Hua Shi opened his eyes wide as soon as he saw the man's face clearly: "He is..."
Xuan Shuzhi lazily raised his head and glanced at him, seeming to find his appearance very interesting. He held his chin and admired him for a while before saying, "Yes, you are right."
He said as he turned his gaze to the wall in the room.
The portrait projected by the orb was still on the wall. Hua Shi looked at it and soon found the man in the painting. Although the man in the painting looked very different from the strange man in front of him, it was undeniable that from the contours of the facial features and the body shape, the two were indeed the same person.
The mysterious mushroom monster he met in the Frost Forest Valley was exactly the man in blue sitting on the tree and playing the flute in Xuan Shuzhi's scroll.
Looking up at the handsome and elegant man in green clothes playing the flute in the painting, and then looking at the strange man with dull eyes and slightly green skin sitting in front of him, Hua Shi's eyes were complicated. After a while, he finally asked, "How did he become like this?"
Hua Shi asked this question, but Xuan Shuzhi looked at Hua Shi again and said thoughtfully: "You asked me this, but I still want to ask you, how did he become like this?"
Hua Shi was stunned: "Me?"
He had just met this guy and he was already a mushroom freak, how did he know that?
Xuan Shuzhi seemed to see through his thoughts and immediately said, "When I last saw him hundreds of years ago, he was still fine. You asked me what happened to him. I also want to ask you, what happened when you saw him?"
Hua Shi blinked and understood why Xuan Shuzhi called him here. His heart was originally on the ancient clan ruins and the Holy Son, but now he had to turn his attention to this strange man.
He asked: "Master, who is this... this senior?"
Xuan Shuzhi said casually: "In the past, under Fang Wei's seat, the owner of the Cuixing Tower was Jiang Tingwan."
Hua Shi had roughly guessed the other party's identity when he saw the portrait, but now when he heard Xuan Shuzhi report the other party's name and identity in such a tone, he still found it a bit absurd. When he first came to this world, he investigated the evil lord Fang Wei because of the system's task. The most famous people under Fang Wei were naturally the leader of the Blood Crow Cult and the owner of the Star-Destroying Tower. Hua Shi still remembered that he had heard from his servants about the rumor that the owner of the Star-Destroying Tower was dressed in green, holding the flute, and was unparalleled in his elegance while talking and laughing while killing enemies.
Who would have thought that the protagonist of the rumored unparalleled romantic man back then would become like this now.
Hua Shi couldn't explain how he felt after hearing these words. Fang Wei also listened to these words without saying anything.
He knew why Xuan Shuzhi called Hua Shi over. In addition to wanting to ask Hua Shi about his situation, he also wanted him to see clearly what Jiang Tingwan looked like at this moment.
Xuan Shuzhi had always known that Fang Wei was following Hua Shi in some way, so he had many things he wanted to say to Fang Wei through Hua Shi.
He listened in silence, and then heard Xuan Shuzhi say again: "It seems that you know about his situation. Do you feel sorry for him? Or do you think it is a great relief that the evil demon has met such a fate?"
Hua Shi shook his head and said quickly: "No, I just think..."
Xuan Shuzhi saw that he was hesitant to speak, so he asked, "What's the matter?"
Hua Shi was stunned for a moment. If Xuan Shuzhi had not reminded him just now, Hua Shi would not have realized at first that the other party was an "evil heretic", because Jiang Tingwan did not look like an evil heretic at all, and because he still did not have much feeling about the good and evil in the Xuanqing Continent, he would not take it seriously like some people.
"I just find it hard to imagine what could have caused him to become like this." Hua Shi finally said in a low voice.
Xuan Shuzhi seemed to be able to see through people's minds easily, and then quickly added: "The Xuanqing Continent you see now, there is no evil or righteousness. The evil has long been suppressed by the spiritual way, and they are all controlled by the spiritual way. You have not experienced what happened a thousand years ago, so of course you don't know to what extent the spiritual way and the evil fought, and how many spiritual way disciples are afraid of Jiang Tingwan's reputation."
