"Didn't you ask the other people in town for help?" Su Qing asked.
The old man shook his head and answered.
"The strongest cultivator in town is only at the late Divine Soul Realm. There's nothing they can do about those apes."
Then he changed the subject and asked Su Qing a question in return.
"Say, brother, where are your companions?"
"I don't have any companions. I'm alone."
"Well..."
The old man hesitated, then asked, "May I ask what realm your cultivation has reached?"
"I've killed someone at the late Fusion Realm."
The old man breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good, then."
Seeing that the old man seemed about to ask something else, Su Qing frowned and cut him off.
"Is there anything that can lure those apes?"
"Fresh flesh and blood."
The old man stroked his beard as he spoke.
"Hmm?"
Su Qing was a little surprised. Very few monkeys liked fresh flesh and blood; this was his first time encountering any.
"I see. I'll be off, then."
Su Qing drained the remaining tea in his cup, put it into the Sleeve Universe, and rose, cupping his hands to the old man in farewell.
Neither of the two tried to keep him. The old man promptly sent Liang Xun to see Su Qing out.
After leaving the medicine shop, Su Qing did not head straight for the cliff. Instead, he wandered around town.
The street outside the medicine shop was quite lively, lined on both sides with all kinds of shops and stalls, brimming with the bustle of everyday life.
Su Qing ambled along, looking this way and that, until he wandered past a jewelry shop. A casual glance caught a jade hairpin.
It was translucent from end to end, with the soul of snow and the grace