Chapter 8: The Disaster of Innocence
It's autumn in September, and after saying goodbye to the hot summer, Broken Moon City is gradually getting cooler, but this is not a special feeling for most of the monks in the city.
Day after day of cultivation, again and again to attract spirits into the body, slowly polishing and tempering their physical bodies, the life of the monk is in this continuous cultivation, gradually changing, getting farther and farther away from ordinary mortals, after gaining far superior strength and longer lifespan, many mortals have a sense of vulnerability or sensitivity, they are also unintentionally and quietly lost.
Without the feeling of warmth and cold, naturally I will not care too much about the change of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and there will be no more sadness of spring and autumn, but there is one exception, although the life span of monks will be longer than that of ordinary mortals, and with the improvement of the cultivation realm, the upper limit of the life span of monks will continue to increase, but all monks in the world still attach great importance to this point of time.
No one is not afraid of death, especially after peeking into the mysteries of the Dao of Cultivating Immortals, and knowing the visions of those who can live longer and even become immortals forever, it has become the common instinct of all monks in the world to improve the realm of Taoism in every possible way. It's just that there are countless monks in the world, and how many people are really outstanding and leading the group on the road of cultivating immortals?
The so-called pride of heaven or genius, in the final analysis, those lucky people who are blessed with only a tiny part, and most people are still ordinary after all.
But ordinary people may not have an ordinary heart. Since the human race has had the matter of cultivation, 10,000 years have fallen, in this long period of time, there are not many vicissitudes in the world, on the way of cultivation, there are countless ups and downs, and the stories that have been passed down by word of mouth or recorded in books and classics are also endless. If mortals want to ascend to the sky, this road must be tortuous and difficult, but there is no shortage of successful people.
Ordinary talents, can be changed by external forces, born with all things to create mysteries, naturally there are natural treasures in the world, those who have great creation, there are great opportunities, one step to the sky to become famous The legend has been circulated in countless monks, especially in the large number of scattered cultivators.
Perhaps, the next one is yourself?
Therefore, in the past, cultivators, especially casual cultivators, rarely lived in one place and cultivated behind closed doors, firstly, without the support of the sect's spiritual crystals, they naturally could not guarantee their cultivation; second, the various spiritual material resources required for cultivation also needed to go to the wilderness to find them in person.
Specific to the Broken Moon City where Shen Shi is now, in fact, the reason is the same, there are many monks gathered in the city, and they come and go very lively every day, many of them, especially most of the casual cultivators, in fact, the days are almost the same, starting from Broken Moon City to several treasures rich in spiritual materials, looking for spiritual materials to hunt demon beasts, and then returning to the city after harvesting, and then selling them in various shops, exchanging them for spiritual crystals or other materials needed for cultivation, and then continuing to repeat such days, and in the process of hard but tenacious hard cultivation, slowly improving their Taoist realm。
That's right, the days of casual cultivation are so difficult, compared with those who come from famous families or famous families, it can be said that there is a world of difference, but in this world, when has it ever been truly fair?
I can probably only blame myself for not having a good baby, in this case, I can only look forward to climbing desperately in this life, looking forward to the day when I will get ahead.
Therefore, when Shen Shi walked out of the gate of Broken Moon City, he also saw a large number of casual cultivators walking in pairs or threes, or walking alone, but when everyone set off, their expressions were full of hope and expectation.
Looking at them, Shen Shi suddenly felt that his mood was also much better, he raised his head and squinted slightly, looking at this autumn field with the sky and the earth wide, with the little black pig running around with excitement and excitement at his feet, he also merged into the flow of people, walked into the distance, and disappeared into the sea of people.
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Before leaving the city, Shen Shi, who was cautious by nature, still inquired with others in the city, and the answer he got was not wrong with what the inn owner He said, and there were indeed four treasures around Broken Moon City that were rich in spiritual materials.
Walking slowly with the little black pig all the way, Shen Shi groaned in his heart, the main reason why he went out of the city this time was that he was still a little worried about the Xuanjian Gate, although he still couldn't judge what the Xuanjian Gate had discovered and was about to search for him because of Boss He's few words, but Shen Shishi didn't want to make any accidents before returning to the Lingxiao Sect, so he simply went out of the city to hide, anyway, as long as he waited four more days to meet with the people from the Lingxiao Sect. At that time, although the Xuanjian Sect is powerful, it can still be as big as the Lingxiao Sect, which is ranked among the four righteous in the world?
In other words, it really feels different to be backed by a particularly strong backer.
