The chivalrous spirit is fickle

"I don't want you to be in danger."

Upon hearing this, Xiaojiu clenched her fists. She raised her chin, stared at Shigu with burning eyes, and spoke loudly.

"I am a ninth-grade martial arts master. I can help you. I am stronger than most people in this world."

Xiaojiu bit her lips lightly, her eyes were hazy and covered with a layer of crystal mist.

"I don't want to stay out of things like before. Can't you rely on me a little more?"

"I...I can also be your pillar of support."

Shi Gu had a complicated expression. He looked at Xiao Jiu and gently raised his hand hidden in his sleeve.

There was blood all over his body, his knuckles were dislocated, and most of his flesh had been peeled off, revealing the broken white bones.

This was the price he paid for forcefully intervening in the soul world. Just touching the zombie's soul would cause the flesh and blood to disintegrate. If it were someone else, they would have been reduced to debris by now, with no body left.

Xiao Jiu looked at Shi Gu's terrifying palm, his body trembled, his face turned pale in an instant, and he just stared at the palm blankly.

"Feel sorry……"

After a moment, Xiaojiu apologized in a hoarse voice, and at the same time stretched out his two little hands to gently cover Shigu's scarred palm.

In order to save Xiaojiu, Shigu paid a price, the price of a hand.

Xiaojiu bit her lips and sobbed softly, but she had never felt so weak before.

Shi Gu seemed not to feel any pain. He gently stroked Xiao Jiu's head with his other hand and whispered soothingly.

"It's okay, just some minor injuries, it will be healed tomorrow."

Xiaojiu hugged Shigu's injured hand tightly with both hands, lowered his head, and sobbed guiltily.

"Brother, you really... don't know how to comfort people."

As he spoke, Xiao Jiu leaned forward slightly, opened his cherry lips, and kissed Shi Gu's injured hand. A few drops of golden blood flowed out from between his bitten lips, and along with Xiao Jiu's kiss, flowed into Shi Gu's palm.

Xiaojiu's lips were warm, bringing a feeling of warmth. She stuck out her little tongue and gently licked the wound on Shigu, which felt a little itchy.

However, the flesh and blood on the injured part of Shigu's palm suddenly began to move rapidly, and granulation tissue grew wildly, sticking the broken flesh together and healing quickly.

To bring the dead back to life, to turn flesh into bones, this is the power of the longevity fruit.

Xiaojiu opened his mouth slightly and held Shigu's finger. When he spit it out again, Shigu's palm had returned to normal, with skin as white as a newborn baby.

However, when Xiaojiu was about to continue, Shigu forcibly pulled back his fingers. Xiaojiu raised his head slightly and whispered.

"I can sense that you still have hidden injuries in your body..."

Shi Gu wiped his fingers and said with a strange look.

"That's not something you can cure, and I don't want to be spitted on by others."

"..."

Xiao Jiu was slightly startled when he heard this, but he did not rush over angrily like Shen Yue. Instead, he reached out and grabbed Shi Gu's arm and whispered.

"You're still the same as before. When you encounter something you don't want to explain, you try to get away with it by making excuses."

As he spoke, Xiaojiu leaned against Shigu's shoulder with a gentle look in his eyes.

"I'll listen to you and won't act alone again, but I'm not getting into trouble this time. I've gathered some information in Soul Society that should be useful."

Shi Gu's expression was slightly strange. Although he was not used to such intimate actions with Xiao Jiu, he did not try to break free.

"What do you see?"

Xiaojiu narrowed his eyes slightly, and his expression gradually became solemn.

"The remaining innocent souls gathered into a spirit mirror. I touched the spirit mirror and saw the memories of those people."

"This charity cemetery has been the base of the Great Demon's followers since a long time ago, but they did not dare to show up at that time."

"And the followers of the zombies are all following the orders of a certain person. That person is very powerful, probably as powerful as the leader of one of the five major sects."

"I looked through many memories before I knew the man's name."

"Coccyx knife, Kang Xi."

Shi Gu stopped and looked at Xiao Jiu in surprise, while Xiao Jiu also had a complicated expression and sighed.

"The Kang Xi who was called Zhengyang Tailbone by the Jianghu a hundred years ago is now a zombie."

Zhengyang coccyx, also known as coccyx knife Kangxi.

Kang Xi, his story is still circulating somewhere in this world. He slayed demons and eliminated evil, and promoted good. He once traveled for months on end just to save people, and he also single-handedly fought against a large sect just for a little beggar.

