Killing God - Chapter 207

Chapter 207 Former Place
Stars flickered and the jade rabbit sank to the west. When the first ray of sunlight descended from the horizon, dispelling the coldness and darkness of the night, the city seemed to have regained its vitality and gradually woke up from its sleep.

Shops opened the doors one by one, and the streets gradually became lively. When the sun arrived, Floating Cloud City was already bustling with activity. Especially the Southern Treasure Square, where shops were most concentrated, was filled with crowds of cultivators. Speaking of which, although Shen Shi had been in Haizhou for many years, he was really unfamiliar with this big city of Liuyun City. The only thing he had some impression of was the one or two streets of the Southern Treasure Square. In the past, he had been unable to leave Qingyu Island most of the time, and then he accidentally went to the Demon Realm. Only today did he have the chance to see this city at will.

Liuyun City had always been known as the number one city in the southern part of the Primordial Chaos Continent. It was known as the busiest city in the sixteen southern provinces. There was a large-scale market in every part of the city. Countless merchants gathered countless precious and rare spirit materials, attracting many cultivators here. Among the four major markets, the Southern Treasure Market was the liveliest, including the Flowing Cloud Branch of the Divine Immortal Gathering.

Originally, Shen Shi also wanted to go to the other three markets, but as he walked, the impression in his memory floated in his mind. He subconsciously walked to the Southern Treasure Market first.

Seven years later, the Southern Treasure Square was still prosperous. There were tall buildings and shops everywhere. Many spirit materials were dazzling and dazzling. The crowd of cultivators and the familiar cries caused Shen Shi to feel a sense of familiarity in his heart, as if he was once again on the first floor of the Heavens when he was a child.

He was in a much better mood. Walking along the long street, he would occasionally think of the butcher who had followed him when he first arrived here. However, he didn’t know where he had gone now. Of course, in his heart, he missed his father Shen Tai even more. He hadn’t heard from him for seven years, as if he had completely disappeared from this world. He didn’t know where the Divine Immortal Society had arranged for him to be hidden.

The reason for the separation of father and son was, of course, that they had provoked a Grand Daoist at the Origin Core Realm, Old Monster Li from the Dark Nether Sect of the Yin Province. Needless to say, the reason why his mother died in childbirth had a lot to do with the Li Clan. Thinking of this, Shen Shi’s expression became slightly gloomy. However, that Origin Core Realm was truly too powerful and too high. If he wanted to take revenge, it seemed like he was still a long way off.

He sighed from the bottom of his heart and shook his head gently. He temporarily let go of these troubles and continued to walk forward.

The tall and solemn building of the Divine Immortal Society stood out like a flock of chickens, Very quickly, he appeared in front of them again, Compared to seven years ago, It didn’t seem to have changed at all. The number of cultivators walking in and out in front of the door was the same as before. Shen Shi squeezed his way over and looked around. He also sold the first-grade spirit herbs in his Ruyi bag, leaving behind only Shi Luo and the other two second-grade spirit herbs in front of him. In the end, he obtained ten spirit crystals. It could be considered yesterday’s harvest.

Although there weren’t many spirit crystals here, and compared to when he was in Qingyu Island, his harvest from hunting in Demon Island was even more than yesterday, but … it was still a bit better than that of ordinary rogue cultivators who didn’t have any connections. Shen Shi thought to himself in a self-deprecating manner. He smiled bitterly and walked around the Divine Immortal Association’s shop. He looked at those precious and rare spirit ingredients and elixirs that made people drool endlessly. In the end, he walked out of the Divine Immortal Association’s branch with a gloomy expression on his face.

Along the way, the Little Hei pig followed at his feet. It was unknown if this was the first time it had come to such a crowded place. It seemed to be a little nervous. It had always been close to Shen Shi, and it did not run away as easily as usual. Perhaps it was afraid that it would get lost with its master in this crowded place.

After leaving the Divine Immortal Gathering, Shen Shi brought the Little Hei Pig all the way forward. At the same time, he frowned and pondered in his heart. All he thought about was how to quickly earn more spirit crystals. The path of gathering herbs did not seem to be very promising. Little Hei’s lazy appearance was truly unreliable. There were too many restrictions on the path of talismans. Are you really going to hunt demonic beasts?

As he walked along, he thought about it. After walking for a while, Shen Shi suddenly felt that the noise in front of him had become much louder. He raised his eyes and saw that he had unknowingly walked to the South Heaven Gate at the end of the long street, where there were many rogue cultivators setting up stalls.

Back then, his Heart Cleansing Curse was also obtained from that person called Old Marquis here. I wonder if that fellow is still setting up a stall here after seven years. However, thinking about it, it might not be possible. After all, Old Marquis is is lucky to have a son who joined the Ling Xiao Sect and broke through to the Origin Condensation Realm.

The so-called father is noble. Old Hou heard that he was only a far-fetched side branch of the Hou Clan back then, but with such a son, even the Hou Clan’s secret treasure hunt might bring Hou Sheng along. It could be seen that the Hou Clan valued the little fatty back then, and Old Hou’s life should be pretty good now.

Perhaps this was the situation Shen Shi was talking about. He smiled in his heart and walked into the messy but lively Southern Heaven Gate.

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Floating Cloud City occupied an extremely large area and was bustling with activity. It had always been the center of gravity of the Haizhou Prefecture. The Ling Xiao Sect was the strongest in the Sea Continent. Although the mountain gate was thousands of kilometers deep in the sea, in the eyes of the cultivators in the cultivation world, Flowing Cloud City was like the entrance of the Ling Xiao Sect.

