"Lingsha Sword is the name of this sword?" After hearing the strange man's words, Yu Xing stared at the sword and asked.
Zhou Li knew more than Yu Xing and had always been fond of collecting all kinds of rumors. Hearing this, he couldn't help but frown and recall carefully, "I seem to have heard of the Lingsha Sword somewhere. Brother Hua Shi, is this your sword? Where did you get it?"
This matter is really difficult to explain. Hua Shi said vaguely: "It was a coincidence that I got this sword." What he cared more about was the strange man's reaction to the sword. He previously thought that the strange man was holding the sword because he was unconscious, but now it seems that the strange man clearly reacted like this because he knew the sword.
Hua Shi turned around and asked the strange man seriously: "You know the Lingsha Sword, right?"
The strange man glanced at Hua Shi, did not respond to him, and continued to look at the sword with his head down.
Hua Shi pulled the sword back. Seeing the strange man getting anxious, he asked again when the other party raised his head again: "You know the owner of the Lingsha Sword, right? Who are you?"
The strange man seemed a little angry, but this time he did not attack immediately. He just drooped his eyelids like a child with grievance, and his eyes were a little red, as if he had endless grievances to express, as if Hua Shi had committed a huge mistake by not letting him touch the sword.
Hua Shi: “…”
Senior, please speak nicely. Why are you feeling so wronged?
Hua Shi felt even more aggrieved. He couldn't ask a single question he wanted to ask, and the clues of what he wanted to investigate were cut off halfway. Now he stood here and had no idea how to proceed.
"System, do you think I have seen this person before?" Hua Shi asked the system for help in his mind, "I always feel that he looks familiar."
Fang Wei might be the one who knew the truth the most, but he didn't plan to tell Hua Shi. He just said after his spiritual power was probed for a moment: "Someone is coming."
Hua Shiben was still thinking about other things. He was stunned when he heard the system's words: "Ah?"
Just as he said this, the sound of wind and fluttering clothes was heard behind him, and someone was indeed rushing over.
Who could be coming? Is there someone else lurking in this valley?
Hua Shi and the others were instantly alert, and their eyes met for a moment. Then Zhou Li and Yu Xing simultaneously showed their spiritual state. Hua Shi also quickly woke up his spiritual creature, turned around, drew his sword, and was about to transform into a spirit to attack the people who came later.
The three disciples have experienced a lot in the Frost Forest Valley in the past two days. After being attacked by the mushroom monster last time, they no longer hold back when facing danger and almost use their killing moves as soon as they start fighting.
However, when all their swords were pointed at the people behind them, they could see clearly who was coming from behind this time -
The moment he saw the man clearly, Hua Shi suddenly opened his eyes wide and withdrew his hand almost in a hurry. He almost fell from the air because he withdrew his hand too quickly: "Master?!"
Not only Hua Shi was shocked, Zhou Li and Yu Xing also changed their expressions. The two of them hastily withdrew their attacks, but because they were moving too fast and attacking too hard, it was too late to stop. Both of their swords were aimed at the newcomer. Fortunately, the newcomer reacted very quickly and had deep spiritual power. He turned around and intercepted their weapons. Then he stood firm, raised his eyebrows and threw the intercepted weapons back to them: "Are you going to take my life?"
Yu Xing was speechless, and Zhou Li quickly bowed his head and apologized: "Master Xuan! Sorry, we thought it was an enemy just now..."
Before he could finish his words, Xuan Shuzhi interrupted him by waving his sleeves. Xuan Shuzhi ignored Zhou Li's polite words and turned his gaze to Hua Shi: "What? Are you not happy to see Master?"
Hua Shi shook his head repeatedly. He almost attacked Xuan Shuzhi just now and he was still scared. If he had launched that attack just now, he would not be able to hurt Xuan Shuzhi. But it was not certain for him. Xuan Shuzhi would definitely fight back mercilessly and knock him to the ground. Then he would have to lie in bed for a few days with a bruised face.
He came back to his senses from his shock and asked quickly, "Master, why are you here?"
Xuan Shuzhi seemed to feel a little sorry that Hua Shi didn't attack him just now. He smiled and said, "Why did I come here? Of course, it was for you guys. After you all left, I received news from Hanxi Sect, saying that they noticed that the news from Shuanglin Valley was wrong, and the situation seemed to be more complicated. So because they were worried that something happened to you, your masters asked me to come over to check on the situation."
