When he came back from Hongbang Village and walked around the herring fish market, looking at the sky, it was only past noon, Shen Shi only felt that the time of this day seemed to be particularly long, but it seemed to be a rare kind of relaxation to wander leisurely on this herring fish island on a clear day.

He walked around the herring fish concentration, visited a few shops, and then went to the White Crane Hall for a walk, and took a look between the white, green and red boards, as expected, the tasks on the boards were still familiar with the common ones, and they were not suitable for him. As for the yellow and purple boards in the back, there were very few tasks pasted, but there were only a few, but they were indeed extremely difficult, and they were not something that could be completed by the middle level of the Qi Refining Realm, so he didn't pay attention to it.

After looking around, there was nothing to gain, Shen Shi didn't care, turned around and walked in the direction of Baiyuwan, gently stroking the "little Ruyi ring" on the fingers of his left hand from time to time along the way, with some novel feelings, but unconsciously remembered the scene in Xilu City, Yinzhou when he was young.

Then, he naturally remembered his father Shen Tai again.

It has been three years, he has completely cut off contact with his father, and he has no idea where his father is now, and what is the situation? Alone in a foreign land, occasionally in the dead of night, he will especially miss his father who has depended on him since childhood, even if he has gradually become accustomed to life on Qingyu Island in the past three years, but this longing has never weakened.

After all, he is his only relative in this world.

Perhaps, the promise of the Immortals Society is still worth believing!

Shen Shi thought so in his heart, but he took out the small jade hourglass from his arms, the fine sand was still sliding down in the hourglass, he gently stroked the smooth hourglass appearance, there was a faint warmth in his eyes, and when he looked up again, he had unconsciously walked to his cave.

He took out the cloud talisman to open the stone door, and with the rumbling sound of the stone door opening, just as he was about to walk in while wondering whether to take advantage of today's leisure to do his daily homework earlier, he suddenly heard a call from behind him:

"Shen Shi. ”

Shen Shi looked back, only to see that Zhong Qinglu was standing outside his cave at some point, wearing the clothes of a female disciple of the Lingxiao Sect, biting his thin lip slightly, looking at his cheeks that seemed to be slightly flushed, one hand hanging down to his side, and the other hand was grasping the hem of his clothes, kneading it unnaturally, looking a little strange.

Shen Shi looked at Zhong Qinglu's expression was a little different from usual, but he didn't think about it so much for a while, showed a smile, and said, "It's you, is there something?"

Zhong Qinglu stood there silently, after the first call, for some reason, but he didn't speak for a long time, the two of them stood at the door one by one and the other outside the door, but fell into a strange silence after a distance.

Shen Shi frowned a little suspiciously, looking at Zhong Qinglu, he only felt that the appearance of this girl today was really a little strange, but wasn't everything okay when he agreed yesterday? Under Shen Shi's slightly surprised gaze, Zhong Qinglu's expression became more and more unnatural, and the flush on his slightly chubby cheeks seemed to be darker.

In the end, as if she had finally been ruthless, she gritted her teeth, raised her head angrily, breathed a little short, and strode in front of Shen Shi.

"Shen Shi. She glared at him, blushing, but her eyes were a little evasive.

"Huh?" Shen Shi was confused.

Zhong Qinglu took a deep breath, a trace of embarrassment passed over his face, and then lowered his head slightly, and said, "Yesterday, you gave me ten spirit crystals and bought a set of spirit alchemy, I, I ...... Mistaken......"

She spoke loudly at first, but as she spoke, Zhong Qinglu became inexplicably weak, her eyes lowered, and she no longer looked at Shen Shi's face, and at the same time, the flush on her face became deeper and deeper, and her voice became thinner and softer.

Shen Shi barely heard Zhong Qinglu's words clearly, and then there was a pain in his heart, the alchemy failed, and the whole set of spiritual materials basically became waste slag, and the ten spirit crystals were lost in vain.

Although he had been mentally prepared for a long time, and he had calculated that this transaction or gambling would definitely experience such a situation, but when he really had to face it, Shen Shi was still a little distressed when he thought of the ten disappearing shining spirit crystals. However, he quickly collected his thoughts, because he found that Zhong Qinglu in front of him seemed to be more embarrassed than him, and his emotions seemed to be more depressed.

"Uh......" Shen Shi looked around, and saw that one of them was still standing at the door and the other was standing outside the door, the situation was indeed a little embarrassing, so he said, "Come in and talk." ”

Zhong Qinglu glanced at him, nodded silently, and followed him into Shen Shi's cave mansion.

The stone door closed rumblingly, the stone room was quiet, Zhong Qinglu took a few steps forward, and looked at this cave mansion, this was the first time she entered Shen Shi's stone room, only to see that the room was very clean, and the things and items were stored and placed very neatly, and it could be seen that Shen Shi should be a person who was also very careful about daily small things.

Shen Shi walked over, the two stood face to face, but they didn't know what to say for a while, the atmosphere was a little cold and stiff, after a while, Shen Shi shook his head, but he took out the last eight spirit crystals left today from his arms, and went to his bed to find two, and then gently put the ten spirit crystals on the table, relaxed his expression, and smiled: "This is the second fee." ”

Zhong Qinglu raised her eyes slightly, and the bright eyes under her slender eyelashes reflected a bunch of bright and shining spirit crystals on the table. For some reason, she didn't move for a long time.

