"So you really were pretending to be unconscious!"
Doudou looked furious.
"I was going to keep you, but you went and toyed with my feelings! Red Banshee! I'm making monkey soup!"
"Yes!"
The Red Banshee answered immediately.
Thunk! A bump rose on Doudou's forehead at a speed visible to the naked eye. Clutching his head, he continued glaring angrily at the monkey, as though he blamed it for the bump as well.
"Monkey soup, my foot! You knew perfectly well it was faking, didn't you? You just wanted an excuse to kill it!"
Doudou's little tricks were nothing but child's play to Qin Xiaoxia. Besides, Qin Xiaoxia hadn't intended to keep this monkey as a pet.
After rapping Doudou on the head, he gave the Monkey King a reassuring smile.
"Don't worry. You're safe now. No one here can eat you except me."
The monkey wasn't so extraordinarily gifted that it could understand human speech yet, but that didn't stop it from being afraid-instinctively afraid.
Then Qin Xiaoxia merely tried to stroke its glossy-looking fur, and the monkey bristled.
It didn't dare attack, but it certainly knew how to run!
A stomp blasted a shallow crater into the ground, and it became a golden blur, fleeing toward the riverbank where there was less of that strange vegetation.
"It's so fast!"
Su Su gasped in amazement.
The Monkey King had gone from utter stillness to frantic motion. Its speed wasn't necessarily outrageous, but the effect was like a car suddenly racing past someone: it felt incredibly fast.
Since the Mystic Realm was currently open and exchanging freely with the outside environment, light, birdsong, floral scents, and wind could all enter. The Monkey King didn't realize it was enclosed.
The large macaque fled as fast as it could, covering a great distance