ninety thousand miles

Chapter 457 Sleeping
After arriving at the nunnery, Yao Shuang took out a black shovel. As her gestures changed, a breeze gradually arose and the light and shadows changed.

Li Chuan looked intently and felt that the formation had started to work.

Yao Shuang turned around and said to them, "You can go in now."

Li Chuan exited the state. At this time, Yao Shuang had already taken two steps forward. He asked: "Senior Sister Yao, can you control the formation?"

"No." Yao Shuang paused and said, "I just restarted the formation."

"so……"

When Li Chuan was about to follow, Yao Shuang further explained: "In the past twenty hours, I have been studying the formation diagram. I originally thought that with the hints you gave me, my understanding of the formation diagram could at least be deepened by one level, but it turned out to be the opposite. I must start from scratch to review all my understanding of the Demon Tribe's secrets."

"Why?" Li Chuan didn't quite understand.

Yao Shuang said: "Practicing is like a blind man touching an elephant. In the past, I didn't know the full picture of the object I was exploring, so I used my own understanding of the world to explain the secrets of the demons. Although there are many mistakes and omissions, I have summarized many practical rules and even improved and innovated some spells based on them."

"And you gave me the 'truth'. Even though it was only part of the 'truth', it has overturned all my previous cognition. Just reviewing the past will take me at least a month, and figuring out the operating rules will take another two months. At present, I can only keep the formation running at the minimum level."

Li Chuan was a little confused after listening to Yao Shuang's words. He asked, "Is this a good thing or a bad thing?"

"Of course it's a good thing." Wen Guying said.

"Yes. Moreover, I also have some guesses about the scriptures on the bamboo slips."

"What is it?" Li Chuan asked.

"Reciting scriptures in the scripture hall may help keep the secret realm below dormant," said Yao Shuang.

"Senior Sister Yao, how long can the formation last now?" Wen Guying asked.

Yao Shuang said: "Three days."

Wen Guying said: "Then let's go in now and get out before the formation stops."

"Okay." After Yao Shuang finished speaking, she walked towards the scripture chanting hall.

They still followed the same order as before and went down to the secret passage. This time, after they walked forward about three or four feet, Yao Shuang, who was walking in the front, stopped. She tilted her head, as if listening to something. After a moment, she pressed a few hand seals, then took a step toward the stone wall on the left, and then the figure disappeared.

Li Chuan raised his legs and planned to imitate Yao Shuang and walk into the stone wall. At this time, he heard Wen Guying ask him: "Can you see the road?"

Li Chuan understood what Wen Guying meant. He took out the butterfly spirit, which was holding a full moon. The light of the full moon shone on the stone wall. He focused and soon saw a thin black line hanging from the stone wall. His sight followed the thin line to the front, and he realized that it was this thin line that connected the secret passage and the pipeline.

Maybe last time he said he touched a fine line unconsciously.

He reached out to touch the thin wire, then he took a step forward and entered the pipe. As expected, Yao Shuang was standing in front waiting for them.

Li Chuan heard some noises, turned his head, and saw Wen Guying also walked in.

"So that's how it is." Wen Guying said.

"Master Wen, what did you find?" Li Chuan asked.

Wen Guying said: "Prince Su and his men dug this secret passage in order to find the door and get here."

"Door? That black line?" Li Chuan asked.

"In your eyes, is that a thin line?" Wen Guying asked.

Li Chuan said, "Yes, one end of it is here, and the other end is in the secret passage." He looked around and found that the pipeline was very quiet today. The ground no longer trembled, and the runes no longer lit up and dimmed. Just now in the secret passage, it seemed that the runes were not seen. Li Chuan asked the question: "Why can't I see the runes? Is it because the formation is running again?"

Wen Guying answered: "That's right."

"Keep going?" Yao Shuang asked.

"Let's go." Wen Guying said.

The pipe was still very damp. Li Chuan walked while using the butterfly spirit to illuminate the surroundings. The monster seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep.

Soon they arrived at the place where the figure disguised as vines appeared last time.

They didn't stop.

"Master Wen, I feel like some of this doesn't make sense," said Li Chuan.

"Where?" Wen Guying asked.

Li Chuan said, "It was Prince Su. He knew there was a secret place of demons under the nunnery, right? Then he had people occupy the nunnery, secretly dug a secret passage, and entered here. But why did he let the hunter's sister and another maid become nuns in the nunnery?"

"He may want to find a better way to open the 'door'. Before that, he also wants the secret realm to remain dormant." Yao Shuang replied, "In addition to my solution, the more direct way to open the 'door' just now is to sacrifice flesh, blood and soul."

Wen Guying added: "The evil cultivator invited by Mr. Zou probably used a similar method to open the secret passage."

Li Chuan was not too surprised. He asked, "But Lord Su should have had contact with the remnants of the demon clan, right? Is there no way to make peace with the remnants of the demon clan?"

"Maybe they have forgotten." Yao Shuang said.

Li Chuan recalled Yao Shuang's previous speculation about the Nine Peaks Immortal and sighed.

Wen Guying said: "When Prince Su was in Yashan County, he might have wanted to slowly explore the secret realm. Later, he was placed under house arrest, and the demon spirit was born. Although we still don't know what identity and how the demon spirit contacted his men, she obviously gained their trust..."

"Then..." Wen Guying stopped.

"Then... the evil spirit destroyed the formation and awakened the secret realm?" Li Chuan asked.

Wen Guying said: "I think so too."

"What about the unusual movements of monsters last year?" Li Chuan asked.

"Perhaps it was caused by the escape of special energy after the secret realm was forcibly awakened." Wen Guying said.

"After that, she got a device," Wen Guying turned and looked at the butterfly spirit in Li Chuan's hand, "and then there was the incident of the opera troupe coming to Beijing. The reason for this was to save Prince Su, but in reality they wanted to take you to..."

"Bring them here?" Li Chuan suddenly felt a chill running up his spine. He asked, "Is it a conspiracy of the demon spirits that the hunters are here? To lead us here?"

He finally fell into the trap and came here with the device?
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw another blue light flashing in front of him. He said, "Master Wen, there is something ahead."

He saw the butterfly spirit in his hand and suddenly felt the light of the full moon flickering.

"I don't think so." Wen Gu responded.

They continued to move forward, and soon, blue lights flashed again, and more and more. When they reached the end of the pipe, Li Chuan saw a spire floating in the air.

(End of this chapter)