ninety thousand miles

Chapter 563 Exiting the Cave
Hearing Liu Yang's question, Li Chuan was at a loss for a moment, and said, "I don't know."

He felt himself being pulled out of some emotion, and he said, "Maybe... maybe the White Walkers helped him?"

This is not impossible. Li Chuan thought of Guan Zhongqiu in the Temple of the Gods. "Maybe he felt that what he wanted to do required a living White Walker, not a White Walker without life or death. Maybe... maybe after he was parasitized by a White Walker, he was no longer Tiansu, but a White Walker."

When he thought of the last possibility, Li Chuan felt a chill and moved closer to the fire. The fire reflected on his face and hands, which was very hot, but it could not drive away the chill.

Liu Yang noticed that Li Chuan was feeling unwell. "Let me set up a spiritual formation. You still have to stay here for a few months. If I don't set up a spiritual formation, you won't be able to bear it. If you go out, you will get seriously ill again."

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

"That's nothing." Liu Yang said as he set up the spirit formation, "I'm not very good at this. If Master Yao were here, he might be able to get the formation up and running again."

Gradually, Li Chuan felt not so cold anymore.

After setting up the formation, Liu Yang hung the bronze lamp above the formation, and the rubble space was illuminated again.

"That's amazing." said Li Chuan.

At this point, the soup is almost done.

Liu Yang scooped a bowl and handed it to Li Chuan.

After drinking the hot soup, my body warmed up immediately. Li Chuan asked curiously, "Your cooking skills are so good, did you learn it specially?"

“I guess so,” Liu Yang said, “When I can’t calm down, I like to cook something, and then I calm down after eating.”

"That's true." Li Chuan agreed.

Liu Yang said: "What if everything Tiansu did was for the survival of the White Walkers?"

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

"We have to tell the headmaster and the others." Liu Yang became worried. "Weng Xian is colluding with the demons, and Tian Su is... In this catastrophe, many immortals have died. I don't know what will happen in the end."

"Who cares?" Li Chuan drank two bowls of soup and calmed down as Liu Yang said. "I think mortals and cultivators are no longer the same species..."

"This is not..." Liu Yang retorted.

Li Chuan ignored Liu Yang and continued, "And cultivators and immortals are also two different species. Just like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon."

"So we do what we can, what we think is right, and then try to know as much as possible. What else can we do?" Li Chuan asked back.

Liu Yang thought for a moment and said, "It can't be helped, but you are the heir of the Tattoo Scripture..."

"I have found his bones," Li Chuan pointed to a pottery jar on the side, "and he also hid a line of words in the bones, asking me to do this and that."

"That's right..." Liu Yang was convinced.

"Then there's nothing to think about." Li Chuan touched his belly, feeling calm. An idea suddenly popped up in his mind, "Do you know the legend of the hero?"

"The one about the filial son who cut off his head to save his father?" Liu Yang asked.

"That's it. When I heard about it before, I thought the God Hero and the father and son were all sick. The fact that the God Hero Temple was established and still has incense and worshippers is really sick." Li Chuan complained, "But now I think about it, maybe the God Hero wanted to convey a message through this legend. That is... there is life only after death."

"It's very likely." Liu Yang said, "Tiansu will not do meaningless things."

The two discussed this issue for a while, but came to no new conclusion. After drinking the third bowl of soup, Li Chuan began to feel sleepy. He said goodbye to Liu Yang and fell asleep. In the following days, Li Chuan worked very hard. In addition to understanding the "Wen Jing", he also memorized Ming Heng's notes, took out the fragments of the Xiquan flute and pieced them together, thinking of several ways to repair it.

Originally, he wanted to comprehend the Yuan Lingzhu again, but he glanced at Liu Yang and felt that his cultivation might not be enough, so he decided to wait until Jiang Mei or Wen Guying was there before comprehending it.

One day, after Li Chuan woke up, he felt inexplicably relieved. He stood up and looked around, and suddenly realized that after all the rubble was collected into the pottery jar, the place became extremely high and empty.

"It's time to go out." Li Chuan said.

"What about this?" Liu Yang pointed at the pottery jar.

Li Chuan said, "Let's stay here." After that, he walked towards the entrance of the passage. When he arrived, the runes at the entrance happened to light up.

The entrance opened.

The monks guarding the gate were a little surprised when they saw the two of them coming out. One of them asked, "You came out so soon? Have you finished your business?"

"It's all done." Liu Yang said.

The man was a little surprised when he saw Li Chuan's appearance, but he didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he said, "It's good that it's done. We can return to the sect in a few days."

After chatting and laughing for a while, Li Chuan and Liu Yang said goodbye to the monks and finally walked outside.

The snow on the mountains is piled deep.

"It turns out it's really snowing outside." Li Chuan said. He touched his face and thought that the monk guarding the gate must have discovered something. Liu Yang was the same when he went in, and he came out the same. He couldn't do it. Before coming out, he also tried his best to clean up, and asked Liu Yang to use a few spells, but it was probably still very obvious?
But these are minor matters, and it’s okay to see them.

"Yes," Liu Yang agreed. He asked Li Chuan, "Shall we go to Xialin Village now, or what?"

Li Chuan thought about whether he should go home first and rest for a few days before coming out.

"Let's go to Xiushan County and find a place to rest first," he decided. "Then I'll take you to Qiongdao Lake, have a meal at Zuiyue Tower, and rest for a day or two before going to Xialin Village."

He thought he was going home and might not want to move. He said, "You've been here for so long, and I haven't taken you for a good walk. There are many good places to eat and play in Bing County."

"I'm fine with either. It's up to you to decide," said Liu Yang.

Li Chuan nodded, "Let's finish all the work first, then go back and take good care of ourselves, and wait for Master Wen and the others to come?"

After arriving at Xiushan County on the Qingye boat, Li Chuan took Liu Yang to the inn where he had stayed before. The innkeeper still remembered Li Chuan, so he quickly arranged a room for them.

Li Chuan took a shower, changed his clothes, and slept comfortably until the evening.

After getting up, he took Liu Yang to Qiongdao Lake. The lake was covered with snow and was very deserted. There were several boats parked at the dock on the shore. None of the boats had lights on, so there was probably no one inside.

"Maybe it's too cold." said Li Chuan.

They walked along the lake for a while. There was the sound of stringed instruments coming from not far away. Li Chuan looked in the direction of the sound and saw Zuiyue Tower. So they walked towards Zuiyue Tower.

The shopkeeper of Zuiyuelou had also seen Li Chuan, so he tried his best to find a seat for them. Not long after they sat down, the shopkeeper brought two dishes over. After a while, someone walked to their table and said, "Dr. Li, you are here, why don't you come to see me?"

Li Chuan looked up and saw that it was General Liu. He smiled and asked him to sit down, saying, "I just arrived today. I plan to visit you in a few days."

Liu Canjun sat down and said, "I heard about what happened in Ning County. Was it your idea to burn down Ziyun Cave?"

(End of this chapter)