Shen Shi secretly laughed at himself in his heart, and then thought about where he should go, since he went out of the city, it was a matter of passing to go to those nearby places that were rich in spiritual materials, anyway, he was idle, and if he could bring some spiritual materials such as spirit grass spirit stones or demon beast bodies back before returning to Lingxiao Sect, he should also be useful. As long as you pay attention to yourself and don't provoke some particularly powerful monsters or go to some dangerous places, you will naturally not have much risk.
According to what Boss He said, Crouching Tiger Mountain has been occupied by the Xuanjian Gate, and now Shen Shi is hiding from this sect, so he naturally stays away; Gray Lizard Lin listens to that direction, it seems that it is the place where he fought to the death with Qian Yi before, and he can't go over; Yingfu Ridge is steep and has many demon beasts, it is said that it is the most dangerous among the four places, Shen Shi still gave up after thinking about it for a while, after all, he just walked around casually in the past few days to kill time, and there was no need to take too many risks.
Then the last remaining Silver Moon Lake, it feels like the most suitable place to go. Since the spirit grass is produced, there are also demon beasts infested, and the area is also quite large, as long as it is not deep into the depths of the lake, according to the statements left by those scattered cultivators in the past, some of the demon beasts on the periphery are ordinary low-level demon beasts, and they should not be particularly dangerous.
Thinking of this, the result was already very clear, and Shen Shi didn't hesitate too much, and walked towards Yinyue Lake with the little pig.
Along the way, the flow of loose cultivators out of the city gradually dispersed, especially after coming down from the main road and entering the dense and crazy wilderness with wild grass, many scattered cultivators consciously or unintentionally distanced themselves from each other, and many people, especially the monks who looked a little weaker in Taoism, gradually had a little vigilance on their faces.
Shen Shi walked on this field, naturally noticed such a scene, after frowning slightly, he thought of this wild place in his heart, it seems that the risks do not necessarily come from those fierce demon beasts.
However, since he has come here, there is naturally no reason to return to the city, and Shen Shi is also a little confident in himself in his heart, after all, he has spent three years licking blood from the demon world, plus there are five elements of magic and dozens of talismans in the Ruyi bag, at least self-protection should be fine.
Along the way, it can be seen that the monks who came out of Broken Moon City have the largest number of people who go to Silvermoon Lake, obviously the environment there is the most suitable for monks to explore and search for spiritual materials, but this field is very large, and it seems that there are quite a few monks, after scattering into the wilderness, soon everyone will be more and more scattered, and gradually they will not be able to see the surrounding figures.
Shen Shi naturally had no intention of getting too close to the other monks, in fact, this kind of dispersion was more in line with his wishes. Although in the past six days after returning to the human realm, he has restarted cultivating with spirit crystals in the inn, but breaking through the threshold of the Ning Yuan Realm is obviously not a one-time thing, at least he has not felt any signs of breakthrough in the past few days.
On the contrary, perhaps because he hadn't cultivated for too long, when Shen Shi first started to introduce the spirit into his body, his physical body still had a little resistance to the spiritual power in the spirit crystal, which felt a bit like the physical backlash he encountered when he first started to cultivate, and it was a little painful, but after Shen Shi persisted for a while, when the physical body gradually adapted to the spirit crystal again, this feeling quickly disappeared.
Perhaps, after returning to the Ling Xiao Sect, he can try to break through the Ning Yuan Realm.
Shen Shi thought so in his heart, and looked around, there was indeed no one in sight, only the little black pig had been locked up in the inn for a few days, and at this moment in the wild, he looked very excited, scurrying around in the grass.
After walking for a while, Shen Shi suddenly felt that the humidity in the air seemed to be a little bigger, and the wind blowing in front of him seemed to be a little cooler, and it seemed that he was a little closer to the Silver Moon Lake. Shen Shi's spirit perked up, although he just wanted to take a casual look before he came, but when he really arrived in this kind of place, out of the instinct of every monk, he obviously had a natural yearning for all kinds of spiritual materials.
It was only at this moment that a low roar suddenly came from the grass in front of me, and then I remembered the sound of several blade strikes, as if someone was fighting.
Shen Shi's footsteps paused, he stood up, his brows suddenly furrowed, look around, this place should still be quite far away from the periphery of Yinyue Lake, how can it be so far away, and there are monks fighting?
The little black pig ran to his feet, suddenly raised his head and sniffed into the sky, then tilted his head and snorted twice in front of him.
Shen Shi glanced down at the little black pig, and saw that the direction it called seemed to be the place where the sound of the fight came from.
