Killing God - Chapter 3

Chapter 3 Young Man
After stepping out of the threshold, the clamor surged past Shen Shi like a tide. At the same time, the Heavenly First Floor was also the busiest and busiest horse hoof street in Xilu City. There were endless streams of people flowing in the streets.

On both sides of the spacious street, rows and rows of shops were open. There were countless people shuttling between these shops. On the first floor of the sky, there was no doubt that it was the place where the largest group of people stood out. Whether it was from the flow of passengers or the grandeur of the shop itself, it was the same. The only thing that could contend against the Heavenly First Floor was that not far from the other side of the street, there was another building with an extraordinary ancient aura. No matter what aspect it looked at, it did not seem to be below the Heavenly First Floor.

That was the two largest shops in Xilu City, which were called the top two shops alongside the Heavenly First Floor. On the large and heavy plaque of the door, there were three large words written in golden paint: Divine Immortal Gathering.

Standing at the entrance of the Heavenly First Floor, Shen Shi’s gaze naturally glanced at the bustling branch of the Divine Immortal Association across the street, his expression somewhat complicated.

The Divine Immortal Gathering, this was a name that pierced through one’s ears like thunder, Unlike Tianyi Lou, who was famous only in Xilu City, In fact, the Divine Immortal Association could be said to be the strongest giant merchant association in the history of the Primordial Chaos Realm. Its influence covered all the territories known to the human race. The so-called “Primordial Chaos City, 90 provinces, has Divine Immortal Associations everywhere” had never been done by any merchant in the past, even during the Heavenly Yao Royal Court.

This Chamber of Commerce had a long history and a long history. Legend has it that it was born ten thousand years ago during the bloody war between the human and demon races. It provided powerful support for the six human saints who had been bullied and humiliated by the Hongmeng Hundred Races and were still young and weak at that time.

After ten thousand years, not only did this mysterious and powerful Chamber of Commerce not rise and fall like many cultivation sects, it had been quietly but rapidly developing. Today, in the 90 provinces of the Primordial Chaos Master Realm, almost every important city would have a branch shop of the Divine Immortal Association, gathering wealth day and night. The incredibly powerful reputation that they had accumulated over the past ten thousand years made the Divine Immortal Society the number one choice for all cultivators in the cultivation world to buy and sell goods no matter where they were.

Corresponding to such a terrifying financial force, It’s the Divine Immortal Society. Although they’ve always kept a low profile in their business, However, in the Primordial Chaos Realm, apart from the eleven great sects of the “Four Righteousness and Seven Profound Sects” in the cultivation world, almost everyone, be it rogue cultivators or disciples of aristocratic families with extraordinary backgrounds, privately acknowledged that the Divine Immortal Society was actually the twelfth powerful force in the Primordial Chaos Realm.

There were even many people who believed that with the terrifying financial resources, omnipresent tentacles, and pervasive spies of the Divine Immortal Association, even though it was a Chamber of Commerce, there were almost countless cultivation experts that it respected, and there were as many aristocratic clans in the cultivation world that it had befriended as stars. Based on this calculation, the strength of the Divine Immortal Society was probably even greater than the incomparably impressive Four Righteousness and Seven Profound Skies on the surface.

However, this statement was naturally just the conversation of some boring people after a meal. On the surface, at least, the Divine Immortal Society had never revealed any obvious intention to interfere with the power of the cultivation world. All along, Immortal societies are just making money and doing business quietly, It was against this background that Shen Shi’s father, Shen Tai, had managed to forcibly turn the Heavenly Floor into a large shop that was on par with the Divine Immortal Gathering in Xilu City. It was truly a miracle that he faced such a powerful and almost unrivalled opponent from the Chamber of Commerce.

Of course, the scope of this “miracle” was only limited to Xilu City. If one looked at it in the vast Primordial Chaos Master Realm, it wouldn’t matter at all. But looking at the countless large cities and small towns in the Primordial Chaos World, how many people could do this? It was because Shen Tai, a short and fat man, had been valued by the Profound Yin Sect for all these years. Even Shen Shi had obtained benefits. News came from the Profound Yin Sect that he could be given an extra spot to successfully enter the Profound Yin Sect to cultivate.

