The chivalrous spirit is fickle

The bloody knife fire burned, the evil spirit was entangled, and the air was filled with the smell of burning.

Shi Gu took a deep breath, swallowed the smoke, and then slowly exhaled. The burnt flesh and blood wrapped in ashes turned into a scorched earth.

The smoke didn't smell good, but Shi Gu was used to it. It was the smell he smelled most often when he was doing the Tiantian Tribulation Killing.

At this moment, he wanted to get back that feeling, that feeling of killing people.

A breeze suddenly arose, and sparks ignited in the grass and trees, flickering in the breeze, as if a big fire would start again at any time.

Shi Gu pulled out the killing stick that was stuck in the soil, and the bloody flames suddenly went out, leaving only a vast expanse of scorched earth.

The zombies on these islands are not strong, just a little stronger than ordinary people. If a low-level warrior were to take their place, they could be easily killed in a one-on-one situation.

A stream of light chased after him and landed behind Shi Gu. It was the woman in the red dress. Looking at the vast scorched earth, the woman in the red dress showed astonishment on her face, then turned around and ran away without looking back.

However, the moment she turned around, a fist came straight at her and hit the woman in the red dress in the face.

Boom!

The woman in the red dress flew backwards in an instant, rolled on the ground for several times, and spat out a mouthful of dirty blood from her mouth.

Shi Gu slowly retracted his fist, looked at the woman in the red dress lying on the ground, and raised his eyebrows slightly.

He is in the early stage of the eighth level of martial arts, and his realm is unstable, but his body is strong, far superior to other eighth-level warriors.

The woman in the red dress was lying on the ground, her two fangs gradually retracted, her skin was as pale as snow without a trace of blood, but the blood that came out of the corners of her mouth was black and smelled terrible.

Their eyes met, looking at each other speechlessly.

The woman in the red dress wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, slowly stood up, her expression gradually calmed down. She raised her hand and looked at Shi Gu without saying a word.

The next moment, the woman in the red dress stepped on the ground, and the mud instantly surged. A dirt dragon emerged from the ground, let out a long roar, and then pounced towards Shi Gu with its fangs and claws.

Shi Gu's body did not move at all. The earth dragon opened its mouth and swallowed Shi Gu into its stomach in one gulp.

Seeing this, the woman in the red skirt retreated quickly as if facing a formidable enemy, but saw cracks appearing all over the earth dragon's body. In an instant, it collapsed and turned into yellow sand that scattered all over the ground.

Shi Gu maintained his punching posture and stood in the middle position, letting the yellow sand fall, but not a single drop of it landed on him.

The expression of the woman in the red dress gradually turned cold. When she was about to move her palm again, a sharp light shot out. It turned out to be a black long sword, which instantly pierced through her shoulder. Under the huge force, the body of the woman in the red dress flew backwards hundreds of feet again.

The black sword pierced the red-dressed woman's shoulder and nailed her directly to the ground. The murderous aura was like a maggot attached to her bones, drilling into her body and disintegrating all her true energy.

Even so, the woman in the red dress still did not utter a cry of pain. She just silently grabbed the hilt of the knife, trying to pull the killing weapon out of her shoulder. However, how could she pull the killing weapon out when her true energy was dissipated?

Shi Gu's figure flashed and he crossed a distance of a hundred feet and came to the side of the woman in the red dress. He frowned, leaned over to look at the silent woman in the red dress, and asked in a low voice.

"You're not going to say anything?"

The woman in the red dress remained silent and said nothing. She pressed her bone-clearing palm on the hilt of the knife and pressed down slightly. The murderous aura flowed along the blade and penetrated into the body of the woman in the red dress.

"puff!"

The woman in the red dress spat out blood again, but this time, it was no longer black, but red like ordinary people. She finally looked at Shi Gu.

The sea breeze from afar blew into the island and mixed with the wood ash, adding a salty and moist taste.

The woman in the red dress had a calm expression, neither happy nor sad. She didn't seem to be afraid of the impending death, and she had no fear, nor any hatred towards Shi Gu.

As if everything was as it should be, and as if everything had nothing to do with her.

Whether it is life or death, it is all the same.

Shi Gu's brows furrowed more and more tightly. He stopped, pulled out the killing sword that was stuck in the shoulder of the woman in the red dress, and asked in a deep voice.

"Are you really not going to say anything? This may be the last time you speak in your life."

The woman in the red dress glanced at Shi Gu, slightly parted her cherry lips, sighed deeply, looked at Shi Gu seriously, and spoke softly.

"I really want to... get some sun."

Hearing this, Shi Gu stopped asking questions, swung his knife, then walked past the woman in the red dress and walked towards the depths of the island. The head of the woman in the red dress fell to the ground and landed in the ashes.

