ninety thousand miles

Chapter 443 Calculation
"Is that all?" Li Chuan still felt that reviewing the past was an exaggeration.

Wen Guying said: "That's it. Look, we are almost unable to get out. Don't you want to come back?"

"Yes." Li Chuan said.

"That's all." Wen Guying said.

"I'll just stay here with Brother Tong for two days." Li Chuan said. He sat up for a while and felt relaxed all over. He said, "When we go back, won't we still have to deal with Senior Sister Yao?"

"Then we will set off." Wen Guying said.

"Since you knew Senior Sister Yao before, she should be fine, right?" Li Chuan asked.

"Are you talking about the evil spirit?" Wen Guying asked.

"Yeah." Li Chuan looked at the setting sun and said, "Everyone I see seems suspicious to me lately."

"After you all leave, the old palace master and I will take stock of everyone. Please wait a moment." Wen Guying also moved a chair out and sat down aside.

At this time, A Tu seemed to wake up and started crying loudly.

Li Chuan asked Wen Guying: "Master Wen, this child keeps crying, should he be okay?"

When reviewing the past, one should ask: “Aren’t all babies like this?”

"Is that so?" Li Chuan felt relieved.

Wen Guying thought about it and became uncertain. He said, "It should be, right? I feel he is quite healthy. Look at the way he cries. How full of energy does he have?"

Li Chuan listened carefully for a while and said, "Sure enough, the energy is strong."

The sound of Tong Luo and Zhuo Erniang talking could be heard faintly, and after a long while, it finally became quiet again.

Li Chuan asked: "What did you discuss with the old palace master?"

Wen Guying said: "Prince Su told you that the way of heaven does not allow monsters to become immortals. And Elder Xiao, who had just completed his path to immortality, also failed to ascend. I think there must be some connection between the two."

"That's true." Li Chuan said, "But what does this have to do with the remnants of the demon clan?" His thoughts diverged, and he said, "For example, the ancestors of the demons that cannot become immortals were driven by the demon clan 30,000 years ago, and the skills that Elder Xiao practiced were the skills passed down by the demon clan? Then when they were ascending, the Heavenly Dao noticed this and did not allow them to ascend?"

"Brother Li always has a lot of wonderful ideas." Wen Guying said.

When Li Chuan heard this, he knew that he had guessed wrong, so he said, "Master Wen, don't keep us in suspense. Just tell us directly."

Wen Guying said: "Everything in the world is within the Heavenly Dao. If the Heavenly Dao wants to target...if the Heavenly Dao really wants to target something, then they can't even reach the stage of ascending. Even in the beginning, it is impossible for them to awaken their spiritual wisdom and embark on the path of cultivation."

"The old Palace Master and I have compiled a list of cultivators who have failed to ascend and whose whereabouts are unknown and who may not have died in the past 30,000 years. There are only about five or six people in total. The old Palace Master knows what two of them are doing, so we can rule them out for now. Elder Xiao is one of them, and I also have a rough idea of ​​who a cultivator from the Qing Sect might be, so he is also one of them."

"Among the remaining one or two people, I think one of them should be a demon cultivator who failed to ascend. He... is most likely a former head of Jiuli Hall."

"Are you from the Four Gods Palace?" Li Chuan asked.

Wen Guying said, "In the past thirty thousand years, there have been a total of more than twenty demon cultivators who have ascended to heaven, eighteen of whom are from Jiuli Hall. Among those who failed to ascend, among the ten demon cultivators who were able to survive the ascension calamity, seven or eight were from Jiuli Hall..."

"Now..." Li Chuan thought about the current situation of Jiuli Hall, "Isn't there no one in Jiuli Hall?"

"This matter has something to do with that hall master." Wen Guying said. "Do you know who it is?" Li Chuan asked.

"I've come to this point..." Wen Guying looked at him and said, "Who exactly it is, the old palace master should be able to confirm it when we return this time. I'll tell you then."

"Okay." Li Chuan said.

Wen Guying said, "I think we'll have to ask Cang Ming Hall Master about this. So if we think about it this way, the three of them plus their disciples shouldn't have many disciples, and if we only count those outside the sect, it'll be even fewer. With Qing Zong's people around, it's easy to raise some decent thugs. And considering the control of demons by the demon clan's skills, and some independent and evil cultivators, then... it's about the strength of a medium-sized sect."

"Is this a medium-sized sect?" Li Chuan felt that there were not many people there.

"There are three or four cultivators who are close to ascending. Even if they have lost their Dao heart, their strength should not be underestimated." Wen Guying explained: "From the people around Prince Su, they should not have many people they can use. Once they face off, the recruited independent cultivators and evil cultivators will probably turn against them. The rest are either demon cultivators or cultivators they have trained themselves."

"But... after the demon spirit was born, things started to change."

"What do you mean?" Li Chuan asked.

Wen Guying replied: "It's impossible to assess her strength. Although there are techniques that target the demons, she has been in Xinyuan for so long, it's hard to say whether those techniques are still useful."

"She can make the divine sword appear ahead of time and trigger the existence deep under the ground of Cangwu Wilderness. Then she might be able to trigger other things. This is very troublesome."

"However...her own strength should not be too amazing, otherwise she wouldn't have to be so secretive in her plans. Moreover, there must be a price to pay for triggering the secret realm."

"Anyway, let's go to Yashan County first." Wen Guying concluded.

Li Chuan said: "Now that I have named Ah Tu and eaten the home-cooked meals, I am already satisfied. Let's go back tomorrow."

"Wouldn't you stay a few more days?" Wen Guying asked.

"Are you leaving?" Tong Luo came out from behind and asked, "New Year's Eve is almost here, aren't you going to spend it at home?"

Li Chuan said, "There are urgent matters to be dealt with."

Tong Luo also moved out a chair and took a basket of dried fruits.

Li Chuan stood up, grabbed a handful of pumpkin seeds, and began to peel and eat them.

Tong Luo sat down and said, "Master Wukong heard that the Monster Hunting Division was recruiting people, so he went to Yashan County. Brother Cen is besieging Lanshan Pavilion. I don't know when we can get together again."

"We can always get together again." said Li Chuan.

"I wonder if Lanshan Pavilion can be taken down before the New Year," Tong Luo became worried again, and said, "If I were here... I really want to go with Brother Cen."

"The outcome should be clear this month." Wen Guying said, "King Baoxing has several brothers. They think the court is plotting against King Baoxing, and they want to protect this legacy."

Li Chuan and Tong Luo both looked at him.

Wen Guying said: "I went to take a look this morning. They fought very tenaciously. After this victory, the court will have a useful army."

Tong Luo immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's great."

(End of this chapter)