Killing God

"Alchemist is really a thing made with money..."

In the cave, Shen Shi took out a bag with some pain in his flesh, the inside dangled and made a crisp sound from time to time, then handed it to Zhong Qinglu, and said, "Take it, eighty spirit crystals.."

After a year, perhaps because of that secret deal, the two of them have been in frequent contact. Zhong Qinglu's attitude towards Shen Shi has long since lost the arrogance she had at the beginning, and has become much gentler. Looking at her expression now, her brows are slightly frowned , looked a bit cramped and uneasy.

She seemed to hesitate for a moment, then raised her head, glanced at Shen Shi, and said, "Why don't we wait? Or I'll start refining Peiyuan Pill after we've all cultivated to the Condensing Yuan Realm and become personal disciples." ?”

Shen Shi glanced at her and said, "What's wrong?"

Zhong Qinglu lowered her head slightly, sighed, and said: "It's not like you don't know that no matter who is the best in alchemy, when they get a new alchemy formula and start refining a new elixir, they must be ..."

She didn't say any more about the following words, but the meaning was clearly understood. In the first period of time when refining a new panacea such as Peiyuan Pill, she must make mistakes most of the time. The only way for an alchemist to pass, originally an alchemist was built with countless spiritual crystals and indomitable tenacity.

The problem is, this time it’s not Yangqi Pill. The cost of the spiritual materials needed to refine Peiyuan Pill is as high as [-] spirit crystals. Even Zhong Qinglu, who comes from a wealthy family, feels a little frightened. For the Qi Refining Realm disciples above, it is really too huge, and only after reaching the Yuan Condensing Realm, maybe they can barely support it.

In fact, both Zhong Qinglu and Shen Shi have already inquired about the second-grade panacea of ​​Peiyuan Dan, which is usually only taught to the disciples of the Condensing Yuan Realm in the alchemy hall of the Lingxiao Sect, but the alchemy taught by the alchemy hall is based on It is not based on the disciples' Taoism but based on their progress in alchemy. In the past, newcomer disciples have never fully mastered the refining of Qi Yang pills within five years, because since they want to focus on alchemy, they must Unable to earn a huge amount of spiritual crystals to support himself, he can continue alchemy regardless of the cost, but without financial support and valuable experience gained on the basis of a large number of failed alchemy, it is impossible to achieve success in the short term. Achievement.

Therefore, what Zhong Qinglu really said was the greatest achievement of Dantang among the new disciples in the past hundred years, and it was also the first time in the past hundred years that Dantang made an exception and taught the disciples of Peiyuan Dan's new alchemy formula during the period of refining Qi.

Shen Shi was silent for a long time, but finally shook his head and said: "Isn't the original plan of the two of us just to make you one step faster? I think you should continue to refine the Peiyuan Pill, and in the future the two of us will break through There is still at least a year or even longer to reach the Yuan Condensation Realm, and this period of time is the critical moment for you to be one step faster than others."

He smiled and said: "Think about it, if you can already skillfully refine the second-grade pills like Peiyuan Pill when you go to Jinhong Mountain in the future, what will it be like? All the elders will rush over, crying and shouting, and fight, and they will also snatch you, a rare alchemy genius for hundreds of years, and become your own disciple."

Zhong Qinglu pursed her lips slightly, and hesitated to speak. Although there was a look of longing and anticipation on her face, her eyes were still clear, and they still fell on Shen Shi. After a while, she whispered: "But I ... I really can't earn this spirit crystal myself, even if I earn it, it can only support me to refine it a few times at most."

Shen Shi took a deep breath and said with a smile: "Isn't there still me?"

Zhong Qinglu remained silent, and after a while, said: "Shen Shi, why do you... value me so much?"

Shen Shi smiled, and said: "Didn't I tell you before, firstly, there is a cheap panacea to take in the future, and secondly, I want to curry favor with you, the future great alchemist."

Zhong Qinglu stared at him deeply, then nodded slowly, without saying anything.

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Walking out of Zhong Qinglu's cave, Shen Shi had a bitter face, looking a little worried.I don't know if it's because of the unique emotions of young men, in front of girls, especially beautiful girls, they are often unwilling to be ashamed and subdued, so just now Shen Shi looked confident in Zhong Qinglu's cave, but now Thinking of the consumption of [-] spirit crystals in the alchemy that time, plus the huge number of times of consumption, Shen Shi really felt a little dizzy.

The spirit crystals he needed for his own cultivation, and the spirit crystals he needed to support Zhong Qinglu's alchemy in this secret transaction, are the two biggest consumptions of spirit crystals he currently has. He still has a very heavy debt, which is to give Zhang Yihui from the Palace of the Five Elements handed in five talismans, but because of the miraculous effect of the Qingxin Mantra, he unexpectedly went smoothly with one of the talismans. He paid off this debt a few days ago, which is considered a blessing among misfortunes.

At this moment, Shen Shi, after discovering that he seems to be different in the five elements and talismans, is also based on the heavy pressure of spirit crystals, although according to common sense, it is not necessary and should not practice too many five elements However, firstly, out of interest, and secondly, to earn more spirit crystals, Shen Shi still consciously or unconsciously went further and further on the rugged and destined to be difficult path of five-element magic.

