Killing God

Chapter 59 Swimming

In the falling rain, Shen Shi ran all the way over, seeing the somewhat excited expression on his face, Zhong Qingzhu gritted his teeth, suddenly felt that this person was a bit hateful, stared at him and was about to speak, when he heard Shen Shi With a little excitement, he pointed behind her and said loudly: "Water pool, water pool!"

Zhong Qingzhu was stunned, and looked back in the direction of his fingers, only to see that the pool behind him was no different from before, and it was still as calm as before. The rain fell on the clear water, splashing small splashes, a layer Layers of ripples drift away soundlessly, adding a bit of tranquility. .

"What happened to the water pool?" Zhong Qingzhu forgot to scold Shen Shi for a while, and just asked with a frown.

Shen Shi looked a little excited, and said: "I have checked all around here, they are all hard rock walls, there is no way out, but I missed this pool."

Zhong Qingzhu thought for a while, and his eyes lit up immediately, and said, "You mean this pool of water might be the way out?"

Shen Shi ran to the water's edge and began to carefully look at the small but rather deep pool in front of him, and said: "I don't know, but there is no water source or waterfall here, so the pool may come from It is also possible that the outside flowed in!"

Zhong Qingzhu nodded again and again, and the expression on his face also showed a bit of joy and expectation. Although the connection between the water pool and the outside world was only Shen Shi's guess, for the two of them who were in a desperate situation, any slight hope was a hope. So precious, once it appears, everyone wants to do everything possible to grab it.

The two stood side by side by the pool, their faces changing. The more they thought about it, the more they felt that it was possible. This herring island was originally in the middle of the sea, and there was a lot of water on the island. The flood of water in the underground cave just now was a clear proof. Perhaps, there is really a secret passage under the water that can lead to the outside world?

Zhong Qingzhu clenched her fists subconsciously, full of expectations and excitement in her heart, after all, they are only teenagers, who is not full of desire for life.She nodded heavily to Shen Shi, and said, "Shitou, you are so smart."

"Hahaha..." Shen Shi laughed, and said, "It's too early to say, whether there is a way out under the water, we have to wait and see."

Zhong Qingzhu nodded and said, "Yes."

Then, she looked at Shen Shi, and Shen Shi also looked at Zhong Qingzhu with a smile.

No one spoke, and no one made another move.

The originally enthusiastic and joyful atmosphere was strangely stagnated and paused for a moment. The two looked at each other, and neither of them moved.After a while, the two of them seemed to feel something was wrong at the same time, and they said in unison:

"Why don't you go and see..."

The voice was interrupted again, Zhong Qingzhu was a bit puzzled, looked at Shen Shi, Shen Shi seemed to think of something, laughed dryly, and said: "I, I'm not very good at water, why don't you work hard, go down and have a look. it is good?"

Zhong Qingzhu was silent for a moment, and said: "I don't know how to water either..."

Shen Shi: "..."

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By the pool, the atmosphere seemed to be getting colder, and even the rain that fell on his face seemed to be a little cooler than before.

Shen Shi shook his head, smiled wryly and said: "I grew up on the southwestern mountain side, not to mention the sea, even rivers and lakes are rare there, so I have never learned to swim since I was a child. Aren't you here by the sea, how can you know how to swim?" ?”

Zhong Qingzhu had a faint disappointment expression on his face, and he smiled helplessly when he heard the words, and said: "I grew up here in Haizhou, but life was difficult when I was young, and I have been helping my mother since I was sensible. I am busy with work all day long, how can I have time to play in the water?"

The two stood by the water in a daze, looking at each other speechlessly, finally thought of such a possible way out, but they were trapped because neither of them knew how to swim.Shen Shi sighed and said, "Oh, it's really..."

Seeing his gloomy expression, Zhong Qingzhu also felt a little uncomfortable in her heart for no reason, and felt a little guilty for no reason. Although she knew that it had nothing to do with her, she still said softly: "Forget it, actually I didn't have much hope at first, maybe there is a spring under the pool, and there is no way out."

