42.Worldly affairs

Shen Shi unconsciously felt a little uneasy. He even eased his steps and approached quietly, but he saw starfish squatting on the ground, his hands holding his cheeks, and his face was gloomy. He stared straight at the ground in front of him, and didn't know what he was looking at

Shen Shi craned his neck and glanced at the ground in front of her. He saw nothing strange except a piece of sand. At most, there was a cluster of green and tender weeds growing nearby. In addition, not even a small ant could be seen.

"Cough", Shen Shi coughed twice behind her.

Starfish girl does not move.

Shen Shi laughed dryly and squatted down beside her, saying, "What are you looking at?"

The starfish snorted and said, "I have an appointment with a turtle to meet today, but I haven't come yet. I don't know whether I'm sleeping late or my legs are slow. I hate it!"

Shen Shi laughed and looked around. "Turtles, are there any turtles on this island? I haven't seen them."

The starfish turned around and stared at him. Shen Shi was a little guilty. His laughter suddenly faded. The starfish said angrily, "Yesterday, I don't know who said he would come at the same time. He also said that others would sleep late!"

Shen Shi was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said: "I never said you would sleep late, but I just asked when it would be better to come. Besides..." He thought for a moment, looked at the starfish, and said in a low voice, "Did you just say 'talk big'?"

Starfish was stunned and seemed to think about it for a while, then nodded: "Well, that's the word that my grandfather taught me. Then, why are you late? Do you know how long I've been standing here waiting?"

Shen Shi jumped in his heart, and looked at the starfish's pretty face with a slight anger. It was obvious that he had been waiting here for a long time, and he was depressed. He felt a little ashamed at this time. After all, he looked confident when he made the appointment yesterday, and today he really overslept.

But you can't say that in front of the starfish. Look at the angry mood of the red clam girl. I'm afraid I can't turn around and leave. Shen Shi suddenly thought about it for a few times, and there was no time to think about other excuses in a hurry, so he had to sigh a long, painful disappointment.

Starfish looked at him, frowned and said, "What are you doing?"

Shen Shi was silent for a moment and said, "Actually, when I came here in the morning, I heard about a bad thing. I was a little sad. I was late."

Starfish "Hmm?" He looked curious and said, "What's wrong?"

Shen Shi sighed and said, "Do you remember some friends who came with me yesterday? One of them has a good relationship with me. His name is... Sun You." Speaking of this, Shen Shi said to himself with a little apology, "Excuse me, first help me to top the tank", then coughed twice, covered up the uneasiness on his face, and said,

"Both of us didn't find any good tasks at the White Crane Hall of the Black Fish Gathering yesterday. The places for feeding animals, picking shells, and refining pills have been filled by others, so we came to Hongbeng Village to have a look. At the beginning, he told me that he didn't like the shrimp peeling here. He went back to the White Crane Hall to have a look. But this morning, I found out that he had a relative here and stole a spirit animal Elder martial brother Dian got a quota for animal feeding. "

After saying that, Shen Shi patted his forehead and shook his head, saying, "I was really uncomfortable when I heard about it just now. I thought too much and delayed some time. As a result, even you were late. I'm sorry, Haixing. I will come on time in the future."

Starfish's face was angry at first, but listening, her expression gradually eased. At the end of Shen Shi's speech, she thought about it and suddenly sneered: "Is that friend of yours from a vassal family of Lingxiao Sect?"

Shen Shi was stunned and said, "Yes, how did you guess?"

Starfish stood up from the ground, stretched his arms but stretched his waist. His clothes were close to his body, showing some delicate curves. Then he suddenly smiled, and his face was bright. He also pulled Shen Shi up and said with a smile: "Well, listen to me. The Holy Crystal earned by shelling shrimp in our Red Beng Village is not necessarily slower than them. At most, people in the Lingxiao Sect will be inferior to them later. It's nothing."

Shen Shi became more and more strange. He followed the starfish and walked to the white beach near the village. At the same time, he asked, "starfish, I didn't understand what you said just now. What do you mean?"

Starfish was holding the prawn cage in his hand at this time. He looked a little bigger than half of her body, but his face was not at all laborious. He looked at Shen Shi with ease. After hearing the words, he looked at Shen Shi and seemed to hesitate for a while. Finally, he curled up his mouth, He said: "You should know that some good tasks in White Crane Hall are issued by important halls of Lingxiao Sect, such as Dan Hall, Array Hall and Spirit Beast Hall?"

Shen Shi nodded and said, "Yes, what's the problem?"

The starfish led him to the beach. Six or seven feet in front of them, there was clear water. The sound of the waves came gently. The sea breeze blew her black hair and danced in the wind.

