ninety thousand miles

Chapter 544: Severity
Yao Shuang turned around and walked out. When she was almost at the door, she suddenly turned around and said to Liu Yang, "Junior Brother Liu, you continue to follow Fellow Daoist Li. Wait until they set out for Cangwu Wilderness before you leave."

"I understand." Liu Yang said.

Yao Shuang nodded, and the next moment her figure disappeared.

"Aren't you going to Cangwu Wilderness with us?" Li Chuan asked Liu Yang.

Liu Yang shook his head and said, "My skills are too poor. If I go, I will only be a burden to you. I'd better not go."

"Go if you want to." Jiang Mei said.

Liu Yang shook his head again and said, "No, if possible, I would like to follow the Imperial Observatory to fight monsters and meet those big monsters."

"Okay," Li Chuan thought this was a good idea. He said, "The Supervisor will be very happy to know that you want to participate in the extermination of the demons." After that, he yawned and looked at the sky. It was already getting light. He said, "Let's all go to rest first. We can talk about other things tomorrow."

"I want to sleep in the cave." said Gong Er.

"It's up to you." Li Chuan said.

After that, they each found a place to rest.

Li Chuan slept until noon.

After getting up, he walked out and found that no one was home. He walked around the house and found that his house looked the same, but in fact it had been renovated. Many leaks had been repaired, and the materials of the walls and pillars had probably been replaced, making it much stronger.

so good.

Just as I was thinking this, the backyard suddenly became lively.

Gong Er's voice came in, "When the spiritual plants inside grow, we can raise some spiritual beasts and put some treasures in it. Isn't this a secret realm?"

"I'll try to plant the seeds today." said Pang San.

"I can try to tame a spirit beast." Tong Luo said, "When spring comes, I will go to the places that Daoist Jiang told me about and see if I can catch a spirit beast."

"Shall I put some weapons in there? There happens to be an empty weapon rack inside." Blacksmith Cen's voice rang out, "I also want to try and see if I can make a real magic weapon."

It turns out that they all went to visit his cave.

Thinking this, Li Chuan walked to the backyard, and sure enough, he saw Tong Luo and Blacksmith Cen standing beside the grape trellis. Then Wu Kong also came out carrying Jiang Bai.

Seeing Li Chuan coming out, Cen the blacksmith said, "You finally woke up. This morning, as soon as I opened my eyes, I heard a knock on the door. I wondered who it was or what had happened, so I quickly got up and saw that it was your second brother."

"He urged us to hurry all the way, and you were still sleeping when we arrived. I said I wanted to wake you up, but they tried to stop me, saying that you were not feeling well and slept late last night, so they wanted you to get some more sleep."

"Since we haven't gotten together for a long time, I asked him to call you," said Li Chuan.

"Come to my house for dinner? And chat while we eat?" Tong Luo said.

"Let's go." Li Chuan said, then realized that Jiang Mei and Liu Yang were not there, so he asked: "Where are Master Jiang and Master Liu?"

Pang San said: "They left early in the morning and said they were just going to walk around and asked us to leave them alone."

"Let's go," said Li Chuan.

The group headed towards Tong Luo's residence. As they approached, they could smell the aroma of cooking. Li Chuan said, "Thank you for your hard work, Second Mother." Then, thinking of the Scorpion Spirit, he asked, "How is Jia Hui?"

"He's fine now. He might have been frightened. He didn't cry or make a fuss for a few days. My second mother and I were very worried, but then Lord Luo from the Imperial Observatory came and he got better after he checked. He can roll over now. He used to roll from one side to the other and back again on the bed every day. Yesterday, I didn't keep an eye on him and he almost rolled to the ground." Tong Luo talked more when he talked about his son.

Tong Luo led them to the main room, where the tables, chairs and tableware had already been set out.

After they sat down, Zhuo Erniang brought out the wine and food. She said, "I just found out you were back this morning, so I prepared it in a hurry. Just eat a little."

Li Chuan hurriedly invited Zhuo Er Niang to sit down and eat together.

Zhuo Er Niang refused and said, "I'll go see if Ah Tu has woken up. There are still a few dishes, I'll cook them later." After saying that, she went inside.

After eating a few bites, Cen the blacksmith asked about Li Chuanwukong and Brother Jiang's experiences these days. He asked: "Where did you go this time? How come one of the three of you is sick, one is injured, and the other one..." He stretched out his hand and said: "Only one hand is left?"

Jiang Bai said: "Who said I only have my hands left? Brother Li will give them to me in a few days, and I'll be a brave man again!"

"That's not bad," said Cen the blacksmith, "Did you kill the python monster in Yuanjiao Forest?"

"Yes, that man and woman wanted to plot against me, so I had no choice but to use the Qing Sect's secret technique. However, my current situation has nothing to do with the python demon. I was harmed by a very powerful cultivator." Jiang Bai said.

"How powerful is it?" asked Blacksmith Cen.

"The kind that almost ascended to heaven." Jiang Bai said.

"Luckily, Brother Jiang risked his life to save me and everyone else." Li Chuan said to Jiang Bai, "I'll have a drink with you after I fix you up."

Jiang Bai seemed a little embarrassed when he heard Li Chuan say that. He said, "Don't drink today. Take care of your body."

Tong Luo heard this and said, "How about we drink it next time?"

"Just one or two cups, it's okay." Li Chuan said.

Master Wukong also said, "It's okay, I will go back to Chongfu Temple later."

As they chatted, they talked about Lanshan Pavilion's extermination of demons. Cen the blacksmith said, "I am also involved this time. I originally just sent some swords over, and then Mr. Chang found out and invited me over to talk."

"What did he say to you?" Li Chuan asked.

"Well, this is a long story," said Cen the blacksmith after taking a sip of wine. "He was very polite to me, thanked me for making him a knife, and then asked me some questions about the local area."

"I got tired of listening to you, so I told him to speak frankly. He then told me that after he came here, the governor of Wu County secretly put a lot of obstacles in his way. The fight with Lanshan Pavilion lasted so long because of this. So he wanted to find someone local to ask about the situation."

"I told him I didn't understand these things, and he didn't say anything, but just asked me to make more weapons. So I didn't want to give him the cold shoulder, so I mentioned Liu Canjun to him. He immediately remembered it."

"Later, he went to see General Liu and learned that those demon catchers, the ones who were paying homage to Senior Sun, were making trouble because they couldn't get the reward. Fortunately, they were discovered in time and no disaster occurred."

"Is it also because of Magistrate Wu?" Li Chuan asked.

"That should be it." Cen the blacksmith said, "I originally thought that Magistrate Wu was not bad. At least he was willing to go to the fields in the county and understand the people's sentiments. I didn't expect that he would be so careless in the matter of exterminating the monster."

(End of this chapter)