Three months later.
Walking out of the house, Shi Chishang stretched out slowly, turning a blind eye to the several peeping eyes hidden in the dark around him. He just started his sword escape and suddenly left the town and flew eastward.
Although the Yin Yang Sect is a sect in the conventional sense, because it occupies a vast area, there are a large number of cities, markets, villas, etc. scattered around the foot of the Thirteen Peaks. The residents include mortals and ghosts. This is also the source of the Yin Yang Sect recruiting disciples from within. one.
Mengyin Peak has seven large cities and thousands of small towns under its jurisdiction.
The destination of Shi Chishang's trip was a large city near the town where he lived.
With the Nether Water Immortal Lotus as the core, and the water Dao patterns completely integrated into it, coupled with the strong Yin Qi at the bottom of the Styx River, Shi Chishang's Hanli clone steadily stepped into the rank of the Underworld Emperor. Just because it had just condensed, the realm He was still a bit unstable, so in the past ten days, apart from going out to complete tasks, he stayed at home and warmed up Hanli's clone.
After finally finishing warming up the clone, Shi Chi Shang suddenly became interested and planned to go out for a walk.
Although Shi Chishang is no longer the novice in the world of cultivation he used to be, his understanding of the ghost world is still not very detailed. A stroll around the city can be regarded as an increase in knowledge.
Yu Jian arrived outside the city, and Shi Chishang followed the instructions of the soldiers at the city gate. After showing his identity token as a "handyman", he slowly walked into the city under the strange and sarcastic eyes of several soldiers.
The Shengtang Dynasty, which also belongs to the Santu River Basin, has a city similar to Lingzhou Mansion and Senzhou that Shi Chishang has visited before. They are both traditional ancient Chinese cities and are not novel, so Shi Chishang already felt bored after walking around for a while. , walked straight to the market.
The market was quite large, with private stalls of various sizes, as well as neatly arranged shops. Shi Chishang, out of the desire to gain more knowledge, did not deliberately choose, but just walked around casually, and in a short time he had already visited most of the places.
There are indeed many types of goods in this market, including weapons, armor, talismans, elixirs, beast souls, ghost beasts, etc. Shi Chishang spent a long time shopping and saw many good things that he liked.
However, these items are quite expensive. Even a fifth-grade ghost weapon with only a 20% increase in power has a price of 100,000 merit points, which is completely beyond what Shi Chishang can afford.
Originally, after selling a lot of materials in Cheng Baihe's ring, Shi Chishang also had nearly two thousand merit points. However, in order to refine Hanli's clone, he had to buy the set of formation diagrams, and his savings were reduced to a pitiful amount. Twenty-seven, so Shi Chishang could only watch helplessly along the way without any desire to buy.
After wandering around for a few more times, Shi Chishang was deeply feeling the horror of "poverty" when he suddenly heard a chuckle not far away: "Brother Hun Yan."
Shi Chishang turned his head and looked over, and said with a smile: "Miss Zhu, what a coincidence."
The person who greeted him was Zhu Chaoqun, who had entered the school together. He hadn't seen him for several months. The aura of this beautiful and intelligent young woman became more and more vast, and there was a faint red shadow surrounded by green energy behind her head.
Cheng Baihe was still standing next to Zhu Chaoqun, but this woman's face was ashen and her eyes were staring at Shi Chishang like swords, so Shi Chishang deliberately pretended not to see her.
Naturally, such an artificial expression also made Cheng Baihe's eyes sharper.
Not aware of the "secret battle" between Shi Chishang and Cheng Baihe, Zhu Chaoqun said softly: "I see that Brother Hunyan has been back and forth several times. Didn't he find something that suits his liking?"
Shi Chishang smiled: "No, I just stayed in seclusion for a while and came out to relax."
While the two were talking, two women suddenly approached. The shorter one sneered, "My cultivation has regressed in seclusion. Haha, I'm afraid I went crazy during the seclusion!"
