A leisurely life in the world of cultivation

Chapter 141 I, Li Weizhou, am the last survivor of a shattered world?

"I possess two divine weapons, one large and one small, both left to me by my maternal grandfather. As for where they came from, I truly do not know. The smaller one is intended for women or children; it has less recoil but considerable destructive power. The larger one will be used by His Majesty only after he has grown up, because its recoil is astonishing and could easily injure his wrist..."

Li Weizhou patiently explained the use of the weapons to the customer, since charging a little more later would be a bit expensive.

Fifteen minutes later, the little monkey's face was flushed with excitement as he held the Xiuqin-branded Browning pocket pistol, unable to put it down.

The Empress Dowager held the large weapon, her eyes filled with excitement.

There was little need to worry about military men causing trouble in the Forbidden City, and with such powerful weapons, the authority of the mother and son in the palace was guaranteed.

The only pity is that there are too few iron weapons, only eighteen.

However, the Empress Dowager was a magnanimous person. After handing the pistol to a maid, she said to Li Weizhou, "Duke Protector of the Nation, push open that door and go down about ten feet further in. That is where the Imperial Treasury is located. I will have Lady Ye accompany you down. The Emperor and I will wait here."

Li Weizhou didn't care. He said to Zhou Yueniang and Feng Biwu, "I'll be right back. You two talk with the Empress Dowager and the Emperor for a while. After this parting, who knows when we'll meet again."

These words saddened the young emperor once more. He watched as Li Weizhou pushed open the heavy wooden door and went downstairs.

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Ginseng, the herb of immortality, eighteen kinds of weapons, armor, martial arts manuals, prescriptions for precious medicines...

As the foundation of the most powerful family in the world, the treasures stored in the Imperial Treasury encompass almost all the precious things in the world.

Ms. Ye had obviously been here before, and although she wasn't very familiar with the place, she still introduced everything to Li Weizhou.

The underground palace was illuminated by beeswax, which was then refracted by several bronze mirrors, so the treasure vault was not dark.

Lady Ye was also carrying a glass palace lantern, which made the view even better.

Li Weizhou listened with great interest, finding it quite eye-opening, but for the time being, he didn't seem to have anything he wanted.

hiss!
He suddenly stopped and stared at a long, dark shape in the distance... a dragon corpse?!

Although it looks more like a snake, and seems to be a few sizes larger than the big black snake demon that was killed in the Spirit Circle before, it has horns growing on its head!

Upon closer inspection, it was a pity; it was a mummified corpse...

Lady Ye explained, "This is one of the culprits left behind after the outbreak of the spirit beast calamity—a spirit dragon, though it hadn't fully evolved. Its head was severed and sewn back on with cowhide thread, and its corpse was gutted and made into a divine bow. It's that one..."

Li Weizhou looked in the direction she was pointing and was speechless. It was such a huge bow, much taller than a person. Were two people supposed to hold it together to use it?

Continuing forward, they descended another ten feet or so, where a dazzling array of treasures appeared, most of which Li Weizhou did not recognize.

Lady Ye introduced everything one by one, her throat almost hoarse from talking so much, and it was quite remarkable that she remembered it so well. Li Weizhou asked curiously, "Lady Ye... have you been working here all this time?"

Lady Ye had assumed he was interested in something, but it turned out to be just casual conversation. She was speechless for a moment, but still replied, "Your Excellency, I have not always worked in the Imperial Treasury. It is only because I have a photographic memory that the Empress Dowager sent me here the other day to register the treasures in the Treasury."

Li Weizhou clicked his tongue and said, "So you have such skills, impressive."

His memory only improved significantly after he passed the imperial examination, but it didn't reach the point of photographic memory; he still had to memorize things carefully once or twice.

Before this, he only knew of a guy named Shui Ge, who had an extraordinary memory.

"Your Excellency is joking. What skill is this... Your Excellency, further ahead is no longer a treasure vault, but rather some strange and unusual things, such as strange stones, meteorites, or strange skins of unknown origin. Does Your Excellency still wish to go and see them?"

Lady Ye asked.

Li Weizhou, on the contrary, became interested and said, "Then we should go see it even more. Let's go, let's go!"

Even a female official who is usually stern and unsmiling will become more patient when faced with a handsome and high-ranking man. She smiled and continued to lead the way.

