However, strangely enough, when Old Ape Emperor saw Wei Tu pay his respects, he showed little goodwill. Not only did he fail to return Wei Tu's salute according to etiquette, his face instead gained a layer of chilliness as he gave a faint snort.
He looked utterly unwilling to associate with Wei Tu.
Yet Wei Tu had some understanding of this.
Or rather, he understood it very well.
The Four-Armed Ape Clan had always stood behind the Mist Ghost Clan. Their clan's direct descendant, Great Abyss Consort, was also the Mist Ghost Clan's clan leader's wife, managing the Mist Ghost Clan on behalf of the clan as a marriage alliance candidate.
For this reason, the War of the Two Races between the Spirit Realm Human Race and the Mist Ghost Clan was, in truth, a proxy war waged by the Four-Armed Ape Clan through the Mist Ghost Clan.
At its root, they were a hostile force truly plotting against the Spirit Realm Human Race and human territory.
And though he was now a guest elder of the Feather Dragon Clan, deep down, he still belonged to the "human race"... enough to place immense strategic pressure upon the Four-Armed Ape Clan.
After all, one looked at the Buddha's face if not the monk's.
In this regard, he differed from Purple Chi Lord, that "visitor from another realm." Though Purple Chi Lord was likewise an ascended human from another realm, he had indeed once maintained close ties with the upper echelons of the human race and had been one of them.
Besides that—
There was his disrespect toward Great Abyss Consort.
Quite a few rumors secretly circulated through the Spirit Realm that, when he had obtained a "Mahāyāna opportunity" in the Illusory Mirage Realm, he had once personally threatened Great Abyss Consort