ninety thousand miles

Chapter 678 Unification
"What do the White Walkers think?" Lao Xiaokai asked following Li Chuan's words.

"I just don't know." Li Chuan said.

"What's the point of thinking about this?" Lao said with a smile.

"Interesting... Wait, I figured it out," Li Chuan sat up straight, "Whether the light falls or not, we can't avoid the White Walkers. Regardless of what the White Walkers are, without the White Walkers, neither of the two things can be done."

"But the White Walkers now won't work. We need the White Walkers after the ritual is completed." Li Chuan felt that his whole body was unblocked. He scooped the remaining porridge in the pot into the bowl and started eating it in big mouthfuls.

"What will happen after the ceremony is completed?" Lao asked with a smile.

"I heard a voice." Li Chuan said.

"Whose voice is that?" Lao asked with a smile.

"I don't know yet, but I'll know in the future," Li Chuan was sure. After finishing the porridge, he said, "I'll take a nap. You can wake me up at noon."

"Go to sleep." Lao said with a smile.

Li Chuan wrapped himself in a blanket, closed his eyes, and was about to fall asleep when he heard Lao Xiaokai ask him, "Brother Li, in the past month, you have been running from Cangwu Plain to Jiuhai, sleeping in the open air, and have not had a good rest for a single day... You have done so much, but it seems to have done nothing good."

"It's quite interesting too." said Li Chuan.

"The magic weapon I had earlier might be able to get you in. Now call someone who can run fast to go to the capital and get it back. I'll teach you how to use it." Lao said with a smile.

"I'm right there." Li Chuan turned over and said, "Wake me up at noon. I want to sleep."

Soon, snoring sounds began.

Lao Xiaokai looked at Li Chuan, shook his head, and began to pack up.

……

"Woke up."

Who is pushing him?

"Get up quickly, it's noon."

Li Chuan opened his eyes and said, "Wait a moment, I'll get up in a moment."

After hearing this, Lao Xiaokai stood up and walked aside.

After a long while, Li Chuan moved his body a few times and finally sat up. He rubbed his eyes and said, "What time is it?"

"It's almost noon." Lao Xiaokai replied.

"Oh oh," Li Chuan was still a little confused.

"Just now, two monks from the Four Gods Palace brought some fruits over," Lao Xiaokai handed the fruit plate to Li Chuan and said, "This is it."

Li Chuan took the plate. There were five fairy peaches on the white porcelain plate. They looked very fresh, as if they had just been picked.

He picked up one, took a bite, and said, "This is a fairy peach. Eat one."

"I don't have to do anything, so I won't eat." Lao said with a smile.

"Have you eaten it before?" Li Chuan asked.

"I'm not worthy of eating this." Lao Xiaokai denied it.

"Then let's have a taste." Li Chuan said. He remembered their conversation before going to bed, so he took out the spindle and said, "Brother Luo gave me the spindle when he left. I haven't decided whether to return it to you."

"Let me teach you how to use it." Lao said with a smile.

Li Chuan handed the spindle to Lao Xiaokai and said, "Take it back."

Lao Xiaokai didn't answer. He said, "Hold the spindle, stand aside, and do these two movements." He folded his hands behind his back, and then raised them up. After the demonstration, he said, "Then stand still and don't move. When the spindle starts to turn, find a line and follow the line. As you walk, you will go in."

"Are these two movements French?" Li Chuan asked. "No, just do it anyway." Lao said with a smile.

"Here." Li Chuan stood up, held the spindle in front of Lao Xiaokai, and said, "I'll study it for a few more days. If I really can't find another way, I'll come back to borrow it from you."

“Why are you being so polite?” Lao Xiaokai felt a little embarrassed. He took it and said, “Don’t worry, I will behave myself. After all, I am also a disciple of the Divine Hero Sect.”

"Eat a peach?" Li Chuan raised the half-eaten fairy peach in his hand.

"Eat." Lao Xiaokai walked up to him, took a fairy peach and started eating it.

After eating the peach, Li Chuan took out the paper he had drawn last night and began to study it carefully.

He still used the clumsy method and memorized the more than 100 basic structures. His memory was really good now, and he memorized them all in two hours. Then, he entered a mysterious state and tried to piece together those structures. He failed. So he rubbed the pot sound, using the pot sound to control the dots and horizontal lines floating in his vision, and pieced them together into structures in the ripples.

He continued to fail, and finally, before nightfall, he managed to piece together one. It looked almost the same, but it all fell apart as soon as he moved.

He came out of his mysterious state and looked into the distance in a daze.

"What are you thinking about?" Lao Xiaokai walked over and sat down beside him.

"One month, give me a month, I will definitely figure it out." Li Chuan said.

"I believe it," said Lao, laughing.

"I was thinking... there might be another way." Li Chuan said.

"What method?" Lao asked with a smile.

"Let Master Wen parasite on the secret realm and let him fight against the consciousness of the secret realm. If he wins, the entire secret realm will belong to him." Li Chuan said.

After hearing this, Lao Xiaokai asked cautiously, "Will this really work?"

Li Chuan shook his head and said, "Not really." He sighed, "Even if it works, I'll have to practice for decades." He grabbed another fairy peach, took a bite and asked, "Where are my second and third brothers? I haven't seen them all day."

"They came back once in the morning, saw you sleeping, and left. They said you were learning some secret technique from Monk Yao." Lao Xiaokai said.

"Go ahead and learn. It's always good to have many skills." Li Chuan stood up, stretched his body a few times, and said, "I'll be back soon. What do you want to eat tonight?"

"I picked some wild vegetables in the afternoon and cooked them with rice." Lao said with a smile.

"Okay, after dinner, I will continue my research." Li Chuan said, walking towards the coast.

The moon was covered by clouds. The sea was pitch black. After Li Chuan took a few steps, he suddenly heard the sound of a little mouse.

"Li Chuan, I was wrong yesterday. That string of Bodhi beads is not going back in time."

Li Chuan turned his head and saw the little mouse standing on his shoulder.

"What is it?" he asked.

“It’s unity.” said the little mouse.

"What do you mean?" Li Chuan asked.

“That is to say, it looked like a fake before, not because it was deteriorating over time, but because it was only one ten-thousandth, or even one hundred-thousandth, of the real thing. But now, it has been split into countless Bodhi beads and is returning to one,” the little mouse explained.

"Reunification?" Li Chuan stopped and thought, "But I didn't see any other Bodhi beads."

"I'm not sure about that." The little mouse's figure gradually faded. "That's it. I'm going back."

……

Li Chuan is immersed in the study of structure.

Until one morning, he was awakened by the sound of waves. After following the sound, he saw red sword light rolling up layers of waves under the rising red sun.

(End of this chapter)