Killing God - Chapter 70

Chapter 70 Night Encounter
“This” Shen Shi felt his throat dry. He turned around and looked at Zhong Qinglu. The black ash on her originally fair face seemed to be very similar to the ones scattered on the ground. His heart became more and more weak. He whispered, “Did something go wrong with you when you were refining pills?”

Zhong Qinglu stared at him and sneered, “Thanks to your good fortune, I came to call the door when the fire was at its peak and I was about to start the furnace to collect the pills. Even the pill was crippled, not to mention the fact that my hand trembled. Even the pill furnace broke.”

“Ah” The situation looked even worse than Shen Shi had expected. He didn’t know what to say anymore. Zhong Qinglu’s face was filled with anger, and her body seemed to be trembling. She was clearly extremely angry.

Under the panic, Shen Shi felt that his mind was unable to turn around, so he could only stutter, “I, I didn’t mean to. I’m sorry.”

“Sorry?” Zhong Qinglu’s voice suddenly rose. It was a little sharp in this silent night. She stared at Shen Shi and only heard her hatefully say, “Forget it if you’re sorry?” Do you know how long I’ve been guarding this batch of pills, and I haven’t dared to leave for two whole hours! Do you know how many spirit herbs are needed to refine the Qi Nourishing Pill? Do you know how many spirit crystals are gone now? “That pill furnace is broken. Do you know how many more spirit crystals are needed? It took me three whole years of savings to buy them, do you know?”

Shen Shi was dazzled by the surging questions that he asked with sharp words and stern expressions like mountains and seas. Zhong Qinglu could not say a single word. At this moment, she was still angry, but her face was filled with sadness. There was even more water in her eyes, as if she had touched something sad. In the end, a sparkling tear could not be suppressed and rolled down her cheeks.

Shen Shi was dumbfounded. He stood there helplessly. Zhong Qingzhu ruthlessly wiped his eyes. His voice carried a hint of tears as he shouted at Shen Shi, “Go, go, I don’t want to see you!”

Shen Shi’s voice was sharp. It sounded quite far in the night. He turned around and vaguely saw that there seemed to be someone in the nearby cave who had heard the commotion. He ran out and peeked around.

He felt extremely apologetic and helpless in his heart. He also felt that he was feeling inexplicably aggrieved. He felt depressed in his heart. However, looking at this scene in front of him, he was still unhappy. Qi Aiai wanted to say a few more words of apology to Zhong Qinglu, but Zhong Qinglu opened her eyes and shouted angrily,

“Fuck off!”

The sound was like thunder, causing Shen Shi’s eardrums to ring. The stone doors of the nearby cave opened one after another. Seeing more and more onlookers, Shen Shi was unable to bear it. His cheeks were also burning. He could only turn around and quickly leave, fleeing into the wilderness.

Zhong Qing’s face was still filled with anger. Turning around, he saw that at least a dozen disciples from the same sect had their heads out to look at him. They were furious and said to the crowd, “What are you looking at?”

With that, he turned around and waved his Cloud Talisman. “Boom!” The stone door closed!

The surrounding disciples who had been scolded by her weren’t angry either. Instead, they walked out of their respective caves and gradually gathered together. They looked around curiously and chatted with each other. Normally, they would even gather together to whisper to each other. After a while, they looked at Zhong Qinglu and then turned around to look at the cave in front of Shen Shi. There was a deep expression on each other’s faces as they talked endlessly over there.

In the outer corner of the crowd, Zhong Qingzhu stood there silently. It was unknown when she had come out of the cave. Her eyes were filled with confusion and an indescribable strange expression. She just stared blankly at Zhong Qinglu’s tightly shut stone door and did not say a word.

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May 21, overcast.

When he went out in the morning to look at the sky, he saw dark clouds gathering in the sky. It seemed to be a rarely seen cloudy day in the sea. Shen Shi shook his head and sighed softly. His mood was not too good either.

After returning from a sorry state last night, his mood was not good all night. Although he still insisted on using spirit crystals to guide his spirit into his body to cultivate twice, he was not in the mood to cultivate the water archery after that. Even after cultivating every day, he would fall asleep peacefully due to exhaustion. Shen Shi also fell asleep a little uncomfortably.

His mind was full of broken pill furnaces and scattered black medicinal residues. He was different from other rookie disciples because he had grown up in a large shop on the first floor of the Heavens. He knew a little about pill refining. Although he could not refine pills, he knew that the spirit materials needed to refine pills were indeed valuable.

Pill refining has been known as the king of side branches in the cultivation world since ancient times. The reason for that was because cultivators practically consumed all kinds of supplementary spirit pills and immortal medicines in the process of cultivation. It was filled with spirit pills that were extremely beneficial to cultivation. In the eyes of many cultivators, it was a supreme treasure that they dreamed of.

But concocting pills is a costly task, Even the lowest grade spirit pills, The spiritual materials and herbs required were also not cheap, Alchemists who were able to successfully refine spirit pills, A rare talent not only had to possess outstanding talent in this field, but also required a large amount of spiritual materials to support and consume in order to practice. Because the temperatures, colors, concoctions of various spiritual medicines, and many restrictions in the pill refining process required a lot of practice for a rookie who wanted to learn how to concoct pills.

That kind of person who was born to know was impossible to alchemy. Every alchemist had to experience countless failures before they could slowly explore the path to success. The so-called alchemy genius was probably someone who could find the alchemy trick a few times faster than others.

Zhong Qinglu was able to become one of the many rookies under the Pill Hall, The first person to refine a Qi Nourishing Pill was obviously a bit talented in the field of pill concoction. However, the foundation she had just entered wasn’t particularly solid. She still needed to temper herself many times. However, if she continued to follow this path, even if she succeeded in refining pills in the future, her path of cultivation in the future would be incomparably wide.

