Chapter 79: gambling

"Uh...Actually, I just want to raise the Qi Pill."
Shen Shi had an honest appearance, but when he looked up, Zhong Qinglu looked disapproving, and she didn't even believe it at all, so she sighed and said: "In the Herring Ji Dantang shop, one Qi Yang Pill will sell ten spiritual crystals. , It is too expensive, I originally wanted to ask you if it could be cheaper."
Zhong Qinglu recalled what happened last night, nodded slowly, thinking that he came for this last night, but then sneered and said, "This is strange, it is clear that a Qi-Nourishing Pill can sell ten spirit crystals. Why should I sell you cheaply? I don't have such a good friendship with you."
Shen Shi was silent for a moment, and said: "You make a Qi Yang Pill, if you don't take it yourself, the pill hall will buy it back. One will only give you the price of five spirit crystals?"
Zhong Qinglu raised her head, with a look of surprise on her face, and said, "You actually even know this."
Shen Shi smiled and said, "Actually, this is not a big confidential matter. Just go to the herring store shop and say that I have a Qi Yang Pill and want to change some spirit crystals. They naturally said it."
Zhong Qinglu curled her lips, looking like she had accepted Shen Shi's statement, but then shook her head and said: "No, I don't believe you don't know that you will often fail in alchemy. If you give me the spirit crystal to make alchemy, it still doesn't make sense. "
Shen Shi was silent for a little longer this time, and then slowly said: "If I say that I am optimistic about you, I will establish a relationship with the possible future great alchemist in advance, do you believe it?"
Zhong Qing showed up without changing his face, and said, "I don't believe it."
Shen Shi smiled bitterly and said: "Okay, let me tell you the truth, I just remembered this incident temporarily. I went to you before, really just to buy some Qi Yang Dan cheaply. I'm in Demon Island these days. I went to catch the demon, but the Taoism was too shallow, my spiritual power was only enough for me to use water archery three times, and then I wanted to recover my spiritual power for six hours, and I couldn’t do anything in one day. But if I had a Qi Yang Dan , I can almost recover as long as two hours, so that I can catch the demon once or twice within a day, and the harvest will definitely increase."
Zhong Qing's expression changed slightly, and the expression looking at Shen Shi was a little more solemn for the first time, and slowly said: "No wonder I just watched you condense a water arrow...You are only a middle-level Qi Refining Realm now. How dare to hunt demons on the Demon Island? If I remember correctly, it should be a red board mission!"
Shen Shi looked at the night, nodded, and said, "Yesterday it was the first time I went to the Demon Island to catch a demon. The harvest was two armored armadillo bone armors, and four spirit crystals. If there is a pill of nourishing energy, This income should be at least doubled." He glanced at Zhong Qinglu, and saw that she was already attentive at the moment, her bright eyes flashed, and she was obviously thinking about something. Under the moonlight, he suddenly felt that this girl had a slightly fat cheek, but It looks pretty good too.
"I've inquired that four spirit materials are needed to refine a furnace of Qi Yang Pill, and it takes about ten spirit crystals to purchase it. If the refining failure is not considered, the Dantang store will sell it at five times the price. Profiteering." After talking twice, he looked very envious.
Zhong Qinglu snorted and said, "Okay, even if I admit that you are right, and I am willing to cooperate with you, but have you ever thought about it, in case you bought my spirit crystal, but the refining failed? What happens after that?"
Shen Shi was silent for a while, and said: "Failure, naturally you will lose everything, but if you succeed once, it will be five times the profit. I think I can take a gamble."
Zhong Qinglu suddenly felt a little angry, frowning and said: "What to bet on, you can figure it out clearly, it is not you, it is me..." Her voice suddenly became quieter, feeling the meaning of the words. It was a little weird, and the side of her cheeks flushed slightly.
