Chapter 7 Boss He
Even after staying in the demon world for three years, Shen Shi's memory of the five elements and ten runes of yin and yang has not been forgotten much, and even when he was in the demon world, when he was free, he would pick up some paper and pen at hand, or even directly pick up a branch, and draw some of these yin and yang runes on the ground.
Maybe it's a habit from childhood to adulthood, or maybe it's a few strokes like this, so that you can comfort yourself in your heart that you still remember the original thing. As for the question of whether it will be seen by other demon clans, Shen Shi is not worried, in fact, the old white monkey and the stone pig who are good friends with him have seen those strange and distorted runes drawn by him more than once. They also asked Shen Shi curiously, but after Shen Shi just gently deduced that it was meaningless to scribble, they didn't ask any further.
Because of these yin and yang runes, they look very much like distorted and complicated ghost painting runes......
Unconsciously, Shen Shi remembered the old white monkey and the stone pig again, and was stunned at the table, and after a while, he sighed softly and sighed slightly gloomily.
Compared with him, after the little black pig entered this guest room, the boss unceremoniously jumped directly on the bed, and his shiny black body rolled and rubbed a few times on the soft futon, and immediately liked the bed here of the human race, and it seemed that his whole body was trapped in those quilts, and he soon lay on the bed without sound, and I don't know if he had fallen asleep.
Shen Shi glanced at the other side of the bed, didn't pay attention to it, settled down, meditated, and then tried his hand on an ordinary piece of white paper, and depicted the ten yin and yang five elements runes one by one, and then examined them one by one after painting, and then nodded lightly with a little satisfaction in his eyes.
The foundation that has been honed on this talisman for many years is reflected at this moment, and the ten twisted and complicated runes that ordinary people have a headache when they see it, he drew it in one go, but it is not bad at all.
With confidence in his heart, Shen Shi took away the white paper, and this time he took it in front of him, it was the real rune paper, the bright red cinnabar and the slightly green peach wood rune pen with the pen barrel were also quietly in hand. The room was silent, and his gaze fell lightly on the rune paper, and then calmly fell to the pen.
The delicate and even handwriting slowly outlined the mysterious runes on the earthy yellow rune paper, and then on the same rune paper, several runes formed a rune array, which were displayed one by one. When the last stroke is drawn, the rune array composed of three runes will be displayed in front of you, this is a half-finished talisman, only the last step is missing, and it can become a very useful five-element magic rune.
Shen Shi quietly raised his pen and drew the talisman, his expression was calm and indifferent, if there was a talisman master who was good at this at this moment to watch, he would definitely be surprised by this young man's talent and proficiency in drawing talismans.
After two full hours, Shen Shi finally finished drawing all the fifty rune papers, stood up and stretched, turned his neck, looked down at the stack of rune papers on the table, and nodded with satisfaction. The number of that stack of rune paper is forty-seven, even with Shen Shi's skillful brushwork, after all, three rune papers were scrapped because of mistakes, but Rao is so, fifty rune papers and three of them are scrapped, which is already equivalent to a master with decades of experience in talisman making.
Generally speaking, at this last moment, the talisman that was scrapped by mistake for various reasons still accounted for a large number, but Shen Shi's mentality was very relaxed, because according to his past experience, because of the mysterious yin and yang mantra, he was full of confidence in this last step.
However, this step of instilling the spirit has always been known for being delicate and cumbersome, even if he has the help of Yin and Yang spells, it is impossible to make a large number of talismans quickly, and he can only do it slowly, and he has set a six-day stay before, so it is the same.
Shen Shi's gaze swept over the stack of yellow rune paper, picked it up gently, and arranged it separately according to the different rune arrays on it, the six first-order five element techniques he had learned at present accounted for the majority of them, a total of thirty-four of them, among which the fireball technique, water archery technique, rock thorn technique and earth sinking technique were the most favored by him, each of which had as many as eight sheets, and the remaining fire barrier technique and wind agility technique were rarely used on weekdays, so he simply drew only one of them.
And the remaining thirteen rune papers, he left them for the witchcraft he learned from the demon world, to be honest, when he first traced these witch talismans on the rune paper, because the composition of the witchcraft is those strange five-poison patterns, which are very different from the rune patterns here of the human race, Shen Shi is also a little worried in his heart, but when he thinks that when he was in the demon world, he used the method of witch runes to make the five-element runes, so if he turns it back today, maybe there should not be much of a problem.
And the fact is really just as he thought, between this witchcraft and the five elements of the human race, there really seems to be a bit of strange similarities, those strange ten kinds of black and white five poison patterns are drawn on the rune paper, as if they are tightly fitted, there is no sense of disobedience, it seems that as long as it is the last step to pour the spirit, it should be able to make a perfect witchcraft rune.
