"The alchemist is really a thing that is piled up with money......"

In the cave mansion, Shen Shi took out a bag with some pain, which swayed and made a crisp sound from time to time, and then handed it to Zhong Qinglu and said, "Take it, eighty spirit crystals." ”

Over the past year, perhaps because of that secret transaction, the two have been in frequent contact, Zhong Qinglu's attitude towards Shen Shi has long lost the arrogance at the beginning, and it seems much gentler, looking at her expression at the moment, her brows are slightly furrowed, and she looks a little cramped and uneasy.

She seemed to hesitate for a moment, then raised her head, glanced at Shen Shi, and said, "Why don't we wait a little longer?" Or after we all cultivate to the Ning Yuan Realm and become our own disciples, I will start refining Pei Yuan Dan again, right?"

Shen Shi glanced at her and said, "What's wrong?"

Zhong Qinglu lowered his head slightly, sighed, and said, "It's not that you don't know, no matter who you are, no matter how talented you are in alchemy, when you get a new pill recipe and start refining a new elixir, it must be ...... at first."

Later, she didn't say any more, but the meaning was obviously very clear, refining the new elixir of Pei Yuan Dan, in the very beginning, she must have made mistakes most of the time, this is also the only way for all alchemists, originally the alchemists were piled up with countless spirit crystals and unrelenting tenacity.

The problem is that this time it is not a Qi Cultivation Pill, the cost of Pei Yuan Dan refining the spiritual materials required for a time is as high as eighty spirit crystals, even Zhong Qinglu, who was born in a wealthy family, felt a little frightened, this consumption is really too huge for a Qi Refining Realm disciple on Qingyu Island like them, and only after reaching the Ning Yuan Realm, may be able to barely support it.

In fact, Zhong Qinglu and Shen Shi had already inquired about it, Pei Yuan Dan, a second-grade spirit pill, was indeed usually only taught to Ning Yuan Realm disciples in the Ling Xiao Sect Dan Hall, but the Dan Hall taught the Dan recipe, not based on the Taoism of the disciples but on their progress in alchemy, and the previous rookie disciples had never mastered the refining of the Qi Nourishing Pill completely proficiently in five years, because since they had to focus on alchemy, they would inevitably not be able to earn a huge amount of spirit crystals to support themselves to keep alchemy regardless of the cost, without the support of financial resources, and without the valuable experience gained on the basis of a large number of failed alchemy, it is unlikely that anything will be achieved in a short period of time.

Therefore, Zhong Qinglu's real work is the biggest gain among the new disciples of Dantang in more than a hundred years, and it is also the first time in a hundred years that Dantang has made an exception to teach the disciples of Peiyuan Danxin Danfang during the Qi Refining Realm period.

Shen Shi was silent for a long time, and finally shook his head and said, "Didn't the two of us plan at the beginning just to make you one step ahead?" I think you still have to continue refining Pei Yuan Dan, and in the future, it will take at least a year or more for the two of us to break through to the Ning Yuan Realm, and this period of time is the critical juncture when you are one step faster than others." ”

He smiled and said, "Think about it, if you go to Jinhong Mountain in the future, you can already be proficient in refining the second-grade pill of Peiyuan Dan, what kind of scene will it be? I think all the elders in the Dan Hall will rush over, crying and shouting and fighting, and they will also snatch you, a rare alchemy genius for hundreds of years, as a personal disciple." ”

Zhong Qinglu's lips pursed slightly, and he stopped talking, although there was a bit of yearning and anticipation on his face, his eyes were still clear, and he still fell on Shen Shi's body, and after a while, he said in a low voice: "But I ...... I really can't earn this spirit crystal myself, and even if I do, it will only support me to refine it a few times at most. ”

Shen Shi took a deep breath and said with a smile: "Isn't there still me?"

Zhong Qinglu was silent, and after a long while, he said, "Shen Shi, why are you so ...... to me?" Why do you value it so much?"

Shen Shi smiled and said, "Didn't I tell you before, firstly, that there will be cheap elixirs to eat in the future, and secondly, I want to confront you, the future great alchemist, in advance." ”

Zhong Qinglu stared at him deeply, then nodded slowly and didn't say anything more.

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Walking out of Zhong Qinglu's cave, Shen Shi had a bitter face, and he looked a little worried. I don't know if it's because of the unique mood and feelings of young men, in front of girls, especially beautiful girls, they are often reluctant to give in because of embarrassment, so just now Shen Shi looked confident in Zhong Qinglu's cave mansion, in fact, now when he thinks of the consumption of eighty spirit crystals in alchemy, plus the huge number of times of this consumption, Shen Shiwei is really a little numb.

The spirit crystals he needed for his own cultivation, as well as the spirit crystals that he had to support Zhong Qinglu's alchemy in this secret deal, were his two largest spiritual crystal consumptions at present, and there was originally a very heavy debt, that is, he had to hand over five talismans to the Five Elements Hall Zhang Yihui every month, but because of the miraculous effect of the Pure Heart Mantra, he was unexpectedly smooth on the talismans, and he paid off this debt a few days ago, which was a great luck in misfortune.

At this moment, Shen Shi, after finding that he seemed to be different in the Five Elements Technique and the Talisman together, was also based on the heavy pressure of the Spirit Crystal, although according to common sense, Qi Refining Realm cultivators did not need to and should not practice too many Five Elements Techniques, but firstly, out of interest, and secondly, in order to earn more Spirit Crystals, Shen Shi still consciously or unconsciously went further and further on the rugged and doomed difficult path of the Five Elements Technique.

