Chapter 1905 Risk is something we must minimize

　　Song Shuhang said, “Don’t speak such nonsense. Although failure is indeed the mother of success, and victory and defeat are common in military operations, our goal is…”

　　“Not to have dental cavities?” The black Scarlet Heaven Sword tried completing the sentence for him.

　　“Don’t try snatching my line,” said Song Shuhang as he used the (Saber-Nurturing Technique). The black Scarlet Heaven Sword was just too naughty; he began to miss the original, reliable self of Senior Scarlet Heaven Sword.

　　“…” Elder Sister White Dragon.

　　Song Shuhang said softly, “Since we know that there is a risk of failure, then we must do what we can to minimize that risk. It would be best if we could prepare several layers of insurance to impede any risk of failing. At the very least, we must at least prepare a means of resurrection before a failure becomes imminent.”

　　After saying that, he took out a small piece of paper, and gently stuffed it into Sixteen’s small hand. “I wanted the Young Master Hai three-in-one package to be my first gift to you, but I’ve changed my mind. I’ll be making this my first present to you instead.”

　　Su Clan’s Sixteen raised the small piece of paper, and took a look at it.

　　In the upper left corner of the small piece of paper, there were two marks that looked like fingerprints. Upon closer inspection, one would be able to see that these two fingerprint-looking markings were the figures of peerless powerhouses.

　　The left marking was the Almighty Merchant, who was huddled up inside a sheet.

　　The right marking was Fairy Almighty Seller, who was curled up into a ball under a sheet.

　　There was a contract written on the piece of paper in the language of the ancient era.

　　This was a new project that had been launched by the Almighty Merchant and his beloved disciple, Fairy Almighty Seller. This project was a life insurance business of sorts.

　　Having an insurance ticket was akin to having a single-use life-saving method with the Almighty Merchant and Fairy Almighty Seller as the guarantors.

　　No matter where you were, as long as your life was in danger, the two peerless powerhouses would be able to sense it instantly through the ticket. Then, depending on the level of danger, they would divide the work and send assistance.

　　This was an item that was almost comparable to a resurrection magical treasure.

　　It was especially useful for cultivators at and above the Sixth Stage.

　　The Sixth Stage could be considered a watershed, a pivotal stage of sorts. After reaching the Sixth Stage, the soul of a cultivator would undergo a process of sublimation. Because of this, ordinary resurrection magical treasures would no longer work on them.

　　Resurrection Gold Coins, Resurrection Crosses, and other similar resurrection magical treasures could only be used by cultivators at and below the Fifth Stage; they were useless starting from the True Monarch Realm.

　　If a Sixth Stage True Monarch wanted to be resurrected, they would generally need to prepare a huge formation in conjunction with complex procedures and a large number of precious resources, spiritual veins, and spirit stones.

　　More importantly, the means of resurrection of Sixth Stage True Monarchs needed to be bound. Once it was bound to a certain person, it usually could no longer be transferred to others. This made transferring this type of resurrection to another person extremely difficult.

　　In short, there were many complications and requirements involved in the resurrection of a True Monarch. The cost to prepare a means of resurrection for them was millions of times greater than that of a Spiritual Emperor.

　　Knowing this, the Almighty Merchant had considered many ideas over countless years, and finally settled on launching a life insurance service.

　　“Keep it. As long as you have that, even if you encounter a Ninth Stage-level danger, you can still keep your life,” said Song Shuhang softly. After saying that, he carefully embraced Sixteen and lifted her up.

　　ca

　　She was very light.

　　Sixteen’s main body was very light, but compared to Sixteen Two, she had a bit more weight.

　　Hm, during this time, it would probably be best for me to practice Demon Emperor Hezhi’s immortal chef skills. She’s too thin. She needs to eat more, Song Shuhang mumbled to himself in a low voice.

　　He wanted to make use of the Spirit River Su Clan gathering this year to give Sixteen more nutrients.

　　The corners of Elder Sister White Dragon’s mouth twitched. What in the world is this guy, Song Shuhang, mumbling? Does he not know how easy it is to know what he’s thinking?

