Hua Shi is now very inflated.
He had just realized not long ago that he was an unknowing master. He then won three consecutive days, defeating all the young disciples, and finally successfully qualified to go to Yuanhu Island to challenge the mysterious swordsman.
He was now sitting on a small boat, watching the island in the lake become clearer and clearer, and his mood gradually became heavier.
Fang Wei didn't quite understand his sudden heaviness. In his opinion, Hua Shi was very confident now and didn't seem like he was worried about the outcome of the battle.
Seeing Hua Shi frowning thoughtfully, Fang Wei said, "Just fight like you usually do with your master, don't worry too much about the rest."
Hua Shi held his chin with his hand and looked up at Yu Xing and another Tianwen Mountain disciple who were also nervous. After making sure that no one noticed his abnormality, he said quietly in his mind: "No, I just realized that my strength is so great. If I fight against that mysterious swordsman according to the normal process..."
Fang Wei heard him pause and was about to speak to comfort him, but before she could finish her words, she heard Hua Shi continue, "What if I win?"
Fang Wei: “…”
Hua Shi was thinking a lot and didn't notice Fang Wei's silence. He continued with great concern, "I heard that no one has ever defeated the mysterious swordsman in decades. If I win by accident, wouldn't I be too dazzling? By then, not only the young disciples, but everyone in the world will know me. What if they don't challenge the mysterious swordsman anymore and instead challenge me every five years, then I won't have a peaceful life, right?"
Hua Shi frowned and looked like he had been really troubled by this for a long time.
Fang Wei originally wanted to say something, but now she no longer wanted to talk.
Hua Shi was still chattering about the consequences of his victory over the mysterious swordsman. After a while, he realized that the system had not spoken for a long time: "System? System, why are you silent?"
The system doesn't want to pay attention to him.
Fang Wei did not intend to waste time explaining to Hua Shi, because as expected, Hua Shi would soon realize that his considerations were completely unnecessary. Although his current strength was indeed good, the gap between him and the real masters was still huge.
Not long after, the boat docked at a small island in Yuan Lake, and Hua Shi finally got off the boat under the guidance of the ferryman.
Looking at the island from a close distance, it was quite different from what it had looked like from afar. Previously, Hua Shi had thought it was desolate and uninhabited, but now it seemed that there were many traces of activities. At the place where he got off the boat, a small path meandered into the depths, and it was unknown what it led to.
The forest was quiet and serene. Hua Shi and the other three disciples were still nervous for different reasons. Seeing this situation, they almost simultaneously turned their gazes to the boatman in black behind them.
The boatman had a blank expression on his face, and even his voice was emotionless: “Follow this road and you will see the man.”
Hua Shi and others said "Oh" softly and stared at the road ahead. Yu Xing seemed to have thought of something and was about to ask again, but when he turned around, he found that the man had disappeared without a trace.
All that was left in front of them was the shabby ship that had brought them to the island and the silent mountain fog.
Hua Shi got scared very quickly. Before he could even wait for the mysterious swordsman to deal him a fatal blow, he had already completely deflated from his inflated state like a balloon that had been punctured. He instinctively shrank behind Yu Xing: "Ahhh, where did that guy go? How did he disappear? What kind of goblin is he?"
The other disciple seemed to be as courageous as Hua Shi, and he shouted almost at the same time, with their voices rising and falling in perfect sync.
The two young men present were even more timid than Yu Xing. Yu Xing, on the other hand, remained stunned in her spot. After looking at the place where the man had just stood for a while, she pulled Hua Shi and the Tianwen Mountain disciple from behind with one hand each: "Hua Shi, and you..."
She pointed at the disciple but couldn't call out his name. That day, the disciple touched his nose and said honestly, "Li Yue, I don't look special. It's normal that you can't remember my name. My master still often calls me by the wrong name."
Yuxing: “…”
Because of this interruption, she almost forgot to continue what she was saying.
After looking at the surrounding scenes for a while, Yu Xing said, "No matter what, let's follow this road first. What do you think?"
Of course, this was the only way. Hua Shi nodded and said, "Then let's go in and take a look."
Although he said so, Yu Xing looked at Hua Shi and couldn't help but asked, "Can you stop clinging to the tree trunk?"
Hua Shi then let go of his hands, but his hands still seemed a little unsure where to put them. He scooped up a few leaves in the air and held them in his palms.
Li Yue didn't seem to be much braver than Hua Shi, and he took slow steps. The two of them walked behind in tacit understanding.
Yuxing, however, seemed fearless. She led the way, and the three of them followed the path through the woods and finally reached the center of the island.
Contrary to everyone's expectations, on this seemingly desolate island, there was actually a row of very exquisite bamboo houses. Some dried meat and vegetables were drying on the roofs of the bamboo houses, and some animal skins were hung on the walls of the houses. It was obvious that someone had lived here for a long time.
Next to the bamboo house is a wide open space with many traces of being trampled on. It should be a place where people often practice martial arts.
