Half an hour later, in the bamboo house, Hua Shi and the other three disciples looked down at the grilled fish in front of them. The fish looked crispy and delicious, which was naturally tempting to the three people who had been hungry for a long time. However, the three of them sat properly and no one dared to pick up the chopsticks first.
Bai Heng finally brought out two pots of food. Seeing their expressions, he raised his eyebrows and sat down and asked, "Why don't you eat?"
At this time, she had rolled up her sleeves and had long since taken off her fur. She was wearing tight, shabby clothes, not much different from an ordinary fisherman. Hua Shi and the others couldn't help feeling awkward when they saw her.
"Except when he is holding a knife, this senior doesn't look like a cultivator at all." Hua Shi whispered to the system.
Fang Wei responded with a "hmm". In fact, Hua Shi was right. Even in Fengyu Palace, Bai Heng was always easygoing and ordinary, not like a Jianghu person. But this kind of Bai Heng was also his most trusted subordinate in the entire evil sect.
In those days, Lu Yao was willful and impulsive, Yi Zhan was impulsive, Ji Yan was slick and Wen Zhong was honest, Jiang Tingwan was elegant and easy-going but too idle, Xuan Shuzhi was smart but always acted unreasonably and would do anything to achieve his goals.
Only with Baiheng can Fang Wei feel completely at ease no matter what happens.
However, Fang Wei still didn’t know why Bai Heng stayed here and why he held the sword-testing conference.
"She kept you here, so she must have something to ask you." Fang Wei said, "Don't hide too much from her. Apart from the system matters, just tell her whatever she wants to know."
Hua Shi now knew that this person was his target, so he agreed immediately without any hesitation.
However, he was already prepared to answer the questions, but for some reason the swordsman opposite him never opened his mouth to ask any questions.
Bai Heng first invited them to eat, and then asked Yu Xing and Li Yue about the situation of their sect respectively, but he did not speak to Hua Shi.
Hua Shi was getting a little anxious waiting, and kept looking at Bai Heng, muttering in his heart, "Why doesn't the senior ask me? Isn't he anxious?"
Fang Wei asked: "What are you anxious about?"
Hua Shi said: "If there were any questions in my mind that I didn't understand, I would be so anxious that I would definitely not be able to hold it in for so long and would have asked a long time ago."
Fang Wei was silent for a moment: "So you can't keep things in your heart."
Hua Shi said as a matter of course: "I have told you everything in my heart."
Fang Wei was left speechless by his words. Just as she was about to respond, she suddenly stopped talking.
Hua Shi noticed his strangeness and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?"
Fang Wei quickly responded: "It's okay."
Hua Shi was a little bit unconvinced. The system would never be distracted for no reason. For some reason, he felt that the system seemed to be hiding something from him: "Is it really okay?"
"It's okay. Just be careful when dealing with the swordsman."
When Fang Wei said this, Bai Heng had just finished chatting with other people. Then she sent the other two away and slowly fixed her gaze on Hua Shi.
Hua Shi suddenly had no time to pay attention to asking questions about the system.
After answering Hua Shi's question, Fang Wei immediately calmed down and carefully checked the situation around him. Just a moment ago, he felt some extremely subtle fluctuations in spiritual power. The movement was very small and he didn't know where it came from, but Fang Wei felt a familiar breath from it.
That spiritual power seemed to belong not to the Xuanqing Continent, but to the Spiritual Realm.
But the connection between the Spirit Realm and the Xuanqing Continent is only through a Spirit Realm Gate that is opened once every three years in Tianqing City. He shouldn't have been able to feel the aura of the Spirit Realm at this time.
This was not the reason why Fang Wei behaved strangely. What really concerned him was that at the moment when the spiritual power appeared, Fang Wei felt that the monster in the abyss where his body was also moved.