The bottomless underground palace was completely dark except for the glass palace lantern in Lady Ye's hand.

Dark, eerie, even cold.

Li Weizhou slowed his pace. He even saw a corpse that seemed to still be dripping blood, hanging on the wall, its eyes half-open, staring at them...

"what!!"

Upon seeing this, Ms. Ye cried out in surprise, clung tightly to Li Weizhou, and grabbed his arm.

Li Weizhou said softly, "You've never been here before?"

Lady Ye shook her head repeatedly and said in a trembling voice, "No, Eunuch Lin said that this place is no longer considered a treasure vault."

Li Weizhou patted her shoulder and laughed, "Don't worry, they're all inanimate objects. If you're scared, go back first."

Ms. Ye naturally refused and stayed close to Li Weizhou.

Li Weizhou let her have her way, took the palace lantern, and continued forward.

Behind the two, the corpse vanished without a trace, and then suddenly reappeared... the figure of Ah San.

Compared to the treasure trove area, this place is much rougher and can hardly be called a treasure trove. There are even a few piles of rocks, some rotten tree roots, and a tattered rag...

"Buzz!"

However, at that moment, Li Weizhou felt a familiar fluctuation in his mind, and three of them came at once.

Blood Eye, Stone Mirror, and Small Sword instantly transformed from illusory images into solid forms.

Li Weizhou suddenly realized something!
Then...

Perhaps because the spirits of the artifact and Li Weizhou share the same origin, Li Weizhou could sense their excitement and even feel that they seemed to be crying.
Is it the joy of reuniting with an old friend after a long separation, that brings tears of happiness?
Li Weizhou was unsure, because the feeling was too complicated. His expression remained unchanged, but he slowly squatted down and touched the tattered cloth on the ground.

Like a flag, I couldn't tell what material it was made of. When I unfolded it, there was a hole in the middle...

At this point, Li Weizhou could feel the deep sorrow emanating from the three treasures in his mind...

He stopped looking, rolled up the rag, and was about to leave when the blood-red eye flickered again. Li Weizhou looked down at the pile of rotten tree roots...

Surprisingly, I still felt a tremor in my heart.

what is going on……

Forget it, don't bother looking anymore, you can't tell anything anyway.

He unfolded the rag, wrapped up seven or eight pieces of rotten tree roots on the ground, and said to Ms. Ye, who looked astonished, "Let's go, take these."

We've reached the bottom, and the significance of this extraordinary encounter is overwhelming; nothing else matters.

Although Lady Ye looked puzzled, she didn't say much. Her every word and action here would be reported to the Empress Dowager later, so she dared not say anything more.

The two returned the way they came, and everyone was surprised to see what Li Weizhou was holding.

The young emperor was talking to Ximei when he saw this and his face turned red with embarrassment. He said, "These are all the treasures in the imperial treasury?!"

Lady Ye hurriedly said, "No, no, Your Majesty, the treasures in the treasury are all-encompassing, containing everything imaginable. It was the Duke's noble character that led him to only casually select these..."

The young emperor was furious. He looked at Li Weizhou and said, "Does the Duke of Protectorate look down on the imperial treasures?"

Li Weizhou laughed and said, "The treasures of heaven and earth belong to the virtuous. The treasures in the treasury are too precious to take to the spirit realm, and will only bring disaster if left in the mortal world. Your Majesty, the matter of destiny should not be judged by these things. Do not be vulgar. One day when we return from the spirit realm, we can visit you again and renew our friendship."

The young emperor was immediately moved upon hearing this, realizing that there were still people in the world who were truly good to him.

Even his mother, the Empress Dowager, was helping his maternal family to coax and scheme against him, thinking he knew nothing.

But the Duke of Protectorate...

The Empress Dowager advised, "Although the Duke of Protectorate means well, don't be too stingy. People will say the imperial family is ungrateful. You're already here..."

Upon hearing this, Li Weizhou casually waved his hand, and the tattered rags and scraps of wood in his hand disappeared. He said, "Your Majesty, you need not worry now, right?"

Many people have witnessed his spatial abilities, such as the Grand Master of Justice.

Rather than letting these two supreme beings of the mortal realm find out from others in the future and develop resentment, it's better to demonstrate it on the spot to show honesty.

After a moment of stunned silence, the young emperor's eyes lit up, while the empress dowager remained frozen in place.

