Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 153 The Old Monkey King's Thanks [Please Subscribe]

Animal park, monkey enclosure.

With the arrival of the new king, the monkey troop followed him away from the forest clearing where the king's blood had just flowed.

Even the old monkeys who had accompanied the old king for more than a decade did not violate the survival rules of the monkey troop at this time.

The old king, abandoned by all his subjects, was filled with desolation and resentment in his eyes, but he simply watched the monkey troop disappear into the distance without uttering a sound.

"It's your child too. Your child has taken your place as the king of the monkey troop. What's there to be resentful about?"

"Can't you survive without the monkey troop?"

"Have you forgotten how you lived before you became the king of the monkey troop?"

Looking at the dejected King Kong Monkey on the ground, Zhou Chun asked a series of questions in a low voice.

He used ape language, so he wasn't worried that the golden monkey wouldn't understand.

Upon hearing this, King Kong Monkey reacted swiftly.

His eyes moved, and a look of hazy recollection appeared in them, as if Zhou Chun's words had awakened some long-forgotten memories.

Then it looked at the human in front of it.

Although more than a decade has passed, Zhou Chun's appearance has become much younger after he established his foundation, and he still looks about the same as when he first met the Golden Monkey.

Therefore, King Kong Monkey recognized him immediately by recalling the past.

Of course, it has always recognized Zhou Zhengyong.

Upon recognizing Zhou Chun, he recalled how Zhou Chun had just saved him from his son's clutches.

A look of gratitude also appeared in King Kong's eyes.

Suddenly, it stood up, knelt down in front of Zhou Chun, and respectfully kowtowed to him.

At the same time, he cried out, "Thank you for saving me before. I owe you my life. Please let me follow you from now on to repay your kindness!"

"Oh, you'd like to become my spirit pet?"

Zhou Chun looked at the Golden Monkey with surprise, finding it hard to believe that this mischievous monkey, who was used to being free, would be willing to end such restraints.

"Not a spirit pet, but someone who will follow you and fight for you!"

King Kong Monkey shook his head slightly, correcting Zhou Chun's statement.

Having led the monkey troop in the Zhou family's animal park for so many years, and having seen many newborn monkeys taken away by Zhou Zhengyong, it naturally understood what a spirit pet meant.

Just as Zhou Chun thought, how could it, accustomed to its freedom, possibly be willing to become a human spirit pet?

"Then forget it. With your current strength, you'll only be a burden by staying by my side."

Zhou Chun waved his hand, instantly losing interest.

Even if the Golden Monkey were willing to become his spirit pet, he would still have to consider whether to accept it.

After all, he is now a Foundation Establishment cultivator and the vice patriarch of the Zhou family. He can choose a mid-level or even a high-level demonic beast for his third spirit pet!

If he chooses a low-level demon beast like the Golden Monkey, he will have to spend more time finding spiritual objects for it to break through and evolve.

Seemingly surprised that he would refuse for such a reason, King Kong was stunned for a moment.

Then, a look of extreme sadness appeared in his eyes.

Sure enough, once it lost its position as monkey king, not only did the monkey troop abandon it, but even these humans considered it a loser and looked down on it!

Thinking this to itself, it felt that its monkey life had lost all interest and there was nothing left to cherish!

This change in emotion, of course, did not escape Zhou Chun's notice.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun thought for a moment and then looked at it and said, "Although you can't provide me with any combat assistance, if you're willing, you can guard my cave in the future, and I will give you some help in return."

"What does 'guarding the cave' mean?"

King Kong Monkey looked at Zhou Chun with a puzzled expression, not understanding his meaning.

"You can think of it as helping me guard my territory!"

Zhou Chun explained in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, the Golden Monkey nodded in understanding and said, "Alright, then I'll guard your cave from now on."

After the man and the monkey reached an agreement, Zhou Chun first sent the Golden Monkey to Flying Stone Peak, entrusting the Green Wood Spirit Ape with training it.

After training it properly, he would take the Vajra Monkey back to Pagoda Peak to guard the Zhongping Hall, which would also be considered as finding it another job with room and board.

When Zhou Chun came down from Flying Stone Peak and returned to the monkey park, the new king, Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey, was already having a victory celebration with the monkey troop.

The wound on its left cheek was still wrapped in bandages, but it did not affect its happy mood at all.

He was surrounded by a group of monkeys in the center, with a shiny female monkey on each side grooming him and catching insects for him, while the other monkeys gathered berries and food to offer to the new king.

