Chapter 91: The Dead
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All the way without incident, the big boat returned safely to Qingyu Island, and under the night, everyone dispersed. (Please search, or enter directly to see the latest chapter)
Shen Shi returned to the cave alone, practiced as usual, rested, and on the second day, he went to the herring fish set to exchange the day's income for the spirit crystal, although the spirit crystal didn't feel anything at all after the income of the small Ruyi ring, but Shen Shi still felt a little satisfied from his heart, he was in a good mood, and even walked a lot briskly along the way, until he returned to the cave in Baiyuwan, and saw a figure standing at his door.
Zhong Qinglu turned her head and saw him coming over, and waved to him expressionlessly.
Shen Shi chuckled in his heart, laughed dryly, and walked over.
The two glanced at each other, Shen Shi scratched his head and said, "Morning." ”
Zhong Qinglu said lightly: "Morning." ”
After these two simple greetings were finished, the two of them didn't say anything more, and suddenly they seemed to fall into a strange cold atmosphere.
Shen Shi and Zhong Qinglu quickly noticed the strangeness around them, Zhong Qinglu frowned, and Shen Shi said in a low voice: "Let's go in and talk about it." ”
Zhong Qinglu nodded, Shen Shi stepped forward and opened the stone door with a cloud talisman, and the two entered the stone room of the cave, after Shen Shi breathed a sigh of relief, before he could think about what to say, Zhong Qinglu had already made a straight face, looked directly at him, and even his voice seemed to be a little cold, and said: "Yesterday I failed in alchemy, and I failed again." ”
"......" Shen Shi opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but when the words came to his mouth, he didn't seem to know what to say, and looking at Zhong Qinglu's appearance, he looked indifferent and didn't seem to care about it, but the two white palms hanging down his side were clenched into fists at some point, and even the knuckles looked a little white.
Shen Shi sighed softly, and finally didn't say anything, took out ten spirit crystals from the little Ruyi ring, smiled, handed them to her, and said, "This is the reward I got for going to Demon Island yesterday, give." ”
Zhong Qinglu glanced at the shiny spirit crystals on his palm, and then his gaze fell on Shen Shi's face, after a night, of course the wound was no longer bleeding, but the scars on the skin were still a little shocking.
Zhong Qinglu's lips seemed to tremble slightly, his hand was still hanging by his side, and he didn't reach out to pick it up for some reason.
Shen Shi glanced at her, took a step forward, stuffed the ten spirit crystals into her hand, and then said with a smile: "Take it quickly, otherwise I will say that I will make a promise again." ”
Zhong Qinglu's cheeks suddenly flashed a trace of redness, as if courage had returned to her body all of a sudden, and glared at Shen Shi fiercely, Shen Shi nodded at her and didn't say anything more.
Zhong Qinglu suddenly turned around and strode towards the door, only to hear her seem to grit her teeth and say loudly: "You wait, I will let you see my ability sooner or later!"
Shen Shi shook his head behind her and smiled bitterly.
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This transaction, or gambling, at least for now, Shen Shi is still in a miserable situation, but he is willing to gamble and lose, although he feels a little sorry for those spirit crystals who lost in betting, but he can still accept it, and at the same time, he is comforting himself with the vision that it may be good in the future.
The days are still passing day by day, although it is the avenue of cultivating immortals, the immortal mountain spirit realm, but in general, the days on Qingyu Island have actually passed for a long time, and they are still a little boring. Everyone is working hard for the dream of cultivating immortals, for the somewhat ethereal dream of becoming an immortal, and working hard every day for those shiny little stones, doing things and cultivating.
After Ling Xiao Sect revised the rules of Demon Island, the number of Qi Refining Realm disciples who went to Demon Island to do demon hunting tasks decreased sharply, and in the first few times, only Shen Shi and Gan Ze went. However, as the days passed, there were gradually more high-level disciples of the Qi Refining Realm who came to the Demon Island, but it was obvious that compared to the calm and unhurried in the past, now everyone was not so full of energy when they boarded the Demon Island.
Life and death are conceited, do what they can, this is the words that Xu Yanzhi and Zeng Zhibai have personally treated everyone who gets on the boat and lands on the island, and their attitude is clear and resolute while speaking, the big ship is safe, they will ensure the safety of everyone, but after getting off the boat, even if they are dying in distress on the seawall under the boat, they must stand by and watch.
Such strictness can even be said to be unprecedentedly strict rules, which makes every Qi Refining Realm disciple who comes to the Demon Island tremble, so the demon beast targets they choose are generally one or two grades lower in intensity than the prey they hunted in the past, and as for the area of the core demon hunting cave in the depths of the Demon Island, almost no one dares to go there.
In this way, the place in this circle on the periphery of the demon island was suddenly much more lively than before, and many high-level disciples of the Qi Refining Realm who would not come here at all on weekdays also haunted here from time to time, which indirectly affected Shen Shi, although there were still few people who could take a fancy to the lowest-level demon beasts such as the iron-armored armadillo and the wind bird, but several people passed by and saw it together, and they often killed it easily......
Shen Shi's harvest was reduced a little as a result, but in general, because there were many demon beasts on the demon island, as long as he walked farther along the beach, he could still hunt low-level demon beasts, so he didn't have any special troubles. And as the days passed, the situation on the Demon Island seemed to be no different from before, and those disciples who were at the high level of the Qi Refining Realm gradually became emboldened, and began to gradually go deeper into the depths of the Demon Island, and at the same time, there were more and more disciples who returned to the Demon Island.
