Killing God - Chapter 95

Chapter 95 Future
Another year passed. This round of rookie disciples entered the sect to cultivate. It was the last and most crucial time. However, although there were many rookies on Bluefish Island, at this time, everyone was still gradually divided into different levels. Most of them had been cultivating for the past four years, and now they understood just how talented they were.

As for Wang Gen and the others from the Ling Xiao Sect, in this fifth year, they turned their gazes to the high-level Qi Refining Realm disciples among the rookies.

Today, at the beginning of the fifth year, there were already 46 rookies who had reached the Qi Refining Realm in Qingyu Island. This number of people far exceeded the average level of previous years. It could be said that they were truly a group of geniuses gathered in a world filled with bright stars. Even on Golden Rainbow Mountain, the lofty Grand Elders and Grand Daoists of the Origin Core Realm all cast their gazes towards Qingyu Island.

If nothing unexpected happened, this year would definitely be a year of colorful geniuses, and it would be very beneficial in the future if they were able to identify talents before this and recruit them to join their factions first. According to common sense, basically all the talents would appear among these 46 people.

Shen Shi, one of the 46 people, had also received some attention. However, his cultivation speed was considered outstanding compared to those years in the past. However, amongst the new disciples this year, he could only be said to be ordinary and not particularly eye-catching. Of course, Gan Ze was the most influential person on Blue Fish Island. It was said that Senior Brother Wang Gen had personally seen him a few days ago and said that his spiritual energy was solid and thick like clouds. It was a sign that he was about to open the Jade House of Pill Field and gather the spiritual energy around him. The Origin Condensation Realm seemed to be in front of him.

Apart from Gan Ze, there were also a few rookies who were also in the limelight for a while. Among them, the most prominent dark horse was Zhong Qingzhu. It was said that her talent and talent were all valued. A highly respected elder of the Array Hall had already taken a fancy to her, and she would be accepted into the sect as soon as she broke through to the Origin Condensation Realm.

In addition, there were three or four talented young heroes that made people dazzle and envy. Even the remaining top ten or even twenty rookie disciples were also favored by many elders. In these past few days, there weren’t too many sect elders patrolling through Qingyu Island.

Out of the 46 people on the list, Shen Shi thought about it privately and discovered that there were actually 22 disciples from the vassal clans of the Soaring Firmament Sect, almost half of them. It could be seen that these vassal clans weren’t useless people. On the contrary, after occupying all kinds of favorable conditions, it was indeed easier for such a disciple with a background to succeed in cultivating.

Most of the famous descendants of aristocratic families he knew in the past were on the list of 46 people this time, including Sun You’s eldest brother Sun Heng, Hou Yuanliang from the Hou Clan, the two sisters from the Zhong Clan, and so on. Shen Shi even had Hou Sheng, whom he had never fought against before, on this list. However, over the past few years, he had seldom communicated with these aristocratic families’ disciples, and he had never interacted with them normally, just like a stranger.

Compared to the ever-increasing enthusiasm of the Qingyu Island Travel, everyone was waiting for the scene that was doomed to rise again and again in the last year. Although Shen Shi’s mood was slightly affected, it was still considered calm. Although he was also very eager to break through to the Origin Condensation Realm and join a certain Great Daoist, and his future would be bright. However, it was just a thought. He knew that he could not be compared to Gan Ze, Zhong Qingzhu, and the others.

But speaking of which, Shen Shi really heard that someone on Golden Rainbow Mountain had asked for his name. He had heard this news from Senior Brother Zhang Yihui of the Five Elements Hall, and had later received confirmation from Xu Yanzhi on the ship heading to the Demon Island. The two of them didn’t say which senior elder exactly was there, but looking at their smiling expressions, Shen Shi could most likely guess that they were all elders from the Hall of Arts.

That’s right. Although the current round of rookie disciples was filled with geniuses that constantly surged out like stars, there was a preference for building achievements or even showing interest in the Five Elements Technique. As far as Shen Shi knew, it seemed that he was really the only one.

