ninety thousand miles

Chapter 658 Rest
Li Chuan squatted down and observed the leaves carefully. They looked no different from ordinary leaves. He raised his head, glanced at the rising sun, and concentrated.

The leaves disintegrated in his eyes.

Gradually, he felt the dots and lines in his eyes begin to shake, and he was about to sink...

"ah……"

Li Chuan came to his senses and found that he was being pulled up.

"Thank you." He thanked Wen Guying.

"Be careful." Wen Guying said, and did the same action in his dream - he threw a branch into the spring.

The branches melted.

"It's still poisonous." said Li Chuan.

"Yeah." Wen Gu responded with a hum.

"The leaves haven't melted." Li Chuan said. He wondered, "Why did Chi Lin leave a few leaves here instead of taking them away? Is it too late?"

"The leaves are preventing the spring water from flowing out of here." Wen Guying said, "So he left them there on purpose."

"What will happen if it leaks out?" Li Chuan asked.

"It's hard to say, but it's definitely not a good thing," Wen Guying looked at the spiritual master, "Don't move here for now."

The spiritual master replied: "I understand."

At this time, Li Chuan heard some noises coming from not far away. He turned his head and saw two half-demons from the Ruiling tribe, wearing similar clothes to the spiritual master, walking towards them.

After they stopped, the spiritualist asked, "Did you see anything unusual just now?"

The half-demon who looked older said, "No. You just asked us and we suddenly realized that the valley was open, so we hurried over."

The spiritual master frowned, seeming a little dissatisfied.

Wen Guying said, "They can't avoid Chi Lin's methods. This side... let's seal it first. Now is a time of trouble, so try to avoid any more complications. And this spring water, it's better not to let it flow out."

"Let me do it." Jiang Mei said. He looked outside and said, "After we leave here, I will seal this place completely."

"Okay." Wen Guying said.

"Um, where is the place where Elder Li saw the skeleton before?" Li Chuan asked.

"I'll take you there." said Elder Li.

So the group followed Elder Li and walked to the other side of the valley. After passing through several cracks in the rocks, they walked into the underground secret passage. After turning a few corners, they walked out and entered a depression.

Li Chuan felt his eyes brighten. He raised his head and the sunlight fell on the depression without any obstruction.

"No more." said Elder Li.

"Are those bones gone?" Li Chuan asked.

"That's right." said Elder Li.

"Was he taken away by Chi Lin?" Li Chuan asked.

Elder Li walked to the middle of the depression and stopped for a while. He then walked around the perimeter and said, "It was not taken away, but destroyed and turned into dust." He pointed to the ground and said, "The soil here is different from the last time I came here."

"The body has been destroyed and all traces of the crime have been removed." Li Chuan said.

"At that time, Yan Zhi and Chi Lin's clones came here. Chi Lin's clone regained his memory, and then they began to plan to build Songdu. The skeletons here can also be traced back to that time, so it can be confirmed that it was Chi Lin's clone in that life who did it." Wen Guying said. "What's the purpose?" Li Chuan asked, "Is it to allow the aliens to enter the human world?"

"Part of it, but..." Wen Guying thought for a while and said, "Another possibility is that he tried to create some new followers. The arrangement in the blood pool cannot be done in ten or twenty years. He may have been doing this in every life."

"There is another possibility." Jiang Mei said.

"What is it?" Li Chuan asked.

"He wants to obtain the power of the sleeping Chi Lin." Jiang Mei said.

"Why?" Li Chuan was puzzled.

"Because the power of the clone is too weak." Wen Guying replied.

"Tai Ruo has caused so many problems. I have been so busy and exhausted that I have never had a break," Li Chuan sighed and asked, "What should we do next?"

Wen Guying said: "Let's go back first, take a rest, and then go to Luoxia Secret Realm."

"Where are the people sent by Elder Chu?" Li Chuan asked.

"It's just right to let them guard Youxi Valley and Songdu." Wen Guying said.

The spiritual master and Yu Chen looked at each other.

Noticing their actions, Wen Guying explained the pros and cons. "Their presence here will definitely affect you. The cultivators of Xuanyue Sect are not as easy to talk to as we are. But at the same time, their presence here is a kind of insurance for you, to prevent any more abnormalities and to prevent Xuanmen from taking drastic measures directly."

After saying that, he glanced into the distance and said hatefully, "If Sect Leader Chu had arrived in time, Chi Lin wouldn't have been able to escape so easily."

“So Xuanyue Sect has not been as good as Sishen Palace and Tianyu Sect in recent years.” Elder Li said.

The spiritual master gritted his teeth and said, "I understand."

"It'll only take a while. After that, I'll come back to replenish the blood pool." Li Chuan soothed him. After thinking for a while, he added, "I'll talk to Elder Cangming later. He'll have to give me some face."

"That's right." Wen Guying said.

"Should we go ask Senior Sister Yao?" Li Chuan asked, "She must have discovered something. If we compare the clues on both sides, maybe the matter will become clear."

"I'm going to go." Wen Guying said, "I'm also going to Luoxia Secret Realm to take a look. There... something must have happened there, but it hasn't been revealed yet."

"Then when do we set off?" Li Chuan asked.

"Three days later." Wen Guying set the date.

They walked around Youxi Valley and checked every corner of it. After leaving, Jiang Mei sealed Youxi Valley again. After that, they returned to the Yu Clan Tribe.

As soon as he lay down on the bed, Wen Guying said that the monk Cangming had arrived, so he had to stand up again and go to greet him. After some greetings, Wen Guying told him about the situation here and asked him to temporarily guard Youxi Valley and Songdu. Elder Cangming thought for a moment and agreed. Wen Guying also told him about the half-demon tribe's views on monks. After listening, Elder Cangming said that he would restrain his disciples and not conflict with the half-demon.

After that, Li Chuan could finally rest.

He felt like he had a very long dream. In the dream, everything he encountered after coming to Cangwu Wilderness turned into pictures, which turned over one by one in his mind. Finally, all the pictures were pieced together, and a complex pattern emerged from them.

Li Chuan felt very familiar and yet very strange. He seemed to recognize every part of it, but the whole picture made him feel strange, scared, and finally calm.

"Big brother."

"Big brother, big brother!"

What pounced on him? Li Chuan tried hard to open his eyes and saw Gong Er and Pang San.

(End of this chapter)