The turmoil of the outside world had not brought any major changes to Chen Mo.
At that moment, on the small island in the heart of the lake, he watched the White Ape kneel before him in a remarkably humanlike manner.
"I'm leaving."
"Woo... woo... woo..."
The White Ape revealed a reluctant expression.
At first, it had been extremely resistant toward the human before it. But after being beaten a few times and realizing that it was completely no match for him, it resigned itself to its fate.
Later, for some reason, the human before it had actually given it a cultivation technique, taught it how to cultivate, and even fed it many strange-tasting little pills.
Its explosive growth in strength gradually made it accept the human before it.
Even after its strength had increased greatly, it discovered that it was still no match for the human before it and would still be instantly defeated.
That made it choose submission outright.
The rules of the Exotic Beast world were that simple: either kill me, or beat me into submission.
Yet now, the human it had spent day and night with for over a month was about to leave. The White Ape was deeply reluctant to part with him.
It was the overlord of this region, but as an outsider, it had no clan of its own here and was terribly lonely. Now that it had a master, it felt that its life had become far more interesting.
Who would have thought that such a life would disappear so quickly?
"Cultivate well. You're still too weak right now. When you reach the Tenth Tier, we'll meet again."
Chen Mo had only acted on a whim toward this White Ape from the start and held no particular feelings for it.
After trying