May 29th, fine.

It was nearly June, and the dawn was getting earlier and earlier, and Qingyu Island was gradually getting hot every day, but this little heat didn't have much of a feeling for most of the Lingxiao Sect disciples on the island who cultivated Xiaocheng.

Shen Shi went out early in the morning, and under the fresh sea breeze, he walked all the way to the pier on the south side of Qingyu Island, ready to take the ship to Demon Island.

During the days when the Demon Island was temporarily closed, although Shen Shi could not be said to be idle, his income was still greatly affected, including the transaction with Zhong Qinglu, and he couldn't make up the third share of the spirit crystal these days, which made him sometimes regret buying the small Ruyi ring that he was wearing on his left hand at the moment.

But fortunately, this embarrassing day is finally over, at this moment he has an impulse to go to the demon island to hunt, in addition, this rare period of quiet to practice, in addition to the daily must absorb spirit crystal exercises, the water archery is also a daily practice, using the mysterious spiritual power at the center of the eyebrows to cast the water archery speed is still the same, it takes three breaths of time, presumably this is an insurmountable pass, but this spell casting speed is already faster than most people imagine, at least on the current demon island, it should be enough。

In addition, he did not lose the other normal spiritual power in the qi veins in his body, although it was very difficult for these spiritual powers scattered in the qi veins to cast the Five Elements Spell, but all the monks in the world were like this, and they were also able to release the same spell after training. After persistent cultivation, Shen Shi began to slowly become familiar with this difficult method, and now the time required to use the normal spiritual power in his body to stimulate the water archery technique has progressed from the original long ten breaths to ...... Nine breaths.

Basically, it's still useless, in the battle with the monster, the long ten breaths are enough for the monster to bite your throat, and the nine breaths are obviously the same fate.

When the light of the morning sun on the distant sea level fell on the big ship on the dock, Shen Shi had already arrived here, but unlike what he imagined, the dock was deserted at the moment, and there was no one in it, only the big ship was moored alone on the seaside.

Shen Shi turned his eyes and looked around, and was stunned for a while, with a little apprehension, could it be that he had heard the wrong news, today is not the day when the Demon Island will be reopened? In the past, at this time, there were not twenty but more than ten of the high-level brothers and sisters of the Qi Refining Realm waiting for the boat on the dock, how could they not see anyone today?

He wandered around here for a while, but no one came, and just when Shen Shi himself thought that maybe the news was really wrong, suddenly a sound of footsteps came from the road behind him.

Shen Shi's spirits perked up, and he hurriedly turned his head to look, only to see a figure walking to the dock, a familiar face, but it was someone Shen Shi had never thought he would see today.

It was Ganze who came.

I haven't seen him for a while, this noble son from an ancient family is obviously a lot haggard than the last time he saw him, and there is a depression hidden in the silence between his eyebrows, even from the outside, he can see that there seems to be a heavy burden on his heart, which makes him frown.

And when Gan Ze walked closer and looked around, he was obviously taken aback by the desertion near the dock, and finally his gaze fell on Shen Shi, the two teenagers looked at each other, and after a while, Shen Shi nodded at him, smiled, and said:

"Morning. ”

Gan Ze was stunned for a moment, and then showed a smile, although perhaps because of his heavy mood, his smile was a little far-fetched, and said: "Early, uh, isn't today the day when Demon Island reopens, why is there no one here?"

Shen Shi was silent, glanced at him, and didn't know what to say for a while.

Gan Ze waited for a moment, suddenly came to his senses, a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face, and said, "I'm sorry, I, I'm not saying that you're not human...... Every time I go to Demon Island on weekdays, there are many senior brothers and sisters here, and I was surprised just now, so I said the wrong thing. ”

Shen Shi waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I just arrived not long ago, and I saw this scene, I don't know what happened." ”

Gan Ze's brows furrowed, and just when he wanted to say something, suddenly both of them heard movement from the big ship at the same time, turned his head to look, and saw two figures appear on the deck, and then walked down.

These two people seem to be disciples of Ning Yuan Realm in their early twenties, one of them is Zeng Zhibai who was on duty on the Demon Island in the past, and there is one more person beside him, it is a woman, when Shen Shi's eyes fell on her, he was stunned, only to see that this woman had a beautiful appearance, and it was actually the Xu Yanzhi he had seen in the Five Elements Hall at the beginning.

The two of them descended side by side, their eyes swept over the empty dock, their faces unchanged, and only when they saw the two teenagers standing there, one of them was Gan Ze, their expressions seemed to be a little surprised.

Shen Shi and Gan Ze, as juniors, both greeted each other, Shen Shi was a little surprised, and said, "Senior Sister Xu, why did you come here, and isn't the dock here today the Demon Island reopened, why is it so deserted?"

Xu Yanzhi also seemed to have a little impression of Shen Shi, nodded at him with a smile, and said, "Yes, today is indeed the day when Demon Island will reopen." As for not being able to see people, this ......"

