Chapter 00107: Monkey Demon
# Monkey Demon
Chapter 107
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 107: Monkey Demon
Nothing much was happening on Viola's side, so Li Chengxi was now paying more attention to Yang Yiyi, who was even having trouble with the simple act of eating.
The sudden surge in physical strength made it difficult for the girl to adapt.
After an incident where she used too much force while catching fish in the pool, making it look like it had exploded, and then destroying quite a few innocent peach trees on her way back, Yang Yiyi had returned to the cave.
As a bonus, when she pushed aside the vines at the entrance, she accidentally smashed a chunk out of the rock wall.
When a person moves their limbs, they don't consciously think about how much force to use.
It's a completely instinctual reaction, coordinated by the cerebellum.
For instance, when you pick up a glass of water, you don't first consider which muscle or tendon to activate.
The thought of picking up the glass forms in your mind, and you naturally do it.
But when your strength suddenly explodes, if you try to do it with the same feeling you used to pick up a water glass, it's easy to crush the glass in your hand.
This wasn't a huge problem.
Humans are highly adaptable; she would get used to it before long.
However, Yang Yiyi probably hadn't considered any of this.
She was just overjoyed.
Not only did she catch three large fish, but she also gathered a lot of firewood on her way back.
Once in the cave, she started a bonfire to roast the fish and dry her clothes at the same time.
By the way, she used matches to start the fire, because she had crushed the lighter Li Chengxi gave her...
With her current strength, he felt that starting a fire by drilling wood probably wouldn't be very difficult for her either.
Li Chengxi's strategy of allocating her points was correct.
Only by one-punching her way through the early stages could she survive long enough to have a meteoric rise in the mid-to-late game.
But he had clearly underestimated the effects of the Sky-Upholding Stone.
If this kept up, if she used ten Sky-Upholding Stones to boost her stats, wouldn't Yang Yiyi be able to attain the Dao through sheer force and ascend on the spot?
The only small drawback was that it was unlikely she could obtain Sky-Upholding Stones consecutively.
He felt that finding the first Sky-Upholding Stone so easily was probably like the newbie bonus in most games, equivalent to the starter gacha resources you get when a server launches.
Finding more wouldn't be so simple.
Well, it was an idle game.
Just go with the flow.
But until she had mastered her newfound strength, it was best not to let Yang Yiyi go out.
It was a shame to see that nice peach forest get destroyed.
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The next morning, Li Chengxi woke up from his bed feeling refreshed and full of energy.
He wasn't sure if it was because the Ring of Strength improved his physical constitution, but these past two days, Li Chengxi had been sleeping exceptionally well, and his appetite had grown too.
Li Chengxi thought this was a good thing.
The more you eat, the healthier you are.
From this perspective, the Ring of Strength was much more useful than the Ring of Sight, which only seemed to provide Eagle Eye Vision.
The first thing he did after getting up was to rummage through his chests and drawers to find the swimming trunks he had bought back in his school days.
After all, he had to go to the swimming pool in the afternoon, so it was best to prepare in advance.
Afterward, he went about his usual routine: went to his shop, opened it, and sat down behind the cashier counter to turn on his computer.
Viola was still sleeping soundly, and the letter inviting her to Sailing Harbor was probably still on its way.
Li Chengxi gave a customary glance at the crop growth and infrastructure development, then turned his attention to the other computer.
Yang Yiyi, on the other hand, was an early riser.
She was currently in the cave, practicing Monkey Boxing.
The skills he had imparted to Yang Yiyi so far were, by all accounts, of a very low tier.
But Yang Yiyi was very content.
She cherished this rare opportunity to learn real martial arts and was extremely diligent.
Then Li Chengxi saw Yang Yiyi, who had just been practicing Monkey Boxing, turn around and start ramming her head into the wall, looking oh-so-very-smart...
This was the Iron Head Skill.
Although the scene left him speechless, he could tell she was getting more proficient at controlling her strength.
If this had been yesterday, she would have definitely collapsed the stone wall with a single hit.
