25 The Plan (1/2)

The next day after limit training with the usual group, Shadow sat alone in cultivation until she noticed a nearby presence.

She looked towards the figure that appeared silently. ”So you have come.”

”Mm..” The old monkey replied as he carried a large sack full of items on his shoulder.

”Okay then let's get to work, I wonder what you have brought me?” Shadow asked with carefully hiding her excitement.

The monkey opened the bag and took out everything revealing lots of weapons, beast cores, a few herbs and fruits. ”I don't know what some of the items are to be used for so I brought them too. I don't know if they will be of use though.”

”Mm good” Shadows eyes scanned through everything and landed on a couple of items which sparked her interest.

'So he actually has some storage bags, it seems this monkey has run into some humans in his past but didn't know the use of these items.' She glanced at the monkey.

With the combination of item making and inscriptions, a bag or ring can be made to store items within a much larger space making it easier for martial artists to carry lots of items with them on their travels.

Although rings are considered rare in this world, storage bags are quite commonly used by those that can afford to purchase one, the owner drops their blood into the inscription connecting themselves to it until either their death or they remove their connection.

After dropping the blood onto the inscription, the owner can freely take out or store items instantly.

Shadow pondered for a little while more. 'These bags aren't connected to an owner so my guess is that they have already died since this monkey didn't know what they were.'

”Okay we have a deal.” Shadow nodded as she turned to the monkey again, kicking aside a large pole arm and long flexible spear. ”Pack up everything besides these weapons and attach the bag to my horns for now.”

The monkey was puzzled why she took everything but the two weapons but decided to proceed as instructed. ”So you said there will be trouble soon?”

”Yes, although you hold influence here as of now that can change at any moment. You may have high strength on your own but I believe you have an old injury yes? Not to mention it is just you and your son, when out against the numbers of the other two clans can you say for sure you can beat them all without losing the life of your son and even your own?” Shadow began to ask.

”I… No I don't think I could handle them all on my own.” The monkey looked agitated as he clenched his fists.

”I'm glad you understand, the main problem is when such a thing would happen. You can stay on guard as much as you want but by the time it happens you may have not made enough preparations. So I have a suggestion… Why don't we create a chance for to push their plans into motion?” Shadow smiled playfully as she looked towards the more populated part of the mountain.

The eyes of the old monkey focussed as he began to grow interested. ”And how would we do that exactly?”