Killing God

Not far away, the stall owner Sanxiu and the skeleton-like weirdo were still arguing over the value and even the price of that piece of topaz, while Shen Shi was squatting in front of the stall next door, staring at the spiritual herb in a daze. .

"Hey, young master, you've been looking at that celestial leaf for a long time, do you want to buy it or not?"

An impatient voice sounded in front of Shen Shi. It was the owner of the stall squatting in front of him. He looked at this young man who was only looking but not buying.

When Shen Shi came back to his senses, he couldn't help being a little embarrassed, he laughed dryly, stood up and took two steps back, and walked away as if nothing had happened.The stall owner snorted coldly, and said to himself: "I meet this kind of poor ghost who can't buy money all day long. When will I meet that kind of spirit crystals that rain like money?" What a local tyrant! Alas..."

Shen Shi didn't hear the contemptuous comments from the stall owner, but even if he heard him, he couldn't say anything. At the moment, he was expressionless, walked around casually again, and then remained calm He seemed to walk back unconsciously, but this time, he stopped in front of the adjacent stall just now.

After a while, the stall owner who had been arguing and haggling just now seemed to have finally reached an agreement with the strange man who looked like a skeleton. Both sides gave way a step, and finally the deal was made at the price of four spirit crystals.

Seeing the painful expression on the strange man's face made others look a little more horrified, he took out four shiny spirit crystals from his arms and handed them to the stall owner, and then took the topaz stone, After lightly touching it twice, he hid it in a cloth bag on his waist, then turned and left.

During this process, Shen Shi watched silently and did not speak until the strange man walked away. Then he walked to the booth and took a look. His eyes swept across the other spiritual materials, and finally stayed on the one who fell on the ground. On the small can.

It was an old small pot. It looked like it had just been dug out of the soil, and there was still some soil on the pot.The whole body of the small pot is about half a foot high, and the mouth of the pot is sealed. The body of the pot is mottled and pitted, and there are traces of erosion everywhere, so that even some patterns originally carved on the body of the pot have become blurred and difficult to recognize. Only a few Some places can barely be seen.

Shen Shi took a closer look, but didn't see anything unusual about this small jar, it seemed that it was really an old jar.And at this moment, the stall owner stretched out his hand to lift up the small pot, glanced at Shen Shi by the way, grinned, and said, "What's the matter, young master, do you like this pot?"

Shen Shi smiled, but didn't speak. After hesitating for a moment, he stretched out his hand to pick up the small jar. The place in his hand felt a little heavy, and he didn't know whether it was the weight of the jar itself or something sealed in the jar.However, from the rough feeling coming from the palm of his hand, it can be seen that this small pot has indeed been corroded severely.

Seeing that although Shen Shi didn't speak, he picked up the small pot and looked at it carefully. It seemed that he was really interested in the junk that no one cared about all year round. This thing is not an ordinary thing, it was a few years ago when I was born and died, I finally dug it out in an ancient tomb in 'Huizhou'. I also encountered many ghosts and ghosts, and almost died in that ancient tomb. How, this thing is not bad, my old Hou has always been honest, I only sell you ten spirit crystals."

The corner of Shen Shi's mouth twitched, he put the small jar back on the ground without saying a word, and got up to leave.

The stall owner quickly stopped him, and said with a dry smile: "Young master, what are you doing, we have a discussion, let's discuss it carefully..."

Shen Shi snorted, turned around reluctantly, and said angrily: "Don't think I'm young, so you deliberately come to lie to me."

A gleam of joy flashed across the stall owner's eyes, thinking that this is really a rich young master from an aristocratic family who doesn't know where?That’s right, no one would ask me to take a look at this broken pot if it’s been kept here for a few months. The real casual cultivators pay attention to those spiritual materials that are crucial to cultivation, such as spirit grass, spirit mineral pills, etc. Medicines or even classics, who would bother to look at this humble jar.That is to say, the young master of this kind of rich and stupid family would like these inexplicable ancient relics!

At that moment, the smile on the stall owner's face became warmer, he looked at Shen Shi with a smile, and said: "Young master is joking, my old Hou is not the kind of liar, if you really like this small pot, please make an offer , let's discuss it?"