Zombies are afraid of sunlight, which is like their natural enemy. Only those who have reached the ninth level of martial arts can ignore sunlight and walk in broad daylight.

Perhaps, the woman in the red dress was already tired of such a life, which is why she could face her own death so calmly.

Deep in the Corpse Island, there stands a mountain gate, with stone steps extending from the foot of the mountain all the way up to the top.

The stone steps have been covered with moss for many years, with green leaves hanging on the mountain gate, and roots penetrating into the stones, tenaciously absorbing nutrients.

Shi Gu walked slowly to the mountain gate and looked up slightly. It was already night, and the whole island was shrouded in thick fog that refused to dissipate even at night. Looking up, he could not see the sky, let alone the stars.

The dilapidated mountain gate was connected to the green grass on the ground, and had countless cracks. Tender green stems crawled out of the cracks in the stone and coiled all the way up. Perhaps it wouldn't be long before this stone gate would completely collapse.

After years of baptism, the words on the mountain gate had long been blurred, leaving only a patch of green. Shi Gu stared at the blurred words for a long time but could not figure out what they were.

Shi Gu withdrew his gaze and looked behind the mountain gate, only to see a man dressed as a Taoist who had been waiting for a long time.

The Taoist was wearing a tattered Taoist robe and his whisk was covered in dust, like an old object.

His nails were very long and black, and he had two undisguised fangs on his mouth.

The Taoist flicked his whisk and bowed to Shi Gu with a calm expression.

"Blessings and blessings are immeasurable."

"Sir, please follow me. My master has been waiting for a long time."

Shi Gu saw this and looked a little surprised. After thinking for a moment, he clasped his fists and replied.

"Then it'll be hard work."

The Taoist nodded slightly, turned around and led the way for Shigu, stepping onto the moss-covered stone steps. Shigu followed behind the Taoist, squinting his eyes slightly.

This Taoist priest was a zombie at the peak of the eighth-grade martial realm, and the strongest of the several auras that Shi Gu had sensed.

The strangest thing was that Shi Gu did not sense the hostility of these people. Even though he had killed a woman in a red dress, he could not sense any murderous intent.

The stone steps were very long and steep. Shi Gu and the Taoist walked very slowly. There were old trees on both sides of the road, with branches and leaves spread out, blocking out the sky and the sun.

Shi Gu looked at the ancient trees, feeling a little dazed. This place didn't look like one where anyone lived at all. It was like a pristine green mountain that had never been set foot by any living creature.

The Taoist suddenly flicked his whisk, pointed at a huge tree beside the road, and spoke softly.

"There was supposed to be a welcoming pine tree here, but three hundred years ago a bolt of lightning struck and killed the tree. The tree caught fire, leaving only ashes on the ground."

"Who would have thought that, another hundred years later, the tree would sprout from the ashes, live for three hundred years, and grow into what it is today."

"Guest, tell me, isn't this where it should be located, instead of the welcoming pine tree?"

Shi Gu looked at the ancient tree in front of him, a tree whose name he didn't know. Its branches and leaves were lush and verdant, and it was more beautiful than the Welcoming Pine he had seen before.

"How can such things be certain? Maybe one day, a bolt of lightning will strike down and chop down the tree."

"After another hundred years, another big tree will grow from the ashes, and the cycle will repeat endlessly."

The Taoist seemed to be thinking about what he said, and continued to step onto the stone steps and climb the long mountain path. As if he knew the doubts in Shi Gu's heart, the Taoist slowly spoke as he climbed up the steps.

"You may not know that this island had a great history many years ago. It is said that the island was formed from the corpse of a giant beast and is shrouded in fog all year round."

"The founder of my sect discovered this place and liked it very much, so he established a sect here, away from the hustle and bustle of the world, and named this island..."

"Penglai Fairy Mountain."

When Shi Gu heard this, his pupils shrank slightly, and he couldn't help but look down the mountain behind him, but he saw layers of clouds and mist that had obscured the scenery below the mountain.

Penglai Fairy Mountain is a sect that is unknown to any contemporary warrior. Even Shi Gu had only heard of it from his master a long time ago.

When the master talked about the Penglai Fairy Mountain, her expression was always gloomy. She said that the Penglai Fairy Mountain had once pacified disasters for the human world and had done a great favor to this mortal world.

However, this Penglai Fairy Mountain disappeared a long time ago, as if it had never existed in this world.

Unexpectedly, the Penglai Fairy Mountain, which the master mentioned as having done great favors for the human world, has now turned into an island of corpses.

The Taoist was quite surprised by Shi Gu's reaction and couldn't help but speak.

