Chapter 77: Ye Yu

"This..." Shen Shi only felt a bit dry in his throat, turned to look at Zhong Qinglu, and saw that the black and gray stained on her originally white face seemed to be very similar to those scattered on the ground, and her heart became more and more empty. , Whispered, "You...did something go wrong when you were doing alchemy?"
Zhong Qinglu stared at him, sneered, and said: "Thanks to you, I ran to call the door when my most critical fire was at its peak and I was about to open the furnace to take the pill. I shake my hand and the pill was abolished. Even the pill furnace fell. Cracked."
"Ah..." This situation looked three points worse than the worst that Shen Shi had expected. He didn't know what to say at this time, but Zhong Qinglu's face was full of anger, and his body seemed to be full of anger. Shaking faintly, he was obviously mad at the extreme.
In panic, Shen Shi only felt that he couldn't turn around in his mind, and he had to stammer: "I, I didn't mean it, sorry."
"Excuse me?" Zhong Qinglu's voice rose sharply, looking a little sharp in this quiet night, staring at Shen Shi, just listening to her bitterly, "Forget it if I'm sorry? Do you know? How long have I kept this pot of medicine for two hours, and have not dared to leave for two hours! Do you know how many spiritual herbs are needed to refine Qi Yang? Do you know how many spiritual crystals are missing? The furnace is broken, do you know how many spirit crystals are needed? It took me three years of savings to buy it, you know!"
A bunch of stern words and surging questions made Shen Shi dizzy and unable to say a word, but at this moment Zhong Qinglu said, still angered, but there was a little more sadness on her face, and a little more in her eyes. The water and air seemed to have touched some sadness. In the end, a crystal teardrop could not be restrained and rolled down.
Shen Shi was dumbfounded, standing there bewildered, Zhong Qingzhu rubbed his eyes fiercely, and there was a bit of crying in his voice, and said loudly to Shen Shi: "You can go, go, I don't want to watch your turn!"
The sound was sharp, and it spread far in the night. Shen Shi turned his head and saw vaguely that some people had heard the movement in the nearby Dongfu, and he ran out to look around here.
He was really apologetic and helpless in his heart, and felt that he was inexplicably wronged, and his heart was depressed, but after seeing the scene before him, after all, he was still sad. Ai Ai wanted to say a few more sorry words to Zhong Qinglu, and saw Zhong Qinglu open her eyes and angry Have a drink:
"roll!"
The sound of thunder shook Shen Shi's ear drums, and the stone gates of the cave nearby opened one after another. Seeing more and more crowds of onlookers, Shen Shi couldn't help it, and his cheeks were also hot. He had to turn around and walk quickly, and fled.
Zhong Qing showed up with an angry expression on his face. Turning his head, at least dozens of disciples from the same school poked their heads out to look at him, and even more angry, he said angrily at the crowd: "What to look at!"
After speaking, he turned and waved the cloud symbol, and the stone gate suddenly closed!
The disciples around her who were scolded by her were not angry. Instead, one by one came out from the door of their respective Dongfu, and gradually gathered together, looking and chatting curiously, and those who knew each other often gathered together and whispered. I looked at Zhong Qinglu here for a while, and then looked back at the cave house on the side of Shenshi in front of him. The expressions on each other's faces were quite meaningful, and they kept talking over there.
In the peripheral corner of the crowd, Zhong Qingzhu stood there silently, not knowing when she came out of the cave, her eyes were a little dazed, and there was a strange expression that could not be said, just stunned. Looking at Zhong Qinglu's closed Shimen, she said nothing.
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May 21, overcast.
I went out in the morning to look at the sky, and saw the sky gathering overcast, and it seemed to be a rare haze in the sea. Shen Shi shook his head and sighed softly, not in a good mood.
After coming back from embarrassment last night, it was said that I was not in a good mood all night. Although I still insisted on holding the spirit crystal to attract the spirit into the body and practiced twice, but after that, the water archery practice that should have been done was really not in the mood to do it. Even including the sleep that can fall asleep peacefully after daily practice because of fatigue, Shen Shi also sleeps a bit unsteadily.
His mind is full of the cracked pill furnace and the black medicinal scattered all over the place. Unlike other new disciples, because he grew up in a big shop like the first floor of Tianyi, he is also aware of pill refining. Second, although he doesn't know how to refine alchemy, he understands that the spiritual materials needed for alchemy are really valuable.
The art of alchemy has been commonly known as the king of the side branches in the cultivation world since ancient times. The reason is that the monks almost use all kinds of auxiliary spirit pills in the process of cultivation, which are full of spiritual power. The spiritual pill, which is of great benefit to cultivation, is the supreme treasure in the eyes of many monks.
But alchemy is a very costly task. Even the lowest level of spirit pills requires a lot of spiritual materials and herbs. Alchemists who can successfully refine spirit pills are extremely rare talents. The outstanding talents on this path require the support and consumption of a large number of spiritual materials to practice hands. Because of the fire, pill color, various elixir blending and many restrictions in the process of alchemy, it is for a newcomer who wants to learn alchemy. In short, they all require a very large number of exercises.
The kind of person who is born to know is impossible for alchemy. Every alchemist must experience countless failures to slowly find out the experience of success. The so-called alchemy genius is probably just like Others fumbled to the alchemy trick faster and less failed a few times.