Shen Shi pondered for a moment, his brows were slightly frowned, as if he was still undecided, and he couldn't make a conclusion about what the small pot in front of him was. After hesitating, he picked up the small pot again and turned it over and over in his hand After looking around, he finally stood upside down slowly, and his eyes fell on the bottom of the small jar.

The bottom of the round tank, which is about half the size of a palm, has also been eroded so badly that a pattern originally engraved here has also become blurred, but compared to the body of the tank, the bottom of the tank may be better because it is covered on the ground. It was a little higher, so the degree of damage was not that serious after all, so after careful identification, Shen Shi could vaguely see half a sunflower pattern with three leaves.

This is only half of it. On the other half where it has been eroded to the point where it can no longer be recognized clearly, there are still some faint lines. It seems that there are still a few leaves, but they can't be seen clearly.

The stall owner was quite patient, even though Shen Shi stared at the small pot for a long time, he didn't show any impatience, he was much better than his neighbor next door, he just smiled and said: "What, young master, you can see what?"

Shen Shi remained silent, but he hesitated for a while in his heart. The pattern was too broken to see clearly, but looking at the distribution of the pattern, except for the three sunflower leaves that could be identified, the rest of the space Here, it seems that I can barely draw four more leaves.

Perhaps, is this really a pattern of a horse chestnut...

Shen Shi silently looked at the small pot in his hand, subconsciously clenched his fingers a little bit, and after a while, slowly put the small pot back.

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In the long and distant past, so long that people have long forgotten it, 1 years ago, there was a pattern of "seven-leaf golden sunflower" that shocked the entire Hongmeng world, and hundreds of races worshiped it. The heroes were in awe, because this gorgeous and dazzling golden coat of arms belonged to the master of that era, the supreme ruler of the demon clan who once ruled hundreds of clans, the master of the Heavenly Demon Royal Court, and the lineage of the Demon Emperor.

The era when the Heavenly Demon Royal Court ruled all the realms of Hongmeng was far longer than the time when the human race ruled Hongmeng. It is said that there are at least 4 years in the historical records alone.It's just that after the human-monster war in the past, the demon clan was defeated, and the once glorious Heavenly Demon King's Court collapsed in the sea of ​​flames and blood. Since then, everything about the demon clan has disappeared into the dust and smoke of the past. .

Whether it was intentional or unintentional, the history books that once recorded the past history of the Yaozu have almost disappeared for so many years. The human race dominates the worlds of Hongmeng. What needs to be remembered is that the Yaozu once brutally enslaved the human race in the past. In the end, the rise of the human race drove the evil monster race back to the demon world, and self-destructed the clan artifact "Yinming Pagoda".

Time is the most ruthless, no matter how romantic and prominent you were in the past, thousands of years later, it will still turn into dust and clouds without leaving many traces.Coupled with the fact that most of those historical books were lost and destroyed, not many people in the world today still remember the seven-leaf golden sunflower back then.As for Shen Shi, it was also by chance that he was in Tianyilou, West Lucheng, Yinzhou, and because of some doubts when identifying some kind of spiritual material with a long history, he looked through the books and accidentally saw some words that mentioned this coat of arms.

In any case, after all, the Yaozu once ruled this world for a long time, even though that era has passed 1 years, but in some inconspicuous corners, sometimes you can still find some faint words by accident.

It's just that in the broken pattern in front of me, how many leaves are still unclear, and at the same time, after a long time, the dazzling color that once belonged to the seven-leaf golden sunflower seems to have fallen off completely, not showing at all.

Could it be that I made a mistake?

Shen Shi hesitated a bit in his heart. After all, he had never seen the real seven-leaf golden sunflower pattern before this, and everything was based on guesswork. The origin of the tank is not simple.

You must know that the pattern of the seven-leaf golden sunflower symbolizes the supreme imperial power in the era of the Heavenly Demon King's Court. Historically, only the direct lineage of the demon emperor can use it. There is only one reason for the pattern of the seven-leaf golden sunflower on such a small pot , that is, the stall owner got lucky and found the tomb of a certain demon emperor a long time ago, and this small jar is obviously one of the funeral objects.

but……

Shen Shi raised his head and glanced at the stall owner in front of him. He saw that he had a broad face, big ears, and a fleshy face. Although he was smiling at the moment, he seemed to have a bit of arrogance.It doesn't seem like a particularly lucky person.

