Xuanling Pavilion has been unprecedentedly quiet recently.
About ten days ago, the gate to the spiritual realm was moved from Tianqing City to the woods outside Tianqing City by a black snake of unknown origin. The leaders and masters of various factions rushed there. Although the matter was resolved later, the entire Xuanqing Continent also paid a heavy price.
Several masters died in that battle, and half of them were seriously injured when fighting against the black snake. What is even more unacceptable is that the door to the Spirit Realm has been closed since then, and the Spirit Realm and Xuanqing Continent will lose contact from then on.
For the cultivators of Xuanqing Continent, the Spirit Transformation Conference held every three years is the most important day. All young disciples of appropriate age will go to the Spirit Realm on this day to find spiritual creatures that match themselves and form a contract. After that, when their strength grows, they will go to the Spirit Realm a second and third time. Everyone can form a contract with up to three spiritual creatures, bring them out of the Spirit Realm, and accompany each other in battle for a lifetime until the day they die, when the spiritual creatures will leave them and return to the Spirit Realm.
For tens of thousands of years, people across the Xuanqing Continent have become accustomed to the existence of spiritual creatures, but from now on, the younger generations and disciples will lose the opportunity to form a contract with spiritual creatures. Although the spiritual creatures that have already formed a contract with humans still exist, they will slowly disappear in the future as this generation of disciples disappears.
In the future, perhaps there will be no trace of the existence of spiritual creatures in the entire Xuanqing Continent.
It was under such circumstances that Xuan Shuzhi brought Hua Shi and others back from the woods outside Tianqing City. Everyone returned to their respective residences with gloomy faces.
In this way, more than ten days passed, and during this period, although many guests came to Xuanling Pavilion, not only Wen Zhong, Bai Heng, Yi Zhan and others, but also Lu Yao, Hanxi Sect and other sect leaders, many masters and disciples of the sects also came to discuss with Xuan Shuzhi and them the next issues to be dealt with, how to deal with some of the escaped black snakes, and the possible movements of the other party, etc.
But even with so many people coming and going, Xuanling Pavilion still doesn't seem lively now. It's just quiet and dull, as if the relaxed atmosphere of the past is gone. Many disciples don't even dare to speak loudly and are very careful with their words.
And all this was because the expressions of those seniors in Xuanling Pavilion were so great that people dared not say anything extra.
Be it the silent Bai Heng Wen Zhong, or Yi Zhan who had a gloomy face every day, or Lu Yao who exuded coldness and did not allow anyone to get close to him, even Xuan Shuzhi who did not seem to have any abnormality on his face, actually made his disciples worried.
But the one who worries everyone the most is probably Hua Shi.
Ever since returning from the woods, Hua Shi has been locking himself in his room. For more than ten days, he has never left his room, not even to eat or drink. No matter who came to see him, he refused to open the door. No one knew what he did in the room, or what he was thinking.
Wen Zhong came to the Ling Pavilion as usual that day. Seeing Xuan Shuzhi sitting behind the desk and reading a letter, he handed the things in his hand to him and said, "These are brought by Ji Yuan. He said that they are black snake scales found all over Xuanqing Continent. Those black snakes seem to have other plans and have been hiding their tracks these days. I also think this matter is not simple."
Xuan Shuzhi listened to Wen Zhong's words quietly. When he finished speaking, he suddenly came to his senses and said, "He is right. This matter may not be over yet."
Wen Zhong did not respond immediately. Xuan Shuzhi paused for a moment and raised his eyes and asked, "What's wrong?"
Seeing that the other person finally raised his eyes to meet his gaze, Wen Zhong sighed and said, "You usually never get distracted for no reason like this."
Xuan Shuzhi chuckled softly, his tone light and indifferent, avoiding Wen Zhong's gaze and said: "You were not so long-winded before."
Wen Zhong wanted to say something else, but stopped himself and finally just whispered, "Is Hua Shi still in the room and refusing to come out?"
Xuan Shuzhi shook his head, feeling somewhat amused and somewhat helpless: "This kid still thinks it's his fault now, thinking that the Palace Master is gone and that he killed the Evil Master."
Wen Zhong hesitated for a while before finally asking, "Didn't anyone tell him that the evil master is not dead but just went back to the abyss?"
Xuan Shuzhi raised his eyebrows and said, "Even if I wanted to tell him, did he give me a chance?"
Before Wen Zhong finished speaking, another person suddenly walked in. It was Yi Zhan, who walked with Xuan Shuzhi every day. He seemed to have heard most of the conversation between the two, so he immediately answered, "I don't think you didn't have a chance to speak, you just left him alone on purpose."
Xuan Shuzhi had a complicated mind, but he never showed it. If anyone knew him the best at that time, it would probably be Yi Zhan. Yi Zhan stood at the door of the room, looking at the two people facing each other in the room, and slowly walked into the room to put down a few tokens. Then he continued, "You know, when we were dealing with the group of black snakes, what happened later was an inevitable result, because only the evil master could deal with those black snakes, and since he went there, he would definitely take action, and taking action means that his spiritual consciousness could not be retained."
Yi Zhan's words were very clear. He seldom spoke to Xuan Shuzhi with such an expression and tone.
