Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 231

The boy's words completely ignited the monkey's emotions. Next, Li Yuan Zhenjun jumped around in the temple, performing authentic monkey shows.

Li Zhuiyuan deliberately provoked it, hoping to find out the current status of its original body and other True Lords from the phantom manifestation of its consciousness.

This illusion of consciousness is like a peeled egg, which is most likely to reveal the true feelings of the entity.

The monkey's impatience and the fact that it explodes at any moment indicate that it has been suffering from some kind of extreme pain.

From this point of view, those True Lords who are not in their respective temples are most likely not dead yet.

After a long time, the monkey finally calmed down.

It panted and looked at the boy: "Sir, I can give you another chance."

Li Zhuiyuan: "I don't like to keep pets."

The monkey's emotions, which had just calmed down, became excited again.

"You know that He Tong is just a junior here!
If he hadn't pretended to be a Bodhisattva and deceived us, the so-called chief officer wouldn't have appeared at all!"

Li Zhuiyuan: “Really?”

"Otherwise, do you think it's necessary for me to lie to you?"

Li Zhuiyuan shook his head.

Monkey: “So…”

Li Zhuiyuan interrupted it and said, "I think it is because you existed that the inheritance of officials and generals appeared later."

The monkey tilted its head, as if trying to think about the meaning of the boy's words, but it was obvious that it hadn't figured it out.

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

The monkey seemed to have heard a very ridiculous question and asked back: "Who in the world doesn't know that you are walking on the river?"

Li Zhuiyuan nodded: "Indeed."

Monkey: "With my help, your journey will be smoother. Back then, it was because I fought all the way in front that he was able to sit in that position."

Li Zhuiyuan: "You mean, if I accept you, I will end up being betrayed by you like him?"

monkey:"……"

Li Zhuiyuan looked around and commented, "The environment here is really nice, with an antique feel. It's a pity that it's used as a zoo."

The monkey was so angry that his eyes turned completely red, and a black aura filled his body: "You are...looking for death!"

Suddenly, the monkey was stunned.

Then, it slowly raised its head, clasped its hands together, and the hostility in the whole monkey gradually subsided.

After a while, the monkey smiled: "Haha, you really look like him."

Li Zhuiyuan felt a little regretful. It was rare to meet a guy who easily lost control of his emotions in a place like this.

The boy originally wanted to get more intelligence clues from the monkey, but now, the monkey has calmed down.

What is known is that an internal conflict broke out here.

From “his” perspective, this was a rebellion;
From the perspective of the True Lords, they are fighting against a liar who pretends to be a Bodhisattva and occupies a high position.

In addition, there is another point, that is, there is a person behind this monkey.

It had previously said that it alone had some freedom here; this was obviously not true.

Moreover, that person had a great influence on the monkey. It was probably that person who took action just now to dispel the negative emotions in the monkey. This means that that person is also here now.

Moreover, it should be that person who suggested that the monkey try to join his team and follow him across the river.

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

There are not many people who know that they are walking on the river, but there are some.

But the question is, how can the few people who know about this matter be contacted here?
Developing outsiders to collect karma is the work of monkeys, which means that monkeys can access information from the outside world, but monkeys are clearly not familiar with themselves.

This is easy to understand. Abandoned disciples of their families and sects like Xin Jiyue and Wu Qinhai are not qualified to know the real secrets of the martial arts world.

But, that's where the funny part comes in.

A monkey that can contact the outside world does not know his true situation, but a person trapped here can know himself and can also guide the monkey to join.

How did that person know about my situation?

Li Zhuiyuan tilted his head slightly and glanced at Lin Shuyou out of the corner of his eye.

The boy thought of a possibility.

At this time, the monkey turned around, walked to the altar, clapped his hands, and the cloud wall opened.

"I will take you on the rest of the journey. This way, I can save you a lot of trouble."

The monkey's attitude took a sharp turn.

Li Zhuiyuan waved his hand and said to his companions, "Let's go."

