Hua Shi was still talking to Zhou Li, asking about the situation of the man in the dungeon, but Fang Wei had stopped talking at this time, and his mind gradually drifted away.
Wen Chong, he is still alive.
Since Fang Wei's consciousness left the abyss, he has been investigating the situation of his former evil subordinates. In the past year or so, he has found many people, including those like Lu Yao who stubbornly stayed in Fengyu Palace and became destitute, and those like Xuan Shuzhi and Yi Zhan who left Fengyu Palace and changed their appearance to establish a new sect in order to lead everyone to seek a way out. Of course, there are also those like Ji Yan who don't care about anything and just want to solve everything in the most convenient way, and choose to lead his subordinates to surrender directly.
He had already found out the news about everyone, but he still couldn't find the trace of Wen Zhong and Bai Heng, the former left and right protectors of Fengyu Palace. It was not until today that he knew that Wen Zhong was not missing, but was imprisoned in the dungeon of Hanxi Sect.
Nowadays, the conflicts between the spiritual way and the evil way are no longer fierce due to the decline of one of the sides. In Hua Shi's view, it seems that the spiritual way and the evil way have become a harmonious scene of mutual cooperation.
But in fact, Fang Wei knew that the evil spirits were not like this at all. Wen Zhong had the heaviest killing karma and was already the number one enemy of the spirit path. Fang Wei did not expect that after he fell into the abyss of disaster, Wen Zhong would become a demon and kill his way into the Hanxi Sect. Wen Zhong had done so many things and committed such a heavy sin of killing. The treatment of him by the spirit path people would definitely not be as simple as that of others.
Xuan Shuzhi and Yi Zhan can start a new sect from scratch, because although they are elders, they stay on the mountain of the Blood Crow Sect all year round. Few people can see them, and they have not really participated in many things. Ji Yan can now coexist peacefully with Lingdao because he surrendered voluntarily and made great concessions. Even Lu Yao can now guard the dilapidated Fengyu Palace, and he was only able to barely hold on after suffering a lot of bullying. But Wen Zhong is different from them. In the eyes of Lingdao back then, the biggest demon was Xiezhu Fang Wei, and Wen Zhong was the one who made the most enemies after him.
How has he been living these years? How did he become possessed by a demon?
Fang Wei just wanted to see the other party immediately to confirm her guess, but Hua Shi and Zhou Li had no idea of Fang Wei's worries. They still walked slowly towards the dungeon, talking in low voices about Wen Zhong.
"Has he really done so many things? How strong is he? Even your master can't beat him?" Hua Shi still found it incredible. "The people under his command are so powerful, how strong must the evil master Fang Wei be?"
He recalled the people he had met who had been under Fang Wei's command, including his master Xuan Shuzhi, Yi Zhan, Lu Yao, Jiang Tingwan and others. Almost all of them were rare strong men in the Xuanqing Continent, and were big figures who could stand on their own. At the time, they were all under Fang Wei's command. What was the turbulent scene of the world a thousand years ago?
Hearing his question, Zhou Li said, "Neither you nor I have experienced that era, so we naturally don't know. But I've heard a lot from my master. Not to mention the evil leader Fang Wei, this guy called Wen Zhong is also a bloodthirsty demon. I heard that he was already possessed by the devil when he broke into the Hanxi Sect. The Hanxi Sect suffered heavy losses in that battle. Wherever he passed, there were scenes of blood and flesh flying everywhere. My master had just become a disciple at that time. He saw with his own eyes that Wen Zhong broke my master's meridians and tore off the flesh of his right hand connected to his shoulder. That demon wanted to torture people to death. If it weren't for the arrival of Ji Yuan Lingzhu at that time, my master would have died without a doubt."
Hua Shi felt his arms ache just by listening to Zhou Li's description. He rubbed his arms and asked, "What grudge does he have with Hanxi Sect?"
Zhou Li frowned and shook his head: "I don't know, and I haven't heard of it, but demons are inherently inhumane, what reason do they need to do evil?"
Hua Shi: "But..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhou Li had already brought him to a small house that was heavily guarded by Hanxi Sect disciples and stopped: "We're here."
Hua Shi blinked and looked at the small room: "Here?"
