Lin Shao couldn't find Zhou Jiangheng,
He could only call Zheng Siyue,
He asked him where Zhou Jiangheng was.
"Him?" There was still the sound of flipping through documents on Zheng Siyue's end,
"I think he went out for something. Last time, he told me,
He seemed to have gone deep into the mountains somewhere,
I can't contact him now.
Sigh, Zhou Jiangheng's job was like this,
He often went out like this,
He would go out for a long time,
It doesn't matter,
He'll be back in a few days,
There won't be any problems.
Oh right,
Why are you looking for him? "
Zhou Jiangheng really went to the mountains?
Lin Shao muttered and replied, "It's nothing. I just want to ask him about some personal matters. If I can't find him, then forget it. I'll wait for him to come out."
"Alright, I'll tell you when he comes back," Zheng Siyue said,
"If you have any questions, feel free to look for me.
When I'm done with this, I'll still return to Huaili. After all, it's a project I'm involved in,
I still have to go back and take a look,
I'll look for you when the time comes. "
Lin Shao said okay,
Then Zheng Siyue hung up the phone,
It seemed that he was really busy.
"Zhou Jiangheng can only wait for a while. If he's not here, there's nothing I can do."
Lin Shao put down his phone and sighed. He turned to The Ghost Of Locust. "Oh right, can you help me draw what that person looks like?"
The Ghost Of Locust could carve lifelike grape branches on Yusheng, so drawing a portrait was naturally not a problem. He casually drew a portrait for Lin Shao in a realistic style. Lin Shao stared at it for a moment and commented, "I can't see the face clearly."
"I didn't see it clearly either," The Ghost Of Locust told the truth, "I only saw him a few times. He was wearing a mask that covered most of his face. He should have a scar on his face, a big red scar that looked a little like a birthmark. It extended all the way to his neck, and his face was covered by the mask. No one knew what he looked like, but in that case, it was actually easier to find him. If I saw him, I would definitely have a deep impression of him. After all, his characteristics were too obvious."
Lin Shao nodded and asked, "Is this a Taoist like Zhou Jiangheng and the others?"
"No," The Ghost Of Locust said. "He's a Buddhist cultivator, but he's not bald. He has long hair. I don't know if he's been in secularism for a long time, or if he still has hair.
To be honest, if it weren't for the power he uses, it would be obvious that he's a Buddhist cultivator. He doesn't look like a Buddhist cultivator at all. His attacks are very ruthless, and his eyes are fiercer than many of the beasts in the Mountain and Sea Realm. "
Lin Shao silently made a mental note of this.
According to The Ghost Of Locust, Lin Shao was actually a little confused.
Nine-tailed Fox was obsessed with looks, and she only ate one type of face. She liked white, tender, delicate, and cute faces. If Lin Shao was a little tanned, Nine-tailed Fox wouldn't even want to see him. The person that The Ghost Of Locust had described looked completely different from Yin Hua's aesthetic. It was hard to imagine that Nine-tailed Fox would willingly stay by his side.
Lin Shao kept the painting, but before he could hear from Zhou Xiaoheng, something happened at Qingqiu Mountain.
When Lin Shao went to the Mountain and Sea Realm that day, he happened to see Bi Fang and Phoenix the moment he arrived.
"Something doesn't seem right at Qingqiu Mountain," Phoenix said to Lin Shao. "Because you wanted to do the mission, I've been keeping an eye on the place for you. But the fog is too thick today, and we can't go in."
Phoenix and Nine-tailed Fox had some old friendship, and because his looks matched Nine-tailed Fox's aesthetic, he could always enter Qingqiu Mountain. But now, he couldn't.
"I'll go take a look," Lin Shaodao said.
Lin Shao had actually just left Qingqiu Mountain not long ago. He still remembered that Yin Hua had told him to come often, and that was true. He could indeed go up without any problems. But now, standing at the foot of Qingqiu Mountain and looking up, he saw layers of milky white fog covering the path up the mountain. Lin Shao frowned, tugged at Bai Ze's hand, and asked, "What's going on?"
The Intermediate Realm was very stable. Even Bi Fang was seeing this for the first time.
"You'll know when you get up there," Bai Ze held Lin Shao's hand and said, "Come with me."
Phoenix followed. Bai Ze did something, and the fog could not stop him. It only obscured his vision. But the path up Qingqiu Mountain was easy to find. It had been designed so that it was almost a straight path up.