The other woman was slightly taller and pretty in appearance, but her temperament was a bit sinister. She said with a half-smile, "Oh, Junior Sister Fan, don't say that. If you make this person angry, I'll kill you with my sword without even saying it." It’s you!”
Leng Buding was ridiculed. Shi Chishang was not angry at first, but looked at it with confusion. He saw two young women. Of course, he meant young in appearance. After cultivating to the level of Ming Lord, he would be able to stay young forever. Who knows what they look like? How old is the soul hidden under the young skin?
Seeing that Chi Shang didn't say anything but just looked at him, the woman surnamed Fan who spoke first frowned and said displeased: "What are you looking at? Have you never seen a woman?"
The vulture woman flicked her nails, with disgust on her face: "What a disgusting look. How dare a mere servant to look directly at me? You should be lucky that there are rules, otherwise I would have dug out your eyes long ago." Eyeballs."
Seeing the two women coming over to insult Shi Chishang out of nowhere, Zhu Chaoqun frowned slightly and was about to speak, but Cheng Baihe reached out to stop him and shook his head gently at her.
The two women also saw this scene, and the Yin Vulture woman sneered: "Zhu Chaoqun, right? I know you, don't think that being on the list of geniuses is a big deal, I would like to advise you, if you are not having a good life, don't come out to cause trouble. ."
These two people really used "beat him up" to the fullest. It was clear that they came to provoke him out of nowhere, but they accused Zhu Chaoqun of causing trouble.
Even though Shi Chishang had an indifferent temperament, he couldn't help but laugh angrily: "What are you two?"
"Bold!" The woman surnamed Fan's eyes suddenly turned sharp and she said angrily, "How dare you, a mere handyman, insult me?"
The Yin Vulture woman was even more filled with Yin Qi, and said coldly: "You bitch, kneel down and admit your mistake, otherwise we will definitely report it to the murderous hunting team and let you know the price of offending us!"
"Violent hunting team?" Shi Chishang was confused. He had never heard of such a murderous hunting team in the information. Could it be some hidden force in the sect?
It's just that although his cultivation has fallen back to the late stage of Mingjun, but with Hanli's clone of Minghuang rank, unless it's an elder who takes action, he doesn't need to worry at all, so he doesn't care, he just sneered: "Yes." Why don't you demonstrate it first? After all, you kneel outside my house every day and beg me for blessings but I still don't agree. I guess you have more experience in kneeling!"
"You!" The Yin Vulture woman's eyes were as fierce as real, and her Yin Qi was surging, attracting everyone around her to look at her.
But she seemed to be afraid. After gathering her strength for a while, she finally suppressed her ghost power and gritted her teeth and said, "Wait!"
Shi Chishang shook his head: "Waiting for your mother? But you are so ugly, and your mother will probably be nowhere to be seen. I'm not interested."
Shi Chishang seemed lazy and didn't like to talk, but in fact when it came to bickering, he was not afraid of anyone at all. After all, he grew up in an orphanage and had been exposed to all kinds of foul language since he was a child.
The Yin Vulture woman's forehead was filled with blood because of Shi Chishang's heart-wrenching words, and the violent evil energy in her soul suddenly exploded. Just as she raised her hand to offer a silver leaf, her whole body suddenly froze, and instead she said it with an aggrieved face. Yin Ye put it away, dragged the short woman beside him, and walked away without looking back.
Watching the two people leave, Shi Chishang was thoughtful. Just now, he faintly sensed a message conveyed to the two women by a thought. Perhaps it was because of this that they left unwillingly.
"Brother Hunyan needs to be careful next," Zhu Chaoqun said solemnly, regardless of Cheng Baihe's obstruction, "The murderous hunting team is a team composed of many masters in the female circle. They specialize in hunting down those disciples who have offended them."
"Again the women's circle?" Shi Chishang frowned slightly. He didn't have much contact with this force, but it was always bad. This force made him feel like a cockroach or a mouse.
