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Lin Wu's Nascent soul, which was of the crimson eyed emerald worm bloodline grew more and more until it finally reached the size of an adult man.
Looking at it Lin Wu felt like he was looking at an older version of himself from his past life. This man had a beard unlike him, who kept his face clean shaven and even looked far more muscular.
"Hot Dang! Is this what I would be like in my past life if I exercised and grew a beard?" Lin Wu couldn't help by exclaim.
But Lin Wu's surprise was just about to start as more changes soon accompanied this. Along with the breakthrough of the Crimson eyed emerald worm bloodline Nascent Soul, the other Nascent Soul with the unknown bloodline also started to suck in spirit Qi at a rapid rate.
~shua~shua~shua~
It was as if Lin Wu had become the eye of a cyclone and all of the spirit Qi in the area started to rush towards him. Thankfully for him, the spirit Qi in the area was already concentrated by the formation array of the tomb and thus he was easily able to absorb it all.
About an hour later, Lin Wu's other Nascent Soul had also grown, but it didn't reach the point where it looked the same age as that of the first Nascent Soul.
"Huh… that's strange… why is this one a bit younger?" Lin Wu wondered.
~Ding~
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CULTIVATION BASE Upgraded: Adolescent Soul stage of the Nascent Soul Realm - Adult Soul stage of the Nascent Soul Realm.
HOST CULTIVATION: Adult Soul stage of the Nascent Soul Realm.
-Spirit Qi required to upgrade = [0000/15,000,000] units (liquid spirit qi)
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Seeing the requirements for the next realm, Lin Wu was stunned.
"What the heck!? The requirement more than doubled?" Lin Wu said out loud.
He checked his body and saw that it was now absorbing spirit Qi a bit more efficiently and even when he didn't actively cultivate it would gather several wisps of spirit Qi automatically.
~Sigh~
"I guess this was bound to happen…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.
"Though system, why is the second Nascent Soul not the same as my first one?" Lin Wu questioned.
~DING~
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ANSWER: The unknown bloodline of the host is not sufficiently saturated enough to enable a full breakthrough. Only when the bloodline is furthered will the host be able to make the second Nascent soul progress and reach the same level as that of the first one.
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"No wonder…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.
Still, Lin Wu was satisfied with the increase in his cultivation and could feel the power difference from before. He felt like he could not fight for months at once without getting tired.
"No, no, no. I shouldn't get ahead of myself. Better to get everything ready and be a bit more cautious before acting…" Lin Wu said to himself.
With that in mind, Lin Wu decided to return to cultivating, but this time he chose to further the other aspects of it. The first one was nothing but the Undaunted Sapphire Body art. It was currently at 25% conversion and Lin Wu needed just a little more for it to reach the second stage.
"Let's get to it, shall we?" Lin Wu said before he began his cultivation session.
Spirit Qi was breathed in by him in accordance with the Taiji Dual unity Scripture's methods and was slowly refined bit by bit. The spirit Qi that entered his body was far more concentrated than before, but Lin Wu knew it would not be enough for the number of things he wanted to do.
Hours turned into days, and days turned into a week.
A week after Lin Wu had broken through to the Adult Soul stage of the Nascent Soul realm, he finally cultivated enough spirit Qi that the Undaunted Sapphire Body art started to progress.
~DING~
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CULTIVATION TECHNIQUE UPGRADED: Undaunted Sapphire Body art: First level (25% Meridians converted) - Undaunted Sapphire Body art: Second level (31% Meridians converted)
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Not only had Lin Wu managed to break through in one go, but it had also exceeded the thirty percent limit and gone past that.
~phew~
"That took far longer than I thought it would. This technique is certainly a high leveled one." Lin Wu muttered to himself.
Knowing that the progress of the technique would only get slower and slower the higher he went, Lin Wu was thankful. This was something that even the system could not completely help him with since it was not as simple as a breakthrough by just increasing spirit Qi.
This needed an understanding of his body and its meridians that Lin Wu was slowly grasping and deepening his knowledge about. In addition to that, his body's meridians also took some time to change into sapphire meridians.
Since it was a physiological change, it took a bit longer than normal. But once it was completed and the second level was breached, Lin Wu could feel the change in his spirit Qi. The spirit Qi that passed through the sapphire meridians was far finer than normal spirit Qi.
It was like comparing a needle to a hair. While both of them were thin, one was still thinner than the other. Lin Wu understood that his smaller size was the reason why it was able to pass through barriers and restrictions.
It was the same as water passing through a sieve due to having a smaller size.
Lin Wu was also expecting an increase in his skills, but it wasn't seen.
"Hmm… guess I'll continue to cultivate. I'll attack the Olive Viper King when my avatar is finally here. Though… speaking of the avatar… where is it now?" Lin Wu wondered.
He quickly switched his bodies and his consciousness transferred over to the avatar.
Thousands of kilometers from the millennium forest, Lin Wu's avatar that was traveling on the platform opened its eyes.
"My avatar increased its cultivation too, just as I expected. But where am I?" Lin Wu wondered as he looked around.
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Lin Wu saw that he was passing over a desert now. There were sparse shrubs disturbed around the area and sand flowed like the water.
"Oh? Isn't this the middle desert? How did we end up here?" Lin Wu couldn't help but question.
"System, show me the route map that you took." Lin Wu ordered.
~Ding~
A new window appeared in front of him that showed the map along with lines that showed the route that the system had taken until now.
"That's a long and winding route… why did you change directions so many times?" Lin Wu questioned.
~DING~
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ANSWER: According to the host's directions, the system was to avoid populated areas and humans. Thus the system changed the directions and route whenever there were humans in the path.
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Hearing the system's answer, Lin Wu found it to be valid, but what he found strange was the number of humans that it had encountered.
'This is strange… even the route that we planned before was rather empty and few humans passed by there. Why is there so many encounters with them now?' Lin Wu couldn't help but wonder.
"System, show me the memories from the past week." Lin Wu ordered.