Shen Shi nodded, and then seemed a bit regretful, and said: "I knew that I would have worked harder a few days ago. I would rather kill a few ghost-faced shrimps, and learn how to swim with starfish."

Zhong Qingzhu was startled, and said, "What starfish?"

Both of them fell to this point, and Shen Shi didn't intend to hide anything, not to mention that what happened in Hongceng Village was not a secret, so he roughly told Zhong Qingzhu about his going to Hongceng Village to peel shrimps , and finally mentioned that Haixing promised to teach him to swim, but he did. Shen Shi's own comprehension in this field seems to be very bad. Swimming forward, but no matter how many mouthfuls of seawater he ate, he still hasn't learned it yet.

Zhong Qingzhu listened carefully, and was a little serious when he heard Miss Haixing, but later he heard Shen Shi's embarrassed look when he was learning to swim, and couldn't help laughing, covering his mouth.In this way, the original fear of death between the two has been diluted a lot.

After Shen Shi finished speaking, his face looked ugly, and he complained to Zhong Qingzhu: "Do you know how she answered me when I asked her how long it took for you red clam people to learn to swim? She actually said that they have been in the water since they were young, and they are born to swim, so they don't need to learn at all... After I heard it, I looked at myself, and I couldn't say a word for a long time."

Zhong Qingzhu burst out laughing.

Shen Shi felt a bit distressed, looked around for a while, and finally his eyes fell on the pool in front of him, finally gritted his teeth, stomped his feet suddenly and said: "Forget it, no matter what is good or bad, I have to try it."

After speaking, he walked towards the water pool, Zhong Qingzhu was taken aback, and stopped him quickly: "What are you doing?"

Shen Shi said: "I can't do anything right now, I have to try, maybe the water is shallow, and I can see what's going on underneath."

Zhong Qingzhu said "oh", he hesitated to speak, with a worried look on his face, he warned: "Then be careful, don't go too far, try slowly."

Shen Shi agreed, and then stepped into the water. The moment his feet entered the water, his face grinned, which startled Zhong Qingzhu next to him, and said in surprise: "What's wrong?"

Shen Shi shook his head to indicate that there was no serious problem, and said: "It's nothing, it's just that the water is so cold."

Although the water in the pool is cold, it is not too exaggerated, so after a while, as the sinking stone walks slowly in the water, it gradually adapts to the water temperature around it, no longer cares about this, but slowly moves towards the center of the pool Walk carefully.

It's just that although they hope that the water in the pool will be shallower, it seems that the unlucky people will not have good luck after all. After walking a few steps, Shen Shi found that the terrain under the pool suddenly drooped downwards, and the water surface dropped from his ankles. He quickly lost his knees, and then continued to rise. When he walked five or six steps into the pool, the water surface was already close to his chest.

This pool looks very deep.

Shen Shi turned his head, looked at Zhong Qingzhu on the shore with a wry smile, Zhong Qingzhu also shook his head helplessly, and sighed softly.

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Going further down, the pool water flooded the neck, mouth and nose, it would be dangerous if you can't swim, Shen Shi didn't dare to go any further, so he had to turn around and walk back.After walking three or two steps, watching the water recede to his waist, he hesitated for a while, gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, and then buried his head in the water.

Zhong Qingzhu on the shore stared wide-eyed and looked at Shen Shi in the water. Fortunately, the water in the pool was clear and Shen Shi was in shallow water, so even if he dived into the water, he could still be seen.In the turbulent water, Shen Shi's body looked a bit clumsy, he jumped under the water twice, but his body slowly floated up, but while his hands and feet were dancing, his whole body was spinning around in place, There is no sign of progress at all.

