Judging from Hua Shi's appearance, he had obviously just experienced a battle.
Zhou Li saw it clearly, and in his haste he didn't care about anything else for the moment. He quickly put Fang Wei down from his hands, sent her back to the group of spiritual creatures, and walked towards Hua Shi.
"How are you? Did you run into trouble on the road? Where are you hurt?" Zhou Li asked, looking up and down at the clothes, and saw a few more bloodstains, but he didn't find any tears on the clothes, "Internal injuries?"
Hua Shi initially held the sword and looked out the window, then he slowly turned around to look at Zhou Li, his eyebrows slightly raised with a half-smile on his face.
He was alone before, looking lonely and indifferent, as if he had no trace of worldly affairs, and there was only a heavy dead silence on him. It was not until now that he turned around and looked at Zhou Li, with an expression on his face, that he finally looked alive. He raised his chin and said, "I'm not injured. The blood belongs to my opponent. When have you ever seen me injured?"
These words somehow touched Zhou Li. He felt relieved when he knew Hua Shi was fine. He simply sat opposite Hua Shi and began to slowly enumerate him, "That's too much. Do you want me to tell you everything? Seven years ago, you went to deal with a mad creature on the edge of the East China Sea. You were seriously injured by the creature and it took you three months to recover. Sixteen years ago, you were chased by a killer and you hid in the woods for half a month before you were found. And thirty-five years ago, I don't know why you were crazy enough to go to Ningshan to take a look. As a result, you met a few unidentified masked men and were ambushed and seriously injured. And more than fifty years ago..."
"I'm talking about recently!" Hua Shi interrupted the other party and kicked his stool lightly. "There are not many people in Xuanqing Continent who can hurt me now. Even if they can't beat me, I can run away."
"Yes, because you are the leader of the evil ways that people shudder at the mere mention of you." Zhou Li said indifferently, and after a moment he still seemed confused and asked, "With your strength and status, you could have stayed in the spiritual way. I don't know why you insisted on becoming the leader of the evil ways, and why you had to practice in such a dangerous way, dealing with so many things every day, exhausting yourself like this, running out every day, and then running back with scars all over your body."
Obviously, these questions had been in Zhou Li's mind for a long time, but he didn't say them out until today.
Hua Shi didn't respond to him. He was silent for a moment before he said with disgust, "You're becoming more and more long-winded. Didn't Yu Xing say that to you?"
Zhou Li was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "Yu Xing would never be like you, don't change the subject."
Hua Shi said casually, "Why else would I become the Evil Lord? Isn't the Evil Lord awesome? Everyone is so scared when they hear my name that they stop talking. Wherever I go now, everyone is afraid of me. You've been in Hanxi Sect and are still the head disciple. Am I not much happier than you?"
Zhou Li didn't believe this at all: "There are many evil disciples who don't obey your discipline, and there are also many people in the spiritual way who are dissatisfied with you. You insist on spiritual creatures and humans living in harmony, and many people are dissatisfied with you. If this is considered happiness, then your happiness is really too cheap."
Hua Shi didn't seem to want to hear what Zhou Li had to say. He turned around and continued to look out the window. He then picked up the jar of wine next to him and took a sip, saying, "You haven't told me why you called me here."
Zhou Li then remembered the serious matter and quickly said, "We asked you to come because not long ago we found several places near Hanxi Sect where people were hunting and killing spiritual creatures above the sixth level, and using special methods to obtain the spiritual pills of the spiritual creatures."
Hua Shi frowned and said, "Get the elixir?"
The elixir is the most important thing for every spiritual creature, which is equivalent to the inner elixir of a practitioner. If the elixir is deprived, the spiritual creature will naturally no longer be able to survive. If someone wants to strip a spiritual creature of its elixir, the means used will definitely be extremely cruel.
Hua Shi's face suddenly became serious, and he quickly asked Zhou Li about the situation.
While the two were talking, Fang Wei was looking at Hua Shi intently, listening to their conversation.
Because he was left in the corridor of the restaurant by Zhou Li, Fang Wei was forced to squeeze together with other spirit creatures, lying on the railing and watching the two people who were talking by the window from afar. The spirit creatures next to him were all whispering, and from time to time they would touch Hua Shi with their elbows and say many speculative words.
"That guy looks so strong? Do you think he can still form a bond? If I can form a bond with him, I won't have to fear anything in the future, right?"
"Didn't you hear what the master said just now? When he was teaching those two bastards a lesson, he said that he would meet the evil master in a while. The person he met now must be the evil master he mentioned!"
"What is the evil master? Does it mean he is very powerful? Who is more powerful between him and that master?"
"The Evil Lord is definitely more powerful. Didn't you see how scared those two bastards looked when they heard the name of the Evil Lord?"
"Don't think about it. He is so powerful that there must be many powerful spirits vying to form a bond with him. They won't even look at us."
The spiritual creatures were talking in low voices, and although they said discouraging words, their eyes were shining when they looked at Hua Shi. Many of them were still fantasizing about being able to follow Hua Shi, saying that even if they could not form a contract with him, it would be fine to just stay by his side and do things for him.