The feeling that this gives people seems to be a little weird, but Shen Shi can't think about it so much for a while, and now the witchcraft he has learned, except for the kind of ghost summoning magic recorded at the end of the animal skin, there are a total of four spells that can be used in other ordinary times, so he drew three pieces of the Void Spirit Technique and the Skin Erosion Technique, three pieces of the Blood Poison Technique, and a little more Rotten Technique, and four of them.
As soon as the preparations were completed, Shen Shi was also relieved, and packed up these spiritual materials on the table and put them back in the Ruyi bag, and the room quickly returned to its original appearance, even if Boss He of the inn walked in, he couldn't see what Shen Shi had done here before.
Shen Shi turned around, came to the bed and sat down, his eyes swept over the slightly messy bedding, and found the little black pig who had buried himself under the soft quilt and slept comfortably. Seeing that it slept so sweetly, the corners of Shen Shi's mouth also flashed a gentle smile, and he reached out and gently touched its head.
Although the little black pig was asleep, he seemed to feel something, his two little ears moved twice, and his head rubbed against Shen Shi's palm.
Shen Shi smiled and shook his head, left it alone, sat down cross-legged on the bed, and after a moment of silence, he reached out and gently stroked the mouth of the Ruyi bag, and when he raised his hand again, a little light lit up, it was a spirit crystal that shimmered with soft light, and it was lying quietly in his palm.
Shen Shi looked at this spirit crystal quietly, and a complicated look flashed in his eyes.
It's been three years, a whole three years, because he can't find these beautiful but crucial little stones, he was forcibly suppressed in the high-level realm of the Qi Refining Realm, only one step away from the most important threshold of the Ning Yuan Realm, but he could only linger helplessly.
That feeling, that kind of taste, people who have not experienced it, it is really difficult to understand and experience.
But fortunately, it seems that all this is finally back on track, and his future path seems to be bright again.
He smiled, with some expectation and hope, he grasped the spirit crystal tightly in his hand, then closed his eyes, and after three years, he began to cultivate again.
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In the city of Broken Moon, monks come and go, the world is so big, no one cares much about the whereabouts of a young man, at least for now, this city is still quiet, standing on the field as usual, spending day after day of peaceful days.
Six days later, that is, on September 16 of this year, this date was asked by Shen Shi from the mouth of the innkeeper, Shen Shi finally completed the infusion of all forty-seven talismans, and what was jaw-dropping was that in the end, all the forty-seven talismans, only one of the rock thorn talismans made an accidental mistake when instilling spirits, and none of the remaining forty-six talismans failed, and all of them succeeded.
Such an astonishing success rate, even Shen Shi himself felt a little incredible, you must know that when he made talismans on Qingyu Island, although his success rate was also quite high, when he was in the step of instilling spirits, he would definitely not reach the point where he is now, and after thinking about it, the only reason was that he could only attribute it to the second volume of Yin Yang Spells that he learned in the Demon Realm.
But no matter what, this is still a good thing after all, Shen Shi even thought a little smugly in his heart, even if he is poor and embarrassed in the future, just by selling this talisman, because he can also ensure his cultivation needs.
After packing up his things and confirming that nothing important was left in the room, Shen Shi took the little black pig who was a little reluctant to give up on the bed, went downstairs to the lobby of the inn, settled the fee with Boss He who was standing behind the counter, and then casually said hello to Boss He, and prepared to leave.
It's just that at this time, Boss He suddenly stopped him, and when Shen Shi turned his head to look at him, there was a little doubt in his eyes, but he heard Boss He smile slightly, and while motioning for Shen Shi to approach the counter, he lowered his voice and said softly: "This son, I have something here, you may want to know." ”
Shen Shi stood on the edge of the counter, frowning slightly and looking at Boss He, only to see that this Boss He smiled kindly and gently, and there was nothing unusual about it, after being silent for a moment, Shen Shi nodded and said, "Ask for advice, I would like to hear about it." ”
Boss He smiled slightly, and said, "Six days ago, not long after you moved into our store, there was a person who also came in here and said something to the guys in our shop......" As he spoke, he clearly repeated the words that the tall monk asked the guy about the pick-up routine six days ago.
Shen Shi listened silently, and when he heard the description of the appearance of the person the monk wanted to find repeated by Boss He, his face began to become a little ugly, and at the same time, there was a faint trace of worry in his eyes. Boss He does this inn business, even if the Tao is not very high, but this ability to observe the face has long been perfected, and the strange look in Shen Shi's eyes was quickly seen in his eyes, and his heart was immediately settled, but his face was still the same expression, smiling and calm.