However, Shen Shi didn't think much about it, nodded and said: "Yes, I also know this looks a bit ridiculous. The bet is indeed your alchemy skills, ability and even...your luck. It's just whether you have it. I have thought that if this is a gambling between the two of us, in fact, our chances of winning will keep growing.
Zhong Qinglu was taken aback, with a little bewilderment, and said, "What?"
Shen Shi smiled, and said: "Every time you refine the pill, will you become more proficient? Every time I go to the Demon Island, will I be more familiar with the demon beast? Ten days and a half months, March and a half years, Will both of us have to be diligent in our Taoism? What we both do, will we gradually do better?" He took a bit of yearning and said, "Maybe one day, you Finally, I completely mastered the refining alchemy of the Qi Yang Pill, and I would refine it every time, and I gained more in one day on that Demon Island. I came back and replaced it with spirit crystals, and then bought more spirit materials for you to refine, you After refining it..."
"Okay, okay, don't say it..." Zhong Qinglu shook her head abruptly, but at this moment, seeing her eyes gleaming, the look and face of her whole person seemed different from before, obviously tempted.
Shen Shi smiled and said: "How?"
Zhong Qinglu gritted her teeth and said: "Of course you said it nicely. If things are really like this, I am naturally willing, but without you, I can..."
"You can't do it," Shen Shi said lightly.
Zhong Qinglu sank her face this time and said, "What do you mean by this?"
Shen Shi was silent for a moment, and said: "Alchemy is too expensive, especially at the beginning of learning. You have to cultivate and purchase spiritual materials by yourself, and the probability of failure is high. You make a mistake at random. It will take ten and a half months. It will take even longer to gather the spiritual materials needed for the next alchemy. Am I right?"
Zhong Qinglu stopped talking.
Shen Shi looked at her and said, "For so long, no matter how talented you are, you can only have to waste your time under the constraints of this spirit crystal. Why can those senior brothers in the High Heaven Sect Pill Hall become alchemists? Very few, even after they reach the Ning Yuan realm, because they waste a lot of time on this from the beginning. Do you want to be like them?"
Zhong Qinglu took a deep breath, and this time really re-examined the person in front of him with a brand new look. After a long time, his face was solemn and he said, "Why did you choose me?"
Shen Shi bowed his head slightly and said: "There are several reasons, first...I disturbed you in alchemy last night, and also caused you to break the alchemy furnace."
Zhong Qinglu snorted and glared at him.
Shen Shigan laughed and said: "Secondly, although this method was temporarily thought of by me, within the sect, none of the many seniors in the alchemy hall who have achieved success in alchemy will pay attention to me; and among the new disciples, you It’s the first one to develop a Qi-Nourishing Pill. If you don’t choose you, should I look for other waste?"
Zhong Qinglu laughed with a "pouch", but immediately sullen her face again, raised her head slightly, and said coldly: "What nonsense, those are the same brothers, they just practice alchemy less often than I do. Uncertainly how many people have achieved far better than me in alchemy!"
Shen Shi smiled and shook his head, and after a moment of silence, he said, "There is one more thing at last, it is actually..." The look on his face suddenly became a little strange, as if he was thinking of something, when Zhong Qinglu saw him suddenly stop. Words, couldn't help but ask:
"what is it?"
Shen Shi took a deep breath and said, "My father is a businessman, do you know?"
Zhong Qinglu shook her head blankly, Shen Shi smiled, her voice a little missed, and said: "My father told me before that in business, the most important thing is to look at things that others can't see. If you catch it, you can make a lot of money in the future."
Zhong Qinglu thought for a while, then pointed to herself, and said, "You mean you can make a lot of money in the future if you catch me?"
Shen Shi laughed and shook his head, and then slowly walked to Zhong Qinglu's body, looking at him, and a pair of eyes that seemed so bright as the moonlight reflected in his eyes, Zhong Qinglu suddenly felt a bit inexplicable Nervously, he subconsciously stepped back half a step, and then listened to the boy in front of him slowly saying:
"Whether you will achieve something in alchemy in the future is unclear, but you have only started right now, but it is when you are most difficult and need someone to help you. I think this should be something that others cannot see. When the time comes, I think I can take a gamble. How about you, do you want to gamble with me?"
