Chapter 157: Haze

"Knock knock", a knock came from the door, Gu Lingyun glanced over there, and said lightly: "Come in." ”

Someone at the door agreed, and it was the same Chen Li that Shen Shi had seen before, who was carrying a medium-sized bag in his hand at the moment, walked all the way to the desk, and put the bag on the table in front of Gu Lingyun. Gu Lingyun casually opened the bag and glanced at it, bowed slightly, and said, "It's okay, you can go down." ”

Chen Li nodded, turned around and smiled at Shen Shi again, Shen Shi also smiled, and after seeing him leave, he heard Gu Lingyun behind him say: "The spirit crystals and those talisman materials you want are all prepared for you, as for the price, I will directly deduct the number of spirit crystals in your account in our Immortal Society." Saying that, she glanced at Shen Shi and smiled, "Do you want to look at the accounts?"

Shen Shi shook his head and said with a smile: "No need, Aunt Gu, you are a person who does great things, how many thousands of spirit crystals pass through every day, where may you take a fancy to me." ”

Gu Lingyun smiled slightly, but did not speak.

Shen Shi walked over and put the bag directly into the Ruyi bag, and said to Gu Lingyun: "Aunt Gu, if there is nothing else, I will leave first." ”

Gu Lingyun sighed, but then said as if very casually, "By the way, do you know that there is a fierce beast alliance in this Liuyun City?"

Shen Shi's steps that were about to take froze slightly, and his body stopped, but the expression on his face was as usual and there was no different color, and he said, "I don't know, what's wrong, Aunt Gu, what kind of sect is this?"

Gu Lingyun looked at Shen Shi, stared at it silently for a moment, and then said calmly: "It can be regarded as a local cultivation force here in Liuyun City, formed by the alliance of five small sects of cultivation, namely the Iron Tiger Gate, the Mountain Bear Hall, the Red Dog Gate, the Firefox Sect and the Leopard Tower, although it cannot be compared with the famous sects such as Ling Xiao Sect, it can be regarded as one of the local snakes here in Liuyun City." ”

Shen Shi let out an "oh", looked at Gu Lingyun, and said, "I see, but Aunt Gu, you mentioned this beast alliance to me, is there any reason?"

Gu Lingyun smiled and said, "Do you remember the auction I asked you to come over last time, that time you seemed to have a conflict with someone to save a woman, and finally left halfway." The person who quarreled with you was actually Jiang Heihu, the head of the Iron Tiger Gate, one of the five sects of the Beast Alliance. ”

Shen Shi raised his eyebrows, and the thoughts in his heart turned sharply, but his face was still silent, his brows were slightly furrowed, and after a moment of silence, he said, "I don't know why Aunt Gu suddenly mentioned this Jiang Heihu to me?"

Gu Lingyun said: "A few days ago, this Jiang Black Tiger was found to have died unexpectedly in an alley in the city, and at the same time, the two men he brought were killed. I just want to ask you, have you ever seen this Jiang Heihu after that day?"

Shen Shi shook his head and said, "I haven't seen this person before." ”

Gu Lingyun nodded and said, "That's good, most people like the Beast Alliance are vulgar and wicked, although they are not afraid of them, they are too lazy to bother, it would be best if you have nothing to do with this matter." ”

Shen Shi laughed and said, "Thank you Aunt Gu for your concern, this matter has nothing to do with me." After that, he hugged his fists and said, "Then I'll take my leave first." ”

Gu Lingyun stood up and said with a smile: "Okay, be careful on the road." ”

Shen Shi turned to leave, a smile on his face on the corner of his mouth, even when he turned his back to Gu Lingyun, this expression did not change. It wasn't until he walked out of the spacious study and closed the door behind him, separating himself from Gu Lingyun's beautiful woman's gaze, that the smile on his face receded like a tide in an instant.

He stood in the doorway and pondered silently for a moment, his eyes blazing, not knowing what was in his mind, and after a long while, he took another step without saying a word, and walked down the stairs all the way.

And behind him, on the other side of the door, behind the desk in the study, Gu Lingyun also sat on the big chair with a calm face, his eyes quietly staring at the door where Shen Shi had just left, as if he was in deep thought.

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On the Golden Rainbow Mountain, in the valley.

The valley, which had been quiet and deserted for a long time, did not seem to be lively because of the two more figures on this day, and under the distant sound of the water from the towering trees, the two people who did not say a word seemed to make the valley more silent.

The atmosphere quickly cooled down, and after Sun You was stunned, his face showed a little embarrassment, and after hesitating for a while, he laughed dryly, and said: "Zhong Qinglu, don't think too much, I was at the fork in the mountain road over there before, and I happened to see you walking this way, so I came here, and I also had a good heart, and I didn't want you to call the half-sky gate in vain." ”

Zhong Qinglu looked at Sun You quietly, for some reason, Sun You always felt that today's Zhong Qinglu seemed to be a little different from the woman he knew in the past, but he couldn't say what was wrong, he only felt that her eyes seemed to be extraordinarily bright at this moment, as if there was a coolness that could see through people's hearts.

Sun You secretly regretted that he was nosy, and was about to leave casually/after a few sentences, but suddenly saw Zhong Qinglu take two steps closer to him.

