"This..." Shen Shi only felt that there was some hair dryness in his throat. He turned to look at Zhong Qinglu, and saw that her white face was stained with black ash, which seemed to be very similar to those scattered on the ground. His heart became more and more empty, and he whispered, "You... did something go wrong when you were refining pills?"
Zhong Qinglu stared at him with a sneer and said: "With your blessing, I came to the door when I was ready to open the furnace to get the pills when the most critical fire was in full swing. The pills were useless when I shook my hands, and even the furnace was broken."
"Ah..." This situation is three points worse than the worst situation Shen Shi expected. He doesn't know what to say at this time. Zhong Qinglu's face is full of anger, and his body seems to be trembling, obviously he is extremely angry.
Alarmed, Shen Shi just felt that his mind could not turn around, so he stammered, "I, I didn't mean to, sorry."
"Excuse me?" Zhong Qinglu suddenly raised her voice, which seemed sharp in the silent night. She stared at Shen Shi and listened to her hatred, "Forget it if you excuse me? Do you know how long I have kept this pill, and I dare not leave for two hours! Do you know how many kinds of miraculous herbs are needed to refine the Qi nourishing pill, and do you know how many miraculous crystals are gone? That pill furnace is broken, and do you know how many miraculous crystals are needed? It took me three years of savings to buy it, do you know!"
A series of fierce questions made Shen Shi dizzy and unable to say a word. At this moment, Zhong Qinglu was still angry, but her face was still sad, and her eyes were more watery, which seemed to touch some sad place. Finally, a crystal tear could not restrain her, and rolled down.
Shen Shi was stunned and stood there at a loss. Zhong Qingzhu wiped his eyes hard, and his voice was full of tears. He shouted to Shen Shi, "Go, go, I don't want to see you!"
The voice was sharp, and it spread far in the night. Shen Shi turned his head and vaguely saw that someone in the nearby cave had heard something. He ran out and looked around.
He was very sorry and helpless at the bottom of his heart. He felt that he was inexplicably wronged and depressed. But after seeing this scene, he was still sorry. I expected Ai Ai to say sorry to Zhong Qinglu again. Then he saw Zhong Qinglu open her eyes and shouted angrily:
"Go away!"
The sound was like thunder, which made Shen Shi's ears ring. The stone gates of the cave nearby opened one after another. There were more and more onlookers. Shen Shi couldn't bear it, and his cheeks were also hot. He had to turn around and walk quickly to escape.
Zhong Qing was still angry when she appeared. When she turned around, she saw that at least ten disciples of the same school stood out and looked at her. She was even more angry and said angrily to the crowd: "What are you looking at?"
After saying that, he turned around and waved the cloud sign. The sound of "roaring" started, and the stone gate slammed shut!
The disciples of the same sect who were scolded by her didn't get angry. Instead, they came out of their respective caves one by one and gradually gathered together. They looked around curiously and talked. Those who were familiar with each other also gathered together and whispered. One moment they looked at Zhong Qinglu here, and one moment they looked back at Shen Shi's cave in front of them. Their faces were very thoughtful, and they kept talking there.
In the outer corner of the crowd, Zhong Qingzhu stood alone, and did not know when she came out of the cave. She looked at Zhong Qinglu's closed stone door with a vague and strange expression.
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May 21 is overcast.
When I went out to see the sky in the morning, I saw clouds gathering in the sky, which seemed to be a rare cloudy weather in the sea. Shen Shi shook his head and sighed slightly. He was also in a bad mood.
Last night, after I came back in a mess, I was in a bad mood all night. Although I still insisted on holding the Holy Crystal to lead the Holy Spirit into the body for two times, I was really in no mood to do the water archery training that I should have done after that, even including sleeping soundly because I was tired after daily training. Shen Shi also slept a little restlessly.
His mind was full of the broken pill furnace and the black medicine dregs scattered all over the floor. Unlike other new disciples, he grew up in a big shop on the first floor of the sky. He also knew something about pill refining. Although he could not refine pills, he knew that the spiritual materials needed to refine pills were really valuable.
Since ancient times, the skill of alchemy has been known as the king of collateral support in the cultivation world. The reason is that almost all monks use to take various auxiliary elixirs and pills in the cultivation process. The elixir, which is full of spiritual power and is of great benefit to cultivation, is a top treasure in the eyes of many monks.
However, it takes a lot of money to make pills. Even the lowest level pills need a lot of spiritual materials and herbs. And the alchemists who can successfully make pills are rare talents. They not only have outstanding talents in this field, but also need a large number of spiritual materials to support and consume to practice because of the heat, color, preparation of various spiritual medicines and many restrictions in the process of making pills, For a newcomer who wants to learn alchemy, it needs a lot of practice.
People who are born to know that it is impossible to say things about alchemy together. Every alchemist must experience countless failures to slowly explore the experience of the way to success. The so-called alchemy genius is probably the person who can quickly explore the alchemy know-how and fewer failures than others.