This is when you can see the status of the monkeys in the troop.

Those demon monkeys that offered food and were devoured by the Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey could sit down near it and then enjoy the leftover food on site.

Those demon monkeys who offered food but were only given a taste and then thrown away by the Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey could only sadly pick up the discarded food and sit down on the edge.

After the food was offered, the demon monkey, who had no interest in even tasting it, knelt on the ground in terror and begged for mercy from the Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey.

These demonic monkeys either had a grudge against the Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey before, or they were loyal subordinates of the old Monkey King, whom the Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey disliked.

If they were in the wild, the Crimson Flame Monkeys would drive them away from the troop even if they didn't kill them.

However, since these demonic monkeys were all Zhou family property, Zhou Zhengyong naturally wouldn't let them suffer losses for no reason.

Therefore, with Zhou Zhengyong's intervention, the Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey ultimately did not drive these demon monkeys away. Instead, it reduced their status to the lowest level, requiring them to do the most labor in the monkey troop and denying them mating rights.

"Brother Yong, now that the Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey has become the Monkey King, when will it be able to mate with a female monkey?"

In the distance, Zhou Chun watched the monkeys' celebration banquet for their new king from afar, and took the opportunity to ask Zhou Zhengyong, who was beside him, about the important matter of the monkeys' reproduction.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhengyong immediately replied, "It should be soon. You see, it's letting the female monkey sit beside it, grooming itself and catching insects, which means it's already interested in her."

After saying that, he added, "Let me observe it for a few more days. If it still doesn't act, I'll try using some medication."

"It would be best to let it mate with the female monkey on its own. We've waited all these years, so a little more time won't make a difference."

Zhou Chun shook his head slightly, indicating that there was no need to use medication.

Drugs used to induce arousal in demonic beasts are generally applied to mature demonic beasts that are not in their mating season.

No one knows whether the Crimson Flame Monkey has reached maturity yet. If it is forced into estrus and mated with a female monkey using drugs, even if the female monkey becomes pregnant, the fetus may have certain bloodline defects.

If this were to actually happen, it would be a loss for the family.

"Okay, I understand."

Zhou Zhengyong acknowledged and made a note of it.

At this moment, Zhou Chun seemed to remember something and suddenly said, "By the way, nephew Xinlan should have started cultivating now, right? Brother Yong, you should pay more attention to this matter. It would be best if your sister-in-law could give him some guidance so that he can enter the path of cultivation as soon as possible."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhengyong immediately laughed and said, "You don't need to tell me, Thirteenth Brother; his mother cares about this more than anyone else!"

Then, looking at Zhou Chun with some curiosity, she asked, "But Thirteenth Brother, you have so many things to worry about every day, why are you suddenly bringing this up?"

"If the Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey can truly reproduce and proliferate, and if my nephew Xinlan can begin his cultivation before the second Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey is born, then Brother Yong, as long as you contribute some family merit, I'm confident I can help you contract it as your first spirit pet!"

Zhou Chun didn't mince words and directly stated his plans.

"Thirteenth brother, you..."

Zhou Zhengyong looked at Zhou Chun with his mouth slightly open, his eyes filled with emotion.

As the father and the manager of the monkey park, he never dared to think about this.

He never expected that Zhou Chun would take the initiative to worry about this matter for him, which moved him deeply.

"Brother Yong, you don't need to say more. Although our friendship plays a part in my doing this, it's also because my nephew Xinlan is quite talented and has good qualities, which perfectly meet the requirements of the contract with the Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey."

Zhou Chun waved his hand, indicating that Zhou Zhengyong didn't need to say anything more about gratitude, and directly stated the reason.

Then he waved his hand and said, "In short, whether this matter can succeed depends on two things: first, whether the Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey can successfully breed a population; and second, whether my nephew Xinlan can also live up to expectations and quickly enter the Dao!"

"I understand. I will do my utmost to oversee both matters and ensure that your efforts, Thirteenth Brother, are not in vain!"

Zhou Zhengyong nodded solemnly, keeping this gratitude in his heart.

After parting ways with Zhou Zhengyong, Zhou Chun made a special trip to see the musk deer she had brought back.

As the most precious free-range demon beast in the Beast Garden and even the Zhou family, Xiangling Musk has a separate habitat and is under the supervision of a dedicated person.

Its habitat not only contains many snakes and insects that it likes to eat, but also more than a dozen common female musk deer that the Zhou family captured from various places.

