Chapter 91: dead

Nothing happened all the way, the big ship returned safely to Herring Island. Under the night, everyone dispersed.
Shen Shi returned to the cave alone, practiced as usual, and rested. On the second day, he went to the Herring Collection to exchange the income from this day for the spiritual crystal reward. Although the spiritual crystal income was Xiao Ruyi, he did not feel it at all. What, but Shen Shi still expressed a bit of satisfaction from his heart, and he was in a good mood. He even walked briskly along the way, until he returned to the Dongfu in Baiyu Bay and saw a figure standing at his door. .
Zhong Qinglu turned her head and saw him walking over, beckoning him blankly.
Shen Shi chuckled in his heart, gave a dry smile, and walked over.
The two looked at each other, Shen Shi scratched his head and said, "Morning."
Zhong Qinglu said lightly: "Morning."
After these two extremely simple greetings, the two of them didn’t say anything. Suddenly they seemed to be caught in a weird cold atmosphere. By chance, someone passing by here saw this scene and they all voted. Curious and strange eyes.
Shen Shi and Zhong Qinglu soon noticed the strangeness around them, Zhong Qinglu frowned, and Shen Shi whispered: "Go in and talk about it."
Zhong Qinglu nodded, and Shen Shi stepped forward and opened the stone gate with a cloud symbol. The two entered the cave mansion stone room. After Shen Shi breathed a sigh of relief, before he could think of something, Zhong Qinglu was already Staring straight at him, even his voice seemed a little cold, saying: "I failed in alchemy yesterday."
"..." Shen Shi opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but when the words reached his lips, he realized that he didn't seem to know what to say, and looking at Zhong Qinglu's face, he seemed indifferent to that. , But the two white palms hanging beside him were clenched into fists at some time, and even the knuckles of the fingers looked white.
Shen Shi sighed softly, and finally didn’t say anything. He took out ten spirit crystals from the small Ruyi Ring, smiled, handed it to her, and said,
This is the reward I got from going to Demon Island yesterday. ."
Zhong Qinglu glanced at the shining spirit crystals on his palm, and then his eyes fell on Shen Shi's face. Of course, the wound no longer bleeds after a night, but the scars with fleshy skin are still a little shocking.
Zhong Qinglu's lips seemed to trembled slightly, her hand still hanging on her side, for some reason she did not reach out to pick it up.
Shen Shi glanced at her, took a step forward, stuffed the ten spirit crystals in her hand, and then smiled and said, "Hurry up, or I will say that I am going to agree with him again."
Zhong Qinglu swept across her cheek with a blush, as if she had courage to return to her body all at once, gave Shen Shi a fierce look, and she nodded at her without saying anything.
Zhong Qinglu suddenly turned around and strode towards the door, and at the same time she heard her gritted teeth and said loudly: "You wait, I will let you see my skills sooner or later!"
Shen Shi shook his head behind her and gave a wry smile.
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This transaction, or a gambling game, at least now seems that Shen Shi is still in a situation of losing miserably, but he is willing to accept the bet. Although he feels a little distressed about the spirit crystals that lose the bet, he is still able to accept it. At the same time, I am comforting myself with a vision that may be good in the future.
The days are still passing day by day, although it is Xiuxian Avenue, the fairy mountain spiritual realm, but in general, the life on Qingyu Island has actually been a long time, and it is still a bit boring. Everyone is working hard for the avenue of cultivation of immortality in their dreams, for the dream of becoming immortal, and working hard for those shining little stones every day.
After Ling Xiaozong revised the rules of the Demon Island, the number of Qi-refining disciples who went to the Demon Island to do the task of catching the demon suddenly decreased. In the first few times, only Shen Shi and Gan Ze went there. However, as the days passed, the number of high-level disciples in the Qi refining realm on Demon Island gradually increased, but it was obvious that compared with the calmness of the past, everyone now has less energy when they board the Demon Island.
They are arrogant and do what they can. This is what Xu Yanzhi and Zeng Zhibai have personally confessed to everyone who boarded the island. They spoke with a clear and firm attitude. The boat is safe and they will ensure everyone’s safety. But after disembarking, even if they are dying on the seawall under the ship, they will certainly stand by.
This kind of strictness can even be said to be unprecedented strict rules, making every disciple of the refining realm here on the demon island tremble, so the demon beast targets they choose are generally lower in intensity than the prey they hunted in the past. One or two grades, as for the area of ​​the Demon Hunting Cave at the core of the Demon Island, almost no one dared to pass.
As a result, the area around the periphery of Demon Island is suddenly much more lively than in the past, and many high-level disciples of the refining realm who would never come here on weekdays also haunt here from time to time, which indirectly affects Shen Shi, although it is still Few people can see the lowest-ranked monsters like the iron armored armadillo and the wind bird, but a few people pass by and see them, and they often kill them easily...
As a result, Shenshi’s harvest has been reduced, but in general, because there are many monsters on the Demon Island, as long as he walks farther along the beach, he can still hunt low-level monsters, so it doesn’t count as much. Special troubles. And as the days passed, the situation on the Demon Island seemed to be no different from before. Those disciples of the high-level Qi Refining Realm became more courageous, and began to gradually penetrate into the depths of the Demon Island, and at the same time return to return. There are more and more disciples in Demon Island.
