Chapter 753 – Conditions

“Please tell us what you will take in exchange for letting us leave,” Minister Ting continued his effort.

He anxiously looked at the Demon Spine Ape King and the Twin Lights Liger King. He had seen that the earlier attack had come from the Twin Lights Liger King and knew that they needed to be wary of him the most.

He didn’t want to be killed while he was looking away, even for a moment. Plus, he could tell that the Twin Lights Liger King was the ‘leader’ here. 

~Grrr~

The Twin Lights Liger King growled at the minister and let the monkey beasts speak.

“We shall let you leave if you meet certain conditions of our Master.” The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk ape stated.

“What are they?” Minister Ting asked.

The other elders were too scared to speak and had accepted that it was best if Minister Ting dealt with it now. The beasts seemed to be the least angry at him and there were fewer chances of them killing again.

“Our Master demands that the Millennium Forest be declared an independent territory.” The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape stated.

“Huh?” all the elders were taken aback by this.

“What do you mean?” Minister Ting couldn’t grasp.

“Just like you all have your kingdoms, this too shall be a kingdom.” The Slim Arm Ape King spoke.

“OUR KINGDOM!” The Demon Spine Ape declared.

Hearing this, astonished expressions appeared on the faces of all the elders. They had expected them to be ransomed for resources like pills, but they never thought it would be something like this.

“You want to make a… beast kingdom?” Minister Ting asked, feeling doubtful.

“Yes!” The Slim Arm Ape King confirmed.

“This… this has never been done before. It is ridiculous.” One of the elders of the pale marble Kingdom muttered.

~Grrr~

The Twin Lights Liger King growled in a warning manner and startled the elder into shutting up.

“You dare mock us? Do you really want to die that much?” The Demon Spine Ape continued to play his role as the bad cop.

Minister Ting was honestly lost at this too and didn’t know what to speak. He didn’t even know if a kingdom of beasts was possible. They had never thought that beasts would be able to unite for long enough to make a kingdom.

It was completely absurd.

“So tell us, will you accept our first condition?” The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape questioned again.

“This… I cannot confirm a matter like this on my own. Something like this will need the authority of all the kings.” Minister Ting answered.

“You can’t be considering this, Minister Ting?” one of his comparison whispered into his ears.

“Yes, if the Millennium forest is declared an independent kingdom, how will we get the resources? We still depend on it for a lot of them.” The other elder added.

“We have no choice. The rest will be up to the king’s discretion.” Minister Ting replied.

He then looked at the beasts and nodded his head.

“Alright, we agree.” He stated.

“Good. Now the second condition… We want humans.” The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape added.

“Huh?” the elders were taken for a spin again.

“You want humans? Do you want to eat them?” Minister Ting asked hesitantly.

~HUMPH~ 

“Do you really think we need to ask your permission for that? We need specific kinds of humans.” The Demon Spine Ape King scoffed.

“What kind?” Minister Ting asked, feeling suspicious.

In response to this, the Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape actually took out a small jade slip!

‘The beast can use a spirit tool?’ the elders were once more surprised.

As far as the common thinking was among the humans, the beasts couldn’t use any spirit tools or spirit weapons. While some beasts might take fancy to some treasures, they couldn’t really use it.

Even the higher cultivation leveled beasts that were as smart as humans didn’t use spirit tools or spirit weapons. There were several reasons for it, the main one being that the knowledge of its use was not among the beasts.

Then there was the other reason being that spirit tools and weapons were simply not made for beasts. This led to a lot of incompatibilities and thus, even if some smart beast wanted to try using a spirit tool, they would simply fail.

Then there were also some safety features which prevented others from using and stealing a cultivator’s spirit tools. This too, restricted the access to beasts.

Thus, seeing a beast being able to use a spirit tool was astounding, since it meant that the spirit tool had been made with the beast in mind. And even doing this was not easy, as each spirit tool would have to be modified according to the beast.

Not all beasts had the same kind of spirit sense and it might not work properly with the formations of the spirit tools either. 

Some beasts might not even have the right body part to use a spirit tool in the first place. 

“Not just a jade slip, the beast even has a spatial storage tool.” One of the elders said in shock.

“What?” the elder standing next to him was surprised hearing this. “Are you sure?” he asked.

“Yeah, I’m sure I felt spatial fluctuation there for a moment.” The elder confirmed.

Minister Ting heard this too and felt his world view changing.

‘Just what is happening today? Beasts cultivating spirit fruits? Beasts wanting to make a kingdom? And being able to use Spirit tools? Even have access to spatial storage tools? How is all this possible?’ Minister Ting wondered.

He felt like he was in a dream, as all of this was only possible there to him. And yet it was now a reality.

“Take this… we made a list.” The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk ape spoke and passed the jade slip.

Minister Ting very carefully took the jade slip.. His spirit sense came out of his body and probed the thing, while also sneakily checking to see who made this.