The man who had been imprisoned for a thousand years suddenly escaped from the dungeon, and that man was the devil who had once massacred the Hanxi Sect.
No matter from which angle you look at it, this is a major event that has shocked the entire Xuanqing Continent.
When Hua Shi heard the news, his mind went blank for a moment, and then he immediately made sense of it in his mind.
Wen Zhong had been imprisoned in the dungeon for a whole thousand years without any accidents, but something happened today.
Before the incident today, the last people to see Wen Zhong were only him and Zhou Li.
Zhou Li is a disciple of Hanxi Sect, so naturally no one would suspect him. Apart from him, he was the most suspicious.
Otherwise, even Hua Shi himself could not explain why Wen Zhong escaped from the dungeon immediately after he had just met him and left.
But the problem now is that he has no idea what happened! He has no idea how that person left! If he is suspected now, he has no idea how to explain it!
Hua Shi felt as if a huge pot had been dropped on his head, and his entire head was dizzy. This routine was too familiar to him. Disciples from famous and upright sects were wrongly hunted down and had nowhere to stay, and were finally forced into a desperate situation. All scripts were written this way.
He almost instinctively defended himself: "I really don't know anything! You have to believe me! I don't know how he suddenly got out of the dungeon!"
There was silence on the other end for a moment. I wonder what Zhou Li was thinking about.
Hua Shi continued to think about how to defend himself in silence, but Zhou Li on the opposite side suddenly said, "Do you think I'm doubting you?"
Hua Shi was stunned for a moment: "Isn't it?"
Zhou Li said, "How can we, the spiritual path people, be suspicious of each other? You are the disciple of Pavilion Master Xuan of Xuanling Pavilion, and you are my friend. I told you this just to know if you have found anything. Do you think I am testing you?"
Hua Shi: “…”
Although he was somewhat moved by Zhou Li's words, he still couldn't help asking, "Aren't you being too hasty?"
Are you really not going to investigate yourself? He looks so suspicious!
Fortunately, Zhou Li immediately said, "Besides, I saw the situation in the cell before you left the dungeon. Wen Zhong was still inside at that time, and all the chains and formations were in good condition. There was no sign of damage at all. Even if you really wanted to rescue Wen Zhong, the time doesn't match."
Hua Shi fell silent again.
Didn't this still make you doubt him?
However, now is not the time to delve into these issues. Hua Shi hurriedly asked Zhou Li about the situation. He then learned that Wen Zhong had completely disappeared two hours ago. At that time, Hua Shi was still talking to Jiang Tingwan in the carriage. It was absolutely impossible for him to have seen anything unusual.
He had no way to provide help to Zhou Li and the others, and asked if they needed him to go back to Hanxi Sect to help. Zhou Li said that Hanxi Sect was in great chaos now, so Hua Shi didn't need to come again. Moreover, Hua Shi had contact with Wen Zhong before, and if they met the escaping Wen Zhong on the road, that would be real danger, so he hoped that he could return to Xuanling Pavilion as soon as possible and inform Yu Xuan Shuzhi of what happened here.
Hua Shi hesitated for a moment. He couldn't continue sleeping now. After discussing with the system in his mind, he decided to wake up the coachman and Jiang Tingwan, set out overnight and return to Xuanling Pavilion to inform Yu Xuan Shuzhi of the matter as soon as possible, hoping that Xuan Shuzhi could have some clues or solutions.
However, Hua Shi did not notice in his panic that the tone of the system when answering him was clearly a little strange.
Because of this incident, the journey from Hanxi Sect to Xuanling Pavilion, which originally took two days, was compressed by Hua Shi into one day and one night. At dawn the next day, Hua Shi finally returned to Xuanling Pavilion.
After returning to the familiar place, Hua Shi felt much more at ease. Seeing Senior Brother Zhou Xun coming to greet him, Hua Shi didn't waste any words. He asked in two sentences where Xuan Shuzhi was now. He immediately turned around and rushed towards Lingge.
