Killing God - Chapter 53

Chapter 53 Faint Light
Shen Shi was speechless in the darkness. After a while, he said, “I don’t know either.” However, after pausing for a moment, he still whispered, “But it’s too early to say this. I always have to try and see if I can find a way out.”

Zhong Qingzhu said softly.

Shen Shi could not see her face clearly in the darkness. He hesitated for a moment and said, “Are you tired? Why don’t you sit down and rest before leaving?”

Zhong Qingzhu also seemed to be a little tired. Hearing this, he did not insist. The two of them were in the darkness, searching for a taller place to sit at the edge of the cave without water. As for their feet, they were still not in the water, but they could not close it.

Shen Shi leaned his back against the stone wall. Instantly, he felt his body relax for a moment. The pain in his entire body immediately began to heal. He couldn’t help but snort. Zhong Qingzhu, who was sitting beside him, seemed to be shocked and asked, “What happened to you?”

Shen Shi gritted his teeth and said, “It’s no big deal. It’s just that there’s a lot of pain on his body.”

Zhong Qingzhu was silent for a moment, but when he spoke again, his voice was filled with worry and apology. His voice was gentle and he said, “Sorry, I, I only thought about myself, but I didn’t expect you to be rushed down like me. You must also be injured. I really … Are you alright? Is there anything seriously injured?”

The wind blew lightly, but a soft hand gently stretched out and touched his shoulder with an inexplicable tremor. It seemed like it wanted to continue searching, but did not dare to move forward any further. It just froze there.

Shen Shi smiled and said, “It’s fine. I’ve seen it myself. It’s all skin wounds. It won’t be a problem.”

Zhong Qingzhu heaved a sigh of relief and said, “That’s good.”

Shen Shi nodded in the darkness. He did not say anything, nor did Zhong Qingzhu say anything else. The two of them sat in the darkness and rested silently.

After a while, Shen Shi suddenly noticed that Zhong Qingzhu, who was sitting beside him, seemed to be trembling slightly. At the same time, in the darkness, there seemed to be some extremely suppressed weak choking sounds. The girl beside him seemed to be quietly sobbing, and she seemed to be afraid of being discovered by him, desperately suppressing him.

“What’s the matter?” Shen Shi hesitated for a while before finally asking.

Zhong Qingzhu seemed to know that he could not hide the fact that he was crying. His choking voice gradually grew louder, but he was still trying his best to control himself. However, his voice was trembling, and even his voice was a little blurry.

“I, I think my mother.”

Shen Shi sighed. He didn’t say anything else. Actually, when he was panicking in the darkness just now, how could he, a youth, not have thought of his short and fat father?

Listening to Zhong Qingzhu’s sobbing voice beside him, he felt helpless and aggrieved. After a while, Shen Shi still wanted to talk to her, which could help her relax a little. He said, “Your mother is a very good person, right? See how you think about her?”

Zhong Qingzhu seemed to wipe his eyes in the darkness and whispered, “Yes, my mother treats me well. She always remembers me when I was young. She never scolds me or hits me. She treats me as a precious treasure.”

Shen Shi remained silent for a moment and said, “No wonder you miss her so much.”

Zhong Qingzhu said a few words. It seemed that his mood had calmed down a little. He sighed softly in the darkness and said faintly, “Where is your mother? Where is she now?”

Shen Shi paused for a moment and said, “When I first appeared, she died.”

Zhong Qingzhu’s voice suddenly quieted down. After a while, he was a little cautious and said, “Sorry …”

Shen Shi waved his hand in the darkness and smiled, “Alright, what’s wrong with this? You didn’t know it before. Also, why do you always say that you’re wrong to others? Why do you always feel like you owe them a lot of money?”

Zhong Qingzhu couldn’t help but be dumbfounded. After a while, he said, “Is that so?”

“Yes,” Shen Shi said.

Zhong Qingzhu thought for a moment and said, “It seems like this is really the case …”

Shen Shi laughed and said, “No, so I can’t control what you say to others, but you don’t have to be so careful when you talk to me. It sounds strange.”

Zhong Qingzhu said, “Oh.”

The two of them had calmed down quite a bit during these few conversations. The strangeness they had felt before was now more intimate with each other. Sitting in the darkness, The two of them chatted with each other, Shen Shi knew from Zhong Qingzhu’s mouth that she was indeed a branch of the Zhong family that had a faint bloodline. His family was also poor and miserable. Apart from his surname Zhong, his father was useless. In his early years, he was poisonous and would make a good family. He scolded Zhong Qingzhu and her mother all day long, not to mention that Zhong Qingzhu was a girl who could not carry on the family line. He even had the nauseating idea of betraying the mother and daughter.

As for whether the heavens had opened their eyes or not, The old man fell into the water and died for no reason, From then on, the mother and daughter were dependent on each other and their livelihoods were poor. Zhong Qingzhu’s mother had no choice but to join the Zhong Clan. She didn’t have much hope, but she was lucky to meet the eightieth birthday of the Zhong Clan’s Old Master. On the joyous day, the Zhong Clan didn’t want to be unlucky, so she accepted them.

