Reincarnated as a Ginkgo Tree: I Create an Eternal Divine Kingdom - Chapter 156

Snap!

The ginkgo tree branch whipped down like lightning.

Instantly, the divine iron armor shattered, and the Golden-Furred Monkey’s skin was torn to shreds.

“Ah!”

The monkey cried out in pain.

But that was just the beginning.

Under the gaze of countless eyes, the ginkgo branch continued its relentless assault.

The Golden-Furred Monkey was beaten nearly to death. “It hurts so much! You old freak, Misty Lord, why are you treating me like this?”

Whack! Whack! Whack!

In response, the ginkgo branch continued its beating.

Su Mu sighed inwardly.

The Golden-Furred Monkey’s “Indestructible Golden Body” was indeed incredibly tough.

If it had been any other creature, even a fourth-tier supreme being, they would have been beaten to death by now.

Yet, the Golden-Furred Monkey’s life force remained vigorous, and its wounds healed at a remarkable rate.

Su Mu had lashed it more than thirty times, and the earliest wounds were already nearly healed.

However, this powerful life force had its drawbacks.

It meant Su Mu could strike without restraint, allowing the monkey to endure even more intense pain.

“Stop, stop! I, no, I admit my mistake,”

The Golden-Furred Monkey finally pleaded for mercy.

This time, it was completely subdued, both in heart and mind.

The ginkgo branch paused. “Monkey, do you remember how many lashes I gave you?”

“Ninety-nine lashes,”

The Golden-Furred Monkey replied.

“Then remember it well.”

With those words, the ginkgo branch vanished into the void, as if it had never appeared.

The Golden-Furred Monkey hung its head, dispirited.

“We are withdrawing.”

It led the Cloud Mountain army in a hasty retreat.

The Luo Hu Kingdom dared not block its path.

Even though the Golden-Furred Monkey now looked badly wounded, they still did not dare provoke it.

“Great King, what should we do next?”

As the Cloud Mountain army retreated outside the capital of the Luo Hu Kingdom, one of the monkey’s subordinates asked.

“How should I know?”

The Golden-Furred Monkey responded.

As a ruler of a forbidden zone, it had just been whipped in front of everyone by the ginkgo branch.

If it had been any other creature, they would have felt humiliated and harbored resentment toward the Misty Lord.

But the Golden-Furred Monkey didn’t think that way.

To it, things like face were not worth much.

“Ninety-nine lashes?”

It murmured thoughtfully.

“You all go ahead; I’ll catch up with you later.”

When they reached ninety-nine miles away from the capital, the Golden-Furred Monkey suddenly stopped and spoke to its subordinates.

After the Cloud Mountain army left, it went to a pavilion nearby.

In the center of the pavilion was a stone table.

On the stone table were two glass bottles.

One bottle contained ninety-nine drops of azure liquid, and the other held ninety-nine strands of mushroom mycelium.

“I understand.”

The Golden-Furred Monkey took the two bottles and returned to the Cloud Mountain army.

Back at Cloud Mountain, it announced to its subordinates, “I need to go out for a while.”

That very day, the Golden-Furred Monkey left Cloud Mountain.

It flew out over the sea.

Beyond the Southern Mountain Bay lay the Taiwei Ocean.

In the Taiwei Ocean, there were countless islands.

However, these islands were either occupied by humans or dominated by beasts.

The Golden-Furred Monkey landed on one island after another, planting the mushroom mycelium.

To ensure the mushroom mycelium grew successfully, it subdued the ruling forces on each island.

Its method was simple and direct: those who submitted lived; those who resisted died.

With each strand of mushroom mycelium it planted, it drank a drop of the azure liquid.

From the moment it saw the azure liquid in the pavilion, it knew it was something special.

It was pure in essence, yet carried an extraordinary aura of the Dao.

But nothing in the world comes for free.

The Misty Lord’s intentions were clear.

For every strand of mushroom mycelium it planted, it could consume a drop of the azure liquid.

In the end…

The Golden-Furred Monkey subdued ninety-nine islands and drank ninety-nine drops of the azure liquid.

When it drank the last drop on the final island…

Buzz!