Now, he has gone to the Five Elements Hall several times to buy new spells, and now he has mastered as many as six first-order Five Elements Techniques, in addition to the earliest water archery techniques, there are also fireball techniques, fire barrier techniques, rock thorn techniques, earth sinking techniques and wind jet techniques, among which water archery, fireball techniques and rock thorn techniques, respectively, belong to the three systems of water, fire and earth, and are the most famous and common three attack spells in the five elements of magic.

After the fire barrier is cast, there will be a flame shaped like a fire shield to protect itself, which can add a bit of protective power; the earth sinking technique will make the enemy's body sluggish and slow to move, and the wind agility technique is to make yourself or your allies faster, the wind is from the wood, this spell is the wood spell in the five elements, and it is also quite useful.

These six first-order spells were all within the scope of the ten spells recorded in the book of "Fu Xiao Jie" given to him by Zhang Yihui that day, so after mastering these five element spells, Shen Shi also logically made the corresponding runes. And because of his extremely high success rate in making talismans, the inventory of talismans on his hand has gradually increased, although there are shops on Qingyu Island that buy talismans, including Zhang Yihui's side, there will also be spirit crystals to collect talismans, but Shen Shi has no intention of selling these talismans in his hand.

Because he has discovered that as long as this talisman is used appropriately, the reward for the spiritual materials obtained by dealing with demon beasts on the demon island is actually higher.

Day after day, in addition to his daily cultivation and going to the demon island to do demon hunting tasks, he spent most of the remaining time making talismans. This is a very boring job, but Shen Shi has been doing it quietly and calmly, and the endurance and patience tempered by drawing runes every day from childhood to adulthood are finally manifested at this moment.

The number of talismans he had on hand was slowly increasing, and after a year, Shen Shi's little Ruyi Ring was almost at the end of its expiration date, so he went to buy two more and came back.

One left hand, one right hand, the left hand is loaded with spiritual materials to harvest, and the small Ruyi ring in the right hand is placed with a talisman and can be used at any time.

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Autumn turns to winter, and time on the island is somewhat slow and boring, and some is fast. Seeing that the fifth year was approaching, the atmosphere on Qingyu Island had begun to reveal a dull atmosphere of oppression.

The big ship heading to the Demon Island has recently begun to slowly become lively again, because among the newcomer disciples who have newly cultivated to the high level of the Qi Refining Realm, many people have also taken a fancy to this shortcut to obtain spirit crystals, although there are risks, but they are still within the scope of bearing.

Coupled with some old people who had returned before, the number of people on the big ship was about twenty people almost every time, and it had basically returned to its original heyday.

In the crowd, two people who had been persevering for a long time sat side by side at the corner of the corner, looking at the same door chatting in pairs and twos on the deck, with a somewhat strange look on their faces.

"I can't imagine that there are so many brave people. Ganze spoke first.

Shen Shi nodded, his gaze swept over the crowd, there were quite a few newcomer faces in it, but they were all seen on the island before, in this year, these talented teenagers had cultivated to the high level of the Qi Refining Realm, and then challenged the dangerous Demon Island without fear.

After a while, Gan Ze's gaze retracted and looked at Shen Shi, Shen Shi noticed it, turned his head to look at him, with a little doubt, and said, "What's wrong?"

Gan Ze was silent for a moment, shook his head and sighed, and said, "These fellow disciples and brothers who are in the same round as us only had the courage to come to Demon Island after the advanced level of the Qi Refining Realm, and as far as I know, they are at least three or more people who go together to hunt demon beasts. I didn't think there was anything before, but now that I think about it, when you were the only one in the middle level of the Qi Refining Realm, you dared to come to Demon Island, and from then until now, you have been alone to deal with demon beasts alone. He glanced at Shen Shi deeply, and said,

"I think you're much better than them. ”

Shen Shi met Gan Ze's gaze, only to feel that although his eyes were gentle, his eyes were almost as deep as a sixteen-year-old boy, and he had some palpitations for no reason, but he had always been cautious and calm, but he didn't show any horses, he smiled when he heard the words, and said: "There are so many senior brothers on this ship, including you, who have cultivated to the Qi Refining Realm much earlier than me, and I can't afford to be praised like this." ”

Gan Ze smiled, glanced at the deck, the corners of his mouth pursed slightly, as if there was a sense of pride, and said lightly: "There is a slight gap in the speed of cultivation, what is it, what can really gain the upper hand in the life and death struggle is the real power, the true way." ”

Shen Shi smiled and said nothing, and Gan Ze didn't continue to say anything.

In this way, the big ship drove smoothly all the way to the demon island, and a boatload of people got off the boat in turn and walked along the seawall to the demon island. As usual, Gan Ze was still the first to enter the depths of the dense forest alone, while the rest of the people walked in pairs, most of them entered the dense forest of Demon Island, and a few new disciples may want to be careful, so they chose the same route as Shen Shi at the beginning, walking along the coastline on the beach on the outskirts of Demon Island in search of prey.

In the end, only Shen Shi was left alone, he looked at the beach in the distance, and then looked at the deep and dense forest in front of him, stood silent for a while, and finally touched the two small Ruyi rings on his left and right hands, as well as the pockets that had dried up, hunger, thirst, and lacked spirit crystals.

There aren't enough spirit crystals......

Shen Shi thought silently, then raised his head, looking at the huge island in front of him, as well as the verdant and dense forests and mountains, in the distance, a few terrible beast roars came from the depths of the demon island, echoing between the sea and the sky.

(There is another chapter in the evening)

(I really had the foresight to see that this Brazil was unreliable half a month ago, but it was too miserable to lose like this...... ）