Zhou Li said: "Since it is a dungeon, it is of course underground. This is just an entrance."
He greeted several disciples, took out the token and opened the door of the house, then turned back to Hua Shi and said, "Go in."
Hua Shi nodded, and the two entered the house. As expected, they saw a tunnel in the house. Zhou Li unscrewed the mechanism on the wall next to him, opened the tunnel door, glanced at Hua Shi, and entered first.
Hua Shi led Jiang Tingwan to follow, but just after taking two steps, Jiang Tingwan suddenly stopped for some reason, shook his head in fear and refused to move forward, and even kept backing away, as if he wanted to escape.
Hua Shi asked tentatively, "Uh, Senior? You don't want to go down? Do you not want to see the Dharma Protector Wen Zhong, or do you not want to go in here?"
Jiang Tingwan was speechless and couldn't express what he meant. He just kept shaking his head in panic.
They wasted a while here. Zhou Li in the tunnel ahead called them twice again. Hua Shi had no choice. The purpose of his coming this time was to let Jiang Tingwan meet the person in the dungeon. It was impossible for him to go back like this. He believed that Xuan Shuzhi must have a reason for letting Jiang Tingwan meet Wen Zhong.
Thinking of this, Hua Shi had no choice but to pull Jiang Tingwan and drag him into the tunnel: "Senior Jiang, please be obedient for the time being."
After taking Jiang Tingwan into the tunnel, Hua Shi finally understood that Jiang Tingwan was not unwilling to see people, but was not used to this narrow and dark environment. Perhaps this environment reminded him of something, triggering bad memories in his mind.
Hua Shi had no way of judging and could only speak to comfort Jiang Tingwan, and even slowed down his pace. The tunnel was originally long, and they had been walking for a long time but still could not reach the end.
Wen Zhong was not the only one imprisoned in this tunnel. Hua Shi also saw many imprisoned people along the way. According to Zhou Li's introduction, these were the guys who had done evil in the Xuanqing Continent in the past thousand years. Of course, there were not only humans among them, but also some monsters whose species Hua Shi could not tell. Because the dungeon of Hanxi Sect was the most heavily guarded in the entire Xuanqing Continent, there were countless mechanisms and formations in the dungeon, and it was extremely difficult for the people in the prison to escape, and it was almost impossible for the people outside the prison to come in and rescue them. Therefore, over the years, many evil people caught by Lingdao were finally sent here.
"Of course, not all evil people can be locked up here. Those who can be sent here are almost all extremely dangerous." Zhou Li continued to move forward with Hua Shi. On the way, they were stared at by the ferocious-looking evil people in the prison. After a long time, they finally reached the end and saw the dark stone room where the devil Wen Zhong was said to be imprisoned.
Standing in front of the stone chamber, Hua Shi heard strange banging sounds coming from the prison, dull and low, as if a huge thunder was brewing inside.
The sound of collision, accompanied by the sound of chains rubbing against rocks, sounded chaotic and strange, and made Hua Shi, who was standing outside the door, feel a slight chill on his spine. He could not help but tightly grasp Jiang Tingwan's arm beside him.
When he was nervous, Hua Shi would always think of his system: "System, if I walk in like this, will that guy inside tear me apart?"
Fang Wei's mind was slightly shaken by the sound in the cell, so he did not notice Hua Shi's voice.
Hua Shi didn't hear the system's response, so he asked twice more. Fang Wei came back to his senses and replied softly, "Host, I'm here."
Hua Shi was attracted by the system at this time, and he seemed less nervous. When he saw the system respond, he immediately chattered: "I was calling you just now, why didn't you answer? Why do I feel like you seem to have something on your mind? Are you worried about something? No, no, it's strange why I feel that you have a complicated mind, you are obviously an artificial intelligence." The voice paused for a moment, and Hua Shi couldn't help but said: "But I feel more and more that you are not like an ordinary artificial intelligence."
Fang Wei ignored his nonsense. Hua Shi listened to the sounds coming from the cell, and his mind was finally pulled back to reality.
He was frightened by a loud crash and stepped back, staring at the end of the cell that he couldn't see clearly. After a while, he thought to himself, "Is that guy inside not going to eat people?"
