The chivalrous spirit is fickle

"It seems that you and I are not destined to be master and apprentice. Fortunately, this boat trip will take several days. If you don't mind, you can come to me for guidance at any time."

Zhao Gong was delighted when he heard this and said.

"Thank you, senior."

Shi Gu smiled helplessly and said softly.

"I have nothing to do, so I'm just sitting there doing nothing."

After Zhao Gong thanked him repeatedly, he turned around, stepped on the waves and flew back to the ship. Shi Gu looked at Zhao Gong's back, then opened the two books of skills he had given him.

"The Wheel of Tribulation of a Hundred Turns" is the mysterious black water technique.

But, who should practice this set of skills, Shen Yue or Su Xue?

Chapter 21: Ogre (I)

After Zhao Gong said goodbye to Shi Gu, he flew back to the big ship on the waves, but saw a man who had been waiting by the boat for a long time. When he saw Zhao Gong land on the boat, he hurried to greet him. It was Zhao Gong's master, Jiu Shi.

"Disciple, is that person willing to teach you?"

Jiu Shi asked Zhao Gong nervously and anxiously, and Zhao Gong smiled and said.

"Master, that senior has a good heart and has agreed to teach me, but he has also taken those two books of skills."

Jiu Shi was delighted when he heard this and waved his hand.

"As long as he is willing to teach you, it will be fine. I can't practice those two techniques, so why not do me a favor and pave a way for you."

Zhao Gong felt warm in his heart, but he still sighed and said helplessly.

"But that technique was left by our ancestor after all, and it is also considered the secret of our sect. But it was leaked out because of me... Alas."

Jiu Shi didn't care at all, instead he blew his beard and glared.

"Come on, our ancestor was only an eighth-rank martial artist. What treasures could he have left behind?"

"Those two skills are very difficult to practice. I can't even practice them. What's the point of keeping them? It's better for you to break the mirror and go to Huiyin City to make me proud."

Zhao Gong smiled bitterly without saying anything. His master was so concerned about his reputation that he actually agreed to hand over his most valuable skills to someone else for just this reason.

"Okay, you are injured, you should go back and rest early."

Hearing this, Zhao Gong nodded his head and left the stern with Jiu Shi.

Nothing happened that night. The next day, there was a heavy rain at sea. Dark clouds gathered and the daybreak came very late.

The maids on the ship got up early, washed and dressed, and went to the kitchen together. The ship was extremely luxurious. Unlike ordinary ships, a three-story pavilion was built on the wide hull, and even the sails were omitted. People couldn't help but wonder how this heavy ship could move.

However, if someone knows what is good, they can see that the ship itself is a treasure and can sail without sails. If you look down at the ship from above, you can also find that the ship looks like a big fish.

A big fish that is neither dead nor alive.

When it gets light, the maids will carry all kinds of food and deliver them to each room. The time should not be too early so as not to disturb the guests who are still asleep, nor too late so that the food on the plates will get cold.

The maid Cuizhu held the food tray carefully, not daring to walk too fast. She was a novice and timid by nature, and was afraid of making mistakes.

The cool sea breeze blew across the bow of the ship. She carried the food tray to a room, knocked on the door gently, and called out weakly.

"My lord, it's time to eat."

The room was silent and no one answered. Cuizhu didn't dare to knock on the door again. She could only stand at the door and wait obediently. However, she waited for a long time and no one answered.

Maybe the people inside are still asleep.

Cuizhu was thinking secretly in her heart that the food on the plate would get cold, so she planned to turn around and leave. However, the moment she turned around, a wave hit the hull of the boat.

The waves were so huge that the huge ship was shaking. Cuizhu's feet swayed and her body suddenly lost balance. She fell forward and knocked the door open.

With a crackling sound, the porcelain plate fell to the ground and broke into pieces. The prepared food also fell to the ground, covered with dust.

Cuizhu felt a wave of despair in her heart. She knelt on the ground, frantically picking up the porcelain pieces on the ground, and kept apologizing.

"sorry Sorry sorry."

As she was talking, Cuizhu couldn't help sobbing softly. She knew the rules, and that she would have to eat anything that fell on the ground in the end.

This didn't make her want to cry, but after this punishment, a lot of her wages would be deducted. She didn't know how much would be left and whether she could send some home.