She wasn't worried about others calling her stingy, but she was worried that such supernatural powers might empty the imperial treasury without her even realizing it.

Lady Ye was her trusted lady-in-waiting for many years. When the Empress Dowager looked over, she understood her thoughts as soon as their eyes met. She shook her head slightly, indicating that there would be no problem, because she remembered the location of the treasure and could just check it again when she came back.

The Empress Dowager was slightly relieved and immediately invited Li Weizhou and his family to leave.

Ms. Ye did not leave with them...

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After bidding farewell to the imperial family and leaving the palace, Li Weizhou sat in the carriage and asked Zhou Yueniang, "Yueniang, do you not like the Empress Dowager?"

Zhou Yueniang was slightly startled upon hearing this and said, "Is it that obvious? I mustn't... ruin things."

Li Weizhou chuckled and put his arm around her waist, saying, "Of course not. You are the most sensible girl I have ever met. You are my good wife and my good wife."

After being half-seduced by him, Zhou Yueniang nodded and smiled, "This woman is too scheming; I really don't like her."

Li Weizhou said, "The imperial palace is the place in the world filled with the most conspiracies and schemes, without exception. Everyone in this place would have a hard time surviving unless they became like the Empress Dowager, such as the foolish late emperor and the crown prince. You see, there isn't even a trace of spiritual energy in that place. I think it's because even Heaven despises them. So, it's quite normal that Yue Niang doesn't like the Empress Dowager. After all, even Heaven doesn't like her."

Zhou Yueniang wasn't so easily fooled and asked, "So, do you like it or not?"

Li Weizhou said speechlessly, "How could I like a woman like that?"

Zhou Yueniang smiled and said, "Do you think I'm stupid? I've been traveling the world for so many years, what kind of things haven't I heard about? Sister Feng and Second Sister also told me that men love the feeling of conquest the most. The higher a woman's status and position, the more men want to conquer her, just like you and Sister Situ."

Li Weizhou swore to the heavens: "I am absolutely not that kind of person!"

Zhou Yueniang smiled and let it go, not because she was really jealous. She could see her husband's distance from the Empress Dowager and asked, "Did you really choose those things because you didn't want to be associated with the imperial family?"

Li Weizhou narrowed his eyes as he looked ahead, a blood-red glint in his pupils. He chuckled, "You could say that. But those things also have a certain charm."

Zhou Yueniang could tell he didn't intend to discuss this further, so she didn't say anything more, saying, "I wonder when Sister Situ will return..."

Li Weizhou asked, "Don't you like the capital?"

Zhou Yueniang did not deny it. She rested her head in her husband's arms and nodded, saying, "This place... although it is prosperous everywhere, I always feel uneasy, as if there are tigers, wolves, and monsters watching me. I don't like it."

Li Weizhou laughed and said, "Yes, with that person in the Imperial Punishment Department, no one in the martial arts world would feel comfortable here, let alone you, my wife, a vixen from the Demonic Sect. I reckon Sister Situ will arrive in the next couple of days, and once she arrives, we'll leave immediately."

"Ah."

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Khaikabo, the highest peak in Shan State.

This place is covered with snow all year round and glaciers underneath, making it a place rarely visited by humans.

Li Weizhou stood alone on the summit for a long time, gazing at the sky.

It seemed to want to look through eternity to see what had happened there...

That tattered cloth... it seems to be a Tai Chi symbol?!
Besides this, Li Weizhou really couldn't think of any other background or origin that could make Xue Hai Hai Yan so close, even subtly submitting and willingly becoming its subordinate...

As soon as the tattered cloth entered the sea of ​​consciousness, it went straight into the Hidden God Palace. Immediately, the faint Yin-Yang supernatural power imprints within the Hidden God Palace transformed into Yin-Yang fish, filling the hole and slowly rotating.

Although the Yin-Yang fish is very faint and transparent like smoke and clouds, it is slowly absorbing the "true essence" from the other supernatural power imprints, currently mainly the metal element.

If this tattered cloth, whose origins were likely extraordinary, hadn't failed to accept Li Weizhou's essence and soul, he would have thrown it away...

Each of the supernatural power imprints is a gold-devouring behemoth, requiring him to carefully plan resources. Now that an even more powerful one is coming, he might as well just withdraw money directly from each of the supernatural power imprints.

