CHAPTER 657: CHAPTER 409: IRON-ARMED MONKEY KING: OLD YAN, SAVE ME!

"Thank you, senior brother!"

Chen Ze was delighted.

This kind of skill may not be very effective against enemies of the same level, but in special situations—

For example, rescuing someone from a distance.

For example, retrieving a weapon.

It has miraculous effects.

Or at this moment, using it to capture sneaky individuals with a cultivation far below his own is like taking something out of a bag.

"Speak!"

"Who are you! Why are you following us?"

Yan Chuan shouted in the official language of the Six Great Royal Cities that he learned at the beginning of the year, and this shout incorporated techniques from the "Ghost Prison Yin Wind Roar," which made the target’s head spin and unwittingly confess the truth—

"I am Niu Pan, a Local Chief of the Iron Clothes Army, ordered to track the whereabouts of the horse trainer Yan Chuan, with a portrait in the bosom—"

Yan Chuan reached into the man’s chest and indeed found a portrait.

Whoa!

He shook it open and saw it was vivid and lifelike, depicting Yan Chuan at the beginning of the year, with about seventy to eighty percent resemblance to his current appearance, though his aura had completely changed.

"Iron Clothes Army."

Yan Chuan recalled that this was the private army of Fu Zhe, the Black Dragon Heavy Cavalry Commander, who once invited him to Hunxi Royal City to serve as the boxing coach for the eight hundred Iron Clothes Army, which Yan Chuan refused.

Unexpectedly, he encountered soldiers of the Iron Clothes Army under such circumstances today.

"A misunderstanding."

Yan Chuan released his grip and smiled at the man: "Tell your brothers in the city not to look for me anymore. I’ll visit your military leader in the next few days."

"Yes, yes, I’ll remember it!"

Niu Pan, scared out of his wits, watched his target depart without daring to move: "That person just waved a hand and pulled me over from more than six or seven meters away. I couldn’t resist at all. This person’s strength might be even more terrifying than the military leader’s!"

Being discovered trailing such a strong figure and surviving after being captured, it’s truly thanks to the mercy of not being killed.

"Target spotted!"

"Better hurry back and report to the Du Head!"

Niu Pan took several deep breaths, driving out the stiffness caused by fear, and, after confirming Yan Chuan was out of sight, hurriedly returned to report.

...

"At the beginning of the year, I met Fu Zhe at Divine Doctor Valley in Nanyue Lake, and at that time, he was only the Black Dragon Heavy Cavalry Commander, but now he’s already a Du Head."

"Fu Zhe gave me the ’Hundred-mile Order’ back then, allowing me to freely browse the classics in the Baili Family Martial Cave in Nanxiong City, which was quite helpful to me."

Yan Chuan recounted this past story to Chen Ze.

Fu Zhe.

The Baili Family.

To Yan Chuan, they don’t count as having done him any great favors, but in the end, they did lend a helping hand when he was starting out, allowing his path over this past year to be steadier and a bit quicker.

Towards Fu Zhe.

Towards the Baili Family.

Yan Chuan remained grateful.

Thus, even when Fu Zhe dispatched a unit of the Iron Clothes Army to Nanxiong City expressly to find him, and even when he was trailed just now, Yan Chuan could accept it.

Including the Baili Family—

"I have already proven the Innate Dao. In the future, I will surely repay them within my capabilities."

The Baili Family!

This is a local prestigious family in Nanxiong City. It has existed since the founding of Nanxiong City and has a history of several hundred years, rooted in Nanxiong City with deep ties and strong power.

Over several hundred years, the Baili Family has experienced ups and downs.

They have fallen to low points.

And they have also been glorious for a time.

In recent decades, the Baili Family has constantly forged connections with heroes from all directions, distributing a considerable number of ’Hundred-mile Orders’ each year; those holding the token can enter the Martial Cave to read classics and take away secret manuals.

The Baili Family has woven an extensive network of contacts through these favors, big or small.

Even for Yan Chuan, even though his ’Hundred-mile Order’ was given by Fu Zhe, since he entered the Martial Cave, viewed the classics inside, and took away the Baili Family’s secret manual, he still had to remember the Baili Family with some gratitude.

This was enough.

Leveraging this decision, the Baili Family rapidly developed and grew, with ’Baili Guard’ under their command absorbing a lot of talent, making it the strongest army in Nanxiong City, surpassing even the City Guard Army.

"The Baili Family has deep foundations and strong power. Even as Innate, they may not particularly care for me."

Yan Chuan chuckled, glanced back at Nanxiong City, and walked steadily with Chen Ze towards Nanyue Lake.

...

"Aah!"

"Aah!"

"Aah!"

Deep within Nanyue Lake, between the mountains, the Iron-Armed Monkey King, towering over ordinary humans by two heads, with red fur and golden pupils, its arms extending past its knees, was bellowing fiercely, engaged in an intense battle with a skinny monkey.

Their sizes were vastly different—

The Iron-Armed Monkey King stood upright at over two and a half meters tall.

Whereas the skinny monkey was only about a meter tall.

But among alien beasts, strength is not purely defined by size. This skinny monkey, though small and hunched, was covered all over with black scale armor, and its eyes were a bright green; its speed was fast, its power strong, and its scales tougher than steel, with eyes that bewitched the spirit.

If a seasoned scholar of alien beasts were here, they would certainly recognize this as one of the strongest peak alien beasts below the Innate Beast King—

"Demon Snail Monkey!"

Quick as lightning!

Powerful!

Steel Bones!

The Demon Snail Monkey almost has no weaknesses, and just its physical body already surpasses many peak alien beasts, and it also possesses a gifted ability—

"Aah!"

The Demon Snail Monkey’s eyes suddenly glowed with a faint light, and the Iron-Armed Monkey King felt a sudden sharp pain in its head—

Spiritual Attack!

This Demon Snail Monkey can inflict damage on its opponents from a spiritual level.

This is very rare.

If Yan Chuan were present, he would definitely be amazed. Although he hasn’t encountered many alien beasts, he has read plenty of classics, and from what he understands, apart from the ’Honey Jade Bee Queen,’ even among the Innate Beast Kings fewer possess spiritual attack abilities.

A Postnatal Realm alien beast like the ’Demon Snail Monkey’ possessing this is unheard of.

If people found out, it would undoubtedly attract a lot of coveting.

But, though the ’Demon Snail Monkey’ is wicked, it is cautious, liking to consume the hearts of young children and beasts, and drink fresh human blood, yet it always destroys bodies without leaving a trace.