"Where in Void Valley did you find this monkey?" Xu Zimo asked.
"You know the Road of No Return, right?" Old Master Pi asked.
"I do. I heard the spatial turbulence inside is severe—even Voidwood cannot survive there.
That is why people call it the Road of No Return," Xu Zimo said with a nod.
"Exactly. After entering Void Valley, keep heading north. After several hundred kilometers, you will reach the border where the safe zone meets the Road of No Return.
The valley where I picked up this statue lies at that border," Old Master Pi said, nodding.
"Can you give me this Golden Monkey Statue?" Xu Zimo asked.
"It is nothing if I give it to you. But I have a guess—do you want to hear it?" Old Master Pi asked.
"Let's hear it," Xu Zimo replied with a nod.
"If the Void Spirit Monkey you are looking for truly exists, then the Golden Monkey Statue I found proves it to some extent.
Why, then, has no one encountered one in all these tens of thousands of years?"
Old Master Pi said, "There is only one explanation: it has been hiding somewhere living beings cannot enter."
"You mean the Road of No Return," Xu Zimo said with a nod.
"That is only my guess," Old Master Pi replied, nodding.
"If it were in the safe zone, someone would have encountered it eventually.
Only by hiding in the Road of No Return could it remain concealed for tens of thousands of years.
If that is the case, then it will be troublesome, because we simply cannot enter the Road of No Return."
"I'll think of a way myself," Xu Zimo said with a smile as he accepted Old Master Pi's Golden Monkey Statue. After chatting for a few more