The chivalrous spirit is fickle

Seeing this, Shen Zhui looked at Shi Gu with gritted teeth, almost breaking them. Hatred was rising in his heart, and he wished he could skin and bone Shi Gu on the spot.

Shi Gu smiled, but there was no sincerity in his smile, which was full of sarcasm. He glanced at Shen Zhui, then looked at Wan Ye who was behind Shen Zhui, and spoke loudly.

"Does the coward hiding behind Shen Zhui dare to come out?"

Upon hearing this, Wanye narrowed his eyes and returned to his previous arrogant look, but did not respond to Shigu's meaning.

There were too many traps in Shi Gu's words. Even Shen Zhui fell into his hands. How could Wan Ye be willing to get entangled with Shi Gu again?

Seeing this, Shi Gu didn't care. He reached out and patted Shen Yue's little head and said loudly.

"Believe it or not, my silly girl will beat you at the chessboard tomorrow."

Hearing this, everyone was stunned, and then shook their heads. Wan Ye gave up five pieces, and Shen Yue also ended up in a miserable defeat. How could it be possible for her to beat Wan Ye in just one day?

Wan Ye thought so too. He was very confident in his chess skills. Even Shen Zhui was far inferior to him. So after hearing Shi Gu's provocation, he couldn't help but respond coldly.

"Idiot's dream!"

Shi Gu smiled, but turned around and left with Shen Yue, turning his back to everyone and speaking loudly.

"Whether it is just a foolish dream or not, we will know tomorrow. By then, you will understand that you are just a toad squatting in a well and looking up at the sky."

Under the gazes of the crowd, Shi Gu and Shen Yue gradually walked away, and then the crowd quickly dispersed.

They were very anxious and wanted to spread what happened today, including the fact that Shen Zhui might be the illegitimate son of the leader of the Yulin Alliance, and the fact that Shi Gu's disciple would play a chess game with Xuan Ming Si Wanye tomorrow.

There is no doubt that tomorrow's chess game will be very lively and countless people will come to watch.

Shen Yue followed behind Shi Gu and couldn't help but secretly asked Shi Gu.

"Master, do you think I can win tomorrow?"

Shi Gu kept his posture unchanged, walked slowly forward, and replied in secret voice.

"Do you have confidence in yourself?"

Shen Yue answered honestly.

"I don't have any confidence at all. I can't beat that guy."

Shi Gu didn't care and replied calmly.

"It's okay. Once this incident gets out today, the casinos outside will definitely open."

"I'll bet on Wanye to win, no loss."

Shen Yue was furious. She reached out and grabbed Shi Gu's arm, then started biting it, while transmitting her voice into the secret passage.

"Master, you are such a jerk!"

"Don't worry, girl. I will give you 30% of the money I earn."

"That was not what I meant!"

"Fifty percent."

"I don't want money, I want dignity!"

"Seventy percent."

"make a deal."

Chapter 52: Xiao Jiu (I)

at dusk.

Shi Gu took Shen Yue and Su Xue and walked aimlessly on the streets of Huiyin City. Although the streets were bustling, Shen Yue and Su Xue were tired and repeatedly asked to go back to the inn, but were rejected by Shi Gu.

On the first day of the competition, Shi Gu got a strange stone order in Huadao, but in order to anger Wanye, he threw the strange stone order on Wanye's face.

Su Xue also successfully obtained a strange stone order, which surprised Shen Yue and Shi Gu. After careful questioning, they learned that Su Xue barely passed the test by virtue of her good handwriting.

Among the three, Shen Yue got more than a dozen strange stone orders, and Shi Gu and Su Xue took one each without hesitation.

After a while, Shi Gu and the other two found a tea stall on the street, sat down, ordered a cup of tea, and took a short rest.

The tea stall was extremely simple, just a crude shed with a tarpaulin that had been stained yellow by oil. Simple tables and chairs, along with rough tea bowls, were all that the stall had.

Perhaps there are too many people in Huiyin City now, so even this simple tea stall is full of people. Three or five warriors gather together, drinking tea and talking loudly about something.

