"May I dare ask, Young Master, why are you seeking the Blood-Eyed Divine Ape?" Shi Man asked.
Chi Pei said, "I wish to take something from its body to refine a secret technique."
Shi Man said, "This mountain range is far too vast. I fear we would need to ask the four Void Refinement Realm elders of Moon-Covering Hall to act before we could be certain of finding and killing this demon."
Chi Pei stared intently at the map suspended in midair and slowly shook his head.
"This matter is not so simple. There are seventh-rank demon beasts in the Gloom Miasma Mountains; they are exceedingly dangerous even to Void Refinement Realm cultivators. Even if I personally invited them, the four Void Refinement Realm elders of Moon-Covering Hall might not be willing to go."
Chi Pei had merely come to Moon-Covering Hall on the orders of the Divine Blood Sect to serve as an overseer.
Though his status was esteemed, he held no authority to command the disciples of Moon-Covering Hall.
Especially not Moon-Covering Hall's four Void Refinement Realm cultivators.
If Chi Pei assigned them a task that endangered their lives, the four would never agree to it.
A trace of confusion appeared on Shi Man's face.
"This map clearly marks the locations of the sixth-rank and seventh-rank demon beasts in Rotting Miasma Ridge. So long as those places are avoided, there should not be much danger for the four elders."
"Shi Man, there is something you do not know." Chi Pei said. "This map was drawn more than ten thousand years ago. The terrain likely has not changed much, but the demon beast distributions and their relative strengths marked on the map have long changed with the passage of time. They hold no reference value whatsoever."
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