On the twenty-second day of May, it was sunny.

Early in the morning, when Shen Shi opened the stone door and walked out, the fresh sea breeze blew in his face, the sky was blue, and it looked like a sunny day. He walked forward as he moved, only to see a familiar figure in front of him, Sun You standing on the side of the road smiling and waving to him.

Shen Shi sighed, walked over and said with a smile: "It's weird, why did you get up so early today?"

Sun You said: "I heard that you have gone to Demon Island, how can I not hurry, otherwise I will really be left away by you." Saying that, he smiled, put his hand on Shen Shi's shoulder, and said, "I can't see that you are really talented in the Five Elements Technique, and you can actually go to the Demon Island to mix in just half a month, how did you do it?"

Shen Shi hesitated for a moment, shook his head, and said, "I didn't do anything special, anyway, the water archery technique was quickly cultivated, maybe it's because of our seaside, where the water is particularly abundant?"

Sun You thought thoughtfully, nodded and said, "Don't say it, it's really possible, I knew that I also chose water archery, it's true." ”

Shen Shi smiled: "Then you go to the Five Elements Hall to buy it again." ”

Sun You bared his teeth like a toothache, shook his head with a wry smile, and was about to say something, when his eyes suddenly glanced at the road behind Shen Shi, and then frowned slightly, but he pulled Shen Shi to stand on the side of the road and gave way to the road.

Shen Shi looked back, and saw that among the many disciples who went to Qingyuji in the early morning, several people came, and the three women in front were all familiar, Zhong Qinglu and Zhong Qingzhu, and the other was He Xiaomei, the three of them walked side by side, whispering something to each other, with a relaxed smile on their faces, and not far behind them, Jiang Hongguang followed behind.

Shen Shi's heart moved, and he felt that Jiang Hongguang seemed to have been following He Xiaomei's side these days.

Over there, three young and beautiful girls walked over, Zhong Qinglu stood in the middle of the middle, quite a little bit of the eldest sister of the three, Sun You looked at this woman who was usually domineering and often ridiculed and despised herself, and whispered in Shen Shi's ear: "Look at Zhong Qinglu's aura, I really don't know what her arrogance is, our Sun family is so much stronger than her Zhong family, I don't have this kind of heart!"

Shen Shi smiled and said in a low voice: "Forget it, people didn't come to provoke you, what do you do with her?"

Sun You pursed his lips, looking disappreciative, but he didn't say anything more. The three girls over there were in front of Jiang Hongguang silently following behind, and the group walked over like this, and naturally they all saw Shen Shi and Sun You standing on the side of the road. He Xiaomei and Zhong Qingzhu both smiled and nodded to greet them, and Zhong Qingzhu's gaze stayed on Shen Shi for a moment.

As for Zhong Qinglu, it seemed that he was still as proud as usual, and he didn't look at the two of them much, but for some reason, Jiang Hongguang, who was standing behind the three girls, suddenly felt a little smug with his head up.

Sun You and Shen Shi's eyes fell on Jiang Hongguang's body, for no other reason, because the eyes of this guy suddenly became a little dazzling, and his face was colorful, as if he had done something and even had a little disdain.

Sun You glanced at him twice, couldn't help but lower his voice, and whispered to Shen Shi in words that only Shen Shi could hear: "I said, what is Jiang Hongguang's kid suddenly proud of over there?"

Shen Shi also didn't quite understand, shook his head, and said blankly: "I don't know." After thinking about it, he glanced at Sun You and said in a low voice, "I've been busy going to Demon Island for the past two days, and I haven't paid attention to the situation on the island, could it be that you were confused about something and lost to him?"

Sun You was stunned for a moment, and seemed to think about it seriously, and then shook his head and said: "No, you know, I have long seen that kid is not pleasing to the eye, and I don't bother to talk to him on weekdays, how can there be such a thing?"

The two looked at each other, and at the same time looked back, only to see that the mysterious smug look on Jiang Hongguang's face was still there, and he glanced at the two of them lightly, and then took a step forward silently, as if he was a little closer to He Xiaomei in front of him.

The three girls were about to walk past the two of them, and when Sun You and Shen Shi were paying attention to Jiang Hongguang, who was a little inexplicable, suddenly Zhong Qinglu, who had been looking at the top of the three, stopped all of a sudden, then turned to this side, and said with a faint face: "Shen Shi, come over for a while, I have something to tell you." ”

"Huh?"

Shen Shi was stunned for a moment, and then found that whether it was Sun You, Zhong Qingzhu and He Xiaomei in front of him, including that Jiang Hongguang, the expressions on their faces seemed to be a little similarly weird, and they all looked at their side at the same time.

Shen Shi rubbed his eyebrows with some distress, laughed dryly, and walked over.

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On the seaside road in the early morning, several young men and women who had been in the same family for three years stood there, looking at Shen Shi and Zhong Qinglu who walked behind a certain big tree on the secluded beach at the other end, and they all showed strange expressions on their faces.

