Corpse Recovery Diver-Chapter 1256 - 229

The boy's words completely ignited the monkey's emotions. Next, Li Yuan True Monarch kept jumping around inside the temple, performing an authentic monkey show.

Li Zhiyuan intentionally provoked it, hoping to glean insights into its true form and the current state of the other True Monarchs from the manifestation of its consciousness illusion.

This kind of consciousness illusion is like a peeled egg, easily revealing the true emotions of the body.

The monkey's quick temper, triggering at the slightest provocation, suggests its body is enduring some extreme pain.

Thus, it seems that those True Monarchs not within their respective temples are likely still alive.

After a while, the monkey finally calmed down.

It was panting heavily, looking at the boy: "My Lord, I can give you another chance."

Li Zhiyuan: "I don't like keeping pets."

The monkey's calm demeanor suddenly became agitated again.

"Do you know that the Crane Youngster is just a junior to my Lord here!

If it weren't for him impersonating the Bodhisattva and deceiving us, the so-called official wouldn't even have the chance to appear!"

Li Zhiyuan: "Really?"

"Otherwise, do you think my Lord has any reason to lie to you?"

Li Zhiyuan shook his head.

Monkey: "So..."

Li Zhiyuan interrupted its words: "I think it's precisely because of your existence that officials like the chief came into being later."

The monkey tilted its head as if struggling to understand the boy's meaning, but it clearly couldn't grasp it.

Li Zhiyuan: "By the way, who told you about my existence?"

The monkey seemed to find the question highly amusing and retorted: "You're on the Jianghu, who doesn't know?"

Li Zhiyuan nodded: "Indeed."

Monkey: "With my assistance, your travels on the Jianghu will become smoother. Back then, it was because I fought ahead that he could take that position!"

Li Zhiyuan: "What you mean is, if I accept you, I'll end up being betrayed by you just like him?"

Monkey: "..."

Li Zhiyuan looked around, commenting: "The environment here is really nice, ancient and elegant, but it's a pity it's being used as a zoo."

The monkey was so furious its eyes turned completely red, surrounded by black aura: "You're... courting death!"

Suddenly, the monkey froze.

Afterwards, it slowly lifted its head, put its hands together, and the hostility around its entire monkey body gradually faded away.

Soon after, the monkey broke into a smile: "Haha, you really do remind me of him."

Li Zhiyuan felt slightly regretful; it's rare to encounter such an emotionally unstable being in a place like this.

The boy originally wanted to extract more information from this monkey, but now it had calmed down.

What is currently known is that there had been an internal conflict here.

From "his" perspective, it was a rebellion;

From the True Monarchs' perspective, they were crusading against a fraud masquerading as a Bodhisattva in a high position.

Moreover, there is also the point that someone else is behind this monkey.

It previously mentioned that only it had partial freedom here; clearly, this isn't true.

And that person has a significant influence on the monkey. Just now, it should be that person dispersing the negative emotions from the monkey, which means that person is also here now.

Additionally, that person advised the monkey to try joining its team, to travel the Jianghu together.

That person... is very familiar with its situation.

There aren't many who know of its travels on the Jianghu, but there are some.

But the issue is, how did the few who know about this manage to contact here?

Sending people outside to collect karmic power is the monkey's handiwork, which means the monkey can contact outside information, yet the monkey clearly doesn't know of its true situation.

This is quite understandable, as the likes of Xin Jiyue and Wu Qinhai, disgraced disciples of clan sects, are not qualified to understand the true secrets of the Jianghu.

Yet the humorous part lies here.

A monkey that can reach outside doesn't know its real situation, while a person trapped here can know it, and could even direct the monkey to join.

Through what channel does that person know its situation?

Li Zhiyuan slightly tilted his head, casting a sidelong glance at Lin Shuyou.

The boy thought of a possibility.

At this point, the monkey turned around, walked towards the altar, clapped its hands, and the cloud wall opened.

"From now on, I'll lead you on this journey. This way, it will save you a lot of trouble."

The monkey's attitude made a sharp turn.

Li Zhiyuan waved his hand, telling his companions: "Let's go."

There's nothing to be afraid or worried about. To Li Zhiyuan, this monkey has always been classified as a "threat". Whether it appears before him or guides the way, it doesn't really make any difference.

Outside, the air was filled with birds singing and flowers' fragrance.

Birds were not in sight, nor flowers found, yet birdsong was incessant, and the scent of flowers was overwhelming.

The monkey walked ahead, followed by Li Zhiyuan and the others.

Until, another temple appeared in front.

The monkey introduced: "This is the True Monarch Chief Clerk Temple, let's go in."

Tan Wenbin whispered: "This monkey now feels like a tour guide."

The True Monarch Chief Clerk's temple was also damaged, but not severely, and it indeed matched its title, filled with stone tablets and many stone basins.

When you gaze at the stone tablets, the words on them change, as if countless worms were trapped inside, constantly piecing together new words.

As for the water inside the stone basins, when you lean your head closer to look, they don't reflect your image; instead, they present scenes depicting the past.