The chivalrous spirit is fickle

Shi Gu ignored the argument between his two fellow disciples. He wiped his mouth and continued.

"I want that person's name."

Hearing this, Yao Zhixian looked at him strangely. He was still trying to persuade Yan Hui, but this Taoist interrupted him as if no one was around. It was really a bit arrogant.

Yan Hui glared at Shi Gu and said in a cold voice.

"Your Excellency refuses to drink my wine and refuses to give me the face of the King of Hell. Now you still want to do business with me. I want to know what your confidence is."

"Young man, there are big and small rivers and lakes. You may be the best in your own little river and lake, but you are no longer the best in my territory."

Shi Gu looked calm, as if he didn't hear Yan Hui's words, and just repeated it softly again.

"I want that person's name."

Snapped!

Yan Hui suddenly slammed his palm on the table, and the table immediately broke into pieces. The wine and food fell all over the floor, making a mess. The spilled wine mixed with the food, emitting a strange smell.

It was a very strange smell.

"You want that person's name? Fine, eat all the food and wine on the ground, and I'll tell you."

Shi Gu lowered his head and looked at the mess on the ground beneath his feet with a frown. He raised his hand, grasped the hilt of the knife, and slowly untied the cloth strips wrapped around the blade, layer by layer.

Seeing this, Yao Zhi's pupils shrank slightly, and he hurriedly stepped forward to stand in front of the two of them. He first looked at Yan Hui and spoke in a low voice.

"Brother, don't forget your identity. The sect didn't ask you to come here to show off. Your only mission is to do business, not to fight and kill."

After saying that, Yao Zhi turned to look at Shi Gu and smiled bitterly.

"Master, you may be skilled and courageous, but you alone cannot break through the sky."

"Come on, do you really know who we are? Can you afford the consequences of taking action?"

At this point, Yao Zhi smiled bitterly, spread out his hands, and said helplessly.

"Think about it carefully. My junior brother may be rude to you, but I, Yao, have been very polite to you since we met. Could you please give me some face and speak nicely to me?"

When Shi Gu heard this, he looked up at Yao Zhi who was smiling bitterly. He raised his eyebrows slightly and then spoke slowly.

"Since I entered the house, you have already put thirteen kinds of poison on the food, including the wine I drank and the candlelight here, all of which are extremely poisonous."

"You are much more ruthless than your senior brother."

Hearing this, Yao Zhi was stunned, his eyes twitched, and the bitter smile on his face disappeared. Yan Hui, who was standing next to him, also had a slightly changed expression and looked at Yao Zhi carefully.

Pop, pop, pop.

There was a sudden burst of applause in the room. Yao Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly, clapped his hands and smiled, but there was no trace of happiness in his smile.

"You have a good eye. You are much better than my silly senior brother. You are indeed qualified to be arrogant."

Yan Hui's face turned pale when he heard this. Just as he was about to speak, he felt a sweetness in his throat and spat out a mouthful of dirty blood. He looked at Yao Zhi in astonishment and said in a trembling voice.

"You poisoned me? You actually poisoned me!"

Upon hearing this, Yao Zhi glanced at Yan Hui and said lightly.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you. I'm just teaching you a lesson."

"From tomorrow on, this gambling street will be taken over by my apprentice, and you don't have to interfere anymore."

Hearing this, Yan Hui's eyes widened with anger, and he strode forward, ready to reach out and grab Yao Zhi's collar. However, Yao Zhi simply waved his sleeves, and Yan Hui's body flew backwards, broke the window, and fell down.

Linshui Tower is the tallest building in the gambling street. If an ordinary person falls from it, he will be killed without a complete body. But Yan Hui is an eighth-rank warrior after all. Even if he is poisoned, he will not die from the fall. But the feeling of falling is definitely not pleasant.

Yao Zhi looked at Shi Gu with a smile and said in a gentle voice.

"My senior brother has been in this world for too long. He was never a smart man, and now he has become even dumber."

"He only cares about being powerful and being a local tyrant. He wants face and a lot of money."

"But he didn't know that if he wanted face, he couldn't get money."

Yao Zhi smiled softly and waved his sleeves. Countless poisonous insects fell from his sleeves, densely packed together. Those poisonous insects quickly ate the food on the ground. Soon, they had eaten up the mess on the ground, even the dishes.

The poisonous insects squirmed, but did not immediately return to Yao Zhi. Instead, they continued to squirm, gathered together, and piled up on each other, actually using their bodies to form a table.

Yao Zhi sat down again, looked at Shi Gu and smiled.

"I am different from my senior brother. I don't care about face, I just want money."

"As long as the price is right, any business can be done."

Shi Gu stopped untying the cloth strips, sat down, looked at Yao Zhi in confusion, and said softly.

"With your martial arts level, yellow and white objects should be readily available."

Upon hearing this, Yao Zhi laughed and spoke slowly.

"That's wrong. What you can get easily is just small fortune, but what I want is big fortune."

"I know that my current state is my bottleneck. If I want to go further, I don't know how many rare treasures I will need."

"Every one of these treasures is priced at a sky-high price, and none of the people who hold them are easy to mess with. The way to get the treasures from them is to barter, which means a huge amount of silver."

Yao Zhi leaned forward slightly, stared into Shi Gu's eyes, and spoke seriously.

"So I need money, lots and lots of money."

"I want to break the mirror, I want immortality!"

Shi Gu did not ask any further questions and instead talked about the "business" he brought.

"I came here today to discuss three business matters with you."

Upon hearing this, Yao Zhi raised three fingers and said.