After listening to Boss He's retelling, Shen Shi pondered for a moment and arched his hand: "Thank you Boss He for telling me, this matter is very important to me, but I don't know what the monk who came to interrogate that day looked like, uh, the clothes on him, and ...... Are there any characteristics, such as the clothing of a certain sect's disciples?"
What he was worried about at the moment was naturally because he was afraid that the matter of Qian Yi would happen, and Xuanjianmen would suspect him. Although he had tried his best to erase the traces in that forest that day, first, he was not a skilled murderer who killed people every day, so it was inevitable that something would be missed; second, the great hidden dragon and crouching tiger in the world, and there were countless magical powers in the cultivation world.
Now, naturally, I should quickly ask the identity of the monk who came after him, not a disciple of the Xuanjian Sect. He was worried and anxious here, and there was a little more eagerness in his eyes when he looked at Boss He, but at this time, Boss He smiled faintly, for some reason, he didn't say a word for a while, just looked at Shen Shi with a somewhat kind and weird smile on his face.
Shen Shi's brows furrowed, the eagerness slowly faded, and after a moment of silence, a trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes, but in the end, he still took out a spirit crystal, gently placed it on the counter table, and said softly: "Please Boss He teach me." ”
Boss He swept his arm, as if wiping the table, gently and skillfully wiped the spirit crystal, and then smiled openly, and described the clothes and appearance of the tall monk that day to Shen Shi in detail.
Shen Shi listened carefully, and felt that the person's appearance didn't seem to have anything to do with the Xuanjian Sect, but after thinking about it, in case the Xuanjian Sect disciple sneaked out to find someone, this possibility seemed to be difficult to rule out. After pondering for a while, he finally decided that in the last four days, he would simply go out of the city to avoid it, and wait until the Lingxiao Sect really saw it, and when the time came, with the backing of the sect, things should be much easier, and it was a big deal that he would see the opportunity to act again.
With a fixed mind, he glanced at the smiling Boss He behind the counter, and secretly felt a little pain in the spirit crystal, thinking that this spirit crystal could not make him too happy, so he asked: "Boss He, in addition, I also want to ask us that there are so many monks gathered in Broken Moon City, but is there any treasure land near the outside of the city?"
Perhaps it was for the sake of that shiny spirit crystal, Boss He didn't have any more branches this time, and introduced Shen Shi simply and clearly with a smile:
"Naturally, there is, and there is more than one place, the place that produces all kinds of cultivation spiritual material resources, within a radius of three hundred miles around this Broken Moon City, there are four in total. However, Crouching Tiger Mountain is now the forbidden territory of the Xuanjian Gate, and other loose cultivators cannot get close. There are still three places left, there are many spirit grasses in the gray lizard forest, there are many demon beasts on the Eagle Fu Ridge, and one place is the Silver Moon Lake, where the water and grass are lush, and there are many spirit grass spirit materials and low-level demon beasts, which is a place where the monks in the city often go to find cultivation spirit materials and various resources on weekdays. ”
Shen Shi nodded slowly, and arched his hand: "Thank you very much." Boss He smiled in return, and Shen Shi didn't delay any longer, and turned around and walked out of the inn directly.
After watching Shen Shi's back disappear, the smile on Boss He's face remained unchanged, he reached out and pinched the spirit crystal in his palm, he groaned for a while, and then walked upstairs to the inn alone, all the way to the outside of another secluded room, and then reached out and knocked on the door.
The door creaked open, and a tall figure walked out, but it was the same monk who had secretly tracked Shen Shi six days ago.
I saw that this tall monk looked at Boss He at the moment, his face was a little ugly, but Boss He was calm, and he was not afraid at all, he was able to open an inn in this monk-filled Broken Moon City and maintain it, how could he have no support behind him, and the tall monk obviously understood this, so although his face was not good-looking, he still didn't dare to make any excessive moves towards Boss He, but his words were cold, and said: "Boss He, don't do things too much, what's going on, why don't you tell me?"
Boss He smiled slightly and said, "This guest, what you want to know, I have really inquired about it today, but ......" He slowly closed his mouth, smiled and said nothing, just looked at the monk.
The corner of the tall monk's eyes jumped, and a burst of anger swept by, but for some reason, in the end, he still pressed it hard, and after gritting his teeth, he took out a spirit crystal and threw it to Boss He, and then said hatefully: "Now you can say it." ”
Boss He laughed, caught the spirit crystal, and then Shi Shiran said: "The young man you are looking for will definitely go out of the city today, and the place where you go will be Yinyue Lake nine times out of ten." ”
The tall monk raised his eyebrows, with a little suspicion, and said, "Really?"
Boss He turned around, gently threw the spirit crystal in his hand, caught it with his hand, and walked all the way, while saying lightly: "Don't worry, he will go to Yinyue Lake." ”