Chapter 116: Rumors

Shen Shi walked out of Zhong's house, all the way, his heart was angry, it was the first time in many years that he was humiliated in front of him like this, looking at Zhong Liancheng's appearance just now, seeing himself as a villain with a tendency to become inflammatory, or a villain with bad intentions, such a face, it was really reminiscent of chest tightness.

If you don't know someone who has nothing to do with you, unless it is a great monk and a great true person whose Taoism is far superior to your own, then you can naturally only consider yourself unlucky, but how can a person who has reached that level say such words. In addition, Shen Shizhen may do it directly, a young man, high-spirited, even if he has forbearance, he can't suffer this humiliation inexplicably.

It's just that Zhong Liancheng is the head of the Zhong family, not a person who has nothing to do with it, if he is alone, even if he has the Zhong family as his backing, Shen Shi is not very afraid, but now among the few friends he makes the most on weekdays, Zhong Qinglu and Zhong Qingzhu are all members of the Zhong family, and Zhong Liancheng is still Zhong Qinglu's biological father.

In front of Zhong Qinglu, Shen Shi really couldn't make a big move to rush up, so he was angry and had no choice but to leave. Back on the street, he was indignant and indignant in his heart, and at the same time a little inexplicably depressed, thinking back several times, it was true that he had not offended Zhong Liancheng, but he didn't know why this old man was so hysterical and angry and insulting as soon as he came up.

Disturbed by such a depressing thing, Shen Shi was also in no mood, and it happened that other things in Liuyun City had been done, so he went out of the city directly, went straight to the shore of the sea, and then took the sea crossing fairy boat and went back to Jinhong Mountain directly.

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The next day, early in the morning.

When Shen Shi opened his eyes from his deep sleep, he was already in his own cave mansion in the valley of Jinhong Mountain. The flat rock wall carved a sleek arc above his bed, and Shen Shi stared at the dome for a moment before sitting up.

After returning to the mountain yesterday, I don't know why, he was still a little uneasy in his heart, upset and irritable against his usual temperament, even Shen Shi himself felt strange, but in such a mood, he couldn't do anything to lift his spirits, and even the daily routine of cultivation he did a little bumpy, and when he got to the back, he simply fell asleep with his head bored.

After this night, stretch and re-examine yourself, and sure enough, the mood is much better, and the inexplicable irritability has receded. Shen Shi turned his head to take a look, and saw Xiao Hei lying at the end of the bed and still sleeping soundly, he looked like he was sleeping very sweetly, and he didn't know if he had been sleeping unsteadily in the wilderness in the past, only when he returned here, could he really relax and sleep well.

Shen Shi looked at Xiao Hei for a while, and saw that it still didn't seem to wake up, so he didn't plan to wake it up, so he casually pulled a corner of the quilt and put it on the belly of the little pig, and then walked out of the bedroom.

As usual, after he moved his body for a while, he began his daily routine of morning homework, on the desk in the hall, the snow-white white paper fluttered on the table, and the pen walked the dragon and snake, drawing one after another Yin and Yang Five Elements Runes, forming a rune array of runes.

The stone room was very quiet, and there was no sound to disturb him, Shen Shi drew calmly, every stroke was so skillful, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen blank papers came down, during which he didn't miss a single one.

When he finished drawing the last rune, Shen Shi put down the pen and paper, rubbed his wrist and stood up, glanced at the dozen or so pieces of white paper full of rune runes with satisfaction, nodded, and looked back at the bedroom, where there was a snoring sound from a distance. Shen Shi smiled, then opened the stone door of the cave and walked out.

The sky was already bright, and the weather seemed good, although the valley was deep and the sun rarely shone into the deep valley, but the sound of water and birds could be heard from afar, and there was a different scene. Shen Shi opened his arms and took a deep breath of air, then closed the door and walked out, all the way out of the valley, towards the direction of the sea viewing platform.

When walking on the stone steps of the mountain road, Shen Shi remembered the strange thing that Gu Lingyun asked him to help in the Immortal Association in Liuyun City yesterday, and he hesitated for a while, and he was a little hesitant to help her. To be honest, this request doesn't seem to be too much of a problem, it's just to go to the sea of books to look at the ancient books and scrolls, and find a news record of the ancients, and even those ancient demon clan scrolls, the Shutang is all public, except for the protection of the scrolls not to be borrowed, as long as people go over, they can watch it at will.

