After Xuan Shuzhi discussed with Cheng Song, they finally identified several places where black snakes had been seen and planned to go there to investigate in person.
"These three places are very close, and not far from Xuanling Pavilion. We can take a look at them together." Xuan Shuzhi did not forget what Hua Shi said just now, and continued, "Hua Shi, come with me."
Hua Shi nodded quickly and looked at other places on the map. This map was projected by a magic weapon, just like the painting that Xuan Shu Zhiling Pavilion projected on the wall. One could even see the undulating mountains and winding rivers on the map. On this map, the locations marked with flashing red light were the places where they had found abnormalities.
There are dozens of them on the map.
"How many black snakes are there?" Hua Shi was shocked. "Isn't this number too scary?"
Xuan Shuzhi lowered his eyelashes, his expression no longer as calm as usual, and said, "Things will be worse than you think. Are you scared? If you are, you don't have to go."
In addition to deliberately teasing Hua Shi, he also had other thoughts in mind. For some reason, he always felt a little uneasy in his heart, and even hoped that Fang Wei would not have to go.
Hua Shi listened to Xuan Shuzhi's words and recalled the black snake he had seen in Yuan Lake before. Thinking of its terrible destructive power, his heart was pounding. If every black snake had that ability, it would be impossible for him not to be afraid. But since Liu Qishuang wanted him to go, there must be a reason why he had to go. Hua Shi calmed down and shook his head to respond to Xuan Shuzhi: "I'm not afraid, I want to go."
There is indeed no solution.
Xuan Shuzhi didn't know whether Hua Shi's insistence was the result of Fang Wei's conversation with him or whether Hua Shi took the initiative to propose it, but it seemed that it could not be changed now.
He nodded and said, "Okay, pack up and we'll go this afternoon."
Hua Shi quickly agreed, but then he asked curiously: "But there are so many places on this map, can we really see any clues by just looking at three of them?"
Xuan Shuzhi raised his eyes and said, "Who said we only looked at three places?"
Hua Shi blinked: "After we have seen these places, do we need to go somewhere else?"
Xuan Shuzhi tapped Hua Shi's head with the handle of his fan. Hua Shi covered his head and was about to ask, when he heard Liu Qishuang say in his mind: "There are still many people in the Spiritual Path, so they will naturally not miss these places."
Hua Shi then realized that he was too naive. Just as he was thinking this, Cheng Song on the opposite side also spoke up: "This matter is not small. The Spiritual Master has already arranged to notify the heads or elders of each sect to go and check it out. Pavilion Master Xuan chose this place, and we will naturally have other people to investigate other places."
Xuan Shuzhi's eyes were still on the map. Hearing Cheng Song's words, he pointed to several other marked places and asked, "Have you arranged people at these places?"
Cheng Song took a look and shook his head, saying, "Not yet. There are too many places. The Spirit Master doesn't want ordinary disciples to take risks, so the Sect Masters have to make more trips. Therefore, some places have not been arranged yet."
Xuan Shuzhi fixed his fingertips there and said casually, "Leave it here. I'll have someone take a look."
Cheng Song raised his head in surprise: "Master Xuan, you..."
"No need to ask more questions. I will give you news within five days after investigation." Xuan Shuzhi interrupted Cheng Song.
Cheng Song did not ask any more questions and just smiled and said, "It would be great if we can get the results as soon as possible."
Hua Shi thought of something while listening to the conversation between the two. After the senior who was said to be of a very high seniority left, Hua Shi could not help but ask Xuan Shuzhi, "Master, do you want Senior Wen Zhong and the others to check those places?"
Xuan Shuzhi nodded and said, "Yes, they have seen the black snake with their own eyes. It is most appropriate to let them go and see it. Moreover, the locations of these places are the most critical. They are the closest to the Frost Forest Valley. I cannot rest assured if I let others come to see it."
Hua Shi's eyes widened, and he understood what Xuan Shu meant. He said, "Master, are you saying that there is something wrong with someone in the Spiritual Path?"
Xuan Shuzhi glanced at Hua Shi for a moment. He knew that Hua Shi could guess why he had left these places for separate observation, but he did not expect that Hua Shi could figure out a deeper problem through his short sentence. He paused for a moment before explaining, "It's just a guess."
Hua Shi was puzzled: "But there must be a reason for the guess, right?"
Xuan Shuzhi asked: "Do you really think that everyone in the spiritual path now listens to Ji Yuan?"
Hua Shi felt something was wrong: "He is the master of the spiritual path. If we don't listen to him, who should we listen to?"
Xuan Shuzhi shook his head and pointed in the direction where Cheng Song had just left: "How much experience does Ji Yuan have? He is still my junior, and his cultivation is not necessarily better than mine. The person who just walked out does not have to obey his orders. The reason why he came here to pass on the message is just to give him face."
Hua Shi was a little surprised: "So, if that's the case, the leaders of several sects are more experienced than him, and their strength seems to be quite strong. Does that mean few people listen to him?"
Xuan Shuzhi shook his head again and said with a smile: "Of course it's not what you said. If that were true, would all the Spiritual Masters in history have to be stronger than everyone else?"
Hua Shi no longer understood Xuan Shuzhi's meaning: "Isn't it?"
Xuan Shuzhi shook his head and smiled: "You should listen to other people's explanation. I will go and inform Zhou Xun and others to prepare. You should also go back and prepare. We will set off in an hour."
