Even though his cultivation has only recovered a little now, his previous spellcasting abilities are still there. Hua Shi thought that as long as he, as the master of the space, left Fang Wei in the Yunxiu Pen space and did not open the door of the Yunxiu Pen space, Fang Wei would have no way to get out. But in fact, for Fang Wei, it was actually very simple to leave.
Since he had made up his mind to go out and take a look, Fang Wei was unwilling to waste time. Hua Shi's whereabouts were unknown, and the longer he delayed, the more dangerous it would be.
As soon as Fang Wei thought about it, the three spiritual creatures including Jiuxiao White Dragon seemed to sense his thoughts and immediately returned to his soul. Fang Wei then used his own spiritual power and the help of Jiuxiao White Dragon to quickly open a crack in the space in front of him. His body was already in this state, so he didn't need the crack to expand at all, and he stepped into it immediately.
A moment later, the surrounding scenery changed instantly, and his feet stepped on the ground of Xuanqing Continent.
It was already night and there were no people around. However, what surprised Fang Wei was that he was not in the guest room arranged for Hua Shi by Tianwen Mountain, and Hua Shi was not by his side. He was standing in the bushes with the Yunxiu pen next to him, and the Yunxiu pen was covered with mud, as if it had been accidentally left here.
Where did Hua Shi go?
Could it be that he encountered some danger and accidentally dropped something here while escaping?
However, Fang Wei quickly denied this guess. Hua Shi has always cherished these things and this kind of situation would never happen. Now that the Yunxiu pen fell here, it is more likely that Hua Shi did it on purpose.
And if there was any reason for him to do such a thing, it could only be that he encountered a dangerous situation that he could not solve.
Was he worried that he would be in danger like he is now, coming out of the Yunxiu Pen because he didn't see him, so he quietly threw the Yunxiu Pen here?
Fang Wei couldn't be sure, but he thought this was the most likely situation. So what he had to do now was to figure out where he was, where Hua Shi was, and what the situation was.
It is not difficult to find Hua Shi's whereabouts. Fang Wei once had a wisp of spiritual consciousness living in Hua Shi's soul for a long time, so even though that wisp of spiritual consciousness has dissipated now, he still has some special feeling about Hua Shi. Although he cannot know the exact whereabouts of the other party, he can identify the general direction.
But the problem now is that he is in this state and moves very slowly. At the moment, he can't even pick up the Yunxiu pen, let alone rush to find someone. I'm afraid that by the time he arrives, several hours will have passed.
As Fang Wei was thinking this, Jiuxiao White Dragon spoke in his soul: "Master, my avatar has the ability to fly, so perhaps we can travel faster."
This was exactly what Fang Wei needed. After hearing Jiuxiao Bailong's words, Fang Wei immediately borrowed the other party's power, and his body really became lighter. He didn't want to let the Yunxiu pen stay here, so after thinking about it, he simply carefully dragged up the pen that was longer than he was now, borrowed spiritual power to make it float, and used it as a flying sword.
He sat sideways on the Yunxiu pen, and then with the help of the Nine-Sky White Dragon's spiritual power, he rushed in the direction where he felt Hua Shi might be.
He could feel that there was something wrong with Hua Shi's aura. Although it was still familiar, it seemed to be missing something, and he seemed much weaker than before.
After flying up, the surrounding environment gradually became clearer as his vision widened. Fang Wei was finally able to recognize his location from this scene. He had traveled a lot in Xuanqing Continent before, so when he saw this scenery at this time, he recognized it almost immediately. The place where Hua Shi had just dropped his Yunxiu pen was a small path on the back mountain of Tianwen Mountain.
Based on the faint smell in the air, Fang Wei was able to judge that Hua Shi should be in the direction of the forbidden area deep in the back mountain of Tianwen Mountain.
The reason why the forbidden area of Tianwen Mountain is a forbidden area is because the head of Tianwen Mountain, Yan Lishan, often practices in seclusion here. The Tao practiced by Tianwen Mountain is based on tranquility, and emphasizes the need to be focused. Therefore, no one in the entire Tianwen Mountain dares to rashly set foot in the forbidden area and disturb the head's practice, even the head's eldest disciple Yan Song is the same.
But why would Hua Shi be in such a place? Did he find something in the forbidden area?
Fang Wei turned his head and looked in the direction of the front mountain of Tianwen Mountain. The disciples of Tianwen Mountain seemed to have not noticed anything unusual yet. The entire mountain gate was quiet. It was the night when everyone was fast asleep, and no one seemed to have noticed that Hua Shi was no longer in the mountain gate.
If that’s the case, then there shouldn’t have been much noise when Hua Shi got into trouble earlier. Was he attacked by surprise?
Fang Wei frowned and secretly quickened his pace, and soon entered the forbidden forest. He could feel Hua Shi's breath becoming increasingly stronger, and he should be nearby. But at this moment, he noticed that a sword was inserted horizontally on a tree trunk somewhere in the forest. The sword blade was a strange evil red, and the tip of the sword was embedded in the tree trunk. There was a broken talisman stuck on the sword.
Seeing this thing in a place like this was already strange, and when Fang Wei saw the spell on the talisman clearly, his heart sank even more.
