The boundless Void.
Upon Fanming's broad back.
At that moment, the Yellow-Robed Great Monk stood smiling, holding a Buddhist Prayer Bead Strand.
Yet everyone's gaze involuntarily fell upon the Wu Ape King among them, their eyes filled with disbelief. Instinctively, they retreated two steps, leaving a circle of empty space around him.
The "Wu Ape King" let his hands hang past his knees, his posture relaxed, seemingly unconcerned by everyone's scrutiny. Instead, he looked straight at Wang Ba, who was bowing before him, a trace of surprise and curiosity in his calm eyes.
Hearing the "Wu Ape King's" question, Wang Ba fell briefly silent before slowly speaking:
"Rather than asking when this junior discovered your identity, Immortal Lord, why not first answer a question of mine?"
There was little reverence in his words. Every cultivator's expression changed, bewilderment joining the horror in their hearts.
Given Wang Ba's usual temperament and way of doing things, he should never have offended such a figure so readily.
Why, then, did he speak so disrespectfully now?
Not only the cultivators, but even the Yellow-Robed Great Monk opposite him, who was slowly turning his Buddhist Prayer Bead Strand without a word, could not help looking at Wang Ba with some surprise and curiosity.
Yet to everyone's surprise, faced with Wang Ba's question, the "Wu Ape King" merely fell silent for several breaths. Seemingly unconcerned by Wang Ba's attitude, he then said:
"What do you wish to ask?"
Wang Ba stared at the "Wu Ape King" and asked earnestly:
"May I ask, Immortal Lord, can my Little Monkey... still return?"
The "Wu Ape King" paused slightly, then considered for a moment before actually answering Wang Ba's question in earnest:
"If I am absent, he can return at any time."
Hearing the "Wu Ape King's" words, Wang