Although Zhong Qingzhu doesn't know how to swim, but he grew up on the coast of the sea since he was a child. He has never eaten pork but has seen pigs run. In the past, he saw many other people swimming. It's true that Shen Shi didn't lie just now, he really doesn't seem to have much talent in swimming.

"It seems...a little pig is struggling in the water." Zhong Qingzhu inexplicably had this ridiculous thought in his heart, and then his cheeks blushed, and he kept his mouth from laughing. After a while, he felt sorry and was looking for something. The stone of the way out secretly scolded himself in his heart.

After a while, the breath was exhausted, and Shen Shi came out of the water with a "huh", his whole body was wet, but his face was depressed, and he said to Zhong Qingzhu who was standing by the water: "I can't see anything..."

Zhong Qingzhu waved to him, showing some concern, and said, "Why don't you come up first." As he spoke, he glanced at the pool beside him, and couldn't help stepping down secretly with his foot. took a step.

The water in the pool is indeed a bit cold, it is as cold as a gust of cold air coming in, perhaps because it has been uncomfortable before, even now facing the situation where the last ray of hope may be cut off, Zhong Qingzhu is still in a calm mood After a while, he tentatively took another step into the water.

After a while, just use this pool of water to wash your body well, and wait for death cleanly.

The sound of splashing water came from not far away, but Shen Shi walked from the water to the shore with a depressed face, and at the same time complained to Zhong Qingzhu: "Why do you say swimming is so difficult? I have worked very hard, but I just can’t learn it. I just can’t do the movements of paddling and kicking in the water, let alone floating in the water, uh...Qingzhu, why are you in the water too? ?”

When he was about to walk to the shore, Zhong Qingzhu walked into the pool at some point, with a bit of curiosity on his face, and the palm of his right hand swayed and patted gently among the waves, as if he had never played in water before.

After a while, she turned her head and said with a smile: "Shitou, who did you hold your breath just now, I will learn from it."

Shen Shi waved his hand, and said angrily: "Didn't I just tell you what Hai Xing taught me from the beginning to the end? It's about that. After entering the water, after a while without moving, the body will float by itself. By the way, be careful, don’t go too far.”

Zhong Qingzhu smiled sweetly, thought about it, took a few breaths cautiously with curiosity and a little fear, and finally covered his mouth and nose with his hands, looking a little clumsy, and then buried his head in the water.

After a while, Shen Shi saw her body slowly floating up in the water, couldn't help but let out a "huh", and said, "This suffocation has learned so fast." But his eyes widened, staring blankly at the water.

In the clear beach water, Zhong Qingzhu's slowly floating body seemed a little light. Although her injured left hand was still tied tightly by her side with a cloth belt, she still tried to stretch out her only right hand and stood in the water. She swiped down, and at the same time, just as Shen Shi heard from Haixing and relayed to her before, while her arms were paddling, her feet kicked back in the water at the same time.

The slender and beautiful girl's figure, in the depths of the turbulent water waves, looks completely different from the clumsy Shen Shi before, just like an elegant mermaid, sliding forward so leisurely and easily.

The water waves are gentle and rippling, surrounding her, and the rocky pools reflect her warm and gentle appearance.

On the bank of the water, Shen Shi was dumbfounded, staring blankly at the beautiful figure swimming slowly forward in the water, and after a long while, with a bit of incredulity, he said blankly:

"No, this, is there any reason for this..."

Chapter 60 Blame

Herring collection, Xuan said in the hall.

After gathering the enthusiasm of all the direct disciples on the island, following Wang Gen's personal appointment, everyone here was sent out to brave the wind and rain to search for the lost girl from the Zhong family. In the end, even Wang Gen himself didn't care. Danger, personally go to the most windy and windy places outside the island to search carefully.

The Xuanyue hall also changed from bustling to calm, and there was no one else except Zheng Zhe who was assigned by Wang Gen to stay here.But as time passed, the number of people in Xuanyue Hall gradually increased, and by this time, another three or forty people had returned here.