But the problem is that the identity of this "ancient" is really a bit weird, maybe the vast majority of people in the human race today don't know anything about the name Huang Ming, but for Shen Shi, this name that gave him a lot of shocks in the demon world is indeed not idle.

Gu Lingyun specifically proposed to find Huang Ming, obviously not ignorant of this person, but how much she knew, Shen Shi didn't know, between this hesitation and thought, he slowly walked onto the sea viewing platform, and at about the same time, he made a decision in his heart, no matter what, or go to the sea of books to have a look, first, I heard that there are many ancient scrolls there, there are many types, and the number of books is like a sea, whether you can find a scroll that records Huang Ming is also two words; , I just take an hour out of my day to read a book, and I should relax.

At least in the month starting today, Shen Shi doesn't plan to go out and go down the mountain again, he has been traveling and adventuring almost all the past few months, and the experience is really indescribable, and he really has to take a good rest, and at the same time cultivate his realm Dao Xing and supernatural powers well. And after waiting for a month, it was the private auction that Gu Lingyun had mentioned to himself earlier that in Liuyun City, the Immortal Society would hold it, and it would not be too late to go over and see Gu Lingyun again at the same time.

With his mind set, Shen Shi felt a lot more relaxed, and walked casually on the viewing platform, the sea breeze blew, and he only felt that his heart was broad-minded and his mood was much better. Just walking, he suddenly felt that some eyes seemed to be looking at him.

Shen Shi glanced back and looked around, there was nothing unusual at first, but after he continued to pay careful attention, he found that among the many disciples of the Lingxiao Sect on this viewing platform, among the people who came and went, there were actually many people who looked at him from time to time, and even some people looked at him and pointed at him, whispering to each other on the side, as if he was saying something, and looking at their expressions, they were mostly surprised, suspicious, and even many with a little contempt.

Shen Shi's pace gradually slowed down, and his first reaction was to almost reach out and touch his face, secretly wondering if there was something dirty on his face after waking up in the morning, or maybe the dead pig rubbed something on his face. It was only very quickly that he reacted that something didn't seem right, and among those Ling Xiao Sect disciples who were peeking at him, there were many that he didn't even know on a daily basis.

There are strange things every year, is there a lot of them this year?

Shen Shixin was depressed for a while, and when he looked up, he saw a man and a woman standing there talking under a pillar in front of him, but it was Sun You and Zhong Qingzhu.

Shen Shi was stunned for a moment, thinking that these two people had never looked at each other unpleasantly on weekdays, why would they stand together today, so he strode over, and Sun You and Zhong Qingzhu soon saw him, and their faces showed a somewhat strange and complicated expression.

Shen Shi walked up to them, glanced at the two of them, and said, "What are you doing?"

Zhong Qingzhu stared at Shen Shi with bright eyes, his eyes were complicated, but he didn't speak immediately, but Sun You coughed and said, "Big brother, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

As soon as Shen Shi heard this, he heard that there was a little unfinished meaning in this kid's words, glared at him, lowered his voice and said: "When I came over before, I felt that the people around me were not quite right, why did you look at me like that, do you know what?"

Sun You laughed dryly, looked at him strangely, and said, "You don't know yourself?"

Shen Shi said angrily: "If I know, I will ask you?" ”

Sun You hesitated, sighed, and said, "Okay, that's the case. Since yesterday, a rumor about you has suddenly spread here on the mountain, and it has spread quite quickly, and many people know about it today. ”

Shen Shi was stunned for a moment and said, "The rumors, or about me, what is it?"

Sun You was silent for a moment, and said: "It was said that you did something bad in Liuyun City, fell in love with the eldest lady of the Zhong family, and then brazenly pestered, stalking and even chased people to other people's homes, forcing Zhong Qinglu to cry, and also angering the Zhong family, and finally was scolded by Zhong Liancheng in public and driven out of the Zhong family......"

