Killing God - Chapter 301
Chapter 301 Delay
Old Man Pu smiled, but didn’t answer him immediately. After pondering for a moment, he said, “Follow me out for a walk.”
Shen Shi was slightly surprised, but he still nodded and agreed. Old Man Pu turned around and walked. Shen Shi followed closely behind. Xu Yanzhi, who was standing at the side, was just about to follow when he suddenly waved his hand and said, “Girl, you don’t need to follow me.”
Xu Yanzhi was stunned for a moment, then said angrily, “What can’t I hear?”
Old Man Pu walked forward without turning back. At the same time, he said, “Because you’re stupid.”
Xu Yanzhi stomped her foot and stood there, looking angry. She muttered, “This is not the beginning yet. You can say that I’m stupid and stupid, but how can I be a senior sister in the future?”
Old Man Pu brought Shen Shi out of the Five Elements Hall. He didn’t have the intention to continue traveling. Instead, he brought Shen Shi to the corridor around the Five Elements Hall. The hall was originally deserted. Inside and outside the large hall, few figures could be seen. The two of them walked along the corridor and took a turn at the front of the hall. The surroundings were filled with a dense silence of ancient trees.
A few quiet bird chirps came from the forest outside the hall. A gentle breeze blew past, and the waves of trees rose and fell slightly, as if they were a pure land on earth.
Old Man Pu walked forward with his hands behind his back. He took a few more steps forward and then suddenly said indifferently, “Shen Shi.”
Shen Shi took a deep breath and quickly walked behind him. He whispered, “Disciple is here.”
Old Man Pu turned around to look at him and said, “There is no need to hide anything. I heard about you a few years ago. In addition, I ran into you under the sea of books the day before yesterday. I think it is also an opportunity.” “That’s why I sent someone to summon you here and meditate on the Five Elements Hall. The purpose is to see how talented you are in the Five Elements Hall. Is it worth this old man taking in as an apprentice?”
Shen Shi lowered his head and remained silent. The corners of his mouth were slightly tightened. His hands were hanging at his waist, but the hands hidden in his sleeves were already tightly clenched into fists.
Old Man Pu revealed a faint smile and said, “Now, it seems that your talent is really good.”
Shen Shi’s heart skipped a beat. A burst of ecstasy flashed past him. He couldn’t help but raise his head and look at Old Man Pu. However, his mouth was somewhat excited. He stammered, “Senior, I, I…”
Old Man Pu smiled leniently, but he stretched out his hand and waved it in front of him. Then, he said, “Your talent is very good. This old man thinks you are pleasing to the eye, so I might as well tell you frankly, I do have the intention to accept you as my disciple. However, before that, there are two things that I need to talk to you about.”
Shen Shigong said respectfully, “Please speak frankly. Disciple will listen respectfully.”
“Firstly, since I am an elder of the Arts Hall, I have always focused on the Five Elements Arts. Of course, as a cultivator, I am naturally proficient in both Dao Arts and divine abilities. However, it is still somewhat different from the mainstream of cultivation in this world.” Old Man Pu said indifferently, “You must also know what kind of status the Five Elements Technique holds in the Primordial Chaos Cultivation World right now.” If you enter my sect, your path of cultivation in the future will probably be even more difficult than other cultivators. Cultivating all kinds of Five Elements Spells will take a lot of effort. Not to mention, it is very likely that you will be slowed down in advancing your cultivation realm. In fact, your combat strength will also be much slower than that of cultivators at the same realm. Have you ever thought about these things clearly? ”
Shen Shi was stunned, but he didn’t expect that the first thing Elder Pu said was to directly explain the shortcomings of the Five Elements Technique. He couldn’t help but be stunned for a moment.
Old Man Pu looked at him indifferently and saw all the astonishment on his face. He calmly said, “The journey of cultivation is a long and arduous one, so this foundation is especially important. If you choose the wrong path from the beginning, it is not worth it to regret it in the future. This matter concerns your future. Think about it carefully before answering me.”
Shen Shi was silent, but his thoughts were fluctuating. All sorts of gains and losses flashed through his mind. However, at this moment, his state of mind was unusually clear. There were no ripples between the two choices. In an instant, his mind had already been decided.
“Disciple is willing to enter the Hall of Arts to cultivate.” This sentence was uttered without the slightest hesitation.
Old Man Pu stared at him for a moment, then grinned and smiled. “Alright, it’s rare for you to have such intentions. I understand.” Afterwards, his expression turned solemn as he said, “But before I officially accept you as my disciple, there is another thing that you have to do. It can be considered a test.”
As he said that, he had a hint of self-mockery on his face as he said, “I wonder if this is a self-inflicted cocoon or not.”
Shen Shi was somewhat puzzled, and he blankly said, “Senior, you mean …”
Old Man Pu waved his hand and said, “I’m sure you know that I just entered the Grand Council of Elders a few days ago. However, there’s nothing good about it. It’s all … Well, anyway, I had a big quarrel with a few other people the moment I entered the first meeting.”
Shen Shi lowered his head and remained silent. The Great Elder Council was too far away from him. Even though there was a Great Elder standing in front of him, in his heart, he still felt that those people and things were very far away from him.
Old Man Pu snorted coldly. His expression didn’t look very happy. He casually took another sip of the wine gourd and said indifferently, “So there are some things that your senior sister still can’t hear. As for you, it’s also because of the matter that I said this to you.” After pausing for a moment, he continued, “Let’s be frank. At the Council of Elders, for the sake of selecting the elite disciples for the Four Main Assembly next year, Daoist Sect Master and I want to reduce the number of disciples from aristocratic families. However, some of the other elders are strongly opposed to it. Some of them have a gentler attitude, but they don’t seem to agree with it very much.” “However, the old man’s voice was fierce and fierce. In addition to the prestige of the Sect Master, I barely managed to finish half of the conversation …”
Shen Shi was stunned for a moment and said, “Half?”