Shen Shi glanced at her and said, "What's the matter? Didn't we agree at the beginning?"

Zhong Qinglu slowly lowered his head, grabbed the placket of his clothes with his two hands somewhat unconsciously and kneaded it, and after a while, said in a low voice: "What if...... What if it fails again this time?"

Shen Shi sighed and said, "I was very lucky yesterday, I happened to find a nest of turtle eggs of black-striped turtles on the demon island, and I went back to the beast farm to exchange twenty-one spirit crystals, so I have some spare money." However, I don't think my luck should be good every time, and my income will not be so high every time, and I will have to leave some guarantees for my own cultivation. So......" he looked at Zhong Qinglu very sincerely, and said, "If you still make a mistake in alchemy this time, you have to wait for me for a few more days, and let me make up the next fee for you, okay?"

Zhong Qinglu's face turned red in an instant, like a beautiful and delicate flower, and unconsciously there was a rare coquettishness revealed, which made Shen Shi also taken aback, and his eyes lit up. However, looking at her expression, it was obvious that the whole person was cramped and uneasy, and it seemed to have a deep sense of humiliation, as for the reason, Shen Shi could guess some of it, but he himself didn't expect that Zhong Qinglu, a girl who usually looks above the top and domineering, was actually more pure than he thought.

After a long time, Zhong Qinglu seemed to have mustered up her courage, but her voice was strangely light when she spoke, and said, "Otherwise, or forget this deal." ”

Shen Shi raised his eyes and said in surprise: "Why?"

Zhong Qinglu slowly lowered his head and said, "I took your spirit crystal alchemy, but when I was alchemy, for some reason, there were always all kinds of distracting thoughts lingering in my mind, and there was always that kind of what to do if I made a mistake, and the ten spirit crystals you gave were in vain." And then I even think, if you still give me the spirit crystal in the future, what if I still make a mistake, that's all...... Just keep wasting the spirit crystals you got so hard to go to the demon island to fight the demon beasts......"

Speaking of this, her face was already full of anxiety, she raised her head to look at Shen Shi, and said, "I don't know why there are so many strange thoughts, but I just can't concentrate, so ...... Mistaken. ”

Shen Shi was dumbfounded, looking at Zhong Qinglu for a while, he really didn't know what to say.

After a while, Zhong Qinglu saw that Shen Shi looked strange but didn't speak, she was a little apprehensive in her heart, and it was strange to say, when the two had nothing to do with each other a few days ago, she saw that Shen Shi was naturally calm, what to say, and after the two of them just started to make a deal, she was also full of confidence at first, and even her heart swept over the idea that this guy might be a fool and take money for me to practice for nothing. It was only once she really started to use the spirit crystals given by Shen Shi to buy spiritual materials and start alchemy, that she found that there would be such a heavy pressure in it, even if the pressure came a little inexplicably.

Even at this moment, she stood in front of Shen Shi and felt a faint sense of shame that she couldn't raise her head.

In her fifteen-year-old life, it was an emotion she had almost never felt.

After a long time, in the silence in the stone room, Shen Shi suddenly spoke: "Why don't you make a promise with yourself." ”

Zhong Qinglu didn't react for a while, and said in amazement: "What did you say?"

Shen Shi said solemnly: "If you always fail in alchemy, you have not been able to succeed, and you have wasted my countless spirit crystals, in the end, you can simply repay your debts with your body!"

Zhong Qinglu stood stunned for a moment, and in an instant, his cheeks turned red again and he was furious, and said angrily: "Bastard!"

Rushed over and picked up the spirit crystals on the table at hand, and smashed them hard at Shen Shi one by one like stones, and shouted angrily in his mouth: "Stinky mouth, dare to take advantage of me, dare to kill you, smash you!"

Shen Shi hugged his head and ran to the corner of the stone room, but several of them were still lost.

The ten spirit crystals were thrown away by Zhong Qinglu in a blink of an eye, and the bones rolled on the floor of the stone room, making a crisp sound, accompanied by the girl's angry gasps.

Shen Shi slowly turned his head, grinned, and after glancing at Zhong Qinglu, he slowly squatted down and picked up those scattered spirit crystals on the ground, and at the same time sighed lightly in his mouth, and said, "Although the spirit crystals are very hard, you shouldn't throw them away like money." ”

Zhong Qinglu turned his head angrily and ignored him, but after a while, his breath calmed down, and after a moment of silence, he turned his head to look at Shen Shi, who was squatting on the ground to pick up the spirit crystal, and snorted lightly, but he also squatted down and picked up a spirit crystal that rolled near him.

The tick-tock sound was that the spirit crystals were rolling on the hard ground, scattered on the ground very conspicuously, and they were quickly picked up by the two of them, but one of the spirit crystals rolled under the bed, so that Shen Shi took a lot of effort to find it, and it was only after fiddling with his hands that he rolled out.

Zhong Qinglu was squatting aside, watching Lingjing roll out, subconsciously reaching out to pick it up, just as Shen Shi also stretched out his hand, the palms of the two touched slightly, Zhong Qinglu snorted, turned his head and took his hand back.