The Only Way

After thinking briefly about what Princess had said, Yi Chen asked again,

"Is there any legitimate way to go to the 'Lowest Level'?"

"No... Even if you made the greatest theoretical contribution possible to the Monastery of Suffering, going down there would still be strictly forbidden. Even the few of us Great Prison Monks were forbidden from approaching after the deaths occurred.

The bottom level of the prison has been permanently sealed off. You'll be punished for merely having the thought of approaching it.

It was the Warden's order."

Yi Chen gently pinched the bridge of his nose. "Can I understand it this way? As long as I obtain the Warden's permission, I can go to the lowest level?"

"That is indeed possible, but you won't be able to meet the Warden."

"Why?"

Princess raised her index finger to her lips and made a shushing gesture. "That isn't something you're allowed to know. In any case, if you want to tour the Surface Layer prison, I can arrange it. But as for going to the Lowest Level, please erase that thought immediately. Otherwise, I'll keep watching you."

Yi Chen gave a slight nod and rose, preparing to return to his room.

Unexpectedly, Mother Liya immediately reached out and gestured for Yi Chen to wait a moment. "Don't rush back~ The monastery's information network isn't very efficient, so they still don't know what happened a few days ago."

Unexpectedly,

Yi Chen vanished the moment he turned around, and Nash followed him at once.

He didn't care about etiquette. If Princess became unhappy and refused to let them stay here, Yi Chen would pack up and leave immediately.

As a Great Prison Monk, Princess had always been treated with utmost respect wherever she went. This was the first time she had encountered