Chapter 301: Ci and the Old Woman

The demon pill of the fourth-order demon beast, and it still looks like a demon pill of excellent quality, its value is naturally not to be underestimated, even if this immortal shopkeeper has been doing business for many years and does not know how many precious spiritual materials he has seen, his eyes are slightly squinted at this moment. However, it seems that this shopkeeper is also a calm character, and after smiling at Shen Shi, he did not immediately reach out to get the demon pill, but sat down opposite Shen Shi, and after a moment of silence, he said:

"This son, please forgive the old man, although the Contempt Society is still somewhat capable around Black Wood City, but with what you just said, I am afraid that the news that the Contempt will return to you may not be worthy of the value of this demon pill. ”

Shen Shi shook his head, stretched out his hand and pushed the demon pill on the table in front of the shopkeeper of the Immortal Society's branch, and then said softly, "I'm in a hurry." ”

The old shopkeeper stared at him for a moment, nodded suddenly, stopped speaking, stretched out his hand to put away the demon pill, and then got up and walked out. Shen Shi looked at the back of the shopkeeper and walked out, then slowly fell back to the table in front of him, and then waited quietly and silently.

After about a tea hour, the door to the ashram reopened, and the old shopkeeper entered, followed by two men, one in his early twenties and the other in his mid-thirties.

The three of them came to the table and sat down, the old shopkeeper did not speak, but just made a look, and the young man next to him spoke: "According to what your guest said before, we have carefully searched the monk record files left in the local area of Black Wood City for many years, and found that there are a total of eleven monks named Chen Zhong, including some scattered cultivators who have disappeared. And Brother Tie and Sister Hong, because they are only titles, they really can't find them accurately. ”

Shen Shi nodded silently and did not speak.

The young man said, "However, after I checked the files of these monks one by one, except for some who have long passed away, are missing, or whose age and appearance are obviously wrong, I found that there is probably one of them, who may be somewhat similar to the Chen Zhong mentioned by the distinguished guest. As he spoke, he reached out and took out a note, gently placed it in front of Shen Shi, and said,

"This Chen Zhong is a native of Heimu City, and no matter his age, appearance, and Taoist realm, he is as good as what the distinguished guest said. He had a house in the city, and he still had an old mother to support, so he was often found in the city. ”

Shen Shi raised his eyebrows and said, "Old mother?"

The young man was silent for a moment and said, "Yes, Chen Zhong is a filial servant of his mother, and he is a well-known filial son. The note was written with the address of his home. ”

Shen Shi was silent for a moment, then reached over and took the note in his arms. The young man on the other end of the table had been watching his movements, and his eyes looked a little complicated.

Shen Shi didn't say anything, but turned his head to look at another man in his thirties who came in with the shopkeeper, since he came in at the same time, the young man said something about Chen Zhong, maybe this person also has something worth knowing.

Sure enough, after Shen Shi's gaze came over, the middle-aged man also stood up, nodded slightly to Shen Shi, and said:

"We have carefully inquired and searched for the place you mentioned, but there is no place called 'Wailing Ridge' within a radius of five hundred miles around Kurogi City, and there has never been a place named after the word Wailing Ridge in this city. ”

Shen Shi's brows furrowed suddenly, but then he saw that the middle-aged man did not sit down immediately after saying these words, and it seemed that he still had something to say behind him, so after a moment of silence, he asked, "Could it be ...... Is it further into the city?"

The middle-aged man shook his head and said: "No, the word Wailing Ridge is very peculiar, if it is a place name, as long as it is circulated a little, it will definitely be recorded." However, when I waited for the news for the distinguished guest, although I did not find anything about it, I did think of another place that had something to do with these two words. ”

Shen Shi took a deep breath and said, "What is it?"

The middle-aged man said in a deep voice: "In the territory of Lanzhou, there is a place called 'Yellow Phosphorus Mountain', the mountains are full of yellow phosphorus and grass, and birds and beasts cannot inhabit. ”

Shen Shi nodded slowly and said, "I know, but I don't know where this mountain is?"

The middle-aged man said: "This Yellow Phosphorus Mountain is not around Heimu City, but to the southwest of this city, all the way to the junction of Lanzhou and Yinzhou, which is about three days away from Heimu City. ”

Shen Shi was stunned and said, "Is it on the border with Yinzhou?"

The middle-aged man nodded, "Exactly." ”

Shen Shi was silent for a while, and said, "In addition to these, among the monks near Black Wood City, what kind of monk with the title of Ancestor is there?"

At this moment, the two men from the Immortal Society on the opposite side shook their heads together and said, "I have never heard of someone with such a title. ”

Shen Shi took a deep breath, nodded, stood up, and said to the old shopkeeper, "Thank you." ”

The old shopkeeper smiled, turned around and stretched out an arm, and said gently: "The old man will send the distinguished guest out." ”

Accompanied by the shopkeeper, Shen Shi walked all the way out of the branch of the Immortal Society, and just as he was about to leave, he was suddenly stopped by the old shopkeeper, and then saw that the old shopkeeper took a deep look at him, but he walked to his side, lowered his voice, and said softly on his face as if nothing happened:

"Lao Yu said more, there are indeed no monks with the title of Ancestor near Heimu City, but in the past few decades, Lao Yu has heard of a few, and the closest to this place is the ancestor of the Li family in the Xuanyin/Gate on Tianyin Mountain outside Xilu City in Yinzhou. ”

Shen Shi's body shook suddenly.

The shopkeeper glanced at him, took a step back, and said, "That ancestor is already a great true person in the Yuan Dan Realm, and he has practiced the Dao for many years, so you should be more careful. ”

Shen Shi was silent for a long time, nodded, and then turned around and left without looking back.

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Black Wood City is a large city of considerable scale, and when Shen Shi arrived here when he was young, it was to stay away from his hometown and the possible pursuit of Xuanyin/Gate through the teleportation circle here, so he didn't have a deep impression of this city. In his memory, there is more of a panic mood and the longing and pain after separating from his father.

Maybe there's a little bit of hatred buried deep in my heart.

Although he was not familiar with Kuromu City, but with the note given to him by the young man in the Immortal Society, according to the address on it, Shen Shi spent a little time still finding the home of the monk called Chen Zhong mentioned above.

When he stood outside the door of the house, it seemed that this house seemed to be a large house with several entrances, with white walls, gray tiled walls, and stone steps of the underground door, all of which looked clean and spacious, and seemed to be a solid family.

Shen Shi looked at it quietly for a moment, and then smiled coldly, Chen Zhong was just a casual cultivator, and he was able to buy such a house for his old mother at home, and live a good life, obviously, he was richer than most casual cultivators in the world.

Shen Shi walked up and reached out and knocked on the door.

"Bang, Bang, Bang......"

After a while, an old but gentle voice came from inside, "Here it is." ”

With a burst of footsteps, a moment later, the door was opened with a "squeak", and an old woman with silver hair and kind eyebrows stood behind the door, first glanced at Shen Shi, seemed to have some doubts about this stranger, and then said gently:

"This son, who are you looking for?"

Shen Shi glanced at her, he didn't feel any spiritual power fluctuations from this old woman, obviously she was just a mortal. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Excuse me, does Chen Zhong live here?"

The old woman suddenly laughed, her face seemed to have a little proud brilliance, and she nodded: "Yes, Chen Zhong is my son, are you his friend?"

Shen Shi lowered his eyes slightly, paused for a moment, and then said, "Yes, I have something to do with him." ”

"Oh, come on, come in, then. The old woman smiled and moved away, motioned for Shen Shi to enter the house, and then said with a smile, "Zhong'er he went out, but there was news coming back from the front, saying that he would come back in a few days." ”

Shen Shi looked at her deeply, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and then one foot slowly stepped into the threshold.