At least a hundred years ago, Kang Xibi could be said to be a true chivalrous man, but now...

Xiaojiu's eyes dimmed slightly. When she was a child, she had also listened to Shigu telling the story of Kang Xi, and she also admired the chivalrous man who was not afraid of wind and rain and would rather die than surrender.

He was a legend, and he should have been a legend.

"He received many people in this charity cemetery. Those people seemed to be cautious and never revealed their true faces. The only thing that can be confirmed is that they should be from the five major sects."

"There are disciples, elders, and maybe even one of the masters of the five major sects."

At this point, Xiao Jiu frowned slightly and gently held her forehead. Those messy memories could not be easily accessed, and there would always be some price to pay.

Shi Gu's eyes were vague and he spoke slowly.

"I went to Taoyuan today to see if I could find Nanmian, but he seemed to be avoiding me and didn't show up."

"Nanmen is the most suitable place to investigate this kind of thing. What a pity."

Hearing this, Xiao Jiu raised his eyebrows. Nanmian, the sword of disaster, was one of the four evils in the martial arts world as some people called him. Xiao Jiu had seen him many times when he followed Shi Gu, but Xiao Jiu had never had a good impression of Nanmian.

Nanmian is not a bad person by nature, but his mind is not quite normal. He likes to do all kinds of bad things. He is not ashamed of it, but proud of it. He also likes to drag Shigu to do those bad things together.

So Xiaojiu doesn't like Nanmian very much. She always feels that Nanmian should take at least half the responsibility for Shigu's bad reputation.

"And one more thing."

Xiaojiu seemed to remember something, looked down at the ground beneath his feet, and said hesitantly.

"When I was in the Soul Realm, I always felt that the ground of Huiyin City was a little strange, but I couldn't tell what was strange."

Upon hearing this, Shi Gu bent down, picked up a handful of soil, put it to his nose and sniffed it, then threw the soil away.

"There is no evil spirit or corpse spirit. It may be your illusion, or it may be that the strange place is deeper."

"Let's try digging a little deeper tonight."

Chapter 62: Green Ox (Part 2)

At nightfall, in Huiyin City, on the top floor of Tianshui Tower.

The moonlight poured into the room, dispelling some of the darkness. Suddenly, a flame leaped up, lighting a candle, and finally illuminating the entire room.

The room was not spacious. It only had a huge round table. It looked like a small private room with simple furnishings. Five people were sitting in each of the rooms.

The palm of the man who lit the candle was a little rough, and you could smell the smell of oil smoke. It was Su Xun, the leader of Xuanming Division.

The other four were Shen Zhui from Yulin League, Zou Si from Donghai Sword Sect, Feng Yi from Yaowang Valley, and a figure covered in a purple robe, who was a member of the Demon Cult.

Su Xun shook his palms lightly to shake off the flame, and swept his eyes over the four people. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly, a little displeased.

There was no intention to hide his displeasure. Except for Zou Si, who was dozing off with his sword in his arms, the others all noticed that Su Xun was in a bad mood.

Shen Zhui looked calm as he sat quietly. This meeting was initiated by Su Xun, who originally intended to invite elders or sect leaders from the other five major sects, but he did not expect that the people who came would only be juniors like him.

This is naturally an extremely rude neglect.

Shen Zhui was very clear about this, but he had no intention of making amends or explaining. Although he had a good relationship with Wan Ye, the Yulin League and the Xuanming Division had definitely not been in harmony over the years. Zou Si of the East Sea Sword Sect was holding a long sword, sleepy and drowsy.

Su Xun's brows furrowed tighter and tighter. He looked at the four people in front of him and spoke slowly.

"It's really interesting. My Xuanming Division wants to discuss important matters with your four major sects, but you only sent four immature children."

"Is it me, Su Xun, who has little influence?"

Shen Zhui frowned slightly, reached out to pick up the teacup on the table, and said calmly.

"Senior Su, please be patient."

"The leader of the Yulin League has been entangled in trivial matters recently and has been unable to get out of it. The elders of the league are the same. It's the same if you tell me anything."

"Although I am young, my words carry some weight in the Yulin League. If you have anything to say, please feel free to speak up."

Hearing this, Su Xun just snorted coldly. The most important reason why he didn't like his apprentice Wan Ye very much was that Wan Ye was on good terms with Shen Zhui.