Hua Shi looked at this scene and secretly talked to the system in his heart: "Is this where the mysterious swordsman lives? Why is it like this?"
Fang Wei didn't think anything was wrong, so she asked, "What's wrong?"
Hua Shi shook his head and hesitantly described it: "I thought the mysterious swordsman should be the kind of person who looks very cold and ruthless, rarely talks to people, and makes people scared just by standing there."
He couldn't help but feel disappointed when he said this: "It turns out that he needs to eat too."
Fang Wei: “…”
He was silent for a moment but still couldn't help but corrected himself: "Only those who have cultivated to the third level of the sixth realm or above can reach the stage of Bigu, but such a realm is just a legend in Xuanqing Continent."
Hua Shi couldn't help but get curious after hearing this: "Has anyone reached this stage? There should be someone, otherwise how could there be records? Who is the closest master to reach this level?"
Fang Wei did not answer Hua Shi's question this time.
Just as Hua Shi guessed, such a person did exist, and the closest person, who was recorded as having reached the third level of the sixth realm, was right in front of Hua Shi.
However, strength is of no use at this time. Even if he is above the third level of the sixth realm, even if he is immortal through fasting, he is suddenly trapped in the abyss and cannot leave.
While the two were talking, Yu Xing and Li Yue were also looking towards the bamboo house.
They had already reached the front door of the bamboo house by now, and were wondering whether they should knock on the door to enter, or call out their master's name loudly and wait for the mysterious swordsman to appear.
"That senior should be in here, right?" Yu Xing asked hesitantly.
Li Yue said with a worried look: "There should be no other place except here, but there seems to be no sound or anyone's presence in the room."
"Is he still sleeping?"
None of them had ever seen such a scene, and they stood there at a loss. They crowded at the door and tried to look inside the bamboo house, but they were caught off guard. At this moment, a deep voice suddenly came from behind: "What are you looking at?"
Hua Shi and the others froze instantly. They turned their heads with difficulty and looked to the side, only then did they realize that besides them, there were actually other people nearby.
The man was standing next to the clothesline outside the bamboo house, and seemed to be staring at them from beginning to end, but after such a long time and hesitation, no one noticed.
In fact, it cannot be blamed on them for being blind, because this senior looks so... inconspicuous.
He was not very tall and had a slim figure. His skin was very dark probably because he practiced martial arts outside for many years. He was wearing ordinary coarse cloth clothes with a circle of animal hair around his chest. He looked no different from the most ordinary country villager. Mixed in the pile of clothes hanging outside the house, he had very little sense of presence.
And it was precisely because of this that Hua Shi and the others had been loitering at the door of the bamboo house for so long without noticing that there was a living person standing behind it.
The identity of this living person is already very obvious.
No matter how surprised or unbelievable you are, the fact is right in front of you. There is only one owner of this island, and that person is the mysterious swordsman who has stirred up countless ups and downs in the Xuanqing Continent over the past few decades and remains elusive to this day.
It turns out he looks so ordinary.
He doesn't have three heads and six arms, nor is he a fierce and strong man. He doesn't seem to have anything special about him. He is even worse than Brother Zhou Xun, who works as a supervisor in the sect every day to see if the disciples are sweeping the floor seriously.
When he saw the man's face clearly and realized his identity, this thought flashed through Hua Shi's mind.
Naturally, he quickly shared his thoughts with the system. However, surprisingly, the system, which was usually very calm and never had any emotional fluctuations, seemed to be quite surprised at this time.
This time Hua Shi was even more surprised.
"System?" Hua Shi asked in his mind in confusion.
Just as Hua Shi felt, Fang Wei's emotions were indeed fluctuating at this moment, because he had thought of many possibilities, and had guessed that the mysterious swordsman and Bai Heng were both in Yuan Lake, and whether there would be any connection between the two. But he did not expect that the mysterious male swordsman who had been passed down for many years was actually Bai Heng himself.
She just changed her clothes, tanned her skin, and dressed like a man.
Therefore, even though Xuan Shuzhi and others have searched for her many times over the years, they still have not been able to find any trace of Bai Heng, because she has been living in seclusion on this small island for a long time, and no one would have thought that this mysterious swordsman is actually a woman.
If Fang Wei was not very familiar with Bai Heng, perhaps even he would not be able to recognize the other party's identity at first glance.
But what happened that made Bai Heng never go back to look for Xuan Shuzhi and others for so many years, but instead stay on this wild island and hold a sword-testing competition every five years?
Was she really testing the knife? Or was there another purpose?
Fang Wei had complicated thoughts and stared at Bai Heng in silence for a long time. She also had no time to comfort Hua Shi, who was nervous and didn't know how to start the conversation when he saw Bai Heng coming.
Bai Heng had no idea that a pair of eyes were watching her through Hua Shi. She threw the few things in her hand aside and looked at everyone for a moment. Then she leaned over and took out a seemingly ordinary hatchet from the corner. She raised her chin to Hua Shi and the other two and said, "You are the ones who will test the hatchet this time? So, who will go first?"
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