She turned her head and glanced at Zeng Zhibai, who looked at the sky, sighed and said, "When the time comes, it should be just the two of them." ”

Xu Yanzhi nodded and said, "Get on the boat." ”

Shen Shi and Gan Ze looked at each other, and they had countless questions in their hearts, but they still followed these two on the big ship first and stood on the deck, Xu Yanzhi and Zeng Zhibai did not immediately rush to start the boat, but called the two of them over, Xu Yanzhi first took a deep look at Gan Ze, and then said:

"My name is Xu Yanzhi, it was Senior Brother Wang Gen who transferred me to work here on the Demon Island, something happened a while ago, the Demon Island was temporarily closed, I think you all know this in your hearts," Hearing this, Gan Ze's face stiffened slightly, and he slowly lowered his head, Xu Yanzhi and Zeng Zhibai's eyes swept over his figure, and at the same time, they only listened to Xu Yanzhi slowly say it, and said, "Before going to the Demon Island, I have to tell you about some things, because ......"

"The rules have changed. ”

In order to take care of the newcomer disciples in the past hundred years, the Ling Xiao Sect will often send Ning Yuan Realm disciples to be on duty on the Demon Island, and these new disciples will come to the rescue when they encounter danger when they do demon hunting tasks, especially after Wang Jian came to Qingyu Island three years ago to preside over the affairs of newcomers, he was even more cautious, taking good care of these junior brothers and sisters, and did not want one person to be injured, so he directly increased the number of Ning Yuan Realm disciples on duty from one to three.

But few people know that when the Demon Island was just established, the original intention of the ancestors of the Ling Xiao Sect was not the case, and the rookie disciples of the past went to the Demon Island, completely letting them act on their own, even if there was a risk of falling and dying, no one cared, because in the eyes of the predecessors of the Ling Xiao Sect, the Demon Island was originally a place of actual combat sharpening, and no one forced them to come here. Since you have come to Demon Island, you naturally have to experience the most primitive and real battle.

Between life and death, it is all up to oneself, and all kinds of dangerous adversities can only be overcome by oneself.

This original intention seems to have gradually been forgotten after many years, but after the accident on the demon island, at the Jinhongshan Elder Meeting, there was a certain Yuan Dan Realm elder with an extreme temperament who couldn't stand it, thinking that the sect was really taking too care of the newcomer disciples now, and as a result, these newcomer disciples had no actual combat grinding, not to mention, and even the self-knowledge when dealing with dangerous monsters and ghosts was gone, and the basic literacy of doing what they could couldn't see at all, if this continues, what good seedlings will there be for the newcomers cultivated on Qingyu Island?

After several disputes, coupled with the impact of the incident in distress on Ganze Demon Island, there were all kinds of treacherous things in the sect, and indeed many elders did not like this, and they echoed it, so in the end, the rules on this demon island were finally changed and returned to their original appearance.

Gan Ze's face was very ugly, his hands hung down by his side, and he quietly clenched into fists, as if he was suppressing the irritability in his heart, while Shen Shi raised his eyebrows, and a trace of uneasy premonition passed through his heart, and said, "Senior sister, what do you mean ......?"

Xu Yanzhi sighed, looked at them with a bit of pity and sympathy in his eyes, and said, "From today onwards, Senior Brother Zeng and I are only responsible for sending you to the Demon Island, and other than that, we will not set foot on the Demon Island." ”

Zeng Zhibai also said beside him: "After you go to the island, you have to rely on yourself for everything, no matter where you go, what kind of demon beasts or ghosts you hunt, it is up to you to decide, we will never interfere, but we will never interfere with assistance, even if you are injured in the demon hunt, or even seriously injured and dying, but as long as you don't climb on this boat, even if you are caught up by demon beasts on the seawall below, we will not make a move." ”

Shen Shi and Gan Ze's faces were both white at the same time.

Xu Yanzhi sighed and said, "That's the rule, but whether to go to Demon Island or not is still up to you, if you don't want to go, you can get off the boat now." ”

There was a brief silence on the deck, and neither Shen Shi nor Gan Ze spoke, but the figures of the two people also did not move, and they did not see the intention of leaving.

After a while, Zeng Zhibai nodded, a hint of appreciation flashed in his eyes, and said, "Okay, since you still don't leave after knowing the rules, let's sail." In short, after arriving at the Demon Island, everything can only rely on you, life and death are just a line between life, be careful. ”

The big ship lifted its anchor and trembled, and slowly drove out of the dock, and Shen Shi on the deck suddenly asked Xu Yanzhi, "Senior Sister Xu, in addition to the two of us, what about those high-level senior brothers and sisters in the Qi Refining Realm?"

Xu Yanzhi said lightly: "The news that the rules on the demon island have been changed has been spread in the past few days, and they must all know about it, as for why no one came today, I don't understand." ”

With that, he turned to leave, leaving Shen Shi and Gan Ze standing on the deck and looking at each other speechlessly.

At the other end of the deck, Xu Yanzhi walked to Zeng Zhibai, who was controlling the ship, and after a while, he suddenly heard Zeng Zhibai snort and said, "Now these high-level disciples of the Qi Refining Realm are really too unsuccessful, as soon as they heard that the rules have changed and no one takes care of them, no one dares to come to Demon Island." ”

Xu Yanzhi shook his head silently, and glanced at the other side of the ship, where two fifteen-year-old boys were silently waiting, even if there was a truly dangerous situation ahead of them that they had never encountered.

"Speaking of which, there are still a few good seedlings among this batch of rookie disciples. She said softly, with a slight smile.

Zeng Zhibai followed her gaze to the other side of the deck and nodded, seemingly agreeing with Xu Yanzhi's words, but then his gaze looked in the direction of the demon island farther away, and a trace of confusion passed in the depths of his eyes.