Chapter 1123: Crossing Mountains and Ridges, Continuing Westward / Chapter 1123: Crossing Mountains and Ridges, Continuing Westward ...

After they left the imperial palace, they saw that all the monks at the Taoist temple construction sites had vanished.

Only one monk remained. He had presumably been struck by a falling stone and had his leg broken. He was lying beside the construction site, where a broad-shouldered, burly middle-aged Daoist was crouched beside him, treating his injured leg.

Sun Wukong took a closer look and realized that the man was Great Tiger Immortal.

Fahai saw him too and said calmly, "Wukong, it seems this demon really does have a good side. I truly believe it now. Do you?"

Sun Wukong shrugged, looked at Fahai, and said, "Hopefully he can keep this up. I'm just afraid he's putting on an act for us."

"Heh heh." Marshal Tian Peng chuckled and suddenly said, "Brother Monkey, you're just too suspicious. Actually, this matter is easy enough to figure out."

"Idiot, what do you mean?"

Sun Wukong suddenly turned his head and looked at Marshal Tian Peng, confusion in his eyes.

"With the cultivation of those three demons, once they successfully became royal preceptors, killing the king and establishing themselves as rulers would have been as easy as lifting a finger. Yet that never happened. Clearly, Great Tiger Immortal still had some goodness in his heart."

Marshal Tian Peng looked at Sun Wukong and spoke with utmost seriousness.

His words made Sun Wukong ponder. Perhaps he felt that Marshal Tian Peng had a point.

"Eldest Martial Brother, I paid attention when we were just outside the palace. The king's decree has already been issued, pardoning all the monks in the kingdom from their forced labor and rebuilding the temples that were destroyed."

General Juanlian looked at Sun Wukong and added this as well.

"So, by that logic, not killing him was the right