"Previously, my father assigned some powerful and talented giant apes to various mountain peaks."
The first purpose is to have them guard the territory, and the second is to have them devour the rare and precious resources in that territory as quickly as possible, thereby increasing their strength.
However, a human cultivator broke into the territory of our Giant Ape Clan and killed the leader of our vassal race, the White Snake Clan.
Now, this person is stealing our rare and precious natural treasures from various mountains, especially the precious second-grade spiritual herbs.
Moreover, that cultivator also killed the giant apes that my father had arranged to grow stronger in some mountains.
What do you think we should do?
At this moment, inside the giant ape's lair, a giant ape whose body had transformed into a human form, with arms as thick as clubs and sharp eyes, spoke coldly.
This giant ape can transform into a cultivator's form mainly because its bloodline is extremely pure, and it is at the peak of the third tier, which allows it to freely change into human form.
Meanwhile, dozens of giant apes, ranging from mid- to late-stage Tier 3, surrounded it, all displaying a respectful demeanor.
"Your Highness, that human cultivator was indeed stealing the rare and precious materials of my Giant Ape clan, and he also killed some of my clan's outstanding Giant Apes."
According to the information sent back by the scouts, that human cultivator was extremely powerful, possessing at least the combat strength of a half-step Nascent Soul cultivator.
The giant apes we sent out to guard the mountain peaks were no match for that human cultivator. If this continues, the giant apes guarding the rare treasures on other mountain peaks may also be killed by that cultivator.
Currently, our clan's third-tier and above giant apes and fourth-tier giant ape demon kings have been summoned by the divine beast White Tiger clan. In the short term, we cannot send powerful giant apes to deal with that cultivator.
My suggestion is to recall all the giant apes from the other mountains, abandoning the rare and precious resources on those mountains and letting the human cultivator harvest them freely.”
A gigantic ape, with an imposing posture, spoke respectfully, paused, and then continued:
There's another matter: the leaders of our subordinate race, the monster leaders of the outer regions, have sent us a message.
It is said that a large number of human cultivators have infiltrated the edge of our demon race's territory. Along the way, these cultivators have slaughtered some of our vassal races and stolen our race's rare and precious materials. This is truly despicable!
Moreover, this group of human cultivators even attempted to break into the White Tiger clan's lair and steal the White Tiger leader's treasures.
If we actually allow them to break into the White Tiger leader's lair, after the White Tiger leader's battle with the demons ends, the White Tiger leader will likely punish our race. What should we do then?
"What? A group of human cultivators are actually going to break into the White Tiger's lair? This matter must be reported to the White Tiger Clan's Demon King."
Now send a member of our tribe to the White Tiger's lair to inform the White Tiger clan of this matter. At the same time, send a subordinate race to resist the human invasion.
The giant ape prince looked surprised, hesitated for a moment, and then quickly said.
"Yes, Your Highness, I will make the arrangements immediately."
The giant ape below spoke, then turned and left.
“We cannot allow that human cultivator who appeared in our territory to steal our clan’s rare and precious treasures. What do you suggest we do?”
After the subordinate left, the Giant Ape Prince spoke again.
"Your Highness, that human cultivator has the strength of a half-step Nascent Soul cultivator. Ordinary giant ape warriors are no match for him."
Even if some of our clansmen could fight against him, it would be very difficult for us to kill him.
By the way, according to what we've learned, the most abundant rare and precious materials collected by this human cultivator are second-grade spiritual herbs, which shows that he has a fondness for second-grade spiritual herbs.
Since he likes collecting second-grade spiritual herbs, we can lure him with spiritual herbs of grade two or higher.
A third-tier giant ape spoke, a wicked smile appearing on its lips.
"Use a spirit herb of grade two or higher to lure him?"
The giant ape prince looked puzzled.
"In the core territory of the White Tiger Clan, there is a huge spiritual herb garden, in which a large number of second-grade spiritual herbs, third-grade spiritual herbs, and even fourth-grade and fifth-grade spiritual herbs grow."
If we reveal this information to that cultivator, he will definitely go to the White Tiger Clan.
The White Tiger Clan's herb garden is guarded by a fourth-tier White Tiger divine beast, whose strength is comparable to that of a peak Nascent Soul cultivator.
"If that human cultivator goes to the White Tiger Clan's herb garden, he will be devoured by the White Tiger divine beast, so we won't need to intervene."
The giant ape demon king said with a smile.
"That's a good idea. You'll be in charge of arranging and handling this matter."
The Giant Ape Prince nodded, then turned to look at the Ape Commander beside him and said, "
Commander Yuanran, I am now giving you a task.
"Go and summon all the giant apes from each mountain peak back to their homes. Do your best to prevent them from fighting that human cultivator."
"Yes, Your Highness."
The Ape Demon King respectfully responded and turned to leave.
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"After traversing more than thirty mountains, we finally found over 30,000 second-grade spiritual herbs and over 100 third-grade spiritual herbs."
They hunted down seven early-stage Tier 3 giant apes and over two hundred Tier 2 demonic beasts; this number is clearly somewhat small.
Lin Xiaofei placed some of the demon beast corpses not far from him into the spiritual soil of the spatial bead, and said with a slight frown.
As he ventured deeper into the territory, he had hoped that in addition to finding a large number of second-grade spiritual herbs, he could also hunt more demonic beasts within the territory of the giant ape clan.
However, the demonic beasts he hunted were all of relatively low rank, and the flesh and blood of these low-ranking demonic beasts did not have a significant effect on nourishing the spiritual soil of the space bead.
Therefore, he wanted to hunt a large number of second- and third-tier monsters, but after traversing more than thirty mountains, the number of second- and third-tier monsters he hunted was far too few.
"There are slightly more second-tier demonic beasts, but why are there so few third-tier demonic beasts?"
This is the territory of the Giant Ape clan; there should be quite a few third-tier demonic beasts here, right?
Lin Xiaofei muttered to himself as he continued searching for second-grade spiritual herbs and second- and third-tier demonic beasts in the mountains.
As he ventured deeper, he discovered that the number of second-tier demonic beasts was gradually increasing, as was the number of second-grade spiritual herbs.
The number of third-tier monsters is still very small.
He guessed that the Giant Ape clan had likely sent their third-tier demonic beasts to fight against the demons, which was why he hadn't encountered a third-tier Giant Ape yet.
It should be noted that the territory of the Giant Ape clan is very large, and there must be many third-tier demonic beasts guarding it.
However, he clearly realized that the demon kings he killed were all at the early stage of the third rank, and he did not encounter a single demon king above the early stage of the third rank.
However, he also knew that the demon race was currently fighting against the demon race, and those slightly stronger demon beasts were likely fighting against the demon warriors.
That's why he couldn't hunt any monsters above the early stage of the third tier.
After making a guess in his mind, he figured that since the powerful demon kings had gone to fight with the demon warriors, he could freely pick second-grade spiritual herbs here without worrying about being attacked by fourth-order demon kings.
He was also aware that the Giant Ape clan had many demon kings comparable to Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
If he were to encounter a large number of demon kings with the strength of the late Nascent Soul stage, he would have no choice but to leave, and thus would not be able to freely pick second-grade spiritual herbs within the territory of the demon race.
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