Shen Yue didn't like drinking tea. She didn't like the slight bitter taste in tea. She held the tea bowl, like a kitten afraid of water, sticking out her tongue and licking it gently.

At this moment, the voices of several warriors at the neighboring table reached the ears of Shi Gu and the other two.

"Have you heard? There will be something exciting to watch in the chess arena tomorrow."

Shen Yue was startled, put down the tea bowl, and looked towards the reception desk in surprise.

Huiyin City is not small, and the news of Qidao's challenge tomorrow should not have spread so quickly in this city. How come it has become known to everyone in just a few hours?

"What happened? Tell me quickly." A man with thick eyebrows asked his companion. His companion smiled and said when he heard it.

"There is a person called Qingcheng Shigu, you should all know him."

Everyone nodded. After Shi Gu killed Shen Zhui's brother, the elder of Yulin League, he, who should have been forgotten by the world, was remembered again and became famous.

"This Qingcheng Shigu has a female disciple. Today, she went to the chess path to play chess. She won consecutive games, but in the end, she met Wanye from Xuanmingsi."

"Who is Wan Ye? He is the number one genius in chess and has never lost a game of chess in all these years. So it is natural that Shi Gu's apprentice will be defeated."

"This is a loss, but Master Shigu and his apprentice still hold a grudge against Wanye. Taking advantage of the fact that the five major sects cannot fight to the death during the Martial Arts Convention, Shigu deliberately humiliated Wanye."

"I heard that a box of chess pieces was smashed on Wanye's head."

When everyone heard this, they looked at him with disdain and said.

"Master and disciple Shi Gu are too mean, and too unwilling to lose."

"Yes, this is really unbearable for the master and disciple."

The man smiled and continued.

"Fortunately, Master Shen Zhui showed up. When Shi Gu and the other two saw Master Shen Zhui, they were frightened out of their wits. But who is Master Shen Zhui? How could he let them go?"

"Master Shen Zhui forced Master Shi Gu and his apprentice to schedule a chess match for tomorrow. Under the watchful eyes of the public, even if they wanted to deny it, there was nothing they could do."

"So, tomorrow's chess game will definitely be very lively."

Hearing this, his companions nodded in agreement.

"Don't mention others, I want to see this master and disciple humiliated."

"Ha, it will be interesting to see them look so helpless after losing the game."

Listening to what several people said, Shen Yue looked dazed. According to her personality, she would definitely argue a few words, but now she just couldn't understand why this matter was distorted like this when there were so many people present at the time.

Shen Yue really couldn't figure it out, so she could only look at Shi Gu helplessly and asked weakly.

"Master, why has this matter been spread like this?"

Shi Gu looked indifferent, not caring at all about what those people said. He held the tea bowl, blew gently, and said nonchalantly.

"It's just the work of the Yulin League. Originally, the truth was on our side, but Shen Zhui's reputation cannot be ruined. The Yulin League is one of the five major sects and is very powerful."

"So, the truth that should have belonged to us was also snatched away to Shen Zhui's side. As long as the Yulin League does not weaken, then whatever Shen Zhui does is right."

"If he kills someone, people will say he is helping the weak and suppressing the strong. But if he shamelessly pursues a woman, people will say they are a perfect match made in heaven, a good story, and a deep love."

"So, he dared to say that he wanted to avenge his brother, but he never said what his brother had done."

Shi Gu took a sip of tea, sighed deeply, and a hint of helplessness flashed in his eyes.

Perhaps, I should have destroyed the Yulin Alliance in the first place.

Shen Yue had no idea what Shi Gu was thinking. She lowered her head, listening to the strangers' conversation at the tea stall, her brows furrowed more and more.

Those people were praising Shen Zhui, but were contemptuous and disdainful of Shi Gu, mixing in a few dirty words from time to time, and belittling Shi Gu to the ground, as if he was the lowest person in the world.

Shen Yue lowered her eyes slightly, hid her hands in her sleeves, and clenched them secretly.

Shi Gu never cared about what others said about him, but Shen Yue cared, she cared a lot.

Shen Yue raised her head slightly and spoke softly to Shi Gu.

"Master, I want to win tomorrow."

