Corpse Recovery Diver-Chapter 1296 - 236:

Zheng Fang smiled warmly as she actively walked down the embankment to meet Zhou Yunyun: "If I had known you were coming, I would have asked Uncle Tan to pick you up from your home. It's such a coincidence."

After Zhou Yunyun arrived at the embankment, she greeted everyone, appearing very poised.

Li Sanjiang said, "Perfect timing, everyone stay for dinner so we can have a lively gathering."

After dinner, the guests left.

Tan Yunlong was worried about Zhou Yunyun bicycling home alone at night, so he tied her bicycle to the back of his car. He first drove her home and then came back to pick up Zheng Fang.

After taking a bath, Li Zhiyuan stepped onto the balcony, just as Alii also finished her bath and stepped out of the East Room, wearing a goose-yellow ruqun.

Liu Yumei waved to the young man above: "Come down for some tea."

Li Zhiyuan came down and first made tea for Liu Yumei.

Liu Yumei asked, "How are Zhuangzhuang and Run Sheng? Are they badly hurt?"

Returning from Zou Jiang with some injuries is normal, and Liu Yumei noticed that Lin Shuyou also carried some significant injuries.

Li Zhiyuan: "Manageable."

"Good, that's reassuring. By the way, you look much better..." Liu Yumei examined the young man's face carefully and said with a smile, "Why do you have a bit of a Buddha aura vibe?"

Li Zhiyuan: "I ate something, but haven't fully digested it yet. It should be unnoticeable after a while."

Liu Yumei only asked a couple of simple questions, saw that there was indeed nothing serious, then raised her tea to sip and said:

"Alright, you can go have fun now."

Li Zhiyuan and Alii went upstairs.

Tonight, there was a breeze, and it was a bit chilly, so Li Zhiyuan took the blanket from his bed and draped it over both his and Alii's legs.

Afterwards, the two lay head to head on two loungers pushed together, gazing at the starry sky, while the young man narrated and they played chess.

Hearing about the Bodhisattva being tricked into giving away the first wave of lotus petals, Alii laughed.

When the story reached the second wave of lotus petals acquisition, the girl frowned slightly.

The Body also obtained the Power of the Green Lotus, which meant the newly gained advantage was leveled again.

Regarding the Body partnering with the young man to scatter True Monarch Pu Du's consciousness, making it chaotic, the girl wasn't surprised.

She had seen the Body before, knowing it would always make the most calm and appropriate choice.

After the storytelling, the third game of three rounds also came to its conclusion.

Li Zhiyuan lost two of the games, but won the last one.

This didn't indicate any breakthrough in his chess skills; it was purely that now his mind was more vibrant, allowing him to calculate and deduce more than before, even without intentionally doing so.

After playing chess for so long, having finally won a game, Li Zhiyuan wasn't overly excited; it was Alii, who lost, who seemed happier.

"If I'm not home in the future, feel free to go out more with Cui Cui."

Alii nodded.

Today, Cui Cui came to call her, mentioning there was an injured bird lying there, looking pitiful.

The reason Alii went was more out of "pity" for Cui Cui than for the bird.

After all, from Alii's perspective, that injured bird didn't seem pitiful at all.

The girl knew she had to actively attempt stepping out so she could have opportunities to help him in the future.

"Alii, do me a favor: I've accumulated a lot of useless emotions during this Zou Jiang trip, and I need to organize and dispose of them to free up space."

The girl closed her eyes.

Their hands were already entwined, and once both closed their eyes, Walking Yin began.

No hysteria, no violent clashes, not even a hint of suppression or resistance.

It was the exact same Illusion Realm that True Monarch Pu Du had set, also Grandpa's house.

Here, it was also nighttime; the excessively overlapped and consistent environment gave Li Zhiyuan a sense of merely blinking his eyes.

He stood up, pushed open the door to his room, finding it dark except for a desk lamp casting a dim light, barely outlining a silhouette sitting there.

Previously, they were intermingled, but since Li Zhiyuan actively attributed himself as the Heart Demon, they became completely distinct.

What was distinguished was the soul consciousness, not the Body.

Therefore, theoretically, when Li Zhiyuan consumed the lotus petals, it benefited the Body, and the Green Lotus Power consumed by the Body also benefitted Li Zhiyuan.

This was the reason when arriving home, Li Zhiyuan had to intentionally tether Feng Shui Power around him as a guise, since not only was he consuming lotus petals, but there was also the progress of digestion from the Body that made the young man's... energy overflow slightly.

He had to deliberately waste some to let this excess energy dissipate, otherwise, he could not help appearing overly excited.

Standing in the doorway, Li Zhiyuan said to the Body, sitting at the study desk:

"So diligent?"

Apart from the Body, they shared memories.

The book the Body was reading had actually been read by Li Zhiyuan; the young man had an exceptional memory and could recall books he had read verbatim in his mind.

He would move books to read in the young man's basement; the Body would move books within memory to read.

Without turning his head, the Body said:

"Spending time on meaningless things is too low-level."

In the Body's view, one should seize every moment and utilize every available resource to continuously plan and strengthen oneself, rather than wasting valuable time chatting and playing chess with a girl.

Even considering the potential benefits a girl may bring, it seems sufficient already; her eyes are full of him, willing to do almost anything for him.

A boiling pot only needs a little more firewood to keep boiling, but Li Zhiyuan keeps feeding the fish he caught.