"What's the first thing you saw?" Zhong Qinglu asked.

Shen Shi hesitated, scratched his head and said, "...... Old friends. ”

Zhong Qinglu glared at him, suddenly smacked, and said, "Am I old?"

Shen Shi immediately shook his head and said with a smile: "Where is it, you have nothing to do with the old characters, to be honest, you are much more beautiful now than before...... Huh?"

As soon as the words came out, Shen Shi faintly regretted it, feeling that his words seemed to be a little frivolous, but looking at Zhong Qinglu's expression again, he didn't seem to be angry, but the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned and he was smiling. Somehow, being glared at by her like this, Shen Shi suddenly felt a familiar feeling, as if he saw the little girl who was arrogant and often liked to get angry on Qingyu Island again.

Compared with him, he has a sense of nostalgia for the past, and many disciples of Lingxiao Sect who are a little far away but secretly pay attention to this place, especially the disciples under Dantang, are a little stunned, Zhong Qinglu has been smooth sailing in the past few years, whether it is cultivation or alchemy, he has shown extraordinary talent, plus his appearance is becoming more and more delicate and beautiful, he is extremely popular among the new batch of young disciples of Lingxiao Sect, and there are really many admirers, but it is rare to have a false opinion of others on weekdays.

It's just that who is this Shen Shi, why does he seem to be able to talk and laugh with Zhong Qinglu, and looking at Zhong Qinglu's expression, it obviously seems to be different from him.

Shen Shi soon felt the strange and surprised gazes around him again, and frowned slightly, and Zhong Qinglu seemed to have noticed something, his face sank slightly, but no one could say anything about this invisible thing, Shen Shi pondered for a moment, smiled at Zhong Qinglu, and said, "I came here to take this barrier-breaking pill, if it's okay, I'll go back first." ”

Zhong Qinglu raised his eyebrows, stopped talking, and after thinking about it, he nodded and said, "Okay, anyway, since you are back, there will be more opportunities to meet and talk in the future." By the way, do you live in the mountains now, in which cave, I will tell Qingzhu, Sun You, and Xiaomei about this news when I go back, and they will definitely be very happy. ”

Shen Shi nodded, said where he lived, and then smiled and pointed to the cloud talisman that Wu Zi was still in Zhong Qinglu's hand, Zhong Qinglu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "I'm also confused." ”

As he spoke, he handed the cloud talisman back to Shen Shi, who took it, then turned around and left the elixir hall.

Zhong Qinglu watched him walk out of the Elixir Hall, watching the figure gradually disappear, and unconsciously fell silent, but suddenly she looked up and looked around, but found that many people were looking at her intentionally or unintentionally, Zhong Qinglu's face suddenly sank, she snorted, and no longer paid attention to these boring people, and walked back to the back of the Elixir Hall by herself.

However, compared with those Lingxiao Sect disciples outside, a few Dantang disciples near the medicine shelf behind the counter, especially a few female disciples, after all, are senior sisters who often see each other on weekdays, and their friendship is okay, at this time, they all smiled and gathered around, pulled Zhong Qinglu to the side, and asked with a few smiles, asking Zhong Qinglu to honestly explain who this young man who suddenly appeared, why did she look the other way?

Zhong Qinglu was surrounded by a few of them, her cheeks were slightly red, and she said: "What is the other thing, there is no such thing, it is just an ordinary friend who started at the same time on Qingyu Island back then." ”

"Oh?" A few responses were meaningful, those girls were about the same age as Zhong Qinglu, they all entered the mountain gate in one or two periods before and after, and their friendship on weekdays was okay, and then a girl chuckled on the side: "If it's an ordinary friend, then why are you blushing?

Zhong Qinglu suddenly became annoyed, and said angrily: "Whoever blushes, who blushes, I'm all angry with you long-tongued women! Ignore you, I'll go back to sort out the pills." ”

A few coquettish laughter, laughing, came from behind, and behind the smiling Dantang female disciples, next to the wooden cabinet, the round-faced Ji Anfu's face was already difficult to see.

Zhong Qinglu walked all the way to the tall medicine shelf, looking like she was checking the elixir bottle to sort out the medicine shelf, but for some reason, her mind was always a little settled, and after a moment of silence, she first gently touched her cheek, as if she was in a trance for a moment, and then slowly reached out to her waist, where there was a lilac, very beautiful Ruyi bag with fine workmanship.

The fair-skinned fingers flicked on the Ruyi bag, and a white jade bottle appeared in her palm after a while, different from the bottles on the medicine shelves around her, this jade bottle was obviously rougher, and in the Lingxiao Sect, it was generally used by those beginner disciples on Qingyu Island, and the bottle looked very smooth around it, and it seemed to be rubbed by people from time to time.

Zhong Qinglu looked at the small white jade bottle quietly, stunned, as if she had fallen into a memory from a long time ago, her fingers gently touched the belly of the bottle, and the familiar feeling was the same as before, just like the night three years ago, she was quietly standing on the pier on Qingyu Island.