Soon, the number of people on the big ship increased from only Shenshi, Ganze, to 16 or 7 people. Although there are fewer than when the number of people was the highest before, it is already about to recover to the most prosperous time. . And on the Demon Island, Shen Shi also found that the original harassment in his "turf" had disappeared. Those seniors and sisters had gone deep into the Demon Island again, and they couldn't find the cheap goods outside.
The only difference from the past is that Gan Ze’s treatment on the boat seems to be very different from the past. There is no longer the situation of huddling the stars and arching the moon, but many people look at him with a strange vision. There was a feeling of avoidance, and not many people would come close to him.
It’s because only two people were on the same boat in the first few days. Shen Shi and Gan Ze gradually became acquainted with each other. They usually talked and talked when they met each other. Although they were not close friends, they all thought that each other seemed to be a good friend. People.
This kind of life seems to be going on quietly, including the abnormality of the ghost lynx in Shen Shi's heart, and there is no other similar sign. It seems that it is just a coincidence alone, everything is normal. , Just like before.
But a month later, at noon on a certain day, with a stern cry from the depths of the forest, it shook the entire Demon Island and immediately everyone on Herring Island.
The first disciple of the Qi Refining Realm who died under the claws of the demon beast appeared.
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The name of the deceased person was Shazi Jin, a high-level disciple of the Qi Refining Realm, and he had to worship the Lingxiao Sect one round before this group of new disciples such as Shen Shi. Shen Shi had also seen this person on weekdays, and he had some impressions of him, because he was one of the four-person team headed by Chen Tang, and he was a small circle in the small circle that went to the Demon Island to do the task of catching the demon. Known well, he is a recognized master of catching monsters.
But it was such a person who died on the Demon Island at that noon without warning. When his corpse was dragged back to the ship by his companions with red eyes, the entire ship was silent.
The body was bloody, with scratches and bites all over the body, most of which were on the upper body, and even the face was taken off by a half, which looked a bit horrible.
Xu Yanzhi and Zeng Zhibai appeared on the deck as soon as the screams came out. Although everyone could see the anxiousness on their faces, after all, they did not get off the ship, but just stood on the deck. , Silently waiting for Chen Tang and several others to bring back Shaojin's body.
Shen Shi stood in the crowd, looking at the corpse, silent. When he turned away his gaze by accident, he found that Gan Ze was standing not far from him for some time, staring there silently.
As if feeling Shen Shi's gaze, Gan Ze turned his head to look at him, Shen Shi's lips moved, and he whispered, "Be careful from now on."
Gan Ze nodded, lowered his voice, and said, "You too."
The next day, the number of people going to Demon Island was reduced by two-thirds.
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For Shaojin's accidental death, Ling Xiaozong did not give any explanation here, and in fact, no more explanation is needed.
Today's Demon Island, the rules have already been clearly stated. Every disciple of the Qi Refining Realm who goes to Demon Island actually understands in his heart that it is walking a tightrope between life and death. It's just that before Shaojin's death, everyone didn't have a particularly clear understanding. They always thought that the monster beasts on the Demon Island were nothing more than that. They could easily deal with them in the past. Can't they kill the same opponent now?
In the past, how many dangerous monsters were defeated and killed by everyone, and the cost was only more severely injured. There has never been a real death.
Until this time...
After this incident, all the friends who met around Shen Shi also came to visit him. Many people had persuaded him, including Sun You and Zhong Qingzhu, especially Zhong Qingzhu. It seems that Shaojin's accidental death was given to her. The excitement made her very worried about Shen Shi’s safety, and she tried to persuade Shen Shi not to go to Demon Island several times. She was very anxious in her words, especially for Shen Shi who had to go to Demon Island to earn spiritual crystals. The behavior is very sad.
Shen Shi finally persuaded her, and he felt that Zhong Qingzhu’s reaction seemed a little too big, but since his joint adventure in that storm three years ago, he has been somewhat close to Zhong Qingzhu, so he is still patient. Persuaded her. In comparison, Zhong Qinglu, another girl surnamed Zhong, showed a bit weird emotions.
After hearing the news that people would die in Demon Island, Zhong Qinglu soon came to Shen Shi’s cave, but after seeing Shen Shi, Zhong Qinglu only watched him for a while, but did not say a word of persuasion for a long time, and finally After leaving ten spirit crystals, they turned around and left, making Shen Shi depressed for a long time.
Everyone is here to cultivate to become immortals, not to fight for their lives; to go to the Demon Island to earn spiritual crystals for better cultivation, also not to fight for their lives; in other words, it is difficult to cultivate immortals, and it does happen when you need to fight for your life in the future, but Wouldn't it be better to fight for life when Daoxing diligence has all kinds of spiritual channels in the body? At least it is more certain. The way to earn spirit crystals is not the only one. Why risk your life to go to Demon Island?
As a result, the number of people going to the Demon Island is getting fewer and fewer, and the deck of the big ship is getting lonely day by day.
When it finally came to a certain day, Shen Shi got on the boat, looked around and found that he and Gan Ze were the only two left on the huge deck.