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Chapter 2023 Journey to West Kunlun

Zhang Xuezhou believes that everything in the world has its own operating rules. Once it deviates from this normal rule, there must be some subtle reasons involved.

Under normal circumstances, he should not hold a position like Taizhong Daifu.

But the strange thing is that it was accomplished.

Zhang Xuezhou could only attribute it to luck.

A clash of his skills with the new emperor will cause discomfort to both of them, but when their interests are aligned, Zhang Xuezhou will bring benefits to the new emperor, and the new emperor will also make everything go smoothly for Zhang Xuezhou.

Of course, Zhang Xuezhou was well aware of the hidden troubles that the Six Talismans of Taijie would bring to the new emperor, so he was also aware that with the same rewards, there were certain problems with him as Taizhong Daifu.

After taking up the new position, Zhang Xuezhou did not think about relying on Taizhong Daifu to do anything.

The first thing he thought of was that he needed to get rid of this official position as quickly as possible.

As long as the title of 'Jieshi Zhong' is not taken back, he is too lazy to take on any important position.

"The first way to quickly get rid of an official position is to be lazy!"

Zhang Xuezhou muttered to himself.

After he had his meal and communicated with Yourong and others, Zhang Xuezhou had already left Chang'an City.

Zhang Xuezhou felt that he was going to lose his official position for sure because he ran away without even reporting to the imperial palace, nor going to Anle Palace to pay a visit to the Empress Dowager, nor meeting with many of his colleagues in the court.

He lay there for twelve days, and left when he woke up. He returned to Chang'an City one or two months later. Zhang Xuezhou didn't believe that he would not be impeached from his position.

In the barren mountains outside Chang'an City, Zhang Xuezhou stretched out his arms to face the wind and flew up quickly in the direction.

His best way of flying is undoubtedly the Cloud Technique.

Zhang Xuezhou's demonic power had hardly developed, but Ao Li could not help but stuff a dragon ball into his mouth, which allowed Zhang Xuezhou's demonic power to rise to the limit of his cultivation at that time, and even gave birth to the golden wings of the Cloud Technique.

The demonic power at this time had not yet reached the level of a saint, but the flying advantage it brought was extremely strong, far exceeding the flying speed and distance of the Cloud-Tending Technique.

"West Kunlun is about 30,000 to 40,000 miles away from Chang'an City. If I fly 5,000 miles a day, I should be able to complete the flight in six to eight days. However, it takes time for my demonic power to recover, and 5,000 miles a day is a bit difficult. I hope I can reach West Kunlun in about ten days!"

The reason why Zhang Xuezhou didn't go to Xikunlun for a long time was not intentional, but he was not capable enough. Otherwise, with his clinging nature, Zhang Xuezhou would have visited directly long ago.

The dignity of a cultivator in the realm of supernatural powers does not exist for him.

Let alone the realm of supernatural powers, even if he could reach the realm of egocentrism or true self one day in the future, Zhang Xuezhou would not change his face when facing Emperor and others.

"The skin doesn't exist, and it can't be eaten or drunk. Jiuzhen wine can really be eaten, drunk, and nourishes the brain!"

As he was thinking, mountains, rivers and streams passed quickly beneath him.

"It seems that the imperial court has sent troops to fight?"

Zhang Xuezhou kept flying according to Cai Ma's map. He constantly estimated his flying speed and distance, and compared it with many places on the ground.

Of course, as a master errand runner, the possibility of Zhang Xuezhou getting lost when leaving Yanmen Pass is very low.

At this time, he kept comparing the map below just to verify Cai Ma's map, and tried to fully adapt to Cai Ma's map style when leaving the territory of the Han Dynasty.

It was not until the dense crowds of people below lined up like ants and moved forward that Zhang Xuezhou realized that great changes had taken place in the imperial court.

"The Empress Dowager is ill and has no energy to help. She is still looking for an antidote. Your Majesty has not taken full power yet. There was no news of the military dispatch before. How could it be decided in the past ten days? Who will lead the troops? Who will be attacked?"

