Because the Monkey Mountain was too dangerous, if not for the Human-Faced Peaches, very few people would take the risk to enter this area. The curved stone mountain was filled with monkeys. Once they turned hostile, it was easy to be surrounded. The monkeys were agile and nimble, and would not be able to escape as easily as the piggy area.
Don't be fooled by the listless appearance of these monkeys. They had killed many human cultivators before. In the past, when the Human-Faced Peaches were plentiful, many cultivators would risk their lives to come and pick them. In the end, most of them were killed and buried under the trees.
The Human-Faced Peach Tree absorbed the human corpses through its roots. Only then would it have enough nutrients to bear fruits. If it used the corpses of ordinary Demonic Beasts as a substitute, the nutrition would be much worse. No matter what, Du Feng could not purposely kill a few people to feed the tree for the sake of obtaining the Human-Faced Peach.
He could only take out a few of his spirit pets from the pocket dimension and toss them under the tree. In a short while, the blood of the spirit pets had seeped into the soil. As the blood seeped into the soil, the soil around the peach tree began to loosen. Numerous roots burst out of the soil, dragging the corpses into the ground.
Tsk tsk tsk … To be honest, this scene was quite disgusting. The thick roots even had thin whiskers on them, making them look like some kind of ugly worm. After wrapping around the corpses, the roots squeezed hard, breaking all the bones inside. The internal organs ruptured, and large amounts of blood flowed out, all seeping into the soil. After that, the already dried corpses were dragged into the ground and swallowed.
If not for the sake of obtaining the Human-Faced Peach, Du Feng really did not want to do such a cruel thing. Even the spirit pets he raised were not willing to use them like this. The Human-Faced Peach Tree required a large amount of energy to bear fruit. After swallowing the corpses of the spirit pets, only a few pink flowers bloomed on the branches. There was still a long way to go before it bore fruit.
Actually, Du Feng understood this very well. Because the spirit pets he had tossed over were of a lower grade, they naturally did not contain enough nutrients. Furthermore, the Human-Faced Peaches loved to eat human cultivators, followed by primate Demonic Beasts that were closer to humans. For example, monkeys, apes, Mandrill, etc. Because their bodies were closer to humans, the nutrients in their corpses were also higher.
In the small world of Du Feng's necklace, there were some spiritual pets such as monkeys and gibbon. In order to obtain more Human-Faced Peaches, he could only slaughter a few more and toss them over. As soon as the corpse landed on the ground, a few white tree roots shot into it. Like a python coming out of its hole, it quickly coiled around the corpse and dragged it into the ground, even the process of letting out blood was skipped.
The reason why Du Feng had used up his spirit pet and waited for the Human-Faced Peach Tree to bear fruit instead of plucking the few remaining fruits and running away was not because he was afraid of provoking the Human-Faced Monkey. Regardless of whether it was a newly borne fruit or not, as long as he dared to pluck it, the human-faced monkey would definitely turn hostile.
The main worry was still the Human-Faced Peach Tree itself. This was because Du Feng knew that for such a large tree, its roots would definitely be very developed. It probably covered a radius of tens of li. If they offended this Human-Faced Peach Tree, it would be extremely difficult to escape.
If he did not toss down more spirit pet corpses and directly plucked the few remaining fruits, the Human-Faced Peach Tree would definitely turn hostile. At that time, Du Feng would probably become the most delicious corpse of a cultivator and be dragged into the ground to become its fertilizer.
The method of tossing the corpses of primate spirit pets was still rather effective. More and more peach blossoms bloomed on the branches of the tree, attracting a large swarm of bees. These bees were very interesting. Their bodies were a light pink color with purplish-pink stripes. From afar, one would think that they were a bunch of gems flying up on their own.
"Ji ji ji …"
Seeing a large swarm of bees flying over, the human-faced monkey was both excited and afraid. Excited because the tree was about to bear fruit and they would have something to eat. Afraid that the bees would suddenly turn hostile and attack them. Actually, although the pink bees were also Grade 9 Demonic Beasts, they were not a match for the human-faced monkey.
A single human-faced monkey could at least slap five bees to death. But the problem was that these bees were not afraid of death. They would pounce forward without any regard for their lives, shooting out the poisonous stinger on their tails. If they were stung too many times, the human-faced monkey would be in unbearable pain and might even die from the poison. Unless it was absolutely necessary, they did not want to make a move against the bees.
In the process of plucking nectar, the bees would stick the pollen to their feet. When they went to the next peach blossom to pluck nectar, they would naturally bring the pollen over. Of course, these bees were not simple. They would pluck all the nectar before flying to the next peach blossom.
In this way, only the next peach blossom could be pollinated. The previous peach blossom that had already been plucked would not be visited by the bees anymore. Du Feng also discovered this problem. He felt that in this way, only half of the fruits would be produced. The other half would gradually wither, unable to bear any fruit.
Of course, the Human-Faced Peach Tree was not that simple. It had a certain level of intelligence and knew that the bees had this bad habit. So when the bees flew to the next peach blossom, the stamen of the previous peach blossom would produce new nectar. In this way, the bees would obediently fly over to pluck the nectar again. Over and over again, they would not get tired of this, working diligently among the flowers.
Du Feng found a pattern. He collected the nectar of the flowers. After plucking the nectar, the light pink parts of the body would gradually turn purplish red. Just as he was engrossed in watching, he suddenly heard a chaotic buzzing sound. All the bees seemed to have been startled and scattered in all directions.
The reason was very simple. The Human-Faced Peach Tree was about to bear fruits. Those beautiful peach blossoms merged together, turning into small fruit stalks. If the bees did not fly away, they might be trapped inside and unable to come out.
Interesting, those little peaches that had not ripened yet were like the heads of children, very human-like. The speed at which the Human-Faced Peach Tree bore fruit depended on the amount of external nutrients. When there was a lack of nutrients, it would not bear a single fruit for tens or hundreds of years. As long as there was enough nutrients, it would bear fruit immediately.
Still not enough ah... Du Feng looked at those newly borne Human-Faced Peaches. They were only the size of a baby's head, and they were no longer growing. This meant that the nutrients were not enough. He could only slaughter another batch of primates and throw the corpses under the tree.
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