Ba'ernu glared at Wan Lei through gritted teeth, wishing he could beat him up if only he were strong enough.

"Ah, Senior Brother Lei, this isn't secondary development. Your junior brother has nurtured your wife well, making her change so much..."

"Alright, stop there. If you say any more, it won't pass the review."

"What are you thinking? I nurtured her with divine elixirs and rare medicines!"

Qian Duoduo's voice suddenly lowered, and he glanced at Ba'ernu beside him with some guilt before looking at Wan Lei.

"Brother Lei, Ba'ernu and I have gotten along very well these past few years, but she never accepted my proposal, saying she'd wait for you to decide. I thought you were dead and had no hope, so I pestered her daily, but she was always so stubborn. Can you talk to her?"

"Don't worry, I'll handle it. When we get back, I'll have a good talk with her."

If it were any other matter, Wan Lei would have demanded a reward or extorted spirit stones. However, this was about Ba'ernu and Qian Duoduo's lifelong happiness. They were deeply in love and in agreement, and they were giving Wan Lei face by letting him be the deciding factor. He wasn't so despicable as to use their commitment to extort benefits from them. What was the difference between such actions and those petty people who insisted the groom not pay an exorbitant bride price for marriage? Although he had been working hard to gather the bride price, it was his own volition to give Xiao Yu face. The Fang family didn't lack his money, nor would they ever tell him he couldn't marry their daughter if he didn't gather enough spirit stones.

"Let me tell you, you need to use the right methods to chase girls. I'm good at wooing women. Look at your sister-in-law, how cold and aloof she was. Isn't she obedient to your brother now..."

"Pfft..."

Seeing Young Master Lei happily bragging, Fang Xiaoyu couldn't help but chuckle, recalling the time she used to chase him with a stick.

"Hmm! Don't laugh, give me some face, and don't mention those things."

Young Master Lei glared at his wife, knowing what she was thinking.

Qian Duoduo and the others also smiled knowingly. Men understood.

"Oh right, why did you guys get into a fight with Wu Xun and them?" Young Master Lei finally remembered the important matter.

"Oh, I almost forgot. We discovered a group of demonic beasts here. In the Secret Realm of Wood Immortals, places with inheritances or divine abilities are usually guarded by demonic beasts. We eliminated the demonic beasts and were about to take the divine ability when Wu Xun and his group appeared. They had actually been here for a while, but they wanted to play the mantis catching the cicada, with the oriole behind them. Unfortunately, you guys were the real orioles."

After speaking, Qian Duoduo pointed to a large tree.

"There, that tree, it was glowing earlier."

Then, Qian Duoduo unleashed a palm strike, and the large tree immediately shattered into pieces. A jade slip appeared and floated in the air.

"Oh, what divine ability is it? Let's go take a look." Wan Lei chuckled and was about to walk over.

Suddenly, a black shadow flashed past in the distance, snatched the jade slip, and turned to flee.

"What a red butt," Qian Duoduo exclaimed.

"Red butt, my foot! That's a monkey. If it dares to steal my stuff, I'll kill it!" Wan Lei roared, leading the chase. The others immediately followed.

The monkey was very fast, darting left and right through the forest, and for a time, they couldn't catch up.

"Be careful, that's a Chi Kuaipeng, known for its speed, agility, cunning, and mastery of schemes," Fang Xiaoyu reminded him cautiously.

"It's just a monkey, what kind of schemes can it have?" Wan Lei said, but he still became cautious. After all, his crow's mouth was often accurate. This thing was very mysterious; you never knew when it would work or when it wouldn't.

Fang Xiaoyu was a bit faster than Wan Lei and was the first to catch up to the Chi Kuaipeng. She unleashed a sword qi, hitting the monkey on its back. The Chi Kuaipeng shrieked and was sent flying, crashing into several large trees. It staggered to its feet, looked at the pursuers behind it, screamed in terror, and quickly scrambled up to continue its escape. Out of caution, Fang Xiaoyu didn't chase too closely, instead using her laser gun from a distance to continuously attack the monkey. Her equipment made others envious. In this ancient and traditional Eastern world, a girl exuding futuristic technology was truly dazzling. The Chi Kuaipeng never let go of the jade slip, as if it were extremely important. Even though it was constantly pursued and its injuries worsened, it protected the jade slip very well. This made Wan Lei and the others even more convinced that the divine ability within the jade slip must be incredibly powerful. Finally, on a small hillside, Wan Lei caught up to the monkey and smashed it away with a hammer.

"Boom!!!"

The monkey crashed through several large trees, spitting blood, and slid a long distance on the ground before stopping.

"Hmph, still running." Wan Lei sneered and strode forward.

"Wait a moment." The Chi Kuaipeng raised its hand, stopping Wan Lei.

"Holy crap, demonic beasts can talk?"

"..." The monkey.

Fang Xiaoyu looked at Wan Lei as if he were an idiot.

"How little have you seen of demonic beasts? This isn't like the mindless Thunder Beasts from Lei Xinghai. Demonic beasts have spirits; they can generally speak human language after cultivating."

"Is that so." Young Master Lei suddenly realized and looked at the monkey. "What did you want to say?"

"Wait a moment... wait a moment..."

"Wait for what? Hand over the jade slip, and I'll spare your life!"

"Wait a moment... wait a moment..." The monkey kept repeating the same phrase.

"Wait for what?" Wan Lei asked curiously. At this moment, Qian Duoduo and the others finally caught up.

"Wait... for everyone to arrive." The monkey looked up, grinned strangely, and raised its hand... crushing the jade slip in its grasp.

"You're seeking death!"

"Hahaha, you're the ones who are going to die! You killed that fool Banshan, and you will all pay for it!" The Chi Kuaipeng roared with laughter, raising its hands high. "Die!!!" A black formation rose from the ground, engulfing everyone.

"Not good, it's a formation!" Qian Duoduo and the others exclaimed.

"Fortunately, it's a formation." Young Master Lei and Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

"It deliberately pretended to care about the jade slip to lure us into chasing it, all to lure us to this place to avenge the Banshan Ape! The Chi Kuaipeng's cunning and strategic nature is truly well-deserved," Fang Xiaoyu said in a low voice.

"A clumsy trap, but we all underestimated it," Wan Lei said, now calm. The black formation began to emit deathly energy, suppressing everyone's cultivation. It was at this moment that countless snakes, insects, ants, spiders, and centipedes began to appear in the surrounding woods. Most terrifying were five monstrous poisonous snakes, each over ten zhang long.

"Are you... the reinforcements invited by the monkey?"