Ever since then, the mother and daughter had finally lived a peaceful life, Although his status in the Zhong Clan was still low, Mother Zhong Qingzhu usually did some laundry and cooking servants, However, the mother and daughter were already happy enough to have food, clothing, and a room to live in. Even if some people in the Zhong family did not like them, they would often make things difficult for them or mock them coldly. Zhong Qingzhu silently endured it. After a long time, he had developed a cautious temperament.

As for her being able to come to Lingxiao Sect now, it was another lucky chance. The Zhong Clan was a well-known vassal clan under the Lingxiao Sect Clan, Although the family had been short of talents in the past few decades, and their momentum was much weaker than before, relying on their connections in the sect, they usually had more experts to look after them, so they were still barely ranked among the four great vassal clans. However, their momentum and strength were far inferior to the Sun Clan, Xu Clan, and even the relatively weaker Hou Clan.

But it’s good to look familiar, There were also quite a few experts from Lingxiao Sect who came to the Zhong Clan. Once, a senior elder came over to see if there were any outstanding disciples in the Zhong Clan. After choosing Zhong Qinglu from the disciples, there weren’t many talented people. This caused the Zhong Clan to be extremely disappointed. Who would have thought that when Elder Lingxiao Sect left, he would see Zhong Qingzhu who was delivering tea from the side …

When Shen Shi heard this, he couldn’t help but grin his teeth. He thought to himself, “This isn’t right. This is not a person with bad luck. From beginning to end, this is clearly the appearance of a lucky star!”

That fellow Sun You is indeed unreliable!

Shen Shi secretly came to a conclusion about his neighbor and friend in his heart.

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During the conversation, Shen Shi also casually talked about his past experiences. When he heard that Shen Shi had grown up with his father like him, Zhong Qingzhu seemed to have some sympathy for him. He didn’t know if it was because he felt the same way.

In short, as he spoke, the two of them were much closer. After chatting for a while, Shen Shi felt that his exhaustion had dissipated a lot. He said to Zhong Qingzhu, “Have you recovered? Why don’t we go forward?”

Zhong Qingzhu agreed without any objection.

The two of them began to explore the darkness of the cave again. This time, they crawled forward for a longer time. Because the surroundings were too dark, they had to explore while advancing. Zhong Qingzhu followed behind them. It was good that Shen Shi was walking in front of them. In the darkness, there would always be an illusion that he would hit the hard stone wall head-on. Therefore, they could not travel fast and had to constantly explore in the dark.

As they walked like this, they didn’t know how long they had been walking for. The two of them were gasping for breath again, and their bodies were feeling tired. At this time, their hearts were filled with despair. This path that was invisible seemed to have no hope or vitality at all.

Was he really going to die in this dark cave?

Depression and discouragement, It was like a poisonous insect that was quietly gnawing at Shen Shi’s heart. It made his heart start to get anxious again. He only vaguely heard the movement of the girl behind him, but he also reminded him that he wasn’t the only one right now. Perhaps it was the youth’s inexplicable self-esteem. He wanted to preserve some dignity in front of the girl, so he forcefully suppressed the uneasiness and irritation in his heart and continued to climb forward.

However, even Shen Shi himself was unable to tell how long this could last.

At this moment, a faint light suddenly flashed in the darkness ahead.

Shen Shi’s body instantly stiffened, and he suddenly stopped. Behind him, Zhong Qingzhu didn’t notice anything. He continued walking forward, caught off guard and hit Shen Shi’s body. “Aiya!” With a cry of surprise, the two of them fell into the water at the same time.

“Sorry” Zhong Qingzhu said.

However, Shen Shi didn’t have time to pay attention to her words. He grabbed her soft palm and pointed forward with some excitement, saying, “Look, look over there.”

Zhong Qingzhu let out an “Ah” sound and looked forward with some confusion. In the depths of the darkness, a faint light flashed calmly in that corner.

“Ya!” Zhong Qingzhu exclaimed again, but this time, his voice was filled with pleasant surprise. Shen Shi was also extremely excited as he said, “Let’s go over.”

Zhong Qingzhu nodded heavily and said, “Yes.”

Following the dark tunnel, the two of them quickly climbed towards the light. As they got closer and closer to the light, the light seemed to shine. Even they could vaguely see their surroundings. Indeed, it was the underground cave they had imagined. The walls were dark black and filled with water. It was very wet.

The light grew brighter and brighter. At this moment, they could clearly see that there was a corner in front of them. The light shone from behind the stone wall at that corner.

When they finally reached the corner and turned around, a gentle radiance finally landed on the two of them. In front of them was a slightly larger tunnel that could accommodate one person walking upright.

Within the stone walls around the top of the cave, there was a shocking glow like stars within the dark rocks. It was embedded on the stone wall, emitting a silver glow of tenderness. Drops by drops, glittering and flickering, illuminating this dark cave like a dream, like an immortal realm.

“So beautiful” Zhong Qingzhu looked at the scene in front of her. A star-like radiance reflected in her bright eyes, making her look so beautiful that she couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.

“These are fluorescent stones.” Shen Shi glanced at the beautiful starry lights and said faintly, “They can spontaneously shine. They are often accompanied by hard stones. Occasionally, they are used for illumination, but they are not very practical. Other than that, they cannot be used for refining pills and inserting them into artifacts. They are of little use and are not considered spirit materials.”

“This stone is worthless.” In the end, he added, speaking in a firm tone.