Hua Shi blinked and stood there looking at Xuan Shuzhi. He understood who the "others" he was talking about were, so he immediately went out and rushed back to his room, while asking Fang Wei in his mind: "System, do you know what's going on?"
In the past, Hua Shi had no idea how many storybooks he had read and how many stories he had heard from storytellers to have such an idea. Fang Wei could only explain, "The original intention of establishing the Lingdao General Altar was not to require the Lingdao Master to command everyone. There are many Lingdao sects. If something big happens, each sect will have its own opinions. Even simple things will become troublesome. That's why the Lingdao General Altar exists, so that someone can stand up and discuss and make the right decision at important times."
Hua Shi walked very quickly and returned to his room soon. He was still curious about what Fang Wei said: "It turns out that Ji Yuan Lingzhu is not as glorious as he seems. So compared with the Lingdao Lord and the Xiedao Lord, the Xiedao Lord obviously has much more power? But if he makes a decision and others are unwilling to listen to him, what should he do?"
Fang Wei said: "Each sect will restrain each other. No one wants other sects to dominate, and the master of the spiritual path is this balance point."
So normally speaking, most sects will cooperate with Ji Yuan, unless someone wants to be an enemy of other spiritual sects.
Hua Shi had completely understood it by now, but he still found the truth incredible: "How could there be so much intrigue within the spiritual path?"
"It's just human nature. Before the three evil sects were all taken over by the evil leader, they were also wary of each other but also cooperated with each other." Fang Wei said.
Hua Shi then asked Fang Wei some gossip about the spiritual path and the evil path in the past. Fang Wei was able to answer most of them. Hua Shi was a little shocked that Liu Qishuang knew so much about the gossip. In fact, he didn't know that when Fang Wei was the master of the spiritual path and the evil path, he was always cleaning up the mess for everyone.
Therefore, many stories that Hua Shi thought were secret were told through his hands.
After packing up, Hua Shi stored his things in the Yunxiu Pen Space, and then walked out to the Ling Pavilion. When Hua Shi arrived at the Ling Pavilion, Xuan Shuzhi had been waiting at the door for a long time.
Seeing Hua Shi coming, Xuan Shuzhi asked, "Where is your sword?"
Hua Shi took out the Yunxiu pen: "The sword is inside."
Because he was worried that someone would recognize the Lingsha Sword, he never took it out in front of others. Most of the time, he kept it hidden in the space of the Yunxiu Pen. He would only take it out when it was really a critical moment, or he would not hesitate to take it out in front of familiar people.
Xuan Shuzhi looked at the Yunxiu pen in Hua Shi's hand and nodded without saying anything more. However, Hua Shi was a little worried and asked, "Will they do it then? Will it be dangerous?"
"Maybe. You should be more alert then." Xuan Shuzhi pondered and whispered, "If you can't win, leave quickly."
Hua Shi asked with vigilance: "Master, why do I feel like you've been persuading me to leave?"
Ever since he mentioned that he wanted to check over there, Xuan Shuzhi had been trying to use various arguments to dissuade Hua Shi from going there. When Hua Shi insisted on going, Xuan Shuzhi persuaded him to run away as much as possible. This was not something Xuan Shuzhi would normally say, and Hua Shi felt even more strange after hearing it.
Xuan Shuzhi knew that Hua Shi had noticed something, so he finally took back what he had just said and said, "Since you insist on going, let's go."
Hua Shi nodded and prepared to walk out of Xuanling Pavilion, choosing to take a carriage or ride a horse directly. However, when Xuan Shuzhi carried him directly into the sky, he realized that he had thought too simply. Xuan Shuzhi did not need those things at all to travel, he only needed a sword.
It was not until now that Hua Shi realized that Xuan Shuzhi's weapon was actually a sword instead of a fan, and that flying with a sword was not something only the disciples of Hanxi Sect could do, but they from Xuanling Pavilion could do it as well.
Shocked, Hua Shi couldn't help but ask Xuan Shuzhi why he refused to teach him how to fly the sword before. Xuan Shuzhi did not hide anything and just said frankly that he was afraid that he would not be able to fly the sword and would damage the Lingsha Sword.
Hua Shi: “…”
Compared to the steadiness with which Zhou Li flew the sword while carrying Hua Shi in the past, Xuan Shuzhi's speed of flying the sword could almost be called wild. Hua Shi had never thought that his master, who seemed calm and silent on weekdays, was actually very different in some aspects.
Arriving at the place they were going to investigate, Hua Shi was put down by Xuan Shuzhi and lay down beside a tree to rest. After a while, he finally recovered. He turned his head and looked around and said, "Are we there yet? It seems that there is nothing special here?"
"It doesn't look anything special now, but you'll know soon." The surroundings were indeed just ordinary woods, but Xuan Shuzhi did not relax his vigilance. He took two steps forward, forming complicated seals with his fingertips, then he raised his hand and waved his sleeves. As the sleeves waved, a thin silver track suddenly appeared in the air following his movements.
Hua Shi was stunned and asked, "What is this?"
Xuan Shuzhi stared at the direction of the trajectory and whispered, "This is where the black snake passed by."
Hua Shi stared ahead, following the silver track and clearly saw a wasteland. He asked, "Where did the black snake go? What's there?"
Xuan Shuzhi said: "Just go and take a look and you will know."
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