ninety thousand miles

Chapter 537 The way forward
At this time, a bailiff came in, cleared the table and served tea.

After the bailiff left, Gong Wuguang said, "Tell me everything that happened in Yashan County, from the time you entered Yashan County until you left. The more detailed the better."

"Okay, let me think about it..." After thinking for a while, Li Chuan carefully recounted what he had experienced.

As he was talking, he would suddenly remember the details he had forgotten before, and he would add them and explain a few more sentences. The whole story sounded disorganized, even a little confusing. But Gong Wuguang just listened carefully, and only said, "It's not easy" after Li Chuan finished speaking.

Li Chuan's mouth was dry as he spoke, so he picked up the cup, drank it in one gulp, and poured another cup. Then he said, "I felt okay at that time. I just felt that one enemy appeared and I pressed it, and then another enemy appeared, including the evil spirit Yanyunke, Jiang Lei, and Weng Xian. I didn't have time to be afraid then, but now I feel scared afterwards."

"Will you go to the Cangwu wilderness after the spring?" Gong Wuguang asked.

"That's about right," Li Chuan smiled bitterly, "I don't know what I'll encounter next."

"The climate in Cangwu Wilderness is unpredictable, with strong winds and heavy snow from time to time. Even in spring, it will take a long time for the snow to melt," Gong Wuguang obviously knew Cangwu Wilderness very well. He said, "I have a few volumes of books about Cangwu Wilderness here. I'll find them for you. You can read them when you have time. It's always a good idea to be more prepared."

Li Chuan said: "Thank you, Supervisor. I thought so too."

Gong Wuguang asked: "You came to see me as soon as you returned to Beijing. Is there anything you need from me?"

"No," Li Chuan denied it first, then he said, "I thought that I would have to report on my work at the end of the year, and then when I was in Yashan County, I was lucky to have Lord Tang and Mr. Zou from the general's side..."

Gong Wuguang listened to Li Chuan's incoherent words, but just listened quietly without interrupting him.

"When I left, I told them some things about the secret realm, but not everything. Also, this matter was related to the case of Prince Su, so there must be an explanation, so I have to come back and explain the whole thing clearly." Li Chuan paused, licked his lips, and asked: "Supervisor, Mingheng...you once said that Mingheng climbed a mountain the day before he left. Which mountain did he climb?"

Gong Wuguang answered this irrelevant question and said, "Lutai Mountain. He heard that there was a monster eating people in Lutai Mountain, so he went up the mountain to catch the monster."

"Did you catch it?" Li Chuan asked.

"We caught it. It was a white deer monster. After we got back, we ate the deer meat and three bowls of rice," said Gong Wuguang.

"That's great." Li Chuan said. He paused and said, "I can understand his notes a little bit now."

Gong Wuguang nodded.

Li Chuan took another sip of tea and said, "The old palace master and the other two heads have taken this matter very seriously. I think they have done their best in all the arrangements for this matter. But I always have a feeling that something is not right, but I can't tell what's wrong. If I could tell it, I would tell it directly, but now I feel like I don't know who to talk to, and I don't know where to start."

"But I felt a sense of urgency in my heart. I had to do something," Li Chuan said, expressing his confusion these days. "So I thought about what I could do. Because... the life span of a cultivator is very long, and that of an immortal or a true immortal is even longer. To put it nicely, Xuanmen's current actions are to collect more information. To put it bluntly, they are very passive. It can't be said to be passive, but they are just to guard against the possible means of Wengxian Demon Spirit."

"I understand that they are also dormant, accumulating strength, and waiting for a certain opportunity to appear. For example, when the Weng Immortal appears in the Heavenly Pillar and draws all the spiritual energy in the world, they put all their strength into it at once. I think that is right, but how many years will it take to wait?" Li Chuan said: "I just have a sense of urgency that comes from nowhere. I must do something."

"Have you thought it through?" Gong Wuguang asked.

"Yeah." So Li Chuan repeated the idea he had just shared with the little mouse.

"Climb the Heavenly Pillar, repair the Locust Mountain, ascend to the Immortal Realm, and then reach the Ninety Thousand Miles." Gong Wuguang summarized. "Yes." Li Chuan said.

"Then why don't you do this?" Gong Wuguang asked.

"It's a bit vague." Li Chuan said, and then he said: "I thought that after Cangwu Zhiye comes back, I will slowly start to make some preparations, such as memorizing Mingheng's notes first, and familiarizing myself with the several pictures in the "Wen Jing"..."

"Your path is clearly laid out before you," Gong Wuguang interrupted Li Chuan and said, "What you should think about is how to proceed."

"Is that so?" Li Chuan was still a little uncertain.

"Yes." Gong Wuguang said affirmatively, and then he said: "Regarding the matter of Weng Xian, I agree with you. The difference in strength between cultivators and immortals is not just the difference in power, but the world they see is completely different. After crossing the heavenly tribulation, ordinary immortals will become an existence out of reach for cultivators, let alone true immortals."

“Only when you reach the same realm can you understand what changes are happening in this world, in the immortal world, in the mortal world, and even in the abyss of the heart.”

"I understand." Li Chuan said, "I will go on." Then his thoughts started jumping again, and he asked: "Jian Zheng, do you think I can bring more people?"

"What do we need to bring more people for?" Gong Wuguang asked.

"Climbing the Locust Mountain?" Li Chuan said.

Gong Wuguang looked at him, speechless for a moment.

Li Chuan thought his idea was feasible. He said, "Now that the pillar of heaven has been repaired, perhaps many people can climb up..." He recalled the light of the pillar of heaven and said, "Maybe I can show them the way? And there is also the Locust Mountain. I still have some ideas on how to find the way..."

"Do you want to create a group of immortals like this?" Gong Wuguang asked.

"Do you think it's possible?" Li Chuan asked. After asking, he thought of something else and said, "Is it different from ascending to heaven if you become an immortal in this way? Could it be a pseudo-immortal, that is, it is particularly fragile when fighting? Next time I see Immortal Yun Yi, I must remember to ask him this..."

"It's hard to say whether it's feasible, but this journey must be extremely dangerous," said Gong Wuguang.

"That's right," Li Chuan said, "Let's talk about it after I come back from Cangwu Wilderness. Anyway, I will definitely go."

After he finished speaking, Li Chuan looked out the window and found that it was already dark. He said goodbye to Gong Wuguang and said, "Jian Zheng, I'm going back now. I'll come back tomorrow."

"Go ahead. I won't see you off. Do you know the way?" Gong Wuguang asked.

"I recognize it, of course I recognize it." Li Chuan smiled foolishly.

After walking out of the Imperial Observatory, the moonlight was everywhere.

(End of this chapter)