Thinking about it this way, the person Su Xun really dislikes is Shen Zhui.

He is young, promising and hypocritical. He is obviously a mean person with sweet words and a sharp tongue, but he insists on pretending to be a humble gentleman. These characteristics always remind Su Xun of an old friend.

An old friend with whom he had a blood feud.

Su Xun cast his gaze towards Zou Si, who was dozing off with his sword in his arms. Zou Si opened his sleepy eyes, looked towards Su Xun, and spoke briefly.

"In Huiyin City, I am the only one from the East Sea Sword Sect."

"If I don't come, no one will come."

Su Xun's expression eased a little when he heard that. After all, people from the East Sea Sword Sect were like this. Although they were a bit rigid, they certainly wouldn't do anything roundabout.

At this moment, the man from the Demon Sect who had been hiding under the purple robe spoke with a cold voice as if no one was around.

"Tell me, Sect Master Su, what exactly do you want us to do?"

The voice was cold, but it could only be recognized as a woman's voice. It was like the friction of metal, decisive and unquestionable.

Shen Zhui frowned subconsciously and looked back at the purple-robed figure with hostility in his eyes.

The Yulin League was once defeated miserably by the Demon Cult and lost a lot of its power. Therefore, all the Demon Cult disciples always act arrogantly when they meet the Yulin League, while the Yulin League disciples can only swallow their anger.

Su Xun paused for a moment, tapped the table with his hand, and said lightly.

"I came here today just to tell you a piece of news. I don't know whether this news is true or not, but I still think it is necessary to inform you."

The expressions of the other people remained unchanged, but Shen Zhui's face darkened. He was already in a bad mood, so he put down the teacup and spoke in a deep voice.

"Senior, you can just send someone to deliver this piece of news to me. Why did you ask me to come here? Are you trying to play a trick on me?"

Before Shen Zhui could finish his words, Su Xun interrupted him.

"Zhu Tian Jie Sha may still be alive."

"..."

As soon as the words fell, the room quickly fell into silence. Shen Zhui was stunned and speechless. Zou Si, who had been dozing with his sword in his arms, suddenly opened his eyes. There was no trace of sleepiness anymore. His pupils shrank slightly and he stared at Su Xun intently.

The demon sect disciple didn't seem to have any special reaction, but his purple robe fluttered, as if a storm was brewing underneath the robe.

A piece of news whose truth or falsity is still unknown is certainly not worthy of bringing people from the five major sects together.

But the news of the heavenly calamity is acceptable, even if we don’t know whether it’s true or not, even if it might just be a lie.

The Tribulation of All Heavens, the name of the behemoth that had been weighing on the five major sects for five years, making the five major sects uneasy and breathless.

Among the few people, Shen Zhui's face was the ugliest. In the five years when the Tiantian Killing disappeared, the five major sects began to expand frantically, and the Yulin League was the most ruthless among them.

Many sects were destroyed by the Yulin League, and many sect leaders questioned the Yulin League when they were destroyed.

If the Heavenly Tribulation was still there, would you, the Yulin League, still dare to do such a thing?

It is absurd to say that those sects that once thought that the Heavenly Tribulation was troublesome, only felt that the Heavenly Tribulation was not worthy of death when the disaster struck after the Heavenly Tribulation disappeared.

Shen Zhui's face was gloomy. He had always been conceited, but he didn't think he was as big a figure as Zhu Tian Jie Sha, so he hated this news that he didn't know whether it was true or not.

Su Xun glanced at everyone's reactions before continuing.

"The last person I saw during the Tianzhu Jiesha that day was Qingcheng Shigu."

"Today, I threatened Shi Gu with poisoned wine and asked him about Zhu Tian Jie Sha's life or death. What I got was the news that Zhu Tian Jie Sha was still alive."

Hearing this, Shen Zhui's expression became even uglier.

Shi Gu, Shi Gu, why is it this name again! Shen Zhui hated this name. Ever since he met Shi Gu, nothing has gone smoothly for him.

Now the whole Huiyin City is talking about Shi Gu instead of him. It seems that this person appeared here just to steal all his limelight.

Shen Zhui's eyes twitched slightly, a hint of murderous intent appeared on his face, and he said in a cold voice.

"Ha, Qingcheng Shigu, this guy is two-faced, what he says is unbelievable."

"If you really want to get reliable information, you should capture him, pierce his scapula, and torture him thoroughly."