The Eight Hundred and Fifteenth Chapter: Back in the Light
"Senior, shall we head out now?"
Eager to escape, Jin Shanshan asked impatiently.
"Never mind. You all go. I think I'll stay here."
"Me too."
Jin Shanshan had just made the suggestion, and everyone had turned to look at the two demons. But to their utter surprise, the pair had no intention of leaving. It was completely unexpected.
"Old Ancestor, why won't you leave?"
He had only just acknowledged his master, and now his master was saying he didn't want to leave. Mad Ape was instantly frantic, too caught up in the moment to dwell on his complicated feelings toward the old monkey.
"I've thought it over. I still can't leave. You showed up at far too convenient a time. Clearly, some unseen force is arranging all this, and someone wants to release us old fellows. So I can't leave. Child, would you be willing to stay here and learn from me?"
The old monkey answered the younger generation's question, but the others couldn't make sense of his reply.
Jin Shanshan had clearly been locked up by accident. How had the old monkey decided that the timing was too convenient?
Though they didn't understand, they naturally respected the old monkey's choice.
"I... I'm willing to stay."
After all, a chance to learn from a master like this came once in a thousand ages. Mad Ape hesitated, then made his decision.
No one was surprised by his choice.
"Then, Old Ancestor, why aren't you leaving?"
Mad Ape had decided to stay, but Jin Shanshan certainly couldn't. He asked unwillingly.
"Didn't the old monkey just say the timing was too convenient? We can't leave. Besides, if I go, how will he get out?"
Clearly, after all these years together, the fire crow