For a moment, Zhong Qinglu didn't dare to look directly at Shen Shi's bright eyes, as if his eyes were too dazzling and piercing her a little bit pain. But after a while, she stubbornly raised her head, stared at Shen Shi, and said loudly:
"I don't dare to have anything, isn't it all the spirit crystals you gave?"
Shen Shi laughed and nodded, then stretched out his palm to Zhong Qinglu. Zhong Qinglu glanced at his palm and said, "What are you doing?"
"High-five!"
Zhong Qinglu sneered, glared at him, and said: "Who wants to touch your stinky man!"
Shen Shi stayed for a while, embarrassed. He slowly retracted his hand with a smirk, and suddenly heard Zhong Qinglu say over there again: "Get your hand out."
"Huh?" Shen Shi's hand stopped in the air, unclear, so for a while, she couldn't understand what this weird girl meant. I saw Zhong Qinglu suddenly stretched out her palm, but she patted the back of his hand.
"Oh?" Shen Shi was startled, the back of his hand faintly hurt, and said in amazement, "What are you doing?"
"High-five, that's it."
"Ok……"
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The moonlight is like water, falling on the quiet and quiet beach in the dead of night, stretching two slender shadows.
In this quiet night, in the sea waves and night wind, it seemed that only the words of the two of them were left echoing in the faint, like light smoke, and finally dissipated in the endless night sky. I don't know if many years later, will anyone remember this night, remember the original agreement, well...well, the original business.
Who would really remember the words of a young boy, and who would really know?
I have talked about some basic things in the future. In fact, most of them are Shen Shi talking. Zhong Qinglu listens most of the time. For example, Shen Shi gave him a spiritual crystal sufficient to purchase alchemy materials within a few days. Zhong Qinglu listened carefully, but it didn't seem to be particularly clear in his mind. Anyway, just remember that you only need to practice alchemy.
After talking about these trivial matters, and seeing how early it was, the two turned back and walked towards the cave.
Footsteps on the beach sand, making a faint sound, Zhong Qinglu suddenly felt an unreal feeling. When I came out tonight, I was so upset and ran to the beach to relax. When I went back, there were so many inexplicable sounds. What about an agreement?
But the condition he put forward... is really good, every sentence seems to pinch his pulse, and he can't help but refuse to agree.
While thinking about it, Zhong Qinglu suddenly heard a question from Shen Shi next to him: "Junior Sister Zhong, how much is your pill furnace worth last night?"
Zhong Qinglu was taken aback, as if she didn't expect that Shen Shi would suddenly ask about this, but still replied: "Two hundred spirit crystals, the pill furnace is the most expensive thing, even if mine is the smallest."
Shen Shi looked at it as if he had calculated it, and said: "But I think so many spirit crystals, based on your income from the alchemy hall, plus you still have to buy spirit materials to make alchemy by yourself, it seems that it is not enough to buy such expensive A pill furnace?"
Zhong Qinglu said indifferently: "It's not enough, so I borrowed half from others."
Shen Shi was taken aback, and said, "Who is so rich?"
Zhong Qinglu smiled and shrugged. It seems that after this evening of talks, the relationship between her and Shen Shi has become faintly close. Even this kind of small gesture naturally sits out and smiles: "I am not familiar with other people. Ah, that's my cousin Qingzhu."
Shen Shi was startled, and then fell silent. The two walked side by side, Shen Shi lowered his head slightly, and as far as his eyes were, he saw that the shadow in front of him had hidden a small piece of beach sand and shrouded it in darkness.
It was dark and dim, as if it was not real at all.
(It’s very tiring to stay up late to watch football, but today’s one is better... PS: Somehow, I always think that the Brazilian team this year looks like a dick. Does anyone feel the same?)