Chapter 93: Recapturing a Giant Ape

Boom—boom—boom

The sound grew nearer and nearer.

Just then, Rongdi tried to leap up to see what monster it was, and he saw… a pair of furry big hands clawed open the foliage and suddenly emerged, and then the huge creature squeezed out of the thicket as well.

"Wild beast, it is a wild beast."

The woman screamed incessantly and kept retreating, while Nan Qinghuan straightened up to stare at the roughly five‑meter‑tall Great Beast before them. Isn't that... a Da Xingsheng? A giant ape from the Remote Antiquity Era? That ape was as tall as a tree, its fur long and jet‑black, its eyes bright and human‑sized, its face flat, and it stared at them with a wide‑open, snarling grin.

Ying's spear in his hand was barely human‑sized compared to the Da Xingsheng; the Da Xingsheng let out a sudden roar and lunged its massive hands at them.

"Careful."

Ying suddenly vaulted using his spear and thrust forcefully at the ape, "Rongdi!"

"Here it comes."

Rongdi fluttered his wings and charged at the Da Xingsheng, his Bow and arrow striking the ape; the Da Xingsheng instantly became enraged and swiped wildly at them.

"Ying, careful."

Nan Qinghuan never expected that the so‑called wild beast was a Da Xingsheng; such a massive ape—she couldn't handle it, and even Ying was powerless. What to do? "Woo…"

The woman was terrified and kept crying, which made Nan Qinghuan flustered; suddenly, she seemed to have an idea.

"You hide here; I'll go help them."

"Don't go, it's dangerous."

"Let go, I'm a man, I must rescue him."

Nan Qinghuan, holding a Fruit Knife, was about to help Ying, when—Rongdi was slammed down by the ape with a bang, "Rongdi!"

Rongdi had been thrown down; Nan Qinghuan could only go check on him, "Are you okay?"

Seeing Nan Qinghuan come to support him moved Rongdi deeply; his wing on his back was injured and blood was trickling, "Go quickly, this wild beast is beyond us; find the clan and shoot it dead."

"I'm not leaving; I will rescue Ying."

She turned to rescue Ying, but Rongdi suddenly grabbed her hand, its soft, slippery feel making his heart thud, "Don't go, hide."

After saying that, Rongdi sprang up again and lunged at the Da Xingsheng; Ying was clutched in the ape's hand, and Nan Qinghuan's heart tangled in knots.

"Ying."

"Huaner, go."

The Da Xingsheng seized Ying with one hand and reached for Rongdi with the other; Nan Qinghuan suddenly drew her Fruit Knife and sprinted toward the ape, and Ying, seeing her approach, shouted, "Go!"

She, undaunted by danger, suddenly thrust at the Da Xingsheng's toe.

In an instant... the Da Xingsheng felt pain in its foot, flung Ying away, and Ying rolled several times, scrambled up, and looked back, "Huaner..."

Nan Qinghuan kept attacking the Da Xingsheng's foot; the ape, furious, kept reaching for her to grab her, but Nan Qinghuan, petite and darting about, seemed to be out of the ape's reach.

"I'll let you eat people."

Just as she tried to thrust the Fruit Knife again, the Hei Xingsheng suddenly seized her, "Huaner."

In an instant, Rongdi also worried, "Nan Qinghuan..."

The ape held her in its hand, but Nan Qinghuan did not struggle; she knew the ape's habits too well—struggling only makes it squeeze tighter—so she stayed still.

The ape had never seen such a tiny, cute person; it grinned, nudging Nan Qinghuan with its mouth, while Nan Qinghuan remained still, only murmuring words that Ying could not understand.

Listening closely, it seemed to be... beast language? Nan Qinghuan's beast speech was poor; she had learned it casually in the past. When the ape calmed down, she immediately moved her hand, made a stop gesture, and unexpectedly... the ape gently placed her whole body on the ground, then suddenly became docile, no longer frantic, merely squatting there, tilting its head at her.

A Da Xingsheng and a stunning beauty—this scene left the few onlookers stunned.

Nan Qinghuan, seeing the beast understood her words, immediately chattered on, but the ape suddenly went berserk, staring intently at Nan Qinghuan's eyes; suddenly... it dropped its foot to its chest and kept beating itself. Nan Qinghuan realized the gesture worked with the beast language, stood upright and shouted, "Drop down for me!"

Under the stunned gazes of the crowd, the Da Xingsheng suddenly squatted, then used its hand to scoop up Nan Qinghuan, a sight that left Ying pale, "Huaner..."

"Don't come over."

She was cradled in the ape's arms; the ape seemed to like her, gently stroking her back and then trying to lick her with its mouth. Ying, unable to bear it, thrust his Spear at the ape.

"Woo…"

Suddenly, the ape, seeing the attack, enraged and lunged after Ying, but Nan Qinghuan bellowed, "Stop!"

The ape, halted by her scolding, gently set Nan Qinghuan down, as if it had found a new master, and it seemed especially happy.

After being set down, Ying rushed forward and embraced her, "Huaner, what are you doing?"

Nan Qinghuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Ying, it's okay, I've tamed the ape."

"Tamed, you mean..."

"Nan Qinghuan, you can Tunshu?"

Rongdi had witnessed the whole scene; he never imagined Nan Qinghuan could Tunshu. Was she truly the Goddess he sought? Nan Qinghuan gently nudged Ying, then looked at the ape, which squatted on the ground like a child who had done something wrong, its fierce demeanor gone. From the ape's words, Nan Qinghuan learned everything: "Huaner, kill this beast to avenge the clan."

Originally, Ying didn't trust Abu's words, but now it seemed the clan had been devoured by this ape; he wanted revenge for the clan.

"We can't kill it; this is all a misunderstanding. Neither side's clan was killed by it; it told me the clan was swept by a flood into the Liang He Liuyu, where they perished in the river."

Ying didn't believe that, "Huaner can understand its words; a beast's words cannot be trusted."

The ape, seeing Ying distrust it, pounded its chest angrily. Seeing the ape flare up, Nan Qinghuan said, "I have no need to deceive you, Rongdi. Do you believe me?"

Rongdi's gaze remained fixed on him, as if he couldn't get enough. He glanced at the Hei Xingsheng Nan Qinghuan had tamed, "Since Nan Qinghuan has tamed it, I, Rongdi, believe its words."

"Ying, Rongdi believes it; don't you believe me?"

Ying stood there, clenching her fist; she didn't understand why she was asking Rongdi again—who was her male? His tone was cold, with a hint of disdain, "They weren't killed by a wild beast; where are the corpses of the clan?"

"Corpses?"

Nan Qinghuan turned her head toward the towering Da Xingsheng and asked in human speech, "Where are those corpses?"

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