Killing God - Chapter 249

Chapter 249 Sell Grass
After many days, he stood on the viewing platform again. Looking back, he saw that the sea and sky were vast and boundless. The vast ocean was like a mirror. Below the majestic peak of Jinhong Mountain, thousands of islands were like pearls embellished in the surface of the sea. They looked exceptionally beautiful.

The tide surged and the sea breeze blew, as if they were already in the Immortal Realm.

The seven Hongjun pillars stood tall and towering like seven giants standing on the viewing platform. They watched the people coming and going under their feet, the buildings and pavilions rising and falling, and the vicissitudes of life. It was as if they were the only ones who would never change.

Shen Shi walked past Hongjun Zhu and went straight to the Spirit Medicine Hall. Sun You originally wanted to follow him, but he saw a beautiful woman standing at the entrance of the Spirit Medicine Hall. It was Zhong Qingzhu. The smile on his face immediately faded a lot. He curled his lips and said to Shen Shi, “I’ll wait for you outside. You can go in yourself.”

Shen Shi glanced at him, somewhat surprised, and said, “What’s wrong?”

Sun You snorted and said unhappily, “I wonder what medicine Zhong Qingzhu took wrong a few days ago. He has a bad temper. He doesn’t say anything when he sees me. He occasionally stabs me with cold words and says that someone risked their lives to cultivate. Someone is just a good child. As long as they sit at home, they will have everything.” At this point, Sun You looked a little annoyed and said angrily, “Not to mention what I can say about this reincarnation, even she herself is from an aristocratic family. Why should she stare at me and mock me?”

Shen Shi was dumbfounded. A moment later, he reached out and patted Young Master Sun’s shoulder. Young Master Sun turned around to look at him and said indignantly, “Don’t you think so?”

Shen Shi smiled and said, “That’s right, that’s right. How about this, wait for me outside. Wait for me to go to the Spirit Medicine Hall and change the spirit herbs into spirit crystals before coming to find you. Then, let’s go to the Arts Hall to take a look.”

Sun You nodded and said, “Alright.” As he spoke, he first glanced at Zhong Qingzhu and then walked away.

Shen Shi walked up to the spirit medicine hall and quickly saw Zhong Qingzhu’s beautiful figure. She was standing outside the hall talking to someone. The person who was talking to him was a round-faced male disciple from Lingxiao Sect. Shen Shi glanced at him and was stunned. He recognized that this person was the Ji Anfu he had seen before.

Ji Anfu’s face was full of smiles. He seemed to be in a very good mood. As he spoke to Zhong Qingzhu, his gaze would occasionally flash across the beautiful girl’s face, as if even the corners of his eyes could be filled with smiles. However, at this moment, Zhong Qingzhu saw Shen Shi walking over. A trace of surprise flashed across his face. Then, he said to Ji Anfu,

“Senior Brother Ji, then I’ll leave everything to you.”

Ji Anfu nodded. Just as he was about to say something, Zhong Qingzhu turned around and smiled gently at Shen Shi. He gently waved his hand and said with a smile,

“Stone!”

Ji Anfu’s body instantly froze, and the smile on his face froze for a moment. Then, his gaze instantly became much colder. He turned to look at Shen Shi, who was walking over, and frowned slightly.

Shen Shi smiled and nodded to Zhong Qingzhu. He walked to her and said, “Qingzhu, why are you here?”

Zhong Qingzhu said, “I need some rare spirit materials to cultivate spirit formations. I heard that there might be some spirit herbs in stock here, so I came to look for them.” As she spoke, she sized Shen Shi up with her bright eyes and said in a gentler voice, “Looks like your complexion today is not bad. Are all the injuries on your body healed?”

Shen Shi nodded and said, “It’s almost done. It’s all skin and flesh wounds. It doesn’t matter.” Pausing for a moment, he said apologetically, “I heard that you were there to take care of me during the first few days of my coma. I’m sorry to trouble you.”

Zhong Qingzhu smiled and said, “What’s the matter? We’ve been friends for so long. However, looking at the way you were sent back by Senior Brother Du, I was really shocked by you. I thought you were seriously injured. Fortunately, you’re fine now.”

Shen Shi smiled bitterly and said, “We are from a poor family, so we should be proud of our thick skin and flesh.”

