However, no matter how foolish she was, she also knew that her life was picked up just now. No matter how she thought, she never imagined that Ye Yuan, an Essence Qi Realm martial artist, could actually threaten the Crystal Formation Realm Ape King!
This was too inconceivable!
Just now, she was somewhat flustered and did not form an effective attack. But even if she gave it her all, the result would still be being smacked to death from a single slap by the Ape King.
She was all too clear on this point!
In that instant, the might of the Ape King had smothered her!
But Ye Yuan could actually save her from under the Ape King’s hands!
Just several breaths of time but Feng Zhirou felt like as long as several years had passed.
Her forehead exuded fine sweat beads. Each breath from the Ape King made her feel deeply uneasy.
Feng Zhirou looked at Ye Yuan’s appearance as if he was facing a formidable enemy and understood that the scenario earlier was probably very unlikely to reenact.
But what should she do?
Just as Feng Zhirou was lost in her imaginations, the Ape King made a move once again!
But Ye Yuan did not move!
Just as the Ape King moved, a series of gibberish sounds came out of Ye Yuan’s mouth. Feng Zhirou completely could not understand what he was talking about.
What was Ye Yuan doing? Could it be that he wanted to communicate with the Ape King? But how could the Ape King understand Ye Yuan’s words?
As the State of Qin’s princess, Feng Zhirou could be counted as being experienced and knowledgeable. However, she had never heard of humans being able to communicate with demonic beasts!
There were too many species of demonic beasts, so many that it was uncountable. The language used by each species of demonic beasts was not the same. How could humans grasp it?
However, at this important juncture of life and death, would Ye Yuan do this sort of futile actions?
Feng Zhirouo’s eyes involuntarily turned to the Ape King and could not help widening her eyes.
The Ape King who was already prepared to unleash its attack really stopped its actions!
This . . . was simply too miraculous!
A human could actually communicate with demonic beasts!
Feng Zhirou discovered that the more she interacted with Ye Yuan, the more she felt that there were increasingly more mysteries to Ye Yuan.
Was Ye Yuan who was just 15 years old really taught by that so-called master of his?
Such an enigmatic man!
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Seeing the Ape King cease its movement, Ye Yuan also let out a huge sigh of relief. His entire body was feeling like collapsing.
Although he had forcefully pretended to be composed the whole time, the pressure from the aura of a Tier 3 demonic beast was no joke.
This Ape King was not those sort of half-baked half-step Crystal Formation Realm like Su Yubai, but a genuine Tier 3 demonic beast! An existence equivalent to a human Crystal Formation Realm!
No matter how monstrous Ye Yuan was, it was impossible to cross two major realms and defeat his opponent.
It was already very heaven-defying for an Essence Qi Realm martial artist’s attack to be able to threaten a Tier 3 demonic beast.
His gibberish just now was already Ye Yuan’s final trump card. If even this trump card had no effect, then he would really die here.
But luckily, those words from Ye Yuan was not playing the lute to an ape. This Ape King really understood!
What Ye Yuan said was the universal beast language. It was the demon race’s universal language collectively set by the Divine Realm demon race powerhouses countless years ago. The goal was to allow communication among the demon race.
There were countless races in the demon race. None of the individual races could be on par with the human race.
To allow the demon race to be able to ally together to resist the human race, the demon race powerhouses in ancient times collectively set down a series of measures. And this universal beast language was one of them!
After countless generations passed, the universal beast language already became the inherited memories of each race, passing down from generation to generation.
If this Ape King did not awaken its inherited memories, then Ye Yuan would really be playing the lute to an ape!
The stone ape clan had once birthed an extremely heaven-defying existence, Equals Heaven Saint Ape. That was a Deity Realm expert!
Even though it was passed down through the generations, the Endless World’s stone ape bloodline had already become very thin. But awakening a portion of inherited memories was still doable.
It would be very tough for ordinary Ape Soldiers and Ape Generals to awaken their inherited memories, but there was still the likelihood of this Ape King awakening them.