Fang Wei knew Hua Shi's temperament and knew that he must have been frightened. However, the person in the cell at the moment was Wen Zhong. Fang Wei was in a heavy mood and did not bother to pretend. He just said firmly, "No, don't be afraid of him."
Hua Shi was stunned. He didn't expect the system to say this suddenly. He opened his mouth to ask, but the system said again: "Talk to him nicely."
Hua Shi said "Oh" in a daze for a long while. For some reason, he seemed to feel more relieved after hearing the system's voice. He looked up at Zhou Li and grabbed Jiang Tingwan's arm. Then he finally said, "Well, I'm ready... Let's go in."
At this time, Hua Shi remembered what his master Xuan Shuzhi said before they set out. He remembered that he said Jiang Tingwan and Wen Zhong should have common topics, and maybe they could help Jiang Tingwan recover.
It was at this time that Hua Shicai finally understood why Xuan Shuzhi said such a thing.
These two people, one is a fool and the other is a madman, and there may indeed be some tacit understanding in their communication that normal people cannot understand.
Unfortunately, Hua Shi didn't find Xuan Shuzhi's words funny at all.
As Zhou Li was explaining, Hua Shi slowly moved to the prison door.
Zhou Li noticed his nervousness, took out the magic weapon to open the door, and took the initiative to speak calmly: "Don't worry too much, he is now locked up by seventy-six chains, even moving is difficult, there is no way he can hurt you."
Hua Shi nodded silently, and after Zhou Li pushed open the door of the cell, he followed him and slowly walked in.
In the dark prison cell, only the fire in the corner was slightly warm. However, the weak light illuminated the scene in the cell, which was full of cold black chains, cold and damp stone walls, and dark green moss.
In the center of the room, a figure with disheveled hair was crawling on the ground in the corner. Hua Shi couldn't see the man's appearance clearly, and couldn't help but approach him. However, just when he took two steps closer, the man suddenly raised his head, and swung his right hand with the iron chain violently, hitting the stone wall and the ground with a loud noise.
Hua Shi cried out "Ah" and took several steps back in fear. Just as he was doing this, Hua Shi suddenly heard the voice of the system in his head say, "Don't be afraid."
Hua Shi felt that his heart almost stopped beating for a moment because of the movement of the guy in front of him. He responded to the system in his mind with a bitter face: "How can I not be afraid! This guy looks too scary. Can I let Senior Jiang have a friendly conversation with him here, and I will go outside and wait for the two of them to finish their conversation slowly."
Fang Wei: “…”
His voice softened a little, and he whispered again: "Listen to me, don't be afraid, just go over there."
Hua Shi always had full trust in the system. Even in this situation, he still tried his best to calm down and slowly moved towards the man who kept slapping and hitting the ground in the corner.
But he moved a little slowly.
"My legs are shaking a little." Hua Shi said honestly.
Fang Wei comforted Hua Shi again, showing no sign of changing his mind, and then said, "Let Zhou Li leave first."
Hua Shi widened his eyes: "No! What should I do if he leaves..."
Fang Wei interrupted him: "Listen to me."
Hua Shi had no choice but to turn around and force a bitter smile to Zhou Li, who was standing nearby watching the show, and suggested that he wait outside first.
Zhou Li was a little confused about his request, but he probably guessed that the Master of Xuanling Pavilion had some other instructions for Hua Shi, so Zhou Li did not speculate too much and just nodded and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you outside. Just tell me when you're ready."
Hua Shi said "hmm" and watched Zhou Li turn and leave. He wanted to grab the other person several times, but finally he held back.
When Zhou Li closed the door from the outside, Hua Shi and two seniors, one crazy and one stupid, were left in the room.
Hua Shi's body was now stiff, and he felt confused and helpless.
Fang Wei continued to direct at this time: "Get closer to him."
Hua Shi hesitated and took two cautious steps forward.
Fang Wei said: "Closer."
Hua Shi looked at the man's almost crazy appearance as he banged against the wall, and said fearfully: "Can I..."
Fang Wei ignored his retreat and continued, "Touch his forehead."
Hua Shi was measuring his steps and preparing to walk again. When he heard this, he suddenly took a breath: "...Ah?"
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