450: Chapter 346 450: Chapter 346 The monkey was even more agitated, incessantly shouting loudly, “Have you guys finished yet?
After obtaining the item, why aren’t you quickly lifting the seal?”
Unfortunately, it kept talking, but no one—not even the demonic beasts—paid any attention to it.
The monkey watched as everyone who saw the box emitting golden light seemed to benefit from it, using it for cultivation.
This made the monkey so angry that its eyes seemed about to burst into flames, yet it had no choice but to restrain its temper.
Being sealed, it hadn’t cultivated for tens of millions of years.
Had it not been witnessing these human cultivators, it would have nearly forgotten its own spells and cultivation techniques.
It’s a pity that the seal was too strong.
It wasn’t just about being unable to cultivate; it also caused its mana to deplete continuously.
The monkey feared that once the seal was lifted, it might not even match the power of these ordinary demonic beasts and humans.
With this in mind, the monkey lost some of its confidence.
Was that creature, resembling a dragon yet not quite a dragon, undergoing a transformation?
Did they say it was currently in cultivation, practicing a Divine Dragon spell?
The more the monkey watched, the more alarmed it became.
Eryao was becoming more formidable, ascending in power, along with that ox and those humans.
What made it even more upset was that its vine whip was growing stronger too and was no longer under its control.
The tiny creature had jumped out of its original form and ran to the mountaintop.
If these humans didn’t lift the seal for it, then in the future, when it wanted to absorb the Essence of the Sun and Moon, it might not be able to rely on the vine whip anymore.
At this thought, the monkey’s frantic screaming, which it couldn’t hold back, erupted—a truly crazed sound compared to the feigned terrifying howls it used to scare others.
It wasn’t just screaming wildly; it was also furiously shaking its head.
The monkey’s frenzy had no effect on the people and pets high in the sky.
The monkey’s voice was hoarse from all the shouting.
Realizing that no human or demonic beast paid it any mind, it started feeling that there was no point in continuing to shout.
It was like a child throwing a tantrum for candy.
If someone gave it attention, it would act out even more outrageously.
But without any attention, it would find it pointless and eventually stop on its own.
Time incessantly passed by; night turned to pale dawn, the moon and stars gave way to the blazing sun.
However, it seemed that the intense sunlight didn’t affect the people and pets up above.
Their bodies were as if coated in a certain sheen, untouched by any external changes.
By daytime, only the monkey’s spirit was left—even though it was the spirit of an Immortal, after all, it was still a spirit.
Facing the bright light atop the mountain, it had no choice but to use a spell to cover the moonlight above and patiently wait.
The person who completed their ascension first and opened their eyes after finishing their cultivation was, of course, Jiang Tang, who had the highest level of cultivation technique.
In fact, he had already ascended and solidified his cultivation.
He chose to ignore the monkey, pretending to be in meditation.
In reality, he was grinding down the monkey’s temper.
He was also protecting those around him.
The golden Buddha Light emanating from the box brought tremendous benefits to these people and pets.
Those around him all advanced a level and were still absorbing the golden Buddha Light, reveling in the Immortal Qi.
Jiang Tang could feel that this golden radiance was incomparable to the Spiritual Energy of the Cultivation World—even the rainbow light of the finest spirit stones couldn’t match its effects.
With this golden light essence absorbed into their bodies, they possessed Immortal Qi that others didn’t, which would expedite their future ascensions.
Naturally, Jiang Tang hoped that when it came time for Tribulation Crossing, with the help of this Immortal Qi, he wouldn’t be battered too badly by the thunderstrikes.
He surely didn’t want to be struck dead by lightning.
And it wasn’t just him—both human cultivators and demonic beasts thought the same.
They needed to undergo Tribulation Crossing to become Immortals.
When Jiang Tang opened his eyes, the monkey inside the cave at the base of the mountain sensed it immediately.
“Young man, you’ve awakened, that’s great!
Quick, quick, quick, come and release my seal!”
Jiang Tang looked down at the monkey from high above.
In his eyes, this monkey had become a mere speck, but he was still very cautious.
If he didn’t negotiate proper terms with the monkey, he wouldn’t release it from the seal, even at the expense of leaving this place.
“You want me to save you?”
“Yes, young man, come on, hurry up and release the monkey’s seal!” The monkey laughed jovially, seemingly very happy, feeling that this young man appeared to be easy to talk to and not as cunning as his pet Little Dragon.
“You want me to lift your seal?
What’s in it for me?”
From Jiang Tang’s words, the monkey realized that it was being expected to offer benefits.
Looking at itself, the monkey realized that aside from its spirit, it had nothing.
It resorted to linguistic temptation:
“Young man, of course there’s a benefit to releasing my seal.
Do you want the resources here, want this place to become the base for your Immortal Sect?
Release my seal, and it will all be yours.”
Would Jiang Tang let the monkey go so easily?
“Actually, I could do without this place.
Where couldn’t we establish an Immortal Sect in the Cultivation World?
If I lift your seal but you then take over this place and cause calamity in the Cultivation World, wouldn’t that make me a sinner?”
Having foreseen Jiang Tang’s points, the monkey was not entirely surprised.
It seemed there was truth to the saying that the nature of the pet reflects its master’s.
This young man was quite cunning.
The monkey, whose thoughts were seen through, quickly thought on its feet and said, “I can swear an oath to you.
If you release my seal, I will leave this place and hand it over to you.”
Jiang Tang shook his head and spoke, “But I am also interested in another place, which may also have something to do with you.
Furthermore, if I release you and you kill me, even if you don’t want this place, it’s no concern of mine.
You’ve been suppressed here for tens of millions of years, surely because you’ve done evil deeds.
How can I trust you, an evildoer?”