Chapter 513: A ‘Monk’ey Beast
The disciples were quite nervous seeing the Monk, who was actually a beast. But even then, the appearance of the beast was strange to them, seeing as how it was actually trying to be like a monk.
“I am but a humble monk working under my master.” The Monkey beast replied.
“Monk? You’re clearly a beast.” One of the braver disciples spoke.
“Who says that a beast cannot be a monk?” The monkey beast said with a smile.
“But… but… a monk needs to be human.” The Disciple replied.
“That is just the general thinking… to be a Monk what you need is not to be human, but to just have the devotion and dedication.” The Monkey beast said in a sagely tone.
Hearing this, Lin Wu couldn’t help but chuckle.
“He’s now a ‘Monk’ey beast… hahaha!” Lin Wu laughed.
Having heard the monkey beast’s words, the Nascent soul realm senior disciple narrowed his eyes. He did not detect any offense or enmity in his voice, and neither could he feel that from his aura.
‘Is he truly a monk?’ The disciple wondered.
An awkward silence descended in the shrine where no one spoke and just stared at each other. After a minute passed like this, The Monkey beast decided to break it.
“Why don’t guest take a seat? You all must be tired, I’ll bring some refreshments.” The Monkey beast stated.
The disciples looked at their senior brother for guidance, who nodded after thinking for a bit. He was still on guard and thus thought that even if something did happen, he would be able to act in time and prevent it.
“We shall do as you say then, senior.” The Nascent soul realm disciple spoke.
The monkey beast nodded his head and waved his hand.
~shua~shua~shua~
Multiple sitting pillows appeared out of thin air, surprising the disciples. Even Lin Wu was surprised and wondered how he did it.
“System, what’s up with that? I don’t think he used a spatial storage tool.” Lin Wu questioned.
~DING~
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ANSWER: The entire shrine has an overall operating formation array similar to the one in the tomb. In fact, it’s the same as the one in the tomb, just on a much smaller scale.
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“Oh… that was unexpected. This shrine was made by the one who made the tomb right… the elder disciple of the Taiji Celestial, Daoist Sky Bright… makes sense that he would be able to make a smaller version of the formation array as well.
Though it’s strange that the monkey beast is able to control it so well. He certainly got a lot of gains, it seems like it.” Lin Wu said.
The disciples took seats on the sitting pillow while the monkey beast went to the back of the shrine. He returned about five minutes later with two trays in his hands. One of them held several tea cups and a teapot while the other one held a large bowl with several fruits in them.
~thud~ thud~
He placed them on the table and prepared the tea first. He opened the lid and put some dried pink and red petals in it. He then swirled it for a minute, after which a pleasant and floral aroma came out of the teapot.
“Huh? What kind of tea is this?” One of the female disciples asked, finding the scent of the tea nice.
“This tea is made from the petals of some plum and peach trees I have here. I’ve made it myself but it’s nothing special.” The Monkey beast said.
After having prepared the tea, he poured it equally into the tea cups and gestured for them to take one each.
“Please. You can try the fruits too, they are cultivated under my master’s orders.” The Monkey beast said.
Hearing this, Lin Wu raised his pointy red ears.
“So that’s from the farms huh… they are certainly getting better.” Lin Wu said finding the fruits to be decent looking.
Though he didn’t know if the fruits were any good or not and thoughts that he may as well judge them later. For now, he just needed to see what the intention of the monkey beast was.
The disciples took the tea cups one by one and sipped on tea. The moment they did though, they felt a stream of spirit Qi swirling within their body.
‘This tea is nothing special? Heck, if this is nothing special, then those special teas the elders drink are garbage.’ The disciples thought.
Drinking a sip of the tea was the same as eating an alchemical pill. They took a few more sips and quickly finished the entire cup. They were already tired and had used up quite a bit of their spirit Qi in the journey here and thus this helped replenish it.
“Good Tea!” The Nascent soul realm disciple said.
“Thank you for your kind words.” The Monkey beast said with a smile.
The guards of the disciples were lowered by this point and even the senior brother was the same. They tried the fruits that were kept in the bowl and took a bite each. Their surprise was no less than when they drank the tea.
“These are… spirit fruits? That too of mid grade?” A disciple couldn’t help but speak this time.
All of them ate a fruit each and the bowl was soon empty. After that, they looked at the beast/monk in wonder.
“So what does senior do here? And what is this shrine?” The Nascent soul realm senior brother questioned.
“This is the shrine of the Sky Bright Daoist. As for what I’m doing here… I’m just waiting for the fated.” The Monkey beast answered.
“Sky Bright Daoist?” The disciples were intrigued.
They tried to remember if they knew any venerated figure like this, but could not do so. They also took looks at the statue but did not recognize it from any of their records that they had read.
“What kind of fated do you mean?” The senior brother questioned.