In the next moment, Lin Wu's vision darkened and he could see the memories of all that had happened in the last seven days. Most of it was just the avatar sitting on the platform and cultivating, but there were several times when the platform inadvertently came close to humans.
Lin Wu could tell that they were all cultivators and were going somewhere. Most of them were in the core condensation realm and could only fly on spirit weapons, but there were a few that were at the Nascent Soul realm.
If this were in a sect or a big city, such level of cultivators would have been normal. But in the wilderness such as this, it was very strange. Especially because the system had to change routes multiple times.
They had done it enough that they weren't even in the same section as before. Originally, Shirong had taken a rather straight route to the Dread Coil Marsh that passed through the middle part of the Long continent.
But now, the area that Lin Wu was could officially be considered the southern part of the Long continent.
"Man, doesn't this just increase the time needed for the avatar to reach the Millennium forest?" Lin Wu said, judging the distance and route.
He thought about the cultivators that he had come across and wondered if all of them were going to the same place. What the system had done was move in away from the cultivators whenever they came in its range.
All of the cultivators were moving towards the south, which ended up with the system going more and more to the south to avoid them. Eventually, it had gone far enough that it ended up in the southern part.
Lin Wu continued to go through the memories and realized that some of the cultivators that were in the Nascent Soul realm had even managed to sense the platform and had tried going after it.
Thankfully system was the first in detecting them and had already taken evasive measures. So while they had detected that there was someone or rather something else nearby, they hadn't actually seen the platform.
~phew~
'At least they haven't seen it. As long as they haven't, then it could be considered to be any other object. Though I need to change the tactic, I guess… Hmm, that should work.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
"Alright system, the next time you encounter humans, put the platform in the storage and let the avatar hide in the ground. This way at least you won't keep on getting, off course." Lin Wu ordered.
"Affirmative." The system replied.
Lin Wu nodded his head and realized that he should have thought deeper about the orders that he gave to the system before. If he had told it to do something like this beforehand, it would not have led to this point.
~Sigh~
"No use thinking of the past and regretting it. I should just get to work." Lin Wu muttered to himself.
With this out of the way, Lin Wu switched his body again as his consciousness passed from the avatar into the main body. His main body in the Taiji Celestial's tomb opened its eyes and stood up.
"The avatar should be fine now. Hopefully, it manages to reach the millennium forest in a month at least." Lin Wu muttered to himself.
With this little inconvenience out of way now, Lin Wu was free to go back to his cultivation session. He coiled up and started to absorb the spirit Qi according to the methods of the Taiji Dual unity Scripture.
Two weeks passed in the blink of an eye and Lin Wu felt that the wind attitude liquid spirit Qi pool in his Dantian had grown bigger than before. If he looked closer, he could tell that it was almost thrice the size than before.
"I should be close now…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.
He continued to cultivate and let the spirit Qi infuse according to the method of the Immortal Sky Shaker art. Three more days passed and Lin Wu finally felt the change in his body.
~shua~shua~shua~
Wind spirit Qi whirled around his body as it passed through his body's pores in and out. The winds turned into blades and would slice anything that dared to come close.
~Ding~
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CULTIVATION TECHNIQUE UPGRADED: Immortal Sky Shaker Art- First level (Wind attribute spirit Qi initiate) - Immortal Sky Shaker Art- Second level (Wind attribute spirit Qi Adept)
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Lin Wu could feel his control over wind attribute spirit Qi increase by multiple times.
"Is this how Shirong felt when using the Immortal Sky Shaker art?" Lin Wu wondered.
He waved his tail and streaks of wind tore through the air like a powerful jet.
"Mmmhmm, this is perfect.." Lin Wu praised himself shamelessly.
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With a new breakthrough done, Lin Wu felt satisfied. He tested his skills out in one of the trial rooms, which could easily bear the damage and felt even better.
"Damn this room is very strong. How did I not notice this before, system?" Lin Wu wondered.
~DING~
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ANSWER: This is one of the sixty trial rooms made in the Tomb, and this one is of the highest difficulty level. This is made to withstand attacks from very strong cultivators and according to the system's calculation, can withstand even Immortal Ascension realm cultivators attacks.
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"Whoa!" Lin Wu was stunned, to say the least upon hearing this fact.
"Doesn't this mean that I can basically win against any cultivator from this world as long as I can trap them here?" Lin Wu questioned.
~DING~
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ANSWER: The system's analysis is purely on the basis of brute force impact. An actual cultivator might be able to escape using their skills or expertise to overcome the restriction. The host should not be complacent and uses this as a viable tactic.
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"Ah, hehehe~ I guess so…" Lin Wu awkwardly said before looking at one of the screens.
"I guess now that I'm here, I may as well see what my other servants are doing. I haven't checked up on them in a while now…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.
"System, show me the servant data." Lin Wu ordered.
~DING~
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SERVANT BEASTS:
1. Deep Earth Millennium Mole
STATUS: Currently in the middle of a breakthrough
Cultivation Base: Late Stage of the Core Condensation realm
COMMUNICATION LINK: Stable
LOCATION: Available on map
FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE: a.Detonate
2. Split thorn horn beetle
STATUS: Vitals stable
Cultivation Base: Peak Stage of the Core Condensation realm
COMMUNICATION LINK: Stable
LOCATION: Available on map
FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE: a.Detonate
3.Hook Winged Swan
STATUS: Vitals stable
Cultivation Base: Late Stage of the Core Condensation realm
COMMUNICATION LINK: Stable
LOCATION: Available on map
FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE: a.Detonate
4.High Wind Gale Sparrow
STATUS: Vitals stable
Cultivation Base: Peak Stage of the Core Condensation realm
COMMUNICATION LINK: Stable
LOCATION: Available on map
FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE: a.Detonate
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SUBORDINATES: 1. Wang Xiong
Cultivation Base: Child Soul Stage of the Nascent Soul realm
Functions available: Communication
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Seeing all the info, Lin Wu was a bit surprised. Not only had his servants progressed a lot, even Wang Xiong his only subordinate, had reached the Child Soul Stage of The Nascent Soul realm.
