ninety thousand miles

Chapter 488 Irritability
Li Chuan looked in the direction Wukong pointed, but could not see anything in the blur. He thought it was a problem with his eyesight. When he followed Wukong closer, he only saw a small patch of bare bushes.

He turned his head to look at Wukong and found that Wukong's expression was more confused than his.

Wukong said, "It's right here." He pointed to a short tree in front and said, "Yes, it's here. There should be a stone platform. It's about as high as my calf, slanted, and the runes on it are constantly changing, like a worm crawling..." He looked around and said with a more certain tone, "It's here, am I right?"

"It's here." said Yao Shuang.

"Did you see it?" Wukong asked.

At this time, Li Chuan found an opportunity to introduce Yao Shuang's identity to Wukong. He said, "Master Wukong, this is Taoist Priest Yao from Xuanyue Sect. She is proficient in the rune seals of the gods and demons."

Yao Shuang said, "I feel that there is something hidden here. It will take special means to reveal it." As she spoke, a black shovel appeared in her hand. She said, "I'll try to see if I can dig it out."

"Wait a minute," Wen Guying stopped Yao Shuang's action. He turned to Wukong and asked, "When you found the stone platform before, did anything special happen? And did you do anything special?"

Wukong thought about it carefully and said, "I read the scriptures here several times."

When reviewing something, you should say, "Try to read it a few more times."

"Now?" Wukong hesitated, "Will it affect anything?"

Wen Guying said: "No, Senior Sister Yao has temporarily isolated this place from the outside world."

"Okay," Wukong nodded, closed his eyes, bowed his head, clasped his hands together, and began to chant.

Li Chuan carefully felt the changes in Wukong's tone and rhythm. He gradually felt that something seemed to be opened. Then he saw a stone platform appearing not far ahead, as if it had always been there and had just been noticed.

Wukong recited the scripture again and opened his eyes. He saw the stone platform in front of him and said, "Yes, this is it. I thought it had always been here. The tree just now..." He saw the short tree from before and said, "The tree is here too. What is going on?"

"I'll go take a look." Yao Shuang said, and then walked to the side of the stone platform and squatted down. Not long after, Wen Guying also walked over. The two of them quietly studied the stone platform.

Li Chuan took a look and didn't see what was going on, so he walked back to Wukong, found a place to sit down, and asked, "Why did you think of chanting here?"

Wukong also sat down and said, "It was an accident."

"Tell me in detail, there may be clues inside." Li Chuan said.

Wukong then talked about his previous experience. He said: "After I entered the Qinling Mountains from the north, I felt particularly depressed. If things didn't go well, I would feel very upset."

"Are you annoyed?" Li Chuan asked.

Wukong replied: "Yes, I can only recite the sutras silently in my heart to suppress this nameless fire. I see that other people seem to be doing the same."

"Who did you come with?" Li Chuan asked.

Wukong said, "They were a few demon hunters who were planning to go to Qingtan County. They had known each other for a short time and had no conflicts. After entering Qinling, there were only some minor frictions at first, or even minor frictions, just some misunderstandings. I tried to persuade them in various ways, and most of the time, I was able to persuade them."

Li Chuan said: "It seems that the Monster Hunting Division has not received such news."

"Maybe it's normal for monster hunters to have conflicts with each other." Wukong said.

Li Chuan felt that this was not the reason, but he did not dwell on it. He asked, "What happened next?"

"Later, when we walked into the pine forest, they started arguing again. I was inexplicably irritated at the time. After I tried to persuade them, they refused to listen, so I walked away. Not long after, I felt that I should go back and take a look, but then I heard the sound of water. I hesitated, walked a few steps along the sound of water, and saw this stream." "After washing my face with stream water, I finally calmed down. I realized something was wrong and ran back. Sure enough, they had already started fighting. I was afraid that someone would die, so I tried to separate them. However, in the melee, I became more and more irritated and gradually lost my mind. I just wanted to kill the other party."

"I subconsciously recited a scripture, and then my mind suddenly came to its senses. Then I led them to the stream while reciting the scripture in my mind, and then threw them into the stream one by one, and then recited the scripture to them three times."

Master Wukong said: "After that, I turned around and saw the stone platform. I really thought it had always been there."

"What did you do after that?" Wen Guying turned around and walked over.

"I guessed that this stone platform might be a clue. So after walking away, I found an excuse to separate from them, came back to investigate, and then used the method of the Demon Hunting Division to leave a message." Wukong asked: "Did you receive the message?"

Li Chuan said: "Received."

Wen Gu should ask: "After walking away? How long did it take?"

Wukong replied: "One day."

"Was the stone platform still there at that time?" Wen Guying asked.

Wukong said: "It's still there, and I felt that the runes on the stone platform seemed to point to a certain direction, so I walked in that direction alone."

Wen Guying nodded. Just as he was about to ask again, Yao Shuang came back from the stone platform and said, "It is indeed very similar to the stone platform in Heyuan Town."

"Do you think it was made by the Stone Dragon King?" Wen Guying asked.

Yao Shuang shook her head and said, "The seal around the stone platform is very strange. Although it is effective, I feel that the person who set it up did not understand it. I don't know where he got such a method from, and then set it up here as it is."

"Can this work?" Li Chuan was surprised.

"Yes, because the person who arranged it may have power from the same source as it. So after it is almost arranged, use the power from the same source to activate it. It can make corrections and supplements to a certain extent on its own." Yao Shuang replied.

She said: "As for the stone platform, I think it is more like a part of the stone platform in Heyuan Town. They just took a part of it and placed it here instead of refining an identical piece."

"Why? Just to make a portal?" Li Chuan asked.

Yao Shuang shook her head again and said, "No, the stone platform in Heyuan Town has a very large space underneath. But this stone platform... is only used for teleportation..."

Her voice gradually became quieter and she began to ponder.

Li Chuan didn't get an answer, so he looked at Wen Guying and asked, "Master Wen, do you have any other findings?"

Wen Guying shook his head and said, "No."

"Could it be the secret realm of Qinling Mountains underneath it?" Li Chuan asked.

Wen Guying said, "Sister Yao, can you dig out the stone platform?"

"You can give it a try." Yao Shuang raised the black shovel, eager to try.

(End of this chapter)