ninety thousand miles

Chapter 541 Leaving Beijing
Sure enough, not long after they walked out of the calculation room, they saw Luo Xueli walking towards them on the avenue.

When they got closer, Luo Xueli stopped to wait for them to pass by, and then walked out with them. After sitting down in the private room, he also asked about Li Chuan's fight with the demon spirit. He said, "Master told me about your experience in Yashan County. I thought that if we can track the traces of the demon spirit, then our actions will have a plan."

Li Chuan had always thought so, so he recounted the details of his fight with the evil spirit from beginning to end, and did not stop until the shopkeeper knocked on the door and came in.

After the shopkeeper served the wine and food, he left.

When Li Chuan was about to continue speaking, his throat started to itch and he started coughing. He coughed for a long time before stopping. After stopping, he wanted to drink some water and saw Zhu Qingyun put the cup in front of him.

Luo Xueli glanced at Li Chuan and said, "You'd better rest in Beijing or in the Four Gods Palace for a month or two."

"It's okay. I take medicine every day and I'm much better now." Li Chuan said as he drank a few more sips of water and suppressed his cough. "I didn't cough for the past few days, but today, the symptoms may have reached this point. Tomorrow, the symptoms may change."

Luo Xueli did not persuade her any further.

After eating and drinking for a while, Zhu Qingyun asked Li Chuan: "The case file that Third Senior Brother sent just now said that the tiger monster was originally a monster from Xuanshui Mountain?"

"Yes, he is a demon general under the Black Horn King," Li Chuan recalled the experience in Xuanshui Mountain and said, "Maybe, we have even met him face to face."

"When did he join Prince Su?" Zhu Qingyun asked.

Li Chuan said: "He knew the Stone Dragon King before, so after the incident, he left Xuanshui Mountain and went to Prince Su immediately..." After saying this, he started coughing again.

After Li Chuan finished coughing, Bo Yiliang continued what he said before, "So before Prince Su returned to the capital, he knew that he might not be able to go back. Some of the monsters that escaped from Xuanshui Mountain went to the Spirit Fish King, and the other part followed the tiger monster to Nantang, occupying a mountain and settling down."

"Prince Su may want to cultivate a demon force that is loyal only to him. Yashan County borders Nantang, so it is easy to transport personnel and supplies there."

"Because of this, he is not restricted by the ban," said Li Chuan.

"That's right." Bo Yiliang nodded and said, "The tiger demon came to the capital to take Prince Su's eldest grandson out of the capital and take him to Nantang. That grandson happened to be in the Imperial Observatory that day."

Li Chuan was somewhat puzzled and asked, "Why is it in the Imperial Observatory?"

Bo Yiliang said: "The Great Jiang Dynasty is still named Su after all."

"Oh, so that's it." Li Chuan was not very interested in this.

At this time, Luo Xueli said, "I had nothing to do a few days ago, so I studied the dream of the stone man on the Shenxia Island. I saw some pictures from it and made some guesses."

"What did you see?" Li Chuan asked immediately.

Luo Xueli said: "I saw the path we walked on the Locust Mountain. Those two people also walked on it, the hero and the monk."

"Which cultivator do you think is the best among all the monks in the world?" Li Chuan asked.

Luo Xueli shook his head and said, "I have seen Monk Guan, but I don't think they are very similar." Then he added cautiously, "However, Monk Guan's experience in that life was different from this life, and this may be the reason."

He said: "I feel that those stone men, who keep repeating those actions, actually provide the Shenxia Temple with a perceptible point in time and space. The Shenxia Temple keeps going upstream, relying on the repeated actions of those stone men to determine its own position so as not to be annihilated in time and space."

"As for the methods that the Divine Heroes learned by imitating the stone man's movements... the stone man's movements may seem simple, but they contain profound Taoist meanings. It is normal for them to observe the stone man and figure out some simple applications from them."

"I feel like I need to go to the Temple of Heroes again," said Li Chuan.

Luo Xueli said: "You should not be able to enter now. None of us can enter. We have to wait for an opportunity."

"How long do we have to wait?" Li Chuan sighed. Luo Xueli replied, "The Temple of Heroes went upstream from the distant future. We don't know how long it has traveled through time, but its destination is certain."

Bo Yiliang said: "It is the moment when the hero is born and a temple is built at Qinshui Lake."

Luo Xueli nodded: "That is the end of the Shenxia Temple."

"Can we go back five hundred years?" Li Chuan was a little expectant.

Luo Xueli shook her head and said, "No, but I think the answer is hidden in the year when the hero was born. In the legend of the hero, that is the last thing the hero in the temple left for the world. When we find it, maybe the opportunity will appear."

"Yes, I'll go look for it now... Five hundred years is not a long time, at that time..." Li Chuan thought of something, and asked: "Brother Xueli, five hundred years ago, when the hero was born, you..."

Luo Xueli knew what Li Chuan was going to ask, and he said, "I was over 300 years old at that time."

"Did you discuss this matter with the Supervisor or the Xuanmen at that time? After all, it is a big deal for a true immortal to appear in the mortal world in disguise, right?" Li Chuan asked.

Luo Xueli said: "At that time, some monks did suspect that Tiansu had left a legacy in the Shenxia Temple, so they went to investigate, but after investigating, they found nothing, and gradually the matter was forgotten. If they had discovered the Shenxia Island at the time, it might have been a different story."

Bo Yiliang said: "With Tiansu's strength, he doesn't want people to notice the difference in the Temple of Divine Heroes. Even if they are both ancient immortals or true immortals, they won't be able to notice it."

"Lao Xiaokai might know something." Li Chuan thought of his old acquaintance, "I have to go ask him."

Afterwards, several people made many speculations about the Godly Temple, but they were all rejected one by one. After lunch, Li Chuan wanted to go to the fortune telling room to read, but Zhu Qingyun said, "Go back and lie down. You are coughing like this, and I can't do anything while I listen to you."

Li Chuan thought about this and said, "Then I'll go back."

"I'll give it to you?" Zhu Qingyun asked.

"No, it's just a few steps away." Li Chuan refused, "You go about your business, I'll come over tomorrow when I'm better."

After saying goodbye to the three people, Li Chuan slowly walked back to Sanyi Hutong in the sunshine.

The weather in Beijing is really nice.

Just in time for a nap.

When walking through the corridor, he heard the sound of flapping wings. Why are there birds? Gong Er has been used to transforming into a human recently. Thinking of this, he looked up and saw eight big swords flying in the air. Gong Er was hiding in the gaps between the swords, flapping his wings non-stop.

Still practicing sword.

Li Chuan looked for a while, yawned, and continued to walk towards the room he lived in. He lay down on the bed, covered with a quilt, and could still hear the sound of chickens and dogs jumping from time to time.

He closed his eyes and fell into a peaceful sleep.

After working in Beijing for a few days, Li Chuan recovered a lot of his energy.

The day before setting off for Yunqiao Township, Gong Wuguang hosted a banquet to formally entertain Li Chuan and his party, during which they discussed many esoteric matters.

The next day, Li Chuan boarded Jiang Mei's boat and arrived at Yunqiao Township before dusk.

(End of this chapter)