ninety thousand miles

Chapter 430 Shovel
Yao Shuang walked up to them and bowed politely.

Sect Leader Chu said, "Tell the old Palace Master, Sect Leader Wang, and Fellow Daoist Li about your experience in Heyuan Town."

"Yes." Yao Shuang looked at the ground and recounted her experience quickly.

"I heard that there were suspected demon ruins in Heyuan Town, and that Junior-Martial-Nephew Liu would lead people to investigate, so I found Junior-Martial-Nephew Liu and asked to go with him. Junior-Martial-Nephew Liu agreed, and we arrived in Heyuan Town that night and saw the stone platform."

"Judging from the material of the stone platform and the rune structure on it, it is indeed something from the demon clan. It's just that I can't tell what it is used for."

"Junior Brother Liu told me that the stone platform is a seal, and there might be a 30,000-year-old stone dragon vine sealed underneath. And the stone platform might also be a teleportation device similar to a teleportation array, because the two cultivators around Prince Su finally left through the stone platform."

"I don't think it's that simple. I tried to find some clues around me, but this place has been badly damaged, and there are still traces of illusion left. I can't find any demon cultivators or spirit beasts that have lived here for a long time to ask. We are helpless for the moment."

"After spending more than a month in Heyuan Town, we found nothing. So I suggested digging up the stone platform."

"Junior Brother Liu disagrees. He said that last time, Lord Su sacrificed the flesh and blood of tens of millions of monsters and humans to open the seal. I will definitely not be able to dig it open directly. But I think I can give it a try. Lord Su is just a mortal prince. It is obvious that the cultivators who serve him cannot have any knowledge."

After hearing this, Li Chuan couldn't help but look at Master Chu. Master Chu's expression did not change, he still looked serious and sat there. Then he found that Yao Shuang had finished a long speech just because he was distracted. He hurriedly continued to listen carefully.

Yao Shuang said: "...So I asked others to set up the formation seal for me, and after dark, I started digging."

"Why after dark?" Li Chuan couldn't help but ask.

Yao Shuang looked up at him, then continued to stare at the ground and said, "Based on my past experience, the probability of good things appearing at night is higher."

"Oh oh..." Li Chuan didn't know how to respond. Fortunately, Yao Shuang continued to speak clearly and quickly, "After digging half a meter deep, I felt that I was affected by some kind of illusion. I thought it was caused by the nightmare technique of that monk Luo, so I didn't pay much attention to it and continued to dig down."

"I felt the shovel getting heavier and heavier, and I knew something was wrong. My shovel is my life-saving magic weapon and has no weight at all. When I was about to withdraw, I vaguely saw the stone platform being dug up, and a force sucked me in. I saw a starry sky, and the stars grew on countless vines, flickering non-stop..."

Yao Shuang paused for the first time, then continued, "It was Senior Brother Jiang who saved me."

"Jiang Mei?" asked Master Wang.

"It was him," Yao Shuang replied, "He heard that we had made some discoveries in Heyuan Town, so he went to Xuanyue Gate. When he found out that we were still here, he rushed over and saved my life."

"He said he saw me crash into the stone platform, but Junior Brother Liu and the others saw the stone platform being dug up, and I fell in, and then Senior Brother Jiang grabbed me."

"After a day, my injuries worsened and I fell into a coma. I was then sent back to the sect to recuperate. I only woke up a month ago."

So the old palace master asked: "How is your injury?"

Yao Shuang said: "It's fine now."

After she finished speaking, she looked up at the old palace master and said, "I was originally planning to go to Yashan County to look for Junior Brother Liu. I will definitely go."

Li Chuan finally saw what she looked like. She was fair and clean, and quite pretty.

Then Yao Shuang lowered her head again.

The old palace master said to Li Chuan: "Do you have anything to ask?"

Li Chuan did have a lot to ask. He asked, "Did you write down all the runes and patterns on the stone platform?"

Yao Shuang immediately replied, "I drew it as soon as I woke up." She took out a jade slip and handed it to Li Chuan, saying, "It's all written down in it." Li Chuan took it and continued to ask, "Can you tell me in detail what you saw after falling off the stone platform?"

"Sure." Yao Shuang said readily, "It's a starry sky covered with vines. The stars are like fruits hanging on it, following a certain trajectory and constantly changing." She took out another jade slip, handed it to Li Chuan and said, "I have also recorded all these images in the jade slip."

Li Chuan took it with some hesitation.

Yao Shuang seemed to glance at him and said, "Just take the experience, I have copies here."

"Okay." Li Chuan put the jade slip into the Zuihong Ring.

Yao Shuang said: "I have been to all the ruins of gods and demons that I know of. There are very few ruins of the gods, and there is nothing valuable to be found in them. The ruins of the demons are different. I vaguely feel that there is a connection between the ruins."

"The stone platform in Heyuan Town feels very special to me." Yao Shuang spoke more slowly. "I'll go dig it up next time."

"Or should we just dig with a shovel?" Li Chuan asked.

Yao Shuang stretched out her hand, with a black and gold shovel lying in her palm, and said, "Well, let me see if it's possible to strengthen it."

Hearing this, Li Chuan asked, "Can you show it to me?"

"Sure." Yao Shuang said.

When Li Chuan was about to take a closer look, the old palace master spoke up, "Okay, you can go to Yashan County together later, there will be plenty of time for communication."

Sect Leader Wang also said, "With Miss Yao here, this trip will be more secure."

Then, Sect Leader Chu asked Yao Shuang to leave.

The three sect leaders discussed for a while and decided to pass on the message to the upper world three days later, and then Sect Leader Wang and Sect Leader Chu left the main hall.

Li Chuan also wanted to go back. When he was about to speak, the old palace master spoke first and said, "Go back and rest for five or six days this time. Next time, try to refine the 'full moon'. By then, the two masters, Wang Chu, may come to see it. You don't have to worry about them. Just do what you have to do."

"Okay." Li Chuan agreed immediately. After he stood up, he suddenly thought of something and asked, "Old Palace Master, can Sect Leader Chu be trusted? That Miss Yao, should we be on guard against her, or what?"

The old palace master replied, "It's fine to get along normally. If you are suspicious of this and that all the time, you'd better not practice this way; but if you are not on guard at all and turn a blind eye to the suspicious points that are right in front of you, you deserve to lose your life."

"I understand." Li Chuan was being taught. He sighed, "I wonder how badly Master Wen's injury is. It's been so many days, and he still hasn't recovered."

He turned around and saw that the old palace master's eyes looked a little strange, so he asked: "Master Wen's injury, is he okay?"

The old palace master said: "No."

Li Chuan asked, as if he was being summoned by some mysterious spirit: "Is Taoist Master Wen not in the Four Gods Palace?"

The old palace master looked at him and said nothing.

Li Chuan understood, and he said, "I'm going back. I'll stay in the house for the next few days."

(End of this chapter)