Zhong Qingzhu laughed out loud, her bright eyes sparkling like flowers. She was really beautiful. At the entrance of this spacious and flat Spiritual Medicine Hall, she attracted the attention of many disciples of the Soaring Firmament Sect.

Zhong Qingzhu quickly seemed to have noticed and put away his smile. However, when he looked at Shen Shi, his expression was still gentle as he said, “Oh right, what are you going to do here today?”

Shen Shi pondered for a moment and didn’t conceal anything. He directly told her his plan. Zhong Qingzhu’s expression gradually became more serious as he listened. He hesitated for a moment and said, “Do you … really still want to go to Gaoling Mountain?”

Shen Shi nodded and said, “I still have to look for it once.”

Zhong Qingzhu took a deep look at him. There seemed to be a flash in her eyes. She didn’t know how she felt at this moment. After a while, she whispered, “I didn’t expect you to be a loving person. After being seriously injured, you would never forget a pet you had.”

Shen Shi sighed and said, “Little Hei and I have been together for several years. No matter what, I can’t pretend that this matter isn’t over. Therefore, I still have to go over to Gaoling Mountain.”

Zhong Qingzhu nodded and no longer tried to persuade him. After pondering for a moment, he revealed a smile and said, “Since you want to exchange for spirit crystals, let’s go in together.” As she said that, she leaned closer to Shen Shi and lowered her voice to chuckle. “I happen to know a senior brother on the spirit herb purchasing counter. His friendship is not bad. I can’t say that he can exchange for a few more spirit crystals.”

Shen Shi only felt a faint fragrance in front of him. It was as faint as an orchid, intoxicating to the heart. He lowered his head and looked carefully. Zhong Qingzhu’s beautiful face was close to him, and his breathing was as charming and gentle as an orchid. His heart couldn’t help but jump.

Fortunately, Zhong Qingzhu did not notice anything strange about him. After whispering to him, he walked towards the Spirit Medicine Hall. As Shen Shi followed behind her and walked past the entrance of the hall, he suddenly felt a strange gaze beside him. He turned around and saw Ji Anfu standing at one side, looking at him coldly. Then, he expressionlessly walked into the hall of spirit medicines, but the direction he walked in was towards the other side.

Shen Shi looked at Ji Anfu’s back and frowned. He thought to himself that this senior brother seemed to be slightly dissatisfied with him when they met several times. Could it be that he had offended Ji Anfu before?

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard Zhong Qingzhu call out to him and hurriedly agreed to follow him. Under Zhong Qingzhu’s guidance, he walked all the way to the counter where the Spirit Medicine Hall bought back the spirit herbs and spirit materials. Inside were four or five disciples from the Spirit Medicine Hall. Outside the counter, there were quite a few Ling Xiao Sect disciples taking out various kinds of spirit herbs from their storage bags and placing them on the counter.

Obviously, relying on herbs to exchange for spirit crystals was not a path that Shen Shi could walk alone. In fact, going out to search for spirit herbs to return to the mountains to replace spirit crystals was a very important and common path in most sects in the cultivation world.

Shen Shi followed Zhong Qingzhu to the counter. His gaze swept past the spirit herbs placed on the counter in front of him. He roughly looked around. It seemed that most of them were also first-grade spirit herbs. Second-grade spirit herbs were very rare. As for rare spirit materials above third-grade, no one had taken them out for the time being.

Of course, Zhong Qingzhu wasn’t lying to Shen Shi before. Sure enough, he greeted behind the counter with familiarity. Soon, a square-faced man in his thirties walked over with a smile and said, “Junior Sister Qingzhu, is there anything wrong?”

Zhong Qingzhu smiled at him and nodded. Then, he turned around and said to Shen Shi, “This is Senior Brother Ruan Maocai. He has a high cultivation level and treats me well. Senior Brother Ruan is a proud disciple of the Spirit Medicine Palace’s elders. He has always been in charge of the Spirit Medicine Palace’s repurchase of medicinal herbs.”

Ruan Maocai laughed out loud and waved his hand across the counter, “Junior Sister Qingzhu, come and tease me again. Don’t kill me if you manage the affairs here. If these words reach Martial Uncle Yunni’s ears, I won’t be able to take it anymore.”

Zhong Qingzhu smiled sweetly, then explained Shen Shi’s intentions. Then, he smiled and said, “Senior Brother Ruan, you are the most generous person. Why don’t you help us take a look first?”

