Shen Shi smiled: "Senior brother, you are joking, at this time, how can I go to Demon Island and come back?"

Ji Liangcai stood behind the counter and said with a smile: "That being the case, I don't know if my junior brother will go and return, but is there anything good to sell?"

Shen Shi said: "Don't hide it from Senior Brother, I actually came here this time to buy a small magic weapon, hmm," he thought for a while, and added, "The kind that can be used in the Qi Refining Realm." ”

"Huh?" Ji Liangcai glanced at him in some surprise, then nodded, and took Shen Shi to a counter next to him, where there was a row of magic weapons of different shapes, different sizes and shapes, rings, bracelets, pockets, and even jade plates and runes, everything at a glance.

Ji Liangcai's gaze swept over these magic weapons, and then he walked to the very edge of the counter, took out a few ordinary-looking and dull rings from the row of magic weapons placed in the far corner, put them in front of Shen Shi's eyes, and said, "Senior brother, the magic weapons of the Ning Yuan Realm generally need the Dao of the Ning Yuan Realm to be used normally, so we don't need to look at the others." As for the artifacts that you mentioned before that can be used in the Qi Refining Realm, there are only these few 'Little Ruyi Rings'. ”

Shen Shi was a little curious, took these rings to his hand one by one and looked at them carefully, and at the same time, Ji Liangcai's voice came from his ears, and said: "Senior brother, this little Ruyi ring is specially made by those senior brothers in the sect instrument hall for the disciples of the Qi Refining Realm on the island, and its function is almost exactly the same as that of ordinary magic weapons, and it is also to be stimulated and used with their own spiritual power, which is very convenient." ”

Shen Shi nodded, a long time ago in the first floor of the Tianyi in Xilucheng, Yinzhou, he had seen something similar, it was quite marketable in casual cultivation, and many people would carry one with them, but as far as he knew, the complete and complete Nawu magic weapons did require the Dao of the Ning Yuan Realm to be used normally, and these people named Xiao Ruyi Ring in front of him should have some shortcomings.

Sure enough, Ji Liangcai quickly continued: "However, after all, this little Ruyi Ring is different from those magic weapons that can only be used in the Ning Yuan Realm, and it is specially made for the meager Taoism of the disciples of the Qi Refining Realm, so in the production of spiritual materials, it is a low-level spiritual material, and the magic circle inside is also incomplete, and the magic weapon itself is also very fragile." Therefore, although the Qi Refining Realm disciples can use it, the space that a small Ruyi Ring can hold is only about four feet square, and once it is opened, it can only be used for one year at most, and after the time limit is up, the spiritual material circle in this small Ruyi Ring will almost be on the verge of collapse, and it will turn into a pile of waste at that time. ”

He smiled and said, "After all, it's a missing thing, so it's the only way, junior brother, I've told you everything I need to say, the thing is placed here, do you still want to buy it?"

Shen Shi was silent for a moment, nodded anyway, and said, "Buy one." ”

Ji Liangcai nodded, handed him one of the iron-gray rings, put away the other rings, and then said to Shen Shi with a smile: "Chenghui, fifteen spirit crystals." ”

Shen Shi frowned and said, "So expensive?"

Ji Liangcai admitted it calmly, and said, "Yes, it's more expensive than selling in Liuyun City outside, but ......" He smiled and said, "Look, who let this Qingyu Island, only the shop in Qitang sell these things." ”

Shen Shi smiled bitterly, nodded and took out the spirit crystal from his arms.

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The twenty-three spirit crystals that were freshly bought went out most of them in a blink of an eye, and what they got back was an inconspicuous ring on the finger of his left hand, Shen Shi comforted himself in his heart that this money would be earned back as long as he was lucky enough to go to Demon Island for a day, thinking like this, his mood was a little better.

Leaving the Qitang shop, Shen Shi found a remote roadside in the herring fish set, concentrating on a little spiritual power in his body, and tentatively touched the small Ruyi ring in his hand, and sure enough, under the stimulation of spiritual power, this small Ruyi ring suddenly opened a space and revealed it in his mind, as Ji Liangcai said, it was a small space only about four feet square, and the surrounding area was gray, but it was generally stable.

Shen Shi nodded, and took back the spiritual power, although the space of this small Ruyi Ring is not very large, and it is far from being comparable to the famous magic weapons such as the Sumeru Bracelet and the Qiankun Bag that can only be used behind the Ning Yuan Realm, but for the moment, it is still enough for him. It's just a small wishful ring that can only be used for four months, which is really a pity.

Bought a small Ruyi ring, the spirit crystal spent most of it, and the demon island was suspended and couldn't go, Shen Shi fell into a bit of a boring and idle situation for a while, although he was also a little concerned about Gan Ze and the others trapped in the demon island, including the dazzling sword light in the sky that he saw on the way back last night, but it seems that no one knows about the follow-up of that incident until now, or someone spread it, and he doesn't know what happened, so he can only wait.

After wandering around the herring fish market for a while, he walked around, but found that he had unconsciously walked in the direction of Hongbang Village again.

Since he decided to go to the demon island to do a demon hunting mission, he has not been to this red clam village for a while, but he has always had a good impression of this little demon village that secretly coexists with the human race, especially with the starfish girl in the village in the past three years.

