Fireball is the lowest level one of the five elements. Under normal circumstances, the power of this skill can't pose too great a threat to the monks who have Taoism, especially those who have reached the level above the condensed yuan level. Just at this moment, Shen Shi is still an ordinary boy who has not started his cultivation. He sees a hot ball of fire rushing in his face, the heat waves rolling, and he subconsciously wants to avoid it. But his body seems not to react as quickly as he thinks. He only makes a little evasive movement, but he can't avoid the fireball at all. He is about to be hit by the fireball face to face.
At that moment, the angle of the fireball seemed to deviate suddenly, and it tilted to the right side of his head. Kankan rushed right over his shoulder. A moment later, it hit the branches of an old tree in the yard behind him with a "bang". It crackled and roared. The fire lit up, burning a branch and leaf.
Shen Shi couldn't help but take a few steps aside and turned to look at the smoking and burning branches of the old tree. He couldn't help but feel a lingering fear. At this time, the butcher's laughter came from behind him and said: "how about this fireball?"
Shen Shi gave him a bad look, but he said honestly: "it scared me, but it seems that it's powerful."
The butcher smiled and shook his head. "It's just to look good." After taking a look at Shen Shi, he said, "I know that your father asked you to copy the talisman since you were a child, but this kind of side track will not be of much use if you don't say how much energy you spend. If you worship Lingxiao sect in the future, I don't think you should waste any more useless spirit."
Shen Shi nodded and said, "yes, I know." In fact, both he and his fat father Shen Tai knew this truth, but Shen Tai's cultivation qualification was too poor, and he could not teach Shen Shi anything except talismans.
Looking up at the sky, I saw that the blue sky was high and broad, several white clouds were floating in the sky, and there were faint and crisp birdsong in the distance, which should be seabirds flying in the sea breeze. Liuyun city is located on the shore of the sea. You can see the endless sea not far from the city.
Shen Shi took a deep breath and felt that the air was fresh, which made him feel comfortable. He turned to the butcher and asked, "uncle, what else are we doing today?"
The butcher thought for a moment and said, "it's all right today. I'll go to the branch store in the city later to get a token. I'll take you to worship Xianyan outside the city tomorrow. The mission to send you off will be completed."
Shen Shi said "Hmm", paused for a moment, and with some expectation, said: "uncle, since I'm free today, I want to go to Liuyun city and have a look around."
The butcher was stunned for a moment. After pondering for a moment, he seemed to think of something. Then he smiled and said, "well, anyway, this place is thousands of miles away from Yinzhou. I'm sorry that no matter how long his Xuanyin gate hand is, he can't rise here."
Shen Shi smiled but didn't speak. Then the butcher went into the house and cleaned it up. Then he came out and took Shen Shi out. Just as he walked out of the gate, Shen Shi followed the butcher and suddenly asked him:
"Uncle, when I first met you a few years ago, were you already a member of the immortal society?"
The butcher's footsteps paused slightly, and then he glanced at the young man beside him. Shen Shi looked as usual and looked straight ahead. It seemed that he only asked this question unintentionally. After a moment's silence, he nodded and said, "not bad."
Shen Shi gave a soft "Oh" and said nothing more.
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The house where the two of them live is located in the south of Liuyun city. The butcher took Shen Shi along a street. He saw that the surrounding area suddenly became busy. Several streets were displayed in front of him at the same time. There were a lot of high-rise buildings, a lot of people, and a lot of monks. Shen Shi couldn't help but stop and look at the scene in front of him. He was amazed.
Any street selected here looks a little more prosperous than horseshoe street in Xilu City, Yinzhou, let alone several streets. Moreover, the monks in front are like rain. There are many people in strange clothes, and even many strange people with strange pets can be seen.
