Chapter 12: Ant Eat
The team that had been moving forward suddenly paused at this time, and the middle-aged man sitting behind the table didn't seem to react at first, just looking like he was about to reach out and take the spirit crystal, but after subconsciously reaching out his hand, he found that there was no movement on the other side of the table.
The palm of his hand stiffened in mid-air, and the middle-aged man in gray looked a little embarrassed, a little funny, and had to slowly retract his hand, his face immediately became a little more angry, glared at the butcher and Shen Shi, and said coldly: "Two, what does this mean?"
Shen Shi was also embarrassed, and when a thought of "shouldn't this uncle want to hand over the spirit crystal" passed through his heart, he saw that the butcher had a calm face, reached into his arms, took out a small jade plate the size of half a palm, and handed it to the middle-aged man.
"Huh?" The middle-aged man glanced at the jade plaque, his face changed slightly, he stood up and took it and looked at it carefully, then a smile appeared on his face, and said, "It turned out to be my own person, please come in." With that, he smiled and handed the jade plaque back.
The butcher took back the jade plaque, nodded to him, and said, "Thank you." β
The man smiled silently, his attitude completely different from before. Shen Shi followed behind the butcher, and walked into the teleportation circle so easily, his heart was puzzled for a while, and he took advantage of the opportunity that no one around him was paying attention, and whispered to the butcher: "Uncle, what brand did you show him just now, why don't we have to pay for spirit crystals when we come in?"
The butcher smiled and said, "That's a sign that identifies me, have you forgotten where I came from?"
Shen Shi naturally didn't know this, and said in amazement: "Immortals, I know, but ...... Uh," he suddenly seemed to think of something, glanced at the butcher, and said, "Could it be that those gray-clothed people just now are also from the Immortal Society?"
The butcher smiled and said nothing, Shen Shi was feeling strange in his heart, and heard the butcher say beside him: "There is no teleportation circle in Xilu City, and you are still young after all, I am afraid that you don't pay attention to this part on weekdays, in fact, all the teleportation arrays in the world can only be used by the immortals who control the charges." β
Shen Shi gasped, even with his usually calm mind, he couldn't help but show surprise when he heard this. He was born on the first floor of the sky, and he has been accustomed to seeing businessmen since he was a child, but after a little thought, he knew that with this alone, the Immortal Society would be able to earn an astonishing amount of huge profits every year, and the name of the first chamber of commerce in the world was indeed not in vain.
It's just that with such huge benefits, I'm afraid that even those top cultivators in the world headed by the Four Righteous don't want to sit idly by, how can they let the immortals monopolize the benefits?
The butcher glanced at the young man Shen Shi who was contemplating and pondering, as if he knew what he was thinking at the moment, and said lightly: "Didn't your father tell you before, all the teleportation arrays created by the human race in this world were built by the Immortal Society. β
Shen Shi was stunned for a moment, and it was not until this moment that he seemed to reacquaint himself with the behemoth of the Immortal Society, hesitated for a while, and asked in a low voice: "I heard that it was a certain senior master who was amazing and brilliant thousands of years ago, and the teleportation circle created with reference to the formation pattern of the ancient teleportation circle is actually ......."
The butcher smiled and said, "That senior master's surname is Zhou, and he is from the Immortal Society. β
Shen Shi let out a sigh, nodded, and said sincerely: "The Immortal Society really deserves to be the number one chamber of commerce in the world. β
The butcher turned his eyes, looked around, pulled Shen Shi back a few steps, and said, "Okay, I see that there are almost enough people, this magic circle is about to start, you have no way to go, you will be careful later." β
Shen Shi was stunned for a moment, and said in amazement: "Be careful, what should I be careful of?"
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The number of people standing in the teleportation circle leading to Lizhou was already fifty at the moment, and the gray-clothed man at the entrance temporarily stopped the team behind him, and waved to the gray-clothed team next to him, and soon three other gray-clothed men in the Immortal Guild came over.
The teleportation circle, which was completely constructed of dark golden psychic stones, was solemn and calm, and an inexplicable aura seemed to waft in this magical circle. In the crowd, Shen Shi looked a little nervous, and the butcher reminded him inexplicably just now, but when he asked, he didn't say anything, just smiled and said, "Anyway, you have to go through it, just let you feel yourself." β
This mysterious appearance made Shen Shi's heart even more nervous, and he subconsciously looked at the three approaching Immortal Society men, only to see them separate and walk to the three places of the teleportation array, each took out a bag from his arms, and took out a shiny small stone from it, which was the spirit crystal, and inserted it into some of the original holes on the ground in turn. In addition, on the ground around those hollows, there were a large number of intricate formations carved, Shen Shi looked at it for a while, and he didn't see any meaning, but he felt that it was a bit like the runes and runes he had learned over the years, they were all complicated and twisted, but he couldn't see any meaning, which was very weird.
The three gray-clothed men, each of whom put seven spirit crystals into the holes on the ground in turn, and then walked out of the teleportation circle. Shen Shi had heard of these teleportation arrays before, and they were all driven by consuming the spiritual power of heaven and earth in the spirit crystal, but he had seen it with his own eyes at this moment, and it was indeed the case.