Zhong Qinglu is the first among the new disciples of the Pill Hall to produce the Pill of Nourishing Qi. Obviously, she has some talent in alchemy. However, she has just started alchemy, and her foundation is not very solid. She still needs many times of training. However, if she follows this path with ease, she will surely have a broad road to practice pills in the future, even if it is small.
A promising young alchemist, even a famous sect like Lingxiaozong, will certainly attach great importance to it.
It has been said that friars are piled up with spirit crystals. In fact, it is more appropriate to use this sentence to assist friars in their cultivation. The most famous three collateral branches, none of which can achieve little without consuming huge resources, include alchemy, weapon refining and array.
"Did Zhong Qinglu lose a lot last night..." When Shen Shi went to the herring fair with two pieces of armadillos' bone armor in his arms, he was still thinking about this year.
Shen Shi understands that Zhong Qinglu is refining pills in his cave. If you really want to achieve something in the process, there are almost no shortcuts to take. Even if you are talented, you need to constantly practice your skills. The probability of successfully refining pills will increase. Zhong Qinglu had indeed made a furnace of pill to nourish qi before, but apparently she felt that she had taken some luck and seemed ambitious about the pill making process, so she simply spent a lot of money to buy a set of pill making tools and put them in her cave.
But now it seems that everything is bad.
Shen Shi thought about it with toothache, but he didn't know what to do at the moment. When he arrived at the Black Fish Fair, he went straight to the Tool Hall shop where he specialized in making tools and handed in the two pieces of bone armor. The senior brother on duty over there obviously knew about this. He settled with him quickly. After a while, Shen Shi came out with four new Holy Crystals.
With Lingjing in hand, Shen Shi seems to be a little more courageous. After meditating in the street for a while, he turns a corner and walks for a while. Finally, he walks into the Dan Hall's shop on the Black Fish Market.
The words "Dan Hall" are hanging on the plaque here, and the shop is spacious. It seems that wherever you go, the practice of alchemy always gives you the impression of being rich and powerful. There are disciples who collect all kinds of spiritual materials and medicines in the shop, and there are also counters that sell all kinds of pills. Shen Shi has a look. The quality of the pills here is not very high, and they are basically suitable for the disciples in the refining region to take. The nourishing pills are also included. Shen Shi asked about the price, and one nourishing pill would sell five spirit crystals.
This price immediately made Shen Shi shrink back. Although he knew that the price here was expensive, otherwise he would not move his mind to buy the elixir from Zhong Qinglu. After all, Zhong Qinglu is not a shop, and the elixir made by himself must be cheaper.
Standing there for a moment, Shen Shi pretended to ask the price again. He asked the elder martial brother who sold the pills, including the pill furnace. The elder martial brother who came down from the pill hall looked kind and answered all the questions he asked. Later, Shen Shi thought about several kinds of spiritual medicine and materials he needed. He probably knew the cost of the spiritual materials for refining a furnace of the pill, but he didn't know about the pill furnace, After asking this elder martial brother, I found out that even the lowest level stove in Zhong Qinglu's cave last night needs two hundred Lingjing.
After hearing the news, Shen Shi's first reaction was that Zhong Qinglu was too rich. Then his second reaction was that it was too bad. He could not afford to pay for it.
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Coming out of the black carp group, Shen Shi was very satisfied and pleased with the four spirit crystals, but now he feels so few. Shen Shi was depressed. He walked back to the White Fish Bay all the way. Thinking about the discarded pills and the broken pill stove last night, he was willing to go to Zhong Qinglu and apologize again. But seeing people coming and going in the daytime, he felt a little guilty when Zhong Qinglu scolded him in front of everyone last night, After all, I didn't dare to pass.
In the evening, the demon island was not finished and basically nothing was done. It was one of the few decadent days after Shen Shi went to the island. Shen Shi himself felt something was wrong, so he kept his spirits up after nightfall and thought that it might not be my fault. Why did I bother myself so much? I calmed down and practiced water archery twice. Then I thought about it. Seeing that it was late, he came to the deserted White Fish Bay beach in the dark. Facing the sea, he calmed down and quietly practiced water archery.
This day was cloudy during the day, but at night the dark clouds receded, revealing a bright moon hanging in the sky. The moonlight was like water, and the beaches around him seemed to be covered with a layer of silver yarn. Shen Shi breathes slowly. A moment later, the Holy Power moves in the middle of his eyebrows. The casting speed is extremely fast. It takes only three breaths, and a transparent and crystal water appears in the palm of his hand.
Just as he was about to release the current, a sound of footsteps suddenly came from behind him. Shen Shi was shocked. Looking back, he saw a figure standing behind him in the moonlight, with beautiful hair and shoulders, beautiful appearance, but a little fat cheeks, and a little sadness between his eyes and eyebrows. It was Zhong Qinglu.
At the moment, her bright eyes fell on the water in Shen Shi's hands, and she was a little surprised. But she quickly responded, glared at Shen Shi, but turned to leave.
Shen Shi felt anxious and subconsciously cried, "Wait a minute."
Zhong Qinglu paused, turned around, frowned, looked at Shen Shi, and said:
"What is it?"