After pondering for a while, Shen Shi shook his head, still not wanting to cause trouble, and said to the little black pig: "Let's take a detour." ”
The little black pig looked up at him, as if he didn't understand a little, Shen Shi didn't bother to explain, took the little black pig around in a circle, and continued to walk forward.
It's only halfway through, and the sound of the fight over there has been much quieter, but I didn't expect that after a while, I suddenly heard a commotion in that direction, and the figures flickered, and one after the other rushed in the direction of Shen Shi and the little black pig.
Shen Shi stopped in amazement, turned around to look, and saw that it didn't take long for a tall casual cultivator to rush over, looking embarrassed, with a panicked face, holding a knife in one hand, and holding what seemed to be a spiritual grass in the other hand, running all the way. After a few moments, another monk came after him, his face was yellow and expressionless, but there was a murderous aura in his eyes.
The tall loose cultivator who escaped panicked, and saw Shen Shi standing aside with a surprised face, and there seemed to be a strange black pig beside him, so he didn't think so much, and hurriedly shouted: "Help, help!"
Shen Shi was ignorant of these two people, and he didn't know what kind of dispute there was between them, and where they would get involved, so instead of stepping forward, he took a few steps back.
The tall and loose cultivator's Dao line was obviously not high, at least worse than the murderous withered yellow monk behind him, and he was about to be caught up, and in his eagerness, he couldn't care so much, but he turned around sharply and rushed towards Shen Shi's side.
Shen Shi frowned at the same time as the monk who was chasing after him, and anyone could see that this guy was desperate, and in order to survive, he wanted to pull everyone into the battle group first, and fight for a chance to survive for himself.
Shen Shi also had a trace of annoyance in his heart, but at the moment, he couldn't help but think about it, and subconsciously wanted to continue to get out of the way to avoid this inexplicable battle, when the little black pig suddenly shouted twice at the monk who rushed over, his eyes were blazing, but he was staring at the spiritual grass that the monk was holding in his hand.
Shen Shi was stunned for a moment, his footsteps were slightly sluggish, the monk had already fled to him, and at the same time, a trace of cruelty flashed over his face, and he strode past Shen Shi, but he suddenly pushed Shen Shi with his backhand, intending to push this person behind him to block the pursuers, as for whether Shen Shi was dead or alive in doing so, he didn't care at all.
But at this moment of lightning and flint, just when Shen Shi's eyes narrowed slightly, and there was already a silent more talisman in the palm of his right hand hanging by his side, suddenly the tip of a knife suddenly penetrated through the monk's chest, and blood splattered and spilled down.
The monk's body trembled, as if all his strength had disappeared in an instant, he staggered a few steps, turned around with difficulty, pointed to the withered yellow monk behind him, and hissed, "You...... You're just for this spirit grass......"
The yellow-faced monk walked over, pulled out the blade inserted into his back, kicked him to the ground, and then grabbed his palm, broke his fingers, and snatched the spirit grass, with a fierce smile on his face, and said coldly: "Exactly, your life is not as good as this spirit grass!"
Shen Shi stood aside and watched the bloody and naked fight between these two monks, the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, this was the first time in his life that he really saw the fierce and cruel competition between monks outside the wilderness, life and death were only between a line, compared to his past days on Lingxiao Sect's Qingyu Island, it was really comfortable.
What is the difference between this scene in front of him and the fight between the demon clans that he has seen in the three years in the demon world?
After killing the tall monk, after the withered yellow monk grabbed the spirit grass, he did not stop there, but in front of Shen Shi, he recklessly began to search his body, and then found a few spirit crystals piecemeal, but there were no other spiritual materials, so it can be imagined that the tall monk in front should be an embarrassed and frustrated cultivator.
Putting those spirit crystals into his arms, the withered yellow monk slowly stood up, turned to look at Shen Shi, after carefully looking at this young man, after confirming that this person was just a Qi Refining Realm cultivator, he didn't know whether it was murderous, or it was to kill people, his indifferent face slowly showed a cruel smile again, looking at Shen Shi was like looking at a fat pig to be slaughtered, he lifted the blade in his hand, a little blood, and dripping from the blade.
The wind blows gently in the field, with a bit of a moist smell, but for some reason it makes people feel a faint coolness. Shen Shi looked coldly at the scene in front of him, looking at the monk who was full of murderous intent and had a fierce face although he didn't know each other.
Perhaps, this is what he didn't know in the past, the other side of the real cruelty at the bottom of the cultivation realm.
He looked at the monk with murderous intent, suddenly smiled faintly, and then said calmly:
"You want to kill me too?"