Chapter 307: Human Nature

Shen Shi walked out of the hall with a big hole, and saw the fox standing in a corner of the courtyard at a glance. Seeing that it was him who walked out, the fox hesitated for a moment, and then walked towards him, Shen Shi looked at the figure of the fox coming over, his eyes fell on its pupils that looked a little strange in this darkness, and his brows suddenly wrinkled slightly.

The fox's eyes seem to be a little weird.

At this time, there was a dull sound in the living room behind him, it sounded like Chen Zhong was moving something inside, and Shen Shi didn't look back, just slowly squatted down and touched the fox's head.

The fox looked very obedient, and the wildness of living in the far north snow field had been subdued a lot, and he even rubbed his head against Shen Shi's palm. The soft fur is swept over the skin in the palm of the palm, giving people a very comfortable touch, Shen Shi touched it a few times, and then looked carefully at the fox's eyes, but except for feeling that the light in the fox's eyes was a little green, there was nothing wrong.

Even that layer of dark green was different from the ghosts he had seen in the past, and it seemed to be a little more angry.

So after Shen Shi pondered for a while, he still nodded, no longer thinking about it, stood up and looked back, only to see that looking through the hole, under the dim candlelight, Chen Zhongzheng was facing this side with his back to this side, kneeling beside Old Madam Chen's body, his body twitching slightly.

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When dawn came, Shen Shi and Chen Zhong had already left Heimu City and walked all the way to the south of Lanzhou.

The two people who died last night, Brother Tie will not be cared for, as for Mrs. Chen, after being cremated by Chen Zhong, she was buried at the foot of a green hill outside Heimu City, with no grave or monument, only a handful of new soil between the grass and green trees. Shen Shi stood aside and watched as Chen Zhong knelt on the ground against the mound and kowtowed three times, and then left there.

According to Chen Zhong, when he is successful in his cultivation or has a prosperous future, he will definitely come back to bury his mother.

When he was fighting Shen Shi last night, Chen Zhong was also a little injured, but compared to Brother Tie, who had already died, his injury was nothing at all. Even if a cultivator is a casual cultivator, the tenacity of his physical body is far better than that of mortals, so after Chen Zhong swallowed a few pills, he followed Shen Shi all the way, and when the light fell after dawn, his spirit didn't seem to be too bad, but he just didn't know whether he was physically strong or excited to think of the future might be very good.

The two also chatted on the road, Shen Shi wanted to ask more about Xu Xueying from Chen Zhong's mouth, and Chen Zhong seemed to want to curry favor with the unfathomable Xu family, and was very polite to Shen Shi, as if he had completely forgotten what happened last night.

Shen Shi was humble and wronged, and at the same time, he also sighed a little in his heart, in the diametrically opposite identity of the filial son of the mother and filial piety and the cold person, the man in front of him changed unusually freely and smoothly, which made him even feel that he couldn't see the person Chen Zhong clearly, or in fact, he himself hadn't seen what human nature was at all.

From Chen Zhong's mouth, Shen Shi knew that after Xu Xueying was taken captive from Tianhong City to Lanzhou by these three people that day, he was like a bird who had been confined to a cage since he was a child, and opened his eyes to see the world outside for the first time, and then he was quickly impressed by Chen Zhong's heroism, and looked at him differently and fell in love.

For this reason, Chen Zhong couldn't bear it, and he couldn't sit back and watch Xiaoying being sent into the tiger's mouth, which would ruin his life's happiness. According to Chen Zhong, that mysterious ancestor was a great monk they met many years ago, who had a lustful nature, especially for beautiful women from a family, but he did not want to ruin his reputation. So after easily convincing them, he ordered Chen Zhong and others to walk the rivers and lakes to find and plunder the women of good families for him, which did not know how many women were innocent and ruined their lives.

However, when Shen Shi asked about the true identity of this old ancestor, Chen Zhong didn't know, it turned out that the old monster didn't seem to fully believe Chen Zhong and these people, every time he appeared in front of them, he was masked, and he never took them back to places like caves or mountain gates.

When Shen Shi heard this, he couldn't help frowning and asked, "Since this is the case, then how can he control you to do things for him?" Even if he agreed to do things at that time, but after leaving Lanzhou and fleeing to the world, the Hongmeng world is so big, it is impossible for him to be so unlucky that he will really be found."

Chen Zhong smiled bitterly, his face seemed a little embarrassed, and after a short pause, he said in a low voice: "That old monster coerced and enticed us. Coercion is naturally a powerful power that we do not dare to disobey his orders...... He would give us some spirit crystals from time to time, and then make a promise to us that if he could satisfy him, he would pass on to the three of us an extremely powerful Dao magic power, and the power would be at least above the middle level of the Ning Yuan Realm, enough for me to walk the world without fear. ”

The corners of Shen Shi's mouth twitched slightly, turned his head, and glanced at Chen Zhong deeply, Chen Zhong suddenly didn't dare to look directly at him, and looked away, but after a while, he seemed to feel that he had something to say, so he forced a smile and said: "This son, I think you should be a famous family, and a proud son of heaven like you really won't understand the hardships of our scattered cultivators." We were born with nothing, and it was really difficult to cultivate and become stronger, so ......"

"So what?" Shen Shi asked lightly.

Chen Zhong gritted his teeth and said, "So sometimes, I have to do something that goes against my heart, I think Gongzi is so smart and virtuous, maybe he can be considerate." ”

Shen Shi took a deep breath, and the fox not far from his feet seemed to sense something, suddenly called softly, jumped to the side, and then flicked his tail, and trotted forward for a while. Looking at the snow fox whose hair was getting more and more neat, and it was getting better and better-looking and gradually regaining its original "appearance", Shen Shi was silent for a while, and then did not look at Chen Zhong again, but just walked forward with his hands down, and at the same time said as if he did not have any emotion:

"Everyone's path is their own choice, and they know how to go. ”

Chen Zhong followed behind him, staring at Shen Shi's back when he heard the words, a trace of resentment and viciousness suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he clenched his fists silently.

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Three days later, under the guidance of Chen Zhong, the two of them rushed to an unnamed green mountain on the border of Lanzhou, according to him, after he had the idea of saving Xiaoying in his heart that day, he found an excuse to rush back to Heimu City first to place the old lady in other places to prevent the retaliation of Tie Ge and others, and then rushed back to prepare to rescue Xiaoying before going to see the ancestor, and then flew away. Who knew that this matter seemed to be discovered early by Brother Tie and Sister Hong, so there were such twists and turns.

However, Chen Zhong still knew the place where Xu Xueying was detained before, and Brother Tie, who obviously rushed over to take revenge, also died in Black Wood City, and the remaining woman, Ah Hong, should not know anything.

The two entered the mountain range, walked for about half an hour, and when they reached the bottom of a valley covered with mountains and forests, they saw a cave. Chen Zhong pointed to the cave over there and said to Shen Shi:

"The shadow is in there. ”

Shen Shi nodded slowly, his eyes slowly brightened a little, and he exhaled softly in his mouth.

(It seems to be very sluggish lately...... It seems that there is no such binding force of "washing the mind and changing the face", and suddenly everything is loosened @@! It seems that you still have to put a little pressure on yourself. ）