He put on an embarrassed expression and made no mention of whether he had any fruit left, saying only, "Brother Monkey, the three of us have only just arrived, and we really don't understand the local ways here in Guixu. There are many things we'd like to ask you."
As the saying went, gifts tied your hands and food tied your tongue. Having just swallowed two honey-sweet fruits, the divine ape could hardly refuse Cui Jiuyang's request. He sat down generously on the ground and said, "Of course, of course. Ask away. Old Sun won't hide a thing."
Cui Jiuyang considered his questions and asked, "Brother Monkey, is Guixu... dangerous these days?"
The divine ape looked at Ming beside him, then at Cui Jiuyang, automatically disregarding Ao Dongping. After some thought, he said, "For you three, it's not all that dangerous."
"All the Fierce Beasts imprisoned here with us back then were killed by everyone working together."
"Those Fierce Beasts were vicious by nature and couldn't be reasoned with. We could only kill them and use their remains as soil to grow something to eat."
"So everyone left is just like Old Sun here, kindhearted and open to reason."
Cui Jiuyang silently grumbled about his earlier attempt to trick him out of his heart. And he called himself kindhearted?
Guixu really was such a peaceful, harmonious place...
Still, he needed to coax more information out of this monkey, so he naturally couldn't contradict him. Cui Jiuyang gave him a thumbs-up. "Then we won't have to worry about running into any more vicious people who want to kill us."
The divine ape shook his head and waved his hands. "No, no. As long as you don't let Zhu Yan learn you have fruit, and you heal that old fellow's wounds so