His progress was quite fast compared to how he had just broken through to the Nascent Soul realm not too long ago.
For most Nascent Soul realm cultivators, it took them at least a hundred years to break through to the next stage without the support of any resources. Only if they were talented and had a lot of resources, could they break through to the next stage in less than an hour.
And Wang Xiong had both of these things. First, he had the inheritance of the Taiji Celestial. Even if it had been the most basic one, it was still many times better than other cultivation techniques.
The second was the fact that he had now become the chief disciple of the Frozen Cloud sect and had access to a massive amount of resources. Lin Wu didn't know how he was being treated exactly, but seeing this it was obvious that it was no less than best.
"Even the mole beast is in the middle of a breakthrough huh… and the beetle beast, it directly managed to reach the Peak stage of the core condensation realm. But how… it's fine with Wang Xiong since he's the chief disciple of a sect, but these are just beast…" Lin Wu wondered.
After thinking for a bit, Lin Wu checked the locations of his servant beast and saw that the two bird beasts were right above the Tomb right where he had seen them last time. The Mole beast was near the territory of the Olive Viper King.
It had been spying on the Snake, but it was evident that it had an opportunity and was now in the middle of a breakthrough. The Beetle beast was at the territory of the Beetle king and it seemed like she was in the middle of it as well.
"Huh… I should take a look." Lin Wu muttered to himself and went to the beasts that were the closest to him, the two bird beasts.
~shua~
In the next moment, the teleportation formation activated and Lin Wu was sent to the top of the Tomb. This was where the top entrance of the Tomb was located and also where the two bird beasts had chosen to build their nests.
~shua~
The air rippled at the top of the Taiji Celestial's tomb before a light appeared and when that light settled, Lin Wu's body replaced it.
"M-Master?!"
"It's Master!" The High Wind Gale Sparrow said out loud.
This woke up the Hook Winged Swan who had been sleeping and looked in the direction where the High Wind Gale Sparrow was pointing in with its wing. But just as they looked, they felt a wave of spirit Qi hit them.
As soon as this happened, their eyes went wide.
"A… A… A-Adult Soul Stage of the Nascent Soul realm?" They stammered.
They finally realized that Lin Wu was no longer the same as what they had seen a few months ago and was now far stronger.
"But how… this is just the same as the Olive Viper king… But much faster…" The High Wind Gale Sparrow wondered.
While the two bird beasts were looking at Lin Wu, he was looking at them as well.
'Well, they have certainly changed… their body is different now.' Lin Wu thought upon seeing the emerald body parts that had appeared on them.
"Seems like you two didn't slack and cultivated well." Lin Wu spoke.
"Of course, Master. As your servants, how can we be lacking?" The Hook Winged Swan hurriedly spoke.
"Yes, yes. Especially since all of this is because of you.." The High Wind Gale Sparrow added.
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Hearing the words of the High Wind Gale Sparrow, Lin Wu raised his brows.
"What do you mean?" He questioned.
"I mean, all that we have gained is due to master. When you made us your servants, it gave us a fragment of your bloodline as well. I didn't know this at first, but now all of the servants can feel it very well.
This has not only increased our talent and cultivation speed but it has also allowed us to comprehend a lot of things better." The High Wind Gale sparrow answered.
'Huh… so if they have my bloodline… will they be worms too?' Lin Wu wondered.
But after thinking for a bit, Lin Wu realized something.
'Hang on, the bloodline was made by the system and is not specifically for a worm. Only when I named it did it became like that. This means… the bloodline must be compatible with a lot more beasts than I knew.
And if just a fragment of it can do something like this then it must be quite powerful. Just what was that green crystal?' Lin Wu thought to himself.
Having understood this, Lin Wu also remembered how the Olive Viper King's subordinates were like too. They had crystalline parts as well that were green in color.
'But I doubt he used the same method as me… no wait, they said his subordinates were his descendants. That's probably how they also got the crystalline features…' Lin Wu thought to himself.
While Lin Wu was thinking all this, the two bird beasts silently stayed there watching their master. They knew that their master was probably thinking something important and thus didn't think they should disturb him.
After a few minutes, Lin Wu was done with his thoughts and nodded to himself.
"I guess this was a better decision. How're things going with getting more subordinates of your own now?" Lin Wu asked.
"That is going well, Master. Both of us now have at least a thousand beasts under us that are willing to follow. This even includes ten core condensation realm beasts." The Hook Winged Swan spoke.
"I see, that's good enough for the next part I guess." Lin Wu spoke.
"For the next part? Do you have something planned Master?" The High Wind Gale Sparrow questioned.
"Yes I do… but it will take some time to get it ready. For now, we need to get rid of some other competitors…" Lin Wu replied.
Hearing this the eyes of both the bird beasts went wide.
"Are you finally going to attack the Olive Viper King master?" They asked.
"Indeed… but just need to wait a few more days." Lin Wu spoke.
"Do you want us to do anything?" They questioned.
"Hmm… for now just gather more subordinates. I'll tell you what to do when the time to act comes." Lin Wu answered.
"Alright master." The bird beasts replied.
Lin Wu nodded his head and then flew away in the direction of the Territory of the Olive Viper King. He wasn't going specifically to his area, but rather to where the Mole beast was currently.
With Lin Wu's link and the system's location on the map, Lin Wu quickly found him.
"Huh, he's quite deep in the ground." Lin Wu said. "Not like that's a problem for me…"
In the next moment, he entered the ground and quickly reached the underground cage that the mole beast had dug out. This was a place that normally even Nascent Soul realm beasts would find it hard to discover due to the depth it was at, but to Lin Wu it was easy.
Though Lin Wu could understand why the beast had chosen a place like this as it was far safer.
"Looks like his breakthrough came a bit unexpectedly for him, otherwise he would not have stayed here and would have come back to the tomb. I'm pretty sure I left some areas for them to stay in for things like this…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.
Lin Wu took a proper look at the Mole beast and saw that the emerald crystals had also appeared on his body. His claws and teeth were completely made out of sharp emerald colored crystals while his tail had also started to gain the crystalline hue.
