Fighting Shi Zhong

Shi Zhong brought Yan Chihuo to where his true body was located and set him on the ground. "Hua Ying, stop pretending. I know you may be seriously injured, but there's no way you'd be unconscious. Only that fool Han Bing would take it for real."

Yan Chihuo closed his eyes and said nothing.

Shi Zhong smiled. "Believe it or not, I have a way to make you get up. After all these years, I'm finally going to get my wish."

Hearing the ill intent in Shi Zhong's laughter, Yan Chihuo inwardly cried that things were bad. The other man had mistaken him for Hua Ying—who knew what he intended to do? He hastily opened his eyes.

Shi Zhong laughed smugly. "See? My method works wonderfully. You woke up right away."

"What do you want?" Yan Chihuo asked.

"If you don't want me to touch you," Shi Zhong said, "then tell me where that Earth Divine Ape is first."

Yan Chihuo froze. "What do you want with his whereabouts?"

"I already learned from Teng Rong that the Earth Divine Ape knows how to refine artifacts. That's exceedingly rare. I imagine that was why you had a conflict within the Flower Clan, and why Han Bing brought you here."

Shi Zhong had also noticed that something had happened to the Flower Clan, but he had not gone there. When he saw Han Bing bring Hua Ying over, this idea had sprung into his mind, and he had wildly guessed at why Hua Ying had fled the Flower Clan.

Yan Chihuo groaned inwardly. His injuries were not severe. Though he had used the Undying Body once, he still had a considerable amount of magical power left and ordinarily would not have feared Shi Zhong.

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