This movement was somewhat similar to the one that occurred after the Spirit Transformation Conference ended. At that time, something in the Spirit Realm tried to break free, force open the gate to the Spirit Realm, and tried to break out of it. However, due to the obstruction of Ji Yuan and others and him, that thing ultimately failed to successfully appear in the Xuanqing Continent.
For some unknown reason, the monster in the abyss became much more powerful after that, to the point where Fang Wei could no longer suppress it.
Fang Wei frowned, it was hard not to worry about this matter at this moment.
If the monster becomes a little stronger, things might get out of control.
Fang Wei had to divide his attention, using the power of his spiritual consciousness to investigate the source of the strange spiritual power on the island, while at the same time returning part of his mind to the body of Huoyuan, opening his eyes to observe the movements of the monster.
The monster in the abyss seemed to have noticed Fang Wei's movements. It also opened its eyes. The lines in its huge red pupils were clear, and it stared at Fang Wei with a manic and hostile look.
At this moment, Hua Shi on Yuanhu Island had no idea what was going on. He was concentrating on answering the questions from the senior swordsman.
In fact, although the process of Senior Swordsman is slightly different from that of other seniors and his way of appearance is also different, the questions he asks during the conversation are not much different from those of other people, such as where the sword on him came from, how he became Xuan Shuzhi's disciple, and what secrets he has that he is hiding from everyone.
Hua Shi answered all the questions seriously. He answered the swordsman in the same way as he responded to Xuan Shuzhi in the beginning. In the end, Hua Shi felt that he had explained almost everything. He looked at the swordsman senior, but found that the other party was frowning and did not seem to have any intention of applying for him to join the team.
He hesitated for a moment, then asked tentatively, "Senior seems to have a good relationship with my master. Would you like to go out of the island and visit Xuanling Pavilion? My master will definitely be very happy to see you!"
Bai Heng was still pondering over what Hua Shi had just said. Now when Hua Shi mentioned this, she raised her eyebrows and said with a smile, "That's different."
Hua Shi was stunned for a moment: "Ah?"
Bai Heng knocked on the table, glanced out the window at Yu Xing and Li Yue, who were lying on the side of a dirt pile and observing insects boredly, and continued, "Although your skills were passed down from Xuan Shuzhi, why do I always feel that there seems to be some other traces in it?"
Hua Shi was speechless for a moment, he certainly knew what was going on, because although his martial arts were taught by his master, and later he was also instructed by Master Yi Zhan, but before that, the one who actually led him into the door of practice should be the system.
But he had no way to reveal the existence of the system to anyone, so he could only evade the question by saying, "It should be Master Yi Zhan. He has been in Xuanling Pavilion recently, and he always comes to give me some pointers when he has nothing to do."
Although he didn't know whether the swordsman would believe this, Hua Shi could only explain it this way.
But Bai Heng noticed another piece of information in his words. She asked with interest, "Yi Zhan went to Xuanling Pavilion? Didn't he have a falling out with Xuan Shuzhi?"
Hua Shi blinked: "Senior, even you know about this?"
Bai Heng responded: "The whole world knows about this. Don't think that I don't know about it because I haven't left Yuan Lake. Every time someone comes to challenge me, they will tell me about what happened in Xuanqing Continent recently."
Hua Shi didn't think that Bai Heng really knew nothing, but he didn't expect that the quarrel between his master and Master Yi Zhan would spread so far.
Seeing that Bai Heng didn't seem to be very interested in Xuan Shuzhi and Yi Zhan, Hua Shi tried to use other seniors to seduce the mysterious swordsman senior. He then asked tentatively: "Besides my master, there are others. Senior Jiang Tingwan is also a guest in Xuanling Pavilion. Senior Jiang has a good relationship with my master. You should be very familiar with him, right?"
This time his words did catch Bai Heng's attention. Bai Heng's expression suddenly changed. He grabbed Hua Shi and said hurriedly, "You mean Jiang Tingwan? Is he still alive?"