Shen Shi was stunned, and then he only felt as if there was a rush of hot blood on the top ......of his head, and even his cheeks were a little faintly hot, and he said angrily: "Nonsense!

As he spoke, he roughly told the two of them about yesterday's incident, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Where did this rumor come from, it's just out of nowhere." ”

When Sun You was about to say something, Zhong Qingzhu, who had been standing silently next to him, stared at Shen Shi, took a step, and said:

"I believe in you!"

These three words were short but powerful, as if they were categorical without hesitation, even Shen Shi himself was stunned for a moment, and then his heart warmed, looking at Zhong Qinglu's delicate and beautiful face, his eyes showed a little gratitude, nodded and said, "Thank you, Qingzhu." ”

Sun You glanced at Zhong Qingzhu, his brows furrowed slightly, as if he had something strange in his heart.

At this time, Shen Shi seemed to remember something, and turned back to Sun You and said: "This matter is really inexplicable, but Qinglu herself was also present at the time, and she knew what had happened, and you would understand it as long as you asked her." At that time, as long as she comes forward to explain, this rumor will naturally be self-defeating. ”

As he said here, the anger on his face dissipated a lot, but Sun You and Zhong Qingzhu's expressions did not look relaxed, but they glanced at each other, and their eyes were complicated.

Shen Shi noticed the abnormality of the two of them, and said in amazement: "What's the matter? Why are you two looking like this?"

Sun You wanted to speak and stopped, Zhong Qingzhu pondered for a moment, and said: "Sister Qinglu has returned to the mountain yesterday, and many people have seen her in Dantang, but from then to now, she ...... It seems like he hasn't shown up or said anything again?"

Shen Shi's body shook slightly, and then quickly fell silent, and he didn't say anything more, maybe he didn't know what to say?

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In the elixir hall of Dantang, Ji Anfu stood in the shadows near the entrance of the main hall, calmly watching the people coming and going on the sunny sea viewing platform outside, watching the seven huge pillars standing like mountains, and watching the piles of people standing on the platform.

Life is like a play......

He suddenly had such an inexplicable sigh in his heart, and then a faint smile appeared on his face. At this time, there was a sound of footsteps behind him, Ji Anfu looked back, and saw that a woman came over, hurriedly bowed her hand, and said with a smile:

"Senior Sister Min. ”

The woman nodded and said, "Elder Yunni is about to leave the customs, the Dan will be in front of you, and all the disciples who are expected to be Dan Dao will need to hone their alchemy skills hard in the near future, and the manpower here in the Elixir Hall is inevitably a little nervous, so you can bear more." ”

Ji Anfu smiled: "What's this, it's just that everyone is busy, it's not worth mentioning." In contrast, of course, the Dan Club is the most important, by the way, I heard that after Senior Sister Zhong returned to the mountain yesterday, she went directly to the alchemy room?"

Senior Sister Min nodded, with a bit of anticipation, and said, "Yes, Senior Sister Zhong is extremely talented in Dan Dao, and she is very hopeful to be accepted by Elder Yun, in my opinion, in the month before the Dan Meeting, it is best for her to seize all the time to hone her alchemy technique, so that she can make a splash at the Dan Conference after January, or be favored by Elder Yunni." ”

Ji Anfu stroked his hand with a smile, nodded yes, and said, "This is the right way, senior sister just be busy, everything in this elixir hall has me." Oh, by the way, although they are all from the same door, but after all, this matter has a lot to do with the future, and there may be other people who have any thoughts, so it is best to ask Senior Sister to persuade Senior Sister Zhong that this month will not be distracted by foreign affairs, only focus on alchemy, and don't even have to confide in outsiders, so it is the best. ”

As he spoke, he seemed to have a deep meaning in his eyes and looked at Senior Sister Min.

Senior Sister Min pondered for a moment, and seemed to understand what Ji Anfu was referring to, and after pondering for a moment, she said, "It should indeed be so, okay, I will go back and have my own opinions, and I will leave it to you here." ”

As he spoke, he turned around and left, Ji Anfu smiled and watched her go, and then glanced at a place on the viewing platform outside, intentionally or unintentionally, but he snorted lightly, showing a little disdain, and then walked towards the elixir hall.