ninety thousand miles

Chapter 604: Great Ravine
"This is Dahe Lake." The spiritual master walked forward a few steps.

Not far away, some half-demons from the Xun and Yu tribes were stacking stones into special shapes.

There was a chill in the lake.

A dark shadow passed quickly across his field of vision, and with a splash, a female demon with a fish tail and a human body emerged from the water. Li Chuan looked away.

The banshee was pale and slender, the scales of her fishtail gleaming in the light of the lake.

"She is the half-demon from the Ruoshui tribe." The spiritual master introduced.

"Oh oh." Li Chuan was absent-minded.

With a splash, the banshee sank into the water again.

"The sacrifice starts at 3 p.m. and ends after sunset. After that, you will begin to dispel the white night." The spiritual master talked about today's arrangements.

"What can we do now?" Li Chuan asked.

The spiritual master looked back at him and said, "Don't you want to know the secret of the half-demon sacrifice?"

"This..." Li Chuan was a little embarrassed.

The spiritual master stopped and said, "You can move around as you like, just don't interfere with our work. If you have any questions, just ask me directly."

"Thank you, Master." Li Chuan thanked him and looked around, then said, "Master, you go and do your work. We will take a walk along the lake."

"Okay." The spiritual master pointed ahead and said, "Keep going and you will reach Xiaohe Lake. If you feel bored, you can also walk over there."

"Well, okay." Li Chuan said.

After the spiritual master left, Li Chuan and his companions walked along the lake.

The sky was blue, the water was green, it was still winter, the ground was bare, walking by the lake was like walking between the sky and the water. Some ethereal singing came from afar, Li Chuan looked in the direction of the singing, there were more than a dozen female demons of the Ruoshui tribe there, gathering or dispersing with the singing and the ups and downs of the lake, swaying like ghosts
"These banshees are really good." Lao Xiaokai said in a low voice.

Li Chuan looked at him.

Lao Xiaokai said, "Catch a few and sell them to the capital. They will surely fetch a large sum of money."

"Keep your voice down." Li Chuan warned him, "Didn't you say you've turned over a new leaf? Why are you still thinking about evil things?"

"I just said it, and I won't say any more." Lao said with a smile.

"People from the Ruoshui Tribe, Yu Tribe, and Xun Tribe have all come." Wen Guying interrupted the whispers between Li Chuan and Lao Xiaokai, "Only the Xi Tribe has not come."

"Five tribes, it's good that four tribes are here." Li Chuan asked: "Did you see anything?"

Wen Guying looked at Jiang Mei, who shook her head and said, "They are building the altar, and nothing else can be seen."

"Has Elder Li arrived?" Li Chuan asked Wen Guying.

Wen Guying said, "He's nearby." He saw that Li Chuan was uneasy, so he said, "I've never been to Dahe before, and I didn't expect the scenery to be so beautiful. Let's go to Xiaohe Lake. I see there seem to be a lot of fish swimming in the lake. We're tired, so let's find a place to sit down, catch a few big fish, and make soup."

"Okay." Li Chuan said, "I've got the pot with me."

"It's up to you." Wen Guying said.

They walked slowly until noon when they reached the edge of Xiaohe Lake. Under the midday sun, the lake water had a warmer color.

"I'll go fishing?" Lao Xiaokai volunteered.

"Let me do it?" said Pang San.

"Let the two Taoist priests do the work, and we can take a break." Li Chuan was a little tired, so he found a place to sit down and took out his pot. "I'll do it." Wen Guying said, and was about to draw his sword to chop the lake. Jiang Mei stopped him and said, "You're making too much noise, go sit down, light a fire or something, don't make trouble."

So Wen Guying sat down with Li Chuan, Lao Xiaokai and the two little demons in a sullen manner.

He found a few stones, built a stove, and threw something into it, and the fire started. Then he asked Li Chuan: "What are you worried about?"

"I'm not worried about anything, I just feel uncertain," Li Chuan said. He looked at the small lake in front of him, and saw several fish jumping out of the water one after another and jumping in front of Jiang Mei.

"You weren't this scared before." Wen Guying said.

"I've always been scared," Li Chuan retorted immediately, and then he said: "Before facing such a situation, I had some confidence in my heart, but this time, the more I know, the less confident I am. And... what I know is too similar to the methods of the Gods. Even the butterfly spirits and the keys inside are all things of the Gods. I used to think that I could solve any problem if I was ruthless and avoided the surge with my eyes, but now it's not possible."

"I should stay in Xuanshui Mountain for a while longer."

At this time, Jiang Mei had returned with the killed fish. He handed the fish to Li Chuan and said, "You do it."

Li Chuan took the fish and processed it skillfully. "But it's already this late, let's just do it." He put the fish in the pan and fried it, saying, "If the demon comes, I will definitely catch her this time."

"Yes." Wen Guying said.

After the fish was cooked, Wen Guying brought out some wine, and they began to eat and drink. After they were full, Li Chuan took out Gong Wuguang's notes while basking in the sun.

"Let me see it." Jiang Mei said.

"Here." Li Chuan handed it over.

Jiang Mei quickly flipped through it, and he pondered for a while, then said, "Gu Ying, you take this one."

So Wen Guying walked over to Jiang Mei to look at the page he had turned to, "Gong Wuguang really turned the Cangwu Wilderness over completely."

"Do you understand?" Li Chuan asked.

"Didn't he write it all? There is a big formation underground, and the center of the formation is Songdu, but he didn't find Songdu." Wen Guying said.

"It would be great if the supervisor was here. We should have invited him here." Li Chuan was a little annoyed.

"That may not be the case." Wen Guying flipped through his notes and said, "He wrote so obscurely. He must have had some unpleasant experiences with many half-demons in the Cangwu wilderness."

"If the center of the formation is Songdu, then the Dahe area..." Wen Guying also began to think about it. He said, "Spiritual Master is right. This is the location corresponding to Youxi Valley."

"What does this represent?" Li Chuan asked.

"Give me the picture Yu Chen gave you." Wen Guying said.

Li Chuan took out the maps of Sanqing River and the secret passage and handed them to Wen Guying.

Wen Guying and Jiang Mei held them and compared them slowly. Before they knew it, the sun began to set.

"Should we go back?" Li Chuan interrupted them.

"Wait a moment." Wen Guying said. He looked up and looked ahead for a while, then said, "Youxi Valley is right there."

"Where?" Li Chuan asked.

Wen Guying pointed in a direction, and Li Chuan looked over there, only to see the sky and water blending together.

He said, “What did you find?”

Wen Guying replied: "It is still the same formation. It may have existed longer than we previously guessed."

(End of this chapter)