Killing God

Chapter 65 Hall of the Five Elements

The windows and doors in the Hall of the Five Elements are all open, and the morning sun shines in from the outside, which makes the hall look very bright, but it does not feel deserted. .Different from the gossip patterns in other palace buildings of Lingxiaozong, as soon as you walk into this Five Elements Hall, you can see that the wide and circular hall is neatly divided into five large blocks on the ground, with gold, green, white and red respectively. Yellow, yellow and five colors correspond to the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth.

The ground of each color starts from the center of the Five Elements Hall, forming a big circle as a whole, and there is a door of the same color at the last edge of the plot. The doors are closed, probably leading to the depths of the Five Elements Hall.

There are not many people in the hall at the moment, probably because the place is deserted on weekdays, so there are not many people in the art hall stationed here. At first glance, there are only two people who are dressed in the costumes of Ling Xiaozong's own disciples standing there. And there was another girl in front of them who was talking to them, and when she heard the sound of them coming, she turned her head and saw that it was Zhong Qingzhu.

Both Shen Shi and Sun You were stunned. After walking over, Shen Shi first asked her: "Junior Sister Zhong, why are you here?"

Zhong Qingzhu is now also a 15-year-old girl, much taller than three years ago, she looks only half a head shorter than Shen Shi, and her figure has gradually grown, making her more exquisite and refined, with a delicate and gentle face Now her face is a little more youthful and charming, and she is truly an admirable little beauty.

Seeing Shen Shi and Sun You coming here, she was a little surprised at first, but then she showed a little smile, first nodded to Sun You, then stopped at Shen Shi's side, and said with a smile: "I came here to learn a five-element technique, Senior Brother Shen, are you here for this too?"

Sun You talked quickly, and interjected from the side: "Yes, Shen Shi complained that there is not enough spiritual crystals recently, so he thought that if he learned a low-level five-element technique, he could do some other tasks to earn spiritual crystals." After a while, Sun You pointed at himself again and said, "I am the same."

Zhong Qingzhu glanced at him with a smile, and then his eyes drifted back to Shen Shi, with a look of concern on his face, and said: "Senior brother Shen, are you... are you short of spirit crystals recently?"

Shen Shi waved his hand and said: "Don't listen to what Sun You said, it's not that exaggerated, but if we continue to practice in the future, the consumption of spirit crystals will only increase, so I thought about coming to the Five Elements Hall to buy a spell Let’s practice it.”

Zhong Qingzhu thought for a while, and said: "The task that needs to be done by practicing the five elements... Do you want to go to the Demon Hunting Cave?"

"Huh?" Both Shen Shi and Sun You were taken aback. They didn't expect Zhong Qingzhu to be so keen, and they thought of this all at once. Looking at the doubtful eyes of the two of them, Zhong Qingzhu confirmed his conjecture in his heart, and then smiled slightly. Staring at Shen Shi, he said softly: "There are not many tasks on the island that require the use of five-element spells. There are only a few of them, and almost all the easier things...the only one is the Monster Hunting Cave because it needs to interact with monsters. fighting, that’s why few people go there.”

There are unfinished meanings in her words, but Shen Shi and Sun You both understand that there are many tasks assigned on Herring Island, but naturally there are so many good things that people will grab them, and those who are risk-free and easy to do can even earn spirit crystals Popularity, similar reasoning is just like when he first started, Sun You, Zhong Qinglu, Zhong Qingzhu and others from aristocratic families got those important missions first, so there was not much choice left for Shen Shi.

The expression on Sun You's face was a bit embarrassing, but it seemed that Shen Shi was much calmer, he seemed to have accepted the situation, and said with a smile: "You guessed it right, this is a way I thought, but hunting monsters In fact, it’s nothing, but it’s going to be farther and harder, as long as you don’t go into the depths of the monster-hunting cave and meet those powerful old monsters, it’s really dangerous, after all, there are senior brothers from the sect in the monster-hunting cave all the year round Guard." He glanced at Zhong Qingzhu and said, "Then what are you doing here?"

