Although he didn't know what Xuan Shuzhi, Yi Zhan and the others said to the system when he left, the storm was finally over temporarily.
That’s what Hua Shi thought.
But what he didn't expect was that things were far from over so easily.
After coming out of the space of Yunxiu Pen, Yi Zhan, the owner of Poxue Zhai, who was thought to be looking for trouble but ended up finding nothing and was instead scolded by Xuan Shuzhi, did not leave Xuanling Pavilion, but stayed here shamelessly.
Not only that, but for some unknown reason, he specially chose a room closest to Hua Shi's residence to stay overnight.
Originally Xuan Shuzhi wanted to drive the person away, but Yi Zhan's personality suddenly changed compared to before, and he didn't have any of his usual arrogance at all. In order to stay, he shamelessly clung to the wall and refused to leave. He spoke to Xuan Shuzhi in a humbly voice, and in the end he even deliberately gave benefits to bribe Zhou Xun.
After all this trouble, Xuan Shuzhi had no choice but to let him stay here and ignore him, and Yi Zhan finally settled down here as a matter of course.
It would have been fine if he could just stay there, but what made Hua Shi's scalp tingle was that this owner of Poxue Zhai not only lived next to him, but he also always pretended to pass by his room casually from time to time, or secretly listened to the movements in his room, or secretly glanced at the situation in his room.
If Hua Shi hadn't already known that Yi Zhan and his master were a couple, he would have almost doubted whether this elder had some interest in him.
After several days, when Yi Zhan pretended to pass by the courtyard he was cleaning, Hua Shi finally couldn't stand it anymore. He stopped Yi Zhan and asked, "Master Yi Zhan, what do you want to do?"
Yi Zhan was blocked. It seemed that he wanted to leave but couldn't. He wanted to stay and speak but seemed to be worried about something.
He leaned against the wall and hesitated for a while. It was not until he heard Hua Shi say that he would tell his master Xuan Shuzhi about him secretly watching him that his face changed immediately. He quickly pulled Hua Shi back and said with a light cough, "I don't mean anything else. I just..."
Seeing Yi Zhan hesitate to speak, Hua Shi blinked and said, "Are you doing this for my master? You don't want to reconcile with my master, but you are embarrassed, so you want to start with me, your disciple, to please him, right?"
Yi Zhan: “…”
He opened his mouth and then closed it again immediately, looking as if something had been done to his heart.
After a long while, he said in a muffled voice: "Yes, but I have another purpose for staying here."
Hua Shi asked, "What?"
Yi Zhan said: "It would be even better if you could let me enter your Yunxiu Pen space again."
Hua Shi immediately became alert: "Master Yi Zhan, are you interested in my cat?"
Yi Zhan was choked by his words and coughed several times. He explained at the fastest speed: "How could it be possible? No way! How dare I have feelings for a cat! Even if I have feelings for someone else, I dare not have feelings for a cat!" After he said that, he realized that something was wrong. Seeing that Hua Shi was still looking at him with distrust, he quickly waved his hand and explained: "I have only had feelings for one person in my life! It is impossible for anyone else! Don't guess blindly!"
Hua Shi blinked: "Oh."
The two of them were talking halfway when a clear and cold voice suddenly came from the corridor behind them: "If you can't stay idle, you can leave Xuanling Pavilion. Don't make loud noises here and affect my disciples' practice."
The person who walked over was dressed in white. It was Xuan Shuzhi who often stayed in Lingge.
No one knew why he suddenly appeared here today, and no one knew why he happened to be in front of them.
Hua Shi hurriedly said, "Master."
Xuan Shuzhi nodded slightly, but before he could say anything, Yi Zhan stammered, "Did you hear what I just said?"
Xuan Shuzhi said calmly: "Did you just say something that you shouldn't or can't say?"
Yi Zhan was speechless, shook his head and waved his hands quickly: "No! Of course not!"
