The first thing he did upon entering this place was to find a way to dispel the black mist that existed there. The moment the black mist was dispelled, the old tree spirit learned of this and was furious.
Wanting to know who was so ungrateful as to break through the black mist he had painstakingly set up, it hesitated the moment it saw Qi Guze's face. But Qi Guze didn't give it that chance at all. He directly captured the old tree spirit and subjected it to severe torture. After that, he learned that the old tree spirit had lost track of Xu Yuehuai and Fu Ziyi.
In reality, the old tree spirit had been following the two of them all along, but after they mysteriously disappeared, it never found them again, let alone any other information it could get.
The old tree spirit hugged its branch, a smug look on its face. It would occasionally look up at Qi Guze and say, "I'm really innocent! I didn't do anything! There was a junior of mine who wanted to see them before, and I let him in. If I really did it, how could I have the guts to let anyone in? Don't you think that makes sense?"
The old tree spirit hoped to gain some recognition from Qi Guze, but the man simply waved his sleeve, and spiritual power poured out from his hand, trapping the old tree spirit in this place, unable to do anything, not even use its spiritual power.
After finishing what he did, Qi Guze continued walking inside. The further he went, the stronger the damp feeling became, which inexplicably made him feel a little uneasy.
The tree spirit kept following Xu Yuehuai and the others, but no matter what he did, he couldn't catch up. His legs felt like lead, and he was already struggling to walk. But reason told him that if he didn't leave now, he would completely miss Xu Yuehuai and the others, and he would never find them again in this vast forest.
Xu Yuehuai and his companion were exhausted from walking. They sat down on the ground, leaning against the wall, thinking of taking a rest. This was the first time in a long time that they had sat down to rest. Despite walking for so long, neither of them felt tired.
The tree spirit breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the two of them sit down, and continued walking in their direction, keeping his head down and not looking up, thinking that he would arrive in a few steps. But little did he know that he had already walked about a hundred meters without seeing the two of them.
Even if the tree spirit didn't understand the intricacies of the situation, he knew something was wrong and things weren't so simple. He stopped and looked around warily, thinking that he could react in time if any danger arose.
The tree spirit knew perfectly well that it had entered an illusion, in which everything was false and completely nonexistent.
Shuxin was in a low mood and sat on the ground, not knowing how to break the illusion.
If this illusion cannot be broken, Xu Yuehuai and Fu Ziyi will probably be trapped inside for their entire lives and never be able to get out.
Xu Yuehuai and Fu Ziyi sat opposite each other. Xu Yuehuai leaned against the wall, her head tilted back, her face showing exhaustion. She closed her eyes, trying to relieve her fatigue immediately, but this did not bring any substantial effect. Instead, it made her feel physically and mentally exhausted.
Fu Ziyi was also nearby, and started telling jokes to Xu Yuehuai, jokes from all over the world. Xu Yuehuai found it strange, "I didn't expect you to have been to so many places. You don't seem like the kind of person who would go out and have fun. How do you know all this? Did you get it all from sketchbooks? Is this the kind of thing written in all those sketchbooks?"
Xu Yuehuai finally showed interest in something, and she looked at Fu Ziyi with her eyes. Fu Ziyi patiently explained to her, "No, actually I wasn't separated from my parents when I was very young. When I was very young, I also had a mother. She was a person who traveled all over the world and would tell me stories every night. At first, I didn't care much, but after she left and I had no home, I realized how precious these things were. But when I tried to recall what happened, I couldn't remember anything at all. I could only remember a few bits and pieces."
Fu Ziyi spoke slowly. The two of them had been here for so long that they had long since learned to speak to each other calmly. For Fu Ziyi, this was a huge step forward.
"Later, I was unwilling to give up and wanted to grasp that feeling, so I went to ask people. When I saw those stories, I came into contact with spiritual power. So, in the end, I relied on my own efforts to get to where I am now." Fu Ziyi is already very lucky, luckier than most people.
He had things that many people never had when he was a child, and perhaps the greatest hardship he ever endured as an adult was the hardship of constant training and travel, which was even less than what they are experiencing now.
However, these don't seem to be the most important points. He got to where he is today through his own efforts and talent. Without talent, one would never succeed on this path.
Fu Ziyi told these stories in a relaxed and simple way, but Xu Yuehuai would never imagine what he had done behind the scenes to become so indifferent.
How many vicissitudes have it endured?
For a moment, neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere seemed even more tense than before. Fu Ziyi broke the deadlock, "Hey, can't you cheer up? Aren't you the same as me? We're both alone, relying on ourselves and our spiritual power to survive in this world. Aren't you the same?"
Fu Ziyi's words were so true that Xu Yuehuai had no reason to refute them for a moment. She looked at Fu Ziyi and let him examine her.
For a moment, the atmosphere between the two became a little awkward.
The awkwardness vanished in an instant. "The story is over, let's keep going, but I still feel that this place is strange, it doesn't seem like something that should exist in the real world."
Having spent a long time with Baili Xiuwen, Fu Ziyi had become very sensitive and knew the most about these things. So when he said something was strange, Xu Yuehuai didn't doubt him. Instead, she immediately started looking around, trying to find out what Fu Ziyi meant by something amiss, but she couldn't find anything after searching for a while.
"How about we... take a gamble and break down this wall?" Xu Yuehuai made a bold suggestion.
Fu Ziyi didn't recognize her and turned to look at her. The moment their eyes met, he knew clearly that the person in front of him wasn't joking, and he felt a moment of helplessness.
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