There were small spikes also protruding from his spine as well, showing that the transformation was taking place on a much deeper level than before.
"Hmm… if he's taking this much time, it will take him much longer to break through. I guess I'll help him out a bit…" Lin Wu said before touching the Mole beast on his head.
Then, streams of spirit Qi were channeled through his tail into the body of the mole beast. Lin Wu used his spirit sense to monitor the situation and made sure that everything was fine.
The reason for the mole beast's condition was not just because of a breakthrough. After all a breakthrough from the late stage to peak stage of the core condensation realm isn't really that complex.
It is merely the matter of the core increasing in size. The problem that the Mole beast was actually having was that even his core was changing due to Lin Wu's influence and had taken on a green color.
There were some traces of it turning crystalline as well and Lin Wu reckoned that the mole beast had taken a slightly different path with his bloodline than the bird beasts. Even if the High Wind Gale sparrow beast was at the Peak of the core condensation realm, it did not have the same core as that of the mole beast.
"Hmm… what could be the difference? Is it perhaps because they got the rhombus gem earlier than the other two? Oh wait, they also had a far lower cultivation base than the bird beasts when I made them my servants.
Perhaps that's why they adapted to my bloodline better. I reckon the Beetle beast should have already gone through this by now.." Lin Wu said to himself.
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Lin Wu watched the mole beast breakthrough successfully and waited for it to wake up.
"M-master?" The mole beast said upon waking up and seeing Lin Wu near him.
"Mmhmm… seems like you had a lucky breakthrough." Lin Mu replied.
"Ah, yes. I wanted to find a better place, but it came much earlier than that. I could only dig further deep and hide here. If I created too many spirit Qi fluctuations, the Olive Viper King or his subordinates might have noticed me." The mole beast stated.
"You did good. At least you have gotten stronger." Lin Wu stated.
"But what are you doing here, master?" the mole beast questioned.
"I sensed that you were in the middle of a breakthrough, and also your location. Thus I came to help out." Lin Wu answered.
The mole beast couldn't help but feel touched upon hearing this.
"Thank you master, I never would have thought you cared so much for me." The mole beast said sincerely.
"Yeah… right…" Lin Wu replied, knowing that the other reason he came here was that he was worried the olive viper king might detect the mole beast and end up finding out about his plan early on.
While Lin Wu was confident of fighting again the Olive Viper King now, he still had to ensure that the beast didn't have any hidden tricks under his belt. After all, Lin Wu and the snake had the same bloodline, which meant both of them could hurt each other.
"So how're things going with the Olive viper King?" Lin Wu questioned.
"Hmm… the last I saw him was about six months ago. He hasn't really gone out and is still recovering from his injury, I think. Though he should have managed to heal by now." The Mole beast answered.
"He hasn't gone out huh…" Lin Wu muttered.
'System do as a scan of the area.' Lin Wu ordered in his mind.
~DING~
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SCANNER: Activated.
SCAN COMPLETED: Map updated
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Lin Wu switched to the map window and saw the thousands of markers on it. He could see several beasts there, a lot of which were at the Qi refining realm with a few at the Core condensation realm.
"No, wait… two Nascent soul realm signatures?" Lin Wu said upon seeing the two larger markers.
"How?" Lin Wu couldn't help but wonder.
"What happened, master?" The mole beast questioned, seeing Lin Wu suddenly speak out loud.
"Was there any other beast that broke through to the Nascent Soul realm recently?" Lin Wu questioned.
"No," The Mole beast shook his head. "If there were, the rulers would have detected it." He added.
"Huh… looks like the olive viper king has some trump cards indeed." Lin Wu muttered to himself.
"What are you going to do, master?" The mole beast questioned.
"I'm gonna take a quick look. You stay here." Lin Wu said before he moved towards the lake where the Olive Viper King lived.
There was an island in the middle of the lake, which was the nest of the Olive Viper King. The fluctuations Lin Wu felt, were coming from this very place. The first belonged to the Olive Viper King itself which Lin Wu could identity rather easily since they were at the Adult Soul stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
But the second one seemed to be weaker, possibly at the Infant soul stage. This was why Lin Wu wondered if it was a new beast that had broken through to the Nascent Soul realm or something like that.
'Perhaps it's one of the subordinates of the Olive Viper King that broke through, but in order to not bring any attention, he sent him out of the forest for the breakthrough.' Lin Wu wondered.
Now that he thought about it, this option seemed to be the most obvious one. Lin Wu knew that the forest restricted the presence of more than five Nascent soul realm beasts, as only five rulers were allowed to exist.
Lin Wu didn't know exactly why but haha hunch that it was something to do with the Taiji Celestial's Tomb.
"If the Nascent soul realm beast is still able to hide even now, it must be because the Olive Viper King is doing something. If he gained the ability to use Radiation as well, he might actually be able to hide the spirit Qi fluctuations of the other beast from being detected by the others." Lin Wu thought after a bit of an analysis.
He made his way to the lake and stopped a sufficient distance away from it. He then extended his spirit sense and targeted the area in which he had detected the new Nascent Soul realm beast to be.
The Olive Viper King was deeper underground and thus Lin Wu was not worried that he might be the one getting detected. The weaker fluctuations were coming from the top rather than the bottom.
"There we go…" Lin Wu said upon successfully breaching the rudimentary barrier of rocks and soil around the area.
While the thickness of soil and rock did dampen his spirit sense and would probably block other's spirit sense entirely, for Lin Wu's whose spirit sense was longer than normal, it was still easy.
"Oh? It's not a snake?" Lin Wu said upon seeing the beast.
From his spirit sense, Lin Wu could perceive what looked like a lizard lying around a pile of thick leaves, twigs, and logs.
"A nest? No, wait… there's more…" Lin Wu sensed.
His spirit sense could now feel some stronger sensations that even elicited some response from his bloodline.
"Eggs?" Lin Wu realized.
The lizard was curled up around six eggs that were snuggly protected by its long tail. The eggs were pale white but had a green glossy sheen on it. The lizard didn't have any traces of the green crystal though, which showed Lin Wu that it wasn't actually related to the Olive Viper King directly.
