Chapter 318 - 187: This Woman Is a Temptress_2
In the dead of night, Jiang Feng returned to Zhenbei Prison.
"Why did the big monkey suddenly go berserk?"
Han Dong and the others were still outside the forest.
This time, the Demon Suppression Bureau suffered heavy casualties.
Changqing Chuan was stomped to death by the White Ape, along with his mount, the Hunting Falcon; the other lackeys were either dead or wounded.
Severed limbs lay everywhere.
A scene of purgatory on earth.
Liu Yun was in low spirits.
Changqing Chuan had come from the same sect as her, and they both served in the Demon Suppression Bureau. Now he was dead, and a group of subordinates had also been killed by the White Ape.
As the leader of this expedition, Liu Yun knew she bore great responsibility.
"It gave birth."
"Someone, go into the forest and search for the baby monkeys."
"Any that are newborn."
"No, bring back any monkey younger than a year old to the Demon Suppression Bureau."
Liu Yun gave the order.
After checking the White Ape’s body, she discovered it had given birth and quickly understood the reason behind its frenzy and counterattack on the members of the Demon Suppression Bureau.
It turned out to be fighting for a last chance for its offspring.
Under normal circumstances, Liu Yun might have shown mercy.
But now, with the Demon Suppression Bureau having lost so many, if she didn’t bring back the White Ape’s young, she couldn’t answer for it. Besides, as a Beast Master, she was very clear that spirit pets trained from youth have the highest loyalty.
What’s more, since the White Ape was an Innate Great Demon, its offspring surely had an extraordinary bloodline, perhaps even strong enough to be raised into a Monkey King Great Demon in the future.
"So in the end, it was all for your children."
Han Dong was moved.
Seeing Liu Yun send people into the forest to search for the baby monkeys, she wanted to speak but stopped herself; in the end she could only sigh, for the Demon Suppression Bureau’s heavy loss was now beyond the matter of whether the Second Prince would assign blame or not.
Han Dong simply didn’t have the face to stop Liu Yun’s actions.
"Roar!"
At that moment, a beast’s roar came from within the forest.
"Master Wu!"
"I’ll help you search for the baby monkeys too."
It was Wu Weiwei’s voice.
She had watched the White Ape fight back and kill so many from the Demon Suppression Bureau, but being always cautious, she’d hidden far away. Only when the White Ape finally fell did she dare come over.
"Xiao Hei, sniff carefully."
"Let’s go find the baby monkeys."
Soon, she and the Little Black Tiger disappeared into the forest.
The next afternoon, Han Dong returned to Zhenbei Prison.
She was in low spirits, her expression gloomy.
Nobody knew whether she was sympathizing with the White Ape’s fate, or grieving the casualties among the Demon Suppression Bureau members; after she returned, Jiang Feng couldn’t ignore it, so he approached: "Sister Dong, I heard someone from the Demon Suppression Bureau say that the big monkey and Master Chang perished together, and a lot of people died. Is it true?"
Han Dong glanced at Jiang Feng and replied sadly, "Yes. The matter has already alarmed the Holy Emperor. Now everyone from the Demon Suppression Bureau is searching for the baby monkeys."
"Huh? Why?"
Jiang Feng was startled.
"The big monkey went mad because it gave birth and wanted the baby monkeys to escape, so it fought the Demon Suppression Bureau to the death."
Han Dong explained.
"So the big monkey’s pregnancy really wasn’t a trick?"
Jiang Feng feigned surprise.
Once Han Dong returned to the courtyard, sitting alone in the workshop, he couldn’t help but worry: would those three baby monkeys end up in the hands of the Demon Suppression Bureau?
Would that group of red-haired baboons be wiped out?
"They belong to the same species, but the Demon Suppression Bureau probably wouldn’t go after a bunch of baboons, would they?"
Jiang Feng mused to himself.
He wasn’t able to go check.
If those three baby monkeys did end up captured by the Demon Suppression Bureau, there was nothing he could do. His arrangement with the White Ape was only to spare those three, and he had done so, even placing them with the red-haired baboons so they wouldn’t become human spirit pets.
If they couldn’t escape disaster this time, Jiang Feng could only leave it to fate.
In the blink of an eye, three days passed.
Jiang Feng checked the status panel.
Name: Jiang Feng
Fortune: 153177
Cultivation Technique: Tai Chi Longevity Skill (Great Perfection), Yangchun Technique (Beginner+)
Skills: Loulan Slash (Perfection), Wind Palm (Minor Achievement+), Three-legged Body Technique (Minor Achievement)
Realm: Innate (Ruyi Realm)
Divine Power: Immortality
After settling the White Ape, Jiang Feng’s Fortune Point increased by over 150,000 at once.
When he saw such a sudden leap in Fortune, Jiang Feng was shocked, because it meant if things were exposed and the Second Prince learned that he took the Spiritual Liquid, it would bring serious troubles.
It might even endanger his life.
Thinking of the Second Prince’s background, especially his ties with the Divine Sect, Jiang Feng knew that even though he could crush the Second Prince in strength, he couldn’t fight the power behind him.
At the very least, he still had no clue about the Emperor of the Great Tang’s strength, how many experts were in the Imperial City, or what was really going on with the Divine Sect.
He’d investigated: after passing through Chishui County, the Blood Wolf Pack entered Demon Fang City, but didn’t dare approach Sunset Town—let alone head in the Divine Sect’s direction.
It showed how even a so-called "extinct" Divine Sect was a terrifying existence to the Blood Wolves.
At the very least, in the eyes of the Blood Wolf King, the Divine Sect was more formidable than the Great Tang itself.
The fact that the Second Prince was protected by both forces made him all the more terrifying.
Fortunately, with things having developed to this point, Jiang Feng didn’t need to worry for now about being noticed by the Second Prince.
For these three days, he’d been keeping an eye on news from the Demon Suppression Bureau.
He wanted to know if the three baby monkeys he’d sent away had been found by them. The news was, over those three days, the Demon Suppression Bureau had captured over a hundred monkeys.