Chapter 21: Breakthrough in the Scenic Area

  After a few people finished eating and took a short rest, they continued to climb to the top of the mountain.

  All the way, they finally arrived at a famous scenic spot in Beihai Scenic Area - Monkey Watching Sea. Zhao Tong didn't have much reaction, just panting heavily. The higher the altitude, the thinner the air is, and for people like Zhao Tong who don't exercise often, breathing becomes more laborious.

  But Liu Yiyi was excited, shouting "This is the legendary Monkey Watching the Sea! How beautiful!"

  Hú Qiāng also nodded and said, "Yes, indeed it's as if made in heaven."

  At this time, an old academic-looking man next to him interrupted and said, "This monkey watching the sea is also called a monkey looking at peace. Why does the monkey want to look at peace? There's a story behind this..." He paused for a moment, wanting to show off his knowledge.

  Liu Yiyi was an impatient person, seeing the old man didn't speak, she hastily asked "What story?"

  An old man, seeing someone asking, had his self-esteem satisfied, and began to speak: "In the past, in Taiping County town, there was a village called Xianyuan Village. In the village, there was a family named Zhao Delong, who were known for their love of books. Their daughter's name was Zhangzhu, and she was born intelligent and beautiful. Not far from Xianyuan Village, in the depths of Huangshan North Sea, there was a cave where a spiritual monkey lived, who had been cultivating for 3,600 years and could transform into 36 different forms. One day, the spiritual monkey saw Zhangzhu's beauty and suddenly fell in love with her."

  Liu Yiyi curiously asked again, "Can this monkey also like humans?"

  Zhao Tong burst out laughing at this time "That white snake spirit can still like Xu Xian, why can't the monkey like humans? Haha!"

  The old man nodded in agreement and continued, "The spirit monkey transformed into a white-faced scholar, claiming to be the son of Sun Guangwen, the master of Huangshan Village, Sun Junwu. He arrived at the Zhao family's door in the evening, citing the late hour as an excuse, and asked to stay overnight. The old couple, seeing that he was handsome, elegantly dressed, and courteous, believed him to be genuine and happily accommodated him, even setting up a banquet to entertain him. After drinking three cups of wine, Sun Junwu expressed his affection for Zhu and begged the old couple to accept him as their son-in-law, vowing to serve them and support them in their old age."

  After finishing speaking, he paused for a moment and continued to say: "The old couple was overjoyed when they heard these sweet words. After consulting with their daughter, Zhuangzhu also liked Sun Gongzi very much. The next day, the old couple replied to Sun Gongzi's message. Sun Gongzi was so happy that he almost revealed his true form. Linghou returned to the cave and missed Zhuangzhu dearly, so he quickly transformed all the big and small monkeys into humans and formed a grand procession to welcome Zhuangzhu at the Zhao family in Xiayuan. When Zhuangzhu arrived at the cave mansion, she saw that it was luxuriously decorated and filled with guests.

  Then this monkey was with Miss Zhang?

  The old man laughed and said, "Of course not. On this night, after the banquet was over, Sun Gongzi was escorted into the bridal chamber by the guests. When he woke up, Zhang Zhu found that Sun Gongzi had grown a whole body of fur, and was shocked. It turned out that Sun Gongzi was drunk and had revealed his true form as a monkey. Zhang Zhu was extremely angry and took advantage of Ling Hou's intoxication to escape and rush back home.

  "What about this spirit monkey then?" asked Liu Yiyi.

  "After the Monkey King woke up from his drunkenness, he realized that he had revealed his true form and was shocked to find that Ruyi had escaped. He ordered all the monkeys to search for her outside the cave, but they couldn't find any trace of her even after chasing her down to Furong Ridge at the foot of the mountain. The Monkey King had been thinking about Ruyi day and night since he lost her, but he couldn't think of a clever way to get her back, so every day he would climb up to the precipice behind the cave, sit on a rock, and stare blankly in the direction of Taiping County's Xianyuan Village in the northeast." The old man sighed and stroked his long beard.

  Liu Yi also felt that this story was quite interesting and asked, "Isn't it that this stone is transformed from that spiritual monkey?"

  The old man took a glance at the stone and sighed, "It is indeed so."

  Liu Yiyi sighed and said, "It seems there are still many stories on this mountain? I wonder if there are any other interesting stories in other places."

  The old man couldn't help but laugh and say "Haha, every scenic spot has its own story, but I don't have time to tell you one by one, I should go somewhere else too."

  A few people bid farewell to the old man and then admired the tempting scenery around them. In the endless sea of clouds, the faintly visible mountain peaks seemed to have a hint of mysterious color.

  This monkey watching the sea belongs to the North Sea Scenic Area. The North Sea Scenic Area, with peaks as its body, gathers together strange and steep peaks, rocks, cliffs, caves, platforms, pines and clouds, featuring grandeur, strangeness, danger and fantasy. The ingenious layout of nature, with glaze-like colors changing constantly, forms a natural picture scroll of grandeur, strangeness, fantasy and danger, which is the scenic window of Huangshan.

  Lingering in this vast sea of clouds, Liu Yi only felt that the true energy within his body was surging and churning like a turbulent wave. At this time, Huan Ling spoke up, "Hey, I seem to feel that your body's true energy is about to make a breakthrough?"

  Liu Yi was shocked and hastily asked Huanling "What's going on with this breakthrough?"

  Huan Ling replied, "Breaking through is equivalent to upgrading, which means that the Dragon Seal Art in your body will reach the mid-Qian stage. This way, your martial arts skills will rise to another level. You know, the higher the mountain, the harder it is to climb. Practicing martial arts is also this principle. Being able to reach this level so quickly is truly a rare occurrence in a hundred years."

  Liu Yi nodded and asked, "Then what should I do now?"

  "This is easy, find a place to sit down with your legs crossed and continue to practice the Dragon Subduing Technique. You should be able to break through quickly, but this breakthrough may make you feel slightly uncomfortable. You need to restrain yourself and endure it for a moment."

  Liu Yi and Zhao Tong and several others told a lie, using the excuse of going to the toilet, ran to a mountain cliff, and began to operate the heart method of Yu Long Jue.

  Before long, Liu Yi felt the internal force in his body surging again, flowing in strands, this power made Liu Yi somewhat overwhelmed, as if a large rat was running wildly inside his body.

  Just as I was about to ask Huan Ling, I heard Huan Ling say "We're about to break through, just hold on a bit longer!"

  Liu Yi felt sweat slowly seeping out of his body, and it seemed like the water inside him was boiling, as if it was about to explode. When Huan Ling said this, Liu Yi gritted his teeth and held on tight.

  Suddenly, I felt a hint of coolness entering my heart, and the previous heat disappeared instantly without a trace. My whole body breathed smoothly, as if it had suddenly changed from summer to autumn.

  At this time, a silvery laughter like a spirit bell echoed in his mind "Hehe, looks like you've broken through, not bad, really not bad!"

  Liu Yi stood up, returned to Zhao Tong's side, took a deep breath of the mountain air, and felt refreshed. Suddenly inspired by poetry, he composed an impromptu poem on the spot: "The wonder of the Five Peaks belongs to Huangshan, vast and stretching across the sea of clouds."

  "Towering peaks rise in tiers, deep valleys and steep cliffs form a natural barrier."

  Zhao Tong couldn't help but sigh and say, "Yi Ge, literary giant, great poet!"

  Liu Yi smiled and said, "Nonsense, just made up a few lines on the spot." Seeing Liu Yiyi and Hu Jingjing also casting admiring glances, he felt a bit embarrassed and added, "I've made a fool of myself."