The butcher pointed forward with a smile and said, "this is the Nanbao square of Liuyun city. In addition, there are similar workshops in the East, West and north of the city. There are spiritual material merchants gathered here. It is the most prosperous big city among the 16 southern states of Hongmeng. No matter how precious and rare spiritual material treasures are, they can be found in Liuyun city."
Shen Shi nodded repeatedly. Maybe he grew up in such a big shop on the first floor of the sky when he was young. In his bones, he has a natural affinity for this bustling and bustling market. He smiled and said, "it's really lively. Compared with here, I think Xilu city is a country."
The butcher laughed and said, "that's what it is."
With these words, they walked forward together. The butcher took Shen Shi into a broad street. After walking through the crowd for more than a hundred feet, Shen Shi saw a towering building in front of him. It was solemn and magnificent. Monks came and went in the spacious store. The three characters "immortal society" were prominently written on the door plaque.
The butcher stopped and turned to Shen Shi. "I'll go in and do something. You can just walk around here. I'll wait for you at the gate in two hours. OK?"
Shen Shi nodded and said, "OK."
The butcher gave him another admonition, saying: "I'm going to worship Xianyan tomorrow. Be careful at this juncture. Don't delay anything."
Shen Shi smiled and said, "I know."
The butcher seemed to know Shen Shi's surname, but he was not too worried about him. He pointed his hand at the front of the street, "The five streets of Nanbao square are very busy, and there are many shops. In addition, there is also a Nantianmen in the north. It is a vacant land near the lake, and the site is not small. It is a common practice in ordinary times that there are many places for scattered repairs, stalls and sales of spiritual materials. However, the good and bad are uneven, and there are many fake and inferior goods. But people often find some good goods and treasures." After that, he looked at Shen Shi with a smile and said, "you little fellow, you are famous in Xilu city. You can go there if you have time."
Shen Shi didn't expect that the butcher had heard of his little reputation in the past. He laughed and said, "I see. Thank you, uncle."
The butcher turned and walked into the busy shop of the fairy society, and disappeared into the crowd in a twinkling of an eye. Shen Shi stood on the street for a moment. In the crowded and bustling crowd, he suddenly felt lost for a moment. He was alone in a strange city, far away from home. The home he had lived in for 12 years has long since disappeared.
He shook his head, braced himself, and turned to walk forward.
Liuyun city is known as the big city in the south. It is the most prosperous city. It really deserves its reputation. Shen Shi only walked for a while in the Nanbao square. After seeing seven or eight shops, he saw many rare and precious spiritual treasures. At the same time, it is obvious that there are many kinds of spiritual materials here. The resources needed by a monk can be collected in such a place. Of course, the precondition is that you need enough spiritual crystals.
However, compared with the spiritual materials in Xilu City, the price of the spiritual materials in Liuyun city seems to be 20% cheaper.
In the shops one by one, and in the bustling crowd, Shen Shi has a visceral feeling of familiarity, as if he has returned to the city where he has lived for 12 years and to the familiar first floor of the sky.
He was very interested and in a good mood. After looking at it one by one, he quickly confirmed that all kinds of holy materials sold in the seemingly small shops in Nanbao square were genuine. In the process, he also saw many rare holy materials in Xilu city in the past, which he had only read from books but never seen. It was also a big eye opener.
After walking around in this way, it took Shen Shi an hour to see a street in Nanbao square. When he walked back into the street, he saw a small lake in front of him. The lake was clear, and a dozen lotus leaves of different heights were scattered on the edge. At present, it is still late spring, and it is not midsummer, so the lotus in the lake is still in bloom. However, in this lakeside place, under a tall memorial archway and on the open space of the eldest son, it is another lively scene. Countless monks gather here, and the bustle is like a busy market. It must be the South Gate of heaven mentioned by the butcher before.
In Xilu City, he saw many shops, but it was the first time for Shen Shi to see such a large number of scattered repairmen gathering at the news stand. He could not help but feel a little curious and walked away at random.
