Chapter 196: Undercurrents are surging
Zhou Yao took the initiative to show her courtesy, and Shen Qing naturally would not refuse, so she was left to her.
The kitchen in the courtyard of the house was stocked with ingredients, and after a while, Zhou Yao had a rich dinner.
The dinner was sumptuous, accompanied by spiritual wine, during the banquet, Zhou Yao had a hint of spring in the corners of her eyes and eyebrows, smiling Yan Yan, deliberately flattering, with such a charming beautiful mature woman by her side, this dinner, Shen Qing used it very comfortably.
Unconsciously, the night was late, and it was time for the end of the song to disperse, but Zhou Yao still had no intention of leaving, so he cast a spell again, boiled a large pot of water, and then filled the bath bucket in the bathroom.
Looking at the spring in her eyes, it seemed that she was going to serve Shen Qing in person.
In the past, Shen Qing was terminally ill and was waited for by the two beautiful ladies in the family to take turns to soak in the medicinal bath, which was frank and honest, but he didn't feel anything wrong. However, after all, Shen Qing and Zhou Yao have only been in contact for a short time, and they will not expose his most ** side in front of her eyes.
Not shyness, but insecurity.
When Zhou Yao finished everything in his hand and shyly said that he wanted to wait for Shen Qing to take a bath, Shen Qing smiled and waved his hand, indicating that there was no need for this.
Shen Qing refused, and Zhou Yao didn't insist anymore, but when he was leaving, there was a trace of imperceptible loss in his eyes.
Zhou Yao left, Shen Qing restored all the hidden prohibitions in the house, and did not go to the bathroom to bathe, but came to the quiet room, and after laying the isolation prohibition at the door of the quiet room, his mind moved, and he entered the Qiankun Pearl......
Medicated baths, practiced, practiced spells, and finished all the required homework, and it was almost dawn.
There is nothing to do in the left near, and Shen Qing is not in a hurry to come out of the Qiankun Pearl. So he came to the fine house and fell asleep on a large pink bed in the living room.
As soon as he woke up to dawn, Shen Qing once again felt that his energy was extremely abundant, and he couldn't help but think to himself: "It's not entirely correct that this monk doesn't need to sleep, proper sleep is still helpful to his own cultivation, it seems that if he has free time in the future, this normal sleep really has to be maintained often." ”
I stayed in the Qiankun Pearl all night. At this moment, it was not early outside, it was time to go out, Shen Qing's figure flashed out of the Qiankun Pearl, followed by opening the door of the quiet room, and went straight to the outside of the courtyard.
It was nearly noon. The sun is in full bloom, the sky is blue, and the white clouds are fluttering.
Shen Qing opened the prohibition and stepped out of the courtyard gate, outside which was a bluestone-paved path that stretched beyond this building area.
There was no figure on the path, and it seemed very quiet. Shen Qing inadvertently saw the house where Zhou Yao lived, and the door of the courtyard was closed. I don't know if she's out? Still practicing in the room?
Shen Qing didn't use his divine sense to investigate, he groaned slightly, and walked slowly along the path towards the outside of this building area.
After walking all the way, I still haven't met a single person, no wonder, plus Shen Qing himself, and ten female disciples. There were only eleven people in total, so it was not surprising that it was quiet and empty.
When he arrived at the open space outside the meeting room, Shen Qing finally saw a female disciple on duty.
As soon as the female disciple saw Shen Qing approaching, she hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
"Concubine Chen Yuyan has seen Senior Brother Shen. ”
This female disciple named Chen Yuyan not only has a good face but also a graceful posture. The voice is also very sweet, and it is very pleasant to listen to in the ears.
Shen Qing still had a little impression of this female disciple named Chen Yuyan, and nodded, which was regarded as a response.
"Have you seen Zhou Yao?"
"Back to Senior Brother's words. Senior Sister Zhou Yao has gone to inspect the mine, does Senior Brother want to see Senior Sister Zhou......?
Chen Yuyan replied in her mouth, and there was a trace of envy in her eyes, which was fleeting, it seemed that she knew that Zhou Yao was very close to the boss in front of her, and she was envious in her heart, but she didn't dare to show it too much.
