My Arms Can Turn into Blades-Chapter 131 - 121: Ask Your Own Heart

Simultaneously.

Outside.

Chen Lu Si looked up, and the people from Mount Tai noticed his gaze.

And the course of events.

They all saw it.

Because it was from an overall perspective, he was even clearer than Chen Lu Si about what exactly happened.

So facing Chen Lu Si’s gaze, even if separated by the Anomaly Realm... Mount Tai instinctively averted his eyes, not daring to make eye contact.

Yu Zhou and Tang Language didn’t fare much better, diverting their eyes as well.

Although Chen Lu Si didn’t say anything... even if he did, they couldn’t hear it.

But everyone present knew what Chen Lu Si meant.

...Is this the Celestial Strategy Mansion?

And they didn’t know how to answer this question.

So they looked away... at Li Ge, who had already returned and was coughing up blood.

Mount Tai also directed his gaze at him.

But this time, without anger.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Li Ge coughed a few times, noticing the gazes of Mount Tai and the others.

He glanced at Xia Yue, the only one who didn’t look away, then forced a smile and said, "I’ll just ask one thing, is that Stone important? What will happen if ’Self’ obtains it?"

"Sang Chao was just playing the villain... my subordinates are willing to play that villain."

"Now you’re all looking at me, wanting to say something? Wanting to do something? Then say it, do it. But before that, please stand from the Celestial Strategy Mansion’s perspective and think, can you really accept that the Stone falls into ’Self’s hands?"

"You, the upper echelons of the Celestial Strategy Mansion! Including me! Tell me! If you have two choices before you now!"

"Would you choose to save people and lose the Stone, or would you choose to prioritize the bigger picture?"

"Ask your own hearts!"

"Especially you! Mount Tai!"

His voice grew louder, eventually shouting out loud.

Li Ge didn’t think he was wrong, nor did he think Sang Chao was wrong.

Even if there was some self-interest involved, overall, he has always been for the good of the Celestial Strategy Mansion, for a more stable environment.

If that Stone were obtained by ’Self’, the situation would only worsen!

"Mount Tai, Tang Language, Yu Zhou, and you... Xia Yue."

Li Ge took a deep breath and suddenly pointed at the scene on the ground, "And me, of course! Who isn’t a cog in the machine? Have you not understood this for so long? They are cogs, and so are we, just bigger cogs!"

"Entering the Monkey Anomaly Realm originally came with risks! They should know that better than anyone! So why did they still enter!?"

"Because we, the upper echelons, let them enter."

"What is the purpose? The purpose is to bring back anything that appears in the Monkey Anomaly Realm, whether it’s Authority or Ancient Objects, to the Celestial Strategy Mansion!"

"Shouldn’t we be striving for this goal now? What do you want Sang Chao to do? Fight with Yin Heng on the spot? Then tell me! Do you know how many members of ’Self’ have entered the Monkey Anomaly Realm?"

"If Sang Chao can’t quickly resolve Yin Heng, other ’Self’ members will beat us to it, what do you suggest we do?"

"Keep staring at me?"

"The goal is right in front of us! Shouldn’t the priority be to achieve it first?"

"We, the bigger cogs, send the smaller cogs to take risks, knowing we are all executioners! Now I’m the only one being labeled a criminal, right?!"

...

Mount Tai and the others fell silent.

After a long time.

"You’re twisting the concept."

Tang Language looked at Li Ge, narrowed her phoenix eyes, and suddenly said, "The infighting is entirely personal self-interest, without the infighting..."

"And do you have no self-interest!? Aren’t you joining the Celestial Strategy Mansion for the continuation of your clan?"

Li Ge directly interrupted Tang Language, then once again pointed to the ground, "And don’t these people have self-interest? Facing the obviously risky Monkey Anomaly Realm, why are they so resolute? Because of responsibility? I dare say the vast majority of people are in it to get something from the Monkey Anomaly Realm!

Admit it! Everyone has self-interest!

I have self-interest! Sang Chao does too! But unlike you, we dare to express our self-interest! And our self-interest can yield better results! Wait and see!!"

...

Tang Language turned her head, looking away.

Yu Zhou furrowed his brows.

Mount Tai looked at Li Ge and gently shook his head.

He had already made up his mind.

On the contrary, Xia Yue, who had initiated action from the start, had no reaction, still looking down at Chen Lu Si’s face.

Wondering what was on his mind.

...

Chen Lu Si looked at the sky half-hidden by the sea of trees, obviously unable to get any response... after all, if there were a response, the people outside would probably have come in already.

He withdrew his gaze, stopped thinking about it, took a few steps forward, then leaned on a tree, starting to check his own condition.

Just now, activating First Line and Slashing Authority had consumed a considerable amount of Spirit, along with the portion consumed for saving people earlier.

Currently, he still had two-thirds of the Spirit remaining within him.

Not a lot.

But it wasn’t time for a supplement, after all, he only had two Stones, using one just to supplement one-third of Spirit felt inappropriate.

He still didn’t know how long he would be here.

