Killing God - Chapter 279

Chapter 279 Rumors
Shen Shi walked out of the Zhong Clan. His anger was unbearable. It was the first time in many years that he had been humiliated in front of someone. Looking at Zhong Liancheng’s appearance just now, he looked at himself as if he was a villain who was attaching to the flames or harboring evil intentions. His face was really reminiscent of a chest tightness.

If one didn’t know anyone who had nothing to do with it, unless one’s cultivation was far superior to one’s own Great Cultivator, Great Daoist, then one could only admit that one was unlucky. However, how could a person at that realm say such words? Apart from that, Shen Shi might really make a move directly. The young man was full of high spirits, and even if he endured it, he could not be humiliated inexplicably.

However, Zhong Liancheng was the head of the Zhong Clan. He was not an unrelated person. If he was alone, even if he had the Zhong Clan as his backing, Shen Shi would not be afraid. However, Zhong Qinglu and Zhong Qingzhu were Zhong Clan’s best friends. Furthermore, Zhong Liancheng was Zhong Qinglu’s biological father.

In front of Zhong Qinglu, Shen Shi really couldn’t rush forward and make a big move, so he could only leave in anger. Returning to the streets, his heart was filled with indignation, but at the same time, he was somewhat depressed. He thought back a few times, it was true that he did not offend Zhong Liancheng, but he did not know why the old man had cursed hysterically from the start.

Being disturbed by such a depressing matter, Shen Shi was also in no mood. Coincidentally, everything else in Floating Cloud City had been done well. He directly left the city and went straight to the shore of the sea. Then, he took the Sea Crossing Immortal Ark and directly returned to Jinhong Mountain.

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The next morning.

When Shen Shi opened his eyes from his slumber, he was already in his cave in the Jinhong Mountain Valley. The flat rock wall drew a smooth arc and appeared above his bed. Shen Shi stared at the dome for a while before sitting up.

After returning to the mountain yesterday, For some reason, Even Shen Shi felt that it was strange for him to be so irritated that it violated his usual temperament. However, under such a mood, he was unable to lift his spirits. He even kowtowed a little in his daily routine of cultivation. When he reached the end, he simply fell asleep sullenly.

After the night passed, he stretched his back and looked at himself again. As expected, his mood was much better, and the inexplicable irritability had disappeared. Shen Shi turned around to take a look. He saw Little Hei lying at the end of the bed, still sleeping soundly. He didn’t know if he had slept soundly in the wilderness in the past. Only by returning here would he be able to truly relax and have a good night’s sleep.

Shen Shi looked at Little Hei for a while. Seeing that it did not seem to wake up, he did not intend to wake it up. He casually pulled a quilt over the little pig’s belly and walked out of the bedroom.

As usual, after moving his body, he began his daily morning homework. On the desk in the hall, snow-white paper pounced on the table, dragon and snake strokes, drawing one after another Yin Yang Five Elements Runes, forming one Talisman Formation after another.

The stone room was very quiet. No sound came to disturb him. Shen Shi drew calmly. Every stroke was so skilled. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen pieces of white paper came down. He did not miss a single stroke.

When he finished drawing the last rune, Shen Shi put down his pen and paper, rubbed his wrist, and stood up. He glanced at the dozen pieces of white paper filled with rune arrays with satisfaction, nodded, and then looked back at the bedroom. Little Hei’s snoring came from afar. Shen Shi smiled, then opened the stone door of the cave and walked out.

The sky was already bright and the weather looked good. Although the valley was deep and the sunlight rarely shone into the valley, the sound of birds singing came from afar, and there was a different situation. Shen Shi opened his arms and took a deep breath of air. Then, he closed the door and walked out. He walked out of the valley all the way towards Guanhai platform.

As he walked on the stone steps of the mountain path, Shen Shi thought back to the strange matter that Gu Lingyun had asked him to help at the Divine Immortal Gathering in Floating Cloud City yesterday. He hesitated for a moment and hesitated whether he should help her with this matter or not. To tell the truth, this request did not pose much of a problem. It was just to look at the ancient scrolls in the sea of books and find information about an ancient person. Even those ancient Demon race scrolls were publicly available in the hall. Apart from protecting the scrolls from borrowing, anyone who went there could read them at will.