The starfish put the shrimp cage on the beach, Avenue: "As long as you get these seemingly inconspicuous task quotas, you can get into the eyes of these important halls first. In order to do these basic tasks, the senior brothers and sisters above will naturally teach you some basic things first, and at the same time, you will naturally know the elders in the sect. However, animal feeding, pill refining and other things are not short-term tasks, but long-term tasks. In this way, the relationship with the elders of several halls is deeper. "

Starfish took a look at the sea far away, and stretched out his hand to close his hair, which was somewhat disturbed by the sea wind, Light tunnel: "For a long time, when the important halls of Lingxiao Sect want to absorb new blood to renew their generations, will they first think about these new disciples who have been around for several years? The human relationships are all close to them, not to mention. The Spirit Beast Hall is looking for disciples who are familiar with the name of the spirit beast, or people who know nothing about the spirit beast? The Dan Hall is looking for disciples who know the heat of alchemy and know all kinds of medicinal materials, or people who know nothing about alchemy No one can say a word of dissent anywhere. "

The smile on Shen Shi's face gradually became silent. After a long time, he forced a smile and said, "I didn't expect you to know so much."

The starfish sneered, Disappointed, he said, "These things are what you people have come up with. Those vassal aristocratic families have followed the Lingxiao Sect for hundreds of years. How many children and students have worshipped the sect? I heard from my grandfather that although some elders of the Lingxiao Sect seem to want to change this situation, there are so many things, big and small, that it is so easy to change?"

Shen Shi shook his head and said, "So, the tasks assigned by these important halls in the patriarchal clan will be given to the people from these aristocratic families?"

Starfish Path: "Not 100%, but 70% or 80% should be there. You think, as long as you enter these important halls first, you will be able to gain all kinds of help and have a bright future if you succeed in cultivating the Taoism; if you are not talented enough to cultivate the Taoism, you will be able to be close to these elders in the sect even if you leave Lingxiao Sect. Even outside the sect, you can also work for these halls on behalf of your family, purchase medicine and spirit minerals, and purchase and search for spirit animals All in all, there are many benefits. "

Shen Shi smiled bitterly and said: "I can't believe that there are so many secrets about a small whiteboard and a few inconspicuous tasks." For a moment, he was really feeling a little bleak, and casually asked, "Are all the halls in Lingxiao Sect like this?"

The starfish thought for a moment and said, "That's not true. There are also a few unpopular halls. It's said that even new disciples don't look up to them. They are very rare."

Shen Shi was stunned. He thought about what she had just said, and then said, "Are you talking about the lack of people?"

The starfish paused for a moment, "Oh" said, "Did I say something wrong, Monroe Sparrow?"

Shen Shi rolled his eyes and said slowly, word for word:

"No, it's the door -- but -- Luo -- the bird."

Starfish followed his words, practiced a few words in a low voice, and then, like him, slowly said word by word: "Door, Ke, Luo, Que... Ha ha, right!"

Shen Shi looked at her smile and suddenly felt much better. He smiled and said, "This time, I was right."

Starfish clapped her hands and looked happy. At this time, it seemed that she was a little naive. She smiled and said, "My grandfather taught me all these strange words, but they sound good." After saying that, she seemed to suddenly think of something, and hurriedly said, "Oh, I've talked too much with you. You'd better peel the shrimp quickly, or you won't be able to kill a few ghost face shrimp today."

Shen Shi also woke up and smiled. He bent over to the shrimp cage and reached for the sharp knife hanging on the edge of the cage.

Starfish stood aside, but he couldn't help himself, and said, "But I don't think your friend can do it either. Don't you get angry when you go to the Beast Hall to do things without yourself?"

Shen Shi shook his head and said, "He said so and helped me win a place, but the elder martial brother who knew his relatives said that there could only be one place. He couldn't help it."

The starfish curled his lips, and his pretty lips seemed more beautiful because of this slight disdain. He said to himself, "Who knows, those children of aristocratic families have good family background and more connections than ordinary people like you."

Shen Shi sighed and said, "This is the way of the world."

Starfish frowned and asked, "What is the world?"

Shen Shi smiled a little and didn't answer her. He reached into the shrimp cage and caught a ghost faced shrimp. Suddenly, he remembered what he had just said. He turned around with a smile and asked, "By the way, did you say that there is a cold and quiet hall in Lingxiao Sect that is looked down upon?"

The starfish nodded and said, "Yes."

Shen Shi said, "Which one is it?"

Starfish said: "The art hall."

Shen Shi thought for a moment and said hesitantly, "You mean the drawing..."

The starfish waved his hand and said, "It's the art hall where drawing runes is useless all day!"

Shen Shi doesn't know why, but he is dumb for a moment.