"No need, I'm just asking casually, in this way, I'm going to go out for a trip, and I'll go back and tell you that when I'm not there, you need to be here to protect yourself, and you can't go out of the valley at will." ”
"Please rest assured, senior brother, I and all the senior sisters will definitely live here and protect it, and we will not go out of the valley. ”
Seeing that she was respectful and obedient, Shen Qing nodded with satisfaction, said no more, sacrificed the flying sword, and flew towards the outside of the valley.
Chen Yuyan watched Shen Qing's imperial sword fly, and soon, it turned into a ray of light and disappeared, and there was not only a trace of envy in her eyes.
Flying with the sword, that is a means that only a mid-stage Qi cultivation cultivator can have, a disciple like her who is stuck in the third layer of Qi training, is only one line away from the mid-stage realm of Qi training, and if she wants to say in her heart that she is not in a hurry, she is not envious, it is fake. ..., what the female disciple thought in his heart, Shen Qing naturally didn't know, all the way to the south of the sword flying, less than half an hour, I saw a large number of houses and pavilions on the ground in front of me, looking at it from a distance, it was very dense.
That densely built area should be "Cangmang Town".
When he reached the ground, he could already see a lot of various colors of the sword flying downward, one of which flew from behind Shen Qing, and with a hula, it overtook and flew down directly.
Shen Qing also did the same, pressed the light of escape, and landed in the open space a hundred zhang away from the town.
At the moment when Shen Qing landed, several rays of light fell, and the moment the light dissipated, the figure of the monk was revealed.
At this time, there were also several monks who had just come out of the town, and they sacrificed their flying swords one after another and flew away.
Just from the frequent flow of this monk in and out, one can imagine the prosperity of this reckless town.
At the entrance to Cangmang Town, there were two late-stage Qi cultivation monks dressed in green robes, and if they wanted to enter Cangmang Town, they had to pay spirit stones, not much, only two lower-grade spirit stones.
However, don't underestimate these two spirit stones, Shen Qing only stayed for a moment, and more than ten monks paid the spirit stones into the town one after another, and at the end of this day, I believe that the income from this threshold fee alone will not be less.
Shen Qing handed over the spirit stone in an orderly manner, followed the monks in front of him, and entered Cangmang Town.
Although Cangmang Town is only a town, its area is not small, compared to Shen Qing's hometown Qingyuan City, it is also about the same size, and this town is extremely prosperous, just like a large market.
As far as the eye can see, the spacious streets are lined with shops of all kinds. All kinds of shops are recruiting in the wind, such as "Li Ji Dan Pharmacy", "Zhang Ji Refining Shop", "Wang Ji Baibaotang", "Zhao Ji Fu Pavilion" and so on.
Not only that, but along the curb in front of the shop, there were many monks who set up stalls, one after another, stretching forward. As far as the eye can see.
The streets were crowded with pedestrians, and passing monks stopped from time to time to either stop in front of the stalls to check or bargain with the stall owners. The noise was endless, and it was lively.
Shen Qingxi was lively, and when he saw this prosperous scene, he was already itching, like a fish in water, merging into the bustling flow of people.
Shen Qing has a rich net worth, and there is no pressure to enter the store to shop, but. He still likes to wander in front of the monk's stalls.
As early as when he was in Wan'an City, Shen Qing liked to shop for treasures in the square where the stalls were set up in Wan'an City, not to mention, every time he walked around, he had a little bit of gain, and it was cheap and affordable.
Just like the various low-grade minerals that Shen Qing used to practice his hands, these refining auxiliary materials alone saved Shen Qing a lot of spirit stones. There are also all kinds of spiritual grasses planted in the Qiankun Zhuli Medicine Garden. A large part of it was picked up by him from the stalls.
Shen Qing originally thought that Cangmang Town was just a remote town with a mixture of dragons and snakes, but he didn't expect that it was such a prosperous and abnormal, like a large square market, how could this not make him excited in his heart?
Shen Qing walked down the stalls one by one, and soon. He saw more than ten jade boxes placed on a stall set up by a casual cultivator, and when he walked over, he saw that the name of the elixir was written on the jade box, needless to say, the jade box contained the elixir.
Shen Qing glanced at it slightly. I had already seen that the elixirs contained in several of the jade boxes were varieties that were not available in my own medicine garden, so I did not hesitate to ask the stall owner for the price.
After some bargaining, Shen Qing spent more than 130 spirit stones in exchange for six spirit grasses, five of which were not of high grade and were of little value, but one was different, this elixir called "White Velvet Grass" was less than 20 years old, however, the grade of this elixir was quite high, and if it was allowed to grow, the age of the medicine could reach about 5,000 years, which was a rare cherished elixir.
