Killing God - Chapter 72
Chapter 72 Gambling
“Uh … Actually, I just want the Qi Nourishing Pill.”
Shen Shi looked honest, but when he looked up, Zhong Qinglu did not believe him at all. She could only sigh and say, “In the Qingyu Fair Pill Hall Shop, a single Qi Nourishing Pill costs ten spirit crystals. It’s really too expensive. I originally wanted to ask you if it could be cheaper.”
Zhong Qinglu recalled what happened last night and slowly nodded. She thought to herself that he had come here last night because of this. However, she sneered and said, “That’s strange. One Qi Nourishing Pill can sell for ten spirit crystals. Why should I sell it for a cheap price? I don’t have such a good relationship with you.”
Shen Shi was silent for a moment before he said, “You refined the Qi Nourishing Pill. If you hadn’t consumed it yourself, the Pill Hall would have bought it back and given you a price of only five spirit crystals, right?”
Zhong Qinglu raised her head with a look of surprise on her face and said, “You actually know this.”
Shen Shi smiled and said, “Actually, this isn’t a big secret. If you randomly go to the Qingyu Fair store and say that I have Qi Nourishing Pills and want to exchange them for some spirit crystals, they will naturally say it.”
Zhong Qinglu curled her lips, seemingly accepting Shen Shi’s words. However, she shook her head and said, “No, I don’t believe that you don’t know that pill refining often fails. It still doesn’t make sense for you to refine pills for me with spirit crystals.”
Shen Shi was silent for a while this time, and then he slowly said, “If I said that I would look after you and have a good relationship with a possible future great alchemist in advance, would you believe me?”
Zhong Qinglu’s expression did not change as she said, “I don’t believe you.”
Shen Shi smiled bitterly and said, “Alright, I’ll tell you the truth. Actually, I only remembered this on an ad hoc basis. I came to see you just to buy some Qi Nourishing Pills cheaply.” I’ve been hunting demons on Demon Island these past few days, but my cultivation is too shallow. My Spiritual Energy is only enough for me to use the Water Arrow Technique three times. After that, it will take me six hours to recover my Spiritual Energy. I won’t be able to do anything in a day. “However, if I have a Qi Nourishing Pill, I can recover in about two hours. In this way, I can catch demons once or twice in a day, and my harvest will definitely increase.”
Zhong Qing’s expression changed slightly as he looked at Shen Shi with a serious expression for the first time. He slowly said, “No wonder I saw you condense a water arrow just now … You are only at the middle stage of the Qi Refining Realm, yet you dare to go hunt demons on the Demon Island? If I remember correctly, that should be the mission of the Red Board!”
Shen Shi looked at the night and nodded. “Yesterday was the first time I went to Demon Island to hunt demons. My harvest was two armoured armadillos’ bone armor and four spirit crystals. If I had the Qi Nourishing Pill, my income would have doubled at least.” He glanced at Zhong Qinglu. At this moment, she was already concentrated. Her bright eyes flashed and she was obviously thinking about something. Under the moonlight, he suddenly felt that although this girl’s cheeks were slightly fat, they seemed to be quite pretty.
‘”I’ve asked around. A batch of Qi Nourishing Pills requires four kinds of spirit materials. Purchasing them will cost about ten spirit crystals. If you don’t consider the failure of refining them, then the Pill Hall’s shop will sell them for five times the price. What a huge profit.” After saying that, he clicked his tongue twice, looking very envious.
Zhong Qinglu snorted and said, “Alright, even if I admit that what you said makes sense and am willing to cooperate with you, have you thought about it? What if you buy spirit materials for my spirit crystals and fail to refine them?”
After a moment of silence, Shen Shi said, “If you fail, you will naturally lose all your money. However, if you succeed once, it will be five times the windfall. I think you can gamble.”
Zhong Qinglu suddenly felt a little angry. She frowned and said, “What kind of bet is this? Think about it clearly. This bet isn’t on yourself, it’s on me” Her voice suddenly lowered. She felt that the meaning behind this was a little strange, and her cheeks turned slightly red.