Everyone was a genius with bright prospects. In the future, there would be a lot of exquisite and shocking divine passageway techniques to cultivate. Who would dwell on the Five Elements Spell, which was usually extremely powerful and difficult to cultivate in the small path of the secluded door?

Thinking of this, Shen Shi felt somewhat helpless. Adding on the fact that he had seen the gateway to the hall these days, he was hesitant about whether he should join the hall in the future.

After all, the orthodoxy of the Grand Dao of Immortal Cultivation was to cultivate all sorts of divine abilities after the Origin Condensation Realm. Any random one of them seemed to be more reliable than the Five Elements Technique.

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April 4th, sunny.

On this day, Shen Shi boarded the ship for the Demon Island again. Compared to the past, the number of people on the ship had drastically decreased. Apart from him, there were only a few senior brothers who were older than him on the ship. There weren’t any rookie disciples with him in his childhood, including Gan Ze, who had been accompanying him before.

As for the reason, Shen Shi knew that all the rookie disciples were cultivating crazily at the end of the time. Even if they didn’t cultivate, they had to calm down and do everything that was beneficial to their cultivation. However, hunting demons on Demon Island was an extremely risky person. If he was injured on Demon Island at this critical juncture, wouldn’t the gains be more than the losses?

As for Gan Ze, who had always insisted on heading to the Demon Island with Shen Shi, it was because today was indeed the critical moment for his breakthrough, so he had no choice but to interrupt his trip to the Demon Island. It seemed that this talented youth was going to be the first newcomer disciple to break through to the Origin Condensation Realm.

Shen Shi couldn’t even imagine how many Golden Rainbow Mountain elders would quarrel endlessly about taking him as their disciple when Gan Ze broke through to the Origin Condensation Realm first.

“Are you going to fight for this kid in the end?” Shen Shi stood on the deck and looked into the distance. Looking at the rippling sea, he thought unkindly in his heart. Then, he shook his head and laughed.

The sea water was very clear. Especially after the big ship arrived at Demon Island, it got off the ship and stood on the seawall. It could even see the deep seabed, floating seaweed, and strange-looking corals. It was a panoramic view.

It’s just no fish.

Not a single fish.

For more than two years, this strange phenomenon had always existed in the sea area around the six islands of green fish. Because he had been to the Red Clam Village back then, Shen Shi had learned of this phenomenon from the Red Clam Clan’s population earlier than anyone else, including the increasingly serious development in the future until now, the strange appearance of fish could not be seen in the surrounding hundred-mile sea area.

Red Clam Village had sacrificed to the sea god for this, but it was useless. The sea god of the pig-headed dragon seemed to ignore them. The elders of Golden Rainbow Mountain had also visited the surrounding sea areas, but they were also unable to find out why. However, apart from the disappearance of the schools of fish in the surrounding sea area, there were no more unusual things around Qingyu Island. However, the Red Mussels discovered that the sea area was normal and they could catch fish after traveling a hundred miles away.

Thus, over the past two years, everyone had slowly gotten used to this strange appearance. Every time the Red Clam Clansmen went fishing, they would go to the sea area hundreds of miles away. As for the surrounding Bluegreen Fish Six Islands, no one was paying attention to the disappearing schools of fish here.

Shen Shi stared at the sea water and suddenly remembered this for no reason. He realized that he hadn’t noticed and hadn’t thought of the disappearing schools of fish for a long time. Right now, he was busy with his daily activities, either cultivating or forging talismans. Either he came to Demon Island to hunt, or he hadn’t been to Red Clam Village for a long time.

I wonder how Hai Xing is now. Isn’t she a little more beautiful? The red clam shell on her body must be even brighter.

Shen Shi thought in his heart. He decided that after returning this time, he would still find a time to visit the Red Clam Village to see the starfish.