Xuan Shuzhi didn't seem to intend to care. He just said "hmm" lightly and turned his head away. However, Hua Shi and Yi Zhan both felt that the depressing atmosphere around them seemed to have eased a little.
Hua Shi breathed a sigh of relief, not knowing why he was caught between these two people and suffered such an unexpected disaster. He looked up at Xuan Shuzhi and said, "Master, do you have any instructions for me?"
Xuan Shuzhi then nodded and got to the point: "A few days have passed, your Yunxiu Pen space should be able to be opened again, right?"
Hua Shi: “…”
After talking for so long, it turned out that his master's purpose was the same as Yi Zhan's.
But Hua Shi could refuse Yi Zhan but could not refuse Xuan Shuzhi. According to Xuan Shuzhi, the space of Yunxiu Pen was full of spiritual power and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was very suitable for cultivation. Therefore, Xuan Shuzhi believed that when the space of Yunxiu Pen was opened every two days, Hua Shi should enter it and use this advantage to cultivate well.
Hua Shi then followed Xuan Shuzhi's instructions and practiced in the Yunxiu Pen for ten days or so. He found that what Xuan Shuzhi said was indeed correct. Practicing in the Yunxiu Pen space was indeed much faster than practicing outside.
What he didn't understand was...
Hua Shi finished his training again, and then couldn't help but look up at Xuan Shuzhi and Yi Zhan who were sitting next to him, and Jiang Tingwan who was obediently serving the white cat in the corner, serving tea and water to the cat. He couldn't help but ask the question that had been turning around in his stomach for a long time: "I'm the one practicing, why are you also here?"
Xuan Shuzhi remained calm and responded casually, "Because we also need to practice."
Hua Shi didn't believe a word of it: "But you clearly weren't practicing, you were either chatting or arguing."
Xuan Shuzhi took a sip of tea and said, "Cultivating one's mind is also cultivation."
Yi Zhan nodded and agreed: "That's the truth."
As he spoke, he unconsciously looked up at the white cat in the corner that had trained Jiang Tingwan into obedience.
Hua Shi followed his gaze, the suspicion on his face became even stronger. In the past ten days, he had already noticed the abnormality of Xuan Shuzhi and Yi Zhan. Although these two people came here to practice, in fact, every time they entered this world, they would always chat for a long time. Sometimes they talked about what was happening in the Xuanqing Continent, and sometimes they talked about things in the past. Although they sometimes quarreled, they obviously quarreled less in this space than outside, as if they were considering something.
What puzzled him the most was that these two people would occasionally pretend to casually look up at his cat.
Hua Shi couldn't help but ask, "Master, why do you always look at my cat?"
Xuan Shuzhi didn't even raise his head: "Who looked at your cat?"
Hua Shi had long experienced Xuan Shuzhi's shamelessness. Although he always looked gentle and elegant, he was actually a man who lied with his eyes open. He said with certainty, "Obviously."
Yi Zhan said, "My little disciple, are you not practicing well? Why are you concerned about us?"
Hua Shi stared at the two of them, not at all distracted by Yi Zhan's change of subject. He stared at them for a long while and suddenly raised his voice and said, "I know!"
Xuan Shuzhi didn't react, but he narrowed his eyes slightly. Yi Zhan was startled by his voice and asked quickly, "What do you know?"
Hua Shi glared at the two unreasonable elders and said, "You just want to steal my cat, right?"
Xuan Shuzhi: “…”
Before the two of them could speak, Hua Shi turned around and said to the white cat sitting demurely at the table in the corner, "System, come here!"
Xuan Shuzhi raised his eyebrows when he heard this and asked, "What did you call him?"
Hua Shi didn't elaborate, but just said casually: "I just gave it a random name."
As he spoke, he waved to the white cat again and called "Meow" seriously, trying to attract the white cat's attention.