Xuan Shuzhi didn't say anything, but just stared at Yi Zhan, his thoughts seemed to have drifted away.
Yi Zhan added: "At that time, no matter what you did or what Hua Shi did, it actually couldn't change the result. But you were still angry. You let Hua Shi reflect on himself alone in the room. In fact, the person you really blamed was yourself."
Hearing this, Xuan Shuzhi finally reacted. He frowned and called Yi Zhan's name, and his tone sounded a little different from before.
Yi Zhan was already in front of Xuan Shuzhi at this time. He raised his hand and gently placed it on Xuan Shuzhi's shoulder, whispering: "Don't think about it anymore, you have done enough."
"Not enough." Xuan Shuzhi lowered his eyes, held his brows and said, "I have been thinking these days that if I had arranged it better and thought more, maybe it wouldn't have turned out like this."
Xuan Shuzhi and Yi Zhan were both elders of the evil Blood Crow Cult in the past. Later, Fengyu Palace took over the evil way, and the Blood Crow Cult came under the control of the evil leader Fang Wei. Xuan Shuzhi followed Fang Wei and served as a think tank most of the time. In many cases, Fang Wei was unable to take care of all things, so Xuan Shuzhi would speak at this time.
Over time, when Fang Wei was not around, Xuan Shuzhi became the backbone of the people. No matter when Fang Wei fell into disaster or what happened outside Tianqing City today, it was Xuan Shuzhi who made the decisions on behalf of everyone.
But in this situation, most decisions cannot achieve the best of both worlds.
"Azhi." Yi Zhan held Xuan Shuzhi's hand in his palm, trying to calm him down.
However, Xuan Shuzhi's self-control was excellent. Before Yi Zhan could speak to comfort him, he had already raised his head again, and his expression seemed normal. He said, "Okay, I know what you want to say. Many things are still waiting to be dealt with, and this is not the end, but just the beginning." As he said this, he regained his usual calm and indifferent appearance, turned around and said to Wen Zhong, "Wen Zhong, help me call Hua Shi over. He has calmed down for so long and it's time for him to know more."
After all, just as Xuan Shuzhi said, things are far from over. Fang Wei, who is in the abyss of disaster, is still waiting for Hua Shi to rescue him. They have no reason to indulge in unnecessary emotions.
Wen Dian nodded, but before he turned around he said, "I'm afraid that even if I go, Hua Shi won't be willing to come out."
Xuan Shuzhi said: "Tell him that if he still wants to save that person, come here quickly."
Wen Zhong understood what these words meant to Hua Shi, so he nodded without saying anything more and quickly left the Lingge room.
Only after he left did Xuan Shuzhi close his eyes tiredly.
Yi Zhan raised his hand to rub his forehead and spoke to him in a low voice, but Xuan Shuzhi didn't want to listen to any more words of comfort. He just asked, "What did you bring just now? Is there any other news from Tianwen Mountain? Is the formation really broken and there is no way to restore it?"
"It is indeed not easy to recover, unless those black snakes have other tricks up their sleeves." Yi Zhan did not say anything more. He began to narrate the news coming from various factions during this period in a businesslike manner.
The two of them talked in low voices. Xuan Shuzhi would ask a few questions from time to time, but most of the time it was still Yi Zhan who did the talking. At the end, Yi Zhan finished speaking and saw Xuan Shuzhi's brows frowning more and more, so he asked, "It seems that most of the escaped black snakes have been found, and their strength has obviously been suppressed. They have not become as powerful as they were in Tianqing City. I guess this should be related to the fact that the evil master's consciousness returned to the Abyss of Misfortune and restricted the monster."
When Fang Wei's consciousness returned to Huo Yuan, the two of them fell silent again, until Xuan Shuzhi said a moment later: "That's not right."
Yi Zhan frowned: "What's wrong?"
Xuan Shuzhi pondered and asked, "Why did those black snakes escape?"
Yi Zhan said as a matter of course: "If you can't beat them, of course you have to run away. What else can they do?"
"But black snakes cannot adapt to the rules of Xuanqing Continent. Although they are not spiritual creatures, they are the same as spiritual creatures. Even if they may exist longer than ordinary spiritual creatures, if they cannot form a bond with humans, they will soon disappear." Xuan Shuzhi asked, "So what's the point of running away for them?"
Yi Zhan had indeed never thought about this. Now that Xuan Shuzhi mentioned it, he was suddenly speechless: "You mean they ran away because they had other things to do?"
Xuan Shuzhi said: "It's not impossible."
After all, they can even change the position of the formation and open the door to the spiritual realm when no one is prepared. They really shouldn't underestimate these black snakes. There must be something behind these black snakes manipulating these plans.
When the two of them reached this point in their conversation, they suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside. Yi Zhan raised his head and looked towards the door. Xuan Shuzhi also stopped talking and sat back in his chair. As he just sat down, the person outside quickly pushed open the door and rushed in.
"Master!" The person who entered the room was naturally Hua Shi. He probably rushed over here immediately after hearing Wen Zhong's message. He was sweating all over and his breathing was a little rapid. After he entered the room, his eyes quickly fixed on Xuan Shuzhi, "Master, he is still alive? Do you really know... how to save him?"
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