I haven't seen you in days, so let's go and see it.

Thinking of this, Shen Shi quickened his pace and walked in the direction of Hongbang Village.

He hadn't been here for a while, but the Red Mussel Village still looked exactly like the scene in his memory, it was still that quiet little village by the sea, if it weren't for the strange red mussel shells in the village, it would be no different from an ordinary small Terran fishing village.

Because he didn't come here to peel shrimp recently, the starfish naturally wouldn't wait for him at the entrance of the village anymore, so Shen Shi also walked into the village. The road in the village is more lively, and the red clam people who walk back and forth see it from time to time, many of them know Shen Shi, who has often come here to peel shrimp for three years, and they all greeted him with a smile, and Shen Shi also greeted him all the way, but as he walked, he gradually noticed that something was wrong, and on the road to this village, most of the red clam people he saw were women.

Shen Shi pondered for a moment, then turned his gaze to the side by the sea, and sure enough, he found that there were very few boats left at the sand bank on the edge of the village where many boats were often docked.

"Did you go fishing again today?"

Shen Shi was stunned for a moment, he has been busy with the affairs of the Demon Island these days, and he has hardly moved around the Red Mussel Village, but he only remembers that when he was leaving a few days ago, the starfish told him several times that there were many fewer fish in the waters around the Blue Fish Island, which made these Red Mussel people very distressed and had to increase the number of times they went to sea to fish.

It seems that even after these days, the situation still shows no signs of abating.

Shen Shi walked all the way, he was also familiar with Hongbang Village, and when he came here, of course, he still had to meet the starfish, she was the granddaughter of the head of Hongbang Village, and her residence was behind the altar in the village, which was the largest house in Hongbang Village.

Walking along the road, Shen Shi soon saw the altar in Hongbang Village, and of course he also saw the statue of the pig-headed dragon on the altar, but unlike the usual quiet, a large table was placed in front of the altar today, and there were really a lot of sacrifices on the table, as if it was preparing for a sacrifice.

A few women of the Red Mussel Clan were busy preparing on the altar, and Shen Shi took a closer look, but saw the figure of a starfish in it, and hurriedly greeted him.

Hearing Shen Shi's call, Haixing looked up, first stunned, then showed a happy smile on his face, and said a word to an aunt beside him, the aunt smiled and nodded, and Haixing put down the work at hand and walked quickly to Shen Shi.

"Why are you free to come here today?" said Starfish with a grin as soon as he walked up to him.

Shen Shi scratched his head, a little embarrassed, and said, "I was too busy a few days ago, and I happened to be free today, so I thought I would come and see you." ”

Haixing glanced at him, smiled sweetly, and said, "Even if you have a wolf heart, you haven't forgotten my friend." ”

Shen Shi was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and said tentatively: "What you said is not 'conscience'?"

Starfish waved his hand and said, "That's pretty much, that's what it means." ”

Shen Shi whispered: "The meaning is much worse......"

Haixing walked to the side with him, Shen Shi glanced back at the altar and said, "What are you doing over there?"

Haixing said: "Oh, I am preparing for the sacrifice of the sea god, and when my grandfather and they come back from fishing tomorrow, they will sacrifice to the sea god." ”

Shen Shi was taken aback and said, "I'll only come back tomorrow, where are they going to fish?"

For the first time, a trace of worry appeared on the starfish's youthful and delicate face, and he sighed lightly and said, "Grandpa, they went to the far open sea to fish, and the distance is too far, and they must be returned the next day." ”

Shen Shi frowned, as far as he knew, for many years, almost all of the Red Mussel clan had been fishing for a living, and the sea area where they fished was basically in the waters around Qingyu Island, and they would not leave too far at all, and it would be enough to return in one day. Now listening to the starfish's words, it is clear that they have been forced to go to the far open sea to catch fish, which is obviously very wrong.

Thinking back to the signs he had already had when he left, Shen Shi couldn't help but be a little worried, and said, "There is something wrong with this matter, I think it's best to talk to the sect." ”

Starfish nodded and said, "My grandfather has already told Senior Brother Wang Gen on this island, and he also went to the sea to check it out two days ago, but listening to my grandfather, Senior Brother Wang Gen didn't find out what the reason was, that is, the fish in the surrounding sea suddenly decreased a lot, and the sea water was deserted." Grandpa said that it might be because the god of the sea was angry, so he was going to make a sacrifice to the god of the sea. ”

Shen Shi was silent, not knowing what to say for a while, Haixing glanced at him, but said with a smile: "So, it's actually right for you to leave the village, otherwise, even if you want to peel shrimp now, we don't have ghost shrimp here to kill you." ”

Shen Shiwan nodded with a smile.

The two talked for a while on the road at the entrance of the village, watching the people in the village come and go, many people went to the altar of the sea god to help, Shen Shi no longer delayed the starfish, said goodbye and left, the starfish looked at it but did not have a particularly heavy mood, I don't know if it was because of the young and cheerful, after saying goodbye to Shen Shi, he jumped all the way to the altar.

Shen Shi watched her back go away, and when he turned around to leave, his eyes inadvertently swept over the altar and saw the tall statue of "Sea God", and for a moment, he suddenly felt that the statue, that is, the appearance of the pig-headed dragon, was really a little hideous and vicious.