Ah Yin quietly extended a root and poked the Iron-Armed Azure Ape as it was leaving.
The Iron-Armed Azure Ape lowered its head toward the root and found her bending into a delicate curve toward it. She was "smiling."
That clearly perceptible joy and goodwill that asked for nothing made it stop walking away.
Looking back, it saw Lan Changsheng, Tang San, and Xiao Wu all standing there watching it.
With Tang San taking the lead, he and Xiao Wu bowed properly to the Iron-Armed Azure Ape.
"Roar."
The Iron-Armed Azure Ape scratched its head, looking a little uncomfortable.
Just then, a figure appeared beside them. Tang Hao emerged from the woods with an embarrassed expression.
"Well, did I come at a bad time?"
"No, you came at just the right time."
Lan Changsheng pulled Tang San and Xiao Wu over.
"You're here to take the two children on a mission, right? They've just entered the next stage, so this is exactly when they need actual combat to test themselves."
"Hehe, you really do know everything, Brother-in-law." Tang Hao glanced at the Iron-Armed Azure Ape nearby. Seeing that it merely turned its head aside rather than turning around and leaving outright as it had last time, he secretly sighed in relief.
Because he had another task this time.
It went back to when Tang Hao had returned to Shrek Academy from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well last time.
"You're saying those two are studying under a seventy-thousand-year-old Iron-Armed Azure Ape!"
When Dean Flender heard that Tang San and Xiao Wu were being taught by a soul beast, his eyes lit up as though a mountain of gold had appeared before him.
"Say, do you think we could get this Iron-Armed Azure Ape to teach at our academy?"
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