Chapter 616: Great Witch Ceremony
Following the ringing of the bell, countless footsteps were heard.
Judging from the footsteps, there were probably twenty or thirty people approaching here. Zhou Yichen originally planned to fight them, but Li Muhan stopped him.
"Okay, haven't you suffered enough? Let's hide and see for now."
Several people followed Bai Qing and hid in a dark corner.
Soon the ringing of bells and the sound of footsteps were close at hand.
Li Muhan relied on his demonic vision, so he could see everything clearly even though the torch was out.
He saw countless monsters that looked like gorillas carrying a sedan chair.
There was a young girl sitting in the sedan chair. She was wearing a white gauze dress and a veil on her head. She looked extremely mysterious.
The sedan moved slowly, and every step followed the rhythm of the bells, echoing in the silent cave.
Those monsters with ferocious looks like gorillas carried the sedan respectfully, with an almost fanatical expression on their faces.
The girl in the sedan chair looked like an exquisite porcelain doll, her fair skin looking even more crystal clear under the gauze dress.
She sat there quietly, her eyes empty, seemingly unaware of everything around her.
After seeing the girl's face clearly, Li Muhan suddenly shouted "Fuck".
Because the person sitting in that sedan chair was none other than Mengmeng.
This cry startled the others. Even Zhou Yichen was a little surprised and said, "Boss! That's not the case! It's just a female ghost!"
“It’s exposed…!”
Chen Yiming shouted.
Sure enough, as soon as Li Muhan shouted "Fuck", the group of apes carrying the sedan chair and all the apes following behind them looked towards the place where the few people were hiding.
And Mengmeng in the sedan also saw Li Muhan.
She suddenly had an urge to cry, but she suppressed the expression in an instant.
Just as the apes raised their weapons and were about to charge, Mengmeng raised her hand and gently shook the bell on her wrist.
All the gorillas were stunned, and then they slowly lowered the sedan chair, and then all the gorillas knelt in front of the sedan chair.
They were shouting in an unknown language and seemed to be kneeling down to worship the girl.
Lu Yunxue and others also recognized Meng Meng, and they were no less surprised than Li Muhan.
"Isn't that the mentor of the Big Goat Team? How did he become like this?" Zhou Yichen asked, scratching his head.
Li Muhan shook his head, not quite sure about the current situation.
Mengmeng was seen walking down slowly with the support of two gorillas.
She walked up to Li Muhan, her tone calm and her face gentle, but the words she said left Li Muhan speechless.
"Li Muhan, save me! These monkeys think I'm their chief priest."
This group of monkeys seemed to not understand the Chinese language. When they saw the chief witch communicating with Li Muhan so gently, they also regarded Li Muhan as a noble person.
So now they knelt on the ground again and bowed to Li Muhan.
"...You used the realm?" Li Muhan asked doubtfully, somewhat suspecting that Mengmeng had opened the realm of her own nightmare to brainwash these things.
However, at this moment, an ape suddenly saw Bai Qing behind the few people.
He suddenly became furious and pointed at Bai Qing and started yelling at him.
Bai Qing was so scared that he kept shrinking behind Li Muhan.
The other gorillas also gathered around, cursing and pointing their weapons at Bai Qing.
"Mengmeng, you, you need to calm these monkeys down quickly. This girl is special, we can't let her be captured by these apes..."
Li Muhan said to Mengmeng.
Meng Meng nodded slightly. Although she wanted to remain calm, Li Muhan saw that her hands were shaking.
She raised her hand again and shook the bell, and then all the apes stopped moving.
But confusion appeared on their faces instead.
It seems that he doesn't understand why the high priest did this.
Meng Meng saw that they had not retreated yet, so she raised her hand and rang the bell again.
This time, the gorillas were obviously a little frightened, and then they all knelt on the ground again.
"...Where did you get this magic weapon?"
Li Muhan asked while looking at Mengmeng's bell.
"They gave it to me... I don't know why, but when I ring this bell, I can convey my thoughts to them."
Mengmeng stretched out her hand to show Li Muhan, and this action immediately made all the gorillas react.
They panted and roared.
