Before anyone could celebrate, they saw that the monkeys had become even angrier.
"Ao ao ao!"
"Roar roar roar!"
Their expressions were furious, their voices loud and sharp.
If not for the massive tiger standing behind Mu Shiyue, they would've already rushed forward to beat them up!
The two sides stood in a standoff, the atmosphere extremely tense.
Meanwhile, the Treasure-Seeking Mouse in Mu Shiyue's pocket didn't move at all, as if it's already dead.
The victims had come knocking, if it dared to show itself, it would definitely be slapped into mouse paste!
—How could it, the little mouse, dared to move!
Don't even mention moving, it even suppressed its own breathing to the lowest possible level, hoping to disappear from everyone's attention.
Mu Shiyue was surrounded by monkeys, her expression unreadable.
Earlier, she had sent the Iron-Eating Beast, Da Yuanzi, out to receive the disciples.
But clearly, Da Yuanzi wasn't very reliable.
See? Even now, Da Yuanzi was still nowhere to be seen.
—If she'd known, she would've sent the Spotted Spirit Cow instead, at least it wouldn't disappear halfway.
Just now, Da Hei had flown back to the sect to ask for help, saying the disciples were being hunted.
So Mu Shiyue had let Hu Niu follow Da Hei over.
In her mind, with Hu Niu taking action, there should be no problem.
After all, it's a fifth-rank spirit beast.
But unexpectedly, Hu Niu flew out, then flew right back!
The moment it returned, it bit onto the back of her collar, tossed her onto its back, and then carried her in a frantic flight.
Its flying speed was so fast that Mu Shiyue could barely open her eyes.
Then, upon arrival, it gave a shake, and she nearly dropped to her knees.
Everything had happened too quickly, so fast that Mu Shiyue hadn't even had time to react.
If not for the monkeys shouting loudly about wanting their wine back, she wouldn't have even known what was going on!
Feeling the Treasure-Seeking Mouse playing dead in her pocket, Mu Shiyue couldn't help twitching her lips.
The victims had come knocking, what terrible luck!
"Roar roar roar!"
The leading monkey king stepped forward, reached out with its claw, scooped up some wine, and drank it. It looked slightly pleased for a moment.
But when it saw how little wine remained in the vat, it started shouting again.
Just from the sound, one could tell that it was still extremely angry.
How could it not be angry?
That entire vat of wine it had painstakingly brewed had been stolen by a little thief!
Now it had found the wine-stealing thief, but half of the wine was gone!
Half!
Just thinking about it made the monkey king go insane.
If not for its fear of that massive Soul-Devouring Tiger, it would've already led its subordinates to attack!
Even so, it bared its fangs and claws, letting out furious roars.
As soon as it shouted, the monkeys behind it followed suit, creating an overwhelming uproar.
Xin Jinrui and the others turned pale.
Oh my god, so many third-rank spirit beasts, this was terrifying!
And monkeys were naturally the type to stir up trouble and hold grudges. If this wasn't handled properly, it would become a huge problem later!
One monkey's killing power wasn't much, but what about dozens?
Moreover, monkey troops were usually large. These dozens might not even be the entirety of their group!
If they all ran to the sect to cause trouble, what then?
Everyone looked toward Mu Shiyue, their eyes full of hope and reliance.
Meeting their gazes, Mu Shiyue twitched her lips.
She cursed inwardly, she's just their master, not a god!
But what could she do?
She could only brace herself and step forward.
She's their master after all.
Taking a deep breath, she shouted at the angry monkeys, "Stop shouting! If there's something to discuss, let's talk it out!"
Hearing her, the monkey king stopped and gestured for the other monkeys to quiet down as well.
All the monkeys stared at Mu Shiyue with bright, piercing eyes, making her scalp tingle.
Her mind raced, but her expression remained steady, "What do you want?"
"Roar~"
The monkey king actually had a very good impression of Mu Shiyue.
This human gave it a comfortable, friendly feeling.
But no matter how favorable that impression was, it couldn't compare to the lost monkey wine.
The monkey king made its demand, it only wanted wine.
Mu Shiyue felt a headache coming on.
The monkey wine… half of it had already been drunk!
If she hadn't controlled everyone's consumption, there might not even be two mouthfuls left.
The fact that half remained was already due to her strict control.
But now the monkey king wanted her to return the monkey wine, what could she do?
"Master?"
Seeing her frown, Qin Yiwei stepped closer and asked worriedly, "What did the monkey king say?"
"Hiss hiss…"
"The monkey king wants monkey wine," Chu Jingzhuo translated.
Actually, translation wasn't even necessary, everyone could guess the general situation.
The monkey king stood before the vat, gesturing wildly, baring its teeth, the meaning couldn't be clearer.
"But we've already…" Xin Jinrui frowned.
Looking at the half vat of monkey wine, everyone fell silent.
What could they do?
"Can we use other wine?" Mu Shiyue finally asked.
"Roar~"
The monkey king nodded.
Everyone immediately brightened, there's hope!
But before they could smile, the monkey king let out a few more calls.
Then, Mu Shiyue's brows furrowed again.
Everyone looked toward Chu Jingzhuo, he had a contracted beast after all.
Although Xiao Qing hadn't fought earlier due to its young age and weak strength, it's still quite useful for translation.
Sure enough, Chu Jingzhuo looked troubled, "The monkey king says it wants good wine. If it doesn't taste good, it won't accept it."
Everyone fell silent, brows knitting tightly.
According to the monkey king, it wanted wine not inferior to monkey wine.
But that's way too difficult!
Ke Chongbo blurted out, "Monkey wine is already the best wine, where are we supposed to find something better?!"
Wasn't this just making things impossible?!
Lu Wenjun opened her mouth, then ultimately said nothing.
Monkey wine was indeed good, but it wasn't the best.
In the Yao Realm, there were wines better than monkey wine.
But those wines were extremely difficult to brew.
Leaving aside the techniques, the ingredients alone were the hardest to obtain!
Some materials were even said to come from the Demon Realm!
In short, they were incredibly troublesome and extremely rare.
Even with Lu Wenjun's background, she had only tasted such wine once or twice.
Even her father treated those wines like treasures.
Now, to find such wine to compensate the monkeys, this was harder than ascending to the heavens!
So she couldn't say anything.
Faced with such a high-level demand, Mu Shiyue also felt a headache coming on.
"I'll give you a lot of wine, lots and lots. Is that okay?"
"Roar~" The monkey king shook its head.
What use did it have for large amounts of bad wine?
It wanted quality, not quantity!
Mu Shiyue's headache worsened, where was she supposed to find wine better than monkey wine?!
"Master, why don't we brew it ourselves?" Jiang Yunnuan's voice rang out.
"Brew it ourselves?"
Not just Mu Shiyue, even the others were startled.
Jiang Yunnuan nodded confidently, "Master is so capable, whatever wine she brews definitely won't be bad!"
At those words, the others were stunned for a moment, then quickly agreed, "That's right, let's brew it ourselves! Master can definitely do it!"
Mu Shiyue: "..."
She's numb.
Why did they have such unrealistic expectations of her?!