Shi Gu smiled when he heard this, nodded slightly and said.

"Are you sure?"

Shen Yue shook her head and spoke frankly.

"No."

Shi Gu reached out and touched Shen Yue's little head, smiling nonchalantly and said.

"Then I'll bet on you to win tomorrow, girl."

This unreasonable trust made Shen Yue smile sweetly, as warm and bright as the spring breeze and the bright moon. She clenched her fists and spoke seriously.

"I will definitely win, and I will win beautifully."

Shi Gu drank the hot tea in the bowl, stood up and said.

"Come on, let's go back to the inn. You probably want to go back and prepare as well."

Shen Yue and Su Xue immediately stood up, threw down a copper coin, and set off on their journey home with Shi Gu.

Shi Gu walked in front, striding forward, in a good mood. He knew why Shen Yue wanted to win so much, so he was very happy.

It should have been a bit unpleasant for a disciple to stand up for his master, but Shi Gu really liked this feeling.

The three of them walked all the way to the inn. However, when they were about to return to the inn, a man blocked their way.

Looking at that man, Shi Gu's face turned pale, his legs trembled, and he wanted to run away. Shen Yue and Su Xue looked at the figure, and they seemed to understand why Shi Gu refused to return to the inn before. It turned out that he was hiding from this person.

I saw a graceful figure standing in front of me, wearing a light blue monk's robe. She had bright eyes, white teeth, beautiful features, a slender waist, and a graceful figure, especially her long black hair, which almost dragged to the ground.

This beauty's name is Miss Buddha, Buddha Nine.

Or maybe, it was Xiaojiu, the name Shigu liked the most.

Xiaojiu held the Zen stick in his hand, looking at Shigu who was frozen in place, and smiled gently, his eyes as clear as water, as if he had thousands of words to say, but when it came to his lips, only four words came out.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Chapter 53: Xiao Jiu (Part 2)

In late spring and early summer, the night wind is a little cold. The sea breeze from afar, with a salty and humid smell, slowly seeps into Huiyin City.

When he saw Xiaojiu again, Shigu recalled his first meeting with Xiaojiu. Among the piles of bones, a fair and clean child was hugging him and crying, which was heartbreaking.

So, Shi Gu took Xiaojiu with him, but who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, the child who had been sticking to him had grown into a graceful young girl, standing in front of him like a fairy from heaven.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Shen Yue and Su Xue abandoned Shi Gu without hesitation and fled to the inn.

Xiaojiu did not stop Shen Yue and the other person. Instead, he took the initiative to make way for them. After the two left, Xiaojiu inserted the Zen stick in his hand into the bluestone road surface under his feet. The stone was like tofu and was easily penetrated by the Zen stick.

Shi Gu's eyelids twitched uncontrollably. It was not difficult to insert the Zen stick into the bricks and stones, but it was not easy to do it without making any sound.

Xiaojiu let go of the Zen stick, took light steps, and walked forward very naturally. He stretched out his hands, and directly grasped Shigu's arm, hugging him very tightly, as if he was afraid that Shigu would run away.

"Take a walk with me."

Shi Gu smiled bitterly. He was unable to refuse, so he could only let Xiao Jiu hold his arms and walk towards the busy street.

Xiao Jiu was extremely beautiful, but she was wearing a light blue monk's robe and walking on the street with Shi Gu, which naturally attracted countless people's attention.

Shi Gu walked very slowly, lowered his head slightly, and looked at Xiaojiu, but he saw that Xiaojiu's little face showed no joy or sadness, as calm as the surface of the water without a ripple.

"Xiao Jiu..."

After a moment's silence, Shi Gu took the initiative to call Xiao Jiu, lowered his voice helplessly, and sighed.

"Do you want to hear my explanation?"

Upon hearing this, Xiaojiu looked at Shigu and hugged Shigu's arms tighter. Her lips moved slightly, and she spoke in a low voice.

"You haven't said goodbye to me yet."

Young girls' minds are always weird, and maybe sometimes they themselves don't understand what they are thinking.

Hearing the anger and resentment in Xiaojiu's words, Shigu felt a headache. He gave up on explaining and instead sighed deeply and said.