Finally, just before leaving Shikkotsu Forest, Ryun set his sights on the Crimson Yin Spirit Fruits within the White Ape's territory. He planned to trade some spirit items for a few of the delicious spirit fruits to bring home for the women of his household to taste.
The moment Ryun and his daughter appeared on the Crimson Yin fruit tree, they were immediately met with roars and attempts to drive them away by the white apes. These creatures would attack any existence that tried to approach the spirit fruits.
The instant a giant white ape's fist came smashing down, purple light surged in Ryun's eyes. Without making any defensive moves, he used repulsion to block the ape's attack, firmly pinning it against the tree.
Not only was the giant ape, the leader, immobilized, but the other monkeys were also controlled by the Rinnegan, their bodies frozen in place. They stood motionless, unable to utter a single sound.
"You unruly monkey, don't be so irritable. How about we make a deal?" Ryun said, taking out nearly three liters of Dragon Vein Spirit Liquid from his Kamui dimension.
Three liters of purple spirit liquid condensed into a water sphere in Ryun's palm. Then, under his control, it floated in front of the white ape leader.
"I'll trade you this earth vein spirit liquid for three of your fruits?"
At present, only five Crimson Yin Spirit Fruits remained on the treetop, and only three of them were truly ripe.
As he spoke, Ryun gestured, pointing back and forth between the fruits on the tree and the purple spirit liquid floating before the ape.
A white ape that knew to offer fruit in gratitude must already possess spiritual intelligence. Ryun felt that communication should not be too difficult.
The white ape opened its mouth and roared more than ten times. Unfortunately, Ryun could not quite understand its meaning, only knowing that the damned monkey shook its head, most likely refusing.
"Daddy, it's not willing to trade the fruits. It's also telling us to let its children go quickly, or else it will go complain to the Great Slug Sage…" Nanaise directly relayed the white ape's words.
"Huh? You can understand monkey language?" Ryun looked at his daughter in astonishment.
"I learned a lot of skills from White Snake Grandma in Ryuchi Cave. Communicating with animals is very simple. If I want, I can even hear the voices of plants," Nanaise said, sounding a little proud.
As a Sage Body adept, even without guidance, Nanaise would eventually achieve this. The White Snake Sage had merely accelerated the process.
"All right, our Nanaise is incredibly capable…" Ryun did not stint on praise.
After praising his daughter, Ryun took out another five liters of Dragon Vein Spirit Liquid from his Kamui dimension.
"Monkey, eight liters of earth vein spirit liquid for your three spirit fruits. Deal or not?"
Ryun directly presented the two clusters of purple spirit liquid, brimming with natural energy, in front of the white ape. He could clearly see the greed and desire in the ape's eyes. Obviously, this monkey was quite tempted by the spirit liquid.
The white ape opened its mouth and called out a few times. Nanaise immediately translated the monkey language.
"Daddy, it says this spirit liquid is too little, not enough to trade for those three top-grade spirit fruits…"
"Top-grade spirit fruits…" Hearing this term, the corner of Ryun's mouth twitched twice.
The fruit's effect on increasing power was not particularly strong, but there was no denying that it was truly delicious. Ryun planned to bring these rare fruits back for his wife and mother to enjoy. After all, raising children was hard work, and he could not return empty-handed.
Thinking this, Ryun gritted his teeth and took out another five liters of Dragon Vein Spirit Liquid from his Kamui dimension. Then, with a casual motion of his hand, he formed an earthen jar and sealed all thirteen liters of earth vein spirit liquid inside.
"Thirteen liters of earth vein spirit liquid, for your three spirit fruits!" Ryun said, pushing the jar in front of the white ape.
The white ape's eyes rolled shrewdly, then it let out another series of monkey cries.
"Daddy, this guy says it's still too little…" Nanaise pouted as she translated.
Even she felt that this damned monkey was far too greedy. Her dad could have just taken them by force.
Hearing Nanaise's translation, Ryun laughed outright.
"All right, all right, too little, is it? Then I'll add their lives…"
As he spoke, Ryun raised his hand and beckoned. All the monkeys frozen around them floated over, gathering together in midair and instantly forming a peculiar "monkey ball" in the tree.
"Adding their lives, and your life, you unruly monkey, is that enough to trade for three fruits?" Ryun asked politely, smiling.
Seeing this, the white ape leader immediately screeched.
"Daddy, it says the fruits are all yours. It also says we're old acquaintances who have met once before. For the sake of the Great Slug Sage's face, please spare them…" Nanaise translated with a smile.
"Spineless monkey…"
Ryun glared at it and scolded. The next moment, he raised his hand and gently placed the entire "monkey ball" onto the ground, releasing the group of monkeys from the immobilization technique.
After that, Ryun reached out, plucked the three ripe spirit fruits, and then disappeared from the spot with his daughter.
The white ape leader was sharp-eyed and quick-handed. After regaining its freedom, it immediately hugged the earthen jar containing the thirteen liters of Dragon Vein Spirit Liquid.
After confirming that its monkey offspring below the tree were safe, it opened the mouth of the jar like a human. A rich, purple natural energy instantly wafted out.
"Heh heh, stupid humans…" The white ape's mouth curved upward as it actually spoke clear human language.
If the thirteen liters of earth vein spirit liquid were fully absorbed by the Crimson Yin fruit tree, then next year the tree would surely bloom and bear fruit again, and the number of fruits would definitely not be limited to a dozen or so. The yield would at least double.
This trade was an enormous win for the white ape.
As a powerful humanoid creature within Shikkotsu Forest, since it had already developed spiritual intelligence, how could it possibly be unable to speak? It was an ape, a cunning monkey.
After leaving Shikkotsu Forest, Ryun and his daughter headed toward Mount Myoboku.
The territory granted to him by the Toad Clan was indeed not small, roughly one-tenth of the entire sacred land. The terrain there was relatively high, came with clean water sources, the scenery was fairly pleasant, and the natural energy was reasonably dense. It was clear that Mount Myoboku had put thought into the selection.
This location was not the best, but it was absolutely not bad.
Given such a large piece of land, the Toad Clan also steeled themselves and proactively approached Ryun to discuss conditions.
The Toad Clan requested that from now on, any humans who came to Mount Myoboku must not cross boundaries without the toads' permission and must not hunt or capture clan toads for food.
Another point was that one-tenth of the territory was the absolute limit the Toad Clan could provide. In the future, humans must not expand beyond this area.
Ryun listened quietly as Fukasaku finished stating these conditions. After pondering for a moment, he finally nodded and agreed to these requirements.
The Toad Clan had its own concerns, which he could understand. In fact, being able to give one-tenth of their territory already exceeded Ryun's expectations.
Ryun was aware of the various inherent flaws humans possessed. He stated that he would impose restraints on those who came later. Moreover, he would not allow anyone to harm the toads of Mount Myoboku, damage its environment, or expand into and occupy the remaining nine-tenths of land that permanently belonged to the toads.
With Ryun's assurance, the entire Toad Clan let out a collective sigh of relief. They could finally rest easy in the future.
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