117: Chapter 117 Yuan Zhan

Previously, it had been full of ferocity and bared its teeth, full of vigilance and hostility towards everything around it, ready to fight to the death at any moment.

But after hearing Lin Ye's words, it instantly reined in all its ferocity.

Its small body quickly ran to the edge of the iron cage, its two pink little paws tightly clutching the cold bars, and its pair of gilded vertical pupils shining brightly as it stared intently at Lin Ye, no longer showing a shred of violence, but instead filled with pure anticipation and reliance.

It slightly raised its head, chattering incessantly at Lin Ye. Its voice was crisp, childish, soft, and gentle, as if it were expressing gratitude, or perhaps looking forward to the day it would break free from confinement and undergo a bloodline transformation, lively and full of human-like intelligence.

Wang Hu watched this scene, completely enlightened. The last shred of heartache in his heart vanished entirely, and he couldn't help but exclaim from the bottom of his heart: "So that's how it is! No wonder you insisted on getting it at all costs. This is no losing trade at all; it's simply picking up a heaven-defying, supreme opportunity!"

He was completely convinced and had to admire Lin Ye's discernment. While others saw three useless ordinary fierce beasts, only Lin Ye saw through the hidden peerless divine monkey at a glance, forcibly snatching this heaven-defying foundation from Ye Feng's hands.

Lin Ye smiled faintly, his gaze falling gently on the human-like little monkey in the iron cage, and slowly said: "I could tell long ago that this little fellow's intelligence far surpasses ordinary fierce beasts, comparable to an ordinary adult. Its mind is completely transparent, and it understands everything."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and hovered it above the iron cage, his gaze earnest as he solemnly instructed the little monkey: "I can let you out now, but you must behave, you are not allowed to make a mess, you are not allowed to damage the room, and you must obey obediently. If you dare to act willfully, I will immediately lock you back in the cage and never let you out again."

The little monkey with gilded vertical pupils seemed to fully understand his words, quickly reigning in all its aura. It obediently lay in the cage, nodding gently, and its little paws even gently patted the bars, looking exceptionally well-behaved, completely devoid of its previous fierce and violent appearance.

Seeing that it was sensible and well-behaved, Lin Ye no longer hesitated. Divine patterns flashed on his fingertips, easily unlocking the seal and restriction of the iron cage.

Click——

The pitch-black cage door sprang open in response, and the confinement that had bound the little monkey for so long completely dissipated.

The newly freed little monkey showed no trace of restlessness or wildness, nor did it scamper around to investigate. Instead, it took light steps and quickly jumped out of the iron cage.

Raising its little head, it looked at Lin Ye with eyes full of affection and reliance. With a gentle leap of its limbs, it turned over agilely and climbed steadily onto Lin Ye's shoulder to settle down. Its furry little body pressed closely against Lin Ye's neck, docile, clingy, and extremely well-behaved.

That appearance of complete trust and reliance made Wang Hu, who was standing aside, click his tongue in wonder, completely overturning his previous perception of this fierce little monkey.

Feeling the furry and warm touch on his shoulder, a hint of warmth stirred in the depths of Lin Ye's heart. He raised his hand and took out a moist, plump, and aura-exuding spiritual peach from his storage ring, along with several pieces of condensed, pure, high-grade energy divine food and origin crystals, handing them to the little monkey one by one.

These ingredients contained thick and pure heaven and earth energy, which could just make up for the vitality it had lost for a long time and alleviate the predicament of energy exhaustion.

The little monkey's eyes lit up, and it happily took the food, nibbling on it carefully in small bites, eating exceptionally sweetly. With every swallow, the weak bloodline pulse around its body grew a bit richer, and its withered fur gradually became glossy and smooth.

Lin Ye quietly watched the little fellow eating obediently on his shoulder, and couldn't help but recall the ancient Long-armed Ape recorded in past life ancient books, whose combat power reached the heavens and traversed the ages.

That peerless spiritual monkey shook gods with its physical body, shattered stars with its bare hands, remained undefeated through a hundred battles, swept across to achieve godhood, and was invincible in slaughter. It was a supreme existence truly standing at the pinnacle of combat power, and its mighty name shook the ages.