As he spoke, he looked around again, looking thoughtfully at this destroyed ancient holy land and the nameless tomb in front of Hua Shi: "It seems that not only are you not in trouble, but you have made a bigger discovery."
"Master..." Hua Shi had stayed in this valley for such a long time, and now when he saw his master, he felt very friendly. He no longer had to worry about being bullied by the mushroom monster. As he spoke, he walked towards Xuan Shuzhi. However, he had only taken two steps when the monster behind him, who had been quiet, immediately grabbed his scabbard again.
The strange man's actions naturally attracted Xuan Shuzhi's attention. Xuan Shuzhi had not noticed this strange guy hiding in the corner before, but now that he saw the movement, he looked at him seriously.
Seeing this, Hua Shi explained, "Master, we found this man in the Frost Forest Valley. The strange noises in the valley seemed to have been made by him. But he seems to be a little out of his mind. You must not provoke him, he..."
Before he could finish his words, he saw Xuan Shu walking towards the weirdo with a strange expression on his face. He raised his hand and gently pushed aside a strand of long hair on the weirdo's forehead, as if he wanted to see his face clearly under the messy hair.
However, it was this action that made the weirdo's face change drastically, and he slapped Xuan Shuzhi fiercely!
Hua Shi stared at the scene and said dryly, "...He is very scary when he is angry."
After a brief pause, Hua Shi and others rushed to the place where the dust was raised to check on Xuan Shuzhi's condition. They didn't know whether he was injured by the weirdo. After all, although Xuan Shuzhi was strong, the weirdo's strength should not be underestimated. However, when they saw the situation clearly, they couldn't help but stand still.
After the dust raised by the palm just now settled, Hua Shi and others saw that the two people who should have had no connection with each other were actually... hugging each other tightly.
Hua Shi: “?”
Zhou Li and Yu Xing suspected that they had seen something wrong and pinched each other to try to put an end to this damn illusion.
However, reality showed that this was not an illusion. The strange man on the other end struggled and seemed to want to attack Xuan Shuzhi again, but Xuan Shuzhi refused to let go. The man who was usually very particular about things had his sleeves torn off, his hair crown fell off, and his long hair scattered down, but he had no intention of letting go at all.
Hua Shi had never seen Xuan Shuzhi with such an expression before. He was so stunned that he forgot to react. It was not until Xuan Shuzhi glanced at him and asked him if he was still standing there and wanted to get beaten that he finally came to his senses and hurried forward to help.
"Take out your sword!" Xuan Shuzhi said.
Hua Shi nodded, knowing that the sword could calm the monster, so he quickly took it out and handed it to the monster.
This method really worked. Almost the moment he saw the sword, the weirdo calmed down. He stared at the sword and murmured again: "Spiritual Sand Sword...Spiritual Sand Sword..."
"Senior..." Hua Shi saw this scene again and still didn't understand what the connection was between the Lingsha Sword and this strange man. He was about to ask, but saw Xuan Shuzhi raising his hand and swung it down hard, hitting the man's neck hard. The strange man fainted immediately after the heavy blow.
Hua Shi: “…”
Then he saw Xuan Shuzhi carrying the man up without changing his expression.
Hua Shi hesitated to speak: "Master, this weirdo... who is this senior?"
Xuan Shuzhi seemed to have already thought of a good explanation. He carried the man and said calmly, "I don't know. Don't ask me. This man must be dangerous. I will take him back to Xuanling Pavilion for questioning. There should be nothing wrong in Shuanglin Valley now. Hua Shi, you come back with me. You two stay here. Ji Yan and Hanxi Sect Master should be here soon. You accompany them to see what is going on in this relic."
The latter part of his sentence was naturally addressed to Zhou Li and Yu Xing. After he finished speaking, he grabbed Hua Shi and said simply, "Let's go."
After saying that, without waiting for Hua Shi's response, he took the initiative to pick up the people. He carried one person on his left and another on his right. His figure was light and agile, and soon he completely disappeared in the distance.
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Three days later, in Xuanling Pavilion.