After trying to stop Zhu Chaoqun to no avail, Cheng Baihe frowned and said, "Why are you telling him this? Do you still think you are not down and out in the Foreign Affairs Hall?"
When Shi Chishang heard this, he was startled and asked in surprise: "What do you mean? Is Miss Zhu not doing well in the Foreign Affairs Hall?"
Zhu Chaoqun smiled gently: "It's okay..."
"It's okay!" Cheng Baihe's almond-shaped eyes widened and he said angrily, "You were already ostracized by the women's circle, and now you have offended the women's circle again because of this guy. How will you stay in the Foreign Affairs Hall next? "
In fact, in the past few months, Zhu Chaoqun had not been comfortable in the Foreign Affairs Hall.
The deformed force of the women's circle has developed very rapidly under the deliberate laissez-faire of the upper management of the Yin Yang Sect. Among them, almost 60 to 70% of the middle and lower levels of the Foreign Affairs Department are members of the women's circle.
Because he tactfully declined the invitation from the female circle, after Zhu Chaoqun joined the Foreign Affairs Hall as the eighth member of the Tianjiao Shengtang Ranking, not only did he not enjoy the treatment that the Tianjiao deserved, but he was ostracized everywhere.
"Okay, Bai He," Zhu Chaoqun smiled gently and said softly, "They can only say some unpleasant things, and they can't embarrass me in any other way. Just treat it as a training of mind."
With a snort, Cheng Baihe stared at Shi Chishang with an unkind look, not only hating this guy for cutting off his fingers, but also hating this guy for getting Zhu Chaoqun involved.
Shi Chishang was silent for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "Thank you very much, Miss Zhu."
Zhu Chaoqun waved his hand gently and said with a smile: "Brother Hunyan, there is no need to worry about it. During the entrance examination that day, you were very kind to me, but you just offended a few people. I don't rely on them for my future cultivation, but you, Brother Hunyan, this paragraph I’m afraid it’s not very pleasant to be in Jiyingtang, right?”
Shi Chishang was stunned when he heard this, and said in surprise: "Where to start?"
"Do you need her to say that?" Cheng Baihe said disdainfully, "You are a cultivator of the Tao of the Sun, but you have to go to Jiyingtang and stay in a place with strong Taiyin Qi day and night. In just three months, you have already fallen to the late stage of Mingjun. In a year or two, I’m afraid I’ll fall back into the underworld!”
"Miss Cheng seems to be quite prejudiced against me?" Shi Chi said with a sad smile.
Cheng Baihe hesitated for a moment, and then his eyes flashed coldly as if he was angry: "What nonsense are you talking about?!"
Shi Chishang pondered for a moment, and suddenly realized something: "It seems that Miss Cheng already knows the identity of Hunyan!"
"Yes! How dare you admit it?" He said it straightforwardly, and Cheng Baihe also answered easily.
Zhu Chaoqun didn't know about the grievances between the two in their early years, and asked doubtfully: "Have you two known each other before?"
"We are old acquaintances!" Shi Chishang smiled half-heartedly, "But here are our comrades who once fought side by side!"
Hearing the sarcasm in his words, Cheng Baihe looked calm: "You don't need to be sarcastic. What happened back then was indeed to use you as bait. However, if you weren't greedy for the Yin Ji Flesh Sculpting Pill, how could you have been fooled?"
Shi Chishang was angry and laughed: "You are using us as bait and you have become ours, right?"
Cheng Baihe said calmly: "The ghost world has been dominated by the weak since ancient times. If you wait until then and are no more than Pluto, what qualifications do you have to be fair to us?"
She was so calm, but Shi Chishang couldn't say anything else. He could only snort angrily: "You have a bad mouth."
With the same snort, Cheng Baihe crossed his arms and looked as cold as ever, but the corners of his mouth curled up quietly.