This treatment didn’t sound special, but as long as one looked at the wandering cultivators running around the streets for one or two spirit crystals every day, one would know how important it was to have a powerful cultivation sect as a backing.

The Profound Yin Sect was considered the strongest cultivation clan in the Yin Province. Although it was still much weaker than a peak cultivation world clan like the Four Righteous and Seven Profound Sects, it was already considered powerful enough in the millions of miles of the Yin Province. At the same time, Heavenly Yin Mountain was also a treasured land of spirit mountains. In the depths of the mountain range, there was a spirit vein that was most valued by the cultivation world. It could absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and then condense and produce spirit crystals. Just this alone was much stronger than those rogue cultivators.

He slowly withdrew his gaze from the plaque and said, “The Divine Immortal Gathering?” He glanced at the street outside the door of the Heavenly First Floor where he was. Outside the flow of people, there were a few men who looked like rogue cultivators standing at the door. Their expressions were lazy and they chatted with each other. Their gazes were either looking at the flow of people on the streets or intentionally or unintentionally glancing at the people coming and going at the entrance of the Heavenly First Floor.

Shen Shi smiled, but he directly walked over.

The four or five seemingly wandering cultivators didn’t even have the intention to stand up. Instead, they were two men who were standing and chatting. One was a bearded man and the other was younger. The bearded man smiled and said, “Go, go, don’t cause trouble. We are all idle men.”

Shen Shi sneered and said, “Come on, everyone in Xilu City knows that you are the guards on the first floor of the Heavens. You pretend to be rogue cultivators every day. Are you tired?”

The Heavenly First Floor’s business was so big that it earned countless spirit crystals for the Profound Yin Sect every day. How could the Profound Yin Sect not value such an important source of wealth? Naturally, it would have to send some cultivators to guard it in secret or else it would have been eaten dry long ago.

The younger man smiled and said, “Little fellow, it’s easy to say. We don’t have a father like you, a lucky boy. Countless Spiritual Crystals are in your hands every day. I’m so poor that I can only come here to guard your father’s courtyard. At least I can earn a few Spiritual Crystals to go back to the mountain to cultivate.”

Shen Shi curled his lips and laughed, “Stop bullshitting. You still don’t know what’s going on in this building. Every spirit crystal you earn must be handed over to the sect. My father is just a clerk working for the sect.”

The four or five men laughed out loud, but no one refuted Shen Shi’s words. The bearded man smiled and said, “Alright, aren’t you going to be of no benefit? Didn’t you hear about it a few days ago? Are you going to enter the sect as easily as those disciples of aristocratic families who have been subordinate to our sect for hundreds of years?” As he spoke, he shook his head and sighed, as if he recalled some of the things that happened back then. He said with a hint of self-mockery, “Thinking back then, I suffered so much in order to join the sect …”

Shen Shi smiled and cupped his hands towards these men. He smiled and said, “Therefore, if we arrive at the Heavenly Yin Mountain in the future, I still need to ask all of you eldest brothers to take care of us.”

The bearded man waved his hand and scolded, “Scram, scram! With your father here, not to mention us disciples of the Origin Condensation Realm who aren’t on the stage, they are all the high and mighty Elders of the Divine Concept Realm. I’m still counting on you to take care of me in the future!”

A burst of laughter came from behind him. The three or four men laughed out loud, their expressions gentle and cordial. Obviously, Shen Shi was quite popular here on the Heavenly First Floor for so many years. Even these cultivators who had already stepped into the Origin Condensation Realm in the Profound Yin Sect were used to him.

As Shen Shi was chatting with the disciples sent out by the Profound Yin Sect to secretly guard the Heavenly First Floor, a voice suddenly sounded from not far behind him, saying, “Hey, isn’t this the Shen Clan’s little stone?”

Shen Shi turned around and frowned. There were several people standing behind him. One of them was a youth about the same age as him. He had a fair face and was slightly taller than him. Behind him were a few servant-like figures.

The corner of Shen Shi’s mouth twitched, and his expression dimmed. He said, “Eldest Young Master Wang, is there anything wrong?”