However, the reason the rag didn't resist might be because it had been dead for a long time... The yin-yang fish slowly turned, but Li Weizhou's mood was extremely heavy.

First came Blood Eye, then Stone Mirror and Little Sword, each with extraordinary backgrounds.

While the origins of the latter two are still unknown, regardless of the specific speculation, they are both extraordinary...

But Li Weizhou still didn't expect that even a Tai Chi diagram would appear now.

This is the Dao-attaining treasure of the Taiqing Sage in the prehistoric world, a supreme innate treasure bestowed by Hongjun himself. It was transformed from the back of Pangu's axe that opened the heavens and earth, and should be an existence that will endure countless eons without decay.

Even it has become an incomplete rag, and even the Yin-Yang fish has disappeared. How much better can the Supreme Saint be?

It's not unexpected that the master of the Blood Eye, the Styx Ancestor, will die; even a saint could kill the Styx.

But the Supreme Saint... that is the incarnation of Pangu's primordial spirit!
Was he dead too?

Could it be that that primordial world has completely collapsed?

Could it be that Earth is merely a tiny, ruined remnant, and that humanity, including Li Weizhou, are the last survivors of this shattered world, which explains why he keeps encountering the remaining treasures of that world?

Li Weizhou didn't believe that these extraordinary encounters were solely due to his good luck...

Furthermore, after those rotten tree roots entered his sea of ​​consciousness, they quickly coalesced into a piece of withered wood root, which fell into the imprint of the wood-type divine power. After obtaining his consent, the anxious Blood Eye consumed nearly half of its blood, transforming it into endless vitality, and only then was a weak, yellowish bud sprouted on this piece of withered wood root...

Unlike other treasures, after Li Weizhou's essence and soul fell into the tree root, he vaguely sensed the origin of this broken tree root:
The towering Jianmu tree!

I'm numb!!
This is a divine tree in mythology that connects heaven, earth, and the gods. It grows in the center of the universe, in the wilderness of Duguang.

Whether it's the Classic of Mountains and Seas, the Huainanzi, or the Records of the Grand Historian, many ancient books contain records of the Jianmu tree that connects to the heavens.

Yang Shen, on the other hand, positioned the wilderness of Duguang as part of the land of abundance.

Not only are there records of such a giant tree in the East, but it also appears in Norse mythology, called the World Tree, Jormungandr. In Hindu mythology, it is known as Asura Vata. In Mayan culture, there is also a giant tree that similarly serves to connect heaven and earth and stabilize the universe, called Uru Ku.

The Tongtian Jianmu tree not only connects the three realms but also stabilizes the cosmic structure and maintains the cycle of life.

And yet, all that's left of this sacred tree are a few rotten roots...

Now, this newly sprouted bud is conveying to him an infinite longing for the vitality of all trees.

After Li Weizhou exhaled softly, his figure disappeared.

Overthinking is useless; let's just take it one step at a time...

Oh, right, the lingering spiritual energy within that corpse that had been dead for countless years yet was still bleeding allowed Li Weizhou to ascend to the Martial God Realm in one step.

But this "small" gain could no longer touch his heart, which was numb with shock...

……

Saikaido Forest Area. (Parallel universe!)
The Saikaido Forest Area, covering 5.54 million hectares, accounts for 20% of Japan's total forest area and contains approximately 3.8 billion trees.

To be honest, Li Weizhou was still a little guilty about killing sharks on Earth last time.

After all, it belongs to the high seas and to all mankind.

But Li Weizhou would be perfectly justified and confident in taking anything from Japan, or any of the Eight-Nation Alliance countries.

When he first leaped over the Dragon Gate and opened the Mysterious Pass, his divine sense could extend five hundred meters away on this side of Earth.

After breaking through to the Martial Saint realm, this distance doubled, reaching 1,500 meters.

Now that he has advanced to the Martial God Realm, this distance has doubled again, reaching 5,000 meters.

That is, a radius of five kilometers, which translates to 7,850 hectares.

The young Jianmu tree absorbed most of the life force of the plants within his consciousness in just three seconds.

However, he still consciously controls the situation and does not kill the forest trees. With just a rain, they will recover in a short time.

Because it can be reused repeatedly...

A refreshing sensation surged into the body from all directions, but it was only a temporary passage before entering the roots of the Jianmu tree within the wood element imprint of the Hidden God Palace.