Zhong Qingzhu nodded slightly, and said: "I have been working in the formation hall for three years, and some senior brothers and sisters said that my talent is not bad. They plan to let me enter the formation hall if they have the opportunity to go up the mountain in the future, so recently I first passed on a set of the lowest-level 'Earth Formation', let me practice by myself, and try to arrange the formation."

Both Shen Shi and Sun You suddenly realized that they nodded and looked at Zhong Qingzhu differently, with a little more admiration.It has been said before that when the human monks in the world are in the Qi refining state, almost no Taoism supernatural powers can be cultivated, but the "array" is a special case.

The most important thing in arranging formations, especially low-level formations, is a variety of suitable spiritual materials and formation flags, plus some spirit crystals to stimulate the formations. The requirements for the formation are not particularly high, so it is A rare Taoism that can be practiced by monks in the Qi Refining Realm.But despite this, the various spiritual materials needed to set up the formation are generally expensive, and it is difficult for ordinary monks to have such financial support. In addition, formations and Taoism are also rare and rare, which are rare on weekdays. Few low-level monks would practice this Taoism, that is, a master of cultivation like the Lingxiao Sect, whose foundation is so profound that he can casually teach a disciple of the Qi Refining Realm to use formations and Taoism.

"Earth formation?" Shen Shi thought for a while, and said, "It is said that high-level formations rarely use five-element techniques, that is, low-level formations occasionally use five-element techniques to increase their power. This one?"

Zhong Qingzhu nodded and said: "Yes, the senior brother of Zhentang only taught me the formation method, and I have to prepare all the other spiritual materials, including the five elements method."

Sun You interrupted with a smile: "I can't see it, formation is a very expensive Taoism, and you can start practicing it so soon. I knew that the task of picking up shells could earn so many spirit crystals. Years ago, I should have been ashamed and went to Zhentang."

Zhong Qingzhu's face changed slightly, and then he showed a bit of embarrassment. He shook his head and laughed in a low voice: "No." As he spoke for some reason, he sneaked a glance at Shen Shi again, with an inexplicable expression in his eyes After a flash, he said, "I have harvested more shellfish recently, and I have taken on a few other tasks to do together, so I can gather enough spirit crystals for the formation. By the way, Senior Brother Shen, if you really have It's very tight, I still have a few spirit crystals left here, why don't I give them to you first..."

Shen Shi shook his head quickly, and said with a smile: "It's that kind of situation, don't listen to Sun You's nonsense."

But Sun You stared at the side and said: "What is this, I am also very short of spirit crystals, okay? Why did you just lend the spirit crystals to this stone and never think about me at all?"

Zhong Qingzhu smiled without saying a word, his eyes sparkling, as if adding a little more tenderness, Shen Shi stared blankly, then quickly changed the subject, first pushed Sun You angrily, and said: "You are in the Spirit Beast Hall Over there, you can comfortably make money every day, what more can you say?"

After all, regardless of Sun You yelling dissatisfiedly from the side, "What's so comfortable, is it dirty and smelly every day...", he turned his head and smiled at Zhong Qingzhu: "I have heard of these low-level five-element formations. It really needs some five-element spells as an aid, since it is an earth formation, you must come here to buy some earth-type spells?"

Zhong Qingzhu nodded and said, "Yes."

Shen Shi rolled his eyes, and said: "Let me guess, the earth surname spell, and it must be common and easy to practice in order to cooperate with the earth formation... Well, do you choose the 'rock thorn technique', or 'Quicksand technique'?"

"Eh?" Suddenly, a slightly surprised voice came from beside them, but it was from the two personal disciples who had been lazily standing aside and chatting when the three of them started talking just now. These two men, a man and a woman, looked to be in their 20s, perhaps because they were used to being lazy in Shu Tang, the most deserted hall under the Lingxiao Sect, so they didn't look as active as other halls. With so many rules, Zhong Qingzhu chatted with Shen Shi and the others, but they didn't care, they just stood aside casually and talked in a low voice.

But at this time, the woman between the two seemed a little surprised, looked Shen Shi up and down, and said: "Young brother, I don't see how you know the five elements magic? "

Those who can become personal disciples, even in the deserted hall of the art hall, have at least cultivated their Taoism to the level of congealing yuan. I have some interest in the Five Elements technique, so I know a little bit."