As they said this, some spirit creatures couldn't help but start talking to Fang Wei. The butterfly spirit among them even said to Fang Wei, "The expert just now said he would take you to see someone. It should be the spirit master, right?" It held its face with its eyes shining with envy and said, "I wish I could follow a strong man like that."
Fang Wei nodded slightly in response, but her eyes were always fixed on Hua Shi.
The current Hua Shi has changed a lot from his previous appearance. Even though he had already inferred a lot from Zhou Li's description and the conversation with the two men, when he actually saw Hua Shi he still couldn't help but sigh at the other's growth and changes.
The boy of the past has lost all his youthfulness, and his features have gradually lost their softness and become deeper. When he is silent, he exudes a sense of distance, but when he communicates with others, he does not seem awkward at all and behaves very calmly, but people can no longer see any extra expressions on his face. His every move, even every raised eyebrow and the curve of the corners of his lips, seem to be actions that have been thought out long ago, and will not reveal his true feelings at all.
If he had not experienced many things, he would never behave like this. However, Fang Wei looked at Hua Shi who was chatting with Zhou Li at this moment, and could not help but think of the time when this man could not hide things in front of her. No matter how small the matter was, he would share his feelings with him in his mind, and no matter what happened, his expression would always reveal his thoughts first.
And now that he has become like this, such growth is clearly gratifying, but Fang Wei cannot feel gratified at all, but just has some different emotions in his heart.
He couldn't even help but think in his heart, if he had not been in a coma for a hundred years, and had not insisted on handing the burden of the evil way into Hua Shi's hands, would he still be as carefree as before?
However, such an assumption is just an assumption after all.
Fang Wei thought of his previous life that he had seen in his dream. Hua Shi's current appearance gradually overlapped with the college student Hua Shi in his previous life. He remembered the scene in which the other person followed behind him and the two of them walked through the ruined city.
In the past, he could seldom recall the events of his past life, as those memories seemed to be blocked by some force deep in his consciousness. But now, after seeing that scene in his dream, those memories have completely returned to his mind. He wanted to ask why Hua Shi had risked his life to go with him when he could have left the ruined city. He wanted to ask if he had ever been afraid when he and he died in that city.
The memories became more and more confusing, with memories of past lives and future lives, thousands of years ago and hundreds of years ago intertwined. Fang Wei finally thought of the luck that Hua Shi left for her before she died together with the giant beast in the abyss, and that desperate kiss.
He remembered that his heart was actually beating quite violently at that time, just like it is now.
He watched Hua Shi and Zhou Li talking from afar. At this time, Zhou Li had almost explained the whole story to Hua Shi. He then continued, "By the way, before you came, I caught two guys selling low-level spiritual objects here. I asked them to go to Hanxi Sect to find my master to receive punishment. There are so many people who want to get spiritual objects now. Whether it is high-level spiritual objects or low-level spiritual objects, there are problems everywhere. Can you really handle it?"
Hua Shi finished the whole jar of wine while listening to Zhou Li. He used to be unable to drink and would blush after just a few sips, but now he can finish a whole jar without changing his expression. After hearing Zhou Li's words, he threw down the jar of wine and stood up and said, "If I can't manage it, I can find someone to help me. One day these things will be under control. Aren't you helping me because you can't stand these things?"
Without waiting for Zhou Li to reply, he continued, "Let's go check out the two places you just mentioned."
Zhou Li frowned and said, "Don't be so anxious. Those people have already run away. You won't find anything if you go now. It's better for you to take a rest first and make a decision tomorrow. I have already arranged a place for you in Hanxi Sect in advance. You..." He was about to summon the flying sword to lead Hua Shi away. However, when he turned around, he glanced at the pile of spiritual objects not far away, and then he remembered, "Oh, I also found a little thing. He said he wanted to follow you."
Hua Shi hadn't noticed the spirit creatures behind him. When he heard Zhou Li's words, he couldn't help but ask, "What little thing? Spirit creature?"
"These are first-level spiritual creatures. I came across them when I caught those two people just now. They were originally captured by the two people and were going to sell them to nearby places. But before I could help them, they had already escaped on their own. One of the spiritual creatures looked particularly like the person in your most precious painting. I thought you would want to keep it."
As Zhou Li said this, he stood up and walked towards Fang Wei and the others.
Hua Shi seemed to find it funny: "Do you think I'm a three-year-old child and you're using spiritual objects to coax me? Besides, there is no spiritual object similar to him. There is no one in the world who can compare to him, let alone a spiritual object..."
As he said this, he turned around and followed Zhou Li's gaze, intending to refuse the little thing Zhou Li sent him.
However, when his sight reached that place and he saw Fang Wei being held up by Zhou Li, he suddenly became speechless and stood still instantly.
There was no one else in the restaurant hall because of the previous chaotic fight, and because Hua Shi suddenly stopped talking, the entire restaurant lobby became unusually quiet.
Only Fang Wei and Hua Shi were looking at each other from a not-too-distant distance.
After a long time, whether it was Zhou Li who was about to speak, or the group of low-level spiritual creatures who were facing Hua Shi and thinking about how to get Hua Shi's attention, they all saw a scene that made them feel incredible at this time.
Hua Shi's gaze was fixed on Fang Wei. This evil master, who was originally wrapped in thick disguise and seemed never to reveal his emotions, now had red eyes and tears silently slid down his cheeks.
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