Killing God - Chapter 79

Chapter 79 Have A Bad Start
When he returned from the Red Clam Village and walked around the Bluefish Market, he looked at the sky. It was only noon. Shen Shi felt that this day seemed to be extremely long. However, it seemed like it was a rare kind of relaxation to wander around the Bluefish Island on a sunny day.

He strolled around the Green Fish Gathering, strolled around a few shops, and then walked over to White Crane Hall. He took a look at the white, green, and red boards. As expected, the tasks on the boards were familiar with the common ones, and were not suitable for him. As for the yellow and purple boards at the back, there were very few missions, but there were only a few. However, it was indeed extremely difficult. It was not something that could be accomplished by an intermediate Qi Refining Realm cultivator, so he did not pay attention to it.

After looking around for a while, he didn’t get anything. Shen Shi didn’t care. He turned around and walked towards Whitefish Bay. Along the way, he would occasionally gently stroke the “Little Ruyi Ring” on his left finger. He felt a bit strange, but unknowingly, he remembered the scene when he was young in Xilu City, Yin Province.

Then, he naturally thought of his father, Shen Tai.

It had already been three years since he had completely severed all contact with his father. He didn’t know where his father was now, and what kind of situation was he in? Alone in a foreign land, he would occasionally miss his father who had been dependent on him since he was young in the dead of night. Even though he had gradually gotten used to life in Qingyu Island over the past three years, this yearning had never weakened.

After all, he was the only relative he had in this world.

Perhaps, the promise of the Divine Immortal Society was worthy of trust!

Shen Shi thought this in his heart, but he took out the small jade hourglass from his bosom. The tiny hourglass was still sliding down non-stop. He gently stroked the smooth hourglass’s exterior with a faint warmth in his eyes. When he raised his head again, he unknowingly walked to his cave.

He took out the Cloud Talisman and opened the stone door. With a rumbling sound, the stone door opened. Just as he was about to enter, he was wondering if he should take advantage of his leisure to finish his daily homework first. Suddenly, he heard a cry from behind him,

“Shen Shi.”

Shen Shi turned around and saw Zhong Qinglu standing outside his cave. She was dressed as a female disciple of Lingxiao Sect. She bit her thin lips and looked at her cheeks. One hand was hanging by his side, while the other was grabbing the hem of her shirt. She kneaded it unnaturally and looked a little strange.

Shen Shi looked at Zhong Qinglu’s expression, which was slightly different from usual, but he didn’t think too much for a moment. He smiled and said, “It’s you. Is something the matter?”

Zhong Qinglu stood there silently. For some reason, after the first call, she did not say anything for a long time. The two of them stood alone at the door and outside the door. After a distance, they fell into a strange silence.

Shen Shi frowned in confusion. Looking at Zhong Qinglu, he felt that the girl’s appearance today was a little strange. However, wasn’t everything alright when they agreed yesterday? Under Shen Shi’s slightly surprised gaze, Zhong Qinglu’s expression became even more unnatural. The faint red color on her slightly plump face seemed to have darkened.

In the end, it was as if she had finally become ruthless. She gritted her teeth and raised her head angrily. Her breathing became slightly rapid as she strode towards Shen Shi.

“Shen Shi.” She glared at him, her face flushed red, but her eyes were somewhat dodging.

“Ah?” Shen Shi was confused.

Zhong Qinglu took a deep breath and a trace of embarrassment flashed across her face. Then, she lowered her head slightly and said, “Yesterday, you gave me ten spirit crystals and bought a set of spirit materials to refine pills. I, I … made a mistake …”

At first, she spoke very loudly, but as she spoke, Zhong Qinglu felt inexplicably guilty. Her eyes lowered and she no longer looked at Shen Shi’s face. At the same time, the blush on her face grew deeper and deeper, and her voice became thinner and softer.

Shen Shi could barely hear Zhong Qinglu’s words clearly. Then, he felt a pain in his heart. After failing to refine the pill, the entire set of spirit materials had basically turned into rubbish. Ten spirit crystals had been lost in vain.

Even though he had long been mentally prepared for this transaction or gambling, he still felt a little distressed when he thought of the ten disappeared Spirit Crystals when he really had to face it. However, he quickly tidied up his thoughts, because he discovered that Zhong Qinglu seemed to be more embarrassed and depressed than him.

“Uh” Shen Shi looked around and saw that the two of them were still standing at the door and the other was standing outside. The situation was indeed a little awkward. He said, “Come in and talk.”

Zhong Qinglu glanced at him, nodded silently, and followed behind him into Shen Shi’s cave.

The stone door rumbled as the stone room quieted down. Zhong Qinglu took a few steps forward and sized up the cave. This was the first time she had entered Shen Shi’s stone room. She saw that the room was cleanly packed and everything was stored neatly. It could be seen that Shen Shi should be a person who was also very attentive to ordinary trivial matters.

Shen Shi walked over. The two of them stood face to face. He didn’t know what to say for a moment, The atmosphere stiffened again. After a while, Shen Shi shook his head. He took out the last eight spirit crystals from his bosom and took out two from his bed. Then, he gently placed the ten spirit crystals on the table and relaxed his expression. He smiled and said, “This is the second payment.”

