ninety thousand miles

Chapter 603 Arrest
"Where is the location?" Li Chuan asked.

The spiritual master replied: "In the Great Abyss, when the sun and the moon rotate, the first ray of sunlight rises from the Valley of Darkness, and the last trace of darkness disappears in the Great Abyss."

"Is that a lake?" Li Chuan asked.

"In the past, there were a group of lakes scattered all over the place, but now, there are only two lakes left, Dahe Lake and Xiaohe Lake," the spiritual master explained. "There are also some pools of water of different sizes. During the rainy season, they will connect into a lake, from which you can vaguely see what it used to look like."

"How far is Dahe from here? When do we set off tomorrow?" Li Chuan asked.

The spiritual master replied: "Youguan in Songdu can be directly passed through, which is similar to the teleportation array of Xuanmen."

"I understand," Li Chuan nodded and put forward his request, saying, "I want to participate in the sacrificial activities. Also, Sanqing River and Youxi Valley must be guarded by someone. These points have been raised before."

"Okay." The spiritual master agreed immediately. She said, "The tributary of the Sanqing River near the Dahe River..."

"The Feather Clan will guard it." Yu Chen said.

"Patriarch Xun has also agreed to help. One or two hundred of them can serve as guards," the spiritual master continued, "As for Youxi Valley, one of my clansmen will go there. If anything unusual happens there, we will receive the news immediately."

Li Chuan said, "The arrangement is very thoughtful. Then you can go and get busy, Spiritual Master. The White Night is coming soon, and you must have a lot of things to do."

"Then I'll go." The spiritual master was also very happy.

After the spiritual master left, Li Chuan walked to the table and poured himself a glass of water. After drinking two sips, he turned to look at Yu Chen and said, "Brother Yu Chen, how much do you know about the sacrifice that the spiritual master mentioned?"

"You know something," Yu Chen said, "The half-demon tribe holds two large-scale sacrifices every year. One is in the summer, which is held for the half-demon who awakened their bloodline that year, and the other is in the winter, after the first snow falls. Every tribe will send people, so every tribe knows the process of the sacrifice. The most core part of the ceremony, appeasing the dead souls and praying for the blessings of the ancestors, has always been the responsibility of the Ruiling tribe, and only they know it clearly."

"The Ruiling clan are the half-demons who inherited the bloodline of the Ruiling beast?" Li Chuan asked.

"Yes. Ruiling beasts should be some kind of special existence among the ancient monsters. But I don't know more about it." Yu Chen said. Then he asked: "What are your plans?"

"No, I just want to get this done first." Then, Li Chuan turned to Wen Guying and Jiang Mei and said, "Master Jiang, after the sacrifice begins tomorrow, can you keep an eye on the effect of the sacrifice to see if it really works?"

Jiang Mei said, "Of course. I have been studying some traditions of the half-demon tribe these days, and I think I have understood the principles of their sacrifices. When the time comes, I will see it with my own eyes, and I should understand it more or less."

"Then, Taoist Master Wen," Li Chuan said to Wen Guying, "If we accidentally startle something tomorrow, or if evil spirits come over, can you stop them?"

"Of course, I've been here so long that I'm almost growing hair," Wen Guying said.

"When the time comes, I will concentrate on looking for the ghost light. After finding it, I will need to collect them all in a container. Do you have a suitable magic weapon?" Li Chuan asked.

Jiang Mei took out a jade bottle and said, "Put it here. I have placed a restriction in it to target the characteristics of the ghost light."

Li Chuan took the jade bottle in his hand, looked at it, and put it into his Zuihong Ring. He said, "I might try to use the sound of the pot to look down and see what's underneath. And..."

Li Chuan looked at Yu Chen again and said, "Do you have a map of the Sanqing River and the layout of the underground secret passage?"

"As for the river channel, there is a part of it. As for the secret passage, I can draw everything I know for you." Yu Chen said cautiously.

"Thank you for your help." Li Chuan said.

After that, he thought hard and felt that he had thought of everything he could think of, so he said, "What else do you think we need to do?"

Reviewing the past should ask: "What happens after the night falls?"

"Wouldn't it be nice if it came?" Li Chuan said. Wen Guying shook his head and said, "No, we need to catch Bai Ye."

"How to catch it?" Li Chuan asked.

"Trap Bai Ye in the sound of your pot. Use your most powerful means to trap it, trap it for a moment, and then hand it over to me and Lao Jiang." Wen Guying said.

Li Chuan tried to understand and said, "Okay, I will pay attention to all changes at that time and try to catch the white night you mentioned."

"The demon spirit or Chi Lin must have noticed it by then." Wen Guying said.

When Li Chuan heard this, a string in his heart was tense. He quickly asked: "Then what? Are we going to Youxi Valley?"

"Maybe." Wen Guying said.

"What will happen?" Li Chuan did not give up.

"How do we know now?" Wen Guying touched the hilt of the Tianqi Sword and said, "The night is always there. We can't see it only because it is blocked. The appearance and continuation of the white night must have a reason and purpose. If we catch it, we will definitely touch upon something, some truth."

"When will Sect Leader Chu come?" Li Chuan asked, and then added, "Is he coming?"

"The old palace master asked Elder Li to come. He should have already been in the Cangwu Plain." Wen Guying said with his eyes lowered.

"Elder Li? Which one?" Li Chuan asked.

"The one who manages the medicine garden." Wen Guying said.

Li Chuan recalled some rumors about Elder Li. He asked, "Can he do this? Didn't you say that his cultivation was ordinary?"

Wen Guying smiled and said, "He is a cultivator of the same generation as the old palace master, and was even expelled from the Four Gods Palace for a period of time. He must have some skills if he has lived long enough."

"The old palace master asked him to come, which means that judging from the current situation, he is the most suitable one."

Li Chuan said: "Okay, it's better to have it than not to have it."

"What about my third brother and I? Should we go together or stay here?" asked Gong Er.

"Let's go together." Wen Guying said, "There are so many half-demons here, what are you afraid of?"

After everything was discussed, everyone started to prepare.

After Li Chuan returned to the house, he asked someone to send a lot of food over and put some of it into the Green Water Ring.

After eating and drinking, he looked at the Sanqing River Map and the secret passage map sent by Yu Chen for a while. After he was dazzled by the map, he took out the "Wen Jing", Ming Heng's notes, and Gong Wuguang's notes and looked through them.

Then he asked Lao Xiaokai to boil the medicine. After drinking it, he walked around before the daybreak. He walked until he was slightly sweating, then went back and went to bed early.

The next morning, when the dong dong sound just started, the spiritual master came to call them, and this time the Xun clan leader was also there. The spiritual master led them into the secret passage again and walked to the location of Youguan.

After passing through Youguan, a pool of emerald green water suddenly appeared in front of Li Chuan.

(End of this chapter)