When Chu Xuan flew over from afar, what he saw was such a scene: numerous ferocious apes with white hair and long arms, led by a frail and hunched old monkey, piously kneeling on the ground.

The old monkey was draped in a few pieces of torn cloth, leaning on a jade cane. Although its movements seemed shaky, the aura it emitted was clearly stronger than that of an ordinary long-armed ape.

Not to mention, among the ape group were obviously three to five elite individuals, encircling a tall, muscular, and smoothly-furred silver long-armed ape with an overwhelming presence.

This one should be the Ape King, judging by its aura, it at least possesses the strength of the fifth realm.

If Chu Xuan attacks head-on just like this, he will definitely be torn apart by them.

Naturally, the first to notice Chu Xuan’s arrival was the silver Ape King. It angrily stood up and let out a low growl in his direction, prompting the other long-armed apes to rise and look over.

Under the gaze of countless fierce eyes, Chu Xuan noticed signs showing they were about to raise their arms in unison, clearly indicating they were about to activate their Innate Divine Techniques. He immediately raised the Token high, fully arousing the spiritual blood within the Intelligent Stone Monkey!

Scarlet bloodstains quickly appeared on the iron-black Token, and the Intelligent Stone Monkey depicted on the back of the Token, with its head raised and palm above its brow, seemed increasingly vivid, as if about to come to life.

As the aura of the Intelligent Stone Monkey spread out, the long-armed apes all showed expressions of shock and fear, collectively retreating a circle backward.

Although they are not descendants of the Stone Monkey, and won’t be subjected to obvious bloodline suppression, the pure aura of the Stone Monkey, coexisting among the four unrestful monkeys, still makes them instinctively feel fear.

Even the Ape King seemed quite conflicted, its intelligence telling it there’s no need to be afraid, just charge forward and kill this little person.

However, on the other hand, its instincts suppressed it, urging retreat, not to approach, not to provoke.

Only the old monkey looked exceptionally calm, squinting its eyes slightly, gazing at the Token in Chu Xuan’s hand.

The two sides were in a stalemate for a while, and seeing that these long-armed apes hadn’t attacked, Chu Xuan felt slightly reassured.

Next, he planned to slowly move forward, see if he could extract the spiritual blood and leave, and it would be best not to take the leg bone away, or else these ferocious apes would surely fight him to the death.

As for Gu Haitang, there was no need for her to come over, she could provide distant support from the periphery, which was also the least risky for her.

However, just at this moment, the Ape King started to command its subordinates to spread out in all directions, both to completely surround the enemies and to check if there were any accomplices.

Chu Xuan felt a bit headache, how clever is this? Is this still a ferocious beast renowned for brainless violence?

Feeling compelled to act, Chu Xuan could only signal Gu Haitang, who was trailing from afar, indicating for her to come over and rendezvous.

Otherwise, once the encirclement was complete, it would be very dangerous for Gu Haitang to come close, and staying far away would lose the effect of support. By the time she entered the core circle, the moment would have passed.

It’s better to have her stay by his side, Chu Xuan feels more at ease.

This also fits Gu Haitang’s intent, as long as she can stay by that man’s side, no matter how dangerous it is, she is not afraid.

As the two quickly reunited, the long-armed ape group completed the encirclement, staring daggers at them. If not for instinct, they would have pounced long ago.

Chu Xuan didn’t plan to communicate with them, just holding the Divine Command, slowly flying towards the central stone platform.

As they got closer to the leg bone, the ape group became increasingly restless, each baring their teeth and especially the silver Ape King, almost unable to restrain itself, its whole body radiating a glow, with its right hand slowly rising.

Seeing this, Chu Xuan immediately stopped, and the Ape King stared fiercely at him, its right hand slowly lowering.

Gu Haitang said worriedly, "What should we do? They’re too vigilant."

Chu Xuan frowned and thought for a moment, having no choice, he shouted towards the Ape King’s direction, "Can I touch it?! I promise not to take your treasure."

Of course, the Ape King couldn’t understand, it only issued a low growl in return, threatening these two peculiar people not to come closer.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the old monkey next to it slowly raised its cane with its right hand, and for a while, all the long-armed apes looked over.

The Ape King glanced at it in confusion, but the old monkey shook its head at the Ape King and voluntarily retreated.

The ape group seemed a bit at a loss, glancing between the elder and the Ape King.

The Ape King scratched its ears and cheeks, extremely agitated, but ultimately followed the old monkey’s suggestion, leading the tribe to slowly retreat.

Chu Xuan was quite surprised, could this old monkey understand human speech? And so accommodating? Could it recognize the origins of this Divine Command?

No matter what, he immediately took advantage of this opportunity, flying towards the stone platform. But as he approached within three feet of it, the sword light under his feet suddenly vanished! It seemed as if a force here prohibited flying.

Though surprised, Chu Xuan remained calm, holding Gu Haitang’s wrist and landing together. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

At the moment their feet stepped onto the white foundation, the old monkey’s jade cane struck the ground!

The two next to the stone platform vanished, as if swallowed into some dimensional shift.

Chu Xuan felt a blur, and the surrounding long-armed apes disappeared, the whole world fell silent, and looking up, even the coiled candle dragon on the Tree of Life couldn’t be seen.

Damn! You tricked me?