Chapter Seventy-Two: Old Grudges
Fifty-five kinds of spiritual materials are different, and the rewards are also different, the lowest is a spirit crystal, and the highest reward is called "glass bone", which is a spirit bone from the body of a fierce ghost creature in the depths of the demon trapping cave, and the reward is as high as one two hundred spirit crystals.
Seeing the words of the two hundred spirit crystals, Shen Shi subconsciously swallowed his saliva, and his eyes lit up, but after a while, he shook his head, he still lost this unrealistic fantasy. The fierceness of many demon beasts and ghosts on the demon island has been spread for a long time here for the newcomer disciples of Qingyu Island, and I often hear that there are senior brothers and sisters who went to the demon island to hunt demons because they went too deep, and then met the extremely powerful ghosts in the demon hunting cave in the depths of the demon island, including the most central part of the demon island, and accidentally injured and returned in embarrassment.
Shen Shi was cautious, and when he was determined to do the task of hunting demons, he had already inquired about the situation of the demon island, so he had already made up his mind in his heart, thinking that he would only go around the edge of the demon island, where there were only a few low-level demon beast activities with low strength, and with the first-order Five Elements Technique, he should be able to barely cope with it.
As for now, he had an unexpected gain in the cultivation of the Five Elements Technique, and his grasp in his heart was naturally greater, but even so, he didn't think about really going deep into the Demon Island.
After carefully memorizing the many spiritual materials on the large piece of paper in front of the red board, Shen Shi turned around and walked out of the White Crane Hall. Because it is a task jointly promulgated by many halls, there is no need to go to any senior brother of Baihetang to register, as long as you go to the south dock of Qingyuji tomorrow, where there is a fixed boat to the demon island every day, which will go in the morning and return in the evening, and go back and forth once a day.
At that time, as long as the harvest is sent to a fixed hall, you will naturally be rewarded with spirit crystals.
After hesitating outside the White Crane Hall for a while, Shen Shi decided to go to Hongbang Village first, almost every day for the past three years, and gradually it has almost become a habit, always having to talk to the starfish.
Just thinking about this, when Shen Shi was about to walk towards Hongbang Village, a figure suddenly walked on the road ahead, his face was calm, but his brows were slightly furrowed, as if he was thinking about something.
Shen Shi recognized this senior brother, in the past three years, Senior Brother Wang Gen has presided over the affairs of the Qingyu Islands, doing things fairly and honestly, and has won the respect of many disciples on the island, and this Senior Brother Zheng Zhe, as Wang Gen's right and left hand, often comes forward to deal with all kinds of affairs, which can be said to be the second person on the island, and his prestige is also very high.
At that moment, Shen Shi hurriedly turned sideways, and at the same time nodded respectfully and shouted, "Senior Brother Zheng." ”
Zheng Zhe glanced at him, and after a little hesitation, he recognized Shen Shi and said, "It turned out to be Senior Brother Shen, what's the matter, did you come to Baihetang here to find some tasks to do?"
Shen Shi nodded and said, "Exactly." ”
Zheng Zhe has been helping Wang Jian deal with things in the storm three years ago, so he has an impression of Zhong Qingzhu and Shen Shi who were lost that day and finally found them by luck, plus Shen Shi's cultivation has also been good in the past three years, at least among the top 100 newcomer disciples, so he will say a few words when they meet on weekdays, and at this moment he also asked casually: "Oh, can you choose any good tasks?"
Shen Shi hesitated, but still replied, "I want to do a demon hunting mission." ”
"Huh?" Zheng Zhe was stunned, this time he really looked at the junior brother in front of him carefully, and then frowned, and said, "Senior Brother Shen, that demon hunting is no better than other ordinary tasks, the demon beasts and ghosts on the demon island are not inhumane at all, if the Tao is not forced to pass through, one is not careful, it is easy to be injured, and even his life is in danger, do you know?"
