ninety thousand miles

Chapter 501 Bubbles
The Buddhist beads slide one by one between the fingers.

The steady sound of chanting was like a rushing river, gentle yet firm, flowing between the formations and among the rocks.

Everything was quiet, only the sound of chanting could be heard.

"Let's go." Wen Guying said.

"Here," Jiang Bai pointed to the other side of the stone wall and said, "Go around from there and pass through a stone forest. There is a tunnel connected to the underground palace." He asked Yao Shuang, "Brother Jiang made some arrangements there before to isolate the exploration of that thing. Do you have a way to solve it?"

Yao Shuang said: "Yes, Senior Brother Jiang has already taught me the method."

"Let's go," Jiang Bai said, and led the way forward.

They moved quickly among the mountains and forests.

The chanting became louder and louder.

Li Chuan followed the rhythm of the chanting and walked forward step by step. The ups and downs of the tone had an impact on every plant and tree in this secret place.

Li Chuan couldn't help but touch the Tianyin pot in his hand.

The sound faded away until they walked out of the stone forest.

"Master Xuanyin from Mount Xumi once told me a secret of Buddhism." Yao Shuang said.

"Master Xuanyin? I heard that he hasn't come out for a long time." Wen Guying said.

Yao Shuang: "Yes, it happened eight hundred years ago. I suddenly remembered it when I was listening to Master Wukong chanting."

"What did he say?" Wen Guying asked.

Yao Shuang said: "We happened to talk about the catastrophe of gods and demons, and he said that the Buddhist sect that survived the catastrophe might not be the only one in Mount Xumi. So I asked him why he said that, and he told me that a thousand years ago, a Buddhist cultivator ascended to heaven, but that Buddhist cultivator was not from Mount Xumi. So he speculated that after the catastrophe, there were other Buddhist traditions that were passed down."

"Which Buddhist practitioner is it?" Wen Guying asked.

Yao Shuang said: "He said he didn't know either."

"Do you think they are descendants of the demon clan?" Wen Guying asked.

Yao Shuang said: "I listened to Master Wukong reciting the sutra and felt the Taoist meaning contained in it. The person who wrote that sutra is very likely to have ascended to heaven."

"Then Master Wukong, is it possible for him to become an immortal?" Li Chuan asked.

"Impossible." Yao Shuang said flatly.

"Not necessarily." Wen Guying said, "It is possible for mortals to ascend to immortality in one step. Master Wukong was able to understand the use of the scriptures and even integrate them into stick techniques, which proves that he has the ability to understand this path. Although his temperament is not suitable for Xuanmen, it cannot be killed with a single stick."

"The catastrophe has begun. Everything cannot be explained by common sense. Moreover..." Wen Guying glanced in the direction of the formation. "He can still sit in the formation at this time, which is better than many people in the Xuanmen."

"Moreover... even if he cannot ascend, with him here, the scripture may continue to be passed down."

"Master Wukong will definitely be able to do it." said Li Chuan.

"Yes." Wen Guying did not refute him, and began to answer his previous doubts, "If we destroy the stone platform directly... the stone platform has been immortal for 30,000 years, and it cannot be destroyed by ordinary means. Moreover, I am worried that our methods are too drastic and may awaken something."

"what?"

Wen Guying said: "For example, the energy contained in it, or something like that."

"There seems to be no stone platform in Yanqing Mountain." Li Chuan's thoughts jumped to another place.

"No, but... it's hard to say now." Wen Guying said: "The stone platform in Heyuan Town can be revealed because Prince Su used the flesh and blood of thousands of demons and soldiers of the Great Jiang Dynasty to awaken it." Li Chuan also remembered what he witnessed in Heyuan Town. He said: "The demon spirit awakened the spire, and many people died."

"So, let's go and take a look at what the ferry looks like before making any other plans," Wen Guying said.

As they were talking, they walked out of the stone forest and found the entrance to the tunnel that Jiang Bai had mentioned.

Yao Shuang walked forward and cast a series of spells. Then she used the black shovel to dig at the entrance. A dull thumping sound was heard from inside, and then the sealed entrance reappeared in front of Li Chuan and the others.

Li Chuan was about to move forward, but Yao Shuang waved her hand behind her. She put her palm against the edge of the entrance, as if feeling something. After a moment, she lowered her hand, took a step back, turned around and said, "I know how to get through. Come over here."

After hearing what she meant, Jiang Bai asked, "Aren't we going this way?"

Yao Shuang replied: "Well, I'll dig directly there, it's more hidden."

After seeing Li Chuan and Wen Guying both standing over, Jiang Bai didn't say anything else and quickly moved over.

Afterwards, Yao Shuang turned the black shovel in her hand, and the next moment, Li Chuan found that he was standing in Yao Shuang's shelter again. This time was different from the last time, the surroundings were transparent.

Like a transparent bubble.

Li Chuan lowered his head and looked at his feet, and found that he seemed to be stepping on a thin layer of red light.

"Ouch……"

When Li Chuan heard Jiang Bai's shouting, he looked up and saw Wen Guying holding Jiang Bai back to prevent him from falling.

So Li Chuan didn't dare to move.

Wen Guying waved his hand forward, and several cushions appeared beside them. He said, "Just sit on them."

After Li Chuan and Jiang Bai sat down, Wen Guying said, "Senior Sister Yao made this arrangement to make it easier for us to observe the surrounding situation."

"Oh, so that's how it is." Li Chuan looked around and asked, "Where's Senior Sister Yao? Why isn't she here?"

Wen Guying pointed upward and said, "It's right up there."

Li Chuan raised his head and saw Yao Shuang floating at the highest point of the bubble, with the black shovel surrounding her, constantly changing its shape.

Jiang Bai exclaimed in admiration, "This move is amazing."

Wen Gu should say: "You are also..."

Jiang Bai showed no shame on his face and said, "I am not. Master Wen, please take care of me. When you take care of Li Chuan, take me with you."

"Okay, okay, okay." Wen Gu agreed.

"Are we drilling downwards now?" Li Chuan asked, observing the surrounding environment.

"We are about to enter the underground palace." Yao Shuang's voice rang in their ears. She said, "There is a place ahead that cannot be bypassed. It may be the dark place that Daoist Jiang mentioned. I plan to dig through it."

Wen Guying said: "Sister Yao, please do your best."

"Okay." Yao Shuang said.

Li Chuan felt that the bubble was getting faster and started to shake. He thought about it and took out the butterfly spirit. When the full moon emerged from the butterfly spirit's abdomen, he concentrated his mind and entered a mysterious state, and then began to observe everything outside the transparent bubble.

He saw the bubbles slowly sinking into the endless darkness. Some gray, sticky shadows fell into the bubbles.

(End of this chapter)