He looked up at Zhong Qinglu, and was suddenly stunned, but found that her face seemed to be a little faintly pale for some reason, and she was puzzled, only to hear Zhong Qinglu suddenly speak: "Sun You, you don't have affection in your heart, right?"

Sun You was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "Zhong Qinglu, what are you talking nonsense, I ......"

"Yes. He was only halfway through his words, Zhong Qinglu had already interrupted him, his eyes were as bright as snow, staring at Sun You, although he looked calm, Sun You suddenly felt a little weak, "I also know that you don't have this mind, in fact, all along, the relationship between the two of us has been lukewarm, but just a nod and chat a few words of friendship, right?"

Sun You thought for a moment, then shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's okay for you to say that. ”

Zhong Qinglu's eyes lowered slightly, and she didn't know what she was thinking at the moment, so she said lightly: "That is the case, you and I have an average friendship, and we rarely interact with each other on weekdays, so I wonder, why did you see me coming to Shen Shi's place, but I came with me, and told me so kindly that Shen Shi was not there, so as not to wait for a while?"

Sun You's face changed slightly, the smile on his face gradually receded, and he frowned: "Count me nosy, okay?" Okay, I'll leave." ”

As he spoke, he turned around and prepared to walk towards the mountain road, but as soon as he saw a flower, it was Zhong Qinglu who walked to the road and blocked the way, Sun You took a deep breath and said, "Zhong Qinglu, what are you doing?"

Zhong Qinglu stood on the mountain road, his expression was cold, he looked at him coldly, and suddenly said after a while: "You are a little weak-hearted. ”

Sun Youha laughed and said nonchalantly: "What kind of heart is weak, why am I weak?"

Zhong Qinglu didn't smile, he still stood there and looked at him, but the gaze in his eyes became brighter and brighter, and even faintly made Sun You a little reluctant to look at it directly, thinking that it was really hell, I had never seen this woman so smart for so many years before, could it be that she was particularly sensitive today......

Zhong Qinglu was silent for a moment and said, "I don't know, but I just feel this way." You and I have a good relationship, and you have never owed me anything, but today's behavior is different from the past, why did you suddenly care about my whereabouts and rushed to tell me that Shen Shi was not there? Maybe it's because ......" She slowly raised her head, the corners of her mouth seemed to twitch slightly, and she said softly as if talking to herself,

"Perhaps, something happened that I don't know about, and maybe it makes you feel like a ...... to me Isn't that good? You think...... Do you have pity on me?"

Sun You's eyes froze, and his face really shook for the first time, but then he smiled and said, "I think you have something wrong with alchemy, no matter what you are, I'm leaving." ”

As he spoke, he took a step and walked past Zhong Qinglu, Zhong Qinglu did not stop him this time, but when Sun You passed by, he suddenly whispered: "That's the thing...... Is it related to Shen Shi? That's why you want to come and tell me when you see me here?"

Sun You's body shook slightly, but he didn't mean to answer, he still walked forward, Zhong Qinglu turned to look at his back, suddenly raised his voice, and said, "If the matter is related to me, why don't you tell me?"

Sun You walked out a few steps, and suddenly his body stopped, and after a while, he turned around and looked at Zhong Qinglu, seeing that the woman's face seemed to be a little angry, mixed with a trace of worry, he sighed in his heart, but his face was cold, and after glancing at Zhong Qinglu, he said lightly:

"Are you still the same as when you were a child, always feel that it's all someone else's fault, and everyone else is sorry for you?"

Zhong Qinglu frowned, her face turned a little colder, and said, "What do you mean?"

Sun You sneered and said, "Have you ever thought that maybe there are some things that you did wrong first?"

With that, he said no more, turned away, and did not look back to say another word.

On the empty and secluded mountain road, a trace of astonishment appeared on Zhong Qinglu's face, standing in place, after a while, she slowly turned around, her eyes swept over this ancient valley, and finally landed on the secluded and deserted stone gate of the cave.

"What the hell is going on......"

She whispered faintly, with a hint of dazedness and loneliness in her expression.

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Sun You left the valley and walked briskly back to the mountain road, until the viewing platform was faintly in sight, he seemed to be relieved, his expression relaxed, and he stood in place and groaned for a moment, but suddenly he smiled bitterly, shook his head and said to himself:

"It's really self-inflicted trouble for you to meddle in your affairs......"

With a bit of self-deprecation in his smile, Sun You stood there and thought for a while, and then took another step, but he turned to another mountain road on the mountain road more than ten zhang away from the sea viewing platform, where there seemed to be a mountain road winding in the shade of the trees, and some cave stone gates loomed.

Sun You walked along the mountain road, and walked about a hundred feet away, and came to a stone gate of the cave hidden under an ancient vine. Sun You stopped in front of the door of this cave, and after taking a deep breath, he stepped forward and knocked on the stone door a few times.

After a while, the rumbling sound came out, the stone gate slowly retreated to the side, and a burly and tall male figure appeared at the door, looked at Sun You, was stunned at first, with a little surprise, and said, "Senior Brother Sun?"

Sun You had already hidden his previous emotions in his heart at this moment, and a cheerful smile appeared on his face again, he walked over with a smile, hugged his fists and saluted, and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Wang, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

The man at the door was burly, Shen Xiong and resolute, but it was none other than Wang Gan, who came from the seat of Elder Sun Mingyang and was now ranked among the "Three Swords of Lingxiao".