The senior sister nodded, pondered for a moment, but said nothing more.

Interrupted by her, Shen Shi, Sun You and Zhong Qingzhu couldn't chat anymore, Zhong Qingzhu said in a low voice: "I plan to choose 'Quick Sand Technique'."

Shen Shi nodded, not surprised.Among the first-order five-element spells, the three most common and well-known spells are fire-type fireball, water-type water arrow, and earth-type rock thorn. These three are offensive spells. , the power is acceptable, and the difficulty of cultivation is average among the first-order spells.In addition, there are still some common spells. The quicksand of the earth system belongs to this category. Unlike the first three, the quicksand does not have a particularly obvious attack technique. The power creates a quicksand, which makes the opponent fall into it and then struggle and stagnate. It is an auxiliary spell with a slow figure.

Although the quicksand technique is not very powerful at first glance, and there are many restrictions on casting spells. During the battle, the opponent only needs to avoid that piece of quicksand to be safe and unaffected. Therefore, although this technique is common, there are not many people. practice.However, for formations, Quicksand is an extremely useful auxiliary technique. Because of the limitations of the formation itself, it is difficult for the enemy to dodge and move from the beginning. It will be extremely embarrassing, so Zhong Qingzhu's choice of quicksand technique is indeed a very suitable choice.

"What about you, what five-element technique do you plan to practice here?" Zhong Qingzhu looked at the two of them and asked.

As soon as this remark came out, the two senior sisters and senior brothers next to them also turned their heads to see that these were all customers who came to give away Lingjing, and a smile appeared on their faces, it seemed that the Shutang was really poor.

Sun You thought for a while, and said, "In the future, we will go to the Monster Hunting Cave to catch monsters. Of course, we must choose a powerful spell. Well... I will use a fireball spell!"

The fireball technique is the most common five-element technique in the world. Among the ten casual practitioners who have learned the five-element technique, there are probably at least six or seven who know it, which shows its practicality and popularity.

Shen Shi smiled, pondered for a moment, and said: "Then I'll learn 'water archery'."

Chapter 66 Poseidon

"My name is Xu Yanzhi. This senior is called Zhang Yihui. He is a permanent disciple of the School of Arts who resides in the Five Elements Hall on Herring Island. He can be considered your senior sister and senior brother. If you still need it in the future, you can come here often."

After collecting the nine spirit crystals paid by the three juniors and sisters, this pretty senior sister who smiled sweetly was much happier, and she didn't seem to have any pretensions. She gently introduced the five elements hall to them. At the same time, Senior Brother Zhang went to the red, yellow, and white gates of the Five Elements Hall alone, went in and came out to work for a while, and he didn't know what he was doing.

On the other end, Xu Yanzhi explained to the three of them: "The three of you will enter the three gates of fire, water and earth later, and senior brother Zhang has already arranged them inside. Once you enter, you can get the spells and formulas you bought. , but the formula cannot be taken away, you need to recite it in it, and then go back to practice on your own. Well..." She thought for a while and said, "Well, if your memory is not very good, you can come back anytime later Look for me, go in and read and recite, anyway, you just can’t take the formula away.”

Shen Shi and the other three agreed.

Xu Yanzhi paused for a moment, and for the first time there was a trace of seriousness on his gentle expression, and said: "Besides, there is a strict rule in our Lingxiao Sect, and you must be aware of it. No matter where you get it or who you teach it to, you must not teach it to your fellow disciples or outsiders privately, and those who violate it will be severely punished by the sect's rules, understand."

Shen Shi and the others nodded, and said, "Yes." This school rule was clearly stated on the brief introduction by the senior brothers Su He, including Ling Xiao, from the day they started, and they also knew it by heart.

After just a while, Zhang Yihui came back and nodded to Xu Yanzhi. Compared with this eloquent senior sister, this senior Zhang didn't seem to talk too much. From the beginning until now, he seemed to only talk He talked a few words with Xu Yanzhi, but didn't talk to Shen Shi and the other three.

Xu Yanzhi turned around and said with a smile: "Okay, Brother Zhang is ready, you go your separate ways."

Shen Shi and others saluted and thanked each other, and then went to the three different gates. Shen Shi chose water archery, which is a very common attack spell in the water system, so he naturally went to the white gate representing the water system.

