food Hunter

Chapter 109: The Monkey Clan

"This one is for walnuts, and this one is for chestnuts."

Since these elderly health-preserving monkeys were very peaceful, Lu Mingfei even had the leisure to observe what they had in their hands.

Lu Mingfei scratched his head: "Why do they all feel so big?"

"Brother Zao, there is another ingredient in here that I have never seen before. It looks like a big black iron egg. Do you know what it is?"

Caesar leaned closer: "I know, this is black truffle."

"By the way, black truffles seem to be called pig arch mushrooms in the local dialect of the East."

Lu Mingfei was shocked: "No, truffles can also be plated?"

Is this any different from a plate of jelly?

Caesar explained: "This thing is called Diamond Black Truffle, captured at level 10. It is said that the reason it grows like this is to prevent it from being eaten by wild beasts. It is considered a protective evolution, mainly to increase physical defense."

"Of course, if you encounter a beast with a very strong bite force, or one that basically eats by swallowing like a python, it will be useless no matter how tough it evolves. Truffles can't jump up and slam the predator's head."

Lu Mingfei narrowed his eyes and said, "Boss, you know a lot about this, you must have learned it secretly from reading books, right?"

Where did this monster come from? He secretly pretended to be his boss!

Caesar smiled and said, "As for truffles, I still have a say in this matter. Sometimes the types of ingredients I browse tend to be the types I have eaten. I am different from Chu Zihang who looks at everything."

Lu Zao put his hands in his pockets and said, "I have never seen such an animal before. When did this group of animals appear near Santu Road? And they are very intelligent."

Even though these tall monkeys' movements of twirling beads looked clumsy and slow, the four of them could all clearly feel the active appetite energy in each other, especially the arm that was twirling the beads, and it was no problem for them to knock out a kid with one punch.

Lu Mingfei noticed: "Wait, what is this brother in charge planning?"

The leading ape heard what Lu Mingfei said and very kindly opened his five fingers to make it easier for Lu Mingfei to see the spherical object in his hand.

Unlike the other monkey members, the leading monkey's right palm was pitch black as if it was covered with paint, and the thing in his hand faintly emitted a strange oily smell.

Lu Zao leaned forward and sniffed, then looked at the monkey's palm.

"It looks like a green walnut, but it's not actually a nut but a tung fruit. No wonder the palm of this brother's hand is black."

The leader's monkey gave Lu Zao a thumbs up with his other hand, probably meaning that it was good to have such knowledge, at least he didn't have to worry about eating the wrong thing.

Caesar was puzzled: "Tung fruit, I have the impression that it is a poisonous cash crop on Earth. Can we eat it?"

Chu Zihang explained: "It's not possible on Earth, but the conditions were poor back then, and the mountains were a snack warehouse for children in the village and the mountains. Some children would mistake tung fruit for green walnuts and eat them by mistake, and then they would be poisoned."

"This was a true story for the older generation in the past, but now that conditions have improved, there are fewer cases like this."

Caesar nodded. Although he would not say something like “Why not eat meat?”, it did not mean that he understood these niche things. Poverty was his blind spot in knowledge.

Lu Mingfei's mouth twitched: "Wait, wait, is there something wrong with your line of thinking? Shouldn't we be thinking about why the monkey brother would play with tung fruits, and even his palms turned black."

Lu Zao could understand some of it, but he still needed confirmation.

"So, you're in charge of the fight?"

The ape shook his head slowly and pointed at the other members of the Senior Bead Club, roughly saying that we are all fighting.

Lu Zao understood: "They hurt things when they hit them, but you hurt magic when you hit them, right?"

For example, Alu and Keke, the former mainly uses physical output mode such as close combat, while Keke, who is good at using poison, can be regarded as a mage. One is a fighting physical output, and the other is a poison magic output.

The monkey nodded. Although he didn't understand what Lu Zao said, the meaning expressed by the other party was obviously that he knew his fighting style.

Lu Zao pressed his brows and said, "Do you understand, Xiaolu? That's the difference. This tung fruit is definitely a special variety that carries a strong poison. If you punch it, it will not only cause physical damage but also poison damage."

Lu Mingfei:
No, Brother Zao, you know so much, you wouldn't handle toxic ingredients without even washing the kitchen knife, and then turn around and use the poisonous knife to chop people, right?

Chu Zihang asked a soul-searching question: "Why should we follow these monkeys? Isn't our purpose to get the food?"

Caesar thought there was no problem: "It would be good to have local people, or more precisely, local monkeys, leading the way. At least we won't accidentally eat tung fruit when we hunt for food."

Chu Zihang nodded reluctantly. This was indeed a very convincing reason. Having a local creature leading the way would indeed allow their side to suffer less loss, unless the creature leading the way wanted to rip them off.

dong dong——

The sound came again, but this time it was not a detection, but a welcome.

All the members of this senior health club came out, and the monkey captain who led the way also saluted respectfully to the leading old monkey.

The brows of the four people twitched at the same time.

It was a truly old silver-backed ape, but its arms were very strong, and both hands were holding some unknown nuts.

The overall look is like a matchstick man with two reinforced concrete arms. If it is used in an art exam, not only will the student fail, but it may also be filmed and released as a video and become a hit.

And according to their observations, it seems that only the ingredients in the old ape's hands are unique.

Lu Zao's expression became serious.

"You were the one who discovered us just now, right?"

The old ape nodded slightly, then raised his arm to reveal the little fellow hiding behind it.

Lu Mingfei was stunned: "Huh? It's you."

The little monkey walked up to Lu Mingfei shyly, bowed solemnly, and then handed the peanut candy banana he had captured to Lu Mingfei.

The other three people suddenly realized what was going on, and they said that it was impossible for these monkeys to be so peaceful and friendly, and they must have been doing this to educate the younger generation.

"It's okay, it doesn't hurt. You're just not strong enough."

Lu Mingfei recalled A'lu's style and simply broke off four peanut candy bananas and handed the rest back.

"Thank you. Let's eat together."

Little monkey: "Woooooo?"

Lu Mingfei touched the little guy in front of him who was only a head shorter than him, with a smile on his face.

"But you have to be careful next time. There won't be kind people like us in a wild environment."

The little ape held up a banana in one hand: "Wooooo!"

The old ape smiled with satisfaction and slowly walked to Lu Zao. He could tell who was the leader of these humans.

The old ape waved his arms and gestured, signaling Lu Zao to follow.

(End of this chapter)