However, among these dozens of people, although they are all dressed in the costumes of Lingxiaozong disciples, none of them are direct disciples whose Taoism is above the Yuan Condensation Realm. Five years at the same time, those Qi Refining Realm disciples who were assigned to supervise the elder brothers of this group of new disciples.

At this moment, the dozens of people in Xuanyue Hall were divided into left and right sides. There were dozens of people standing on the left and only one person on the right, standing there with an ugly face.

Zheng Zhe stood at Wang Gen's original position on the other side of the main seat, with a bit of helplessness on his face. He only felt a dull pain in his head, and couldn't help but reach out and rub his forehead. Whispering, not knowing what to say for a moment.

I don't know how many people's eyes, with strange expressions, fell on the isolated person.

Su He stood with his hands tied, his face flushed red, his head bowed and his teeth gritted, and he scolded himself countless times in his heart. He really regretted his decision to accept this supervisory task.

After a while, Zheng Zhe sighed, and said, "Junior Brother Su, all the newcomer disciples over at Baiyu Bay have checked it out, except for Junior Sister Zhong Qingzhu, who was lost in Caibei Beach and supervised under your name." , In addition, there is another junior disciple missing, who happens to be one of the ten disciples under your supervision."

I don’t know who snickered in the crowd, but they covered it up. After all, this occasion is not a place for joking. It’s just that Su He is standing under the eyes of everyone, with a depressed and depressed expression on his face, which is really sympathetic In addition, I also think it is a bit funny.

Almost all of the more than [-] newcomer disciples were safe and sound, only two of them disappeared inexplicably, and it happened that these two people were supervised under the name of Su He alone. This is really unlucky.

Just now senior brother Wang Gen was furious about Zhong Qingzhu's disappearance in front of everyone, and taught several direct senior brothers who were in the Yuan Condensation Realm that they couldn't hold their heads up, and everyone was afraid.Right now he is not here, but if Senior Brother Wang returns here after a while, once he finds out that another one has been lost, the anger can be imagined, and it is frightening to think about it. How will Senior Brother Wang Gen treat this poor Su He...

Thinking of this, many people in the crowd felt that the hairs on their bodies were standing on end, and Su He, under the gaze of everyone, was even paler, as if he was about to die.

Looking at Su He's face, Zheng Zhe was also speechless, thinking that you are really unlucky. Under such circumstances, Senior Brother Wang Gen must be furious, and I am afraid that you will not have any good fruit to eat.Different from these outer disciples who are low in morality and have not even been formally accepted by Ling Xiaozong's gate wall to lead them to Jinhong Fairy Mountain, Zheng Zhe has been a direct disciple for many years, and he knows all about the big and small things in Ling Xiaozong's sect. Senior brother Wang Gen is furious this time He was furious, although he was worried about the safety of the lost junior sister, but there were indeed deeper reasons behind it that could not be explained to outsiders.

Since ancient times, the Ling Xiaozong has never said that the headmaster of the past has taken over the position of the real master. The headmaster has always been taken over by the most outstanding disciple of the next generation, not necessarily the highest in morality, but It must be a disciple who is recognized and respected by the sect regardless of Taoism, virtue, character, ability and many other aspects.

There are outstanding disciples who are personally handed down by the real person in charge, and of course they will be among the candidates. In fact, there will be some convenience and benefits in secret, but in general, this position should be reserved for the most outstanding young generation of disciples in the sect. Compete with each other to take over.This rule is different from the rules of many cultivation sects in Hongmeng Realm today. It is said that it was established by Gan Jingcheng, the founder of the mountain.

Exactly why Master Gan made such a family rule back then is naturally untestable now, but Ling Xiaozong has been passed down for thousands of years, and will never change this family rule easily, otherwise, how many elders in the family will have a mob , will never stop this path of his own disciples reaching the summit.What's more, if you really want to talk about the direct lineage of Nagato, then the Gan family is the truly undisputed first direct line of the Lingxiao sect. However, after the ancestor Gan Jingcheng, although the Gan family has been in the Lingxiao sect, there has been no one in ten thousand years. He took over the position of Daoist Master.

If the rules are changed, what will be done to the Gan family?

These are all far-fetched words, and the most important thing right now is this senior brother Wang Gen, who is actually one of the few hot candidates who are recognized in the Lingxiao Sect as the possible successor to the head teacher in the future.Although in the sect, among the most famous three swords of Ling Xiao, everyone thinks that Du Tiejian, the eldest disciple who teaches the real person, is ranked first, and Gan Wenqing, a disciple of Uncle Yunni's sect, is a beautiful person, and his popularity is also high.Senior brother Wang Gen has always been a fortitude and Shenxiong, quite prestigious in the sect, and is highly valued by many elders, but compared to the first two, he seems to be a little weaker in terms of momentum.

Today, Huaiyuan Daoist, who is in charge of teaching Huaiyuan, is flourishing in spring and autumn and is famous all over the world. He is recognized as a giant in the world of Hongmeng cultivation. It is naturally impossible for Ling Xiaozong to replace him in a short period of time.It's just that within the sect, although no one has said this clearly, there are countless forces in the Wannian Dapai sect, and the situation is complicated. The few disciples who are regarded as the possible successors of the next generation cannot be alone. Everyone is within the limits of the rules, so it's enough not to make things too ugly.

In fact, apart from the three known as Ling Xiao's Three Swords, there are still other people in the sect who are eyeing the next generation's head teacher. The leader is Sun Hong, the current patriarch of the Sun family. Jian is older, but he is equally outstanding regardless of his morality, family background, and ability, and he has a lot of support in the sect.In addition, there are several people similar to Sun Hong, so although Ling Xiaozong looks calm now, many forces in the dark are fighting and entangled with each other, which cannot be underestimated, and the situation is already quite tense.

It can be said that Wang Gen's visit to Qingyu Island to preside over the affairs of newcomers and disciples is a great opportunity that fell from the world. It just showed his careful and meticulous handling ability. Added a heavy weight in the battle for the position of head teacher.It was precisely because of this that Wang Gen was so anxious and irritable this time, and it seemed that Su He just ran into the muzzle of Senior Brother Wang Gen, which was really unlucky.

Zheng Zhe went through these secret battles in the Lingxiao Sect's sect in his mind. For him, since he was in the same round as Senior Brother Wang Gen and cultivated in the Yuan Condensation Realm on Herring Island and went to Jinhong Mountain, he has long been regarded as Wang Gen's. The confidant generals are all based on Wang Gen's interests. Although Su He looks a little pitiful at the moment, he can't take care of it.

Zheng Zhe coughed, his face darkened, and in front of many Qi-refining disciples in Xuanyue Hall, he said coldly: "Junior Brother Su, Zhong Qingzhu and Shen Shi, who were supervised under your name, have disappeared and have not been seen so far. Do you have anything to say?"

Su He's face was as grievous as he could be, he was so depressed, he gritted his teeth and raised his head, "Senior Brother Zheng, there is indeed something wrong with my younger brother, I didn't take good care of these two juniors and sisters, but we have rules in our school, in this herring Most of the daily cultivation on the island depends on myself. As a supervisor, I can at most give pointers to them when they are practicing, and at most add relief on a daily basis. Many supervisors here, don’t any of them do this? ?”

The crowd of outer disciples on the side became quiet for a while, and everyone looked at Su He with more sympathy.

Zheng Zhe smiled wryly in his heart, the truth is indeed the truth, but now is not the time to reason.He was well aware of that senior brother Wang Gen's thoughts, and the most important thing right now was to suppress this matter and deal with the aftermath. How could he spend half a day debating who was right and who was wrong with this senior brother Su who was full of grievances and depression?