However, Shen Shi didn’t think too much about it. He nodded his head and said, “Yes, I also know that this looks ridiculous. The bet is indeed on your alchemy skills, abilities, and even … your luck. However, have you ever thought that if this is a gamble between the two of us, our chances of winning will constantly increase?”
Zhong Qinglu was stunned for a moment, a little confused, and said, “What?”
Shen Shi smiled and said, “Do you become more proficient every time you refine pills? Do I become more familiar with demonic beasts every time I go to the Demonic Island? In ten days and a half months, three months and a half years, will our cultivation progress? Will the things we do gradually become better?” He leisurely said with a bit of yearning, “Perhaps one day in the future, you will finally master the refining formula of the Qi Nourishing Pill. Every time you refine it, you will be able to refine it. And every day, I will obtain more from that demon island. I will exchange it for spirit crystals and buy more spirit materials for you to refine. After you refine it …”
Zhong Qinglu shook her head abruptly. “Alright, alright, stop …” However, her eyes were shining brightly at this moment. Her expression was completely different from before. She was obviously tempted.
Shen Shi smiled and said, “How is it?”
Zhong Qinglu gritted her teeth and said, “Of course you’re right. If things really are like this, I’m naturally willing. But without you, I can do it myself …”
“You can’t.” Shen Shi said indifferently.
Zhong Qinglu’s face darkened. “What do you mean by that?” She said.
Shen Shi remained silent for a moment before he said, “Alchemy costs too much. Especially at the beginning of your first year of study, you have to cultivate and purchase spirit materials. Moreover, you have a high chance of failing. If you make a mistake, it will probably take ten days and a half months or even longer to gather the spirit materials you need for the next alchemy. Am I right?”
Zhong Qinglu stopped talking.
Shen Shi looked at her and said, “No matter how talented you are, you can only waste your time under the restriction of this spirit crystal.” The reason why only a handful of senior apprentice-brothers in the Lingxiao Sect Pill Hall were able to become alchemists, even after they reached the Origin Condensation Realm, was because they had wasted a lot of time here from the very beginning. You want to be like them? ”
Zhong Qinglu took a deep breath. This time, she really looked at the person in front of her with a completely new gaze. After a long time, her expression became serious and she said word by word, “Why did you choose me?”
Shen Shi lowered his head slightly and said, “There are several reasons. First … I interrupted your pill refining last night and even implicated you in breaking the pill furnace.”
Zhong Qinglu snorted and glared at him.
Shen Shi laughed dryly and said, “Second, although I thought of this method on the spur of the moment, within the sect, none of the many disciples in the Pill Hall who have succeeded in refining pills will pay attention to me. As for the rookie disciples, you are the first to refine a Qi Nourishing Pill. If I don’t choose you, will I still go find those trash?”
Zhong Qinglu laughed out loud, but immediately, her face turned stiff again. She raised her head slightly and said coldly, “Nonsense, those are all fellow disciples. They just haven’t practiced pill refining as many times as me. Perhaps in the future, there will be many people who will be far more successful in pill refining than me!”
Shen Shi smiled and shook his head. After a moment of silence, he said, “One last thing, actually …” His expression suddenly became a little strange, as if he was missing something. Zhong Qinglu saw that he suddenly stopped talking and couldn’t help but ask,
“What is it?”
Shen Shi took a deep breath and said, “My father is a businessman, do you know?”
Zhong Qinglu shook her head blankly. Shen Shi smiled and said with a hint of nostalgia, “My father told me before that the most important thing in business is to have a good eye for what others can’t see. If you catch it in advance, you’ll be able to make a lot of money in the future.”
Zhong Qinglu thought for a moment, then pointed at herself and said, “Do you mean that if you catch me, you will make a lot of money in the future?”
Shen Shi laughed out loud and shook his head. Then, he slowly walked to Zhong Qinglu. Looking at his appearance and his eyes that seemed to be so bright when the moonlight was reflected in his eyes, Zhong Qinglu suddenly felt somewhat nervous. She subconsciously took half a step back. Then, she heard the youth in front of her slowly say,
‘”No one knows if you will be successful in pill refining in the future. But now that you’ve just started, it’s the most difficult time for you and you need help the most. I think, this should be the time when no one else can see you. I think you can gamble. Do you want to gamble with me?”
