Afterward, Old Fourth Gu, Lin Yi, and the others continued hurrying toward the southern city wall.
However, when they arrived, they saw from afar over a hundred black, dwarf-like monkeys gathered beneath the wall.
These monkeys were about the same size as Blue Star's golden snub-nosed monkeys, but their fur was entirely black, with only a patch of white fur above each eye like eyebrows. They were known as White-browed Poison Monkeys.
White-browed Poison Monkeys averaged around Level 7. Their claws carried potent venom, making them highly intelligent and troublesome Monsters.
Although Gu Chenghu had introduced this Monster to Lin Yi before, Lin Yi remembered that White-browed Poison Monkeys lived in a valley far from Ancient Pool Village. Why had so many appeared here now?
Though there were many White-browed Poison Monkeys, none dared attack the city wall. Instead, they gathered fifty meters away, chattering away as if discussing something.
From atop the wall, it felt as though they were in a zoo, watching a pack of black monkeys hold an animal conference.
Lin Yi swept his gaze over the area and found no signs of battle. It seemed the White-browed Poison Monkeys had never launched an attack.
"You're here? How is the western wall?"
A scruffy old man with dry, unkempt hair and a short staff suddenly appeared. He was Gu Yun, one of Ancient Pool Village's Three Village Elders and the only person in the village who had inherited the Witch profession.
Lin Yi scratched his head. Elder Gu Yun dressed like a beggar, nothing like what Lin Yi had imagined.
Gu Chenghu hurriedly asked, "The west has been secured, but Elder, what exactly is going on? Why haven't these monkey Yaos below attacked? And how are the defenses on the eastern and northern walls?"
Gu Yun blew