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Inside the cave, the chatter of the monkeys filled the air. They played with each other, jumping about and chasing their friends around, truly free and unrestrained.

”This Water Curtain Cave is so good. In the future, we won't need to be afraid about those wild beasts.”

”Luckily, our great king managed to find such a place.

”In the future, I will only treat him as my king!”

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The monkeys continued chattering happily.

In the past, when they were in the peach forest, they would always be hunted by wild beasts. All of them were constantly filled with worry and unease.

Now, everything was solved.

The Water Curtain Cave was deep in the canyons, and only monkeys were able to leap such a distance. This was a residence innately suitable for them since no one else would be able to enter.

An invisible tension melted away. Those monkeys felt much more relaxed in their hearts and began to play with no reservations.

But there was a golden-furred monkey seated on the throne with a perplexed look on his face.

In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.

Ever since he became the monkey king in the Water Curtain Cave, he had been extremely puzzled.

Now that he had become the monkey king, he felt a type of feeling as though he had already reached the pinnacle of his life. There didn't seem to be any more goals ahead.

Could it be that he had to cross the seas and search for the Fangcun Mountain now?

This didn't seem to be right.

There were always deeper layers of meaning within recorded mythology. Things shouldn't be so simple.

The original recording stated that the stone monkey stayed for 300 years inside the Flowerfruit Mountain before the desire to cross the seas surfaced in his heart.

Given how innately strong a spiritual stone monkey was, how could it not have such thoughts earlier?

There should be another deeper layer of truth behind what was recorded.

So, what should he do next? What should he do so that he could understand the true essence of being the monkey king?

His expressions were stretched taut as he pondered.

At this moment, a long-limbed old ape with snowy white fur walked over. It asked from afar, ”Great king, why are you troubled?”

”Oh, so it is elder through-armed ape!” Feng Lin smiled as he nodded to the white-furred ape.

The through-armed ape was also one of the chaotic world monkeys, but it was different compared to spiritual stone monkeys who could only be birthed after absorbing thousands of years of spiritual qi.

The through-armed ape race was extremely limited in number. They also weren't as unique as the spiritual stone monkeys.

Their abilities differed too. Since they were young, all through-armed apes were born with monstrous strength, but sadly, they had no other divine abilities.

Only by stepping on the path of cultivation would they be able to gradually control the sun and moon, shattering a thousand mountains and overturning seas and rivers.

If they cultivated all the way until the end, they wouldn't be inferior even when compared to the spiritual stone monkeys.

In the investiture of the gods, there was also a through-armed ape named Yuan Hong. His magical powers were extremely profound and he was skilled in the seventy-two transformations. Even Yang Jian, the Erlang Deity, wasn't able to subdue him. In the end, Goddess Nuwa had to use her mountain and river portrait before Yuan Hong was subdued.

This through-armed ape was one of the oldest apes and monkeys in the tribe, and it was also a general of the previous monkey king. Now that a new king had succeeded the throne, its status also rose and it became an elder. The authority it had within the tribe was one of the greater ones.

And because there were many wondrous aspects to this old ape, Feng Lin had always regarded it highly. All of a sudden, a thought struck him.

An elder at home meant a treasure at home.