For a moment, Zhong Qinglu did not dare to look directly into Shen Shi’s bright eyes, as if his gaze was too dazzling and piercing, causing her to feel some pain. However, a moment later, she stubbornly raised her head and stared at Shen Shi. She loudly said,
“There’s nothing I don’t dare to do. Isn’t it all spirit crystals that you gave me anyway?”
Shen Shi laughed and nodded. Then, he extended his palm to Zhong Qinglu. Zhong Qinglu looked at his palm and said, “What are you doing?”
“High five!”
Zhong Qinglu sneered and glared at him, “Who wants to touch your hand?”
Shen Shi was stunned for a moment. He was extremely embarrassed. He smiled embarrassedly and slowly retracted his hand. Suddenly, he heard Zhong Qinglu say, “Stretch out your hand.”
“Ah?” Shen Shi’s hand stopped in midair, not knowing why. For a moment, he couldn’t understand what this strange-tempered girl meant. Zhong Qinglu suddenly stretched out her palm and slapped the back of his hand heavily.
“Aiya?” Shen Shi was shocked, and the back of his hand felt a faint pain. He was stunned and said, “What are you doing?”
“High five, that’s all.”
“Alright …”
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The moonlight fell like water on the quiet beach in the middle of the night, elongating two slender shadows.
On this quiet night, in the sea waves and night breeze, it was as if only their words were left echoing faintly, floating back and forth like light smoke, and finally dissipating into the boundless night sky. I wonder if anyone will remember this night, remember the original agreement, oh … alright, the original business.
Who would really remember the words of his youth for a lifetime, and who would really know?
I’ve said some basic things about the future, Actually, most of the time, it was Shen Shi who said that Zhong Qinglu listened. For example, within a few days, Shen Shi would give him a spirit crystal that was enough to buy spirit materials for refining pills, and how many Qi Nourishing Pills he would give him after refining. Zhong Qinglu listened carefully, but her mind did not seem to be particularly clear. Anyway, she only needed to remember that she was only in charge of refining pills.
After saying these trivial things, they saw that it was getting late and turned around to walk towards the immortal’s cave.
Stepping on the sand on the beach, Zhong Qinglu made a faint sound. Suddenly, she had an unreal feeling. Originally, when she came out tonight, she was bored and ran to the beach to relax. Why did she have such an agreement when she went back?
However, the conditions he put forward … were really too good. Every single word seemed to pinch his pulse, so he couldn’t help but refuse.
Just as she was thinking, Zhong Qinglu suddenly heard Shen Shi beside her ask, “Junior Sister Zhong, how much spirit crystals was that pill furnace of yours worth last night?”
Zhong Qinglu was stunned for a moment. She didn’t expect Shen Shi to suddenly ask about this. However, she still replied, “Two hundred spirit crystals. This pill furnace is the most expensive item, even if mine is the smallest.”
Shen Shi looked at it and seemed to have calculated for a moment. “But I feel that with so many spirit crystals, with your income from the Pill Hall and the fact that you usually have to purchase spirit materials to refine your own pills, it doesn’t seem to be enough to buy such an expensive pill furnace,” he said.
Zhong Qinglu said indifferently, “It’s not enough, so I borrowed half of it from someone else.”
Shen Shi was stunned and said, “Who is so rich?”
Zhong Qinglu smiled and shrugged her shoulders. It seemed that after this night of chatting, the relationship between her and Shen Shi had faintly become closer. She even sat down naturally with such a small gesture. She smiled and said, “I’m not too familiar with anyone else. It’s my cousin, Qing Zhu.”
Shen Shi was stunned, and then he was speechless. The two of them walked side by side. Shen Shi lowered his head slightly. Everywhere he looked, he saw a shadow in front of him covering a small stretch of sand on the beach, shrouding it in darkness.
It was faint and silent, as if it couldn’t be seen clearly at all.
It’s tiring to stay up all night watching football. How about a little better today …