However, the problem was that the identity of this “Ancient Man” was somewhat strange. Perhaps most of the humans knew nothing about Huang Ming, but to Shen Shi, the name that had given him so much shock in the Demon Realm back then was definitely not an ordinary name.

Gu Lingyun specifically wanted to find Huang Ming, Obviously, he was not ignorant of this person, But how much does she know, However, Shen Shi didn’t know that as he hesitated, he slowly walked up to Guanhai platform. At about the same time, he made a decision in his heart. No matter what, he still went to the sea of books to take a look. First, he heard that there were many ancient scrolls, various types, and the volume of books was like a sea. Whether he could find the scroll that recorded Huang Ming was also doubtful. Secondly, if he wanted to know what the meaning behind Gu Lingyun’s search for Huang Ming was, he had to help her first. Anyway, she had said earlier that this matter was not too urgent. He could just take an hour every day to go and read a book. He had the right to relax.

At least from today onwards, Shen Shi did not intend to go out and go down the mountain again. These past few months, he had practically been traveling and adventuring outside. His experiences were truly indescribable. He really needed to take a good rest, and at the same time, cultivate his cultivation realm, Dao, and divine abilities and techniques firmly. After a month, it was the private auction that Gu Lingyun had mentioned to him earlier in Floating Cloud City, the Divine Immortal Society. It wouldn’t be too late to go over and see Gu Lingyun at the same time.

With his mind set, Shen Shi felt much more relaxed. He walked around on the viewing platform casually, and the sea breeze blew over. He felt that his heart was wide and his mood was much better. However, as he walked, he suddenly felt that there seemed to be some gazes looking at him in the surroundings.

Shen Shi turned around and looked around. Nothing unusual happened at first, But after he took a closer look, However, he discovered that amongst the many disciples of Lingxiao Sect on the viewing platform, There were actually quite a few people who looked at him from time to time. There were even people who looked at him and whispered to each other. It was as if they were saying something. Judging from their expressions, most of them were astonished, suspicious, and even had looks of disdain.

Shen Shi’s footsteps gradually slowed down. His first reaction was to almost reach out and touch his face. He wondered if there was anything dirty on his face after he woke up early, or if the dead pig had rubbed something on his face. However, he quickly realized that something was amiss. Among the Lingxiao Sect disciples who were peeping at him, he didn’t even recognize many of them.

Strange things happen year after year, are there any more this year?

Shen Shi felt a burst of depression in his heart. Just as he raised his head and looked forward, he saw a man and a woman standing under a pillar in front of him. They were Sun You and Zhong Qingzhu.

Shen Shi was stunned for a moment. He thought to himself, “Didn’t the two of them usually look down on each other? Why are they standing together today?” He strode over. Sun You and Zhong Qingzhu soon saw him as well. There was a strange and complicated expression on their faces.

Shen Shi walked to their side and glanced at the two of them. “What are you doing?” He said.

Zhong Qingzhu stared at Shen Shi with a complicated gaze, but he did not speak immediately. Instead, Young Master Sun coughed and said, “Big Brother, long time no see.”

When Shen Shi heard this, he could tell that this brat’s words were a bit unfinished. He glared at him and lowered his voice, “I came over from the front and felt that something was wrong with the people around me. Why are you looking at me like that? Do you know anything?”

Young friend Sun laughed dryly and looked at him strangely. “You don’t know?” He said.

Shen Shi said angrily, “If I knew, why would I ask you? Quickly tell me.”

Sun You hesitated for a moment and sighed, “Well, here’s the thing. From yesterday onwards, a rumor about you suddenly spread on the mountain, and it spread quite quickly. Today, I think many people know about it.”

Shen Shi was stunned and said, “The rumors are still about me. What is it?”

After a moment of silence, Young Friend Sun said, “You said that you did something bad in Floating Cloud City and fell for the Zhong Clan’s eldest young miss. Then, you brazenly pestered her endlessly and even chased her to her home, forcing Zhong Qinglu to cry and provoking the Zhong Clan. In the end, she was chased out of the Zhong Clan by Zhong Liancheng in public …”

Shen Shi was stunned. Immediately after, he felt as if there was a surge of hot blood rushing over his head. Even his cheeks were slightly hot. He angrily said, “Nonsense! How could there be such a thing …”

As he said that, he roughly told the two of them what had happened yesterday. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, “Where did this rumor come from? It’s simply out of thin air.”