The endless coolness gradually turned the originally yellowish buds greener.

Ten thousand hectares, one hundred thousand hectares, one million hectares...

One million hectares, six minutes and twenty-two seconds.

Two million hectares, twelve minutes and forty-four seconds.

Five million hectares, in just over half an hour...

Li Weizhou stopped and went to the next place, Kyushu Island, Kagoshima Prefecture.

There are many ancient forests here, huge cedar trees, and even Jomon cedar trees that are over 6,000 years old, which the Japanese worship as sacred trees.

The Japanese are not worthy to worship sacred trees; they should worship ghost trees instead.

Fifteen minutes later, they went to Kochi Prefecture.

After that, I went to Honshu Island.

Actually, the loss wasn't fatal. With Japan's national strength, as long as they apply more fertilizer, it will recover in three to five years... and then they can start again.

It wouldn't be good to drain all the forests at once; the entire ecosystem would collapse, and not only would it become unusable, but the Japanese might also resort to desperate measures.

This kind of sustainable approach hits the nail on the head right when these bastards are about to break down, fighting without breaking apart, which is just right.

The reason they dared not do this on the Great Qian Dynasty is that on Earth it might at most attract the attention of satellites, but over there it could very well summon a devastating lightning strike from the Purple Heaven...

After all, the appearance of the stone mirror caused quite a stir in the heavens, so it was wise to be cautious.

At 5 p.m., when Li Weizhou used some tricks to board a direct flight to Alaska at Osaka Airport, the small sprout on the broken tree root in the Wood Element Imprint had already grown two inches taller, at the cost of most of the life of six billion trees.

He already had a premonition that this sacred tree would likely bring him a tremendous surprise in the future...

At this time, Japanese remote sensing satellites, through optical remote sensing, quickly detected the signal of large-scale vegetation discoloration by monitoring the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) of chlorophyll reflection in vegetation and issued an alarm.

However, the images did not show a wildfire, so the urgency was not the highest. According to procedure, it will only be truly confirmed when the satellite captures the anomaly again during its next transit seven days later.

Of course, the Japanese Ministry of the Environment's Forestry Agency still dispatched a drone survey team to investigate.

They prefer to believe that the satellite images were faulty, otherwise...

That would be terrifying.

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"Uncle, what are you doing... why are you bringing out the ancestral tablets again?"

The next morning, Li Weizhou was taking Ximei, Zhou Yueniang, and Feng Biwu for a stroll in the garden when he saw Li Delong and Li Chang'an carrying a large stack of ancestral tablets as they walked out.

Seeing that they had been caught red-handed, Li Delong complained to Li Chang'an for being slow. Li Chang'an, whose face was covered in three mosquito bites, looked at Li Weizhou with a resentful expression and said, "Father, please bring out the ancestral tablets and drive out all the unclean things from the Shangguan family. Sanlang, Father has been keeping me busy all night, look at all these blood blisters on my body!"

Li Delong was annoyed: "I asked you to do something, and you're already bothered?!"

Li Chang'an smiled helplessly, "No, no, no, it's only right!" Then, turning to the surprised Zhou Yueniang and Feng Biwu, he said with a smile, "Tonight, we'll place the ancestral tablets in the main rooms of your central courtyard and other courtyards as well. From now on, you can live here in peace. Don't worry, just look at the luck of Sanlang and Silang; you can tell that our ancestors' fortunes are definitely powerful! It's a pity that all the auspicious smoke has fallen on the two younger ones. And Ximei, Ximei is the most blessed!"

Xi Mei giggled and said, "Second Brother, go back and rest. Your eyes are almost closed. Uncle, you should rest too."

Li Delong was overjoyed and readily agreed. Then he kicked Li Chang'an and said, "Hurry up and go back to sleep. You talk too much."

Li Weizhou and his group watched them leave, and Zhou Yueniang remarked with emotion, "Having an elder in the family is like having a treasure."

Feng Biwu smiled and said, "Our ancestors probably didn't think that way."

He'd been dead for so many years, and they still managed to pull him out and have him fight with someone else's ancestors...

Li Weizhou laughed and said, "That's about right. Seeing how hard I'm working, I'm happy to do more work."

Feng Biwu rolled her eyes at him and followed Zhou Yueniang into the garden.