Zhong Qinglu was the first to cultivate Qi Yang Pill among the many new disciples under the alchemy hall. Obviously, she has some talents in alchemy, but she is obviously not particularly solid in alchemy, and she still needs many times of grinding. Practice, but if she follows this path with peace of mind, even if she achieves small gains in alchemy in the future, her path of cultivation in the future will be extremely broad.
A promising young alchemist, even a famous school like the High Sect, would definitely value it very much.
Someone has said that monks are piled up with spirit crystals. In fact, this sentence is more appropriate for those side karma that assists monks in their cultivation. The three most famous side branches are all those that consume huge amounts of resources to make small achievements. Alchemy, refining, and formation are all three.
"Did Zhong Qinglu lost a lot last night..." When Shen Shi carried two pieces of armored armadillo bones to the Herring Set, he turned back to this year in his heart.
For Zhong Qinglu's alchemy in her own cave, Shen Shi understands it very well. If you really want to achieve something in alchemy, there are almost no shortcuts. Even if you are talented, you need to continue to practice and become proficient, and successfully make an elixir. The odds will increase. Zhong Qinglu did make a furnace of nourishing Qi pill before, but obviously she also felt that she was a little lucky, and she seemed quite ambitious about alchemy, so she simply spent a lot of money to buy a set of alchemy utensils. In his own cave.
But now everything seems to be terrible.
Shen Shi thought with a bit of toothache, and never thought of what he should do. When he arrived at the Herring Collection, he went straight to the shop where the special palm refining device was located and turned in the two pieces of bone armor, the one on duty there. Obviously, the senior was already familiar with this set, and settled with him swiftly. After a while, Shen Shi walked out with four brand-new spirit crystals.
With Lingjing in hand, his courage seemed to be a little stronger, and Shen Shi's mood improved. After indulging in the street for a while, he turned a corner and walked for a while, but finally walked into the Dantang at the Herring Set Shop on the site.
The words Dantang are hung on the door plaque here, and the shop floor is considered spacious. It seems that no matter where you go, the line of alchemy always gives the impression of wealth and wealth. There are disciples who collect all kinds of spiritual materials and elixir in the shop, and there are also counters selling all kinds of elixir. Shen Shi took a look at it. The level of the elixir here is generally not very high, and they are basically suitable for disciples in the refinement realm The type, Yang Qi Dan was among them, Shen Shi asked the price, one Yang Qi Dan would sell five spirit crystals.
This price immediately caused Shen Shi to shrink back. Although he had known that the price here was expensive, otherwise he would not be moved to buy spirit pills from Zhong Qinglu. After all, Zhong Qinglu is not a shop, so the spirit pills he made must be cheap. some.
Standing there hesitated for a moment, Shen Shi pretended to ask the price again, and casually inquired about the Qi-raising pill, including the alchemy furnace, from the fellow who was selling. The fellow who came down from the alchemy hall looked kind, yes. Questions must be answered. Afterwards, Shen Shi thought about the several elixir and elixir materials he needed, and probably also knew the cost of the elixir materials for refining a furnace of Qi Yang Pill, but he did not use the alchemy furnace in the past. I know, after asking this senior, I learned that a pill furnace, even the lowest level in Zhong Qinglu's Dong Mansion last night, needs two hundred spirit crystals.
After hearing this news, Shen Shi's first reaction was Zhong Qinglu, you are too rich, and then the second reaction was bad, this pill furnace couldn't afford it.
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Coming out of the herring group, carrying the four pitiful spirit crystals that were originally very satisfied and gratified but now feel so few, Shen Shi is depressed, walking all the way back to Baiyu Bay, thinking about the Dan that was abandoned all the way last night. With the medicine and the broken furnace, he had the heart to find Zhong Qinglu to apologize again, but watching the people coming and going during the day, the scene of being scolded by Zhong Qinglu in full view last night made him feel a little guilty, so he still didn't dare. past.
So entangled until the evening, the Demon Island did not go to completion on that day, and basically did nothing. It was a few decadent days since Shen Shi went to the island. Shen Shi didn’t feel right, so he cheered up after nightfall, thinking that it might not be entirely my fault. Why did I embarrass myself so much, so I calmed down and practiced twice, then thought about it. Seeing that it was getting late, he took advantage of the night to come to the deserted Baiyuwan beach, facing the sea, calmly practicing water archery.
The day was hazy during the day, but at night the dark clouds receded, revealing a round of bright moon over the sky, and the moonlight was quietly falling like water, and the beaches around him seemed to be covered with silver gauze. Shen Shi breathed out slowly. After a while, the spiritual power between his brows moved and the casting speed was extremely fast. After only three breaths, a transparent crystal water flowed out into his palm.
Just as he was about to release this stream of water, there was a sound of footsteps from behind, and Shen Shi was startled. Looking back, under the moonlight, he saw a figure standing not far behind him. At the place, she has beautiful hair and shawl, but her cheeks are slightly fatter, and her brows are a little sad.
At this moment, seeing her bright eyes falling into the water flow in Shen Shi's hand, she immediately showed a bit of surprise, but she quickly reacted, staring at Shen Shi, but turned her head and left.
Shen Shi was anxious, and subconsciously shouted: "Wait a minute."
Zhong Qinglu paused, turned around and frowned, looking at Shen Shi, with a sullen expression on his face:
"what's up?"