　　“…” Su Clan’s Sixteen.

　　The infected patients from the Beast Realm continued being sent in batches. As time passed, the severity of the infection that the people in the batches had gradually decreased, and the patients were able to maintain some basic reasoning. After they showed up, they would not make any trouble other than an occasional roar or two.

　　Eventually, Song Shuhang stopped having to use the Impregnating Gaze as deterrence on the patients.

　　He no longer even needed to participate in the process of cleansing the evil energy infections.

　　Batches of infected patients were constantly falling into the Palace of Virtue, and the lotus projection would take the initiative to pierce them and suck the evil energy out of them.

　　After they were cleansed of any evil energy, the Inner World Assistant would send the recovered patients back to the main world.

　　It had become a fully automatic assembly line.

　　The Divine Lobster’s Chariot descended from the sky. Su Clan’s Sixteen was sitting inside the chariot with her eyes closed as she meditated. Every time she recovered a Sixteen Two, Sixteen’s strength and spiritual vitality would improve in an all-around manner. Therefore, she needed to take some time to meditate and adjust to the changes in her body.

　　Song Shuhang took out his phone, and sent a private message to Island Master Tian Tiankong. He asked Senior Tian Tiankong to help him take care of the treasured saber Broken Tyrant for a while—as well as his disciple Chu Chu, whom he had accidentally forgotten about and left on the island.

　　Back then, as Chu Chu had been busy helping out in the kitchen, Song Shuhang had forgotten that she was still on Heavenly Field Island.

　　Well, some things simply could not be rushed.

　　It was easy to forget about things when one was in a hurry.

　　After putting away his phone, Song Shuhang looked at the busy Fairy Blue Phoenix.

　　As opposed to his own fully automatic assembly line operation, every time Fairy Blue Phoenix transferred an infected patient over to the main world, and then transferred a cured patient back to the Beast Realm, she had to manually conduct the process.

　　Although she was busy, Fairy Blue Phoenix’s face was filled with joy.

　　Song Shuhang thought for a while, and then took out the (Holy Ape Dragon Power Technique) he had just received, and checked it out.

　　His real realm was the Sixth Stage. At this moment, he had 42 Holy Apes, and the 43rd was soon going to form. After the Inner World became full and fed him back the energy it got from curing the patients, he expected that he would be able to raise his count of Holy Apes to around 44.

　　Originally, he should have been able to increase his number of Holy Apes. However, as he had stopped his practice of the (Holy Ape Dragon Power Technique) at its fifth volume because he did not have the parts of the technique for the Sixth Stage and above, he had lost out on quite a number of Holy Apes.

　　He reckoned that after he mastered the sixth volume of the (Holy Ape Dragon Power Technique), the number of Holy Apes he had would increase by a certain amount.

　　Song Shuhang opened the cultivation technique scroll, and read through it carefully.

　　According to the records on the (Holy Ape Dragon Power Technique), under normal circumstances, when an ordinary beast cultivator in the Beast Realm was at the Fifth Stage Realm, they only had about 10 Holy Apes, and this was already close to the limits of their body. There were only a few beast cultivators who possessed the special bloodline of divine beasts that were able to surpass the limit of 10 Holy Apes when at the Fifth Stage.

　　It turns out that when I had 40 Holy Apes in the Fifth Stage, that was actually already a lot?

　　Because of the influence of Senior White Two, Song Shuhang always felt that the number of Holy Apes that one had should resemble that of an army. At that time, the number of Holy Apes behind Senior White Two was as high as 12,345, and they were organized neatly like an army. At some point, Senior White Two got 12,346 holy apes, and in order to keep the number nice, he gave one to Song Shuhang.

　　A newbie who lived among big shots would constantly be under pressure. This was because he was nothing and lacked everything when compared to those big shots. No matter how hard this newbie tried, what he would have would barely even be a fraction of what those big shots had. He would always feel that what he had was insignificant.