There was nothing to be afraid of or worried about. In Li Zhuiyuan's opinion, this monkey was classified as a "threat". It made no difference whether it appeared in front of him or not, or whether it led the way or not.

Outside, birds are singing and flowers are blooming.

There are no birds to be seen and no flowers to be found, but the birds are singing and the fragrance of flowers is everywhere.

The monkey walked in front, and Li Zhuiyuan and others followed behind.

Until, another temple appeared in front of them.

The monkey introduced: "This is the Temple of Master Zhubu Zhenjun, let's go in."

Tan Wenbin whispered: "Why does this monkey feel like a tour guide now?"

The temple of Zhubu Zhenjun was also damaged, but not to a serious extent. In fact, his title lived up to his name, as the temple was filled with various stone slabs and many stone basins.

When you look at the stone slab, the words on it will change, as if countless earthworms are imprisoned inside, constantly piecing together new words.

As for the water in the stone basin, when you put your head close to look, your reflection will not appear, but pictures recording the past.

Tan Wenbin is a photography enthusiast. After seeing this pot, he asked excitedly: "Brother Xiaoyuan, can you bring a pot back with you when you leave?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Isn't the photo album more convenient than this?"

Tan Wenbin: "But this is of high quality."

Li Zhuiyuan: "After you move this stone basin out of here, it will become an ordinary basin and can only be used as a water bowl for Xiao Hei."

"Oh, is that so? That's a pity." Tan Wenbin shrugged. "This place is really like a museum."

Monkey: "Zhubu Zhenjun has three major responsibilities: record merits, record demerits, and record events. This place records the past."

Li Zhuiyuan asked, "Why are all these stone tablets broken?"

Monkey: "Most of the temples here have been destroyed because of what happened back then. Is there anything strange about that?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "It's very strange. A total of thirteen stone tablets were destroyed. According to the display and record logic here, twelve of the stone tablets should record the story of how you twelve True Lords met and got to know 'him'.

There is another piece that should record his personal experience before he founded this Dizang Temple. "

The monkey just looked at the boy in silence.

Li Zhuiyuan continued, "Look, these stone slab fragments on the ground are broken to different degrees and destroyed in different ways. It should be that one person destroyed one by one, looking for his own stone slab and deliberately destroyed it."

The monkey pointed at four of the burnt black slabs and said, "Aren't these four destroyed in the same way? What you just said is totally untenable."

Li Zhuiyuan: "If you refute me, it means you agree with me."

Monkey: "Oh, as long as you are happy."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Yes, these four black slabs were burned by one person. One of them should be his own, and the other one should record 'that him'. As for the remaining two, I guess one of them should belong to the Gatekeeper Zhenjun."

Because of his special status, the Gatekeeper did not participate in the internal strife.

He only guards the gate to the outside, not the inside.

Furthermore, what the monkey said was correct. Among all the True Lords, the Gatekeeper should have the lowest status and the weakest strength. His exclusion did not affect the overall situation. And afterwards... the Gatekeeper was also bewitched and controlled.

Monkey: "What about the other piece?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "I think your master, that is, 'he', shouldn't have failed like this. Except for the gatekeeper, all his subordinates rebelled. He should have had a loyal subordinate who supported him at that time, right?"

Monkey: "You are really smart."

Li Zhuiyuan: "I thought you should have known this a long time ago after you lost your wife and your army on the island."

Monkey: "Now, no matter what you say, I won't be angry."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Why do you want to deliberately erase the past with 'him'?"

Monkey: "Because everything in the past was a deception of all of us by him. It makes me sick just thinking about it. Do you know how many times I have called him Bodhisattva since I followed him?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "He enlightened you, adopted you, and saved you from the animal realm. No matter how many times you call him Bodhisattva, it is not too much. I don't know what is disgusting about him."

Monkey: "When I was a monkey, I didn't mind calling him Bodhisattva. But later, I became Liyuan Zhenjun, and I couldn't be tricked by him into calling him Bodhisattva anymore." Runsheng: "White-eyed monkey."