Shen Shi nodded and said, "Senior Brother Xie reminds that the junior brother has already thought about this matter, so he only plans to wander around the edge of the demon island to see if he can hunt some low-level demon beasts." ”
Zheng Zhe let out an "oh", his expression softened slightly, but he still admonished: "Even if it is a peripheral demon beast, although its strength is low, with the strength of a mid-level Qi refining realm like yours, I am afraid that it is still a little reluctant in the past...... If you must go, I think it's best to go to the Five Elements Hall to buy a Five Elements Technique, either the Fireball Technique or the Water Archery Technique, or the Earth-based Rock Thorn Technique. ”
Shen Shi hurriedly nodded and agreed: "Thank you Senior Brother for teaching, in fact, I have already bought water archery techniques in the Five Elements Palace, and I have been practicing day and night these days, and I have achieved a little success, so I want to go to Demon Island to try it." ”
Zheng Zhe sighed, a little smile appeared on his face, and nodded: "I see, then you can go to the demon island to have a look, after all, the ancestors of the sect set up a ban to create a demon island, and it was also to let the new disciples have a place where they can temper the actual combat, so as not to close the door all day long, and only three or four percent of the way can be used to fight." After a pause, Zheng Zhe was still a little uneasy in the end, and said, "But you'd better be careful, remember to only walk around the periphery of the demon island, and never go deep into the depths of the island easily, especially not near the demon trapping cave, you know?"
Shen Shi nodded and respectfully agreed.
Zheng Zhe waved his hand, which was regarded as greeting him, and then walked all the way, passing by the White Crane Hall and glancing inside, he saw that there were many new disciples wandering in the White Crane Hall, and he didn't pay much attention to it, so he walked over and walked all the way to the Xuanri Hall, where Wang Yan lived on Qingyu Island.
Zheng Zhe is Wang Gan's confidant on weekdays, and he has always been free to enter and exit in this Xuanri Hall, walking all the way, he met some sect disciples who greeted him with a smile, and Zheng Zhe also responded with a smile. Walking all the way to the quiet room where Senior Brother Wang Gen was on weekdays, Zheng Zhe paused slightly, adjusted his breathing slightly, and then reached out and knocked on the door twice.
After a while, an indifferent voice came from the quiet room, it was Wang Gan, and said, "Is it Senior Brother Zheng, come in." ”
Zheng Zhe pushed the door in, only to see that the quiet room was simple and clean, a fine incense curled and lightly burned, Wang Yan sat cross-legged on a futon on the ground, was slightly closed eyes, slowly breathing.
Zheng Zhe walked over and sat down on the futon opposite Wang Gan, waiting quietly. After a while, Wang Yan slowly exhaled a long breath, and the whole person seemed to relax a little, then he opened his eyes, looked at Zheng Zhe, and said, "What, is there something?"
Zheng Zhe nodded, but the expression on his face was one that wanted to speak and stopped.
Wang Gan's eyes flashed slightly, and he didn't urge or say anything, but after glancing at him, he slowly lowered his eyes again.
After being quiet in the quiet room for a while, Zheng Zhe finally felt a little embarrassed, laughed dryly, and said, "Senior brother, it's actually the ...... over the Demon Island."
Wang Zhen raised his eyes to look at him again, his expression was calm, and his gaze was also peaceful, but somehow, Zheng Zhe felt that there was a faint sense of oppression in this Senior Brother Wang's momentum, and he couldn't say anything for a while.
Wang Yan waited for a moment, and seeing that Zheng Zhe still seemed to be a little hesitant, he spoke: "But Lin Hu asked you to come over and intercede?"
Zheng Zhe smiled bitterly and nodded.
Wang Gen snorted coldly and said, "Three years ago, he did not do well and caused me to be annoyed, I will deal with him, could it be that he is still dissatisfied?"
Zheng Zhe hurriedly said: "Senior Brother misunderstood, Senior Brother Lin categorically didn't dare to have such an idea, but it has been three years since he was punished on Demon Island, and it is indeed a chore there, and he has also pleaded with me many times that he wants to come back, I think about it carefully, it seems that three years is about the same......"
Wang Yan glanced at him lightly, Zheng Zhe sighed, and did not continue to say the rest of the words. Wang Qian closed his eyes and said, "If he sincerely repents and works hard, I will naturally not make things difficult for him." But don't you tell me that you don't know anything about the Demon Island for the past three years?"