Suddenly, she smiled softly in the shadows under the medicine shelf in this corner that no one could see.

The smile seems to come from the heart, like a delicate heart, blooming in an instant, with dazzling beauty.

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After Shen Shi put away the barrier-breaking pill, he went all the way down the mountain and walked back to the secluded valley. At this time, the sky had gradually darkened, it seemed that it was dusk, and the light in the valley was a little darker than outside, the ancient trees were towering, and the old vines were hanging low, which was vaguely gloomy. Only the sound of rushing water in the distance added a little life to the silent valley.

Shen Shi walked straight along the mountain road, Jinhong Mountain is the important place of the Lingxiao Sect, the fairy land of Lingshan Mountain, of course, there can be no demons and monsters, even if there are, they have already been suppressed by countless advanced monks on this mountain, so Shen Shi does not have this kind of fear at all, but looking at the cool scenery of the valley before nightfall, he also has a bit of sudden loneliness in his heart.

When passing by the cave mansion that was more than fifty zhang away from his cave mansion, but it was barely his only neighbor in this valley, Shen Shi turned his eyes and saw that the stone gate was still closed, and it was still cold, as if the owner of the cave had not come out for a day.

Shen Shi's gaze stayed on the stone gate for a moment, but his footsteps did not stop at all, and he walked over gently, leaving the cave mansion in the darkening shadows behind him.

The heavy stone door opened and closed, the cave was cold and dark, Shen Shi stood and seemed to think for a while, and then took out the cloud rune and tried to input spiritual power, sure enough, with the faint light flashing on the cloud rune, several rooms in this cave mansion were lit up with bright light, and the source of the light was a few beads like stars on the top of the stone room.

The layout here is really similar to that on Qingyu Island, but the scale and specifications of the cave are much more atmospheric.

Shen Shi smiled, walked into the bedroom, and saw at a glance that the little black pig on the bed was still sleeping, and couldn't help but be a little stunned, it seemed that for a long time, he had been running around with him, and the little black pig didn't seem to be as sleepy as he was when he was a child, and he couldn't imagine that he would sleep so well today.

Could it be that even it knows that the days have settled down now, and it can sleep in the future?

It seems that the nature is really hard to change!

Shen Shi shook his head with a smile, sat down on the edge of the bed, reached out and touched the head of the little black pig, the little black pig didn't wake up, but his mouth chirped a few times in his sleep, I don't know if he was dreaming of eating something good.

Shen Shi withdrew his hand, and after a moment of silence, he got up and walked to the other side of the bedroom, where he sat down cross-legged on the stone couch where the two futons were placed. There was a small raised table in the middle of the stone couch, separating the two futons into two meditation positions, which looked flat and smooth, Shen Shi took out the barrier-breaking pill from his arms, and a few spirit crystals that flickered incessantly, and put them on the stone table at hand.

The light of the spirit crystal and the starlight beads above his head reflected each other, reflecting the beautiful luster of colorful crystal clear, and even a colorful neon light appeared on the stone wall behind Shen Shi, which looked so gorgeous and colorful. Shen Shi picked up a spirit crystal, held it up in front of his eyes, looked at it carefully, and then quietly clenched it.

On a Golden Rainbow Mountain where everyone was at least in the Ning Yuan Realm, that invisible pressure was much greater than he expected, and the consequence of this pressure was to make Shen Shi's desire for cultivation stronger and stronger.

He closed his eyes, and then tightened the spirit crystal in his palm.

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It was a little glimmer of light in the darkness, so familiar and strangely distant, but this feeling Shen Shi had already experienced countless times in his past cultivation, even if there was a gap of three years in the middle, but in the past few days after returning to the human world, he cultivated diligently every day, and his physical body was also rapidly adapting.

It's just that he clearly feels that the spiritual power in his body is different from when he left Qingyu Island three years ago, although the total amount of spiritual power has not increased because of the three-year gap, but because of the cultivation of the Yin and Yang Mantra, the spiritual power in the meridians around his body is no longer the completely loose appearance of the original Qi Refining Realm, especially after cultivating the Heavenly Immortal Mantra, after that strange purification and refining, Shen Shi even faintly felt that his control over the spiritual power around his body had reached the point where he was handy, that feeling...... Just like the legendary Ning Yuan Realm after opening up the Qi Sea Jade Mansion.

This night was his first day back in Jinhongshan.

In the silent stone chamber of this secluded valley, he cultivated quietly.

Then suddenly, in a dark and deep world like an abyss under the sea, he saw the familiar glimmer of light, and at the same time seemed to hear the sound of tidal waves.

It was the qi veins around his body, and suddenly there was a response, every wisp of it, the meridians containing spiritual power began to tremble slightly, and those lazy spiritual powers all over his body seemed to be suddenly awakened, all of them moved, and began to gather from all directions like a tide.

And a glimmer of light in the darkness instantly brightened, like a planet that suddenly exploded in the eternal dark firmament, radiating a brilliant brilliance that could not be seen directly. The sound of the mysterious wave then rose, gradually surging and surging, wave after wave, endless, roaring from all corners of his body.