"The eggs have the bloodline of the olive viper king and thus mine… but the lizard doesn't… that means… this lizard is the mate of the Olive Viper King?" Lin Wu muttered.
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Lin Wu had certainly not expected to find the mate of the Olive Viper King here.
"I did know that the Olive Viper King had a lot of descendants, but most of them were snakes. This means that he had other mates, but this one seems to be different. Did he find her somewhere else?" Lin Wu couldn't help but wonder.
"Those eggs as well… they are different…" Lin Wu narrowed his eyes.
Along with his own bloodline, he could feel something else mixed in it. It was hard for him to tell what it was exactly thought.
"System scan the lizard beast and tell me what it is." Lin Wu ordered.
~DING~
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SCANNER ACTIVATED: Target selected
TARGET IDENTIFIED: Club Tailed Lizard
CULTIVATION BASE: Infant Soul Stage of the Nascent Soul realm
INFO: The Club Tailed Lizard is a relatively docile spirit beast as compared to other beasts like it. It lives in the tropical forest of the eastern central part of the Long Continent and can also be found on the island in the great ocean.
It can reach up to the Dao Shell realm and has the potential to even reach the Dao Treading realm if given the right resources. Due to their docile nature, they were once used as mounts by the kingdoms of the old. But the many wars in the past led to their population dwindling and now they have become rather rare.
Their tails have a bulbous growth at the end which they use as a club and it is enough to break the bones of several beasts. The females of this species are highly protective of their offspring and will fiercely defend them till death.
There have even been cases of them self detonating at the precipice of death.
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Reading the entire page of information the system showed Lin Wu, he was rather intrigued. He had not thought that a beast like this had existed nearby. He was also surprised by the club like tail since he had not seen it on this beast.
"If this is a club tailed lizard… then where is its club?" Lin Wu wondered.
No matter how much he observed the Lizard he could not see the bulb like club at the end of its tail.
"Hang on… that looks like scar tissue?" Lin Wu said.
~DING~
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ANSWER: This Club Tailed Lizard has been injured recently and had the top of its tail which had the club on it broken off.
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"No wonder… perhaps it was this lizard that the Olive Viper King fought and got injured? I did know that reptiles get into a little fight when mating and injuries are not uncommon." Lin Wu recalled.
Having learned of this, Lin Wu had a great hunch that this was perhaps why the Olive Viper king has not been active as of yet and that it had been hiding the presence of the Club Tailed Lizard.
"How's he hiding her, though?" Lin Wu wondered and focused on the area around the Club Tailed lizard.
After a little bit of a search, Lin Wu saw the hidden secret.
"Huh… never expected the Olive Viper King would end up with an ability like this." Lin Wu muttered to himself.
From what Lin Wu could perceive, there were small blocks of faces buried around the area where the Club Tailed Lizard was living in. But that was not all, as the faces contained radiation.
This was quite interesting to Lin Wu as it was not fully radiating outwards like radiation normally should. Rather, it seemed like the radiation was 'controlled' and only enough amount was released to neutralize the spirit Qi fluctuations of the Lizard beast.
"That's a very unique method… I gotta take note of this." Lin Wu muttered to himself.
'While it is a bit shitty, it is usable… haha!' Lin Wu thought.
He observed the Lizard and the eggs for a bit before deciding to leave. Though he still didn't know how the Olive Viper King managed to bring the Club Tailed Lizard into the Millennium forest without other beasts discovering it.
'Even if he can hide the spirit Qi fluctuations, that should only be if the lizard is confined to a specific area rather than moving. How did he accomplish this?' Lin Wu couldn't help but wonder.
Knowing that it was useless waiting here and thinking about it, Lin Wu decided to return to the Mole Beast.
"Did you find anything, master?" The Mole Beast questioned.
"I did, yes. The Olive Viper King has a new mate that is at the nascent Soul realm as well." Lin Wu answered.
"What?! How?" The Mole beast was shocked to hear this.
"I don't know either. But he managed to hide the Club Tailed Lizard that is his mate for all this time now and even managed to let it enter the illumine forest without anyone knowing. I do not know how this is possible, but this is probably why he hasn't left his nest all this time." Lin Wu replied.
"That does make sense… I guess I'll keep an eye on him and see what else happens." The mole beast stated.
"Alright, you keep it up. I'll take my leave." Lin Wu replied.
"Farewell master and thank you for your help." The mole beast expressed his gratitude.
After leaving the underground cave of the Mole Beast, Lin Wu decided to pay a visit to his last beast servant, which was none other than the Split thorn horn beetle. She was also at the Peak stage of the Core condensation realm and was currently the strongest among all of his servants perhaps.
'Even though both the mole beast and the beetle beast got the rhombus gem at the same time, the Beetle beast managed to come out on top. Hmm… I guess the mole beast spying all this time affected his speed.
The beetle beast on the other hand, was at the beetle king's territory and got plenty of time to focus on its own cultivation.' Lin Wu guessed.
And just while thinking all this, he reached the location of the beetle beast.
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This was the second time Lin Wu had come to the territory of the Beetle king. The first time he had come to establish the alliance with him and the monkey king, and now this was going to be the very second meeting.
'Wonder how far they have come. I remember changing a lot more of them.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
"Hang on! System, where is the data on the others that were mutated?" Lin Wu asked, remembering the others.
~DING~
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ANSWER: Please check the next page of the servant data. Since the other beasts are not the host's direct servants, they were categorized separately.
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"I… the fuck…" Lin Wu said, thinking that he was stupid now.
He opened the new page and saw the information about the beasts that he had mutated. In total, he had mutated about five of them, but only the Scorpion beast was the more iconic one.
~DING~
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Inactive Subordinates:
1. Barb-Pincered Scorpion
STATUS: Vitals stable
Cultivation Base: Peak Stage of the Core Condensation realm
COMMUNICATION LINK: Not linked
LOCATION: Available on map
FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE: a.Detonate
2. Black Fur Monkey
STATUS: Vitals stable
Cultivation Base: Mid Stage of the Core Condensation realm
COMMUNICATION LINK: Not linked
LOCATION: Available on map
FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE: a.Detonate
3….