The young man surnamed Wang looked at his family background and naturally carried a proud aura. He was looking at Shen Shi with a faint smile. Then, he smiled and said, “Little Stone, we haven’t seen each other for a long time. But this year, the sect opened its doors to accept disciples. I heard that you have also obtained the sect’s grace and can avoid entering the sect.”

Shen Shi took a deep look at him and said, “This matter is still unsettled. How would I know if you would be chosen to cultivate in the Dark Yin Sect?”

“Our Wang Clan has served the sect for more than two hundred years, so we naturally have the qualifications to do so,” said the youth who obtained this name proudly. “And this year, we have received more than one slot, a total of five people.” As he spoke, he stretched out his palm and waved his five fingers in front of Shen Shi.

Shen Shi glanced at these fingers, and the muscles on his cheeks seemed to tremble slightly. Then, he said, “Amazing, awesome. Admire, admire.”

The duke snorted and looked at Shen Shi with a sidelong gaze. He seemed to look down on this fellow in front of him. He turned his gaze and suddenly smiled, “Oh right, do you still remember that black-furred mastiff in my house?”

Shen Shi’s expression sank slightly. He did not say anything. The duke looked at his expression and suddenly became happy. He laughed and said, “I still remember when we were young, the two of us and the children of the Sun Clan, the Li Clan, and the Ou Clan were playing together. That black-furred mastiff followed us all day long.” “In the end, there was a time when this big dog went berserk and bit you instead of chasing other people. Aiya, wasn’t that a miserable time to chase you?”

Shen Shi glanced at him with a faint expression on his face and said, “Yes, I was frightened that time.”

The duke laughed heartily, his expression extremely complacent. Shen Shi asked again, “How is that big dog now?”

‘”Two years ago, the black-furred mastiff slipped out of the house and disappeared. I wonder which bitch he ran away with, right?” Wang Hou shrugged his shoulders and stopped smiling.

Shen Shi oh, he didn’t say anything else. The duke laughed and said, “Little Shi, when we enter the sect in the future, we still have a few other children. They are all fellow disciples. Although your family is a bit weaker, it’s nothing. It’s good to be able to enter the sect. When the time comes, it will depend on which of us cultivates faster.”

Shen Shi smiled and said, “Alright.”

The duke gave him a meaningful look and suddenly laughed loudly. Then, he turned around and left. Shen Shi looked at his back and stared at him for a moment. Then, he turned around. There was no anger on his face. He smiled at the men and said, “The kid quarreled, making all the eldest brothers laugh.”

The few men laughed. The bearded man looked over and smiled, “Oh, is that the young master of the Wang Clan?”

Shen Shi nodded and said, “Yes, where is the eldest grandson?” After chatting with these people for a while, he said that he still had some matters to attend to and walked towards the long street in front of him.

Behind him, a few men withdrew their gazes. They were still lazily sitting outside the Heavenly Floor. The younger man smiled and said, “It seems that the Wang Clan kid looked down on Little Stone a little.”

The bearded man sneered with disdain, “Didn’t the Wang Clan rely on their seniority to look down on the Shen Clan’s father and son? They didn’t even think about their current status on the Heavenly First Floor, just relying on them … eh?” Before he could finish speaking, the bearded man suddenly frowned, as if he had thought of something.

The young man asked curiously, “Senior Brother Chen, what’s wrong?”

A strange expression suddenly appeared on the bearded man surnamed Chen’s face. He did not immediately answer his junior brother’s question. Instead, he turned around to look in the direction Shen Shi had left. After looking for a moment, he turned around with a strange expression. “I suddenly remembered something” he said.

The young man said, “What’s wrong?”

The bearded man laughed dryly and said, “Two years ago, Little Stone suddenly pulled me to the street one day. Later, he saw a big black-haired dog in an alley. This little fellow said that he wanted to eat dog meat. He pestered me to kill it, then roasted it on fire. The two of them had a dog meat feast together.”

As soon as these words were spoken, the rest of the people’s faces immediately became excited. For a moment, no one spoke. After a long while, the young man curled his lips and smiled bitterly, saying, “The kids these days are amazing …”

(There’s another chapter at seven in the evening.)