Zhong Qinglu raised her eyes slightly. Under her slender eyelashes, her bright eyes reflected a pile of bright spirit crystals on the table. For some reason, her footsteps remained motionless for a long time.

Shen Shi glanced at her and said, “What’s wrong? Didn’t we agree?”

Zhong Qinglu lowered her head slowly. Her hands unconsciously grabbed her clothes and kneaded them. After a while, she whispered, “What if … if she fails again this time?”

Shen Shi sighed and said, “I was lucky yesterday. I just happened to find a brood of black-striped turtle eggs on the demon island. I went back to the beast farm to exchange for twenty-one spirit crystals, so I have some spare money.” However, I don’t think my luck will be good every time. My income won’t be so high every time. In addition, I have to leave behind some to ensure my own cultivation. “So …” He looked at Zhong Qinglu sincerely and said, “If you still make a mistake in refining pills this time, you have to wait for me for a few more days and allow me to gather the next sum of money for you, okay?”

Zhong Qinglu’s face instantly flushed red, like a beautiful flower. Unknowingly, there was a rare kind of charm revealed, causing Shen Shi to be shocked and his eyes to shine. However, looking at her expression, it was obvious that she was embarrassed. She seemed to have a deep sense of humiliation. As for the reason, Shen Shi could more or less guess it. However, he did not expect that Zhong Qinglu, who normally looked at a girl who was above her head, would actually be a little purer than he thought.

After a long time, Zhong Qinglu seemed to have gathered her courage. However, her voice was strangely soft as she said, “How about this deal?”

Shen Shi raised his eyes and asked in surprise, “Why?”

Zhong Qinglu slowly lowered her head and said, “I took your spirit crystals to refine pills. However, when I was refining pills, for some reason, there were all sorts of distracting thoughts lingering in my mind. What if I made a mistake? The ten spirit crystals you gave me were wasted just like that.” And then you might even think, if you still give me the spirit crystal in the future, what should I do if I make a mistake? Just like this … just keep wasting the spirit crystal that you desperately obtained from the demon beasts on the demon island … ”

At this point, her face was already filled with anxiety. She raised her head to look at Shen Shi and said, “I don’t know why there were so many strange thoughts, but I just couldn’t concentrate, so … I made a mistake.”

Shen Shi was dumbfounded. He looked at Zhong Qinglu for a moment and didn’t know what to say.

After a while, Seeing Shen Shi’s strange expression, Zhong Qinglu did not say anything. She was a little nervous. It was strange to say that. When the two of them had nothing to do with each other earlier, she naturally looked at Shen Shi with a calm expression and said whatever she wanted. And when the two of them first made a deal, she was full of confidence at the beginning. Even her heart flashed with the thought that this guy might be a fool and give me money to practice. However, once she really started to use the spirit crystals Shen Shi had given her to buy spirit materials to refine pills, she discovered that there was actually such a heavy pressure, even if it was somewhat inexplicable.

Even at this moment, when she stood in front of Shen Shi, there was a faint sense of shame that she could not lift her head.

In her fifteen-year-old life, this was an emotion she had never felt before.

After a long time, amidst the silence in the stone room, Shen Shi suddenly said, “Why don’t you agree to it with your body?”

“What did you say?” Zhong Qinglu was stunned.

Shen Shi said solemnly, “If you keep failing in your pill refinement and are unable to succeed, wasting countless spirit crystals on me, then you should just pay with your body in the end!”

Zhong Qinglu stood there in a daze for a moment before her cheeks flushed red again and she burst into rage. She said angrily, “Bastard!”

He rushed over and casually picked up the spirit crystals on the table beside him and smashed them at Shen Shi like stones. He was still shouting angrily, “You stinking mouth, you dare to take advantage of me? How dare you! I’ll smash you to death! I’ll smash you to death!”

Shen Shi hugged his head and ran to the corner of the stone room, but he still lost a few of them.

In the blink of an eye, the ten Spirit Crystals were completely thrown away by Zhong Qinglu. They rolled about on the stone floor, making clear sounds, accompanied by the girl’s angry gasps.

Shen Shi slowly turned around and grinned. After looking at Zhong Qinglu, he slowly squatted down and picked up the scattered spirit crystals on the ground. At the same time, he sighed softly and said, “Although the spirit crystals are very hard, you shouldn’t throw them around like this without treating them as money.”

Zhong Qinglu angrily turned her head and ignored him, but after a while, her aura calmed down. After a moment of silence, she turned to look at Shen Shi who was squatting on the ground picking up spirit crystals. She snorted softly, but she also squatted down and picked up a spirit crystal that had rolled around her.

Drop by drop, the sound of spirit crystals rolling on the hard ground was very conspicuous. Soon, the two of them picked up one of the spirit crystals. However, one of the spirit crystals rolled under the bed, causing Shen Shi to spend a lot of effort to find it before rolling out with his hand.

Zhong Qinglu was crouching to the side. She watched as the spirit crystal rolled out and subconsciously reached out to pick it up. Coincidentally, Shen Shi also extended his hand over. The two of them slightly touched each other’s palms. Zhong Qinglu snorted and turned her head away.