4…
5…
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One by one, the information about the beasts started appearing in front of Lin Wu. The main difference between these beasts and the ones that Lin Wu had made his servant was that they didn't have the same communication link established.
Doing that required fully activating the Rhombus gem that was within this body. But this would also change them into Lin Wu's fully fledged servants, which would not be good for Lin Wu as it would be the same as stealing the servants of the other rulers.
While Lin Wu was confident of being able to fight against them, he didn't want to unnecessarily fight when a better solution was available. Besides, he didn't really need others to fight for him as he himself was quite strong.
Rather than that, the servants were for other tasks that would be far too menial for Lin Wu to do. Though Lin Wu did want a couple of monkey beasts to work in his tomb so that he could have some snacks.
He wanted them to learn to cook and had even made the jade slip with all the information that would be needed for someone to learn it. For this, he wanted the ape beasts and monkey beasts to learn, since they would have similar dexterity as that of humans.
But Lin Wu couldn't just get any monkey beasts and needed one that were more intelligent. And for that he had yet to ask the slim arm ape for his subordinates. While his main body had actually mutated three such monkey beasts, they were still at the territory of the slim arm ape.
"Hmm… I might get them later on." Lin Wu thought to himself.
For now, Lin Wu decided to focus on the current task at hand. He sent out his spirit sense to inform the Beetle king that he was entering his territory. While it was not needed, Lin Wu still liked to keep a little etiquette.
"That should be enough…" Lin Wu said before he entered the territory and went to the nest of the Beetle king.
~RUMBLE~
Before Lin Wu even reached it, he could feel the tremors on the ground. It was as if something heavy was moving and Lin Wu had a good idea of what it was.
"That should be the Split Thorn Horn Beetle king." Lin Wu said.
His spirit sense extended and he quickly found the beetle king appearing from his next. The nest was made from thousands of wooden tree trunks that had been reduced to wood chips by the split thorn horn beetles.
They then made cave like holes in this 'hill' of wood chips and lived inside it. Though the other insect beasts that also lived here just lived in burrows or caves that linked to the large nest.
Lin Wu came to a stop in front of the nest and saw the Split Thorn Horn beetle king standing there. In addition to him, Lin Wu could also see his servant there. She was standing by the side of the Beetle king and the size contrast between them was huge.
The Beetle king was almost half the size of Lin Wu while the female beetle beast was only ten meters long.
But the contrast was not just in size. She also had the same green crystal parts on her body as others. Except in her case, her horn had the green crystal going from the base to the end in a spiral pattern.
Her head had two green crystal lines going in a 'V' pattern from the base of the horn to the back of her head, where they curved to meet the Rhombus gem that was embedded below her carapace.
Her legs that had barbed hooks at the end were also tipped with the crystal claws while her wings had also gained a green sheen on them. Unlike her, the Beetle king was just black overall with some shades of darker blue and Grey mixed in.
"Crimson Eyed Emerald Worm King, Welcome." The Split Thorn Horn Beetle King spoke.
"Welcome, master." The Female beetle said through their link.
"How have you been all this time?" Lin Wu questioned.
"Everything has been fine. The insect beasts that were mutated have gained even more strength than before and their potential is certainly much higher than before." The Beetle king answered.
"That's good. Once you have more candidates, you can send them to me. I'll have some time this week." Lin Wu replied.
"I certainly will." The beetle King stated.
"Though… it seems like my subordinates are not the only ones that have grown stronger… you have, too. You're now beyond me at the Adult Soul stage of the Nascent Soul realm.." The Beetle king said with a little awe in his eyes.
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The Beetle king had felt the presence of Lin Wu, the moment he had approached the boundary of his territory. The king himself had been feeling a bit unsettled today had had thus kept an eye on everything wondering what was wrong.
But then Lin Wu's appearance explained everything. His bloodline was something that made his own tremble whenever it came in its proximity. Upon finally seeing Lin Wu, the Split Thorn Horn Beetle King finally realized why he was feeling nervous today.
But his shock didn't stop there as not only had Lin Wu come to meet him, but he was also far stronger than before. So much so that the beetle king had a hard time believing the same Lin Wu was barely at the Infant Soul stage of the Nascent Soul realm ten months ago.
Now he was stronger than the Split Thorn Horn Beetle king. This he could tell from the pressure that Lin Wu's body exuded. It was a different kind of a feeling that he could not explain clearly, but it was strong enough to force him to think every word that he said to Lin Wu.
The Split Thorn Horn Beetle even wondered if it was due to both of them being insect beasts. The bloodline suppression on beasts of the same type was stronger than that of different ones.
'Sigh… the new replaces the old while the even newer gets ready…' the Split Thorn Horn Beetle thought to himself.
He was the oldest insect beast in this forest and had seen countless other beasts, whether they be insect beasts or not, die and perish due to old age. But he knew one thing: that a day would come when others would have to replace him.
All he could do was to make sure that the newer generation would be prepared to do so. He had already gotten his candidate in the form of the female Split Thorn Horn Beetle that was Lin Wu's servant.
Her bloodline was mutated far enough that it was bordering on completely merging. The Split Thorn Horn Beetle king even wondered if she would become a comparable different species when she broke through to the Nascent Soul realm.
He even knew that she was close to a breakthrough and would perhaps enter the pseudo Nascent soul realm at any moment. And just a minute after Lin Wu arrived, it happened…
~SHUA~
Waves of spirit Qi wove around the female Split Thorn Horn Beetle as the green crystalline parts on her body glowed.
"Oh?" Lin Wu focused his attention on his servant and saw that the rhombus gem in her body was resonating.
~DING~
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NOTIFICATION: Detected that the Split Thorn Horn Beetle servant is close to reaching the Pseudo Nascent Soul realm
UPGRADE REQUEST RECEIVED: Approve? Y/N
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Seeing the notification, Lin Wu was surprised.