Zhang Xuezhou felt that there were at least tens of thousands of people below.

The loss of such a large army to mobilize over long distances would be a huge number. The imperial court would not easily go on a long-distance expedition, but would choose to guard the border more often.

Zhang Xuezhou didn't understand the situation in the court for a moment. "Who cares? I've already run away!"

He couldn't figure it out, so he simply chose not to think about it. After all, he had too little information at the moment and couldn't guess the situation at all.

Rather than guessing the reasons for the court's movements, Zhang Xuezhou was more willing to check the mountains and rivers below, and constantly verify Cai Ma's map.

After he confirmed this, he couldn't help but feel increasingly cold in his heart.

Without an aerial view, the error rate of drawing a map by walking on foot would be extremely high, and Cai Ma's map obviously did not deviate from this rule.

He could refer to some of the map marks on Cai Ma's map, but he could not rely on the direction marks on Cai Ma's map.

Not to mention flying to West Kunlun according to Cai Ma's map, Zhang Xuezhou felt it would be a problem even for him to fly to Yanmen Pass according to the map.

"Things have to be done. After all, I've already started!"

Thinking of his own brain trauma in real life, and thinking about what Zuo Quan and others would do to his body, Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but muster up his courage.

Now that he is here, there is no way he can go back to Chang'an City.

Like a drawn bowstring, Zhang Xuezhou felt that he couldn't retract it.

"Wrong, wrong, these paths are all wrong. Cai Ma found Chang'an City with my help. I went here and there, and she could only follow the instructions and run around. There was no normal route at all!"

If we want to find the reason, Cai Ma’s poor drawing skills are one of them, and another reason involves Zhang Xuezhou.

If Zhang Xuezhou was in Chang'an City during those years, Cai Ma's map might have been more accurate.

This is just like when Dong Zhongshu and others were tracking down the murderer. There may be thousands of paths along the way, but there is only one destination, so they could track him down quickly and accurately.

If Zhuo Bugui had been running around at that time, or even sailing long distances to the sea, Zhang Xuezhou felt that Dong Zhongshu would have been confused if he had tracked him down.

Zhang Xuezhou had given up the idea of ​​using the map to trace the origin of West Kunlun, and could only fly towards Yanmen Pass in a depressed mood.

The current disadvantage is that Cai Ma's map cannot be counted, but the advantage is that Zhang Xuezhou discovered the error early by checking the areas within the territory of the Han Dynasty.

"One of you will be the Taoist priest, and the other will be the Taoist boy. You two can take on the roles!"

Thinking of Li Shaojun and Cai Ma who were in Chang'an City at that time, Zhang Xuezhou let out a sigh of relief.

If he hadn't gone to Li Shaojun's Taoist temple, these two people would probably have been well behaved and wouldn't have dared to do anything rash.

This kind of life is very depressing, but Zhang Xuezhou feels happy just thinking about it.

His journey was long and Zhang Xuezhou couldn't do anything else. He could only think of things that could comfort himself.

Later on, he was thinking about what he had learned, and later on, he was thinking about how to combine the Wind Avoidance Technique, Heavenly Clothes with the Cloud Technique and the Cloud-Soaring Technique to achieve stronger effects.

“There is no reference!”

If there were still winding mountains, rivers and cities as fixed references within the territory of the Han Dynasty, this no longer existed after leaving Yanmen Pass to the west.

Looking down from the sky, there are patches of overgrown grasslands and rocky mountains of various shapes and sizes. The nomadic people living outside Yanmen Pass move to one place today and another place tomorrow, lacking a fixed settlement for reference.

If you keep moving forward, you will find large Gobi deserts with flying sand, rocks and hot waves.

There are also large areas of ice and snow that never melt all year round piled up on the rocky mountains, and the howling wind is biting.

This is a flying zone that those who are good at flying do not like. Zhang Xuezhou can only rely on the wind avoidance technique to reduce the impact and shuttle back and forth.

It was not until his magic power was exhausted and his demonic power was weak that he found a tent area where the nomadic people of Xiong Country lived and landed there.