When he opened the door and entered, Shen Shi felt a sense of coolness from the white stone door, as if he really felt like touching the sea.After stepping through the door, the white stone door slowly closed behind him. The entrance was a stone room with an area of ​​about half an acre. Except for the direction he came in, there were more than a dozen identical square holes carved out of the walls on the other three sides. There is a jade box, and a light yellow halo hangs from the periphery of the hole, sealing the hole, which looks like a means of protection.

In the middle of the stone room, there is a small black wooden table, with two futons placed on the ground on each side, Shen Shi hesitated for a moment, walked over and sat cross-legged on one of the futons, put his hands on the small table casually, his eyes Looking around curiously, I thought to myself, could it be that the five elements are stored in each of these small jade boxes?

After a while, a strange soft voice suddenly reverberated in this stone room, as if someone was chanting softly from afar, and like a spring breeze blowing across the water, the soundless was better than the sound. After a while, the light yellow halo outside the first hole in the bottom row on the opposite wall suddenly dissipated, and the jade box in the hole seemed to be held by an invisible hand, flying up into the air, safe and sound. The ground fell in front of Shen Shi.

The voice in the stone room quickly disappeared, and everything returned to calm. Shen Shi's eyes fell on the jade box on the small table, and then he opened it carefully. A palm-sized jade slip was quietly parked in the jade box. There are three words written on the cover:

"Water Archery".

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Half an hour later, after thanking and bidding farewell to Xu Yanzhi and Zhang Yihui, two senior sisters and brothers in the art hall, the three reunited outside the Hall of Five Elements.

"Is everything all right?" Sun You asked first.

Both Shen Shi and Zhong Qingzhu nodded, and Sun You smiled and said: "That's good, Shen Shi, let's compare who can practice this technique first, and then go to the Monster Hunting Cave together."

Shen Shi nodded and said, "Okay, where are you going now?"

Sun You said: "I still have to go to the animal farm. I won't say much, so I'm leaving now." After saying hello, he walked quickly. Shen Shi looked back at Zhong Qingzhu and said with a smile :"where are you going?"

Zhong Qingzhu said: "I also want to go back to the formation hall, how about you?"

Shen Shi thought for a while, and said: "I'd better go to Hongceng Village again. Although the old man is black-hearted, he can earn a little bit. After I learn water archery, I can go to the Monster Hunting Cave to do monster hunting tasks." , Let’s see if there is any other better way to earn spirit crystals.”

Zhong Qingzhu was silent for a moment, and said: "Master Shen...Shitou, if you really lack spiritual crystals in cultivation, I still have some..."

Shen Shi waved his hand, chuckled, and said, "It's all Sun You's nonsense, and it hasn't reached the point where you don't have spirit crystals to practice."

Zhong Qingzhu's eyes were soft, she stared at him quietly, nodded after a while, and said: "Then you see for yourself, if you are really tight, you must remember to tell me, after all, I..." She paused , softly said, "After all, I am at the formation hall, and the task rewards spirit crystals are not bad. In addition, I will also accept some other tasks on weekdays, so the spirit crystals are quite generous."

Shen Shi smiled and said: "Those are the spirit crystals that you earned through hard work. What do I take yours for? Well, it's okay, it's okay, didn't I figure out a way here, wait for me to go later Fighting against supernatural powers in the Monster Hunting Cave, I will show you ten or twenty spirit crystals at a time. Maybe you will borrow money from me at that time. Don’t forget the spiritual materials consumed by the formation, it is very expensive to convert them into spirit crystals. Oh big."

Zhong Qingzhu stared at him for a moment, then smiled sweetly, as bright and charming as summer flowers, and said: "Okay."

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After bidding farewell to Zhong Qingzhu outside the Hall of Five Elements, Shen Shi walked towards Hongceng Village.It’s not that he didn’t go to Baihetang to take over other tasks in the past three years, it’s just that although there are many tasks on the whiteboard there, there are actually only a few fixed ones that are easy to do and have high returns. The quota was filled by people, and most of them were children from aristocratic families.