It was He Xiaomei who was the first to open her mouth to break the silence, and she saw that this delicate girl had a little incredulity on her face, and said in surprise: "Obediently, I read it right, Sister Qinglu actually took the initiative to pull Senior Brother Shen over there to talk." ”

Beside her, Jiang Hongguang stared at the two of them under the big tree in the distance, and there was also a look of surprise on his face, but he diluted the original smug expression a lot, and said, "When did the two of them get together and make friends?"

Sun You immediately shook his head and said, "Impossible, I didn't see them talking alone together, right, Senior Sister Zhong......"

At the end of his speech, he casually asked Zhong Qingzhu, but when he turned his head to look, he was stunned, only to see that Zhong Qingzhu didn't say a word, and he didn't seem to hear his question, just looked at Shen Shi in a daze, with a little confusion on his face.

Under the big tree on the beach, the thick and straight trunk blocked everyone's view, and only the backs of Shen Shi and Zhong Qinglu could be seen from a distance. And Shen Shi under the tree said with a wry smile at this moment: "You pull me over, what's the matter?"

Zhong Qinglu said: "Yes, but what kind of expression do you have, why do you look reluctant?"

Shen Shi scratched his head, quietly glanced into the distance, and said, "I'm fine, isn't this afraid that they will find out about my deal?"

Zhong Qinglu waved his hand, his momentum was overwhelming, and he said: "What are you afraid of, if you don't say it, I won't say it, who will know, can't I come over and talk to you?"

Shen Shi smiled bitterly, nodded and said, "Yes, yes, uh, what do you want to tell me?"

Zhong Qinglu glanced at him, with a rare look of hesitation on his face, but after a while, he still reached into his arms and took out a small white jade bottle, handed it to Shen Shi, and said, "This is for you." ”

Shen Shi stretched out his hand to take it, first glanced up at Zhong Qinglu, only to see that she seemed to pretend to turn her head naturally to look around, and after a little groaning, he opened the cork, and suddenly a light medicinal fragrance wafted out. Shen Shi's face changed slightly, he sniffed it carefully, tilted the bottle mouth and poured it again, and a pale yellow finger-sized pill rolled out.

"Qi Nourishing Pill?" Shen Shi was taken aback and said, "I only gave you the spirit crystal last night, should you refine it this morning?"

Zhong Qinglu sneered, but then as if he had thought of something, he hurriedly straightened his face again, with a look of disdain, and sneered: "How is that possible, there are two Qi Nourishing Pills in this bottle, which are the ones I refined before, and I have refined the pills ten times in March, and I succeeded twice, but I took them and sold a few in exchange for spirit crystals, and now there are only these two left." After speaking, she glanced at Shen Shi, and after being silent for a moment, she said,

"Since I've made a deal, I still plan to do it for a long time, and it's not much use for me to keep these two, so I'll use them for you first. ”

Shen Shi nodded, put the Qi Nourishing Pill back into his arms, and at the same time thoughtfully, said: "That is to say, your previous alchemy was about five times into one, hmm......"

Zhong Qinglu looked at the expression on Shen Shi's face, and for some reason suddenly became a little annoyed, glared at him, and said angrily: "It's already rare to become one five times, okay, what do you mean?

Shen Shi smiled and said, "That's right, you reminded me, otherwise, that Dan furnace is worth two hundred spirit crystals, and ten spirit crystals are needed for a Qi Nourishing Pill, if you fail twenty times in a row, I will really run away......"

"Hey!" Zhong Qinglu's anger was not trivial, he kicked it over, and said angrily, "What are you failing twenty times in a row!

Shen Shi smiled and said nothing, he was born to Zhong Qinglu's kick, and he didn't feel any special pain when he kicked at his feet, obviously Zhong Qinglu was also kicked by his youngest daughter's family angrily, and he didn't really use any force, and then he looked up at Zhong Qinglu and said softly: "Although I haven't studied alchemy, I also know that alchemy mistakes are common, and if you really fail, it's not a big deal." ”

Zhong Qinglu snorted, pursed her lips slightly, glanced at him and didn't speak.

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On the herring fish set, everyone parted ways after saying goodbye, Shen Shi came all the way to the south pier, only to see that like the day before yesterday, there were already more than 20 senior brothers and sisters standing here waiting, obviously all going to the demon island to do the task of hunting demons.

In the crowd, there were many familiar faces that they had seen a few days ago, including Chen Tang's foursome who had been in the limelight that day, obviously these high-level disciples of the Qi Refining Realm were used to going to Demon Island, but thinking about it, as long as they could have enough strength and were not afraid of the risks that came with it, the task of hunting demons was actually a very stable and efficient task to obtain spirit crystal rewards.

When I went to Demon Island the day before yesterday, there were dozens of people in a boat, and only Shen Shi was at the middle level of the Qi Refining Realm, and he was also the only newcomer disciple of this generation who had just started, so many people had an impression of him that day. However, this time, Shen Shi soon found that there was another person in the crowd who was about the same age as himself, and standing in the crowd at the same time, it had become a faint center, surrounded by many senior brothers and sisters around.

He knew the young man, and in fact, there was almost no one on this herring island who didn't know him or his name.

He is Ganze.

(Insist on at least one more ......==!)