As his thoughts flowed, Lin Ye already had a decision in his heart.

The orthodoxy of the ancient Long-armed Ape has always used Yuan as its surname, passing down through the ages with a long-standing origin.

He hoped that this little fellow bearing the ancestral regression bloodline could inherit the supreme character of the ancient spiritual monkey in the future, fighting in all directions, breaking all shackles, never retreating through a hundred battles, breaking free from the destiny of being imprisoned and suppressed, and rising against the heavens all the way.

"From now on, you shall follow the orthodoxy of the ancient spiritual monkey and take Yuan as your surname."

Lin Ye's gaze was firm, pronouncing word by word, and he solemnly set its title: "With a single character Zhan for your given name, from now on you shall be called——Yuan Zhan."

Zhan, represents rebellious battle, bloody battle, undefeated through a hundred battles, and battling to shatter the heavens!

It implies that in the future, it will break free from shackles, complete its bloodline, rise against the trend, prove the Dao through battle, and reach the pinnacle of martial arts.

The little monkey that was eating seemed to understand its new name, instantly stopping its movement, raising its furry little head, its gilded vertical pupils shining brightly, and affectionately rubbing against Lin Ye's cheek. Then it let out a few crisp and powerful cries, as if acknowledging, remembering, and responding to its brand new destiny.

"Yuan Zhan! This name is domineering enough!"

Hearing this from the side, Wang Hu felt his blood boiling and couldn't help exclaiming, "As expected of a name given by Brother Ye, the aura is maxed out straight away! Just wait, this little fellow will definitely be a top-tier ultimate killing machine in the future!"

The corners of Lin Ye's mouth curved up slightly as he gently stroked the smooth fur of Yuan Zhan on his shoulder, his eyes full of anticipation. He concentrated on carefully examining the little fellow's bloodline status, wanting to figure out its current origin progress and make comprehensive plans for subsequent cultivation.

But with this exploration, a flash of brightness instantly swept across the depths of Lin Ye's eyes, followed closely by a hint of solemnity.

Nourished by the spiritual peach and high-grade origin divine food, the long-dormant bloodline pulse within Yuan Zhan's body slowly awakened once again, and the long-stagnant ancestral regression evolution quietly restarted!

Wisps of thin ancient bloodline aura permeated from its body, and its originally mottled and withered fur faintly glowed with a layer of faint gilded luster. The scars all over its body were slowly healing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and both its physical body and soul were quietly transforming and upgrading.

But Lin Ye quickly noticed the tricky part.

The amount of resources consumed by the ancient Long-armed Ape's ancestral regression path could be described as terrifying!

Just a few mouthfuls of spiritual peach and some basic divine food could barely trigger its bloodline recovery, but wanting to maintain evolution and completely finish the ancestral regression path required a massive amount of vitality origin, bloodline essence, and high-grade divine materials, which was an astronomical figure.

Lin Ye quickly calculated in his heart.

When buying resources earlier, he had 340 billion credit points, and now only about 160 billion were left.

Afterwards, he still needed to purchase a large amount of high-grade soul fire to nourish his soul and make up for the shortcomings of his own soul cultivation. Coupled with Yuan Zhan's endless bloodline evolution consumption, the resource reserves in his hands simply couldn't hold up, not even counting as a fraction.

To put it bluntly, the biggest shackles right now was having no money.

Opportunity was right ahead, but without money to back it up, he could only watch the opportunity slip away with his own eyes in the end.

Even if he encountered precious divine materials, top-tier soul supreme treasures, or scarce evolution materials in the future, without funds, everything was just empty talk.

Lin Ye frowned slightly, having already determined in his heart that the most pressing matter at present was to find a stable source of income again and completely get rid of the predicament of resource scarcity.

Wang Hu, standing aside, watched Lin Ye's expression change and roughly guessed where the problem lay. Learning that insufficient resources were blocking Yuan Zhan's evolution, he didn't hesitate at all, directly taking out his phone: "Brother Ye, this is simple, I'll solve it!"

As his voice fell, he directly dialed Liu Yun's phone number, without any buildup or detours, cutting straight to the chase and asking for money bluntly: "Mom, we urgently need a large amount of high-grade resources here, and our funds are not enough. Transfer some money to me."