The Golden Divine Ape, having received the rune's gift of power, did not leave immediately. Instead, it waited quietly for a while, only sauntering off into the forest after its Soul Power had recovered enough for self-defense.
Dai Yunze had been keeping an eye on Jiang Yixi's situation, and he understood the Golden Divine Ape's actions. Although this type of Soul Beast lived in groups, aside from the one that had "lent its ring" to Jiang Yixi, there were no other Golden Divine Apes nearby. Instead, there were many powerful Soul Beasts no weaker than it. Normally, that would have been fine, but after "Ring Borrowing," the Golden Divine Ape's Soul Power had been completely depleted. If it did not take advantage of this safe window to recover, other Soul Beasts might catch up and attack after it left. Even though the gift had raised its cultivation somewhat, it would still struggle to survive an attack from other Soul Beasts at their peak.
In fact, after observing that the rune's power could raise a Soul Beast's cultivation, Dai Yunze realized a problem. There were five people in their party seeking Soul Rings this time, but only Chen Yu and Jiang Yixi actually needed Soul Rings to advance. In other words, only two Soul Beasts would ultimately receive the rune's gift. Judging by the longing displayed by the Soul Beasts around them, once Chen Yu completed his "Ring Borrowing," would those Soul Beasts that received nothing truly be able to restrain their greed and ferocity?
Dai Yunze felt that such a situation probably would not occur. If this outcome had happened before, the Noumenon Sect would not have been so comfortable letting its disciples venture out alone to obtain Soul Rings. Moreover, his Spirit Detection had revealed that quite a few