ninety thousand miles

Chapter 436 rhetorical question
"It's the Qinling Mountains again." said Li Chuan.

"Yes." Wen Guying said, "Anyway, I have to go there."

"What about the relic? Did you take it?" Li Chuan asked.

"No, after Master Tinghai died, the box automatically closed and sank." Wen Guying replied, "I think it's better not to touch it for now."

Li Chuan said with emotion: "It feels like the more you know, the more mysteries there are."

"Yes," Wen Guying also said, "I feel that Master Wukong will be involved sooner or later."

"He has already gone to Qinling Mountains." said Li Chuan.

"We should also set off earlier," Wen Guying turned to look at Li Chuan, "How long will it take you?"

"Refine the 'full moon'?" Li Chuan thought for a moment and said, "I don't know exactly how long it will take, but..." He looked ahead and said, "We can start anytime."

"Then let's go see the old palace master later." Wen Guying said, "Find out what happened to Elder Xiao, and then you can start refining the 'Full Moon'."

"There's one more thing." Li Chuan said.

"Anything else?" Wen Guying asked.

Li Chuan said, "There is a demon cultivator who lives in Tianju Mountain. She has a sister who used to work for Prince Su. Just yesterday, she came to me and said that her sister was willing to talk to me and asked me to go with her."

"You didn't go?" Wen Guying asked.

Li Chuan said: "I think it might be a trap."

"Demon spirit?" Wen Guying asked.

"Yeah. And if it's a demon spirit, she must be more anxious than me, so I want to hang her for a while. If not, I also want to be in a safer place..." Li Chuan sighed, "It's almost winter, time is passing too fast."

"If you want to go back home, you can do so now. It will only take one or two days to go back and forth." Wen Guying said.

Li Chuan shook his head and said, "I want to wait until I refine the 'full moon'. I can feel some changes in myself, maybe because the Four Gods Palace is full of spiritual energy, or maybe because I have been thinking about refining the 'full moon' this time. I feel that I am in a very delicate state. If I go back to Yunqiao Township, I may not be able to find this feeling when I come back. I want to maintain this state until I refine the 'full moon'."

"It's up to you then." Wen Guying said.

Li Chuan thought of the matter of "Chu Yang Pu" and said, "My second brother encountered some problems in his cultivation."

"Oh, what did he say?" Wen Guying asked.

Li Chuan repeated what Gong Er said and said, "Later, I asked Mu Ling about the matter of Chu Yang Pu."

"What about fellow apprentice brother Pang? Does he have the same problem?" Wen Guying asked.

Li Chuan shook his head and said, "I didn't see him. He should be concentrating on practicing in seclusion."

Wen Guying said, "Junior Brother Mu is right. Since the publication of Chu Yang Pu, only a few people have mastered it, and most of those people later switched to other techniques."

"Have you succeeded in your practice?" Li Chuan asked.

"When I reach this level, it makes no difference whether I practice sword techniques or not when I read them." Wen Guying said.

Li Chuan asked: "Do you think my second and third brothers can achieve success?"

Wen Guying said: "That night I saw the general dancing with a sword, and I was moved, so I taught the "Chu Yang Pu" to Junior Brother Gong and Junior Brother Pang. I don't know if they can master it, but... but if they can, then they have a little chance."

"That's it." Li Chuan said.

Wen Guying added: "When it comes to cultivation, people are very happy at the beginning. As long as they are willing to practice, they will make progress. Just taking some elixirs can increase their skills. Even low-grade magic weapons can be of infinite use. And they can easily live several times longer than ordinary people." "But once this stage is over and they encounter the first bottleneck, everything will be different. Fifty percent of cultivators stop here."

"That's good too." Li Chuan said sincerely, "Go back to the human world and become a rich man."

"After entering the mysterious door, who would want to be a mortal again? And those who can enter this door all have some serious illness." Wen Guying said.

"What disease?" Li Chuan asked.

“You won’t give up until you hit the wall.” Wen Guying said.

"so……"

"The difference between "Chu Yang Pu" and other exercises is that before achieving minor success, your cultivation level will not increase." Wen Guying said.

"Won't it be going backwards?" Li Chuan asked.

"It will regress to a point, but you and your third brother are still far away from that point." Wen Guying replied.

"Is the general's swordsmanship also like this?" Li Chuan asked.

"I thought of the "Chu Yang Pu" after watching the general's swordsmanship. I taught it to my two junior brothers beside me to verify my idea, and they may have some possibilities because of it." Wen Guying admitted.

“If the general can practice his sword skills to perfection… perhaps, that would be a new way to ascend to immortality.” Wen Guying stood up and said, “It’s almost time, let’s go find the old palace master.”

"Okay." After Li Chuan stood up, he still felt a little dizzy. Seeing that his clothes were wrinkled and dirty, he said, "Wait for me."

He went back to the house, washed his face, changed his clothes, and felt a little more sober. Then he followed Wen Guying out.

At this time, the old palace master, Sect Master Wang, and Sect Master Chu were discussing matters in the main hall. When Li Chuan and Wen Guying walked in, they noticed that Sect Master Wang and Sect Master Chu looked different, as if they had a dispute. The old palace master had a drooping brow and seemed unhappy.

Seeing the two people coming in, Sect Leader Wang asked, "Gu Ying, are your injuries healed?"

Wen Guying smiled and replied, "It's all right."

Sect Leader Wang said, "Tell Sect Leader Chu how you were injured by Elder Xiao."

"Okay." Wen Guying said and looked at Master Chu. He said, "Master Chu, before I speak, can I ask you a question first?"

"Just ask." said Master Chu.

"When was the last time Sect Leader Chu met Elder Xiao?" Wen Guying asked.

"Two hundred and sixty-eight years ago, after Elder Beiyu ascended to heaven." said Sect Leader Chu.

Wen Gu should ask: "What was his cultivation like at that time?"

Master Chu said, "You are above me, why are you asking this?"

Wen Guying said: "Elder Xiao has lost his heart of Taoism."

"Impossible," Sect Leader Chu shook his head. "If he had lost his Dao heart, it would be impossible for him to regain his cultivation level after failing to ascend and destroying his foundation."

Wen Gu should ask: "Have you ever discussed with him?"

Sect Leader Chu shook his head again and said: "No. Do you mean that the cultivation level he showed was fake?"

"No." Wen Guying denied it, and then he began to describe the process of his fight with Elder Xiao. After telling the story in detail, he said: "Elder Xiao did not intend to kill me, otherwise I would not be standing here. But his condition is indeed not right. I feel that he has lost confidence in the power he can control."

(End of this chapter)