Although Hua Shi found it hard to imagine what he said, Xuan Shuzhi did not continue. He quickly told Hua Shi what happened when he last saw Jiang Tingwan.
Or rather, he told Fang Wei through Hua Shi.
It was not until this time that Fang Wei finally learned what had happened from Xuan Shuzhi.
Jiang Tingwan's accident happened three years after Fang Wei fell into disaster.
The evil lord Fang Wei once led the evil ways to sweep across the Xuanqing Continent. However, in the battle at the Abyss of Disaster, Fang Wei fell into the abyss, Lu Yao was seriously injured, and the combat effectiveness of the Wind and Rain Palace and the Blood Crow Cult could no longer be sustained. Only the Star Destroying Tower still had the strength to fight.
The battle between the spiritual path and the evil path lasted for a long time, but they did not expect that in the middle of the battle, there was a sudden attack by an evil beast. All the disciples of the spiritual path and the evil path were injured by the evil beast. In order to cover the retreat of the Fengyu Palace and the Blood Crow Sect, the disciples of the Cuixing Tower were seriously injured. More than half of the disciples were even poisoned by the evil beast.
Jiang Tingwan brought the disciples of the Star-Crushing Tower back to the sect, but within a few months, the evil and poisonous disciples began to behave strangely. Some disciples went crazy and hurt people, and some disciples even began to show scales and horns. Jiang Tingwan had never expected such changes, and by the time he wanted to control them, it was too late. Many disciples escaped from the sect and hurt people everywhere. Rumors spread across the Xuanqing Continent that the disciples of the Star-Crushing Tower were all evil spirits.
The evil sect lost Fang Wei and encountered such a great chaos, and almost lost most of its combat power. The spiritual sect attacked at this time and quickly caused the evil sect to be defeated step by step.
At this time, seeing that the Star-Crushing Tower was unable to gain a foothold in the Xuanqing Continent due to internal and external troubles, and the masters of the spiritual path were approaching and would soon attack, Jiang Tingwan did not immediately lead his men to prepare for battle. On the contrary, he drove away Lu Yao and others who came to help, and stayed in the Star-Crushing Tower alone all night.
After that night, Ling Dao led his men to besiege the Star-Crushing Tower, but all they saw was a dead silence.
All the disciples in the Star-Crushing Tower have been dismissed, and the building is empty. Jiang Tingwan has also disappeared since then and his whereabouts are unknown.
When he heard this, Hua Shi couldn't help but ask, "Why did the disciples of the Destroying Star Tower disappear? Weren't they poisoned? Are they okay?"
Xuan Shuzhi glanced at Jiang Tingwan, who was still sitting quietly on the stool and seemed unusually well-behaved at the moment. He seemed to have not understood at all what Xuan Shuzhi and Hua Shi said, and it seemed that it had nothing to do with the current situation. He just stared blankly at the beautifully shaped incense burner on the table.
Xuan Shuzhi retracted his gaze and said slowly, "In the years that followed, I really haven't heard of anyone being corroded by the evil poison. I also happened to meet a few of the former disciples of the Star Destroying Tower. They refused to reveal what happened at the time, but they have indeed recovered. I think maybe they have indeed been cured."
Hua Shi was puzzled and asked, "How was it cured? Was it the mushroom... Was it Senior Jiang who cured it?"
"Perhaps."
Xuan Shuzhi didn't say anything else, but looked at Hua Shi with narrowed eyes and a faint smile.
Hua Shi touched his face and was a little scared by Xuan Shuzhi's look: "Master, why are you looking at me?"
Xuan Shuzhi was of course not looking at him, but at another person through Hua Shi. However, he quickly retracted his gaze and said with a half-smile: "Okay, now it's your turn to tell me how you met Jiang Tingwan."
Hua Shi nodded and told Xuan Shuzhi about his and Zhou Liyuxing's experiences in Frost Forest Valley.