Fang Wei had just dealt with Jiang Tingwan who kept rubbing against him, when he heard a voice and turned around to see Hua Shi who was looking at him expectantly with a cat-playing gesture, Yi Zhan with a frightened face, and Xuan Shuzhi who almost laughed. He suddenly had the urge to turn around and leave.
But he couldn't leave. His spiritual consciousness was now rooted in Hua Shi's body, so he naturally couldn't leave this person. Moreover, he still had to rely on Hua Shi for rescue. At this time, he had no other choice but to follow Hua Shi's wishes.
He sighed in his heart and came to Hua Shi silently.
But even so, Hua Shi still felt it was not enough. He spread out his hands and blinked at the white cat again. His eyes were full of anticipation as if they could speak.
Fang Wei held on for only a moment, but finally couldn't stand the gaze anymore. He raised his paw with great reluctance and slowly moved it into Hua Shi's palm.
Hua Shi carefully picked up the white cat, turned it around, and kissed its face with a smile. Then he solemnly declared his sovereignty to Xuan Shuzhi and Yi Zhan, "I will not give this cat to you." He turned around, was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Master, Master Yi, why do you have strange expressions?"
Xuan Shuzhi and Yi Zhan shook their heads in tacit understanding, turning their heads away from Fang Wei, who was being pressed by Hua Shi with her face buried in his chest and almost suffocated.
However, sensing the strange aura coming from behind him, Xuan Shuzhi stood up very tactfully and said, "It's getting late, I'd better leave first."
Yi Zhan nodded and followed, not caring whether Xuan Shuzhi was in a good mood or not: "I'm going back too, little disciple, you stay here and practice hard, don't... cough, don't play with cats."
The two men didn't waste too long and left the space in a familiar manner. They seemed to be more familiar with the place than Hua Shi, the owner.
Hua Shi watched them leave, and only after they completely disappeared did he finally let out a breath and sat down on the cushion in the practice room: "Every time Master and the others were watching me, I didn't dare to rest. Now I can finally take a breath."
He simply lay down on his back, hugged the white cat, buried his face in its soft belly, took a deep breath, and then exhaled a long breath, "I'll just rest for a while, I'll be fine soon."
Fang Wei's hair almost exploded due to his actions, but he was not a real cat after all, so he quickly suppressed this strange feeling. Hearing Hua Shi's words, he stopped his claws that were about to scratch Hua Shi's face, jumped away from his arms, and whispered, "The host seems to have rarely rested recently."
He has been following Hua Shi for more than a year. In the early days, Hua Shi always tried every means to rest and be lazy, and was always unwilling to practice well. Even though he had excellent qualifications, most of the time he was pushed around by Fang Wei.
Later, he arrived at Xuanling Pavilion and was accepted as a disciple by Xuan Shuzhi. However, Hua Shi wanted to be lazy but failed.
Xuan Shuzhi looked easy to talk to, but he was actually extremely strict. Hua Shi never stopped cleaning the courtyard every day. After cleaning, he had to go to the pavilion on the mountainside to be beaten on time. Hua Shi didn't get any chance to be lazy or slack off, because being lazy would only result in being beaten even harder.
But up to now, Fang Wei saw Hua Shi's words and deeds very clearly. Because of Yi Zhan's entanglement, Xuan Shuzhi actually didn't have much time to take care of Hua Shi recently. But for some reason, Hua Shi, who was lazy and liked to procrastinate by nature, became more proactive in cultivation since he came back from Frost Forest Valley last time.
Hua Shi listened to Fang Wei's words and scratched his head without paying much attention: "Really? I didn't even notice it."
Fang Wei was silent for a moment, then stood beside his head and asked, "Why?"
Hua Shi thought about it carefully and said, "Maybe it's because I'm a little unwilling. I used the Huiguang Pearl in the Frost Forest Valley to see the past, and I also know that the ruins in the Frost Forest Valley should be related to Liu Qishuang, but I can't do anything now. I think if I'm more powerful, maybe... I can really change anything in the future."
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