Zheng Zhe opened his mouth to speak, but Wang Yan had already taken it straight and said, "In the past three years, he has guarded the Demon Island and the Demon Catching Cave with the Dao of the first level of the Ning Yuan Realm, but there have been eleven cases of Qi Refining Realm disciples being seriously injured on the Demon Island one after another, and the most serious Senior Sister Chen was injured by the 'Red Lian Ghost', and she has been recuperating for three months. was so lazy and lazy that I had to send Niu Xiong and Zeng Zhibai to Demon Island a year ago, which can be regarded as controlling the situation. Speaking of this, Wang Gen sneered and said, "A person who is so easy and hardworking, with low eyes, what qualifications do you have to consciously feel wronged, and dare to ask you to come over to intercede?"
Zheng Zhe was speechless and retreated.
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May 20th, fine.
On this day, the weather was sunny and sunny, and it was nearly June, and it was getting hot on Qingyu Island, but the people who cultivated on the island had Taoism in their bodies, and their physical bodies were much stronger than ordinary people, and their resistance to cold and heat was also much better, so no one cared about this little hot sun.
On the south side of the sea, it is a wharf built by Ling Xiaozong here, and at this moment there is a big ship docked, with its sails blowing, looking like it is about to anchor and set sail.
The six islands of Qingyu are all in the sea, except for powerful people like Wang Gan who are extremely high in Taoism and can fly in the air, ordinary disciples of the Lingxiao Sect want to go back and forth on several islands, and most of the time they also rely on boats. As for the big ship in front of him, it can be regarded as the most famous one on Qingyu Island, because it is specially used to carry ships to go to Demon Island for demon hunting missions.
On the dock, although it was still early in the morning, there were already more than twenty people standing, most of them were young people in their twenties, in addition, there were three people who were dressed differently from ordinary Qi Refining Realm disciples standing in front of the dock, two of them looked relaxed, talking and laughing with each other, and another person was short and fat, it was the Lin Hu who was punished at the beginning, looking at the two fellow disciples who were also in the realm of Ning Yuan Realm, it seemed that they were a little incompatible, and they didn't talk much, but they kept looking into the depths of the island, as if they were looking forward to something.
After a while, I saw a figure walking from that direction, it was Zheng Zhe, Lin Hu's face suddenly flashed with a hint of joy, and he hurriedly greeted him, and the two Ning Yuan Realm disciples behind him turned their heads to look at it, and their faces showed a little disdain.
Lin Hu trotted all the way to Zheng Zhe's side, with a bit of flattery and flattery, and whispered a few words, as if he was saying hello and asking something, but Zheng Zhe's face was indifferent, and he couldn't see any joy, anger and sorrow, just whispered a few words to him.
The expression on Lin Hu's face suddenly became disappointed and depressed, he slowly lowered his head, and muttered two sentences in his mouth as if he was still complaining about something, but Zheng Zhe suddenly frowned, glared at him, his face sank, and he slapped his hand on the back of his head with a fierce wave, and said two words to him with a stern face.
Lin Hu was startled, and hurriedly nodded and apologized with a smile, how could he have half of the reserve of a cultivator in the Yuan Realm, Zheng Zhe looked at him helplessly, and finally sighed lightly, told him, and turned around and left.
Lin Hu stood with a respectful face, watching Zheng Zhe leave, and then when he turned around and walked back, the expression on his face was already extremely ugly, and he suddenly roared loudly at the group of Qi Refining Realm disciples who were standing on the dock waiting: "Get on the boat, what are you in a daze, are you stupid?"
Many Qi Refining Realm disciples were taken aback by him, and the two Ning Yuan Realm disciples in front of them also looked sideways, slowly shaking their heads, the disgust on their faces became heavier, and they first turned around and walked towards the big ship.
Everyone didn't dare to say anything after being scolded by Lin Hu, they followed one after another, Lin Hu looked at the extremely bad mood, scolded and scolded all the way, and scolded a few words when he saw which one was not pleasing to the eye, and suddenly saw that those Qi Refining Realm disciples were finally followed by a younger junior brother, who looked a little familiar, and after thinking about it carefully, he remembered that this person was not the same Shen Shi who was lost in that storm three years ago?
Lin Hu only felt that his mood was getting worse and worse, and glared at Shen Shi fiercely, with a bit of fierce light in his eyes.
Of course, Shen Shi was also aware of the hostility of this Ning Yuan Realm senior brother, but at this moment, he was confused, and he really didn't know when and where he offended him......