After walking in the open space of Nantianmen for a while, Shen Shi saw that there were many scattered repair stalls for sale. Most of them randomly circled a small area, and laid a piece of silk cloth for those who were exquisite. Those who were not exquisite directly put the spiritual treasures to be sold on the ground and sold them there.
After making a half turn like this, Shen Shi has a little understanding of this place. There are all kinds of casual repairmen who sell things here. Some are poor in the past, and some are bold and outspoken. As for the spiritual materials sold by the people, after looking at them carefully for a while with his eyesight, he finds that they are exactly what the butcher said, The spiritual materials sold by the sanxiu are indeed far less reliable than those in large shops, which are mixed with numerous fakes and fakes, but there are also some genuine spiritual materials. For example, he saw several second-class spiritual herbs in a stall before, and several strange stones sold by another sanxiu are also rare second-class spiritual mines. They are really good things, and the most important thing is the price of spiritual materials in Nantianmen, It will be at least half cheaper than that in shops.
In this way, as long as you have good eyesight, you can find many good things in this lively place.
However, although Shen Shi has good eyesight and has seen several good spiritual materials, he has no intention to buy them. On the one hand, it is useless for him to buy these spiritual materials. On the other hand, he only has three spiritual crystals on his body. He can't afford to buy something slightly better.
But anyway, Nantianmen is here, and we can't escape. After we worship Lingxiao sect in the future, we can find ways to get more Lingjing, and then come to Taobao.
Shen Shi comforted himself in his heart, but at the same time, his interest was not diminished at all. He walked around the southern gate with light steps.
As he walked, he was standing at a booth and looking at a spirit grass. He was weighing whether it was a rare second-class spirit grass "Tianluo leaf" or another similar first-class low-grade spirit grass "black star orchid". When he heard a soft voice from the stall not far away next door, it sounded very strange. He even had a strange feeling that his body was slightly cold, And his words were not too polite, saying:
"Old man, how much soul crystal does this ore sell?"
Shen Shi subconsciously turned his head and saw a tall and thin man standing in front of the stall next door. He was withered and extremely thin. It looked like a skeleton with only one layer of skin. It was really creepy.
Shen Shi only glanced at it and felt uncomfortable. He immediately looked away and thought that someone else would look so strange. At the same time, he followed the words and eyes of the stall owner and the strange man and took a glance at the stall over there.
The stall owner seems to be a layman of ordinary wealth. On the stall in front of him, there are scattered more than ten pieces of spiritual materials, several bottles and cans, several spiritual grasses, several stones, and one or two pieces of spirit bones and fur of monsters and beasts. It seems that the majority of people who set up stalls along the way have everything, and the number is not large. Because they are embarrassed to see any spiritual materials with a little value, they will collect them wholeheartedly, In order to exchange some spiritual crystals for continuous cultivation.
At the moment, they spoke louder, and the focus of the argument was an earthy yellow stone on the stall. In the view of the stall owner, it was a good-quality second-class spirit mineral "chrysolite", which was widely used, especially when forging magic weapons of the immortal family. It was a kind of very useful Earth Spirit material, so the price was not cheap.
After observing for a long time, the strange man seemed to confirm that the chrysolite was true, but he questioned the quality of the piece in front of him. He insisted that it was not only the ten spiritual crystals opened by the stall owner, but only two spiritual crystals.
The two haggled on the side for a long time, but their psychological prices were too far apart, and they could not reach an agreement. The stall owner was a broad faced man. He looked a little anxious, and his mouth was foaming. He argued with the strange man. For a moment, he waved his arm to enhance his tone. He inadvertently swept across the stall and knocked down a small can next to him, without paying attention.
Between his hands, the small pot fell on the ground and rolled several times. The bottom of the pot flashed in Shen Shi's sight. A broken pattern appeared in front of him.
Shen Shi turned his head slowly, still looking at the spirit grass in front of him, but suddenly his eyebrows wrinkled and he thought deeply.