At that moment, Zheng Zhe's eyes widened, and he said in a cold voice: "Shut up, why are all the brothers and sisters under other people's names all fine, but the two people who got lost belonged to your name? It is clear that you have neglected and made mistakes in ordinary times. People are important, so I won't tell you too much, you go back to the cave and confine yourself for seven days, and you are not allowed to go out to reflect on yourself, and then I will go to you again and see how Senior Brother Wang will punish you."

Su He raised his head abruptly, but after meeting Zheng Zhe's stern gaze, he still didn't dare to resist. He gritted his teeth and endured it, and then walked out of the hall listlessly.

Seeing this scene, many disciples in the Qi Refining Realm felt quite empathetic, and fell silent for a moment. Zheng Zhe glanced at the crowd, and didn't bother to argue with them or scold them, and said directly: "The one under the name of Su He Have the other eight newcomer disciples been summoned?"

A person came out of the crowd next to him and said, "I called you here, and now I'm waiting outside the door."

Zheng Zhe nodded and said, "Let them all come in and ask quickly, maybe they still know something."

After a while, eight young men and women walked into Xuanyue Hall for the first time, including Sun You, Zhong Qinglu, He Xiaomei, Jiang Hongguang and others. Some of them had tired and windy faces on their faces, obviously they were called out temporarily come over.

Zheng Zhe glanced over their faces, and was about to ask, when suddenly he heard the sudden sound of wind and rain outside Xuanyue Hall, as if it suddenly became louder, and a black shadow fell down with a bang, and landed steadily, the sound was almost as loud as the wind and rain Against it, it was Wang Gen who came back.

Without saying a word, Wang Gen strode into Xuanyue Hall, his face expressionless but his body was wet with water stains everywhere. Zheng Zhe went up to welcome Wang Gen and sat him down on the main seat. His pupils shrank slightly. Senior Brother Wang usually pays the most attention to etiquette, and the rain can't easily fall on his body, but this time he came back like a drowned rat. One can imagine how violent the storm outside the island was.

Wang Gen glanced at the Qi Refining Realm disciples under Tangxia, frowned slightly, and said, "What's the situation now?"

Zheng Zhe sighed slightly in his heart, and whispered what happened just now in his ear. As Wang Gen listened, his expression became more and more ugly. Suddenly, he waved his hand, and only heard a "click", The arm of the chair with the thick arm of the child broke at the sound, stood up abruptly, and said angrily:

"What! Lost another one?"

The sound didn't seem very loud at first glance, but at this moment, all the disciples of the Qi Refining Realm in Xuanyue Hall felt a tiger-like roar suddenly coming from their ears, shaking their heads. Their ears were trembling uncontrollably, and they all took a few steps back, staring at each other in amazement for a moment, feeling even more in awe of this Senior Brother Wang.

Zheng Zhe was the only person in the class who didn't show anything unusual, but at the moment he was smiling wryly in his heart, and he was a little more cautious. It seemed that Senior Brother Wang Gen was indeed in a rage at the moment, and pointed at the eight newcomer disciples who had just entered. , whispered a few more words to Wang Gen.

Wang Gen's eyes were stern, and he snorted coldly, but after taking a deep breath, he sat back slowly, seeming to suppress his anger.Zheng Zhe turned around and said to the crowd: "Who among you are familiar with Zhong Qingzhu and Shen Shi, come out quickly and tell me if they will go to some remote place on weekdays, I will send someone to find it quickly."

After the eight people were silent for a while, they didn't see any other expressions or movements. Only Sun You suddenly took a step forward and said, "Brother Wang, Brother Zheng, I am somewhat familiar with Shen Shi."

Wang Gen, who was sitting in his seat, saw Sun You coming out, and suddenly frowned, as if he remembered something at this moment, after a little thought, another boy gradually appeared in front of him, and he frowned, "Could it be that person? "