Different from the version he told Zhou Liyuxing and the others, Hua Shi did not hide the fact that he used the Yunxiu Pen space to hide temporarily, because Xuan Shuzhi already knew that he had the three treasures taken out from the Lingdao headquarters, so there was no need for him to hide it from Xuan Shuzhi.
However, he concealed things related to the system and the scenes he saw in the Huiguang Pearl.
Finally, he talked about Jiang Tingwan's reaction to the Lingsha Sword. Until this moment, he still couldn't figure out the reason for this matter: "Master, you said that Senior Jiang is the owner of the Destroying Star Tower. He is a master under the evil master Fang Wei. Has he ever had contact with Liu Qishuang?"
Xuan Shuzhi raised his eyes and asked, "Hmm? Why are you asking about Liu Qishuang again?"
Hua Shi said, "Because of this sword." He took out the Lingsha Sword again. Before he put the sword on the table, Jiang Tingwan's eyes seemed to be glued to the sword. His gaze followed the sword in Hua Shi's hand and could never be retracted.
Xuan Shuzhi looked at Jiang Tingwan's actions thoughtfully.
Hua Shi said: "Senior Jiang seems to have a special reaction to this sword, but this sword is Liu Qishuang's sword, I think maybe..."
"Jiang Tingwan and Liu Qishuang have never had any contact." Xuan Shuzhi understood what Hua Shi wanted to say and immediately interrupted him, saying, "At most, they have met in some formal confrontations and have never had any private communication. Jiang Tingwan should not have reacted to Liu Qishuang's sword."
Hua Shi fell into deep thought: "I think so too, but..."
The two of them didn't finish their words and looked at Jiang Tingwan who was staring at the Lingsha Sword in a daze.
But how do we explain the current situation?
What does Jiang Tingwan’s reaction to the Lingsha Sword represent?
"Could it be that Senior Jiang knows some secrets related to the Lingsha Sword?" Hua Shi suddenly said.
Xuan Shuzhi looked at him and asked, "What do you mean?"
Of course Hua Shi couldn't explain the reason, because he was just making a random guess.
However, his unintentional words made Fang Wei, who was listening to the conversation, look at Jiang Tingwan again.
Hua Shi’s guess may not be impossible.
Then Fang Wei listened to Hua Shi and Xuan Shuzhi chatting for a few more words. Xuan Shuzhi asked Hua Shi about his recent progress in cultivation and gave him a few more instructions before finally waving his hand and letting him go. Hua Shi just stood up and was about to leave when Xuan Shuzhi called him back for some reason: "Wait, who told you to leave like this?"
Hua Shi turned back in confusion: "Master, do you have any other instructions?"
Xuan Shuzhi pushed him, not caring that Jiang Tingwan staggered and almost fell. He turned around and bared his teeth at him with a ferocious expression.
"Take this guy back." Xuan Shuzhi said lazily.
Hua Shi blinked blankly, looking at the person who was pushed in front of him: "Huh?"
Although this senior has been dealt with now, and even looks a bit handsome, except for his slightly green face, he looks like a weak scholar, but Hua Shi has not forgotten his ferocious fighting power who could split the stone wall in the Frost Forest Valley with one palm.
Now Xuan Shuzhi threw this trouble in front of him, Hua Shi felt that his forehead seemed to be slightly sweaty: "Master, Senior Jiang lives very well here, and seems to be very happy to get along with you. What's wrong with bringing him back to my place..."
"Didn't I ask you for help before?" Xuan Shuzhi picked up the paper fan beside him, leaned back a little, and fanned himself to act as if it had nothing to do with him, as if he was preventing Hua Shi from throwing the trouble back at him. "What I want you to do is to help me take care of this guy. Of course, if you can cure him, that would be great."
Hua Shi felt that he didn't have that ability at all: "Master!"
Xuan Shuzhi smiled and said, "Okay, go ahead."
Hua Shi looked at Xuan Shuzhi and felt that there seemed to be a lot of things hidden in his eyes at this moment.
He had no way of understanding it, but Fang Wei understood Xuan Shuzhi's meaning.
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