It is precisely because of this that the age of this white velvet grass is too low, it still belongs to the seedling stage, and the main price of the stall is not high, so Shen Qing only spent forty spirit stones to get it.
The money and goods were cleared, Shen Qing and the stall owner made a deal, but after the stall owner received the spirit stone, he couldn't help but slander in his heart that he met a rare Kaizi, and spent more than a hundred spirit stones to buy some impractical spirit grass, isn't it Kaizi?
And Shen Qing was secretly happy in his heart, this white velvet flower is one of the auxiliary materials for refining Zhuji Dan, in this way, if he wants to make up the refining materials for Zhuji Dan, I am afraid that it will not be far away, as for the year, there is a soil to mature, do you still need to worry about the year of this spirit grass?..., however, no matter what thoughts the two have, their faces are expressionless, making a look of secrecy, just stealing fun in their hearts.
After receiving the spirit grass, Shen Qing continued to shop, and after a while, he saw several ores in a stall, Shen Qing went to bargain with the stall owner, and bought a few ores that he valued......
There are too many stalls next to each other, and all the way through, the stalls on this street are only a small half, and the dazzling array of various cultivation supplies dazzles Shen Qing and opens his eyes.
You must know that this Cang Mang Town is the only place to go to the Cang Mang Wasteland, and the Vast Wasteland is an extremely famous treasure hunting holy place in the Lingzhou Cultivation Realm. The wasteland not only has all kinds of rare minerals, exotic plants, but also countless monsters.
Of course, whether it is hunting demon beasts or searching for the essence of heaven and earth, as long as the monks can come out of the wasteland alive, they can almost bring out a lot of income.
It is precisely because of this that all kinds of rich resources in the Cangmang Wasteland have continuously merged into this Cangmang Town, so that after countless years of precipitation and accumulation, this remote town has gradually evolved into a large-scale Fang Market, and it is also one of the Fang markets with the most abundant cultivation resources in the Lingzhou Realm.
Shen Qing walked around for a while, and also saw a lot of good things, but he couldn't bear it and didn't make a move, this cost was too big, and it was inevitable that he would not be seen by someone with a heart, although it was safer in the market, in case it was embellished on the way back, the trouble was small, and the loss of a small life would outweigh the loss.
Shen Qingqiang endured the ** that continued to wander around, and found a restaurant nearby, planning to order food first, and then make a plan.
The name of the restaurant is Drunken Immortal Residence, Shen Qing saw this name, he smiled a little, remembering when he was in Wan'an City. There is also a drunken immortal residence, it seems that the signboard of this drunken immortal residence is very popular.
The business of the restaurant is good, the spacious and bright ground floor hall has already sat seventy-seven eighty-eight, Shen Qing randomly found a seat by the window, asked the guy to order a few dishes, asked for a pot of spirit wine, and poured himself a drink leisurely there.
"Brother. Have you heard? The White Cloud Sect is recruiting disciples. ”
"Baiyun Sect? That's a big sect, what's the matter? You want to try it?"
At this time, the conversation between the two monks came from the adjacent seat not far from Shen Qing, and Shen Qing heard the words "Baiyun Sect", and his heart moved slightly. Glancing silently at the next seat.
The speakers were two monks with late Qi cultivation cultivation, one of them was dressed in a blue robe, with a beard on his chin, and a thin face.
The other was dressed in a brocade robe, and he was a big man with a slightly red face.
The red-faced man who only listened to the first speaker said: "Forget it, although there is a certain guarantee for becoming a disciple of the sect, it is better to be comfortable with casual cultivation, not to mention." Let's go into the reckless wasteland, and when we come back, we will have a good income, there is no shortage of cultivation resources, why bother to enter the sect and receive that bird's spirit?"
The thin monk shook his head and smiled: "Hehe, having said that, but the vast wasteland is not a good place, you and I were lucky the first two times, and we may not be so far away." If you walk at night for a long time, you will hit ghosts, you don't understand this truth, so you and my brothers need to be careful, don't be too careless. ”
The red-faced man nodded and said, "Brother's words are reasonable, and the foolish brother has been taught, but." Earlier, I said that the White Cloud Sect recruited disciples, but the foolish brother heard about it, and it seemed to be related to the White Cloud Sect's recruitment of disciples. ”
"What's the matter?" asked the thin monk with a curious look in his eyes.
