ninety thousand miles

Chapter 418 Matchmaking
"Isn't the long night free of danger?" Li Chuan asked.

"She has gone through a long day and persisted until the long night came," said Yu Wansheng.

"What year did she arrive in Cangwu Plain?" Li Chuan asked.

"The first time... should be forty-six years ago." Yu Wansheng recalled.

"Forty-six years ago? How old was she then?" Li Chuan blurted out.

Yu Wansheng said: "Do you know her background?"

Li Chuan did not hide it and said, "I know a little bit."

Yu Wansheng did not ask further questions, but said: "She should have been in her teens at that time."

"Being in your teens among half-demons is considered..."

"It's considered a childhood," Yu Wansheng answered. "Half-demons can run and jump after three months of birth, and can follow adult half-demons to hunt after one year of age. But they can't speak until they are eight years old or older. Usually, they begin to awaken their bloodline and gain power inheritance in their twenties, and stabilize when they are in their fifties or sixties."

Seeing that Li Chuan was listening attentively, he added a few more words: "The lifespans of half-demons vary greatly, but the shortest is two hundred years. As for the longest, I know of records of half-demons living for eight hundred years."

"Two hundred years is much longer than the lifespan of ordinary people," said Li Chuan.

Yu Wansheng said, "But just like grass, it is difficult for half-demons to have offspring, and it is becoming increasingly difficult." He pondered for a moment and then said, "The half-demons lived in the Changyou tribe for two years before other tribes knew of her existence. The Changyou tribe planned to look for the possible ancient demon beast, so they gathered people from other tribes and told them what she said."

He glanced at Li Chuan and continued, "We are too far away from the ancient times. We are looking for ancient monsters just to confirm a vague possibility."

"We didn't think at that time that the half-demon girl would deliberately lie to us. All the clues she gave were fake." Yu Wansheng said: "In fact... even if she didn't say anything, she was a young half-demon who had gone through so much hardship to find the Cangwu Wilderness. We were always willing to support her."

"Did you drive her away after you found out she was lying?" Li Chuan asked.

"Because of the false clues she gave, none of the human beings who went out to look for the ancient monsters came back. They all died in the Wo Pond. So after the winter passed, we exiled her," said Yu Wansheng.

"She said the ancient monster is in Wochi?" Li Chuan asked.

"Yes, she said that the seal under the Sky Pillar has loosened, and the ancient monster sealed in it is waking up. She told us that after entering the Wochi, we just need to follow the light from the Sky Pillar and we will find it." Yu Wansheng replied.

"Did she say anything else?" Li Chuan asked.

Yu Wansheng noticed that Li Chuan looked strange, so he asked, "What's wrong?"

"If that's all, she might not have lied to you," said Li Chuan.

"What do you know?" Yu Wansheng asked.

Li Chuan said: "Some changes have taken place in Wochi recently. If Chief Yu asks around, you will find out."

"I understand now. Even if what she said was true, there is no possibility of remedy now," said Yu Wansheng.

"That's right." Li Chuan agreed.

Yu Wansheng said: "Let me continue to tell you what happened in the past. Although the half-demon tribe is isolated, they still know about the dangers of the Wochi and some rumors about it."

"Nine tribesmen were selected from the five tribes, and each of them was capable of standing on their own. But after entering the Wochi, only the third elder of the Xun tribe came out. After he came out, he said that when they walked under the Sky Pillar, four people were killed and only five were left. The formation under the Sky Pillar was indeed damaged in a corner, but the damaged part was a trap. The other four people, except him, fell into the trap and became sacrifices to the unknown existence inside." "Unknown existence?" Li Chuan asked.

"That's right. The third elder of the Xun clan said that although the thing inside exudes the breath of a monster, it is also mixed with other complicated breaths. One of them he can distinguish is the breath of death." Yu Wansheng said: "He believes that the existence of the half-demon woman may be a conspiracy, a conspiracy of the Xuanmen."

"Xuanmen?" Li Chuan was puzzled.

Yu Wansheng said: "For example, Qingzong, the third elder of the Xun clan believes that the half-demon girl was created by Qingzong."

"This..." does make sense.

Yu Wansheng said: "Many of the magic weapons in Xuanmen were made from the bodies of the tribe members."

"This one……"

Yu Wansheng said: "There are still a few demon immortals among the demons, and they can be taken in as mounts and spiritual pets by immortals. No matter how powerful the half-demons are, they are not as powerful as the ancient demon beasts, and they will die after a few hundred years."

Yu Wansheng did not continue to sigh. After taking a sip of wine, he continued to talk about the half-demon woman. He said: "Nine masters went to Wochi, but only one came back. So... although there were still some people who believed what the half-demon woman said, they still drove her out of Cangwu Wilderness after winter."

"She appeared in the Cangwu Plains again twenty-five years ago. At that time, a half-demon from the Changyou tribe was already twenty-eight years old, and his bloodline had not yet awakened. He ran away from home because he was bullied by his tribe members. A month later, when he came back, he used the magic of the monks to defeat the people who bullied him."

"He taught the method of cultivation to other people who were in the same situation as him. Naturally, we all felt that something was wrong, so we investigated further and found that the person who taught him the method was the half-demon girl. It turned out that they had a very good relationship when the half-demon girl was in the Changyou tribe. He even secretly escorted the half-demon girl all the way when she was expelled from the Cangwu wilderness."

"At that time, there were three voices in the Half-Demon Tribe. One was that the Nine Stars had gathered together, the Demon Star had been born, and the Half-Demon Tribe had finally waited for the time to rise. Another was that this was a conspiracy of the Xuan Sect. The third was that the Half-Demon Tribe should be cautious and remain unchanged in the face of all changes."

"At that time, the half-demon girl was completely different from before. She became very cheerful and lively, and people were very willing to get close to her," Yu Wansheng's face showed a look of reminiscence, "Completely different from when she first came to Cangwu Wilderness."

"What was she like when she first came?" Li Chuan asked.

Yu Wansheng said: "She was small and thin, with a cold expression. She didn't look anyone in the eye, and... she wouldn't respond to other people's kindness. When I met her, they had already decided to exile her, so I didn't see what she was like before that, but I heard from others that it was pretty much the same."

"The second time she came, she stayed in Cangwu Wilderness for half a year and had many followers. In the end, several tribes decided to wait another ten years and she could take away those who had already practiced the skills. So she took a total of nineteen people."

"Nineteen?" This number is different from what the old palace master said.

"Yes, nineteen, but there were five more people behind who sneaked out to look for her. So there were twenty-four people in total," said Yu Wansheng.

"You also know what happened afterwards. In just five or six years, all twenty-four people died." Yu Wansheng's voice was trembling. He took a sip of wine, paused for a moment and said, "There were three half-demons from the Yu tribe. One of them escaped back. The tribe leader wanted to protect him, but he couldn't."

"Brother Li." Yu Wansheng called Li Chuan.

Li Chuan understood that Yu Wansheng was going to get to the point, and sure enough, he said, "Yu Chen will give you his token, and you will be one of the Yu Clan. If you ask me about the half-demon girl, I will tell you everything I know. So I want to ask you for a favor."

Li Chuan was mentally prepared. He said, "Master Yu, tell me. If I am going to meet Master Wen, I will tell him the truth after I meet him."

"No, it's..." Yu Wansheng sighed and said, "After the chaos passed, I vaguely felt that something was coming out from the ground of Cangwu Wilderness. It could be a spiritual treasure, a secret realm, or an evil beast. These things will only bring chaos to the half-demon tribe... So I want to give this hot potato to the Four Gods Palace in order to seek their protection."

"You should ask the old palace master about this." Li Chuan said.

"I hadn't decided which sect to look for, and wanted to visit around first. But since you trust the Four Gods Palace, I will choose the Four Gods Palace." Yu Wansheng said, "So, please tell the old palace master about this. I want to have a deep talk with him."

(End of this chapter)