The monkey was not angry, but just asked: "Everyone, have you finished your tour?"

Lin Shuyou raised his hand: "Not yet!"

The records here are not very interesting to other people, but Lin Shuyou read them with great interest.

The history of Guanjiangshou is not long, and he saw here another "Guanjiangshou" with a longer development and more perfection.

For him, who regards becoming a future revitalization officer as his life goal, he wishes he could record all of this so that he can avoid many detours in future development and construction.

Tan Wenbin reached out and poked Lin Shuyou: "Okay, let's go, you can remember everything after just one look."

Lin Shuyou scratched his head and said, "Brother Bin, if I had this ability to remember everything I saw, I wouldn't have only been admitted to Haihe University."

Tan Wenbin: "It's okay. Brother Xiaoyuan has a photographic memory. Isn't he also your schoolmate?"

Lin Shuyou understood what Brother Bin meant. He didn't need to bother remembering and reading it here, as Brother Xiaoyuan must have memorized it long ago.

The monkey opened the cloud wall here, and it seemed that he was going to leave.

Li Zhuiyuan glanced at the monkey's back. In the temple of Zhubu Zhenjun, there was a lost formation that even Li Zhuiyuan was amazed by.

The young man had been on guard before, fearing that the monkey would suddenly attack and trap him and the others here. However, not only did the monkey not do so, but when it was the first to come in, it also took the initiative to disable the automatic activation of the formation.

Monkey: "Let's go. I won't take you here. It will be difficult for you to get through."

After going out, the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers disappeared, and the whole place became desolate and solemn.

And soon, everyone knew why the monkey said that.

Before entering the next temple, I saw a headless corpse kneeling outside.

His death alone affected the entire environment of this area, which shows how powerful he was when he was alive.

This feeling is something that the Gatekeeper does not have.

There were many horrific wounds on the body. Judging from the injuries, he should have died in the siege.

Runsheng looked at the severed head and said, "It wasn't cut off, it was smashed."

Runsheng likes to smash other people's heads with the Yellow River shovel, and he has a say in this.

Monkey: "I hit him on the head with a stick and it exploded."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Is his title the True Lord of Punishment of Evil?"

The monkey turned his head and looked at the boy in surprise. Apparently, the boy had guessed the answer correctly again.

Li Zhuiyuan: "From the records in the Zhubu Zhenjun Temple, it can be seen that the Fae Evil Zhenjun had the worst relationship with him and refuted his will many times."

This seemed extremely abrupt considering that the other True Lords all worshipped him as if he were a Bodhisattva.

Most things are recorded in this style:
When one True Lord had a conflict with another True Lord, after "he" stepped in to mediate, the two True Lords were convinced.

When a True Lord made a mistake or had doubts about something, "he" would come forward to explain it to him, and the True Lord would gain enlightenment.

Only the True Lord of Punishment dared to contradict "him" many times and expressed different opinions.

Monkey: "According to what you said, shouldn't the Punisher of Evil be the first to oppose and attack him? Why would he support him?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "This is a question you don't understand either, right?"

The monkey cast his eyes on the headless corpse of the Punisher of Evils:
"That's right, he is one of the most powerful among all the True Lords, and also the one with the worst relationship with 'him'.

When He came out with an axe in hand to stop us, we were all surprised.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Because the God of Punishment is the only one who treats him as a Bodhisattva."

Monkey: "But 'he' is not a Bodhisattva, this is the truth, we have all been deceived by 'him'. According to what you said, the Punisher of Evil should be the most angry after learning the truth!"

Li Zhuiyuan: "He is different from you."

Monkey: "What's the difference?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "You just admire him for his strength."

The monkey clenched his fists, unclenched them, clenched them again, and unclenched them again.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't want to deliberately provoke its emotions at this moment, but the fact is that the knife would make it easier for the monkey to break through its defense.