After arriving on the island, the older disciples glanced at Shen Shi, who was standing alone by the side. A complicated expression flashed across their eyes. No one had the intention to come up and chat. After a while, they all walked into the dense forest.

It was already Shen Shi’s fifth year on Qingyu Island, and at this time, the old disciples who were still doing demon hunting missions on Qingyu Island were still unable to break through the bottleneck of the Qi Refining Realm after staying in Qingyu Island for ten years. Basically, the gate of the Grand Dao of Immortal Cultivation had already been closed to these people.

Looking at Shen Shi’s age and his high-level Qi Refining Realm, Shen Shi’s future prospects would be completely different from those of these senior brothers no matter what. Therefore, their gazes at Shen Shi were extremely complicated, filled with envy and jealousy. However, in the end, they all left silently.

Shen Shi stared at the surface of the sea for a while. When he regained his senses, the surroundings were already empty. Those senior brothers had already followed that path into the depths of the forest. Shen Shi pondered for a moment before deciding not to follow the same path as them. He walked along the beach for a long time before he looked around and walked into the forest.

Over the past two years, his career as a demon hunter on the island had almost never been interrupted. This made Shen Shi more and more familiar with the island. At the same time, he had been proficient in fighting countless demonic beasts on the island. In terms of actual combat ability, no one on Bluefish Island could defeat him except Gan Ze.

Recently, Shen Shi’s cultivation had improved again, and the spiritual energy accumulated in the acupoints of his eyebrows and heart orifices had become much thicker. Now, he could cast eight First Grade Five Elements spells at once. If it was converted into talismans, then his spiritual energy would be enough to cast forty First Grade spell talismans in a single battle.

Even so, Shen Shi still maintained a cautious attitude on this demon island. He had always been hunting demon beasts in this vast forest below the mountain. At most, he was only close to the foot of the mountain. He had never climbed the mountain range on the demon island, let alone the demon hunting cave hidden deep within the mountain range.

Speaking of which, since Gan Ze and Lin Hu had an accident there two years ago, very few people had gone to the Demon Catching Cave, and the missing Lin Hu and Niu Xiong still hadn’t received any news.

On this day, Shen Shi walked into the forest. His mood was the same as usual when he came here. He searched for some demonic beasts that he could deal with, defeated them with talismans, and returned with spirit materials to exchange for spirit crystals.

The reason why he still came here when the others were extinct on Demon Island was actually very simple. Just last night, he had just given Zhong Qinglu a spirit crystal for the ninth time to refine the Origin Cultivation Pill.

The deal between him and Zhong Qinglu, Although he had paid a lot of spirit crystals in the beginning, after Zhong Qinglu’s pill refining skills had matured, Shen Shi had actually gained a lot. Zhong Qinglu had kept her promise and handed over the batch of Qi Nourishing Pills to him without any hesitation. In the end, Shen Shi had already reached the point where he could treat Qi Nourishing Pills as snacks.

During this period of time when he was able to advance to the middle and high Qi Refining Realm, his cultivation had progressed so quickly. A large number of Qi Nourishing Pills had helped him greatly, and they had also played a great role in restoring his Spiritual Energy, making talismans, and making Qi Nourishing Pills. It was precisely because an alchemist could have such a great effect, and the Origin Strengthening Pill was a higher grade spirit pill than the Qi Nourishing Pill, and it would also have a greater effect in the future. Therefore, even though Zhong Qinglu had failed consecutively, Shen Shi still insisted on secretly subsidizing spirit crystals for her.

However … eighty spirit crystals at a time, the pressure is really great!

“Why don’t we kill a few more demonic beasts today and go back to exchange for more spirit crystals? In this critical period of the fifth year, it’s better not to come here. After all, it’s a bit risky …”

Before entering the clear and quiet forest, Shen Shi subconsciously raised his head to look at the mountain range in the center of the distant Demon Island. This thought flashed through his mind.

As if echoing his thoughts, a mournful scream echoed through the mountains from afar.