Inside the Ling Pavilion, Xuan Shuzhi was still sitting in the room playing chess with Yi Zhan. Sandalwood was burning in the stove in the room. There was even someone plucking the strings of a musical instrument next to them. Both of them looked leisurely and relaxed.
Hua Shi came in from outside and looked at Yi Zhan. Both of them were a little surprised.
"Why haven't you gone back yet?" Hua Shi looked at the owner of Poxue Zhai, who had regarded Xuanling Pavilion as his second home, in confusion.
Yi Zhan was obviously not very welcoming to Hua Shi and asked, "Why did you come back so soon?"
Hua Shi: “…”
He didn't know where this man got his confidence from. He actually looked more like the master of Xuanling Pavilion than Xuan Shuzhi. He glared at Yi Zhan, then turned back to look at Xuan Shuzhi, and told Xuan Shuzhi about his situation in Hanxi Sect these days and what happened after he left Hanxi Sect.
Xuan Shuzhi listened patiently and quietly, showing a reassuring calmness from beginning to end. Even when he heard that Wen Zhong had escaped from prison and disappeared, he only raised his eyebrows slightly, and then smiled with ambiguous meaning.
Hua Shi finished speaking in a hurry, and seeing Xuan Shuzhi's reaction, he couldn't help but ask, "Master, aren't you worried?"
Xuan Shuzhi restrained his smile and nodded, "I am quite worried."
As he said this, his eyes seemed to pass by the purple mark behind Hua Shi's ear inadvertently, and he said without much care: "He has been possessed by a demon now. It will be troublesome if the demon comes out to continue to harm people."
Hua Shi nodded repeatedly: "But what should we do now? Zhou Li said that he couldn't be found anywhere. Could he be hiding in some secret place?"
Before Xuan Shuzhi could say anything, Yi Zhan also looked at the mark behind Hua Shi's ear and said with a low "tsk", "It's quite hidden."
Hua Shi didn't hear Yi Zhan's words clearly: "What?"
Yi Zhan shook his head and waved his hand, saying, "Alright, let them solve the Hanxi Sect's affairs on their own. You came just in time. Did you bring the Yunxiu Pen? Your master and I are going to practice in the Yunxiu Pen. Please open the space for us."
Hua Shi was in a hurry to deal with Wen Zhong's matter, but he didn't expect that neither Xuan Shuzhi nor Yi Zhan were in a hurry at all. He hesitated and didn't understand what the two meant. After hearing what Yi Zhan said, he couldn't help but asked, "Are we going in now? Are you really not going to care about Hanxi Sect's affairs?"
Xuan Shuzhi said: "It's not that we don't care, but we still need to think about it in the long run."
Hua Shi whispered "Oh", looked at Xuan Shuzhi and Yi Zhan worriedly, and asked in a low voice: "You don't want to do that kind of thing in my space?"
Xuan Shuzhi understood Hua Shi's meaning instantly, and his usually expressionless face actually turned slightly red.
Yi Zhan couldn't help but stare at Hua Shi and lectured him loudly: "What on earth are you thinking about? Is now the time to do this? And even if I want to, your master won't let me do it now!"
Xuan Shuzhi couldn't stand these two people: "Yi Zhan!"
Yi Zhan and Hua Shi shut up at the same time. Although Hua Shi was puzzled, he did not ask any more questions. He quickly opened the Yunxiu Pen Space as he was told and brought Xuan Shuzhi, Yi Zhan and Jiang Tingwan who were present into the space.
After entering the Yunxiu Pen space, Hua Shi thought that Xuan Shuzhi and Yi Zhan were going to the room they used to go to. He was planning to call out the white cat and hold it to play nearby, but when he turned around, he found that both Xuan Shuzhi and Yi Zhan were standing in the same place, with no intention of moving at all.
