As Ye Lingyue's foot stepped into empty air, she cursed inwardly, this ancient tree's entire trunk turned out to be hollow.
In her panic, Ye Lingyue instinctively wrapped her hands around her head, curled her body into a ball, and rolled all the way down.
Fortunately, Ye Lingyue was already at the Third Layer Body Refining Realm, her skin as tough as bronze, so rolling down did not injure her much, and only when her feet touched soft soil again did Ye Lingyue let go of her head.
At the bottom of the tree hollow the ground was flat, carrying a faint fragrance of pine, though the view was a bit dim, but the Fire Stick on her still remained, and Ye Lingyue lit the Fire Stick.
The Fire Stick's glow lit up the surroundings, and the bottom of the tree hollow seemed to be a storage room, with scattered objects that looked like beast bones all around, along with a large number of rotting unknown fruits.
Looked like she had accidentally taken refuge in the Iron-Armed Ape's storage hollow.
Holding up the Fire Stick, Ye Lingyue took a look around, and on the left side of the tree hollow she discovered several jars covered with plantain leaves.
Opening a jar, she saw it was full of Jadescent Nectar, rich fragrance flooding out, and in an instant the entire hollow was filled with the smell of wine, even someone like Ye Lingyue, who was not fond of alcohol, found her mouth watering.
What struck Ye Lingyue as odd was that just by inhaling a few breaths of the wine's aroma, the Primordial Power in Ye Lingyue's Dantian rose rapidly like a rising tide.
This wine was the good stuff.
Ye Lingyue's eyes lit up, and she simply leaned in closer to the wine jar and gulped down a few mouthfuls.
That sip was so sweet and tasty that Ye Lingyue, careless for a moment, ended up drinking more than half a jar.
By the time she felt a bit dizzy and tipsy, her body was already swaying like a drunk who could not stand steady, so with a thud she fell to the ground and passed out.
While Ye Lingyue was unconscious, a large amount of black impurities was expelled from her body.
Ye Lingyue had no idea that the wine she had drunk was called Hundred Fruit Wine, brewed by the Iron-Armed Apes of the mountain using various Medicinal Grass and rare fruits.
After drinking it, not only could it enhance one's physique, it could also perform Bone Marrow Cleansing, and that monstrous strength and tough body of the Iron-Armed Apes all came from drinking Hundred Fruit Wine.
For Martial Artists below the Innate Realm, even a single cup of this wine was extremely precious, yet Ye Lingyue, like Pigsy gulping down ginseng fruit, had drained more than half a jar in one go, an outrageous waste.
This sleep lasted three days and three nights, and when Ye Lingyue finally woke, she sprang up with a start and discovered a layer of grime like black mud covering her body, reeking terribly.
At the same time, she felt her limbs had become much lighter, and not only that, the Primordial Power in her Dantian had surged far beyond what it had been before.
"Refining Body Fifth Layer, no way." Ye Lingyue drove the newly born Primordial Power, which poured forth like a breached flood, raging through her body.
Overjoyed, Ye Lingyue performed a set of Thunderclap Fist.
By the time she finished the set, her movements were more graceful and less constrained than usual, actually carrying a bit of that flowing-clouds-and-running-water feel.
"Thunderclap Fist," from Ye Lingyue's hands five streaks of Thunderflash burst forth, forming five crescent-shaped bolts, and when the Thunderflash struck the tree stump, sparks flew, a thunderous boom resounded, and the entire tree trunk went up in roaring flames.
Five strikes, she could actually unleash five Thunderclaps.
Ye Lingyue stared at her hands in disbelief, for although Thunderclap Fist was only a piece of Nine Tier Martial Arts, most of the Ye Family People needed at least five or six years of practice before they could fire off more than four Thunderflash, yet Ye Lingyue had not even been learning Thunderclap Fist for a full month.
"Ha ha, Iron-Armed Ape, this time I really ought to thank you." Ye Lingyue laughed aloud, then unceremoniously scooped up the remaining five or six jars of Hundred Fruit Wine; with Hong Meng Heaven around, hauling off a few jars of wine was hardly difficult.
Just as Ye Lingyue was about to move the wine into Hong Meng Heaven, she heard an angry roar from an Iron-Armed Ape.
The very same Iron-Armed Ape from before came charging over, apparently alerted by the noise from Ye Lingyue's Thunderclap Fist.
Seeing its tree hollow destroyed and Ye Lingyue still trying to steal its treasures, the Iron-Armed Ape suffered no small shock, and it let out an enraged bellow, its iron arms kicking up a wave of air as it smashed toward Ye Lingyue.
"Huh, in just three days the Iron-Armed Ape's speed got so much slower." Ye Lingyue was puzzled, not realizing that after drinking the Hundred Fruit Wine she had broken through two levels in a row and undergone Bone Marrow Cleansing, her strength already incomparable to before.
Ye Lingyue pushed off with one foot, spotted a blind spot, and drove several Thunderclap Fist strikes straight at the Iron-Armed Ape's head; with that punch, the five Thunderflash instantly blew the Iron-Armed Ape's skull apart like a watermelon.
Without even managing a single cry, the two-hundred-pound body of the Iron-Armed Ape toppled backward, white brain matter and red blood splattering all over the ground, dead beyond any doubt.
After killing the Iron-Armed Ape with a single punch, Ye Lingyue stood there a bit dazed, and only after a long moment did she let out a heavy breath.
"This big guy's hide and fur were worth a tidy sum, though the meat did not taste good." As Ye Lingyue thought of this, she suddenly remembered that she had gotten drunk and slept in the tree hollow for three days, and had nearly forgotten about the Little Cute Dog in Hong Meng Heaven.
~New book on the rankings, all recommendation votes from old and new readers alike should be tossed into the new book's bowl, nothing would happen to the old book, Da Fu knew you had always been there, thanks for everyone's support~