"Have you ever heard of my Penglai Immortal Mountain... Yes, as one of the Heavenly Tribulation Killers and one of the Two Heavenly Gods of Jianghu, I naturally have such knowledge."

Shi Gu's body trembled, he slowly turned around and looked at the Taoist, and said in a low voice.

"You recognize me?"

The Taoist nodded slightly, stopped, and spoke to Shi Gu calmly.

"Two hundred years ago, I left this Penglai Fairy Mountain and witnessed your heroic feat of slaying the Blood Demon."

"Your Excellency was not well-known at that time, but I was deeply impressed by your methods, especially the move that turned murderous aura into flames and burned the blood demon into a sea of ​​blood. I will never forget it in my life."

Shi Gu was silent and let out a long sigh. He took a step forward, stood shoulder to shoulder with the Taoist, and spoke softly.

"Master, since you know who I am, why do you still come to see me?"

Shi Gu turned to look at the Taoist and asked seriously.

"Also, I killed the woman in the red dress. She should be your companion."

The Taoist heard this and said calmly.

"She is my daughter, her name is Li Wan."

Shi Gu was startled when he heard this, and was even more confused, and said.

"I killed your daughter, but why can't I sense any murderous intent from you?"

The Taoist felt strange when he heard this and asked Shi Gu in return.

"We are zombies, living by eating humans. Why should we be angry if we are killed?"

"It's just retribution."

Hearing this, Shi Gu spoke in a depressed tone, always feeling that the other party had snatched the words that he should have said.

The Taoist paused, a hint of helplessness flashed across his eyes, but more of it was relief. He lowered his eyebrows and spoke softly.

"Besides, this is a relief for the child."

"She no longer has to do these things she doesn't like."

Twenty-seven Penglai (I)

"That child has loved sunbathing since he was young and hates rainy days."

"She once asked me to bury her in a place where she could get sunlight after she died."

The Taoist's eyes were dazed, and he quietly clenched the whisk in his hand, his voice unconsciously becoming a little hoarse.

"Perhaps, she has long wanted to be free, but she was afraid that I would be too lonely in this world, so she lived unwillingly for so many years."

Shi Gu remained silent upon hearing this, not knowing how to react for a moment. He came to the island to kill people, but he didn't expect to meet these strange people. They had no killing intentions and no hostility.

Perhaps, only until the end can we understand what these people are doing.

After a moment's silence, the Taoist continued to move forward, step by step on the mountain path, and spoke to Shi Gu with a look of nostalgia and sadness.

"I was born in the Penglai Immortal Mountain and lived at the foot of the mountain. When I was a child, my parents told me that as long as I could climb up the mountain in one breath, I could become an immortal."

"So I started to climb the mountain, but it was too high. I stopped and started many times, but I couldn't reach the end."

"When I was nine years old, I met a slovenly Taoist priest while climbing a mountain. He wore a wine gourd and drank wine while walking. After he finished drinking, he actually asked a child like me for some more wine."

"Of course I didn't give him any wine to drink, but he was not discouraged. Instead, he laughed loudly, grabbed my collar, and jumped into the air, directly to the top of the mountain."

"Once I swallowed the golden elixir, I realized that my fate is not determined by heaven."

"He said this to me and gave me a golden pill, as casually as if it was just a sugar pill."

"Many years later, he became the leader of Penglai Fairy Mountain, slaying demons and monsters, saving the dying and the wounded, and running around for the people outside the island, not daring to stop for a moment, and I became his disciple."

"The master made a great wish to save the people of the world from suffering in the cycle of reincarnation."

"Many years later, I got married and had children, but my master became a great demon called zombie."

Upon hearing this, Shi Gu lowered his brows and let out a long sigh. The Taoist stopped talking and continued walking forward.

Amidst the clouds and mist, the top of the mountain was getting closer and closer, but at a glance, there was only a ruin, the bricks and stones were covered with moss, the long pillars were collapsed and rotten, and green grass was growing.

There were countless puddles of water on the bluestone road, green algae clinging to it, ruins connected to waste, dust all over the place, spider webs woven together, it looked like an uninhabited place, quiet and desolate.

In front of the ruins, five people were sitting on the collapsed long pillars, quietly watching Shi Gu walking towards them step by step.

Sitting in the middle was a woman in a white dress. She had pale skin, picturesque eyebrows and eyes, and dark nails as long as claws. She looked at Shi Gu without a trace of hostility, only fatigue.

The Taoist brought Shigu to the ruins. He turned slightly and introduced Shigu to him.

"Fellow Daoist, this is the current leader of our Penglai Immortal Mountain, his name is Feng Xin."