A promising young alchemist, even a great sect like Lingxiao Sect, would definitely take him seriously.

Someone once said that cultivators were piled up with spirit crystals. In fact, this sentence was more suitable for the side branches that assisted cultivators in their cultivation. All three of the most famous side branches had to expend huge amounts of resources in order to achieve small successes. Alchemy, artifact forging, and formations were all like this.

“Did Zhong Qinglu lose a lot last night?” When Shen Shi carried the two pieces of armoured armadillos’ bone armor to Qingyu Fair, his heart turned back to this year.

Shen Shi understood very well that Zhong Qinglu was refining pills in his immortal’s cave. There were practically no shortcuts to success in alchemy. Even if you were talented, you still needed to constantly train your hands and become proficient. Only then would the chances of successfully refining pills increase. Zhong Qinglu had indeed refined a batch of Qi Nourishing Pills before, but apparently, she also felt that she had taken some luck and seemed to have some ambition towards pill refining. Therefore, she simply spent a large sum of money to buy a set of pill refining tools and put them in her immortal’s cave.

But now, everything seems to be terrible.

Shen Shi thought with a slight toothache, He didn’t think about what he should do for a moment. When he arrived at Qingyu Fair, he went straight to the Tool Hall Shop that specialized in forging weapons and handed over the two pieces of bone armor. Apparently, the senior brother on duty over there was already familiar with this set. He quickly settled with him. Not long after, Shen Shi walked out with four brand-new spirit crystals.

With the spirit crystal in his hand, his courage seemed to have grown thicker. Shen Shi’s mood also improved a little. After pondering for a while on the street, he took a turn and walked for a while. In the end, he entered the Pill Hall’s shop in Qingyu Fair.

On the plaque hung the words’ Pill Hall ‘. The pavement was spacious. It seemed that no matter where they went, the pill refining industry still gave off the impression of being rich and powerful. There were disciples who collected all kinds of spirit materials and spirit medicines in the shop, as well as counters that sold all kinds of pills. Shen Shi took a look. The quality of spirit pills here was generally not very high, and most of them were suitable for Qi Refining Realm disciples to eat. The Qi Nourishing Pills were also among them. Shen Shi asked the price. One Qi Nourishing Pill cost five spirit crystals.

This price immediately caused Shen Shi to shrink back. Although he already knew that the price here was expensive, otherwise he wouldn’t have thought of buying spirit pills from Zhong Qinglu. After all, Zhong Qinglu wasn’t a shop, so the spirit pills he refined would definitely be cheaper.

Standing there, he hesitated for a moment. Shen Shi pretended to ask for the price again. He casually asked the senior apprentice-brother who sold them about some Qi Nourishing Pills, including the pill refining furnace. The senior apprentice-brother who came down from the Pill Hall looked kindly. Answer whenever you ask, Later on, Shen Shi thought about the spirit herbs and spirit materials he needed. He probably knew the cost of refining a batch of Qi Nourishing Pills. However, he didn’t know about the pill furnace in the past. He only found out about a pill furnace after asking this senior apprentice-brother. Even the lowest grade pill furnace in Zhong Qinglu’s cave last night required 200 spirit crystals.

After hearing this news, Shen Shi’s first reaction was that Zhong Qinglu was too rich, right? Then, his second reaction was that it was terrible. This pill furnace couldn’t afford to pay for it anymore.

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Walking out of the herring pool, Carrying four spirit crystals that were originally very satisfied and gratified, but now felt so pitiful that they were so few, he said, Shen Shi’s mood was gloomy. He walked all the way back to White Fish Bay. Thinking about the pills and broken pill furnaces that had been destroyed all the way last night, he wanted to go to Zhong Qinglu to apologize again. However, seeing the people coming and going during the day, the scene of being scolded by Zhong Qinglu in front of everyone last night made his heart feel a little weak. In the end, he still didn’t dare to go over.

It was a waste of time until night. This day, the Demon Island hadn’t been completed, and basically nothing had been done. It could be considered one of the few decadent days that Shen Shi had seen since he went to the island. Shen Shi also felt that something was wrong. Therefore, after nightfall, I still refreshed myself. I thought that it wasn’t entirely my fault. Why did I make things so difficult for myself? I calmed down and cultivated twice. After thinking for a while, I took advantage of the darkness to arrive at the empty Whitefish Bay beach. Facing the sea, I calmed down and quietly cultivated the Water Arrow Technique.

It was a cloudy day, but at night, the dark clouds receded, revealing a bright moon hanging high in the sky. The moonlight fell quietly like water, illuminating the beaches around him as if they were covered with a layer of silver veil. Shen Shi slowly spat out his breath. A moment later, the Spiritual Energy between his eyebrows moved. His casting speed was incomparably fast. In just three breaths of time, a transparent and translucent stream of water appeared in his palm.

Just as he was about to release this stream of water, a burst of footsteps came from behind him. Shen Shi was shocked. He turned around and saw a figure standing not far behind him under the moonlight. He had beautiful hair and shoulders, but his face was slightly fat. There was a hint of worry on his face. It was surprisingly Zhong Qinglu.

At this moment, when she saw her bright eyes fall on the water in Shen Shi’s hand, she immediately revealed a look of surprise. However, she quickly reacted and glared at Shen Shi before turning around to leave.

Shen Shi was anxious and subconsciously shouted, “Wait a moment.”

Zhong Qinglu paused. She turned around and frowned. Looking at Shen Shi, she said with an unhappy expression,

“What is it?”