ninety thousand miles

Chapter 456 Ink Color
"I should have learned more when I was free before," Li Chuan sighed.

"You don't have much free time either." Wen Guying said.

"Just think about it this way." Li Chuan said.

"Besides, you don't know what you will encounter until the time comes," Wen Guying said, "For example, during the great calamity of gods and demons 30,000 years ago, the six major sects at that time were full of masters, but when the gods and demons descended, hundreds and thousands of years of cultivation were nothing. If... this great calamity originated from the remnants of the gods and demons, as well as the strange ghosts of the Heart Abyss..."

Listening to Wen Guying's words, a thought flashed through Li Chuan's mind, but when he thought about it carefully, he couldn't remember anything.

He felt that this idea was very important, so he said to Wen Guying: "Wait a moment."

So Wen Gu should stop talking.

Li Chuan thought for a long time, and went over what Wen Guying had said several times in his mind. Finally, he looked up and said, "I was wrong before."

"What went wrong?" Wen Guying asked.

"I just thought that the Devil was a White Walker, but what if the Devil becoming a White Walker was part of her plan? That is to say... when we were in the Temple of the Gods, there were White Walkers on all the roads. That is to say, that is to say..." Li Chuan tried hard to organize his words, "Before, I thought that the gods and demons had their own goals, and the White Walkers had their own goals. Then after the Devil became a White Walker..."

"You mean, the demon is using the characteristics of the White Walkers to achieve her goals?" Wen Guying said.

Li Chuan felt relieved and said, "That's what I mean."

"She has been submerged in the Heart Abyss for more than 30,000 years, using her abyssal silk to fish in the heavens and help the White Walkers enter the Path. Now that the sweet spring has reappeared, she is forced to leave the Heart Abyss... Then, she will definitely go find the White Walkers scattered in the Path, gather them, and then see which ones can be used and how to use them. Just like before, the Soul Eater who hid in the troupe."

"So if we want to know the purpose of the evil spirits, we can start with the White Walkers. What exactly are the White Walkers..." Li Chuan couldn't help but ponder again.

"The food is getting cold, let's eat quickly." Wen Guying said.

"Hmm." Li Chuan picked up the chopsticks and started eating.

"After we finish this, I'll go to Qingzong with you." Wen Guying said, "To figure out the White Walkers, we have to rely on Qingzong."

"Okay." Li Chuan said.

Wen Guying said again: "Don't think about this anymore. Let's solve the problem at hand first."

"I understand." After Li Chuan agreed, he put all the questions in his mind behind him.

After filling their stomachs, Li Chuan and Wen Guying went back.

Li Chuan found his notes, but was too lazy to light the lamp, so he took out a butterfly spirit to use as a lamp. After memorizing a page of the book, he fell asleep again because he was too sleepy.

At midnight, the butterfly spirit that had been dark suddenly lit up, and golden light shone on the notebook.

And Li Chuan had a dream.

In his dream, he saw a black and white butterfly, and then he turned into that butterfly, flying among the ink-and-wash mountains and rivers.

Before his eyes, pictures quickly unfolded, with undulating mountains, flowing rivers, and strange monsters. Butterflies fluttered their wings, and the pictures gradually overlapped, the ink color gradually thickened, and finally converged into a dark scene.

……

After Wen Guying returned, he did not return to his room, but stood in the yard. After the butterfly spirit lit up, he looked up at Li Chuan's room, and a moment later, Yao Shuang also appeared in the yard.

Wen Guying turned around and faced Yao Shuang, then shook his head and said to her, "Don't interfere."

Yao Shuang was silent for a moment, then she said, "The vine monster I encountered today was a little strange."

"I think so too," Wen Guying said.

"It has no intelligence and fights entirely on instinct, but it's quite strong," said Yao Shuang.

"It's probably just a branch of the vine." Wen Guying guessed. "The one under the stone platform in Heyuan Town may not be the main body, but just a branch of the vine." Yao Shuang said.

"Did you see it?" Wen Guying asked.

"When I fell, I seemed to have cut something. The feeling was similar to the vine monster today. It should be a vine." Yao Shuang said: "But... if the Stone Dragon King is a branch of a branch vine, it can be cultivated into a great monster..."

"It's hard to say whether this is a vine monster or not," Wen Guying said, "Not long ago, I went to the secret realm of Xuanshui Mountain, and the body of the Stone Dragon King was still there."

Wen Guying took out two oil-paper packages and said, "The vines in here were brought back by Mr. Zou after he sent people to explore the secret passage. And this one," he pointed to another oil-paper package and said, "was broken off from the Stone Dragon King. Most of its original shape has turned to ash, but this section happened to be pressed under the Black Horn King, so it still looks like it."

Yao Shuang picked up the two vines and looked at them carefully. After a moment, she said, "You can try to use them to track the location of the main body. I'll give it a try."

"Thank you for your help then." Wen Guying said.

"That formation," Yao Shuang said after hesitating for a moment, "I need more time."

"How long?" Wen Guying asked.

"At least three months." Yao Shuang said.

Wen Guying said, "We will stay in Yashan County for three months at most."

"Then... dig a little?" Yao Shuang asked tentatively.

"If it really doesn't work, then we can only dig a road out," Wen Gu replied, "but before that, I still want to try not to destroy the original appearance of this place."

"Yes." Yao Shuang said, she lowered her head and said after a moment: "Then I will go back and continue to comprehend."

"Okay." Wen Guying said.

……

Li Chuan was floating in the ink, and he felt that his body and soul were stretched out in the ink. He hadn't slept so relaxed and thoroughly for a long time, and every inch of his body was awake. When he opened his eyes, the room was full of golden sunlight, and his heart was calm and clear.

He felt something beside his head, and when he turned his head, he saw that it was the Butterfly Spirit and the notebook. He remembered that he was going to try out the Butterfly Spirit today, so he put the two things away, then stood up and walked out.

As soon as he went out, he saw Wen Guying sitting in a corner of the courtyard, flipping through a book.

"Master Wen, are you up too?" Li Chuan greeted.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time," Wen Guying said after closing his mouth. He looked Li Chuan up and down and asked, "Did you sleep well last night?"

"It's fine, but I seem to have had a lot of dreams," Li Chuan tried to recall his dream last night, but he couldn't remember anything. He said, "I feel like my body is getting better too."

"Shall we go then?" Wen Guying asked.

"Okay, have you found a good place?" Li Chuan asked.

"Once we've found it, we'll go to Prince Su's palace. It's empty and deserted there now, so even if there's any movement, it can be easily covered up." Wen Guying said.

"Okay." Li Chuan said.

"There is a market not far over there. Let's go there to have breakfast, take a walk and then go to the palace." Wen Guying said.

"Sure." Li Chuan said.

When they arrived at the Gunlong Palace, it was almost noon. Li Chuan did not dare to delay any longer, so he found an open space and sat down to enter a mysterious state. However, until the sun set, he gained nothing except becoming more familiar with the current structure of the butterfly spirit.

He was not discouraged. He ate one more bowl of dinner, memorized two more pages of notes before going to bed, and after a deep sleep, he was dragged up by Wen Guying to go to the secret passage of the nunnery again.

(End of this chapter)