What Ye Yuan said earlier was, “Senior Ape King, wait a moment!”
The Ape King was clearly very surprised. A human actually knew the universal beast language.
The Ape King discovered that this human youth seemed to be extraordinary. Not only was he extremely strong, he even knew the universal beast language!
Even he himself only learned the universal beast language after awakening his inherited memories.
The Ape King also started using the universal beast language to communicate with Ye Yuan. “Brat, the two of you trespassed my territory and stole the Crimson Soul Grass. How do you plan to plead?!”
Since this Ape King was willing to talk, Ye Yuan was not too worried.
He gave a bow towards the Ape King and said, “Please forgive me, Senior Ape King. This junior came to seek out the Crimson Soul Grass because I really have no other alternatives. This junior has a close friend who possesses the Nine Yin Absolute Meridians. Now, seeing as the frost poison is about to erupt, she desperately needs the Crimson Soul Grass to save her life. I hope that Senior Ape King can be generous!”
“What has it got to do with me if your friend is in trouble? I also have great use for these Crimson Soul Grass. How can I give it to you so easily? Ignoring this point, just the fact that you barged into my territory, you can forget about leaving today!”
The Ape King was not some living bodhisattva. It obviously could not be bothered with a stranger’s life or death.
If not for the fact it found Ye Yuan rather interesting, it would have long smacked him to death with one palm. Why would it talk so much crap with him?
After the Ape King finishing talking, it howled a few times. Immediately, a bunch of Long-arm Stone Apes surrounded them. They were shockingly all late-stage Tier 2 demonic beasts!
Feng Zhirou was alarmed after seeing the situation and hurriedly scooted over to Ye Yuan’s side.
Just an Ape King could already take their lives. What could they do with so many late-stage Tier 2 demonic beasts surrounding them?
“Ye Yuan, you can really talk with that Ape King?” Feng Zhirou said softly.
Ye Yuan nodded. “Luckily, the Ape King awakened its inherited memories and learned the universal beast language. Otherwise, we would be dead for sure! Back then when Master taught me the universal beast language, I objected to it. I didn’t think that it would really be put to good use.”
Ye Yuan also knew that communicating with demonic beasts was incredibly shocking, so he just pushed this responsibility onto his Master.
Feng Zhirou looked at the enclosing Long-arm Stone Apes and smiled bitterly. “In this current situation, we’re still dead for sure.”
Ye Yuan smiled and then said, “That might not be the case! If the Ape King had not awakened its inherited memories, then nothing can be discussed. But since he awakened it, not only do we not have to die, we might even be able to take the Crimson Soul Grass and leave!”
“Stop joking! You just said a whole bunch to it just now, but not only did its attitude not turn for the better, it even summoned such a
large group of late-stage Tier 2 demonic beasts over. How can it let us leave alive?” Feng Zhirou said dejectedly.
Indeed, being walled in by a large group of late-stage Tier 2 Long-arm Stone Apes, the pressure they faced was not much lesser than facing the Ape King.
Luckily, these Tier 2 Long-arm Stone Apes did not receive the order to attack. Or else, the two of them would probably be meat paste by now.
“Heh heh, just watch me!” Ye Yuan chuckled and said.
“The two of you chattering over there, ready to die yet? You humans hunt down us demon race every day. Now, we’ll also let you experience the taste of being hunted,” the Ape King said and grunted coldly.
Although he said it very savagely, it did not order those Ape Generals to attack,
Ye Yuan took two steps forward and said to the Ape King with a smile, “Senior Ape King won’t kill me!”
“What a joke! Why won’t I kill you? Just because you know the universal beast language? Aren’t you overestimating yourself too much, brat?”
“Hur hur, Senior Ape King said wrongly. It’s not me who’s overrating myself, but you who are underestimating me!”
At this stage, Ye Yuan could not be bothered to pretend to be subservient anymore. He might as well show off a fearless appearance.