Since Yang Yiyi was already up, Li Chengxi pushed a loaf of bread through the screen and casually picked up the microphone.
"Are you hungry? Eat first."
Hearing Li Chengxi's voice come from the Jade Tablet, Yang Yiyi stopped her wall-ramming and said:
"Brother Li, how was my practice?"
"You're learning very quickly."
The only small problem was that from Li Chengxi's perspective, he could see a large dent in the wall, even emitting smoke in a cartoonish fashion...
With just that simple word of praise from Li Chengxi, Yang Yiyi immediately started humming a little tune as she tore open the bread's packaging.
This girl was easily satisfied.
But before Yang Yiyi could even take a bite of her cream bread, a dialogue box popped up on the left side of Li Chengxi's screen.
'You in there, get out here! I know you're in there! Come out and face me one-on-one!'
Li Chengxi could only see the text and couldn't hear the voice.
Puzzled, he asked:
"Does someone else live in this valley?"
"I... I haven't seen anyone else either..."
Yang Yiyi put down her bread, a little nervous.
Ever since she was sold by her master and almost used as a cultivation cauldron, Yang Yiyi had become very distrustful of people.
If Li Chengxi hadn't appeared in the form of a Jade Tablet, she probably wouldn't have trusted him so quickly.
Hearing someone shouting, her first reaction was to shrink back onto her bed.
'Get out here! You dare destroy my peach grove and not admit it!'
The voice outside the cave continued to shout.
Seeing this, Li Chengxi said:
"Then let's go out and see. It's okay, don't forget, things are different now."
Yang Yiyi had always felt inferior due to her poor aptitude and lacked confidence.
After hearing Li Chengxi's words, she remembered that she had learned martial arts now and didn't need to be afraid.
So, she got up and edged toward the direction of the voice, then quickly turned back to grab the Jade Tablet.
"Brother Li, you have to stay with me."
"Don't worry, I'll be with you even if you don't ask."
She was the very definition of timid.
However, with Li Chengxi as her backup, Yang Yiyi finally mustered a bit of courage.
She passed through the narrow cave, pushed aside the vines, and stepped into the valley filled with peach trees.
At this moment, Li Chengxi saw on his screen that it wasn't a person standing outside the cave, but a large circle of monkeys.
Among this group of monkeys, the largest one, nearly the size of a gorilla, was holding a staff and jumping up and down, shouting into the cave.
"Fuck? Is that the Great Sage Sun?"
His getup was just a bit shabby.
Other than a staff, he wasn't wearing anything.
The moment Yang Yiyi saw it wasn't a person outside, she breathed a sigh of relief.
But then her eyes fell on the particularly prominent monkey in the group, and her heart tensed up again.
She whispered to the Jade Tablet:
"That's a monkey demon, Brother Li. What should I do?"
How would Li Chengxi know what to do? By the way, wasn't this supposed to be a wuxia script? What was the deal with a demon showing up?
Of course, he couldn't say that out loud, or Yang Yiyi would panic even more.
So Li Chengxi spoke into the microphone:
"Don't panic. Let's first see what it wants."
When the monkeys saw Yang Yiyi finally emerge from the cave, they all started chattering noisily.
But the largest monkey slammed his staff on the ground, and the other monkeys immediately fell silent.
"So it was you, bullying my monkey children. Today, I, the Great King Shanying, have come to demand an explanation."
"It wasn't me! I didn't do it! Don't talk nonsense! They were the ones who started throwing things at me first!"
Yang Yiyi delivered a classic three-part denial.
Hearing this, the monkey who called himself the Great King Shanying looked at the smaller monkeys beside him.
It was unclear if this group of monkeys had also gained spiritual intelligence, but every single one of them was as sly as, well, a monkey.
They chattered away at the Great King Shanying.
"Hah! You dare lie to me! My monkeys say you struck first!"
The few monkeys that had just been chattering to the Great King Shanying actually revealed sly grins, as if their plan had succeeded.
They really have become demons...