The effect of the "comfort" it had just experienced was almost over.

Li Zhuiyuan also noticed that when the monkey was retracting and releasing his fists, the headless corpse of Fae Zhenjun's fists were also trembling slightly, as if doing the same action.

Apparently, the monkey had the ability to manipulate the headless corpse.

Just like it had previously bewitched the Gatekeeper Lord to attack itself and others, it could have let the Punisher Lord attack itself and others here.

Even if He died and had no head, Li Zhuiyuan believed that He could cause more trouble to himself and others than the Gatekeeper Master.

Why did the monkey suddenly change his attitude?

What can be confirmed is that before he passed through the Gatekeeper Temple, the monkey had a different attitude towards him. It wanted to kill him and others here, otherwise it would not have bewitched the Gatekeeper.

Therefore, the monkey's attitude change, or rather, the attitude change of the person behind the monkey, occurred when he and others were fighting with the Gatekeeper.

Li Zhuiyuan quickly reviewed his companions' abilities in his mind. Finally, the young man thought that if there was anything that could cause that person's attitude to change... it should be that he could control the eight bodies of the Yao family members and make them collectively possessed.

Being able to possess a spirit and being able to control a puppet to possess a spirit are two different things, which means that one has mastered a more profound and comprehensive secret, such as the "Sutra of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva".

Because of this, the person behind the monkey changed his arrangements for himself, from blocking and strangling himself to actively guiding him.

This monkey really listens to that person.

The monkey finally controlled himself and did not let the corpse of the God of Punishment stand up.

Next, it took everyone through several temples.

He never saw Zhenjun again, but two of the dangers were resolved by the monkey in advance.

On the way, Tan Wenbin gently hooked the boy's right hand with his finger. Li Zhuiyuan understood and released the red line to connect with him.

"Brother Xiaoyuan, do you know what kind of medicine this monkey is selling?"

"know."

Tan Wenbin's face relaxed, and he waited silently in his heart.

But after waiting for a long time, Xiaoyuan's voice still didn't ring in my heart.

"Brother Xiaoyuan?"

"Brother Binbin, I can't tell you now."

"Oh, okay, I see!"

The connection was interrupted, and Tan Wenbin smiled at Li Zhuiyuan. He didn't think that Xiaoyuan would keep things to himself. He knew that Xiaoyuan was going to take on some things on his own.

Everyone entered the last Zhenjun Temple.

The furnishings inside are as good as new and are very well preserved. Further in is the main temple where the Bodhisattva resides.

Being able to live next to the Bodhisattva shows that the status of this True Lord is second only to the Bodhisattva here.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Did He start the rebellion?"

Monkey: “It’s a crusade.”

Li Zhuiyuan: "Pudu Zhenjun?"

Monkey: "Oh, now I am beginning to suspect that you are the reincarnation of Fae's evil fellow and have awakened your wisdom."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Because in the Zhubu Zhenjun Temple, there are the fewest records about Pudu Zhenjun."

Monkey: "So?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Your master criticized and educated him the least, which shows that he has a high position; aren't rebellions usually initiated by the second-in-command?"

Monkey: "It was Pudu Zhenjun who revealed the truth that 'he' was not a Bodhisattva and led us to overthrow 'him'."

Li Zhuiyuan: "How can we be sure..."

The monkey's voice suddenly became louder: "'He' finally admitted that he was a fake. Squeak, squeak, squeak!"

As if it was getting closer to "him", the monkey's emotions got out of control again.

It walked to the last cloud wall and said, "Do you know why I call this place 'Wu Xin Island'?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Because the heart is fake."

"Then do you know why I call this place Qiuzhuang?"

Without waiting for Li Zhuiyuan to answer, the monkey pushed the cloud wall away with all his strength and roared:
"Because after his identity was exposed, he imprisoned all of us here. This is the prison for all of us True Lords!"

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It took some time to sort out this plot. I will make up for the missing words tomorrow, don’t worry!
(End of this chapter)