How could it be that he, an exalted Alchemy Emperor, could not even handle a Tier 3 demonic beast?
The Ape King involuntarily burst into laughter when it heard Ye Yuan’s words. Except that a stone ape laughing so boisterously made one’s hair stand on its ends.
“Brat, you’re really a newborn calf who isn’t scared of the tiger! Looking at your bone age, you’re at most 15 to 16 years old. Such a young age, how do you expect me to attach importance to you?”
Ye Yuan simply chuckled and did not have any intentions of refuting. He just lightly spat out three words from his mouth.
“Demon . . . Crystal . . . Pill!”
The face of the Ape King who was originally still laughing its head off suddenly changed. A pair of enormous ape eyes stared fixedly at Ye Yuan.
That manner looked as if it wanted to eat Ye Yuan.
“Brat, your family’s elders know how to refine the Demon Crystal Pill?” The Ape King enunciated each word carefully.
It was enough to tell from its attitude just how important this Demon Crystal Pill was to it.
Although Feng Zhirou did not know what they were talking about, from the Ape King’s condition that Ye Yuan had successfully hooked the Ape King’s appetite. So she could not help looking forward to it.
The Ape King was entirely certain that Ye Yuan would nod his head and acknowledge. Who would have thought that Ye Yuan shook his head and said, “Nope.”
The Ape King instantly flew into a rage when he heard that. “Brat, you dare to make a fool out of this king?! Do you believe that this king will swallow you alive?!”
Ye Yuan laughed and said, “After swallowing me, you’ll probably also stop at the initial-stage Tier 3 your entire life. No matter how many more Crimson Soul Grass you eat, it will be futile.”
Ye Yuan stood in front of the Ape King with his hands behind his back without the slightest trace of fear.
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“Hur hur, such an audacious tone! You, an Essence Qi Realm brat, actually dares to talk wildly about this king’s limits!” The Ape King sneered.
Ye Yuan did not mind the Ape King’s attitude. He already knew that the Ape King was already interested.
Otherwise, with him strutting around so arrogantly in front of the Ape King, it would have slapped him to death with one palm long ago.
Ye Yuan just smiled and said, “I’m afraid that Senior Ape King is much clearer on where your own limits are than I am. Senior Ape King knows yourself whether or not what I said was right. If you feel like I’m bragging, you can completely kill me right now. Either way, it’s just a matter of lifting your hands for you.”
Now that Ye Yuan said that, the Ape King went silent instead.
Just as Ye Yuan said, the Ape King itself knew best just where its limits were.
Without some fortuitous lucky encounter, it would be very hard to break through to the middle-stage Tier 3 in its lifetime.
Demonic beasts were stronger than humans at the same rank and also had a much greater lifespan than the latter. This was where their strengths were.
Nevertheless, when compared to humans, the limitations were also very huge.
Their intelligence was very low, and their cultivation mostly relied on instincts. Hence, progress was very slow.
And the difficulty of them breaking through realms was also much harder than humans.
To human Crystal Formation Realm martial artists, each breakthrough in a minor realm was tremendously tough. But to demonic beasts, the difficulty of breaking through a stage was even greater!
The Ape King’s current strength was roughly around a human Third Level Crystal Formation Realm.
The difficulty was already very huge for human martial artists to cross this small step. To the Ape King, it was naturally doubly difficult.
Hence, while Ye Yuan’s words might sound wildly conceited, it was truthfully not a false statement just to raise alarm.
The Ape King was naturally crystal clear on this point.
And the Demon Crystal Pill was precisely a medicinal pill which could aid Tier 3 demonic beasts to breakthrough a minor realm!
The Ape King had awakened a part of its inherited memories, and within this portion of inherited memories, there was the description of the Demon Crystal Pill.
It was just that even if the Ape King knew about the Demon Crystal Pill, it was impossible to refine it.
While refining medicinal pill was not a right that was exclusive to humans, human alchemists were way more powerful than the demon races’.