Hua Shi asked doubtfully: "Master?"
As soon as he opened his mouth to ask more questions, he suddenly felt dizzy and then lost consciousness, falling to the ground with his eyes closed.
But at the moment he fell, a golden halo rose from his chest, and then a masked figure in black slowly emerged, just in time to hold Hua Shi's waist and hold him up, preventing him from falling to the ground.
Although they had seen this person transformed into a white cat and had talked to him many times, they had not seen him appear in this form for a long time.
"Evil Lord."
Yi Zhan and Xuan Shuzhi bowed their heads and spoke at the same time, waiting for each other's response.
Fang Wei gently embraced Hua Shi, then lowered her eyes to look at the purple mark behind Hua Shi's ear, and said, "You can come out now."
A moment later, a stream of purple light swirled out from behind Hua Shi's ears and finally fell to the ground, turning into a tall figure in tattered clothes.
It was Wen Zhong who had disappeared from the Hanxi Sect dungeon not long ago.
Although they had expected Fang Wei to find a way to rescue Wen Zhong when they arranged for Hua Shi to go to Hanxi Sect, Xuan Shuzhi and Yi Zhan couldn't help but be surprised when they saw Wen Zhong appear in front of them in good health.
In the silence, Fang Wei finally said, "Don't use him like this next time."
Although he did not explicitly say "he", Xuan Shuzhi and Yi Zhan both knew that they were talking about Hua Shi who had fainted in Fang Wei's arms.
Xuan Shuzhi said helplessly: "If there is any other way, I don't want my disciples to take risks."
Yi Zhan coughed but didn't say anything. He thought that Xuan Shuzhi was just like that. As long as he could achieve his goal, there would be few people in this world who would not become his pawns.
After they finished saying these words, Fang Wei lifted Hua Shi up and carried him into the room to rest, while Xuan Shuzhi and the other three slowly followed Fang Wei's footsteps and entered the room together.
Only after he put the person down on the bed did Fang Wei turn around and say to everyone, "Just say whatever you want to say."
The people in the room looked at each other, their eyes were either complicated or blank, or as empty as Jiang Tingwan's. After a long while, Yi Zhan was the first to look at Wen Zhong and said, "Hey, has this guy's possession been cured?"
Fang Wei was about to speak, but Wen Zhong raised his eyes and met Yi Zhan's gaze, frowning and asking, "Who are you?"
Fang Wei: “…”
Yi Zhan was dumbfounded and stared, "What does this guy mean?"
Wen Zhong suddenly raised his hand for some reason, clenched his fist and said coldly: "A mere monkey spirit is worthy of talking to the Immortal Lord?"
Yi Zhan was furious: "Hey, is there anything wrong with your brain?"
Xuan Shuzhi had already noticed something was wrong. He raised his fan-holding hand and used the fan to stop Yi Zhan's movements. He whispered, "Don't provoke him."
Yi Zhan struggled, but stopped moving for fear of hurting Xuan Shuzhi. Wen Zhong also noticed Xuan Shuzhi's voice and raised his eyebrows proudly saying, "You vixen are quite sensible."
Xuan Shuzhi curled his lips and said nothing, but the fan in his hand was suddenly pinched out of shape.
Fang Wei finally found an opportunity to interrupt at this time. He stopped smiling under the mask and pretended to be stern and said, "He is mentally unstable now, and the state of being possessed by the devil has not been resolved. We can only find a way to suppress it in the short term."
As he spoke, he walked forward and skillfully used the power of his spiritual consciousness to calm Wen Zhong's restless spiritual energy.
After a while, Wen Zhong groaned, bent his body slightly, and then slowly raised his eyes to look around. His eyes first fell on Fang Wei and Jiang Tingwan, and after calling "Palace Master", he then saw Xuan Shuzhi and Yi Zhan opposite him. He looked a little dazed and asked, "You are here too? Why... why are you looking at me like that?"
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