Hua Shi realized that he had hit the nail on the head. He nodded quickly and said positively, "Yes, senior, you can find him now if you go to Xuanling Pavilion. However, his current condition is a bit bad."
Bai Heng interrupted him: "What do you mean?"
Hua Shi quickly told her about his meeting Jiang Tingwan in Frost Forest Valley, and also told her everything about the ancient tribe ruins in the Frost Forest Valley.
Bai Heng listened to him quietly, her expression changing several times. It was unknown what she was thinking about. Until she heard Hua Shi talking about Jiang Tingwan's current life in Xuanling Pavilion, she sighed heavily and said in a calm voice: "You want me to leave Yuan Lake?"
Hua Shi's intention was exposed, but he did not admit it immediately: "It's just that the senior wanted to know these things, so I told the senior..."
Bai Heng said: "When you leave later, I will go with you."
Hua Shi's eyes suddenly lit up: "Really?"
Bai Heng waved his hand helplessly: "Alright, go tell the two people outside, but we will leave from another direction at that time, so as not to alarm the group of people outside the island."
Hua Shi nodded again and immediately rushed out to prevent this senior from changing his mind.
In his opinion, this powerful senior seemed strong and easy to talk to, and seemed much more reliable than the seniors he had collected before. If he was taken care of by this senior, no matter how the plot made him die, he would probably be able to survive safely under the care of the senior. Such a senior must be held tightly.
Thinking of this, Hua Shi asked the system again: "How was my performance just now? Was it good? Did I conquer him?"
He finished speaking, but there was no immediate response from the system.
In the past, the system didn't like to talk to him, but later on, this situation became rare. Most of the time, the system would respond to him immediately, except for that time, the day after the Spirit Transformation Conference ended, when the system suddenly stopped responding to him.
Hua Shihui recalled the situation that time, and his heart suddenly became flustered. He hurriedly called out: "System? System, are you still here? What happened?"
Fang Wei's mind was mostly still on his main body at this time. When he heard Hua Shi's anxious voice, he withdrew his mind and asked, "Are you guys done with your conversation?"
Hua Shi was a little confused: "Didn't you hear us talking just now?"
In his opinion, the system was always following him, and if he didn't hear anyone talking, it was probably because he was distracted.
But the system can also be distracted?
Hua Shi was about to ask in detail, but now was obviously not the time. He had already come out of the house. Yu Xing and Li Yue heard the door opening and quickly came over to ask him what he had said about the mysterious swordsman.
Hua Shi was about to tell them that the mysterious swordsman was leaving Yuan Lake with them, but at this moment, Hua Shi suddenly heard the system remind him, "No."
Things were moving too fast. Hua Shi frowned and before he could ask what was wrong, the door of the bamboo house behind him was pushed open again. Then the swordsman senior walked out quickly, stopped them all behind him, and looked up at the sky: "Be careful."
Hua Shi, Yu Xing and the others had no idea what was going on. Even when they were protected by Bai Heng behind them, they still looked confused.
They looked up and followed Bai Heng's gaze towards the sky, only to see that a vortex-like black cloud had suddenly appeared in the cloudless sky just now.
The accumulated black clouds were churning rapidly, and in the center of the cloud vortex, something seemed to be rushing out from that end slowly and with difficulty.
"What is that?" Hua Shi had seen many scenes so far, but this was the first time he encountered a crisis as sudden as today's.
Bai Heng looked at that place silently, shaking his head and unable to give an answer.
Yu Xing and Li Yue also looked nervous, waiting for the thing behind the clouds to reveal its true form.
As they watched, gray cumulus clouds rolled continuously, and then a huge figure finally emerged from the center of the vortex and landed towards the small island.
That is——
Hua Shi slowly widened his eyes, looking at the figure that was pressing towards him like a huge mountain, and couldn't help but shouting in panic: "Run! That's Senior Shanjing! ah ah ah ah!"
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