"Fellow Daoist Lu, have you arrived yet?" the Primordial Spirit inside the Soul-Sealing Pearl urged.
"Since I already agreed, there's no need for you to rush me. This place is fraught with danger. If I'm not careful and something unexpected happens, wouldn't our deal come to an end?" Lu Xiaotian threatened. He greatly disliked the Primordial Spirit's impatient attitude. After all, his life was his own. A careful ship sailed for ten thousand years. If not for the other party's information allowing him to obtain the metal-element Gold Condensing Fruit, he would have washed his hands of this long ago.
"All right. There's no fault in being cautious; Fellow Daoist Lu, you're right. I just remembered something. There is a kind of Bone-Eating Ape with an entirely gray body. They enjoy feeding on the bones of demonic beasts and humans, sucking out their marrow. They possess boundless strength, but the Monster Core within them can conceal the aura of a human cultivator. Moreover, these Bone-Eating Apes are powerful, and ordinary demonic beasts dare not provoke them. As long as you avoid exceptionally powerful individual beasts or beast hordes, Fellow Daoist Lu will be able to travel unimpeded through this place." The Primordial Spirit seemed to have suddenly recalled something and cried out in surprise.
"Bone-Eating Apes? Is there any way to find them?" Lu Xiaotian frowned. He had never heard of such a demonic creature, but the world was vast, and all manner of strange things existed. Spiritual energy distributions and living environments differed from place to place. Even demonic beasts of the same kind adapted to local conditions. Once enough time passed, their appearance and their means of attack and defense would all undergo changes. Over time, they formed distinct populations. It was only natural that there were some