Today, he has gone to the Palace of the Five Elements several times to buy new spells. Now he has as many as six first-order five-element spells. In addition to the earliest water archery, there are fireball, fire barrier, rock Stabbing, Earth Sinking, and Wind Swiftness, among which Water Archery, Fireball, and Rock Spike belong to the three systems of Water, Fire, and Earth respectively, and are the most famous and common three major attacking spells among the Five Elements spells. As for the fire barrier technique, earth sinking technique, and wind swiftness technique, they are all auxiliary spells that Senior Brother Zhang Yihui explained that day.

After the fire barrier technique is cast, there will be a flame shield in the shape of a fire shield to protect itself, which can add a bit of protection; the earth sinking technique will make the enemy stagnate and move slowly, and the wind swiftness technique will make yourself or allies The figure is faster, and the wind follows the wood. This technique is a wood-type spell among the five elements, and it is quite easy to use.

These six kinds of first-order spells are all within the range of ten spells recorded in the book "Little Explanation of Fulu" given to him by Zhang Yihui that day, so after mastering these five-element spells proficiently, Shen Shi also logically Corresponding talismans were made.And because of his incomparably high success rate in making talismans, the stock of talismans on hand has gradually increased. Although there are shops that buy talismans on Herring Island, including Zhang Yihui, there will also be spirit crystals to collect talismans, but Shen Shi He didn't intend to sell the talismans in his hand.

Because he has already discovered that as long as this talisman is used properly, the spiritual material rewards for dealing with monsters on the monster island are actually higher.

Day after day, apart from his daily practice and going to the Demon Island to do the task of hunting monsters, most of the rest of his time was spent on making talismans.This is a very boring job, but Shen Shi has been doing it quietly and calmly. The endurance and patience tempered by drawing runes every day since he was a child is finally reflected at this moment.

The number of talismans on hand kept increasing slowly, and a year later, Shen Shi's little wishful ring was almost up to the expiration date, so he bought two more.

One left hand, one right hand; the left hand contains the harvest of spiritual materials, and the small wishful ring on the right hand holds the talisman, which can be used at any time.

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From autumn to winter, the time on the island is a little slow and boring, and some are so fast that it makes people nervous.Seeing that the fifth year is just around the corner, the atmosphere on Herring Island has already begun to reveal a trace of oppressive and dull atmosphere.

The big boat going to Demon Island has recently started to become lively again. The reason is that among the newcomer disciples who have reached the high level of Qi Refining Realm, many of them have also taken a fancy to this shortcut to obtain spirit crystals, although there are risks. , but still within the acceptable range.

In addition to some old people who have returned before, the number of people on the big ship today is almost 20 people every time, and it has basically returned to the original heyday.

Among the crowd, two people who have persisted for a long time and never stopped sitting side by side at one end of the corner, looking at the fellow doormen chatting together in twos and threes on the deck, with strange expressions on their faces.

"Unexpectedly, there are so many courageous people." Gan Ze said first.

Shen Shi nodded and glanced across the crowd. There were quite a few new faces there, but they were all seen on the island in the past. During this year, these talented teenagers have cultivated to the high level of Qi Refining Realm, and then He challenged the dangerous demon island without fear.

After a while, Gan Ze looked back, looked at Shen Shi, Shen Shi noticed it, turned his head to look at him, with some doubts, said: "What's wrong?"

Gan Ze was silent for a moment, shook his head and sighed, and said: "These brothers who are in the same round as us all have the courage to come to Yaodao after the high-level Qi Refining Realm, and as far as I know, they are at least They are all teamed up with three or more people to hunt monster beasts. I didn’t think there was anything wrong with it before, but now that I think about it, you were the only one who dared to come to Monster Island when you were at the middle level of the Qi Refining Realm. From then until now, I have been alone to deal with monsters alone." He took a deep look at Shen Shi, and said seriously,

"I think you are much stronger than them."

Shen Shi met Gan Ze's eyes, only felt that although his eyes were gentle, but deep eyes hardly resembled a 16-year-old boy, he felt a little palpitated for no reason, but his surname was always cautious and calm, and he didn't show any flaws. He smiled and said: "There are so many brothers on this boat, including you, all of whom have cultivated to the Qi refining state much earlier than me. I can't afford your praise."

Gan Ze smiled, glanced at the deck, and pursed his mouth slightly as if showing a sense of pride, and said lightly: "The slight difference in the speed of cultivation, what is it, who can really gain the upper hand in the life-and-death struggle , is the true strength, the true way.”

Shen Shi laughed and said nothing, and Gan Ze didn't say anything more.

In this way, the big boat sailed smoothly all the way to Yaodao, and a group of people got off the boat one by one, and walked along the seawall to Yaodao.As usual, Gan Ze was still the first one to enter the depths of the dense forest alone, while the rest walked in twos and threes, and most of them entered the dense forest of Yaodao. A few new disciples might want to be more careful, but He chose the same route as Shen Shi at the beginning, and walked along the coastline on the beach outside Yao Island to look for prey.

In the end, only Shen Shi was left alone. He looked at the beach in the distance, then at the deep forest in front of him, stood silently for a while, and finally touched the two hands on his left and right hands. A small wish-fulfilling ring, and a pocket that has been shriveled, hungry and lacking spiritual crystals.

Spirit crystals are not enough...

Shen Shi thought silently, then raised his head, looked at the huge island in front of him, and the mountains full of verdant and dense forests. In the distance, some shrill roars of beasts came from the depths of the demon island, echoing here Between the sea and the sky.

(There is another chapter tonight)

(Sure enough, I have the foresight. Half a month ago, I realized that this Brazil is unreliable, but it is too miserable to lose like this...)