Nothing happened all the way, and the ship safely returned to the herring island. Under the darkness, people scattered one after another.
Shen Shi goes back to the cave alone to practice and rest as usual. The next day, he goes to the Green Fish Market to exchange the day's earnings for Lingjing's reward. Although Lingjing doesn't feel anything after earning Ruyi's Ring, Shen Shi is still a little contented and in a good mood. He even walks briskly all the way, until he returns to the cave in White Fish Bay and sees a figure standing at his door.
Zhong Qinglu turned to see him coming, and motionless waved to him.
Shen Shi felt a loud, dry laugh and walked over.
They looked at each other. Shen Shi grabbed his head and said, "Morning."
Zhong Qinglu said lightly, "Morning."
After these two simple greetings, neither of them said anything more. Suddenly, they seemed to fall into a strange cold atmosphere. Occasionally, a fellow student passing by saw this scene, and they all cast curious and strange eyes.
Shen Shi and Zhong Qinglu soon realized what was happening around them. Zhong Qinglu frowned, and Shen Shi said in a low voice, "Go in and talk about it."
Zhong Qing nodded. Shen Shi went forward and opened the stone door with a cloud rune. They entered the cave's stone chamber. Shen Shi was relieved. Before he could think of anything to say, Zhong Qinglu looked at him with a straight face, and even her voice seemed cold. She said, "I failed again yesterday when I refined pills."
"..." Shen Shi opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but when he got to his mouth, he found that he didn't know what to say. Looking at Zhong Qinglu, he seemed indifferent, but the two white palms hanging on his side did not know when to clench into fists, and even his knuckles looked white.
Shen Shi sighed slightly, but finally didn't say anything. He took out ten spirit crystals from Ruyi Ring, smiled, and handed them to her, saying, "Here is the reward I got when I went to the demon island yesterday."
Zhong Qinglu took a look at the shiny crystals on his palm, and then her eyes fell on Shen Shi's face. After one night, of course, the wound had stopped bleeding, but the flesh and skin wound was still a bit shocking.
Zhong Qinglu's lips seemed to tremble a little, and her hand was still hanging on her side, but somehow she didn't reach for it.
Shen Shi looked at her, took a step, put the ten Holy Crystals into her hands, and then smiled: "Take them quickly, or I will say I will commit myself again."
Zhong Qinglu flashed a faint blush on her cheek. It seemed that she had the courage to return to her and glared at Shen Shi. Shen Shi nodded to her and said nothing more.
Zhong Qinglu suddenly turned around and strode towards the door. At the same time, she seemed to be gnawing her teeth and yelling, "Wait, I will let you see my ability sooner or later!"
Shen Shi shook his head behind her and gave a wry smile.
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At least for now, Shen Shi is still in a situation where he lost miserably in this transaction, or gamble, but he is willing to admit defeat. Although he has some feelings for those who lost, he is still able to accept it, and comforts himself with a vision that may be good in the future.
The days are still passing day by day. Although it is Xiuxian Avenue and the fairyland, in general, the days on the herring island have actually passed for a long time and are still a little boring. Everyone is working hard for the way to cultivate immortals, for the illusory dream of becoming an immortal, and for the shiny stones every day.
After Lingxiao Sect modified the rules of the demon island, the number of younger brothers in the refining realm who went to the demon island to do the task of catching demons suddenly decreased. In the first few times, only Shen Shi and Ganze went there. However, with the passing of days, there are more senior brothers coming to the demon island's gas refining area, but it is obvious that people are less excited when they go to the demon island than they used to be.
Xu Yanzhi and Zeng Zhibo said to everyone who boarded the boat and boarded the island that they were proud of life and death and acted according to their ability. They spoke with a clear and determined attitude. The ship was safe and they would ensure the safety of everyone. But after getting off the ship, even if they were in danger and dying on the seawall under the ship, they would certainly stand by and watch.
This kind of strictness can even be said to be an unprecedented strict rule, which makes every younger brother in the gas refining realm tremble. Therefore, the monster targets they choose are generally one or two grades lower in intensity than the prey they hunted in the past. As for the area of the demon hunting hole, the most central part of the deep demon island, almost no one dares to pass.
As a result, the surrounding area of the demon island became much more lively than before. Many senior brothers who would never come to the gas refining place also haunted here from time to time, which indirectly affected Shen Shi. Although few people could see the lowest level monster, such as the armored armadillo and the windbird, they often killed them when they passed by together
Shen Shi's harvest is reduced, but in general, because there are so many monsters on the demon island, he can still hunt low-level monsters as long as he walks farther along the beach, so he doesn't have any special trouble. And as the days went by, the situation on the demon island seemed to be the same as before. Those high-ranking brothers in the gas refining realm also gradually grew up and began to go deep into the depths of the demon island. At the same time, more and more brothers returned to the demon island.
