"I thought you would be kind enough to save us, but it turned out that you were planning to blackmail us into doing things for you, and you are really not a simple character. ”

Peng Yu looked at Zhang Ling's appearance that everything was under control, and knew that the three of them had encountered a not simple opponent.

"Then do you agree or not? You must know that in the Lingyang Secret Realm, due to the prohibition imposed by the Great Immortal, even if you cultivate for thousands of years, you may not be able to cultivate into a human body, right?

Zhang Ling saw that Peng Yu was a little sarcastic about himself, and said directly and unabashedly, after all, he didn't have much dislike for these three spirit beasts, but he really didn't have a lot of good feelings, if he wanted them to be used for himself, he had to hold their sore spots, so that they would be obedient.

Today's Zhang Ling has been able to make decisions on the spot, and he has no last resort, and he is more mature than he used to be.

"Okay, the three of us will promise you, but you must promise not to destroy our spirits, and to set us free once we have completed the task you have assigned. ”

Seeing the stalemate on his face, Niu Zhen stepped forward, although there was still a lot of reluctance on his face, but there was no way, this was their only chance, if they didn't agree, maybe Zhang Ling would really kill them.

Heroes don't suffer immediate losses, these three spirit beasts have lived for thousands of years, and of course they know the simple principles of seeking advantage and avoiding harm.

"Well, then, wait for me at the foot of the hill early tomorrow morning, and take me out after I have sucked your souls. ”

Seeing that they were finally showing weakness, Zhang Ling smiled in his heart, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he raised his hand, signaling the three of them to leave for the time being, and come back tomorrow to meet.

Although Niu Zhen, Peng Yu, and Po Jun still had doubts in their hearts, they had no choice, the matter had come to this point, and they could only choose to believe in Zhang Ling, so they turned around and left one after another, and took away dozens of strange beasts behind them.

"It's finally clean, I didn't expect that there were so many strange beasts in such a sacred place as the Lingyang Secret Realm, why didn't I find it when I came?"

Seeing the strange beast leaving, Zhang Ling let out a long breath, this sigh was not afraid, but suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, because at this moment he could finally enter the cave with the ape to catch up with the old days.

"Zhang Ling, why did you let them go, and promised to return their freedom, you must know that thousands of years ago, they were all fierce beasts on one side of the disaster, and the great immortal caught them here to make them reform and atone for their sins. ”

Seeing that all the strange beasts had left, the ape came to Zhang Ling's side and asked with a puzzled expression.

Seeing this, Zhang Ling just smiled indifferently, as if he had his own arrangements in his heart, "Ape, you don't have to worry first, I have my own reasons for doing this, let's go first." ”

Zhang Ling waved his hand, signaling that the ape should not be too nervous, and then walked straight into the cave, after all, he had been here before, and the prohibition of the cave mansion would not stop him at all.

When the ape saw Zhang Ling enter the cave directly, he also followed, and he really wanted to find out what Zhang Ling was planning to do.

"By the way, I have a few questions for you before I answer you. ”

You ask. ”

Zhang Ling and the ape came to the cave and sat down on a large stone next to a spring, and Zhang Ling was very puzzled about the fact that the ape could speak and had supernatural powers, so he planned to ask clearly.

"When I came to the Lingyang Secret Realm, thanks to you for taking care of me for a lot of time, although I have been in the world for a few years, I often think of you, I just wanted to come in to see you, but I didn't expect you to give me such a big surprise. ”

"Is it because I can speak, and I still have some magical powers?" The ape saw Zhang Ling's expression when he spoke, and knew what he meant, after all, he had been together day and night for more than two years, and he had already been able to perceive the other party's thoughts by observing words and colors.

"Yes, I'm really curious, can you tell me?" Zhang Ling said with a smile.

"I didn't tell you this at the beginning, because I didn't think there was any need, since you were taken away by Hongyu, you must be a person of fate, you have your mission when you go to the world, and I stay here naturally have my mission, and telling you will only distract you. ”

The ape faced Zhang Ling and said very sincerely.

"I see, your mission is to protect this cave for the Great Immortals, right? Those three spirit beasts should have been making trouble for you in the past few years, right?"

Zhang Ling thought that his guess was indeed correct, but when he thought of the situation of apes in the past few years, there was still concern in his words.

"I can handle them one by one, but I didn't expect the three of them to come together today, it seems that they really want to get out of here. ”

The ape waved his hand, but when he thought of today's events, he still had palpitations, if Zhang Ling hadn't appeared in time, the cave would have really been occupied by them.

"Ape, you can go out with me tomorrow, since those strange beasts have been taken away by me, there is no need for you to stay here. ”

Zhang Ling looked at the ape, thought for a while, and finally said what he thought in his heart.

