Because of what happened in the spiritual realm, the atmosphere in the square of Tianqing City was extremely tense.
Everyone was staring at the entrance to the spiritual realm. That place was no longer peaceful, with strange fluctuations of spiritual power coming from it from time to time. Even from a long distance, people could vaguely hear the turbulent sounds coming from the spiritual realm.
Ji Yuan could no longer sit comfortably on the podium. He was standing in front of the entrance to the Spirit Realm and talking in a low voice with the people who were arranged here in advance by the Spiritual Dao Headquarters. Occasionally, a few Spiritual Dao masters would walk out of the Spirit Realm and report the current situation to Ji Yuan.
Most people couldn't hear what they were talking about and could only vaguely judge the current situation from Ji Yuan's expression.
“Spirit Master, it’s too chaotic inside right now. It will take time for the people we sent out to come back. The Spirit Realm has already become like this, and now there are people from the evil ways…”
The person who reported back had a bitter look on his face and looked at Ji Yuan hesitantly, wanting to say something.
Ji Yuan understood and looked up at him: "Are you trying to say that I shouldn't let Lu Yao in?"
The man looked anxious and lowered his head quickly: "I dare not."
Ji Yuan glanced at the now open gate of the spirit realm. He could vaguely discern the scene behind the gate. There seemed to be many red light pillars shooting straight into the sky from the hill. He was silent for a moment. When the man opposite him secretly glanced at him, he spoke coldly, "If Lu Yao wants to go in, no one can stop him."
The subordinate smiled bitterly, and then said, "The current status of the disciples is still unknown, and no disciples have returned from the Spirit Realm. The talisman is obviously useless. If we want them to come back, I'm afraid we can only..."
"I know." Ji Yuan said briefly, "Prepare for the leader of Hanxi Sect to temporarily take charge of this place."
As he spoke, he untied his black cloak and threw it to the followers behind him, then walked towards the gate of the spiritual realm.
Not only that subordinate, but everyone else nearby was also shocked when they saw Ji Yuan's actions. They all blocked Ji Yuan's way and said, "Spirit Master! You can't go in!"
Ji Yuan glanced at them calmly: "What's the matter?"
"I don't know what happened inside, and the danger is still unknown. You are still needed to take charge of the situation here. Please don't act rashly!"
Ji Yuan found it slightly amusing. He was just about to raise his hand to wave away the people blocking his way, but at this moment, there was a sudden movement at the gate of the spiritual realm. Obvious fluctuations of spiritual power came from there. In just a moment, a figure walked out slowly. It was Lu Yao who had insisted on breaking into the spiritual realm not long ago despite everyone's obstruction.
Lu Yao was just walking out of the spiritual realm, and Ji Yuan was just about to go to the spiritual realm. Their eyes accidentally met again, and their faces instantly darkened.
Lu Yao raised his eyebrows and looked at the situation and asked, "What are you going to do?"
Ji Yuan didn't look at him well, and asked directly without saying a word, "How is the Spirit Realm now? Where is the person you are looking for?"
Lu Yao had made such a fuss just to enter the spiritual realm to look for his disciples. Although he had come out now, for some reason he had not rescued his disciples at the same time.
Lu Yao stared at Ji Yuan and said after a while: "The people are still inside. The matter has been resolved. Since the Spirit Realm is safe, there is no need for me to bring them back so early."
Ji Yuan frowned: "Solved? You solved it?"
Maybe Lu Yao had been stuck in the spirit realm for too long, but after coming out, he immediately picked up the wine pot and took a big gulp. When he heard Ji Yuan ask this, Lu Yao paused in his drinking, and after a while he finally put down the wine pot and said calmly, "It's me."
Ji Yuan did not respond immediately, but stared at the other person without any hesitation, as if he wanted to confirm whether what he said was true or false.
Lu Yao remained calm as he was looked at by the other party: "Don't believe it?"
Ji Yuan said calmly: "It's not that I don't believe in your ability, but I don't believe you have such a kind heart."
"My disciples are also in the Spirit Realm. I go in to solve the problem only for them. The life and death of your Spiritual Dao disciples has nothing to do with me." Lu Yao sneered. He passed by Ji Yuan, keeping his emotions hidden. Only when he passed by Ji Yuan with his back to him did he slightly raise the corners of his lips and reveal a hint of a smile.
But Ji Yuan's eyes were still glued to him until he walked back to his seat as if nothing had happened and knocked on the armrest of the chair: "If you don't believe what I say, why don't you go in and take a look for yourself."
As the master of the spiritual realm, Ji Yuan naturally did not have the habit of blindly trusting others. He quickly sent people into the spiritual realm to investigate the situation. But when the news came back from the spiritual realm, just as Lu Yao said, the matter had indeed been resolved. Although no one saw with their own eyes that it was Lu Yao who resolved those crazy spiritual creatures, afterwards some people did see Lu Yao returning from the places where the accidents had happened.
Apart from Lu Yao, no one else was seen there.
Ji Yuan naturally believed the information sent back by his men, but he still couldn't help but doubt whether their guess was the truth.
Seeing that Ji Yuan was still staring at Lu Yao, the subordinate shifted his gaze to Lu Yao and asked Ji Yuan in a low voice: "Spirit Master, is there something wrong?"
Ji Yuan shook his head, but after a moment he suddenly said, "Lu Yao seems to have changed."