As for the many subordinate aristocratic families under Lingxiao Sect, they mostly lived in Liuyun City, especially the several powerful aristocratic families. They had lived in Floating Cloud City for generations, and could even be called local snakes.

Now, under the sect of Lingxiao Sect, Of course, the Sun Clan was the most prosperous clan in the vassal generations, followed by the Xu Clan, which had always been rich and wealthy. The Hou Clan originally seemed to be in decline, but a few years ago, when the clan head Hou Yongchang married the eldest young miss of the Sun Clan, the clan’s momentum instantly lifted. No one dared to look down on them. As for how much of the Sun Clan’s momentum they had borrowed, it was hard to say.

On this day, the Hou Clan gathered a lot of people in the mansion in the east of Floating Cloud City. Among them, Hou Yongchang and Sun Qin, the head of the clan, were all well-equipped and seemed to be preparing to go far away. Since the two of them were below, there were more than 20 people in the mansion. Almost all of them were cultivators above the Origin Condensation Realm, and a few of them were experts of the Divine Concept.

Even in Floating Cloud City, this troop would cause people to look sideways and retreat.

Among the crowd, apart from a few great Divine Concept cultivators who were resting with their eyes closed, there were two youngest youths who were the most eye-catching. The handsome and elegant young man before them was Hou Yuanliang, the proud son of the Heavens of the Hou Clan, with his sharp eyebrows and bright eyebrows. The slightly fat youth standing beside him was a rising star of the Hou Clan in recent years. His name was Hou Sheng.

There were only two of the Hou Clan’s younger generation here on this long journey. It could be seen that their futures were certain.

Under the envious gazes of the crowd, Hou Yuanliang seemed to be accustomed to this kind of occasion, and Hou Sheng seemed to be a little unaccustomed. He subconsciously stood behind Hou Yuanliang. Occasionally, when Hou Yuanliang said something, Hou Sheng hurriedly answered, as if he was a servant following Hou Yuanliang.

In the distance, after the Hou Clan’s Clan Master and Madam Sun Qin finally instructed the servants to do everything, He turned around and prepared to call everyone to leave. After looking at his son, Hou Yuanliang, who was far away in the crowd, Sun Qin’s eyes were filled with affection and pride. Hou Yongchang’s gaze was a bit more complicated. Although he also had affection, he didn’t know if he had thought of anything else, but he suddenly sighed lightly for no reason.

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Compared to the bustling streets of the South Treasure Square where the branches and shops of the Divine Immortal Society were gathered, The Southern Heaven Gate was clearly in a state of chaos. Many rogue cultivators took out a piece of cloth and placed it on the ground. Even if they took up a piece of land and set up a stall, they would place some random spirit materials there and patiently wait for the guests to take care of them.

However, when it came to the quality of spirit materials, the items here were truly incomparable to those in the Southern Precious Treasure Workshop. Many spirit materials were not only inferior in quality, they were even defective. However, thinking about it, it was also true. If they were really the best spirit materials, there were naturally plenty of ways to sell them. How could they possibly get them here? One had to know that the price of spirit materials on the South Heaven Gate side was usually around 30% lower than the price of spirit materials in the South Treasure Shop.

However, if there were more things, there would naturally be some good goods. In any case, for many years, the story of the South Heaven Gate exchanging precious and rare spirit materials to become rich by the day had been circulating endlessly, attracting countless embarrassed rogue cultivators to sit here and dream of making a fortune in the daytime.

Shen Shi’s vision towards spirit materials had been tempered since he was young. There were even some ordinary spirit materials here in South Heaven Gate that were deliberately refurbished or confused by the unscrupulous vendor’s loose cultivators. Normally, they could not be concealed from his eyes. However, although he would not be deceived, if he wanted to obtain the legendary Vastsea Pearl Heavenly Materials and Earth Treasures from here, he really needed great luck. For example, he came here seven years ago.

After wandering around for half an hour, Shen Shi looked at a large pile of fake and inferior low-grade spirit materials, but there weren’t many that truly entered his eyes. It was not easy to find a Tier 2 spirit mine that looked good, “Iron Soul Crystal”. However, the stall owner treated it as if it was his lifeline. No matter who came, he insisted that 200 spirit crystals wouldn’t let go. Shen Shi could only shake his head and leave.

After walking for a while, there was still no harvest. Shen Shi was also prepared to leave. It could not be said that he was disappointed. After all, good luck could never be restored. How could all the good things in the world be taken away by one person? In places like South Heaven Gate, inferior goods were the mainstream, so it was normal for them to not be able to find good things.

He turned around and said, He turned to the west of South Heaven Gate, Just as he was wondering if he should leave this place that way, When he turned around to take a look at the market in West Liuyun City, he suddenly glanced at the corner of his eyes. At first, he didn’t care, but he still walked forward. However, after taking four or five steps like this, he suddenly stopped and frowned, as if he had thought of something. Then, he slowly turned around and looked at a stall behind him.

It seemed to be an ordinary loose cultivator stall. There wasn’t anything unusual about it. It was also a piece of blue cloth lying on the ground. There were bottles and cans of disorderly things. The stall owner didn’t look particularly eye-catching, but a piece of meat on his face looked a little fierce. He was sitting idle on the ground and opened his mouth to yawn loudly.

Shen Shi suddenly laughed. Then, he directly walked over and squatted down in front of the stall. The stall owner immediately regained his spirits and revealed a smile. He said,

“My guest, if you like anything, just say it. What I have here is all good stuff.”

Shen Shi faintly smiled. His gaze swept across the stall. Then, he looked at the stall owner and said with a smile,

“Long time no see, Old Hou!”