Soon, the number of people who took the ship increased from only Shen Shi Ganze to 17. Although it was a little less than when the number was the largest before, it was already about to recover to the most prosperous time. On the demon island, Shen Shi also found that in his "territory", the original harassment had disappeared, and those elder martial brothers and sisters had gone deep into the demon island again, unable to see the cheap goods outside.
The only difference is that Ganze's treatment on the ship seems to be quite different from that of the past. There is no longer the situation of crowding around the stars and the moon. On the contrary, many people look at him with different eyes, feeling somewhat evasive, and few people will come to him.
The reason is that in the first few days, there were only two people on the same boat. Shen Shi and Gan Ze got to know each other better. Usually, they talked and talked when they met. Although they were not close friends, they both felt that the other seemed to be a good person.
This day seems to be going on quietly, including Shen Shi's deep thought about the abnormality of the ghost lynx. There is no other similar sign. It seems that it is just an accident alone. Everything is normal, just like before.
But a month later, at noon on a certain day, a shrill voice came from the deep forest, shaking the whole demon island, and then all the people on the Green Fish Island.
The first brother of the refining realm who died under the monster's claws appeared.
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The dead man, named Shajin, was a senior brother in the gas refining realm. He had joined the Lingxiao Sect a round earlier than those new brothers like Shen Shi. Shen Shi has seen this person on weekdays, and has some impression on him, because he is a member of the four person team headed by Chen Tang. He is also a little famous in the small circle that goes to the demon island to catch demons, and is recognized as a demon catching expert.
But it was such a person who died on the demon island on that afternoon without warning. When his corpse was dragged back to the ship by his companion with red eyes, the whole ship was silent.
The body was covered with blood, scratches and bites. Most of them were on the upper body, and even the face was about half lost. It was really terrible.
Xu Yanzhi and Zeng Zhibai appeared on the deck at the first time when the screams were heard. Although everyone could see the anxious look on their faces, they did not get off the ship after all. Instead, they stood on the deck and waited silently for Chen Tang to bring Shajin's body back.
Shen Shi stood in the crowd and looked at the body, silent. When he occasionally turned his eyes, he found Ganze standing nearby and staring silently.
It seems to feel Shen Shi's eyes. Ganze turns to look at him. Shen Shi's lips move and whispers, "Be careful in the future."
Ganze nodded and lowered his voice, saying, "So do you."
The next day, the number of people going to the demon island decreased by two thirds.
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For Sha Jin's accidental death, Ling Xiaozong did not give any explanation here. In fact, there is no need for more explanation.
Today's demon island has been clearly stated in the rules. Every brother of the refining realm who goes to the demon island actually knows that it is a tightrope between life and death. But before Shajin died, everyone did not have a very clear understanding. They always thought that those monsters on the demon island were just like this. They could easily deal with them in the past. Can't they kill the same enemy now?
In the past, many dangerous monsters were defeated and killed by others, but the cost was only a little more serious. There was never a real death.
Until this time
After this incident, Shen Shi's friends around him came to visit him one after another, and many people persuaded him, including Sun You and Zhong Qingzhu, especially Zhong Qingzhu. It seems that Shajin's accidental death has given her a lot of excitement, making her very worried about Shen Shi's safety. She has repeatedly advised Shen Shi not to go to the demon island, and her words are very anxious, Especially I am very sad that Shen Shi has to go to the demon island to earn Lingjing.
Shen Shi had a hard time persuading her. In his heart, Zhong Qingzhu seemed to be overreacting. However, since he had shared the adventure in that storm three years ago, he was still somewhat close to Zhong Qingzhu, so he patiently persuaded her. In contrast, Zhong Qinglu, another girl surnamed Zhong, expressed a strange mood.
After hearing the news that people will die in the demon island, Zhong Qinglu also came to Shen Shi's cave soon. But after seeing Shen Shi, Zhong Qinglu just looked at him for a while, but didn't say a word of persuasion for half a day. Finally, she had to leave after ten spirit crystals turned around, which depressed Shen Shi for a long time.
We are here to become immortals, not to fight for our lives; The purpose of going to the demon island is to earn Lingjing for better cultivation, but also not to fight for life; In other words, it is difficult to cultivate immortals, and there are times when we need to fight for our lives in the future. But wouldn't it be better to fight for our lives when we have all kinds of spiritual skills in the future? At least, I have a better grasp. This is not the only way to earn Lingjing. Why risk your life to go to Yaodao?
So the number of people going to the demon island is getting smaller and smaller day by day, and the deck of the ship is getting lonelier and lonelier day by day.
Finally, one day, Shen Shi got on the boat, looked around, and found that he and Ganze were the only two people left on the huge deck.