Actually, I want to leave here, but to tell you the truth, I am a spirit beast without a spirit body, and I can only continue to cultivate if I stay in the Lingyang Secret Realm, otherwise, if I go out to the world and encounter a powerful demon beast, I will only become their sacrifice. ”

"What? You don't have a spirit body, how can it be?" Zhang Ling was shocked for a moment when he saw the ape's expressions of sadness as he spoke.

"Yes, the three of them can't turn into human form because they have been banned by the Great Immortal, and I can't turn into human form either, because my spirit body has broken away from my physical body, and now I can only rely on spiritual consciousness to act, and my spiritual power can't exert three percent of my spiritual power. ”

The ape seemed to recall what had happened in the past when he spoke, and his tone was dull, as if he had regret.

"How could this be, what happened before? This secret realm is full of spiritual energy, why did you lose your spiritual body?" Zhang Ling immediately asked, and suddenly there were a hundred question marks in his heart.

"Probably hundreds of years ago, a group of monks came to the Lingyang Secret Realm, their purpose was also to invade the cave, but then the original will of the great immortals in the cave appeared, they did not succeed, but because before that, I fought fiercely with them, and the soul was seriously injured and left the body, originally I also wanted to let my spirit body quietly go out of the secret realm through the secret method, but I didn't expect to be discovered by them later, at the moment when the spirit was about to go out, I was attacked by them, and that blow caused a lot of damage to my spirit, and finally although my spirit successfully escaped, but I think it shouldn't last long, I'm afraid my soul has already been scattered, I will cultivate in the secret realm here for a few thousand more years, and through the cultivation comprehension of the great immortals, I may be able to re-cultivate the soul, but as soon as I go out, I am afraid that it will become a burden to you. ”

Seeing that Zhang Ling was puzzled, the ape told Zhang Ling what happened hundreds of years ago, hoping that he could understand his hardship, and with the current situation, he was indeed not suitable to leave the cave.

"Ape, we've known each other for so long, I don't know your name yet, what's your name?"

After listening to the ape's words, Zhang Ling originally just felt sorry for him, but then a thought flashed through his mind, which was like the bright light of the night, which immediately made him excited.

"Why are you asking this, for our spirit beasts, the name of a human being is just a code name, my name is Huang Yan, this name was given to me by the Great Immortal at the beginning, what's wrong?"

The ape was suddenly asked by Zhang Ling, there was still a trace of puzzlement in his eyes, and he didn't seem to understand why Zhang Ling suddenly asked this, but in the end he still told him calmly, after all, with his friendship with Zhang Ling, there was indeed nothing to hide.

"Sure enough, ape, you are saved, and tomorrow, you must go out with me. After listening to the ape's answer with an expectant expression, Zhang Ling suddenly stood up from the stone, and his heart was very happy.

"What's wrong with you, why are you so happy all of a sudden?" The ape naturally didn't know what Zhang Ling had experienced in the past few years, and looked at Zhang Ling a little blankly for a while.

Seeing this, Zhang Ling tried to calm down his emotions, then sat down again, put his hand on the ape's shoulder, and told him about the past with a smile on his face.

Including his cultivation all the way, the smooth entry into the Wufu Cliff, the two times he became the leader of the Wufu Cliff competition, as well as the places he has been to and the friends he has met have told him, of course, the most important thing is everything that happened in the Alien Beast Mountain Range when he was doing the sect mission.

"What? You met my spirit body in the Alien Beast Mountain Range, and now you have placed it in the Outer Heaven to cultivate? How is it possible?"

After listening to Zhang Ling's story, the ape couldn't believe his ears, first of all, he would never have imagined that his spirit body would not be scattered, and secondly, he would never have imagined that Zhang Ling could meet his spirit body by mistake and become friends.

How much chance should this be?

"Don't get excited, let me ask you, do you know the Nine Rank Realm Empty Stone?" Zhang Ling saw that the ape didn't believe it, and at the same time prevented all this from being really a coincidence, so he confirmed to the ape again.

"Of course I know, it was my spirit stone, and thanks to it back then, my physical body and spirit body were able to successfully evade the pursuit of the monks. ”

The ape was even more shocked at this moment, and seemed to believe that Zhang Ling had not lied to him.

"That's absolutely right, your Nine Rank Realm Void Stone has been refined by me, I don't believe you can try to feel the breath of time and space qi in my body. ”

Seeing the ape's shocked face, Zhang Ling put his hand on his body and motioned for him to feel the power of the space-time qi in his body.

"Is there really the breath of the Nine Rank Realm Empty Stone? Zhang Ling, what you said is true?"

The ape put his hand on Zhang Ling's body, used his spiritual sense to detect and confirm it several times, and finally said to Zhang Ling with a look of surprise, and even his hands began to tremble a little, which was indeed a big surprise for him.

"Yes, you are saved. Zhang Ling saw the excitement on the ape's face, and he was very happy in his heart.