The subordinates were a little puzzled: "Changed? But was it eroded by the power of the spirit realm?"
"No, I can't explain it." Ji Yuan shook his head and corrected in a low voice, "It's not that kind of change."
But Lu Yao has indeed changed. Although Ji Yuan has not paid much attention to Lu Yao in recent years, due to the hostile relationship they had many years ago, he would unconsciously pay more attention to Lu Yao whenever he heard news about him. It is precisely because of this that he knows what Lu Yao has been through in these years, and he also knows what he has become now.
There were even many times when Ji Yuan felt that Lu Yao was no longer the opponent he used to be. His strength had long been far beyond his own, and he had no fighting spirit at all. He was basically just a drunkard who posed no threat at all.
However, just now, when Lu Yao came out of the spirit realm and looked at him, he suddenly felt a long-lost feeling. It was as if he saw Lu Yao from a thousand years ago again.
What on earth did he encounter in the spiritual realm?
Ji Yuan looked back at the gate of the Spirit Realm, his expression changed a bit. He walked forward, not knowing whether he was going to approach the Spirit Realm. However, his subordinates saw his movements and hurriedly stopped him, whispering: "Spirit Master, since the matter has been resolved, please return to the stage and take charge of the situation."
Of course, the problem has not been solved. They need to worry about why such a thing suddenly happened in the Spirit Realm and whether more serious problems will occur in the future.
Ji Yuan said no more, turned back to his seat, and reopened the communication with the Spirit Realm. The messages from the Spirit Realm once again turned into text messages and appeared above the statue.
What he didn't know was that just after he sat down and started paying attention to what was happening in the spiritual realm with everyone else, Lu Yao, who was sitting in the corner, drank some wine and glanced at him from afar.
"Idiot." Lu Yao said silently, "The Palace Master is back, but Liu Qishuang can't come back anymore."
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And at this moment, in the spiritual realm.
When Hua Shi regained consciousness, he felt sore all over. He lay on the ground with weak limbs, unable to get up for a long time. After a long time, he was finally able to move a little, and stood up very slowly, holding on to the dead tree beside him.
"What on earth did I do?" Hua Shi thought about what happened before he lost consciousness. After a moment of blankness, he suddenly came to his senses. He screamed and quickly turned around to look around. He even forgot about the pain in his limbs and asked loudly, "Where are the people? How are Zhou Li and the others? Is everyone okay? Where did that monster that can drop lightning go?"
He turned around in circles, and after looking around for a while, he found that the surroundings were unusually quiet, without any human voice. He then realized that the place he was in now seemed to be different from the previous place.
"What exactly happened? Didn't I activate the self-rescue mode?" Hua Shi looked down at his hands. After confirming that there was nothing unusual, he continued to observe his body. Still unable to see anything wrong, he murmured, "Did I do something without my knowledge?"
"You have temporarily scared off the ninth-level spiritual creatures that attacked everyone, and controlled the out-of-control spiritual creatures in various parts of the spiritual domain. The spiritual domain has temporarily calmed down, and the other disciples are no longer in danger."
The answer came from his mind. Hua Shi was slightly stunned when he heard it. He did not have time to notice that the system's voice seemed to be a little weaker than before. He was shocked and said, "You said...I did this?"
Fang Wei had just broken away from the control over Hua Shi's body, and now the power of his spiritual consciousness was indeed a little weak. It would take a while to recover before he could use his strength again. So he didn't say any more nonsense, and just responded with a faint "hmm".
Hua Shi couldn't help but yell again when he heard this: "It's over, it's over. Didn't they all see me doing this? Do they all know how powerful I am?"
"..." Fang Wei was silent for a moment, "No one saw it."
Hua Shi was originally very worried, but when Xia Zhou heard this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and whispered, "That's good."
Fang Wei thought Hua Shi would be happy because of what he did, but he didn't expect him to react like this. He asked, "What is the host worried about?"
"It wasn't me who saved the people just now. It was the power of your system. I activated the self-rescue mode so many times and now my whole body aches and I can hardly move. If other people see me saving people, they will think I am very powerful and that's it. Then, if something happens, everyone will expect me to take action. How can I do it? I really can't do anything but eat, drink and have fun. People who stand out are definitely the most likely to get into trouble!" Hua Shi hurriedly explained to the system, "I am only suitable for hiding behind the crowd and cheering for others."
Fang Wei was speechless. It seemed that this man had completely forgotten who had hurriedly wanted him to save people in the critical moment before. Now that the crisis was over, he had become the cowardly young master who just ate and waited for death.
As Fang Wei stopped responding, the surroundings became quiet again. It was at this time that Hua Shi noticed that the surrounding environment seemed unusual. He seemed to have left the familiar hill full of glazed houses and arrived at another forest.
This forest is completely different from the forest in Xuanqing Continent. The branches and leaves here are dense, and they are all light purple and pink. Next to the trees, there are mushrooms that are almost half a person's height. These mushrooms are brightly colored, and there are fireflies flying around. In the distance, there is the sound of water coming from somewhere, accompanied by the tinkling sound of something blown by the wind, making this place like a fairyland in a fairy tale.
Hua Shi was so absorbed in watching the scene that he couldn't help asking, "Where is this place? Why am I here?"
"This is the Lightning Forest deep in the Wanling Mountain of the Spirit Realm." Fang Wei responded to Hua Shi's words this time, "The tenth-level spiritual object that the host is looking for this time is in this forest."
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