Ever since Hua Shi left the crowd and talked to Ji Yuan alone, he began to feel anxious. Even after they finished talking and returned to the crowd in the hall, Hua Shi still looked confused. He was somewhat unsure about what he had just said and what it meant.
After returning to the hall, Hua Shi took the initiative to go to Zhou Li and Yu Xing, while Ji Yuan came to Xuan Shuzhi and others and talked about something in a low voice.
Hua Shi was concerned about the secrets in Frost Forest Valley. He waited for a long time before he finally heard Ji Yuan say, "Ji Yan, tell us about the discovery in Frost Forest Valley."
Although they were both Dao masters, the current evil master did not have the slightest dignity in front of Ji Yan. He nodded respectfully, then stepped forward and looked at the disciples in front of him and said with a smile: "The thing is, what you found in Frost Forest Valley may contain a big secret."
Hua Shi blurted out, "What secret?"
Ji Yanduo glanced at him and continued, "The writing used in the ruins seems to be the writing of an ancient tribe. According to our speculation, the altar may have existed for tens of thousands of years. But looking at the traces of repairs there and some marks left by our ancestors, they should have been active more than a thousand years ago. It's just that they live in seclusion, so no one knows of their existence."
Zhou Li and Yu Xing were equally surprised. Zhou Li frowned and said, "You mean, this tribe has existed in Xuanqing Continent for tens of thousands of years, but no one has recorded it, and no one knows of their existence?"
Ji Yan shook his head and raised his eyebrows, saying, "This may not be accurate. After I found out about this, I went to look for various books. After investigating, I found that this ancient tribe may have been recorded a long time ago, but all the records about them have been erased."
Hua Shi was puzzled: "Why?"
When he heard this, he couldn't help but recall the stories on the stone tablets that the system had translated for him.
The story about raising evil spirits.
If this ancient tribe really existed in the records, why did later people erase their existence? Is that story and that terrifying demon real or just a terrifying legend?
Hua Shi was slightly shocked, staring at Ji Yan, waiting for a response. When Ji Yan saw Hua Shi's gaze, she seemed to be a little surprised by his concern. After a moment, she finally said, "I don't know. These things happened too long ago, so I have no way to verify it. But what I know is that this place in Frost Forest Valley was destroyed a thousand years ago."
This time, not only Hua Shi, but also Yu Xing and Zhou Li were concerned: "So who destroyed this place? How could this place be destroyed like this? Are there any survivors?"
"For now, this is still..."
Before Ji Yan finished speaking, Xuan Shuzhi suddenly interrupted him and continued, "Although we don't know the specific reason, it's a coincidence that we have found some relevant information. It's a coincidence that through the Frost Forest Valley ruins, we have found a secret from many years ago."
Hearing Xuan Shuzhi say this, Ji Yan stopped talking and looked at him with a smile.
Ji Yuan frowned slightly and called Xuan Shuzhi's name, as if trying to stop him from continuing.
Xuan Shuzhi smiled faintly and said, "I don't think it's necessary to hide these things from the disciples. What do you think, Spirit Master?"
Ji Yuan's eyes seemed to accidentally wander from Hua Shi's body, but he finally returned to his seat with a sullen face: "Go ahead."
This conversation between the two of them made several young disciples even more curious about the matter. What kind of thing could cause these two to have different opinions and make the Spirit Master hesitate and even plan to hide it from them?
Although Hua Shi didn't understand, he couldn't help but have a guess in his heart at this time.
Just as he was daydreaming, Xuan Shuzhi said, "We have no way of determining the origin and history of this ancient site, but we know that it has always been in Frost Forest Valley, and Frost Forest Valley has always been in our records, so we can judge the history of this ancient site based on the changes in Frost Forest Valley."
He raised his hand and said, "It is difficult for us to find out what happened in Frost Forest Valley long ago, but I know that this place has gone through two periods in the past four thousand years."
Hua Shi had already put all the attention of the entire server into this, and when he heard Xuan Shuzhi keeping him in suspense as before, he really wanted to get into his mind and find out everything right away.
Seeing Hua Shi's anxious look, Xuan Shuzhi finally couldn't help laughing. He stopped teasing and quickly said, "Thousands of years ago, according to records, Frost Forest Valley was a forbidden place that no one dared to enter. It is said that it was once like the Abyss of Misfortune, full of evil spirits and strange ghosts. Almost no one who entered it could walk out alive. Most of them were found dead outside the valley after a few days. No one knows what they saw in the valley at that time, and why their bodies were thrown outside the valley."
This statement does sound somewhat similar to the rumored Huoyuan, and Hua Shi also noticed that when the place Huoyuan was mentioned, the expressions of Xuan Shuzhi, Yi Zhan and others became much more solemn.
However, Hua Shi did not ask the reason. He was still more concerned about Frost Forest Valley. He asked, "Master, what is the other stage you just mentioned?"
Xuan Shuzhi then continued, "The other stage was naturally after Liu Qishuang became the acting master of the Spirit Path. At that time, many things happened in Xuanqing Continent. Many young disciples mistakenly entered the Frost Forest Valley while chasing monsters. In order to rescue them, Liu Qishuang specially brought masters from various major sects to the Frost Forest Valley."