"Ten thousand taels of gold for each transaction, no bargaining."

Shi Gu looked at Yao Zhi again. He was really surprised by the man's greed for money.

"Okay, I'll pay the bill after the business is done."

Yao Zhi shook his fingers and spoke softly.

"No, what if you leave?"

Shi Gu sighed, threw the long knife wrapped in cloth strips onto the table made of poisonous insects, and said.

"My life is the best collateral. If you break your promise, you can just kill me."

Yao Zhi frowned slightly, as if he was unhappy, but after thinking for a moment, he clapped his hands and said.

"Today is the first time we have done business together, so I will give you a favor and this will not happen again."

"Fuxi, bring the person up."

Following the order, the door was opened and a young swordsman, who was supposed to be Yan Hui's confidant, walked into the house, escorting the dusty Yan Hui.

It seems that without Yan Hui knowing, his confidants had already become Yao Zhi's people. What this King of Hell did was really foolish.

"First business, Senior Brother Yan, now that things have come to this, you should just tell us who made the offer to buy the two disciples of Qingcheng Shigu."

Yan Hui was covered in dust and dirt, his true energy was dissipated, and he was in a very miserable state. He had long lost his previous arrogance. No one knew what method the young swordsman used, but Yan Hui did not resist at all. He lowered his head and answered in a low voice.

"The person who made the bid was Mr. Ma from the south city, a frequent customer of the brothel on the street. Although he was over sixty years old, he was still addicted to sex and offered fifty thousand taels of silver."

Shi Gu wrote down the name, turned to look at Yan Hui, and asked softly.

"The second business is, I want to ask you why you spent money to renovate the charity cemetery in Huiyin City many years ago. You don't look like someone who is willing to donate money for charity."

Hearing this, Yan Hui was startled. After thinking carefully for a moment, he replied in a low voice.

"That thing... was asked by Elder Liu of the Yulin League. He paid for it, and I just lent him a name."

"I don't know why Elder Liu did this, but I wanted to take this opportunity to get closer to Elder Liu, so I didn't ask any more questions."

Yulin League, Elder Liu.

There are many Elder Lius in Yulin League, but the one Shigu can remember is only the Supreme Elder of Yulin League, Liu Zhong, who is in the late ninth rank.

Shi Gu nodded slightly, looked at Yao Zhi again and asked.

"How come this Lord Yama has become so obedient? Did you cast a spell on him?"

Yao Zhi waved her hand gently and said with a smile.

"That's about right. My senior brother has always been a fool. He likes to show off. He doesn't have much ability, but he loves face very much."

"I knew a long time ago that he was not a peaceful person, so I planted something in his body early on. Today, I used the poison in the wine to trigger it."

"From now on, he can only live as a good dog."

Shi Gu raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise.

"Do you have any deep hatred with him?"

Yao Zhi's eyes flashed and he said lightly.

"Sheng Mi's favor, fight with Mi's hatred."

"Many years ago, I became his apprentice, but I was weak and collapsed on the way. He carried me to the door of his apprenticeship."

"Since then, he has relied on this favor to boss me around, even though my status is higher than his."

"I can tolerate him for a while, but I can't tolerate him forever."

Shi Gu nodded slightly without commenting. He sat up straight and said.

"Okay, it's time for the third business."

Yao Zhi smiled and said.

"Please say."

Shi Gu pursed his lips slightly, revealing a hint of a smile, and spoke in a relaxed tone.

"I want all the land deeds of this gambling street, all the IOUs of the gamblers, and all the indentures of the prostitutes in the brothel."

The atmosphere suddenly turned cold, and a hint of chill began to spread in the room. Yao Zhi put away the smile on his face, narrowed his eyes slightly, and spoke in a low voice.

"This is not a business that can be solved with 30,000 taels of gold. Are you kidding me, sir?"

Shi Gu smiled, leaned back and said.

"I'm not kidding."

"As for the price, it's easy to talk about. Just pay with human lives."

As he spoke, Shi Gu raised his finger and pointed at Yan Hui and the young swordsman one by one.

"Yours, yours, and yours."

The last finger was pointed at Yao Zhi, whose face was becoming increasingly cold.

Boom! ! !

Suddenly, there was a loud bang, and the entire Linshui Building exploded. The entire building collapsed and turned into ruins.

At the same time, several figures landed on the street. Looking up, they were Shi Gu, Yao Zhi, Yan Hui and the young swordsman.

Step, step, step.

The originally deserted street was suddenly swarmed with people holding knives and axes, surrounding Shi Gu.

Yao Zhi looked cold and murderous at Shi Gu and said in a low voice.

"I still overestimated you. I didn't expect you to be such a fool looking for death."

"Do you know who we are?"

Shi Gu grabbed the long knife and began to untie the cloth strips wrapped around the knife, while speaking lightly.

"Greed for money, poison, the answer couldn't be simpler, you are from Medicine King Valley."

Yao Zhi was stunned when he heard this, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, but then the surprise was replaced by murderous intent.

"If you know my identity, you will be even more miserable."

Shi Gu knew what Yao Zhi meant. The five major sects had rules. They had many industries, but they were not allowed to touch the business of brothels and casinos.

This is a rule that was set many years ago, but whether the five major sects really abide by it or not, perhaps we can know the answer by looking at Yao Zhi in front of us.

Yao Zhi opened his arms, and countless poisonous insects fell from his sleeves, covering the ground. Then he opened his mouth and spit out a golden poisonous snake.

The golden snake swelled in the wind, and in just a few breaths, it had become a giant golden python of similar size.