"I heard a familiar loose cultivator say a while ago that the Baiyun Sect opened the mountain gate this time, and the plan is not small. Prior to this, the White Cloud Sect had successively annexed five small sects, and so far, all the small sects within the White Cloud Sect's sphere of influence had received the ultimatum from the White Cloud Sect, saying that if they did not fall under the White Cloud Sect, there would be only one way to perish!"
"Oh, there is such a thing? Then the Baiyun Sect is a little too domineering, right? No, the Baiyun Sect only has a few Jindan monks sitting in the sect, and the power is not small, but it is not big, it shouldn't be so arrogant, right?
The red-faced man smiled and said: "I said brother, you have been in retreat for too long, so naturally I don't know what happened in our Lingzhou realm recently, or let me tell you that not long ago, there was a Yuanying monk in Baiyun Sect, and this matter was spread in our Lingzhou realm." ”
"Is this really the case?" The thin monk was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly said: "I see, this Baiyun Sect has a Yuanying monk, and naturally wants to expand its power, and it is no wonder that it wants to annex the small sects in the sphere of influence......"..., "It's not, the cultivation realm has always been respected for strength, big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimp, Baiyun Sect has a Yuan Infant Old Monster, and it should be unlucky for those small sects, who let those small sects get close to Baiyun Sect." ”
The red-faced man's words revealed a trace of resentment, and the thin monk's eyes suddenly showed a trace of nervousness, and he looked left and right, and saw that no one was paying attention to the two of them, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said: "Brother, it's better to say less if you have something, come, let's drink......
The thin monk seemed to have some scruples, and while diverting the conversation, he also glanced left and right, but fortunately, Shen Qing kept his back to the two of them, and the thin monk didn't notice anything unusual about him.
At this moment, the red-faced man looked nervous at his companion, obviously realizing that his words were a little too much, and said with embarrassment: "Well, my brother is right, look at my mouth, as soon as I talk about it, it won't be finished......."
"By the way, there is one more thing I forgot to mention, have you heard of the Immortal Demon Battlefield?" the red-faced man asked again.
"Immortal and Demon Battlefield? I've heard of it, counting the time, it seems that it will be opened in the last two years, right?"
"That's right, I told you earlier that the Baiyun Sect recruited disciples and annexed the sect, which is related to the Immortal Demon Battlefield, hehe, there is another saying......"
When the red-faced man said this, he first glanced left and right, and then lowered his voice and said, "There is another saying that is...... The White Cloud Sect came to the Heavenly Star Alliance this time, as if it was going to compete with the Heavenly Star Alliance in the Immortal Demon Battlefield......"
"Coming for the Celestial Star Alliance, and you still want to fight on the Immortal Demon Battlefield?" The thin monk asked questions in his eyes, and just asked in a row, but then he said vigilantly: "Don't answer yet, brother, there are many people here, let's change the place......"
"Okay, let's settle the bill and leave. The red-faced man was refreshed, and when he saw that the thin monk was scrupling, he beckoned his men to come and settle the bill.
The two of them left after settling the account, Shen Qing picked up the cup in front of him, drank all the spiritual wine in the cup in one gulp, and only after a long time did he spit out a long breath of wine.
Baiyun Sect has a primordial old monster?
This one...... Not really good news!
Shen Qing's eyes flashed, he knew in his heart that he had killed the young master of the Baiyun Sect in a fit of anger, although he had burned the bodies of the Chu family and the young master afterwards, and there was a trace of corpse destruction, and it seemed that his hands and feet were still clean. However, the methods of high-ranking monks are unpredictable, and if any clues are found, their own lives are really worried.
What's more, at that time, he also burned down the Shen family's old mansion, and the two were connected, and the people of the Baiyun Sect didn't find him, but once he found himself, or he fell into the hands of the Baiyun Sect, he was afraid that he would not be able to help himself.
At this time, Shen Qing faintly felt that this hidden crisis would have to be faced sooner or later.
However, after thinking about it, he has become a disciple of the Heavenly Star Alliance, and with the protection of the Heavenly Star Alliance, the hand of the White Cloud Sect can't be stretched out, right?
Thinking of this, Shen Qing's heart calmed down for a while, and after his mind was completely calmed, he began to carefully recall the conversation between the two monks in his mind...... (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )