Chapter 114: Twists and turns

Shen Shi was taken aback, and when he looked back, he saw a woman standing behind him, with a hint of anger in her smile, and she looked at him angrily, but it was Zhong Qinglu.

Shen Shi was also stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "Such a coincidence, you are actually here?"

Zhong Qinglu did not wear the disciple uniform of Ling Xiao Sect at this time, but an ordinary women's dress, but her complexion was already beautiful, and no matter how ordinary Luo Yi and gauze skirt were on her, it seemed to be a little youthful and bright, so that the light around her seemed to fall on her alone, which was extraordinarily beautiful.

At this moment, she glanced at Shen Shi and said, "I called you twice just now, what's the matter with you, and you didn't agree?"

Shen Shi smiled: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, didn't I think about things just now, I didn't notice it for a while." ”

Zhong Qinglu snorted, but his eyes immediately fell on Xiao Hei, who was following Shen Shi's feet, and his eyes suddenly lit up, and said, "Ah, isn't this Xiao Hei, you really found it?"

When she said the last sentence, she looked up at Shen Shi, there was already a bit of incredible surprise in her eyes, Shen Shi smiled, in fact, even if it was himself, thinking back to this trip to Gaoling Mountain, sometimes he felt that he was too lucky to find Xiao Hei, but no matter what, he still found it in the end, which is the most important thing.

Xiao Hei had also seen Zhong Qinglu on Jinhong Mountain in the past, after all, the people who were good friends with Shen Shi and had daily dealings with him were currently those few, but when he saw Zhong Qinglu squatting down in front of him with a smile, and seemed to be very happy and pleased to touch the head of this little black pig, Xiao Hei snorted in his mouth, turned his head around, and turned his butt to Zhong Qinglu, looking unruly and arrogant.

Zhong Qinglu was stunned for a moment, and then scolded with a smile: "Stinky little black, I was worried about you for a while a few days ago, it's really in vain." ”

Shen Shi smiled and said, "Don't pay attention to it, this pig's temper is weird, uh, that's right," he suddenly remembered something, and said to Zhong Qinglu, "I was lucky to go out this time and found the six ...... you said last time."

Halfway through the words, Shen Shi kept his mouth shut, and glanced around, this Immortal Society branch can be regarded as one of the most lively places in Liuyun City, people come and go, it is really not a place suitable for secret talks, Zhong Qinglu also understood, nodded at Shen Shi, and said in a low voice: "Let's go out and talk." ”

Saying that, the two took Xiao Hei and left the Immortal Society, along the way, Zhong Qinglu motioned to Shen Shi to follow her along the long street, Shen Shi until she grew up in Liuyun City, naturally she was very familiar with this city, so she followed her honestly, and asked casually: "Qinglu, why did you come to this Immortal Club store today?"

Zhong Qinglu heard a slight hesitation on his face, and after a while, he smiled and said, "I am also a cultivator, not to mention that I also cultivate the art of alchemy, and there are more types of spiritual materials needed. ”

Shen Shi saw the changes in her face in her eyes, and her heart moved slightly, feeling that Zhong Qinglu seemed to have some thoughts, but since Zhong Qinglu didn't want to say it clearly, he didn't need to ask anything.

The two walked all the way, through the streets and alleys, and after walking for a while, the surroundings gradually quieted down, Shen Shi looked around, and found that this was not a big road in the city, but the road was quite flat and spacious, but the surroundings were relatively calm, and there were few pedestrians in the past. There are many mansions and houses on the side of the road ahead, and many of them are connected together, which seems to be quite large.

Shen Shi didn't care about it at first, but he accidentally glanced into the distance, and suddenly felt that some of the scenery houses were actually a little familiar, and when he looked closely, he found that a mansion in the distance was actually very similar to the Hou family's mansion that he had secretly spied on before, but the angle looked different, and he seemed to be on a quiet path behind the mansion at the moment.

Unexpectedly, Zhong Qinglu came here with herself, Shen Shi glanced at her with a little surprise, but it seemed that Zhong Qinglu didn't think too much, and said: "There are not many people here, what is there to say, did you want to say just now, did you find the main material in those six kinds of Dan Fang?" At the end of the words, her voice was faintly eager, and she could see that she was really looking forward to it in her heart.

Shen Shi nodded and said, "Well, this time it's good luck." As he spoke, he reached out and took out the "Void Yuan Mushroom" from the Ruyi bag and handed it over.

Zhong Qinglu took it, checked it carefully, and suddenly smiled, the joy floated on his face as if he couldn't hide it, nodded heavily, and said: "Yes, it's this Void Yuan Mushroom, it is the main material of the 'Yuan Shen Pill' Dan Fang, with it, I can continue to try to refine the Three Grade Spirit Pill!"

She grabbed the Void Yuan Mushroom tightly, took a deep breath, seemed to have barely calmed down, looked at Shen Shi deeply, and said, "Thank you." ”

Shen Shi smiled slightly, and said, "Thank you, didn't we all say it at the beginning, I will help you now, and you will pay me back in the future." ”

Zhong Qinglu nodded again and said, "Of course, definitely." ”

Then, as if she had thought of something, her face showed a bit of concern, she looked at Shen Shi, and said in a low voice: "By the way, you didn't encounter any danger in the past this time?"

Shen Shi hesitated for a moment, and in his mind he had experienced it in Gaoling Mountain a few days ago, but of course, there was no need to go into detail about many things, so he finally smiled faintly, shook his head and said, "It's okay, it's nothing." ”

Zhong Qinglu's eyes were soft, like water waves, and he didn't speak for a while, Shen Shi smiled: "After returning to the mountain, let's do a good job of alchemy, don't be afraid of wasting spiritual materials, I can help you continue to look for it when I go out again." ”

Zhong Qinglu glanced at him with joy and disgust, put away the Xuyuan mushroom, and said, "Brag, do you think that the Sanpin Spirit Grass is a wild vegetable on the side of the road, and you can do it casually?"

Shen Shi laughed, thinking to himself, don't talk about the third grade, this time I almost saw the five-grade spirit grass in Gaoling Mountain, no, I have already obtained the five-grade spirit grass, but the hateful thing is ...... He rolled his eyes and glared angrily at the little black pig who was lying lazily on the ground yawning beside him.

Since the Xuyuan mushroom had been handed over to Zhong Qinglu, even if this private matter was finished, the two walked forward casually, and when they saw that they were unconsciously gradually winding around to the street in front of the Hou family's mansion, Shen Shi subconsciously looked over.

The house is still the same, but the inside is a thing or a person.

For a while, he also had a faint feeling in his heart, after all, when he was under the soul abyss that day, he saw those people of the Hou family die at the hands of witches and ghosts, and in the end, only one Hou Sheng escaped from the underground abyss unexpectedly, but people are not like people and ghosts, and now they don't know what it is, and where they have gone.

Zhong Qinglu saw Shen Shi staring at the Hou family's mansion, her eyes also drifted over, and after a while, a light sigh came out of her mouth.

Shen Shi glanced back at her and said, "What's wrong?"

Zhong Qinglu smiled, but there was a hint of bitterness in the smile, and said softly: "The waiting house is over." ”

"It's over?" Shen Shi was a little surprised for a while, most of the elites of the Hou family, including the family head and his wife and Hou Yuanliang, died under the Soul Suppression Abyss, he knew this, so he also thought in his heart that the Hou family would definitely weaken, but listening to Zhong Qinglu's meaning, things seemed to be even worse, and he couldn't help but ask.

Zhong Qinglu said lightly: "These things happened after you went to Gaoling Mountain, so you don't know ...... yet" As she spoke, she told Shen Shi about the vassal families in Liuyun City during this period of time, and killed the dying Hou family of the elite, and then took advantage of the chaos to divide them.

After Shen Shi heard this, he was also stunned, he couldn't imagine that a family that originally looked so prosperous would actually say that it would be gone, but what was even more unexpected was that other families in Liuyun City did this kind of thing so neatly, or unscrupulously.

He pondered for a moment and said, "The Hou family has a long history, and it should also have a helping backer in the sect, or an elder disciple who has made good friends, how can it ...... Isn't there anyone who speaks to stop it?"

Zhong Qinglu sneered, but said: "Don't forget, who is behind the Sun family who took the lead this time? Now in the sect, in addition to the real person who is in charge of the sect, who else can overpower the great elder? Even if some people can't see it, or have some incense with the Hou family in the past, but under the power of the Sun family, they dare not speak out." ”

Shen Shi was silent, thinking that these families looked extremely beautiful on weekdays, and he didn't expect that they were actually intrigued in private, but after a while, he suddenly found that Zhong Qinglu's face was a little wrong, as if he was a little distracted, and hurriedly asked, "Qinglu, what's wrong with you?"

Zhong Qinglu's body shook slightly, he came back to his senses, and just wanted to say something to him, but he wanted to say something again, and finally shook his head with a little bitterness, and said in a low voice: "It's nothing." She was in a trance for a moment just now, but she thought of her Zhong family from the Hou family.

Now the city is full of wind and rain, but they are all secretly peeking at her family, but these things, she silently glanced at Shen Shi, and suddenly she didn't want to mention anything to this man.

She shook her head slightly, as if she wanted to put these troubles out of her mind, and then said with a smile: "By the way, since we have all come here, this place is not far from my house, why don't you go to my house and sit down." ”

"Ah, are you going to your house?" Shen Shi was a little surprised.

Zhong Qinglu nodded and said with a smile: "You have helped me so many times, no matter how you say it, we are ...... Friend, please come and sit down, what's the point?"

Shen Shi laughed, didn't shirk, and nodded, "Okay." ”

Zhong Qinglu smiled, looking very happy, waved his palm lightly, and said, "Come, follow me." ”

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The Zhong family's house said that it was not far from the Hou family, but there was still a road in the middle, and when the two of them walked, Shen Shi saw the Zhong family's house, and his first feeling was that although this was also a high-walled house, but for some reason, it gave people a gloomy and twilight feeling.

However, Zhong Qinglu was of course not half uncomfortable with this place where he grew up, he walked in front and smiled and led Shen Shi into the gate, of course, there were a few guards guarding the house at the gatehouse, but after seeing Zhong Qinglu, they all smiled, nodded and said hello, obviously in this family, Zhong Qinglu's status is very high.

Zhong Qinglu didn't pay much attention to those people, so he took Shen Shi into the Zhong family's mansion, the blue brick road under his feet was flat and wide, but there were also many places that were worn and worn, Shen Shi groaned secretly in his heart, thinking that in the past, he heard from Sun You and others that among the four great families, the Zhong family was the most weak, and it seemed that this was the case. That is, fortunately, now the Zhong family has two rising stars, Zhong Qinglu and Zhong Qingzhu, which can be regarded as a little more hope.

Zhong Qinglu looked in a good mood, pointing all the way, talking to Shen Shi about the bits and pieces of the house here, and even some places she would mention the old things when she was a child, such as playing there when she was a child, or having the courage to climb over the broken wall or something, it was really interesting.

Shen Shi was also amusing when he heard it, and at the same time, he felt a little more affectionate to Zhong Qinglu for no reason, it seemed that the best side of this beautiful woman was slowly unfolding in front of his eyes.

Walking and walking, the two passed by a big house in front of them, Zhong Qinglu said casually: "There is a big living room here, and my father and other elders meet guests here when outsiders come here on weekdays......"

Before the words fell, I suddenly heard the sound of footsteps, and two people walked out of the living room, the first one looked like an old man in his fifties, with luxurious clothes on his body, but his complexion was not good, some were thin, his face was white, and his eyes were blue, but he looked a little too drunk, and the other man who followed him one step away was the one Shen Shi knew, and it was Ji Anfu who he had seen in the Elixir Hall at the beginning.

On both sides, Shen Shi and Zhong Qinglu both stopped, and then Shen Shi heard Zhong Qinglu shout to the old man with a little surprise:

"Dad, why are you here with Senior Brother Ji?"

Ji Anfu smiled slightly, his face was calm, but his eyes were a little strange, as if he was contemptuous and as if he was gloating, he glanced at Shen Shi, and then said to Zhong Qinglu: "Senior Sister Zhong, I was ordered by Senior Sister Min to come down the mountain to find you." ”

And standing in front of Ji Anfu, the man who can be called father by Zhong Qinglu is naturally the current head of the Zhong family, Zhong Liancheng, but his face at the moment is a little ugly, his expression is cold, he glanced at Zhong Qinglu casually, not only did he respond to his daughter, but the next moment he aimed at Shen Shi, and his eyes showed a little undisguised disgust.

"Who are you?"

Shen Shi was stunned for a moment, and he also felt Zhong Liancheng's obvious hostility, but he didn't realize that he had done anything, he hadn't even seen this Zhong family master before, and he didn't offend him at all, he just felt confused for a while, and bowed and said: "Under Shen Shi, meet Zhong Qian......"

Before the words fell, he only heard Zhong Liancheng suddenly shout angrily, interrupted him, and said coldly: "What kind of thing are you, you dare to enter the gate of our Zhong family, get out of here!"

Shen Shi's body froze suddenly, frozen in place, and Zhong Qinglu, who was beside him, also looked up in amazement, looking at his father with puzzled eyes.