Chapter 126: A Single Hand
After hearing Li Yanchu’s words, the old ape actually stopped moving. Amidst the stunned gazes of the crowd, it paused for a moment, as if thinking something over. Then, to everyone’s surprise, it turned around and walked away.
Even a seasoned monk of deep cultivation like Master Shenshan couldn’t help but be moved. How unexpected! This demon ape... is way too reasonable.
Had they known it would listen to reason like this, what was the point of all that fighting earlier?
The expressions of Master Yuanyi, Granny Chang, Old Ghost Wu, Master Kongming, and Daoist Master Moping all had a conflicted look as they looked at Li Yanchu. Is this how the younger generation handles things now?
The demon ape that they had all joined forces to take down and still couldn’t defeat was actually persuaded to leave... with a single sentence!?
Seeing this, Li Yanchu himself quietly let out a breath of relief. When the ape had lost the Demonslayer Pestle, it had gone berserk and even spoken human words. At the time, he thought he and this ape had become irreconcilable enemies. Who would’ve thought that the ape didn’t hold a grudge at all! He just gave the pestle back and all was forgiven.
If they’d kept fighting, and the ape had entered another berserk state, there would’ve been casualties for sure, even among these first-rate demon slayers.
Not just the experts who had fought the ape, even the wounded cultivators from earlier finally relaxed. This ape was just too eerie to handle.
Just then, the old ape turned and headed toward the giant bronze coffin atop the platform. But after only a few steps, it stopped again and turned around before walking straight up to Li Yanchu.
Seeing this, Li Yanchu’s eyes narrowed, and he tightened his grip on the hilt of his saber. It was only now that he noticed that the ape’s pupils were faintly tinged with gold.
The ape then walked right up to Li Yanchu and bared his fangs in a grin. “Clever.”
With that, the old ape leapt high into the air, bounding toward the direction of the tomb gate. With just a few powerful strides, it vanished beyond the bronze tomb entrance.