Ruan Maocai smiled and said to Shen Shi, “Junior Brother Shen, why don’t we first see what spiritual herbs you found and then talk about the others?”

Shen Shi hurriedly nodded and said, “It should have been like this.”

As he said that, he reached out his hand and reached towards the Ruyi bag at his waist. However, when his finger touched the Ruyi bag, he suddenly turned around from behind the counter and looked at it. His body paused for a moment, and then he was slightly surprised. He said,

“Eh, Shen Shi, why are you here?”

Shen Shi looked up and saw Zhong Qinglu standing there. He was a little surprised for a moment. However, Zhong Qinglu had taken care of him in the cave these past few days. The relationship between the two of them was slightly closer than before. He smiled and patted Ruyi Bag, saying, “I plan to sell the spirit herbs for some spirit crystals.”

“Oh!” Zhong Qinglu understood. Then, she walked over. She smiled at Ruan Maocai and said, “Senior Brother Ruan, this is my friend. Let me take care of him.”

Ruan Maocai was stunned for a moment. His gaze swept across Zhong Qinglu’s smiling face, and then he looked at Zhong Qingzhu who was standing outside the counter. He didn’t know what to say for a moment. However, he was still experienced. After a while, he laughed and took the initiative to take a step back. He smiled and said, “Since that’s the case, I’ll have to trouble you, Junior Sister Qing Lu.”

Zhong Qinglu smiled and nodded. Then, she extended her hand to signal Shen Shi to walk to the side with her. It was around this time that she saw Zhong Qingzhu standing beside Shen Shi. She also smiled at Zhong Qingzhu and said, “Qingzhu, you came too.”

Zhong Qingzhu smiled warmly and slowly nodded, “Yes.”

Zhong Qinglu smiled and said, “Stay here for a while. I’ll help Shen Shi with the business.”

Zhong Qingzhu smiled and said, “It’s fine. Sister, you can go back to work. Don’t worry about me.”

Zhong Qinglu said, “Alright, I’ll go first.”

As she spoke, she turned around and walked to the other side of the counter with Shen Shi. She looked at the gentle and friendly smile on her face and asked Shen Shi to put the spiritual herbs in his Ruyi bag on the counter. At the same time, she whispered something to Shen Shi from time to time. She smiled sweetly and Shen Shi’s mood became much brighter as he spoke to her.

Zhong Qingzhu smiled and waited patiently. Suddenly, someone coughed twice. At the corner of his eyes, it was Ruan Maocai who was leaning on the other side of the counter. He swept his gaze over Shen Shi, Zhong Qinglu, and Shen Shi, who were talking and laughing at the same time. He said indifferently, “Don’t you need me anymore?”

Zhong Qingzhu’s smile did not change as he said, “It should be.”

Ruan Maocai glanced at her and felt that Junior Sister Qingzhu’s tone had suddenly turned cold for no reason. He suddenly shook his head and chuckled, but his gaze landed on Shen Shi again. After looking for a while, he suddenly let out two tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk.

Zhong Qingzhu said indifferently, “What do you mean?”

Ruan Maocai smiled and said, “Nothing much. I just feel that this kid’s life is really good. He doesn’t look much more handsome than mine. Why do beautiful girls like him so much that they don’t like me, Nirvana?”

Zhong Qingzhu’s cheeks suddenly flushed red, but she glared at him fiercely and said, “If you keep on talking nonsense, believe it or not, I’ll tell your wife.”

Ruan Maocai immediately gave in and said, “I was wrong, I was wrong. Little aunt, spare me … Eh?”

Just as he was halfway through his words, his eyes suddenly lit up. He saw that Zhong Qinglu had already pointed out Shen Shi’s spirit herbs. After estimating, he had already taken out the corresponding spirit crystals and handed them to Shen Shi. He watched as the light on the counter flickered. The amount was unexpectedly large.

Ruan Maocai swept his gaze over the pile of spirit crystals and looked at the spirit herbs and spirit materials Shen Shi took out. A moment later, he suddenly laughed and said,

‘”You said that you wanted me to take care of her. Why didn’t you mention your own sister? This favor is amazing, much more generous than mine. It seems that she treats this junior apprentice-brother Shen …”

After that, Ruan Maocai smiled and didn’t continue. On the other side of the counter, Zhong Qingzhu was still standing there calmly, with a beautiful smile on his face. However, a trace of coldness slowly flashed across his bright eyes.