ninety thousand miles

Chapter 473 Game
"Go out for a walk?" Wen Guying asked Li Chuan.

"Okay," Li Chuan said, and got out of bed. Probably because he had enough sleep, he walked a few steps and felt relaxed for the first time.

He suddenly realized that Wen Guying had woken him up from his sleep and questioned him for so long that day, probably because he had heard what Yao Shuang said and had some doubts about him. After questioning, he discovered some problems with Yao Shuang, which led to the following events.

Pretty direct approach.

Li Chuan walked outside, the cold wind blew on his face, he shivered, and then looked up at the sky.

It's gloomy and looks like it's going to rain.

Then, he and Wen Guying walked out one after the other. The road was deserted, probably because they saw that it was going to rain and everyone was hiding in their houses.

After walking for a while, Li Chuan felt more open-minded. He broke the silence and asked, "How is Yang Shan?"

"I've recovered well. I'll be able to go hunting again next spring," Wen Guying said.

"That's good." Li Chuan said.

"Mr. Zou probably wants to recruit him." Wen Guying said.

"Be a spy?" Li Chuan asked.

"Maybe." Wen Guying replied, "Speaking of which, Yang Shan has nothing special except this experience."

"He is quite powerful. If it were me, I would definitely not dare to visit a nunnery again." Li Chuan said.

"So you may have guessed it right again." Wen Guying said.

"What did I guess right?" Li Chuan felt that the topic changed a little too quickly.

"During the whole incident, the only time the demon spirit took action was probably to kill the spy following Yang Shan, so that Yang Shan could enter the spire smoothly and then lead us in. Of course, the main purpose was to lead you in."

"Why? The high priest is not here?" Li Chuan asked.

"What if your cognition is also changed?" Wen Guying turned around and looked at Li Chuan: "What if that cone-shaped magic weapon is aimed at you?"

"Is that so?" Li Chuan was surprised.

"Yang Shan only has that little money. Qiu Hu was willing to wait outside for half a day. He is considered a trustworthy person. How could he kill a spy who obviously has an extraordinary background?" Wen Guying said.

"This..." Li Chuan didn't expect this. He said, "It could also be done by the people who were chasing him before."

"Then why did Qiu Hu leave Qingtan County? Wouldn't it be better to sell the information to the Monster Hunting Bureau?" Wen Guying said.

"Maybe he's dead?" Li Chuan said. He also realized something was wrong and said, "Since the evil spirit is here, then, isn't that spire her magic weapon? We are inside, she could have prevented us from leaving the spire, why didn't she do that? Instead, I saw her talking with the high priest, and she let Senior Sister Yao learn the sealing technique. In the end, we rescued Yang Shan..."

Wen Gu should say: "Not necessarily, 30,000 years have passed."

"What does it feel like to live a long time?" Li Chuan couldn't help asking, "You have lived for more than 200 years, and the old Palace Master has lived for more than 6,000 years. The Four Gods Palace more than 6,000 years ago should be completely different from now, right?"

"Very happy." Wen Guying said.

"I think so too." Li Chuan thought of another thing. "What if a person knew what would happen in 30,000 years, and he took action at some critical moments, such as the swordsman in official robes? Then... at this moment, when the demon spirit appeared, why didn't he make any move?"

"How do you know he didn't move?" Wen Guying asked.

"I always feel that if he can kill Tian Su with one sword, then... he should also have a way to kill the demon spirit and the high priest, right? Before, one was in the Heart Abyss, and the other was sleeping somewhere unknown, so they couldn't be killed, but now he can." Li Chuan said.

"The great catastrophe of heaven and earth is not just a catastrophe of killing. It will be considered over if enough people are killed." Wen Gu looked at Li Chuan and said, "I said you are too murderous. You just want to kill everything and be done with it."

"I am just worried that my every move, although seemingly my own decision, is actually manipulated by some force," said Li Chuan.

"No." Wen Guying said firmly. "Really?" Li Chuan was still unsure.

"I have some guesses, some of which I have discussed with the old palace master, and some of which I have only figured out in the past few days. Do you want to hear them?" Wen Guying asked.

"Of course," said Li Chuan.

At this time, the rain finally came down.

"Let's find a place to sit down and talk." Wen Guying said.

Afterwards, they found a restaurant, sat down, and ordered some side dishes and a pot of wine.

Soon the food and wine were served. One of the dishes, duck stewed with winter bamboo shoots, was very delicious. Li Chuan was hungry, so he ate most of the rice with the duck before looking up and asking, "Master Wen, what are your and the old palace master's guesses?"

Wen Guying did not eat the food, but only drank. He asked: "Why do you think the gods and demons lost?"

Li Chuan shook his head and said, "How would I know?"

"They easily controlled the world, so they looked down on everything in this world, and that's how the Nine Peaks True Immortal found an opportunity." Wen Guying said.

"After a failure, the High Priest of the Gods chose to let his clones reincarnate continuously for 30,000 years, hundreds of lifetimes. After the clones become one, he may be the one who understands this world best."

"That's right." Li Chuan said.

Wen Guying said: "He had such an understanding at the time, so the layout he made was not forced at all, but was in line with the general trend and approaching the 'opportunity' he saw."

"That's right." Li Chuan nodded.

"Therefore, what those who oppose him can do can also go against the general trend." Wen Guying said.

"What do you mean?" Li Chuan suddenly didn't understand.

Wen Guying said: "According to your idea, when the official swordsman pulled out the seed from the pillar of heaven, why didn't he just strangle him to death?"

"Why?" Li Chuan asked.

"The empress ascended the throne, the Frost Leaf Sect failed, the Black Horn King died, Xialin Village... Each of these events seemed to be predicted by someone, who was constantly cutting off the cause and effect. But in fact... it was just two great powers fighting in the air, competing in their understanding of the Tao."

"Who is the other powerful person?" Li Chuan asked.

"The ancient immortal Tian Su." Wen Guying answered.

"Him? What about the swordsman in official robes?" Li Chuan was still struggling with this point.

Wen Guying said: "How do you know that it's not Tiansu, or...Shenxia?"

"The hero? The hero killed Tiansu? He killed himself? Why?" Li Chuan was confused again.

“So, after the Xuanshui Mountain Incident, the hero responded.” Wen Guying said.

"So what is he doing now?" Li Chuan asked. After asking, he said, "Don't you think the sword energy of the official-robed swordsman is very familiar? Have you seen the hero?"

"No. So, this is just a guess, not a conclusion." Wen Guying said, "I have nothing to do today, I will teach you how to practice sword later."

"It's okay if it rains, right?" Li Chuan asked.

Wen Guying looked at him for a while and said, "I am a monk after all. It is not difficult for me to set up a ban to keep out the rain where you live."

(End of this chapter)