Verification

"It's already been a month, and the clan chief is still in seclusion. If he stays shut away for several hundred years, won't I be trapped here until I die?" Yan Chihuo muttered to himself in his room.

The so-called room was merely a cave, where he had lived for the past month. Since the clan chief was in seclusion and he had yet to gain the Earth Divine Ape Clan's recognition, he naturally could not come and go freely. To him, staying here was scarcely any different from being in prison.

Just then, a streak of white light flew in from outside the cave. Yan Chihuo caught it and found that it was a message from Yuan Ping. "The clan chief has emerged from seclusion and wishes to see you. Hurry to the Inner Sect Hall."

Overjoyed, Yan Chihuo hurriedly flew out of the cave and headed for the Inner Sect Hall. This time, seven Earth Divine Apes sat within the hall. Beneath them stood ten more Earth Divine Apes, Yuan Ping among them.

The one seated in the center of the seven Earth Divine Apes possessed unfathomable cultivation. Yan Chihuo thought to himself, This must be the Divine Ape Clan's chief. His cultivation is likely no weaker than Shui Wanze, the Water Cloud Sect's sect master.

He secretly examined the other six Earth Divine Apes and inwardly stuck out his tongue. Though these seven were weaker than the clan chief, they were not weaker by much. In other words, all seven Earth Divine Apes were at the Dao Integration Stage.

Upon seeing Yan Chihuo, Yuan Ping turned and said to the Earth Divine Ape in the center, "Clan Chief, the clansman who had been stranded outside has arrived."

The clan chief looked down. Yan Chihuo felt as though