Soon, the number of people on the big ship increased from only two Shen Shi Ganze to sixteen or seventeen, although it was a little less than when the number was the largest before, but it was already about to recover to the most prosperous time. On the Demon Island, Shen Shi also appeared in his own "territory", the original harassment was gone, and those senior brothers and sisters had gone deep into the Demon Island again, and they couldn't look down on these cheap goods on the periphery.
The only thing that is a little different from before is that Gan Ze's treatment on the ship seems to be very different from the past, and there is no longer that kind of situation of hugging the stars and the moon before and after, but many people look at him a little differently, and they have a feeling of evasion, and not many people will come to him.
However, because only the two of them were on the same boat in the first few days, Shen Shi and Gan Ze gradually became acquainted, and the two chatted and talked when they met on weekdays, although they were not close friends, but they both felt that the other party seemed to be a good person.
Such a day seems to be going to go on quietly, including the abnormality that Shen Shi once thought about in his heart, and there is no other similar sign, it seems that it is just an accident, and it is normal, just like before.
But a month later, at noon one day, a terrible scream came from the depths of the dense forest, shaking the entire demon island, and then shaking everyone on the blue fish island.
The first Qi Refining Realm disciple to die under the claws of the demon beast appeared.
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The deceased person's name was Sha Zijin, and he was a high-level disciple of the Qi Refining Realm, who had to worship the Lingxiao Sect one round earlier than Shen Shi and the other newcomer disciples. Shen Shi has also seen this person on weekdays, and he also has a little impression of him, because he is one of the four-person team with Chen Tang as the leader, and he is also a little famous in the small circle that went to Demon Island to do demon hunting tasks, and he can be regarded as a recognized demon hunter.
But this is such a person, but without warning, died on the demon island at noon, and when his body was dragged back to the ship by his companions with red eyes, the whole ship was silent.
The corpse was covered with blood, scratches and bites, most of them were on the upper body, and even a small half of his face was about to be dropped, which looked really miserable.
Xu Yanzhi and Zeng Zhibai appeared on the deck as soon as the screams came out, although anyone could see the anxious look on the faces of the two of them, but after all, they still did not get off the boat, but stood on the deck like this, silently waiting for Chen Tang and the others to bring Sha Zijin's body back.
Shen Shi stood in the crowd, looking at the corpse, silent, and when he turned his gaze away, he saw that Gan Ze was also standing not far from him at some point, staring there silently.
As if sensing Shen Shi's gaze, Gan Ze turned his head to look at him, Shen Shi's lips moved, and he said softly, "Be careful in the future." ”
Gan Ze nodded, also lowered his voice, and said, "You too." ”
The next day, the number of people going to Demon Island was reduced by two-thirds.
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Regarding Sha Zijin's accidental death, Ling Xiaozong did not give any explanation here, and in fact, there was no need for more explanations.
In today's Demon Island, the rules have long been clearly stated, and every Qi Refining Realm disciple who goes to the Demon Island actually understands in their hearts that it is a tightrope walking between life and death. It's just that before Sha Zijin died, everyone didn't have a particularly clear understanding, and they always thought that those demon beasts on the demon island were just like that, and they could easily deal with it in the past, can't they kill the same opponent now?
In the past, how many dangerous demon beasts were defeated and killed by everyone, and the price was only seriously injured at most, and there has never been a real dead person.
Until this time......
After this incident, Shen Shi's acquaintances also came to visit, and many people persuaded him, including Sun You and Zhong Qingzhu, especially Zhong Qingzhu, it seems that Sha Zijin's accidental death gave her a lot of stimulation, making her very worried about Shen Shi's safety, and persuaded Shen Shi several times not to go to the Demon Island, and she was very anxious in her words, especially for Shen Shi's behavior of having to go to the Demon Island in order to earn spirit crystals.
Shen Shi finally persuaded her, and he also felt that Zhong Qingzhu's reaction seemed to be a little too big, but since the adventure in that storm three years ago, he was a little closer to Zhong Qingzhu, so he still patiently persuaded her. In comparison, Zhong Qinglu, another girl surnamed Zhong, showed a bit of a strange feeling.
After hearing the news that people would die when they went to Demon Island, Zhong Qinglu soon came to Shen Shi's cave, but after seeing Shen Shi, Zhong Qinglu just looked at him for a while, but he didn't say a word of persuasion for a long time, and finally had to leave ten spirit crystals and turned around and left, which made Shen Shi depressed for a while.
Everyone is here to cultivate to become immortals, not to fight for their lives; they go to the Demon Island to earn spirit crystals for better cultivation, and they are also not to fight for their lives; or it is difficult to cultivate immortals, and there will indeed be times when they need to fight for their lives in the future, but when the Dao Xing is refined in the future and all kinds of spirit channel techniques are in their bodies, wouldn't it be better to fight for their lives again? At least the grasp is also greater, and there is not only one way to earn spirit crystals, so why risk your life to go to the Demon Island?
So the number of people going to the demon island is getting smaller and smaller day by day, and the deck of the big ship is getting more and more lonely day by day.
Finally, one day, Shen Shi got on the boat, looked left and right, and now on the huge deck, there were only two people left, him and Gan Ze.