Chapter 971: Chapter 603: Four-eyed Spirit Monkey King (Part 2)

He didn’t come here just for this simple matter. He wanted to learn more about how the subordinate forces of General Mountain in this Northwestern Domain get along with these demon races.

Are the relationships between the two big peace with small conflicts, or small peace with big conflicts? These are his main observations.

From the conversations between both sides, Elder Cheng Yu clearly felt that now, the various major human forces seemed to have many contradictions with the various demon beast races. There were occasional frictions and conflicts, but no major actions.

Leaving aside Elder Cheng Yu’s side, after everyone left, Lu Lin sensed his surroundings to make sure no one was watching, then pulled out a small piece from the dark red soil on the ground.

"Guide."

"Find the owner of this bloodstain."

Lu Lin’s Eye-based Star Skill remained as reliable as ever. After Lu Lin issued the command, a golden arrow quickly appeared, guiding him in the direction.

Following the arrow for nearly half a day, Lu Lin arrived at a village with smoke curling up into the sky.

This village was not established by humans. Instead, it was inhabited by monkeys each with four eyes. They chattered and jumped around.

Lu Lin’s arrival did not alert these monkeys. They continued rummaging through boxes and cupboards, searching for useful items.

Releasing his Spiritual Strength to explore the area, Lu Lin was shocked.

Behind this village, there was actually a large pit. Powerful monkeys were forcing the villagers to dig the pit, and this pit was likely for their burial.

Seeing that this large pit was only dug to waist level, Lu Lin was not in a hurry and first went to find the owner of that bloodstain.

He skirted around next to the village, walked less than two miles, and the golden arrow continuously pointed to an underground spot.

Using Earth Control, Lu Lin turned up the soil beneath, and this time, he saw dozens of corpses in Yunlan Xianzong disciple clothing.

These dozens of corpses were divided into two types. One group appeared more modestly dressed, totaling thirty-two. These should be the ordinary disciples transporting goods.

The other twelve all had a silver cloud embroidered on their clothes. Presumably, they were the elite disciples sent to investigate the situation later.

These people’s corpses were already badly damaged. From the bones, Lu Lin could see the marks of sword and knife cuts.

Hmm? This isn’t right!

Lu Lin had instinctively thought that the Four-eyed Spirit Monkey Clan he encountered in the village were the culprits of this incident, but those four-eyed spirit monkeys didn’t use weapons. They relied on their physical strength, which far surpassed that of humans, to fight.

Even if they were given swords or knives, they would use them ineffectively, only swinging wildly.

Yet, from the cuts on these corpses, Lu Lin could tell that each move was executed with the skill of someone trained in Martial Arts.

In other words, these corpses were not killed by demon beasts.

The real culprit was humans.

With a wave of his hand, Lu Lin collected all these corpses into a special Storage Ring. These deceased cultivators should eventually be sent back to their homes. No matter what world, humans have a desire to return to their roots; Lu Lin was just acting accordingly.

Standing beside the burial site, Lu Lin activated the guide again, searching for the murderer who killed these disciples.

Unexpectedly, the Guiding Star Skill pointed back to the small village Lu Lin had just passed by.

Hmm?

Lu Lin had been thinking about dealing with those four-eyed spirit monkeys later, but didn’t expect the real culprits to be them.

Upon arriving outside the small village, Lu Lin’s Guiding Star Skill was still working, directing him to a room built from a small mud hut with its door tightly closed.

Even with so many four-eyed spirit monkeys coming and going, none dared to enter it.

It was likely the leader of this monkey group.

But such investigations were the lightest of tasks for Lu Lin.

Spiritual Strength coverage.

Yet this time, the all-powerful Spiritual Strength coverage encountered an issue. Not only did Lu Lin fail to see what was inside that house, but he was also discovered by the other party.

The one inside the room had a Spiritual Strength level not much different from Lu Lin’s, also at the Fourth-stage Transformation. Lu Lin simply hadn’t bothered concealing himself as he was accustomed to suppressing others with his Spiritual Strength all along.

"Boom—"

The small mud hut instantly exploded into pieces, and a figure shot out rapidly, "Hah—"

The other four-eyed spirit monkeys, who had been jumping around searching for good stuff, stood up straight one by one, looking incredulously at the figure, and murmured "King" in their mouths.

"Who are you, hiding your face, and mastering such expert manners?"

"Please reveal yourself."

Lu Lin could now see clearly that the figure wasn’t human at all but a monkey only about 1.5 meters tall, covered in brownish fur with a pair of monkey eyes that seemed to be trimmed with gold and blinked in a terrifying way.

It turned out to be a four-eyed spirit monkey.

And it also had the Soul Power Cultivation of a four-stage transformation.

The sudden explosion not only halted the other monkeys’ actions in the village but also left the people digging the pit behind the village shocked, as they looked at the domineering Monkey King hovering in the sky.

Lu Lin rose slowly into the air, sensing that the strength of this Monkey King was only at the Star Emperor level, with a Soul Power of four transformations, and even if he appeared, it couldn’t do anything to him.

"Hmph, a young human child, surprisingly with quite a refinement in Soul Power at such a young age."

"Who are you, and why are you spying here?"

The Monkey King asked coldly, ready to attack with lightning speed if Lu Lin said something wrong.

"Heh."

"So it’s you who killed that merchant team half a year ago and took the corpses away, framing the Kongming White Ape Clan?"

Lu Lin said bluntly.

As soon as he finished speaking, a trace of shock appeared in the Monkey King’s eyes.

This matter was done extremely discreetly, so how did this human kid know?

Half a year ago, the Monkey King was still alone and came across a merchant team carrying over a dozen carts filled with Lanruo Gold Crystal in the jungle. The strongest cultivator among the merchants was merely at the Star King level, and they were few in number. Greed surfaced in his heart, so he killed them all and seized the treasure.

As for framing the Kongming White Ape Clan, that was just done in passing.

"Seems like I guessed correctly. In that case, come with me then."

As Lu Lin spoke, he darted through the air toward the Monkey King, extending his right hand to grab the Monkey King’s neck.

With his current strength, dealing with a Star Emperor level spirit monkey was not a major problem.

"Hmph!"

Seeing Lu Lin rushing over, the Monkey King was not flustered. It snorted coldly, extending its right hand to grab at Lu Lin as well.

It couldn’t believe that a human’s strength could surpass its own.

"Bang." A loud explosion.

The Monkey King was blasted backwards in the air, its eyes filled with shock.

Impossible!

This human was not tall, nor heavily built, yet possessed such tremendous strength.

It should be known that the Monkey King, being a demon beast, had its power reaching a terrifying level of five hundred million jin.

To think that with just a touch, it felt like its entire arm was about to break.

Such great strength.

"So weak?"

"Then what are you resisting for?"

This was Lu Lin’s first fight with a Star Emperor level demon beast. Although he internally looked down on the opponent, Lu Lin did not relax at all during the fight. This move seemed nothing significant, but Lu Lin exerted his full strength.

Never expected this Monkey King to be so fragile.

Swoosh.

Lu Lin murmured, shifted his stance, and closed in once again.

The Monkey King, knowing it was no match for Lu Lin, kept retreating. Just as Lu Lin was calculating in his mind, seeking an appropriate opportunity to rush forward and capture the Monkey King, two golden beams shot out from the Monkey King’s eyes.

What the heck!

Though confident, Lu Lin dared not be careless at this point. He quickly retrieved the Eight Mountains Suppressing Bull from his Storage Ring to block the two golden beams.

Silence.

The golden beams continued to attack the Eight Mountains Suppressing Bull, seemingly endless.