When they reached the entrance to Nine-tailed Fox's palace, Lin Shao pushed the door open and went in. He felt that the fog inside seemed to have dissipated a little. Nine-tailed Fox, Yin Hua, was still in the same place as before, but this time, there was only one fox in the pavilion.
The wind by the lake was very strong. Lin Shao saw the fiery red fox's fur fluttering in the wind, but Yin Hua did not show any signs of panic. It just looked up at a certain spot in the sky, and there was a hint of doubt in its eyes.
Lin Shao saw from afar that a person's silhouette was vaguely outlined in the fog, but before it could be clearly seen, the silhouette disappeared. It was as if Lin Shao was hallucinating.
Along with the silhouette, the fog that shrouded the entire Qingqiu Mountain also disappeared. Nine-tailed Fox, Yin Hua wagged its tail as if nothing had happened, and turned to greet Lin Shao.
"You're here." Yin Hua lay back lazily. "Come, come, come, Lin Shao baby. I just picked some fruit. It's very sweet. Want to try it?"
"... Wait." Lin Shao stood in front of it. "Aren't you going to explain?
What happened at Qingqiu Mountain just now. "
"There's nothing to explain." Yin Hua was still smiling, but its tone suddenly turned cold. "Qingqiu Mountain is my territory. I can do whatever I want. Emissary, just do what you should do, and don't meddle in other things."
Yin Hua's cold voice was still very threatening. Lin Shao instinctively took a step back, but Yin Hua smiled gently again.
"Did I scare you?" Yin Hua comforted. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm not in a good mood today."
Lin Shao said, "... I don't think I'm in a good mood either."
Lin Shao must have seen the blurry silhouette. More importantly, the silhouette's appearance greatly overlapped with the drawing that The Ghost Of Locust gave to Lin Shao. The facial features were blurry, but the red stain that covered half of the face was very obvious. It was so obvious that Lin Shao immediately thought of that person.
But how?
Bai Ze and Phoenix who saw it all were particularly shocked. Their long-trained eyesight was much better than Lin Shao who had just obtained his powers. They could clearly see that the silhouette was not an illusion, but a real person.
"I think you better make it clear." Bai Ze's face was not looking too good. "Why would a person appear here?"
"I really don't know. I swear I didn't do anything." Yin Hua saw Bai Ze and Phoenix's serious expressions and softened a little. "I didn't react in time either. I didn't know what was going on when the fog appeared, so I had the other Nine-tailed Fox clansmen hide, afraid that something might happen."
At that, Yin Hua hesitated for a moment before continuing. "This is the first time something like this has happened at Qingqiu Mountain.
Uh, to be precise, it's the second time. "
Bai Ze frowned and said, "Make it clear."
"The last time was when cracks appeared on the Realm Wall of Qingqiu Mountain. I was unlucky and fell into the human realm. Lin Shao should know by looking at the buildings in the clan. As a human, there's no way you wouldn't recognize it. I'm too lazy to deceive myself, so I'll make it clear now," Nine-tailed Fox said. "If Lord Baize knows, when the Realm Wall is unstable, there could be many manifestations.
For example, a small-scale earthquake, or a thick fog like just now that covers everything.
I wanted to leave too, since I didn't want to fall into the human realm again. But for some reason, there was a force pulling me and not letting me leave this pavilion. I couldn't leave, so I could only stay here. "
At that point, Yin Hua frowned again, showing a puzzled look. "But this time, it felt different from the last time. If there was a problem with the Realm Wall, none of us could stop it.
But this time, the feeling was much weaker. It was just that the wind was very strong, as if there was only an empty frame. Moreover, the abnormality appeared for a very short time, and disappeared in an instant. "
Yin Hua spoke sincerely, but Lin Shao could tell that he was avoiding the important points and dwelling on the trivial.
That was because he kept saying that something might have happened to the Realm Wall, and tried to direct the attention to the Realm Wall. However, Bai Ze's initial question was why that person appeared. Yin Hua never explained who that person was, not even saying that he didn't know who that person was. He was trying to change the topic without leaving a trace.
Bai Ze naturally understood as well, but he only looked deeply at Yin Hua, and did not force him to say anything else.
On the other hand, Phoenix looked at the sky above Qingqiu Mountain for a long time, and asked, "Yin Hua, I'm actually quite curious. Did you have a good time in the human realm?"