Because he recognized the talisman. It was the substitute talisman that Ji Yuan specially gave him after Hua Shi participated in the Spirit Transformation Conference.
As long as the amulet is carried on the body, it can protect its owner from a fatal disaster.
When Ji Yuan gave the talisman to Hua Shi, Fang Wei's consciousness was on his body. He always knew that Hua Shi was carrying a life-saving talisman like this. It was also because of the talisman that Fang Wei had never been too worried about Hua Shi's safety, but now the talisman has been used.
Fang Wei stared at the talisman pierced by the sword, and his heart gradually turned cold. He knew that if it weren't for the talisman, Hua Shi might have died now.
He began to regret that he really believed Hua Shi's words and asked him to come alone to investigate, but regret was not the most important thing now, finding Hua Shi was the most important thing. Since the spell had been used, Hua Shi's real body must be nearby.
Before Fang Wei had time to look carefully, there were sudden noises all around. Fang Wei couldn't tell who was coming, so he immediately transformed into a rabbit spirit and hid in the bushes with the Yunxiu pen.
A dark shadow suddenly appeared in the dense forest, with its back to Fang Wei, and came to the front of the tree trunk with the sword stuck in it.
Then, under Fang Wei's gaze, he raised his hand and drew out the sword, lowered his head as if observing the talisman, and after a moment, he turned and walked to the other end, his steps hurried as if he was going to chase someone.
Fang Wei hid in the grass around the tree trunk until the dark shadow left, then he slowly walked out.
He could tell that the black shadow should be a puppet condensed by spiritual power. There should be many puppets like this in the forest. Most of them were summoned by the other party to find someone. Fortunately, although the puppet inherited a lot of the master's combat power, it was not at that level. Therefore, even if Fang Wei's spiritual power was low now, no one would find him hiding in the bushes.
And now Hua Shi should also be hiding from the search of these dark shadows.
Fang Wei waited until the black shadow left and then continued to look for Hua Shi's whereabouts. However, at this moment, he suddenly felt the sound of wind approaching from behind. Before he turned around, someone had already come up to him, held him in his arms and ran in another direction.
Fang Wei stayed quietly in the man's arms, seemingly worried about something. The man's steps were very fast, so Fang Wei felt a little bumpy. Even though he was carefully held in the man's arms, he still held on to the other's clothes tightly to keep his balance.
As soon as the other party approached, Fang Wei had already sensed his identity. Hua Shi's aura and embrace were very familiar to him, and there was no way he could not recognize him.
And it was precisely because of this that he did not resist at all when he sensed the other party approaching.
The man ran with him for a while, and he was clearly breathing heavily. When they came behind a rock, he had to lower his head and let out a long breath.
"Those puppets shouldn't be able to find us here." Fang Wei said this, his voice sounded calm, but his worry was very obvious. He came out of Hua Shi's arms, took the initiative to stand on his open palm, and said to him, "What happened?"
Hua Shi’s current appearance could be described as extremely miserable. His body was covered with a lot of dust and blood, and the originally very neat robe of the evil lord now had many tears. However, he seemed to be unconcerned about his situation. When Fang Wei asked that question, Hua Shi had already said, "Why did you chase me here? I threw the Yunxiu pen on the road in the hope that you would not have to get involved in this matter, even if you..."
Before Hua Shi finished speaking, Fang Wei interrupted him and said, "If I go to inform others first, I won't be able to save you in time."
Hua Shi paused for a moment. He opened his mouth for a long while but couldn't continue. Fang Wei's words were very useful to him. He had no way to care about it anymore and could only whisper: "Actually, I'm not as weak as you think. I'm just..."
"You just want to use your own life to lure out the real mastermind behind this, right?" Fang Wei interrupted Hua Shi's words.
Hua Shi: “…”
He smiled bitterly and said, "That's right."
Fang Wei had guessed Hua Shi's intention long ago. He had guessed that with Hua Shi's current strength, it would be impossible for him to be pierced through the chest by a sword without even a struggle. The reason he saw the scene just now must be because Hua Shi had originally planned to do this.
He deliberately came to the forbidden area and deliberately exposed his flaws, and only then did he finally get the truth.
To exchange one's life for the truth is simply too high a price to pay.
Hua Shi's growth was indeed great. He had reached the point where he could treat himself so cruelly. Fang Wei didn't know whether to sigh or blame him. After guessing Hua Shi's purpose, he was naturally angry. However, before he could finish his question, Hua Shi whispered, "You were the same back then. You didn't even ask others how they felt, and you arbitrarily decided to die with the beast..."
Fang Wei: “…”
Looking at Hua Shi's deliberately aggrieved look, he couldn't say anything more.
The two were silent for a while. Fang Wei knew that saying this would not solve the problem at this time, so he asked, "Who attacked you?"
Hua Shi's face also became serious at this time, and he said immediately: "We are all wrong. The real person behind the scenes is not Elder Yan. Elder Yan lost the power to control Tianwen Mountain a long time ago. The Elder Yan I met before was just a puppet. The person who is really in charge of Tianwen Mountain now and is the leader of the mysterious organization behind the scenes is Cheng Song, the disciple of Tianwen Mountain's head."
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