One may be a funeral object of a certain generation of Heavenly Demon King Ting Yaohuang, a treasure that was once the ruler of the entire Hongmeng world and is eligible to be buried after death. Could it really be this inconspicuous little jar in front of you?

Shen Shi looked at the stall owner with a blank expression on his face, and the stall owner looked at Shen Shi with a pleasant smile.

"A spirit crystal." Shen Shi said lightly.

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The stall owner's complexion suddenly became not so good-looking, he rolled his eyes, and said, "Young master, you haggle too hard."

Shen Shi shook his head and said: "This thing is worthless."

The stall owner snorted and said, "Young master, just go out and ask, how many years has my old Hou been setting up a stall here, and he has always been innocent... Uh, what is your expression?"

Shen Shi looked at him with a half-smile, then lowered his voice slightly after a while, and said: "Topaz is orange-yellow and bright in color, and the pure red-yellow color is the top grade. If there are variegated colors mixed in, there must be impurities and foreign objects, which will greatly reduce its effectiveness. Don't enter the refining tool, don't make alchemy, don't..."

"Enough." The stall owner's expression changed drastically, he stared at Shen Shi, and remained silent for a while.

Shen Shi smiled, and said: "The citrine you sold just now, I can see there are black and gray blocks on the stone, at least three places."

The stall owner looked Shen Shi up and down, frowned and said, "I can't tell, you still have such eyesight at such a young age."

Shen Shi smiled without saying a word, just repeated a sentence, and said: "Sell me a spirit crystal?"

The stall owner was silent for a moment, the expression on Kuo's face changed, and then he suddenly showed a smile, and said, "Young master, what do you think this little pot is?"

Shen Shi shook his head and said: "I don't know, I just fell in love with it."

The stall owner glanced at him, slowly turned the corner of his mouth, and suddenly said, "I won't sell it anymore."

Shen Shi was stunned, and said in astonishment: "What?"

The stall owner named Laohou smiled slightly and said: "Young master, I think you have unique eyesight. I'm afraid you are a child from an extraordinary family. But since you are so discerning, I will trust you once, Laohou. I will take this thing back and study it myself, and you are only willing to produce a spirit crystal, so I will take a spirit crystal to gamble on this thing. What do you think?"

Shen Shi was silent for a while, looking at the stall owner, Lao Hou, and Lao Hou stretched out his hand and slowly took the small pot back, and put it in front of him, with a sly look in his eyes.Shen Shi took a deep breath, stood up slowly, knowing that he was still too young and inexperienced after all, and wanted to find treasures from others with his own eyesight, but he didn't know that he was not the only smart person in this world.

At this time, he suddenly recalled very clearly in his mind the words he told him when he parted from his father Shen Tai that day in Xilu City:

There are countless talents in this world, and those who cultivate immortals gather even more elites from all over the world. There will always be someone who is smarter and stronger than you.

Pretending to be smart, this sentence is just about me right now...

Even an ordinary casual repair stall owner who set up a stall is enough to put himself on the line. The past self is really a frog at the bottom of a well.Shen Shi didn't say much anymore, he just recited his father's warning deeply in his heart, this time, he had to engrave it in his heart.Then, Shen Shi took one last look at the small pot, turned and walked away.

Behind him, the stall owner Lao Hou showed a smug smile.

One step, two steps, three steps, four steps... Although he didn't turn his head back, Shen Shi still felt a little hot on his face, maybe it was the surname of a teenager, even though he knew it was his fault, he still couldn't help it A little angry, angry with that cunning stall owner, and angry with himself.

Just as he was about to take the fifth step and was about to stay away from this stall that made him feel strongly frustrated, suddenly a weird and feminine voice came from behind him, which made people feel a little horrified, saying:

"Boss, the weight of that piece of topaz just now is a little less. I want to ask if you have any other stocks. I'll buy some more."

Shen Shi's footsteps suddenly stopped.