It was Fang Wei's arrangement to let Hua Shi become the leader of the evil way. From the moment he let Hua Shi enter Xuanling Pavilion and come into contact with Xuan Shuzhi and others, he had already told Xuan Shuzhi his intention. Later, when he met everyone, the incident with the black snake happened, and then he returned to the abyss and finally died together with the monster, Fang Wei's decision never changed.
He firmly believed that Hua Shi could change the situation in Xuanqing Continent, and believed that handing the spiritual path to him was the most appropriate choice. This was not only because of his identity, interpersonal relationships, and strength, but also because of his purest personality.
Now, a hundred years have passed, and Fang Wei has returned to Xuanqing Continent again, and found that Hua Shi's growth did not disappoint him.
This continent has become like this in just a hundred years. It is both familiar and unfamiliar to Fang Wei, but it is much more lively than what he has seen before. Although he has not seen it with his own eyes, he can be sure that Hua Shi must have contributed to it.
Zhou Li in the hall was still scolding the two men in a low voice. Fang Wei stood on the beam and listened. After a while, he saw them walking towards the room inside the restaurant. It seemed that they were going to rescue the group of captured spiritual creatures.
Fang Wei used the power of her body to follow them silently on the beam. As expected, they went to that room. However, after pushing the door, they saw an empty room and an open cage window. The two men's faces changed instantly and they said quickly, "They were here just now! The waiter can testify to that!"
Zhou Li stroked his chin and stared at the keyhole of the cage. When he heard the two men's nervous voices, he couldn't help but laugh: "Why are you so nervous? I didn't say you hid the spiritual object."
The two men stared at Zhou Li blankly and asked carefully, "What about the evil master..."
Zhou Li raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you so afraid of him?"
The two men hesitated and said, "We heard that the evil master's methods are very terrible. Many people still turn pale when they hear his name."
"If you don't do this kind of thing, can you provoke him to attack?" Zhou Li kicked them again, crossed his arms and looked down at the two of them and said, "Alright, alright, I have more important things to see him this time, and I won't go out of my way to find him for such a small matter."
As he spoke, he leaned over and drew a few lines on the chests of the two men, injecting spiritual energy into their bodies. He patted their shoulders and said, "You guys go, go to Hanxi Sect to find my master to receive punishment. Only my master and I can break this spell. If you don't get there within ten days, be careful that the spell will backfire on your bodies. You won't have a good time then."
The two men didn't dare to say much. They quickly bowed their heads to thank Zhou Li, then quickly left the restaurant, apparently heading towards Hanxi Sect.
When Fang Wei, who was on the beam, saw this, all he could think about was things related to Hua Shi.
According to what Zhou Li said just now, the world's impression of Hua Shi seems to be "cruel and ruthless", which is not much different from his reputation as the evil master Fang Wei. However, in Fang Wei's memory, Hua Shi was just a timid, noisy, and kind-hearted boy.
This kind of Hua Shi is far from the evil master they are talking about. Is it because he has changed too much in the past hundred years, or are the rumors from the outside world too outrageous?
Fang Wei had mixed feelings. He had already imagined Hua Shi's growth, but it was not his wish to let the once optimistic boy become like this. If possible, he hoped that Hua Shi could grow up slowly with the help and care of Xuan Shuzhi and others.
The room fell silent. Fang Wei was thinking about these things on the beam, while Zhou Li in the room suddenly asked, "Are you still planning to hide there?"
Fang Wei raised his eyes suddenly. He had no way of being sure whether the other party had noticed his whereabouts. If he wanted to hide his whereabouts under normal circumstances, naturally no one would be able to find his whereabouts. However, in his current state, he could only rely on the power of two first-level spiritual creatures, and he could not even use his own spiritual power. It was very likely that he would be discovered by Zhou Li.
He hesitated whether to show up, and at this moment, the window of the room suddenly moved, and then several first-level spirit creatures came back from outside. They were the spirit creatures that Fang Wei had just let go. It seemed that because they were too hasty just now, many spirit creatures had not had time to leave, and then something happened and Zhou Li brought two men over. Several braver spirit creatures simply stayed here and watched the conversation between Zhou Li and the two men just now.
It was obvious that Zhou Li's strength amazed the group of spirit creatures. At this time, the first-level spirit creatures were looking at Zhou Li with shining eyes. Two butterfly spirits even flew in front of Zhou Li, circling around and said excitedly: "My lord! Do you need any spirit creatures? We can do anything, as long as we can stay by your side!"
"Sir, we were just caught here by these bad guys. We have never been here and don't know the way. If you are unwilling to take us in as spiritual creatures, we will be driven away by other spiritual creatures here soon!"
"Please let us stay with you!"
Several spiritual creatures surrounded Zhou Li, some flew in front of him, some held his clothes from below, all of them looked pitiful with their eyes wide open and tears in their eyes.
Fang Wei: “…”
These words were too familiar to him. Even the expressions of these spiritual creatures were extremely familiar to him. It was because of these words when he was young that he accepted Baibai and Dandan as spiritual creatures.
It was not until later that he realized that this was the instinct of first-level spiritual creatures. Because few people would agree to form a contract with low-level spiritual creatures, they could only pretend to be pitiful or use other means to trick strong people into forming a contract with them.
All living things have the instinct to admire the strong. Spiritual creatures are unwilling to be sold to ordinary people and enslaved, but everyone is willing to form a contract with the strong.