Li Muhan quickly asked Mengmeng to retract her hand.
"What's going on? How did you become the gorilla king?"
"..." Mengmeng closed her eyes, wanting to cry but unable to. She couldn't show that she was panicked, so she could only take a deep breath to calm herself down before speaking.
"Our team's entrance to the mountain was on a small path in the south. Not long after we entered, we were chased by a group of dark-skinned monsters. I couldn't take any action, so I could only flee into the cave with my team members."
Up to this point, the experiences of both teams were very similar.
"Then we were attacked by this group of gorillas in the cave. I couldn't help it, so I killed the gorilla that was sitting on the sedan chair and giving orders..."
"And these gorillas followed you? Aren't these gorillas really that fickle?!"
Zhou Yichen said in surprise.
Mengmeng shook her head.
"No, no, I picked up the bell from the gorilla's hand and shook it gently. All the thoughts of these gorillas entered my brain. They are the descendants of the ancient beast, the ape."
"What exactly is a gibbon?" Li Muhan asked.
Because Mengmeng is one of the oldest monsters in this land, she is quite knowledgeable.
"The gorilla is a strange beast recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. It looks like a monkey with white ears, and it crouches down and walks like a human. It's called the gorilla. It's good at running when it's eaten. Their ancestors could see into the past. These gorillas were asking questions about the past, and I answered them in my head, through dreams... And then they... regarded me as their new chief priest."
Puff——
Li Muhan almost laughed out loud. Mengmeng looked at Li Muhan with a reproachful look, and the latter immediately held back his laughter.
Chen Yiming asked with some confusion.
"Coach Mengmeng, what about your team members? Are they all..."
Mengmeng shook her head, and then looked at the two gorillas standing beside her and actually supporting her.
Several people also followed Mengmeng's gaze and looked over.
After a closer look, they discovered that these two gorillas, as well as the one standing behind Mengmeng, were actually just humans wearing furry coats.
Good heavens, there was no light and Mengmeng was so shocked when she saw him just now that even Li Muhan didn’t notice.
"Li Muhan, hurry, save me... I, I don't want to be the gorilla king..."
Li Muhan wanted to laugh again when he saw Mengmeng smiling and asking for help.
But he still tried to suppress his smile and said, "No, no, Mengmeng, I have an idea. Now that you have infiltrated the enemy and become a small leader, we should take advantage of this opportunity."
"What, what opportunity?"
"Didn't you notice something?"
Li Muhan asked, "Have you seen the token mentioned in the rules on these gorillas?"
Mengmeng shook her head.
"If it's just an alien heart, a human head, or something like that, why not just say it directly, but use a token instead?"
“…No, I don’t know.”
"A so-called token is an object that represents a person's identity and status. So I guess the token wasn't something we stole, but something these aliens gave us voluntarily. That's why it's called a token."
Meng Meng lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then asked tentatively: "So, so, what do you want me to do?"
"Take us to the aborigines' settlement."
"......Why?"
Li Muhan winked at Mengmeng and said, "Hey, you're a mentor, not a student. Can't you use your brain?"
Mengmeng snorted in dissatisfaction.
"Also, we mentors can only serve as assistants and cannot make decisions directly for our students. Otherwise, this trial will be meaningless."
Having said that, Li Muhan turned around and looked at the three of them.
"Do you three know why we have to go to the aborigine settlement?"
"Because we're going on a killing spree! Get the token!"
Zhou Yichen shouted.
Li Muhan ignored him directly and then looked at Lu Yunxue.
"What do you think?"
"Teacher Mengmeng is now the chief witch of the Ape Tribe. She can bring us trust, and perhaps we can use it to obtain the token."
Lu Yunxue said.
Li Muhan nodded, and then continued in a guiding tone: "But if, as I just said, the token is a sign of the tribe's trust, then a gift from a tribe can only be considered one token at most. But if we go to the Ape tribe, we might be able to obtain two tokens."
Finally he looked at Chen Yiming.
"Do you know why?"
Chen Yiming pondered for a moment and then said, "...Because Bai Qing's people are in the hands of the ape tribe."
Li Muhan nodded, feeling very satisfied with the answer.
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