Hua Shi squatted downstairs of Lingge with a broom in his hand, counting the bricks on the wall with a thoughtful look on his face.
It had been two days since he returned to Xuanling Pavilion. That day, after Xuan Shuzhi entered the Frost Forest Valley and saw the strange man, he pulled them back to the sect. Xuan Shuzhi's body movements were extremely fast, and it took him less than a day to return to the sect from the Frost Forest Valley.
Since returning to Xuanling Pavilion, Xuan Shuzhi threw Hua Shi back to his residence and brought the strange man back to Ling Pavilion.
During the past two days, Hua Shi continued to clean the Ling Pavilion every day under Zhou Xun's arrangement. After a few days of observation, he found that Xuan Shuzhi had never come out of the Ling Pavilion since he returned to Xuanling Pavilion.
What was he doing in Lingge? What was his relationship with that weirdo?
Hua Shi couldn't guess, so he could only squat here and interact with the system: "Master, he must know the identity of that mushroom monster, right?"
Fang Wei had no idea how many times he had heard Hua Shi talk about this matter in the past few days, so he was no longer surprised by the name "Mushroom Monster" and responded calmly, "Maybe."
Hua Shi blinked his eyes: "System, you have read the script, you must know the truth, right?"
Fang Wei continued without emotion: "The system only monitors the main process and releases the main tasks at the appropriate time. It cannot predict the future or speculate on the past."
Hua Shi frowned in distress and said, "Is that so?"
Fang Wei glanced at the towering Xuanling Pavilion in front of him and spoke without any ambiguity: "Yes."
Hua Shi suddenly said, "That's not right."
Before Fang Wei could say anything, Hua Shi asked suspiciously, "Why do I feel like you are just trying to please me?"
Hua Shi has always shown extreme trust in Fang Wei, but this is the first time that Fang Wei has shown such an expression: "What are you hiding?"
Fang Wei didn't expect Hua Shi to notice it, but he was not panicked: "Host..."
"Wait! Don't talk first! You led me there after you said that. Is your system really an artificial intelligence? When you pretended to be Liu Qishuang, I almost took you seriously!" Hua Shi quickly interrupted Fang Wei.
Fang Wei: "..." He was silent for a moment, but couldn't help but corrected: "I didn't pretend to be Liu Qishuang, it was you, the host, who made me look like Liu Qishuang."
Hua Shi: "That's not what I want to talk about. I feel like you've been acting weird lately, especially when we were in Frost Forest Valley. It was as if you had something on your mind. But can a system also have something on its mind? What are you hiding from me?"
He was about to ask more, but at this moment the door of the Ling Pavilion suddenly opened from the inside, and then Xuan Shuzhi's voice came out: "Talking to yourself again? Since you have been guarding for so long, come up. I need you to help me with something."
Hua Shi quickly calmed down, stood still and said, "Master!"
Xuan Shuzhi said "hmm" lightly, and Hua Shi followed him into the Ling Pavilion.
Following the stairs all the way up, Hua Shi stopped on the sixth floor and was about to push the door to enter Xuan Shuzhi's room, but he didn't expect Xuan Shuzhi's voice to come from upstairs: "Come up."
Xuan Shuzhi was actually waiting for him in the room on the seventh floor.
Hua Shi had a feeling that something was wrong, but he kept his expression unchanged and continued walking upstairs. When he entered the room that few people had ever entered, he walked behind the screen in silence. Only then did he see Xuan Shuzhi sitting quietly at the table drinking tea.
And right in front of him, there was another person sitting upright.
Hua Shi's eyes changed slightly. Although he couldn't recognize that person, he could guess that the person who would appear in this room at this moment could only be the mushroom monster in the Frost Forest Valley not long ago.
The man's skin still retained a light green color, whether due to poisoning or some other reason was unknown, and his tangled hair and the mushrooms and wild flowers on his head had been cleaned up completely. He was now sitting in the house in a blue shirt, with his eyes slightly lowered and a quiet look. There was no trace of the crazy attitude he had in the Frost Forest Valley, but instead he looked very quiet.
Hua Shi stared at the man closely, and finally saw something familiar in his eyes and brows.
No wonder he always felt like he had seen the other person somewhere!
He had indeed seen this man before! Not long ago, in this room, in that painting!
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