Thinking of her parents at home, Cuizhu's eyes were filled with tears. She received a letter from home some days ago, saying that her father was seriously ill and needed money. So her mother asked someone to write a letter, asking her if she could send some money back.

Cuizhu knew the kind of people her parents were. If it wasn't a matter of life and death, they would never write to her to ask for money. When she thought that she might not have much left of her meager wages, she couldn't hide her tears.

"sorry Sorry sorry."

Cuizhu choked up and kept apologizing. She was so sad that she didn't notice that she was the only one speaking from beginning to end.

Suddenly, Cuizhu picked up a piece of cake, then her pupils shrank slightly. She looked at the bloodstains under the cake, her body trembled, and she slowly raised her head.

"what!!!!!!"

A shrill scream, as if someone had encountered the most terrifying thing, echoed throughout the ship, shocking several people nearby and causing them to rush over quickly.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

A seventh-rank warrior lived in the next room. Hearing Cuizhu's screams, he was quite displeased. He walked into the room while asking questions. He looked up and thought that the maid just saw a bug, but the next moment, his face turned pale and he was stunned and speechless.

Inside the room, a corpse was lying in a pool of blood. The death was horrible. The flesh on the chest was torn into pieces, leaving a hole. All the internal organs were gone.

A chill spread from the soles of the warrior's feet. He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down, but his body began to tremble slightly.

……

Shi Gu sat at the stern of the boat and read the book "Hundred Tribulations Wheel" several times. The more he read, the more interesting he found this martial art.

The Hundred Tribulation Wheel, also known as the Mo Ming Jue, does not include any method of controlling Qi, but it has unparalleled power and is mainly based on devouring. If mastered, it can create a black vortex out of thin air, sucking everything into it and crushing it.

Of course, this is just the idea of ​​the person who created this technique. It is clearly written in the book that the person who created this technique is only at the eighth level of martial arts.

That person must have a good talent, but he probably spent too much effort in deducing his own martial arts, which resulted in his failure to break through to the ninth level of martial arts.

When Shen Yue and Su Xue woke up, Shi Gu threw the two books of martial arts to them and let them choose whichever they liked.

Su Xue was very interested in power, so she chose the book "Nothing But Heaven's Power", while Shen Yue chose "A Hundred Turns of Tribulation".

After making their choice, the three of them sat cross-legged at the same time and tried to practice this new technique.

However, Shi Gu sat at the bow for a long time and practiced the technique for several cycles, but was surprised to find that this technique was inherently incompatible with his own body.

Every time when black water was about to be produced, the murderous energy in his body would crush it, and the black water was afraid of the murderous energy like a tiger and could not resist it at all.

Even if Shi Gu controlled his murderous aura and did not stir up the black water, the black water would break up on its own under the influence of the murderous aura.

After discovering this, Shi Gu felt a bit of a headache. He had finally found a way to heal his injuries, but this method was naturally suppressed by his own body.

No wonder the black water exploded last night...

Shi Gu sighed, gave up practicing his skills, and instead looked at Shen Yue with anticipation. If Shen Yue could master the Hundred Tribulation Wheel, then there was still hope that his injuries could be healed.

However, when Shi Gu looked at Shen Yue, he saw that this silly girl was looking at the big ship in the distance and was not practicing at all.

"Master, look, there seems to be a quarrel on the ship."

Noticing Shi Gu's gaze, Shen Yue instead invited Shi Gu to watch the fun together. Shi Gu rolled his eyes, but did not blame him. Instead, he really watched the fun with Shen Yue.

For some reason, the people on the ship gathered together and a fierce argument broke out. Even from a long distance, the faint sound of the quarrel could be heard.

Shi Gu took a closer look. With his eyesight, he could see the faces of those people very clearly. Suddenly, he frowned and slowly stood up from the bow.

Among the crowd on the big ship, he saw Zhao Gong. He didn't know what had happened. Zhao Gong's face was red and he looked angry. He was arguing about something. His master was standing beside him, cursing at other people.

It seems that something really big happened.

Shi Gu's mind moved, he turned to look at Shen Yue and the others and said.

"Let's go and take a look at the big ship."

After saying that, Shi Gu pointed his toes, put his hands behind his back, and leaped lightly into the air, disappearing in a flash. Seeing this, Shen Yue and the others followed closely behind him.

In a breath, Shi Gu landed on the big ship and came to the outside of the crowd. He looked up and saw that Zhao Gong had been surrounded by people. He was shouting at everyone angrily.