The accumulated energy and Dao essence erupted within its body, triggering a transformation.

Boom!

The Golden-Furred Monkey finally broke through the fourth tier and ascended to the fifth tier.

It had become a fifth tier being.

Even so, the Golden-Furred Monkey was no longer as arrogant and conceited as before.

Even though it had ascended, it knew that it was still insignificant before the Misty Lord.

After all, it had relied on those ninety-nine drops of mystical liquid to advance.

And those ninety-nine drops had come from the Misty Lord.

“Misty Forbidden Zone.”

The Golden-Furred Monkey flew toward the Misty Forbidden Zone without hesitation.

Two days later…

At the Misty Forbidden Zone.

A Golden-Furred Monkey appeared within the zone.

The creatures within the Misty Forbidden Zone had clearly been given some sort of signal, as none tried to stop the monkey.

This wasn’t done out of consideration for the monkey, but purely to avoid any casualties among the Misty Forbidden Zone’s creatures.

Eventually, the Golden-Furred Monkey arrived in front of the ginkgo tree with ease.

Staring at the mysterious ginkgo tree before it, the monkey became even more certain that it had made the right choice.

“Misty Lord, I… I have returned,”

The Golden-Furred Monkey scratched its head.

The surrounding creatures of the Misty Forbidden Zone curiously eyed the monkey.

Especially Ruan Huian.

She remembered being threatened by this monkey in the Luo Hu Kingdom, where it had been so arrogant, like an unrivaled demon.

Unexpectedly, this monkey appeared in the Misty Forbidden Zone and behaved so meekly before the Divine Tree.

Su Mu glanced at the monkey.

It was not a waste of his effort to invest so much time and energy in it.

The monkey’s ability panel now included “Heart of Faith.”

This showed that the monkey’s nature was still relatively pure.

This trait, in fact, determined the monkey’s fate.

If Su Mu had been unable to subdue the Golden-Furred Monkey, he would have killed it, no matter how powerful it was.

“What is your name, monkey?”

Su Mu asked.

“My parents were killed by other beasts right after I was born, so they never had the chance to name me,” The Golden-Furred Monkey replied.

Su Mu thought of its bloodline and said, “You come from the Luo Hu Kingdom, and you are a monkey. How about the name ‘Rahu’?”

At first, he had considered giving it the name of that great sage from his previous life.

That might have been amusing.

But recalling that the great sage was, in the end, just a pitiable monkey, he decided against it.

“Rahu?”

The Golden-Furred Monkey’s eyes brightened with joy, and it knelt down, “Thank you, Master, for granting me this name. Disciple Rahu pays respect to Master.”

These words caused a sudden silence among the surrounding creatures of the Misty Forbidden Zone.

Su Mu was also momentarily silent.

He had not expected the Golden-Furred Monkey to call him “Master.”

Up to this point, despite having many subordinates, Su Mu had never accepted a disciple.

“You rascal, I never agreed to take you as a disciple,” Su Mu said. “The Mist Army is about to campaign in the Kunlun Plateau. If you wish, you may join them. If not, go back to where you came from.”

“I’m willing, I’m willing,” The Golden-Furred Monkey responded.

It was slightly disappointed at not being accepted as a disciple, but it was still unwilling to leave the Misty Forbidden Zone.

Kunlun Plateau.

Dragon Serpent Territory.

This was once the dwelling of the flood dragon, now occupied by the Mist Army.

At this moment, however, the Dragon Serpent Territory was under siege.

A vast number of black-armored lizards were continually attacking the territory.

This was why the Mist Army had been continuously sending reinforcements to the Kunlun Plateau.

To support the ongoing battle here.

“This is the Kunlun Plateau, not a place where the Misty Forbidden Zone is welcome.”

The head of the black-armored lizards, a fearsome Black Armor Overlord Lizard, declared coldly, “This territory once belonged to the flood dragon. Now that the dragon has fled, this land should belong to my Black Armor Lizard clan.”

The Black Armor Lizard clan’s individual strength wasn’t particularly impressive.

But they had a numerical advantage.

Their army was millions strong.

Even their leaders numbered seven, unlike other territories which typically had only one.