　　Song Shuhang continued to read through the scroll.

　　In the Beast Realm, the limit of Fifth Stage beast cultivators was 10, while the limit for those at the Sixth Stage was 30, and the limit of those at the Seventh Stage was 70. And if one wanted to reach 100, they had to at least be at the Eighth Stage Profound Sage Realm.

　　Of course, this data was just an average, and did not represent everything.

　　However, in the Beast Realm, where martial arts cultivation was the main method of cultivation, it was very popular for cultivators to compare the number of their Holy Apes before fighting

　　[Heh, this guy only has 12 Holy Apes, and I have 20. I completely crush him in terms of physique. Unless this guy has a heaven-defying martial arts cultivation, I will definitely win this battle!]

　　(The number of Holy Apes above this senior’s head has reached 60! I only have 32! I’m far weaker than him!)

　　(This… This unknown man has 100 Holy Apes above his head! He’s a Profound Sage!]

　　That was pretty much how it went over in the Beast Realm.

　　Nevertheless, the number of Holy Apes really did not mean everything, and it was possible that an Eighth Stage Profound Sage who did not care to practice the (Holy Ape Dragon Power Technique) that much would only have about a dozen or so Holy Apes.

　　However, in the minds of the body-tempering martial artists of the Beast Realm, it was very popular to compete in the number of Holy Apes.

　　Song Shuhang slowly read the sixth volume of the (Holy Ape Dragon Power Technique), and reviewed it in his mind.

　　His body was used to the (Scholarly Indestructible Body of the Buddha), and he had received insights from the Scholarly Sage when he practiced the cultivation technique. By corroborating the principles of that technique with the (Holy Ape Dragon Power Technique), he was able to understand the (Holy Ape Dragon Power Technique) very quickly.

　　After putting away the cultivation technique scroll, Song Shuhang took out the Ape Dragon Pills he received, and swallowed two of them in a row.

　　Afterward, he seized the time, and started practicing the (Holy Ape Dragon Power Technique) on the spot. After all, he would not always have a genuine Eighth Stage expert like Fairy Blue Phoenix close by to provide him with some guidance on the cultivation technique if he needed any.

　　If he encountered any doubts while he was practicing the technique, he could immediately ask her for advice.

　　When he practiced the sixth volume of the (Holy Ape Dragon Power Technique), it felt as if there was no bottleneck at all.

　　His body had long been prepared for this. He simply needed the sixth volume of the cultivation technique to continue practicing

　　it.

　　The (Scholarly Indestructible Body of the Buddha) and the (Variant Steel Hands Technique) simultaneously resonated with his practice.

　　Song Shuhang’s body was dyed pitch-black, while scholarly righteous qi wrapped around his body, giving him a scholarly vibe.

　　Behind him, a large Holy Ape followed by 41 smaller Holy Apes emerged.

　　The large Holy Ape skillfully opened the Scholarly Scripture in its hand.

　　But this time, instead of chanting, it seemed to be waiting for something.

　　After 10 minutes…

　　Over at one of the ends of the formation, a new small Holy Ape Projection was born.

　　The hands of this newly-born Holy Ape Projection were empty; it did not have a matching Scholarly Scripture, and it was butt-naked.

　　At this time, the body of the large Holy Ape shook, and it began to chant loudly.

　　The 41 smaller Holy Apes immediately followed the large Holy Ape, and began to chant with it.

　　Along with the sound of the chanting of scriptures, the righteous qi between heaven and earth gathered together, forming a phenomenon around Song Shuhang.

　　There were bells, scripture writings, and the sound of running water…

　　The scholarly righteous qi wrapped around Song Shuhang’s body resonated with the chanting before transforming into a Scholarly Scripture, and falling into the hands of the newly-born Holy Ape.

　　The newly-born Holy Ape received the Scholarly Scripture, and held it with a solemn expression.

　　Afterward, righteous qi draped its body, and transformed into scholarly clothing.

　　The newly-born Holy Ape became enlivened, and it joined the Scholarly Holy Ape Choir.