Corpse Recovery Diver-Chapter 1270 - 231_3

"Bang!"

After the clash, Run Sheng couldn't control his body and slid backward. Just as he was about to fall, he suddenly exerted force with his waist, pushing forward and using a shovel for support, he managed to stabilize his stance with difficulty.

The monkey reached out and pulled the nails out from its waist one by one, then casually tossed them aside.

The disdain in its eyes gradually faded. It leaned forward, lowered its center of gravity, held the stick sideways, and solemnly took a ready stance:

"Enough horsing around, time to clear the field."

Below the pillar, Lin Shuyou tried several times to stand up with all his might, but all his attempts failed midway.

He bit his lip hard, a bit unwilling. The monkey's physique was incredibly intimidating. If he could initiate divination like he used to, then the situation for his comrades would be much better.

Even if such a way of revealing all their cards couldn't last long, as long as they endured until Brother Xiao Yuan finished, there would still be hope.

But unable to perform divination, his role was really too limited, and watching his comrades struggle in battle while unable to participate effectively made Lin Shuyou extremely angry.

Li Zhiyuan could understand the White Crane Child, because he knew the overall situation and understood that for the child to intervene at the Gatekeeper True Monarch's side was already quite commendable. Now, in front of True Monarch Pu Du, who was the Bodhisattva's avatar, the child dared not act, and it was truly excusable.

But Lin Shuyou's thoughts were relatively straightforward, and few could maintain any rationality at this time:

"Child, I'm starting to regret becoming the official."

...

Sun Baishen could not move, and neither could True Monarch Pu Du.

But the latter's immobility did not mean He was without other means.

When the white light enveloped Li Zhiyuan, a terrifying will crushed down, as if his heart's defenses were utterly unguarded, overwhelmed by the other's onslaught without any gaps.

A piece of illusory awareness gradually solidified.

The image of True Monarch Pu Du appeared in a paddy field.

In front was a long two-story building with huts added to the east and west sides.

"Looks like there's still beauty in your heart, this homestead garden..."

True Monarch Pu Du closed His mouth and looked up, and on the balcony of the second floor appeared the figure of a young boy.

The boy was covered in blood, having just killed everyone in the house.

As soon as True Monarch Pu Du set up this illusion realm, amazingly as He just entered, it was already completed, with incredible speed.

Li Zhiyuan stood with his hands in his pockets, just watching True Monarch Pu Du standing in the field below.

The boy's mind was far more resilient than others, having gone through the ordeal of the Dream Ghost, he could distinguish between true and false, and there was no ripple in his heart when killing these false people.

Li Zhiyuan: "Old trick already, can't you try something new?"

True Monarch Pu Du: "Your six roots are truly clean."

Li Zhiyuan: "Let me guess, is the next line, 'You have a destiny with Buddha'?" 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

True Monarch Pu Du: "Those born into an empty gate know not what it is to be empty. Those cutting off worldly ties know not what the mundane world is. You and Buddha, are naturally without destiny."

Li Zhiyuan stepped forward, clearly stepping out of the balcony's range, yet did not fall. Instead, it caused the surrounding environment to warp and twist.

Along with it, the paddy fields around True Monarch Pu Du also changed from rice plants laden with grains to eerily red spider lilies.

True Monarch Pu Du: "I know what you're worried about, rest assured, your karmic burden is too heavy, I will not bury you."

Li Zhiyuan: "But you would bury this place."

True Monarch Pu Du showed a benevolent smile.

Li Zhiyuan: "But you also promised to give me everything here."

True Monarch Pu Du: "Official, haven't you already taken it without asking?"

Upon hearing this, Li Zhiyuan stopped in his tracks. He suddenly laughed.

"I get it now. You can sense what the real 'you' is doing, but the real 'you' can't sense your existence."

True Monarch Pu Du smiled without saying a word.

Li Zhiyuan: "No? That means you're afraid to let the real 'you' perceive your existence, because in the real 'you's' eyes, you are also a stain that needs to be completely hidden!"

The smile on True Monarch Pu Du's face faded.

Li Zhiyuan: "Truly ruthless."

True Monarch Pu Du: "Some things are not for you to touch. I have given you a chance, it is you who did not cherish it."

Li Zhiyuan pointed at the constantly twisting environment around them:

"If you could move, you should be able to easily kill me, because I haven't practiced martial arts. But now you can't move, and I don't believe you can kill me here.

As you can see, there's no flaw in my heart's defenses, there used to be, but you came too late."

After visiting Beijing and calling Li Lan at the newsstand, even his last inner flaw was patched up.

True Monarch Pu Du: "Otherwise, the cleaner a place is, the easier it is to get dirty."

Li Zhiyuan: "Where is it dirty?"

True Monarch Pu Du spread open His right hand, and a blue lotus slowly bloomed from His palm.

In an instant, the surroundings were no longer rural fields but froze into a sinister ghost domain.

True Monarch Pu Du: "Since you have no affinity with Buddha, your demonic roots are deep."

Li Zhiyuan: "Not listening to you makes me a demon? Also, let me remind you again, your time is running out."

The boy looked up as the clouds in the sky began to churn, this was the Karmic Fire from his own reality, about to burn here.

True Monarch Pu Du: "No one's heart is without flaws, if none are found, then create one."

"Create a flaw?"

"I will create a Heart Demon for you, then let it replace you."

True Monarch Pu Du lifted His hand, and the blue lotus floated up, igniting with eerie blue flames, as the True Monarch chanted:

"Blue Lotus descends, fortify your Heart Demon."