If it was all exhausted without a source for replenishment, he would have no means left. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

So after hesitating for a moment... Chen Lu Si decided not to take out the Stone from his pocket.

Instead, he extended his hand, attempting once again to gather a Spirit Ball.

But still no response, there was no Spirit around.

He could only give up and turn to confirm his own situation.

The current situation, he had roughly figured out.

The origin of it all.

Was simply because his name appeared on the first page of Kunlun’s ’Descriptive Book’.

Because of this matter, the Monkey Anomaly Realm clearly misunderstood something and mistook him as the character on the first page of the ’Descriptive Book,’ then pulled him into the Monkey Anomaly Realm.

You can see this from how he was surrounded by monkeys, and they called him ’Upper God’.

But he wasn’t an Upper God at all and couldn’t solve the problems of the other party.

Then the other party completely collapsed and disappeared before his eyes, followed by the emergence of the miracle-like Stone...

As for the true identity of the Monkey Anomaly Realm’s core, Chen Lusi was not sure.

The only certainty.

Is that the physical body of the Monkey Anomaly Realm’s core has been imprisoned, bearing all the legends about monkeys, for thousands of years.

And judging from the recent behavior of the monkeys, it’s clearly a torturous process, and they seem almost unable to distinguish who they are.

Although they constantly denied being other monkeys, not Sheng Sheng, Changyou, Zhu Yan, Ancestor Ju, or Demon Monkey.

Yet they were familiar with the characteristics of these monkeys... but uncertain of their own identity.

So rather than saying they are a legendary creature, it’s more like they are a collection of monkey legends.

But in the final stage, the last stage when the monkeys vanished.

What they said was like remembering something.

Yu?

The legendary Water God Wuzhiqi in the story of Da Yu controlling floods?

Chen Lusi wasn’t sure, but no matter who it was.

A being tortured for so long, barely awakening to expose their ’Stone’... what on earth were they trying to do?

Thinking about this.

Chen Lusi couldn’t help looking westward where the Stone was moving.

On the other side.

Tian Wencheng from Jin Yi’s team also woke up.

Jin Yi, Tian Wencheng, and Wu Yuting gathered together to exchange information and replenish their Spirit.

After resting for a while.

The three began to bury the bodies of newcomers.

Even though the Monkey Anomaly Realm would disappear, the bodies would still be thrown out too.

They were just doing pointless work.

But obviously, even if not for long, they didn’t want newcomers exposed to the wilderness.

Chen Lusi didn’t disturb them; he just stood quietly by the side.

About half an hour later.

Jin Yi brought the two teammates to Chen Lusi.

"I’d like to ask you a question."

Before they could speak, Chen Lusi asked first, "Do you know the full name of Kunlun’s ’Descriptive Book’?"

Jin Yi looked stunned for a moment before responding, "It’s said to be the ’Book of Descriptions.’"

"What’s recorded on the first page?" Chen Lusi hesitated for a moment and continued to ask.

"Not sure."

Jin Yi didn’t know why Chen Lusi abruptly asked this but still revealed what he knew: "I’ve only heard that the early pages of the ’Book of Descriptions’ records all Ancient System Authority Abilities, but even the earliest pages aren’t up to the first page.

So maybe it’s the myths of yet-to-be-activated deities."

"..."

Chen Lusi was silent for a while: "Understood."

"What do you plan to do next?"

Jin Yi saw Chen Lusi wasn’t speaking anymore and asked.

"What about you?"

Instead of answering immediately, Chen Lusi asked, "What do you plan to do next?"

"Go west."

Jin Yi and his teammates exchanged a glance and then calmly replied.

Chen Lusi glanced at their expressions and directly asked, "Are you looking to get revenge on that Sang Chao?"

"..."

Jin Yi fell silent.

Wu Yuting, behind him, replied in his place: "It’s not about revenge; we don’t have that ability yet. We just want to see what they’re actually up to.

Not just Sang Chao, another deputy team leader-level Shu Li also didn’t show up.

If we count the time we held out, it’s been nearly an hour.

But from start to finish, there were only us four.

... If you hadn’t shown up, we’d probably be headed to the Yellow Springs by now."

Wu Yuting smiled reluctantly when she said this.

Chen Lusi: "..."

"Anyway, we want to go have a look."

Jin Yi softly said, "I want to confirm what the other members of Celestial Strategy Mansion are doing, will you leave?"

"I’ll go with you."

Chen Lusi thought for a moment and replied, "I came alone, and have nowhere else to go."

Actually, he wanted to see too.

"... Thanks, then let’s go."

Upon hearing this, Jin Yi paused for a moment, thanked him and then led his teammates toward the direction Sang Chao had left.

Chen Lusi hung at the back.

The four left.

Only a solitary grave mound remained at the scene.

Chen Lusi walked some distance, thought of something, and suddenly turned back to look at the grave mound, softly saying, "Go reincarnate."

After saying that.

He turned back around.

At that instant when he turned.

A sudden wind came from nowhere, blowing the leaves into a rustle.