After a while, I saw a gray-clothed man walk out of the array, looking much older than the people around him, looking like an old man in his early fifties, standing at the entrance of the teleportation circle, closing his eyes and contemplating for a moment, suddenly waved his hands, and a wave of abundant spiritual power gushed out from his body, at the same time, for some reason, the formation patterns around the hollow where those spirit crystals were originally buried, suddenly shone by one, and the entire originally quiet magic circle came to life at this moment, as if it had suddenly gained vitality, the dark golden light was flourishing, and an inexplicable and mysterious aura shrouded down, formless, tasteless and colorless, but everyone was surrounded by itγ
A vast low roar that seemed to come from ancient times, with an ancient atmosphere, in the distance, and seemed to roar in everyone's ears, Shen Shi suddenly only felt that his eyes were dark, and then his body was light, and there was a feeling of floating up, as if the whole body had lost its weight, and almost at the same time, a terrible feeling like ten thousand insects biting the flesh instantly descended on his body, every inch of skin and every flesh and bone of the body seemed to be bitten by ants at the same time, and it hurt into the bone marrow, even if it was only for this moment, he felt as if his whole body was falling apart, and he almost collapsed to the groundγ
It seemed like a long day to him.
In the indescribable pain, the darkness in front of him suddenly receded like a tide, and the light shrouded again, and the strange and terrifying feeling of ten thousand ants devouring one's body finally slowly dissipated.
In the surrounding crowd, some people let out soft exclamations, some people were still chatting, and it seemed that most of the monks were looking as usual, even if they were casual cultivators. Only Shen Shi was after the initial shock, followed by a whirlwind in front of him, and his body involuntarily stumbled and was about to fall.
A strong arm reached out to him, and the butcher grabbed him.
Shen Shi's face was pale at the moment, his forehead and palms were full of cold sweat, since he was a child, he had never suffered such a severe pain, and he was almost unbearable for a while. The butcher looked at his face, frowned slightly, and said in a low voice, "What?"
Shen Shi raised his head with difficulty, and just wanted to speak, but suddenly his expression changed again, but he broke free of the butcher's arm, rushed to a corner next to him and knelt on the ground, retching heavily.
The butcher shook his head, walked behind him, and waited patiently, until half a cup of tea had passed, Shen Shi's face slowly calmed down, and the pale color on his face was also a little ruddy. He glanced up at the butcher, smiled bitterly, and said, "Uncle, is this what you want me to be careful......
The butcher smiled, patted him lightly on the shoulder, and at the same time pulled Shen Shi up and walked out of the circle, and said, "Exactly." β
Shen Shi closed his eyes and snorted weakly.
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The two of them casually found a place to sit down and rest outside the teleportation array, and it was at this time that from the butcher's mouth, Shen Shi knew what the torture was going on just now. In fact, this can be regarded as one of the disadvantages of the teleportation circle created by the human race to imitate the ancient teleportation circle but not complete the work, which brings all kinds of shortcomings, that is, once ordinary mortals who have no Tao practice teleport through the teleportation circle, they must suffer from this commonly known as "ant devouring", on the contrary, if they have already cultivated the Dao Method, the monks with the Dao Walk enter the teleportation circle, and the vast majority of them do not feel this way.
Shen Shi gasped and didn't make a judgment, smiled bitterly, and said, "What kind of truth is this?"
The butcher thought for a moment and said, "I don't understand what the reason is, but I once heard a senior in the conference say this, saying that the monks are equipped with Taoism, and their physical tenacity and strength are far superior to mortals, so they can withstand the tearing power of this teleportation circle; Speaking of this, the butcher paused for a moment, shook his head slightly, and said, "But I do know that when teleporting from the Hongmeng Main Realm to other realms through those authentic ancient teleportation arrays left over from the Authentic Sect, whether it is a monk or a mortal, there is never the slightest strange feeling. β
Shen Shi sighed, he could be considered relieved at this moment, but the pain of ant devouring and the intense dizziness really made him a little unbearable. At this time, he also had the heart to look around, only to see that the surrounding scenery was completely different from the previous in the Black Wood City, and it looked much more lively, especially the roughly similar teleportation circle in front of him, which had changed from two to four.
Shen Shi looked at those teleportation arrays, was silent for a moment, and said, "Have we already arrived in Lizhou?"
The butcher nodded and said, "Yes, at this moment, you are hundreds of thousands of miles away from that Black Wood City. β
Shen Shi felt a little ignorant of what to say for a while, and only after a long time did he sigh lightly and said, "The master's mastery is really incredible. β
The butcher said, "That's right, when I first entered this teleportation circle, it was exactly the same as what you had in mind now. Are you feeling better now?"
Shen Shi nodded and said, "It's much better." β
The butcher sighed and said, "That's good, let's go in again." β
Shen Shi was startled and lost his voice: "What?"
The butcher shrugged his shoulders and said, "Lanzhou and Haizhou, where the Ling Xiao Sect is located, are separated by tens of millions of miles, and there are twenty-three large and small states apart, do you think that just one teleportation is enough?"
The corners of Shen Shi's mouth twitched, and his face was colorless for a while.
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