"That—Senior, could I—return this Heavenly Martial Mark to you?" Lu Lin asked carefully, testing the waters.
"Too late. Once the Heavenly Martial Mark is passed on, it fuses with your soul. It can't be returned." The youth waved a hand, his tone calm.
Lu Lin howled inwardly, What a pit!
He had thought this was a heaven-sent opportunity, only to discover that behind the opportunity lay such a bottomless "giant pit."
"Don't worry, I won't make you take the risk alone." The youth seemed to have seen through Lu Lin's thoughts and said, "When you came in, didn't you see those two old apes? They possess the bloodline of the ancient true spirit, the Golden War Ape, and both have already reached the peak of the third rank. I will instruct them to assist you with all their strength. They will certainly become a great help to you."
"Those two golden Ape Kings!" Lu Lin's heart stirred.
They were indeed two extremely powerful helpers. The strength of peak third-rank Demon Kings was beyond question.
But—it still did not feel secure enough.
"Senior, the two Ape King seniors possess profound cultivation, and this junior naturally admires them. But to kill Ming Gu, we will inevitably need to go deep into his lair. That place is bound to be guarded by vast numbers of zombies and Death Charms. This junior's strength is meager, and I fear that before the campaign even wins its first victory, I may instead delay Senior's important matter."
Lu Lin changed tack and revealed a sincere expression. "How about this—if Senior could bestow a few dozen strands of Essence of Heaven and Earth, helping this junior raise his cultivation to the perfected Golden Body stage, wouldn't our chances be much greater?"
This was his true goal.
Since he