Xi Mei asked Zhou Yue Niang, "Sister-in-law, is your home in Mingzhou Prefecture also a Jiangnan-style garden?"

Zhou Yueniang shook her head and said, "Ordinary people don't have such a scene. The gardens of wealthy families are indeed elegant, but they can't afford to build such a large garden in the city of Mingzhou, let alone in the capital. However, such a garden lacks a bit of the true essence of nature."

Feng Biwu laughed and said, "Madam is too demanding. Since we are in the capital, how can we expect to find the true meaning of nature?"

Zhou Yueniang smiled and explained, "What I mean is, although this place is nice, it's not as good as my hometown. My home in Qingzhou City isn't as elegant and beautiful as this place, but it's comfortable and peaceful to live here. If you want to see beautiful scenery, you can go to Dayuan Mountain. It's not like we can't go out."

Feng Biwu succinctly revealed the truth: "In Qingzhou City, our family is the strongest, and we can do whatever we want. But here... we can't be at ease."

Li Weizhou said happily, "Then we'll leave as soon as Sister Situ arrives!"

She gave Zhou Yueniang a look that said: You little demon girl from the evil sect, you're just feeling guilty.

Zhou Yueniang glanced at him, her amber eyes shining even brighter in the morning light. Just as she was about to speak, her expression suddenly changed, and she exclaimed in surprise, "Sister Situ!"

Li Weizhou suddenly turned around and saw a woman standing beside the Taihu stone. She was dressed in light blue, with eyebrows like distant mountains and eyes as calm as black jade. Her long black hair was tied with a jade hairpin, flowing freely. She was smiling at them.

Feng Biwu greeted him with a slight smile, "Lord Situ."

Xi Mei, along with Zhou Yue Niang, called out, "Sister Situ is back!"

Situ Qingyue nodded in response to each question, and Li Weizhou said with barely suppressed excitement, "When did you get back? Go wash up and rest."

Situ Qingyue scoffed at the rogue, saying, "There's no time. A major upheaval has occurred in Linzhou. Shui Donglin, the eighth-ranked official of the Twenty-Four Silver-Holding Division of the Imperial Execution Bureau, has been killed in battle. Including him, the Imperial Execution Bureau has lost six officials, and the Mountain Forest Envoys have lost sixteen. Two elders from Jinghong Valley are also trapped in the Demon Valley and haven't emerged. I must set off immediately to investigate. You can follow behind."

Li Weizhou shook his head and said, "Let's go together."

Zhou Yueniang looked at Ximei and said softly, "This journey will likely be fraught with danger, Ximei..."

Xi Mei pursed her lips and said, "I'll stay and wait for my brother to come back and pick me up."

The sisters-in-law all laughed, no wonder Li Weizhou loved this younger sister so much, she was so sensible.

Situ Qingyue said, "No need, you can just travel south and enjoy the scenery along the way."

Zhou Yueniang disagreed, saying, "The whole family are martial masters, so they can still be of some help. Besides, my husband has a destiny with immortals, so he might be able to achieve some great feats. It would be fine if it were just an ordinary task, but so many experts have already been lost. We are not at ease letting you go alone, sister."

Feng Biwu stroked Ximei's hair and said, "Let Second Aunt stay home with you. We'll be right back. We'll pick you up and then go sightseeing in Jiangnan."

Xi Mei shook her head again and said, "Let my second aunt go with me. She is also a martial arts master and can help. I will stay at home with my uncle and aunt and wait for my brother to come back and pick me up."

Li Weizhou assured him, "It will take at least ten days, and as little as five days, your brother will definitely come to pick you up!"

Xi Mei hugged her brother tightly and replied, "Yes! Be careful, brother."

Li Weizhou smiled and patted her head, replying, "Okay."

Then he said to Situ Qingyue, "No need to rush, we'll set off tonight. The land route to Linzhou is over 3,000 li, and we'll have to cross many mountains. The land route is difficult to travel, so it's better to take the waterway. I have my own arrangements, and we can arrive ahead of time."

Situ Qingyue looked at him with a smile, nodded, and wanted to see what kind of surprise her chosen Daoist partner could bring her.

Li Weizhou didn't say anything more, making an excuse that he needed to make some more preparations and go into seclusion temporarily, and then went back to his room first...

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(End of this chapter)