The body of the Spirit Monkey King was not taken by Xu Chuan; he only claimed the bodies of two early-stage Foundation Establishment spirit monkeys. Had it not been for Li Shiming's request, he wouldn't have even dared to take those two.
The body of a spirit beast has many uses; its hide is a material for making armor. Given the defensive power of the Foundation Establishment stage spirit monkeys, the armor made would at least be of medium quality or higher among defensive spiritual artifacts.
Though both Li Shiming and Xu Chuan used top-tier spiritual artifacts, the actual number of such artifacts was not extensive.
Not to mention Xu Chuan— as a True Disciple of the Shushan Sect with an Elder as his master, his status within the sect was exceedingly high, so naturally, the spiritual artifact he used was exceptional.
The spiritual artifact used by Li Shiming was obtained from a descendant of a Golden Core cultivator of the Mingxin Sect, also made by a Golden Core Elder.