Although drugs were used to induce arousal and make the Xiangling musk deer mate with ordinary musk deer many times, no female musk deer has been able to conceive a musk deer breed so far.

However, breeding between monsters and ordinary wild animals is a matter of luck, and one can only keep trying.

What is certain is that there is no reproductive isolation between demonic beasts and wild beasts of the same species!

After inspecting the area and finding that Xiangling She was living in good condition, Zhou Chun left with peace of mind.

A few days later, Zhou Chun received a message from Zhou Zhengyong that the Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey had begun mating with the female monkey, and the Hundred Beasts Hall was also following up on the matter and would report relevant information in a timely manner.

Meanwhile, the plan to capture female wild deer from the deer park was quickly submitted. After Zhou Chun reviewed it and found no problems, he posted it to the External Affairs Hall for Zhou family members or some authorized independent cultivators to receive.

That's right, the Zhou family has now begun to allow some independent cultivators who have gained the Zhou family's trust to take on tasks from the External Affairs Hall.

This mainly involves some low-paying missions that the Zhou family cultivators might not want to take on, and forcibly assigning them could easily cause complaints from the clansmen.

So Zhou Chun created a whitelist of independent cultivators. Any independent cultivator on the whitelist could accept some of the tasks from the Zhou family's external affairs hall.

For those independent cultivators, as long as they can earn spirit coins without much danger, a little hardship is nothing.

The Zhou family cultivators looked down on tasks like capturing ordinary wild animals, which required a lot of time but yielded low rewards, but in their eyes, these were excellent tasks.

Time is worthless to them; cultivation, on the other hand, costs money!

Therefore, they are most willing to do things that are extremely easy and can earn them spirit coins.

After the various reforms within the Zhou family were proceeding smoothly, Zhou Chun began to busy himself with another important matter.

That was the secret deal with Lin Hongyu, the Crimson Dragon Protector of the Dragon Transformation Sect.

This matter was kept highly confidential, and ordinary clansmen could not be involved. Zhou Chun had to do many of the work himself.

For example, finding the location of the transaction, determining the approximate time of the transaction, and identifying the target of the arrest, etc.

For about a month or two, Zhou Chun was busy with this matter.

After all that work, feeling that it was about time, he personally sent the transaction time and location to the other party using the contact information Lin Hongyu had left behind.

Then, when it was almost time, Zhou Daoquan, the third elder of the Zhou family, secretly led the [Green Wood Spirit Ape] and left Jiufeng Ridge.

……

Red Rock Mountains.

On a mountain peak more than 100 miles northwest of Hongyafang City, three bandit cultivators hid in the treetops and bushes, waiting for a "destined person" to pass by.

Those who become bandits are all very good at enduring loneliness.

Sometimes they can stay in the wild for ten days or half a month at a time.

If you don't open for business for three years, you can live off it for three years once you do.

This is a typical depiction of the life of a bandit sculptor.

Sometimes, if you do a good job on one order, you can really focus on honing your skills for a year or two without having to go out.

At this time, the three bandit cultivators on the mountain peak had been lying in wait for four or five days, but had not encountered anyone passing by the area around the mountain.

But they were all very patient, and no one complained about it.

But while they patiently waited for their prey to appear, they didn't realize that they had also become prey in the eyes of others.

Ok?

Suddenly, a bandit in a tree seemed to notice something and hurriedly opened his eyes to look in the direction from which the noise came.

Soon he saw a giant blue-haired ape walking up from the foot of the mountain.

Upon seeing that it was a demonic beast, a hint of disappointment flashed in the bandit's eyes, but he still reminded his companions who were lying in wait nearby to be on their guard.

Just as the bandits were hesitating about whether to attack the demon beast, several beams of azure light suddenly shot from not far away, quickly transforming into thorny vines that bound them.

"It's a second-tier demonic beast!"

One of the bandits exclaimed in disbelief.

Before they could struggle, they became dizzy and fell into a deep sleep due to the venom of the thorns that pierced their skin.

Before they closed their eyes, they only saw a giant blue-haired ape with cold eyes walk up to them and lift them up.

Thus, Zhou Daoquan, who was at the late Foundation Establishment stage, scouted and searched for the location, then marked it so that the [Green Wood Spirit Ape] could capture the person.

The ten bandits were captured in less than three days and transferred to a special place for detention.

For safety reasons, the final transaction will be handled personally by Zhou Mingde, the Supreme Elder of the Zhou family.

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