'Seems like my increase in cultivation is affecting others as well. Hmm… if this keeps up, I should have more of my servants breaking through I guess.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
"Approve it, system." Lin u said in his mind.
~DING~
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UPGRADE REQUEST: Approved
NOTIFICATION: The Host's servant will now undergo a free growth process that will not be controlled by the system. The end result will depend on the servant itself.
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~SHUA~
As the spirit Qi started to pour into the Split Thorn Horn Beetle, she closed her eyes.
"My, my, looks like I get to see another surprise today." Lin Wu chuckled.
"Indeed… I had thought that today was going to be different, but I certainly didn't think this would happen." The Split Thorn Horn Beetle king stated.
The spirit Qi waves intensified before finally settling after five minutes. The Split Thorn Horn Beetle didn't seem to have changed, but Lin Wu could feel faint spatial fluctuations appearing around her.
~DING~
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TARGET: Split Thorn Horn Beetle
CULTIVATION BASE UPGRADED: Peak Stage of the Core Condensation realm - Pseudo Nascent soul realm
Approximate time for the arrival of heavenly tribulation: 25 days, 8 hours, 41 minutes
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"Congratulations, you are quite close to a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm now." Lin Wu praised.
"Thank you, master. This is all due to your grace." The Split Thorn Horn Beetle stated.
"Seems like your presence itself causes miracles…" The Split Thorn Horn Beetle King muttered to himself.
"Ah, haha… Well, this aside, I just came to check up on you and wanted to say that I would be acting soon." Lin Wu spoke, changing the topic.
"Oh? You will be fighting the Olive Viper King?" The Split Thorn Horn Beetle questioned.
"Indeed. But there are a few things I need to do before that. Plus, there are some new developments that have turned up that many don't know about." Lin Wu answered.
"Oh? Like what?" The Split Thorn Horn Beetle king questioned.
"For example, did you know there is another Nascent soul realm beast in the forest now? It's a Club Tailed Lizard, and she's the mate of the Olive Viper King. That is also the reason why he has been inactive as of late." Lin Wu answered.
Hearing this, the Split Thorn Horn Beetle king was surprised.
"That… that's unusual. The entire Millennium forest should have felt it if a new Nascent soul realm beast appeared in it." The Split Thorn Horn Beetle king spoke.
"That's the thing. I don't think the club tailed lizard broke though here. I think she was already at the Nascent soul realm and the olive viper king simply brought her here since she was going to lay eggs." Lin Wu replied.
"No wonder…. If that lizard is his mate while also being at the Nascent Soul realm, then the offspring that he will have now will be far stronger than the ones he has had till now.
In fact… these will be the first proper offspring he will be having since he became one of the rulers of the Millennium forest." The Split Thorn Horn Beetle said.
"Oh, is that so… I didn't know that…" Lin Wu muttered, finding it to be interesting.
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Originally, Lin Wu had thought that the Olive Viper King always kept on having more and more offspring so that he could have more subordinates. That was also why he thought that they had the crystal parts in their bodies.
But now it seemed like it was different than that.
'If he hasn't had any offspring till now, then it must be either because he is unable to for some reason or has more requirements for it.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
Lin Wu also wondered if this restriction was because of the bloodline itself or just the cultivation base of the beast. Since he himself had the same bloodline as that of the Olive Viper King, Lin Wu wondered if he would have to follow the same restrictions when he had his own offspring.
"Ugh! I'll think of this some time later." Lin Wu muttered to himself, finding it all to be weird.
"When will you be acting against the Olive Viper King then?" The Split Thorn Horn Beetle King questioned.
"I think in about ten more days." Lin Wu estimated.
He took the time needed for the avatar to reach the millennium forest in consideration, in addition to the time that might be needed for the three rulers to get ready for it. After all, not only was Lin Wu involved in it, but the two ape kings and the Split Thorn Horn Beetle king was too.
"Hmm… ten days it is then. I'll prepare for it thoroughly." The Split Thorn Horn Beetle king replied.
"Mmhmm, you do that. I'll go and talk with the Slim Arm ape king and the Demon spine ape as well." Lin Wu stated.
"Alright. I'll keep an eye out for the olive viper king as well. He certainly seems to be acting relatively strangely." The Split Thorn Horn Beetle king spoke.
Lin Wu nodded his head and decided to take his leave. Once he had flown away, the Split Thorn Horn Beetle king looked at his descendant.
~Sigh~
"Your master is only getting stronger and stronger… I think even the Twin Lights Liger King might not be able to hold his position for long now…" the Split Thorn Horn Beetle king spoke.
"Of course. I can feel master's bloodline. He is not someone that beasts of this forest can even hold up against. Even the Olive Viper King that has a bloodline similar to that of master is still inferior." The female Split Thorn Horn Beetle replied.
~Rumble~
The Split Thorn Horn Beetle king turned and went back into the nest.
"You can go and talk to the other insect beasts. Get them ready for the coming battle." The Split Thorn Horn Beetle king's voice echoed from the inside.
"Yes!" The female Split Thorn Horn Beetle replied before moving towards the tunnels where the other insect beasts lived.
Lin Wu took barely ten minutes to reach the territory of the two ape kings. Since they were father and son, they had merged their territories despite being rulers. That was why their territory was rather large now.
The Demon spine ape had worked in these past weeks to gather the smaller parts of the area that were unoccupied in the surroundings and gotten their own territory to expand in size more.
Lin Wu could already sense the presence of the monkey beasts in the forest below. One of the advantages that the ape kings had was that they had the best unity and teamwork out of all other rulers.
Since the slim arm ape king was once the tamed beast of a human, he knew of human tactics and skills that could be used to increase the administration of everything. This made his governance far better than that of the other rulers.
If one compared the number of subordinates among the rulers, then the Beetle king would have the most and the then two ape kings. After that would be the Olive Viper King and finally the Twin lights liger king.
The subordinates of the Twin Lights Liger king were less in number since their overall birth rate was far less than that of the other beasts. But they made up for this in their strength. They had more number of core condensation realm beasts than any other ruler.