"Why would I kill someone? Xiang Zhiwei and I have no grudges against each other. Can't you use your brains to think about it?"

Hearing this, a middle-aged man in the crowd snorted coldly and said.

"Everyone was drinking on the boat last night, only you and Brother Xiang didn't come. Halfway through the drinking, your master disappeared."

"Are you trying to say that this is just a coincidence? If it is just a coincidence, then tell us where you went last night and where your master went along the way."

Zhao Gong was furious and clenched his fists but said nothing. Last night he asked Shi Gu for advice on how to break through the realm, which was not something that could be said out loud.

He has a master and a school, but he went to another stranger for advice late at night. If this were to get out, the reputation of their school would plummet.

If you ask a senior for advice in public, it would be a trivial matter. But if you go to ask for advice secretly in the middle of the night, then the matter becomes different.

This is not to say that he is not ashamed to ask questions, but to say that his master is simply unable to teach his disciples.

As long as someone deliberately exaggerates the matter and adds some details, it will become difficult to hear.

Moreover, even if Zhao Gong told the truth, those who suspected him could still say that he and Shi Gu worked together to kill Xiang Zhiwei.

"What are you arguing about?"

Just when Zhao Gong was getting annoyed, Shi Gu's voice came slowly. Everyone looked sideways and saw Shi Gu standing outside the crowd with a puzzled look on his face.

One of them immediately frowned and scolded Shi Gu.

"Who are you? I don't remember anyone like you on the ship."

Shi Gu frowned, ignored the man, and continued to ask the crowd.

"What are you arguing about?"

Seeing that he was being ignored, the man snorted coldly. When he was about to speak, Jin Buwan, the ship owner, stood up and said with a wry smile.

"Everyone, stop arguing and don't make random guesses. The most urgent thing is to go and take a look at the scene to see if you can find some clues."

Hearing this, although the man was angry, he did not scold Shi Gu anymore. He turned around and left with a group of people. Seeing this, Jin Buwan sighed repeatedly, then clasped his fists and bowed to Shi Gu, and said.

"Brother, since you are here, you can be a helper. Please come with me."

After saying that, Jin Buwan left first. Compared to yesterday, he looked more worried and distressed.

Zhao Gong and Jiu Shi came over. Jiu Shi looked a little unnatural, not knowing how to greet Shi Gu. Zhao Gong bowed respectfully and called out in a low voice.

"senior."

Shi Gu waved his hand gently, turned and walked towards the crowd on Jin Buwan's side, frowned and asked Zhao Gong.

"What happened?"

Zhao Gong looked worried, he sighed deeply and spoke in a low voice.

"Senior, a seventh-rank warrior died on the ship last night. His death was tragic. His name was Xiang Zhiwei, and these people suspected me."

Shi Gu nodded slightly and said no more. Shen Yue and Su Xue had also arrived at this time and followed behind Shi Gu, still dressed as men.

After a while, everyone came to the front of the house and filed in. They saw a maid kneeling on the ground not far outside the house, sobbing softly, and a man who looked like a manager was scolding her.

Seeing this, Shen Yue moved over there with a curious look on her face. Shi Gu did not stop her and followed everyone into the room.

The room was in a mess, but there was no sign of a fight. Xiang Zhiwei's body was lying in a pool of blood, with a big hole in his chest and his internal organs missing.

Jin Buwan stood in the middle of the field and said with a frown.

"Brother Xiang is a seventh-rank warrior. Although there are people stronger than him on this ship, if you want to kill him without leaving any traces of a fight, then you can only do it with someone you know."

"But I can't understand why that person wanted to cut out Brother Xiang's internal organs and take them away from here."

Hearing this, someone said.

"Isn't this just a demonstration to us? What's so strange about it?"

Jin Buwan smiled bitterly, turned his head to look at Shi Gu and asked.

"Brother, what do you think?"

Everyone was puzzled as to why Jin Buwan would go and ask someone who was not on the boat last night.

Shi Gu walked into the room with a normal look on his face. He squatted beside the corpse and observed its wounds.

Hearing Jin Buwan's question, Shi Gu slowly stood up and spoke to everyone.

"The murderer did not take away the internal organs."

Hearing this, the man who had questioned Zhao Gong at the beginning asked Shi Gu with a mocking look on his face.