Baibai and Dandan probably also remembered how they had tricked Fang Wei into forming a contract. The two spirit creatures, which had been chattering away, consciously kept quiet and pretended not to see the scene in front of them.
Unfortunately, Zhou Li was not Fang Wei. He held up the two spirit creatures that were pulling at his sleeves, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and shook his head, saying, "Sorry, I already have three bonded spirit creatures."
Upon hearing this, the spiritual creatures immediately hung their heads in dejection.
After saying this, Zhou Li raised his head and said, "And the one up there, don't worry I won't hurt you, come down too."
Fang Wei: “…”
He was not very surprised to be discovered, but Fang Wei was still a little uncomfortable being spoken to in such a tone. Even though he knew that he looked like a weak low-level spiritual creature, he had never been treated like this before.
Seeing that Zhou Li and other spiritual creatures were also looking towards the beam, Fang Wei no longer hid his whereabouts. He jumped down from the beam openly and landed lightly on the table in the middle of the room.
His appearance was not much different from other spirit creatures. Although he was in human form, he was small. However, Zhou Li's eyes swept over Fang Wei's body, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face: "Strange, why do I seem to have seen you somewhere before?"
Fang Wei did not respond. He knew that no matter whether he was Fang Wei or Liu Qishuang, the only people who had seen him were thousands of years ago. Logically speaking, even if Zhou Li had heard of his name, he should not have seen his appearance.
But Zhou Li soon said to himself: "I remember that you look a lot like the person in the portrait that Hua Shi carries with him."
Fang Wei couldn't help but ask when she heard this: "Portrait?"
If I am not mistaken, the portrait of his appearance should be the one found in the ruins of the Lingdao main altar in Ningshan.
So Hua Shi went to that place again later, took away his paintings, and kept them with him at all times?
Zhou Li was still thinking about the portrait, but although they looked very similar, he did not really connect the person in the portrait with Fang Wei. Fang Wei did not find it strange. No matter who was facing him who looked like a low-level spiritual creature, no one would think that he had any connection with the person in the ancient painting from a thousand years ago. At most, they would just think it was a coincidence.
At this time, the other spirit creatures had already recognized Fang Wei. A bunch of short spirit creatures immediately stopped on the table and surrounded Fang Wei, saying, "It's you! You saved us just now!"
Everyone was talking about how they were rescued just now, which made Zhou Li even more surprised: "It turns out you are quite amazing."
Fang Wei had never been praised in such an exaggerated tone, and he didn't know how to respond. He looked up at the other person, and then heard Zhou Li say, "Little guy, don't you have anywhere to go? Do you want to go somewhere else and find a powerful person to follow you?"
Hearing something different from Zhou Li's words, Fang Wei asked, "Where do you want me to go? But didn't you just say that you can't make a contract?"
Zhou Li shook his head and said, "Of course I'm not asking you to follow me. You should have heard of the person I'm talking about. With his reputation, few people don't know his name. Do you know the evil master Hua Shi? He is the most famous person in the entire Xuanqing Continent. If I ask you to follow him, will you agree?"
Fang Wei frowned and said, "Because I look like the person in the painting you mentioned?"
Zhou Li was stunned for a moment before he said, "I've seen him staring at the painting more than once. You look so much like the person in the painting. If you follow him, he will definitely treat you well. You can also take care of him for us. He used to be such a cheerful person, but now he hardly smiles."
Fang Wei wanted to say something, but when he heard Zhou Li's words, he suddenly stopped talking.
It was difficult for him to imagine what the Hua Shi described by Zhou Li looked like. Just as Zhou Li said, how could this young man, who loved to talk, make noises and laugh, change into like this in the blink of an eye?
The room was quiet. Zhou Li was still trying to persuade Fang Wei to follow him to see Hua Shi. However, at this moment, there was another noise outside. Then the waiter came over quickly and said to Zhou Li outside the door: "Mr. Zhou, there is a guest outside who wants to see you. He said he is a friend who had an appointment with you in advance."
Upon hearing this, Fang Wei immediately turned around and looked at the door. He had not forgotten the conversation between Zhou Li and the two men selling spiritual objects not long ago. Zhou Li once said that he had made an appointment with the evil master Hua Shi in advance.
And the person waiting for Zhou Li outside now is most likely Hua Shi.
Although it was only a moment in the other person's opinion, for the Xuanqing Continent and the people living on it, it felt like a hundred years of separation. They were finally going to meet again, but they did not expect it to be under such circumstances and with such appearance.
"I promise you." Fang Wei suddenly spoke, and said to Zhou Li who was about to respond, "I'll go with you."
Zhou Li was stunned for a moment before he started laughing. He stretched out his hand to Fang Wei, letting Fang Wei step on his fingers and fall into his palm. Then he dragged the person and pushed the door open with one hand and walked out: "Let's go, I'll take you to see him."
The two of them left the room and returned to the hall. The other spiritual creatures had nowhere to go, so they followed them out.
At this time in the lobby, the overturned tables and chairs had been mostly tidied up by someone, and right by the window, someone was sitting by the window holding a sword, his grey clothes stained with conspicuous blood, but he seemed unaware of it. He just glanced sideways to the window with his eyes slightly lowered, his eyelashes revealing the halo of light from outside, and the whole person was so quiet that he seemed out of tune with the surroundings.
Fang Wei stayed in Zhou Li's palm, looking at the man intently.
That person was Hua Shi. Although he had changed a lot, he still recognized him easily.
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