Lin Wu could be said to be at the bottom of the ranking if one considered the number of subordinates, despite the fact that he was not a ruler himself. Though that was something that would change quite soon.
"There they are…" Lin Wu spotted the main cave of the Slim arm ape and the Demon spine ape.
He had already sensed the spirit Qi fluctuations of the Demon spine ape king which spread in a large expanse of an area. This was something that he couldn't do much about and was just the natural dominance of his own bloodline.
While it served as a suppression to other beasts, it could also be taken as an advantage since the Demon Spine Ape would be a walking beacon telling everyone where he was. But this time, Lin Wu could sense something familiar from the Demon spine ape's spirit Qi.
"Hmm… why's it like this?" Lin Wu wondered.
The closer he got, the more he found it to be familiar and only when he landed in front of the cave did he sense the direct aura of the Demon spine ape. And when he did, he realized why it felt familiar to him.
"The Dark attribute… no, not exactly dark. It seems to be a derivative as well…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.
Similar to the Shadow attitude that Lin Wu had felt from the skull god and the prophet of the skull god, this seemed to be linked to the dark element as well. Lin Wu understood that this must be some other derivative that he didn't know about.
'Perhaps system will know a bit more…' Lin Wu thought to himself.
~thud~thud~thud~
The sound of loud footsteps could be heard as the two ape kings appeared from the cave.
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The moment Lin Wu had gotten close to the main cave of the two ape kings, they had sensed his presence. But what they had not expected was for it to be overpowering for them.
"Father… this beast…" The Demon spine ape spoke.
"Keep your calm. We had expected his bloodline to be powerful. But now we have the estimate of just how powerful it is." The Slim Arm Ape replied.
The Demon spine ape lowered his head and thought for a bit before looking at his father again.
"How does his bloodline compare to my bloodline then… no rather mother's own bloodline?" The Demon Spine Ape questioned.
"Hmm… that is a bit hard to tell. But just compared to you, I fear his bloodline might be far more superior. Even the Olive Viper King seems to be inferior to him now and he supposedly has the same bloodline as him." The Slim Arm Ape answered.
"And what about my mother's pure bloodline?" the Demon Spine Ape Questioned.
"Her bloodline is something far more special. Even in you, it is only partially awakened. I don't know why she chose me as her mate and gave birth to you, but I reckon her bloodline might have been the reason behind it as well.
As of now, I think both of their bloodlines might be comparable, since I felt quite pressured in her presence as well. She had to intentionally lower her spirit Qi when she was around me." The Slim Arm Ape questioned.
"Lower her spirit Qi? Just what was her cultivation base?" The Demon Spike ape asked.
~Sigh~
The Slim Arm Ape sighed in response to this, as if some painful memories had popped up for him.
"Now that you are a ruler and in the Nascent Soul realm, I guess I can tell you more about it. You mother… Was at the Dao Treading realm." The Slim Arm Ape revealed.
"WHAT!?" The Demon Spine ape was astounded to say the least upon hearing this.
"Enough of this for now. We have to attend to the guest." The Slim Arm ape quickly said. "We'll talk about this later." He added.
The Demon spine ape nodded his head and then the two of them headed towards the entrance of the cave where Lin Wu was waiting.
"He has indeed broken through to the Adolescent Soul stage of the Nascent Soul realm now…" The Slim Arm Ape muttered to himself.
Lin Wu, who saw the two beast kings, waved his tail in greeting.
"Greetings, I came to check up on how things are going." Lin Wu stated.
"Very well. Please come in, we can talk in a bit more comfort." The Slim Arm Ape replied.
"Okay," Lin Wu said before entering the cave and following behind the two ape kings.
He could tell that the cave was certainly a bit modified to suit the living area of a human. There were shelves, tables and even some paintings that were hanging on the walls.
'Oh, so he does have a taste for the human lifestyle.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
Further in, he could see several other monkey beasts, carrying things around and doing tasks, like cleaning and transporting. Seeing the ease with which they were doing things, Lin Wu was even more tempted to get a few for himself.
"I have to say, having subordinates that can do a bit more complex tasks like this is rather good." Lin Wu spoke.
"Ahaha, yes. They are a bit dumb at times, but they can get some simple tasks done." The Slim Arm Ape king replied.
"If you don't mind… I'd like to take some of your subordinates under me. I would of course, compensate you for it too." Lin Wu proposed the question.
The Demon Spine Ape and the Slim Arm Ape raised their brows upon hearing this. They had not expected such a request and didn't know what to think of it.
"What do we say, father?" the Demon Spine ape asked in a low voice and in a different human language.
The slim arm ape king had taught him this exactly for situations like these and it was certainly coming in handy now. Unknown to them, Lin Wu could pretty much understand every human language and dialect of this continent, due to the help of the system.
He, of course, didn't show like he knew and kept his oblivious expression since he wanted to know how the two will react to this.
'Will they be angry or fine with it?' Lin Wu wondered.
"It shouldn't be a problem. We can send some to his place, perhaps it might even win a bit of his favor." The Slim Arm Ape king replied to the Demon spine ape.
Finally, he turned to Lin Wu and spoke, "you can take some. But they will need to agree to it as well as I won't force them."
"Sure. I'll make sure that it's worth their time." Lin Wu replied, feeling more confident.
He knew that with the temptation of growing one's bloodline, nearly every beast would want to join him. After all, there were hundreds of other beasts who had joined under the servant beasts, with far fewer promises than that.
The three of them finally reached the final destination, which was a large hall, carved out in the cave. There were low seats and tables set up, with some plates with fruits and meat put on them.
Lin Wu could even see the cushions there and knew that these were probably traded with the humans. He had known that the Slim Arm ape had interactions with humans before and had even helped them out a few times when they stumbled in the forest.
Generally, as long as they didn't do anything to harm him or his subordination, he would protect them from the other rulers. Of course, there were other exceptions to this, but those were not necessary most of the time.
The two ape kings took a seat, while Lin Wu simply coiled and sat at the other end of the table.
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