It turned out to be related to Liu Qishuang.
Hua Shi asked: "Did they succeed in rescuing the people?"
Xuan Shuzhi nodded and said leisurely with a strange smile: "Of course, although they encountered many dangers and were obstructed by monsters, they finally rescued everyone. You may ask Ji Yuanlingzhu about what happened."
Several disciples were listening in fascination, and upon hearing this, they looked at Ji Yuan at the same time.
Ji Yuan snorted coldly, but before he could speak, Xuan Shuzhi explained with a smile, "Spirit Master Ji Yuan was among the disciples who mistakenly entered the Frost Forest Valley."
Hua Shi: “…”
He knew that Ji Yuan had an impatient temperament when he was young and looked like someone who would get into trouble, but he never expected that he would be so prone to trouble.
Ji Yuan seemed a little embarrassed. Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, he simply explained, "The valley is not as mysterious as the rumors say. There are just a few more monsters. We can solve them on our own, but there is a maze in it, so we were trapped and couldn't get out. Later, Liu Qishuang came and took us out."
Hua Shi was stunned for a moment and whispered, "So simple?"
Ji Yuan glanced at Hua Shi calmly without any expression, but Hua Shi had to stop talking instantly.
Although he did not speak again, Hua Shi did not stop doubting. He muttered to the system in his mind skillfully: "Master Ji Yuanling usually does not explain things in a kind way. Why do I feel more and more strange the more he explains?"
Fang Wei: “…”
He didn't expect that even Hua Shi could see through Ji Yuan at a glance. He naturally knew the course of events and the truth of the matter. Just as Hua Shi said, the situation at that time was indeed different from what Ji Yuan said. For example, it was not so easy for Ji Yuan and his team to deal with the monsters. Also, the group of disciples at that time had never experienced such a thing. Almost all of them were terribly scared. When he finally arrived in the valley, this group of disciples were still wiping their tears with their heads down.
Among them, Ji Yuan rushed over to him and hugged him and started crying the moment he saw him. Ji Yuan, who was only a dozen years old at the time, experienced life and death for the first time. He cried so hard that his eyes turned red. It took him a long time to coax him into calming down.
Ji Yuan probably didn't want to recall these things too much, so he just briefly mentioned them now.
He did not expose Ji Yuan's words in front of Hua Shi, but focused his attention on Xuan Shuzhi.
Xuan Shuzhi went on to say, "It was after that incident that Liu Qishuang led the masters of the spiritual path to set up a formation there, driving out all the monsters from the valley and subduing them. Only then did this dangerous valley truly become peaceful."
Everyone has known about this for a long time, so it is not surprising that it is mentioned.
Hua Shi asked again: "Are these the two stages of Frost Forest Valley?"
"That's not the case." This time it was Yi Zhan who spoke. He glanced at Xuan Shuzhi and said, "At least we don't think so."
They first mentioned Liu Qishuang's matter, but now they denied it. Fang Wei's heart moved slightly, and he probably guessed what they had investigated, but Hua Shi didn't understand. He asked with a headache: "What does that mean?"
Xuan Shuzhi's smile faded, and he finally said, "Because we didn't find out until after our investigation that Frost Forest Valley didn't become peaceful until this time, because ten years before this, there were people who had entered Frost Forest Valley and came out alive. We guess that since then, Frost Forest Valley has become much safer, but there are still some monsters wandering in it. It's just that no one has dared to enter it for many years, so people don't know what has changed there."
"And that change should be related to the ruins." Xuan Shuzhi narrowed his eyes and said slowly, "That is to say, it was the ancient people who lived there before, so people couldn't enter it. Later, when Master Ji Yuanling and his companions entered the Frost Forest Valley, the residence of the ancient people should have been destroyed, so they didn't encounter too much danger, but just ran into the formation they left behind."
Hua Shi asked quickly: "How do you know this?"
Xuan Shuzhi said, "It's very simple. People didn't care about the Frost Forest Valley before, so no one investigated it. Now we can go back and look through the records and find the information easily. By the way, don't you want to know who entered the Frost Forest Valley before Ji Yuanling and his companions?"
According to Xuan Shuzhi, this person's identity should not be simple. This time, not only Hua Shi, but also Zhou Li and Yu Xing asked curiously, "Who is it?"
Xuan Shuzhi smiled mysteriously, "According to records, there was a Liu family on the north seashore of Xuanqing Continent. This family was not a famous family, but it was considered a well-off family in the town. They were always mysterious and rarely made friends with outsiders. Although their relationship with neighbors was ordinary, they never made enemies with anyone. But for some reason, more than a thousand years ago, this family was wiped out overnight, and no one else in the town knew how they got into trouble and who killed them. At dawn, they found the only surviving child among the corpses of the family."
Hua Shi had already pressed his hands tightly on the table when he heard this. He opened his mouth and stared at Xuan Shuzhi in a hurried tone, "What's the name of that child?"
Xuan Shuzhi had already prepared the answer: "What a coincidence, the child's name is Liu Qishuang."
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