Furthermore, it was simply impossible for these sort of low tier demonic beasts like the Ape King to refine medicinal pill. What they could do was only to beg human alchemists to help them refine.
But how many human Alchemy Grandmasters knew how to refine the Demon Crystal Pill? Even if they knew how to refine the Demon Crystal Pill, how many were able to communicate with the Ape King?
If the two parties encountered each other, it would already be pretty good if they did not have a life and death struggle.
One had to know that the inner core of the Ape King was also a pretty decent alchemy ingredient!
“Brat, your family’s elders don’t know how to refine it, but you mentioned the Demon Crystal Pill to this king. Isn’t this messing with me? If you don’t give me a justifiable explanation, you can forget about leaving here alive!”
While the Ape King’s words were callous, there still existed a trace of expectation. Or else, how could he talk so nicely with Ye Yuan here?
Ye Yuan grinned and said, “I already said just now that Senior Ape King is looking down on me. I only said that my family’s elders don’t know how to refine it, but I didn’t say that I don’t know how to refine it!”
The Ape King started to suspect that it heard wrongly. “You? You, an Essence Qi Realm brat, refining a Tier 3 medicinal pill? This king might not be knowledgeable about alchemy, but I also won’t make such a naïve mistake and fall for your trick! You’ve been going in circles for half the day, aren’t you just hoping that I would let the two of you go? But since you have the guts to play tricks on this king, then forget about leaving.”
The Ape King’s patience had clearly already reached its limits. It waved its paw and prepared to let those Tier 2 Long-arm Stone Apes attack Ye Yuan jointly.
Feng Zhirou jumped in fright when she saw the situation. She knew that Ye Yuan and the Ape King’s talk had fallen apart, and immediately raised her sword to prepare to face the enemies.
However, Ye Yuan pressed on her sword and looked at the Ape King unhurriedly, saying, “Senior Ape King don’t know alchemy, but do you know the gradin
g among human alchemists?”
“Of course I know it! But don’t you dare tell me that you, an Essence Qi Realm martial artist, is an Alchemy Grandmaster.”
Ye Yuan took off the alchemist badge on his chest and tossed it over to the Ape King, saying, “This badge is issued by the Alchemy Association to alchemists. There’s my personal information inside it. Senior Ape King just have to insert essence energy into the badge, and you’ll naturally understand.”
Though the Ape King did not feel that Ye Yuan had the ability to refine the Demon Crystal Pill, it felt that he also could not play any tricks, so it inserted a wisp of essence energy into the badge, and Ye Yuan’s information instantly surfaced inside his mind.
“Low-rank Alchemy Master? Essence Qi Realm low-rank Alchemy Master?” The Ape King looked at Ye Yuan in astonishment.
The Ape King was an old demon who had lived for several hundred years. It still knew a little about the grading among human alchemists.
Under normal circumstances, the alchemist grade corresponded with the martial artist’s strength. Rarely would there appear Essence Qi Realm Alchemy Masters or Spirit Condensation Realm Alchemy Grandmasters
One could tell from this that this youth’s alchemy standards were rather high. No wonder he dared to be so rampant!
But . . . so what?
“You’re just an Alchemy Master and even a low-rank Alchemy Master who just passed the Alchemist Association’s test not long ago. Don’t tell me that you can refine the Demon Crystal Pill now!” Ape King threw the badge back to Ye Yuan and said.
Ye Yuan caught the badge and pinned it on. He looked at the Ape King and stretched out a finger, saying, “One year! Within a year, I’ll definitely give Senior Ape King a Demon Crystal Pill!”
“One year? How’s that possible? Brat, don’t think that this king is easy to hoodwink. Regardless of how glib your tongue is, you can forget about leaving here today!” the Ape King said disdainfully.
A low-rank Alchemy Master refining a Tier 3 medicinal pill within a year?
This king might have read very few books, but don’t deceive this king!
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