Early the next morning.
Gu Chenfeng pushed open his door, descended from the small building where he stayed, and strode straight toward the courtyard gate.
Almost at the same moment, escape lights flashed around the courtyard.
Five elders of the Golden Ape Race stationed in the courtyard, ostensibly to protect Gu Chenfeng but actually to monitor him, swiftly appeared before him.
Their leader, a half-step Source Emperor Realm expert, cupped his fists. "Mister Han, where are you going? Let us accompany you."
These past days, whenever Gu Chenfeng stepped outside the courtyard, these five had followed him almost without leaving his side.
Gu Chenfeng waved a hand at him casually.
"No need. I intend to return to the Human Race."
"Uh...?"
All five froze at his words.
The black-robed man leading them asked in surprise, "Return to the Human Race?
"Mister Han, weren't you... ordered to come here to discuss cooperation with us?"
Gu Chenfeng sneered. "I've been here so many days, yet the king hasn't summoned me. Who knows how much longer he'll remain in seclusion?
"As the sect master of the Golden Ring Sect, I have a pile of matters to attend to myself. I don't have all this time to wait.
"Just notify us whenever the Golden Ape King comes out of seclusion. I'll come pay my respects then."
His words left all five at a loss.
They had guessed that after Han Heavenly Journey arrived at the Golden Ape Tribe, he would urgently seek an audience with the Golden Ape King to complete the task assigned by the Purple Cloud Sect's sect master.
They had already devised all sorts of excuses to delay him.
The one thing they had never expected was that he would simply get up and leave.
After a brief hesitation, their leader