Shen Shi has no background and no connections, so it is naturally difficult for him to receive such stable and easy-to-do good jobs. Sun You privately told him to help him find one, but this kind of good job is in short supply and the competition is fierce. Grabbing a spot in his hand would cost a lot of human dignity, so after careful consideration, Shen Shi politely declined Sun You.

So looking east and west in the past three years, the longest task Shen Shi has done is actually peeling shrimps in the Red Clam Village, which is not on the white board of Baihe Hall.

Walking all the way to the Red Clam Village, I saw that beautiful and slender figure standing at the gate of the village from a distance. Needless to say, it was naturally a starfish of the Red Clam Clan.

Three years later, Starfish seems to have grown up a lot, and her appearance has become more and more beautiful, but the most conspicuous thing is the red shell on her body. As she grows older, the color becomes more and more vivid.

Shen Shi has worked in the Red Clam Village for three years, and now he understands the Red Clam Clan better than other people on the island. He knows that from the perspective of the Red Clam Clan, the redder and brighter the clam shell, the more beautiful it is In other words, Haixing can almost be regarded as the little beauty in the Red Clam Village now.

Approaching the entrance of the village, Shen Shi waved to Haixing with a smile, and Haixing also showed a smile. At the same time, several men, women and children walked by in Hongceng Village. They all laughed when they saw this, and someone even said loudly:

"Hey, Starfish's kid is here again!"

Shen Shi was startled, but the starfish turned around and spat, ignoring the narrow smiles of those aunts and aunts, ran over and pulled Shen Shi, and ran to the beach outside the village.

The sea breeze was blowing gently, blowing the skirts of the two of them, the sky was clear and the sun was shining gently, and the blue water was beating against the white sandy beach, making noises.

In the distance, a few canoes with two pointed ends are sailing the sea, heading towards the open sea. Shen Shi has been peeling shrimps here for three years, and he knows almost everything in the Red Clam Village. The fishing boat of the Bang clan was stunned for a moment, and said: "Hey, I don't remember that today is not a day for fishing. Why do you go fishing in the sea in your village?"

Starfish also glanced into the distance, and said: "Because the harvest is not good recently, I heard from my grandfather, I don't know why, not only the ghost-faced shrimp, but also many other fish species in the sea. Every time I go to sea to fish The harvest is almost half of the original or even less, so I have to go out to sea to fish a few more times." Said, Hai Xing suddenly clenched his fists at the blue sea and put his hands on his heart, showing some sincere respect on his face, and bowed. Said, "I hope that the Sea God will bless all the uncles and uncles to return safely."

Shen Shi stood beside her, staring at the vast ocean in front of him, he saw that the sea was calm and gentle, just looking at the scene in front of him, who would have thought that three years ago, the same ocean in front of him had erupted into a strange and terrible The terrifying energy, the violent turbulence of the storm makes people tremble endlessly.

As for the sea god in the starfish's mouth... Shen Shi curled his lips quietly. In the past three years, he can be regarded as the most human disciple who has entered and left Red Clam Village. He comes here almost every day. Naturally, he has already seen it well.

When I saw it for the first time, I thought the statue was weird. It looked like a sea beast with a strange shape. Later, I heard the well-informed senior brother Wang Gen mention it once. It turns out that the sea god enshrined by the red clam clan is actually Some kind of huge sea beast 'pig-headed dragon' in the depths of the sea.

According to what Senior Brother Wang Gen said, even though the pig-headed dragon has a dragon character, it actually has nothing to do with the dragon clan that has been famous since ancient times but has disappeared now. At most, it is huge and appears by chance in the deep sea It was mistaken for the Sea Dragon Clan.

The pig-headed dragon is cruel and bloodthirsty, and he is the overlord in the deep sea. No one can figure out why the red clam clan regards it as a god, but if you really want to say that praying to this pig-headed dragon will bless you, Shen Shi is naturally Do not believe.

"Even if the pig-headed dragon has sensed the prayer, let alone bless you, as long as it doesn't come and eat your people, it will be regarded as burning incense!"

Shen Shi secretly thought this in his heart, turned his head and glanced at Hai Xing, and saw that the girl had a pious expression on her face, as if she was still sincerely telling the "Sea God" what wish she wanted.