Just as Sun You was about to say something, Zhong Qingzhu, who had been standing silently by the side, stared at Shen Shi. He took a step forward and said,

“I believe you!”

These three words were short but powerful, without the slightest hesitation. Even Shen Shi was stunned for a moment. Then, his heart warmed. Looking at Zhong Qinglu’s delicate and beautiful face, his eyes revealed a hint of gratitude. He nodded and said, “Thank you, Qingzhu.”

Sun You glanced at Zhong Qingzhu and frowned slightly, as if he had some strange thoughts in his heart.

At this moment, Shen Shixiang remembered something. He turned around and said to Sun You, “This matter is truly inexplicable. However, Qing Lu was also present at that time. She was the one who knew what had happened. You only need to ask her to understand. At that time, as long as she came forward to explain, this rumor would naturally be self-defeating.”

As he spoke, the anger on his face dissipated a lot. However, the expressions of Sun You and Zhong Qingzhu did not relax at all. Instead, they exchanged glances with each other, their eyes filled with complicated expressions.

“What’s wrong? Why are you two looking like this?” Shen Shi noticed their abnormal expressions and asked in shock.

Sun You hesitated. Zhong Qingzhu pondered for a moment and said, “Sister Qing Lu had already returned to the mountain yesterday. Many people saw her at the Pill Hall, but since then, she … seems to have never appeared again or said anything?”

Shen Shi’s body trembled slightly. Soon after, he fell silent. He didn’t say anything else. Perhaps he didn’t know what to say, right?

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Ji Anfu was standing in the shadows near the entrance of the main hall in the Pill Hall’s Spirit Medicine Hall. He calmly watched the people coming and going on the sunny viewing platform outside. He watched the seven enormous Hongjun pillars stand tall like mountains, and watched the pile of people standing on the platform.

Life is like a play …

Suddenly, he sighed inexplicably in his heart, and then a faint smile appeared on his face. At this moment, a burst of footsteps came from behind him. Ji Anfu turned around and saw a woman walking over. He hurriedly cupped his hands and smiled,

“Senior Sister Min.”

The woman nodded and said, “Elder Yun Ni is coming out of seclusion. The Pill Gathering is right in front of us. All the disciples who are hopeful of the Pill Dao will have to hone their pill refining techniques hard in the near future. I can’t help but feel a little nervous here in the Spiritual Medicine Hall. Please take care of them.”

Ji Anfu smiled and said, “What’s there to do? It’s just that everyone is busy. It’s not worth mentioning. In comparison, of course, the Pill Gathering is the most important. Oh right, I heard that Junior Sister Zhong went to the pill refining room after returning to the mountain yesterday?”

Senior Sister Min nodded. “Yes, Junior Sister Zhong is talented in the pill dao and has a high chance of being accepted by Elder Yun. In my opinion, she’d better use all of her time to hone her pill refining techniques in the month before the pill meeting, so that she can make a name for herself at the pill meeting after January, or get Elder Yun Ni’s favor,” he said with a look of anticipation.

Ji Anfu stroked his hand and smiled. He nodded and said, “This is the right path. Senior Sister, just hurry up. I am in the Spirit Medicine Hall.” “Oh, right. Although they are all from the same sect, this matter has a great future. I’m sure that there are others who have other thoughts. Therefore, it’s best to ask Senior Sister Zhong to advise Junior Sister Zhong to stop distracting herself from foreign affairs and focus on concocting pills. She doesn’t even need to reveal her whereabouts to outsiders. This is the best thing to do.”

As he spoke, his gaze seemed to contain a deep meaning as he looked at Senior Sister Min.

Senior Sister Min pondered for a moment and seemed to understand what Ji Anfu meant. After pondering for a moment, she said, “Indeed, it should be like this. Alright, I will make my own decision when I return. I’ll leave this to you.”

With that, he turned around and left. Ji Anfu smiled as he watched her walk. Then, he intentionally or unintentionally glanced at a place on the viewing platform outside. However, he snorted softly, revealing a trace of disdain. Then, he walked towards the Spirit Medicine Hall.