Old Man Pu shrugged his shoulders, his face also showing some helplessness. He said, “The family has a great career. Even the head teacher brother has a lot of misgivings. It would be good to have such a thing.” In short, there would be some adjustments to the method of selecting disciples at the Four Great Hall of the People, Let’s not talk about this, But to set an example, All the disciples under the Origin Core Realm Elders of the sect wanted to be selected into the Four Main Assembly, “There must be a reason to convince the crowd, whether it be fame or reputation, or acknowledged geniuses. If you want to recruit a new disciple, you need to pass a test under the witness of other elders. In short, in this critical period, you can no longer casually accept a disciple from an aristocratic family as a disciple as you used to. You can directly recommend him to the Four Forms Convention.”
Shen Shi took a deep breath and said, “Disciple understands.”
Old Man Pu smiled and said, “I argued too fiercely at the Council of Elders. It was a disgrace to some people.” If those people knew that I was going to accept disciples, they would probably know that in the future, the disciple spot in my Four Main Assembly would most likely be yours. I’m afraid they wouldn’t be too polite to you. “Of course, I’m not easy to provoke, so I’m sure they wouldn’t dare to go too far. However, I’m afraid you’ll inevitably suffer some hardships. How about it? Is it scary?”
Shen Shi’s expression was calm and composed as he bowed deeply and said,
“With you here, I won’t die anyway. Apart from life and death, there’s no big deal, so why should I be afraid of you?”
Old Man Pu was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed heartily. He patted Shen Shi’s shoulder forcefully and smiled, “Good boy, you said it well!”
However, Shen Shi immediately seemed to recall something. He glanced at Old Man Pu and asked in a low voice, “Mm … But isn’t there Senior Sister Xu under your seat? Why did you say that you wanted to give it to me?”
Old Man Pu sighed. After a moment of silence, he shook his head, but did not answer Shen Shi’s question. Shen Shi didn’t dare to ask further when he saw him like this, but he still had a question hidden in his heart.
④
Everything was settled. Old Man Pu brought Shen Shi back to the Five Elements Hall and asked Xu Yanzhi to explain the matter briefly. Xu Yanzhi was overjoyed to hear that his master had indeed intentionally accepted Shen Shi into his sect. However, he could not help but complain when he heard another test. Old Man Pu only pretended not to hear it.
In short, even if Shen Shi had already stepped onto the threshold of the Hall of Arts with one foot, whether or not the latter foot could smoothly and completely step onto the threshold depended on the next test. Old Man Pu would go to the other elders to testify and arrange the trials. However, according to what Old Man Pu had secretly told Shen Shi, he had already made arrangements for this matter, so he could just rest assured. In the end, he even gave Shen Shi a cunning expression and smiled as he told him that he would properly master the Water Rejection Technique. It would definitely be of great use.
Shen Shi naturally agreed, However, he immediately discovered that Old Man Pu had specifically instructed him not to go down the mountain after all these things had happened. Each and every Origin Core Realm elder had such a high status that it was impossible for them to wait for an Origin Condensation Realm disciple. Therefore, once the elder was invited to witness, he would immediately undergo a test. If he had to wait on this Golden Rainbow Mountain again, he would have to wait.
Shen Shi hesitated in his heart, but he thought of Ling Chunni and Little Hei in the inn in Floating Cloud City. Counting the days, they had been waiting for him for a long time, but how could they give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in front of them?
At that moment, Shen Shi didn’t know what to do, but in the end, he agreed to Elder Pu and Senior Sister Xu Yanzhi. However, when he walked out of the Five Elements Hall, he looked at the bright blue sky outside the hall, the vast ocean in the distance, and the blue waves were like washing water. At the end of the sea, who was still waiting?
A trace of worry flashed through his eyes, and Ling Chunni’s figure flashed past his eyes. He hesitated in his heart, but in the end, he turned into a sigh and slowly walked away with a bit of confusion.
④
In the blink of an eye, Shen Shi spent another two days on Golden Rainbow Mountain.
The days of waiting were especially difficult. During these two days, Shen Shi was often a little restless, but even he couldn’t tell if it was because he was waiting for the upcoming test of Elder Pu of the Hall of Arts, or because he was worried about the woman who was still in Floating Cloud City?
After bidding farewell that day, she warned softly that her tenderness was still with her. If she was delayed for a few days, would she be a little anxious and worried, and would something unexpected happen? After all, although the inn was secluded and safe, the Beast Alliance was a native of the Floating Cloud. Could it be possible that they still found her?
A few worries and anxieties made Shen Shi somewhat restless. In his irritation, he simply left the cave residence and walked towards Guanhai platform. As he walked along the mountain path to the Sea Observation Platform, he was wondering if he wanted to go to the Arts Hall to take a look when he suddenly noticed that many disciples of the Ling Xiao Sect were heading in the same direction. Looking in that direction, it was the location of the Pill Hall’s Spiritual Medicine Hall.
He frowned and thought for a moment before suddenly reacting. So today was the first major event in the Ling Xiao Sect in recent days. Elder Yun Ni personally presided over the pill gathering for the selection of apprentices.
Shen Shi’s heart trembled slightly. When he looked at the Spirit Medicine Hall again, his gaze was different. Zhong Qinglu’s figure flashed past his heart. After a moment of hesitation, he took a step forward and walked towards the Spirit Medicine Hall.
