The chivalrous spirit is fickle

It was Shen Yue and Su Xue.

At this moment, Shen Yue and Su Xue looked very haggard in their sleep. They probably didn't get a good rest. Maybe they stayed by his bedside all night.

Shi Gu felt warm in his heart. He stretched out his right hand, touched the foreheads of the two silly girls, and gently played with their hair.

"I am so blessed to be surrounded by people on both sides."

At this moment, a cold voice sounded faintly.

Shi Gu looked up and saw Xiao Jiu standing in front of the bed, staring at Shi Gu's movements with bright eyes full of resentment.

Without waiting for Shigu to explain anything, Xiaojiu poured a cup of hot tea, handed it to the bed, and said.

"I actually wanted to climb up, but I'm older than the two of them, so I can't just do that."

Shi Gu was about to reach out to take the teacup, but he saw Xiao Jiu holding the hot tea in his mouth, leaning forward, and signaling with his eyes for Shi Gu to open his mouth.

"Stop messing around, Xiaojiu."

Xiaojiu swallowed the tea with a resentful look on his face, handed over the half-empty cup of hot tea, bit his lip lightly, and said dissatisfiedly.

"I am the immortal fruit, and my saliva is much better than a panacea. I didn't say anything, so why would you be unwilling?"

Shigu smiled bitterly and shook his head, took the half empty cup of hot tea and said.

"How could you be fooled by these two silly girls? Stop fooling around with them and tell me how long I slept."

Hearing this, Xiaojiu did not continue teasing Shigu. She pulled over a chair, sat beside the bed, and spoke slowly.

"Nanmian carried you here last night. You were like a dead person at that time. You almost scared your two stupid disciples to death. Although you didn't cry, you looked like you had lost your soul and were totally lost."

"After Nanmian settled you down, the two of them stayed by your bed. However, due to the influence of the Great Dream Art, they were actually very sleepy. They stayed by your bed until the early morning, and then they fell asleep on top of you without realizing it."

Shi Gu's eyes softened as he looked at Shen Yue and Su Xue, raised his eyebrows, looked at Xiao Jiu, and asked with a smile.

"Let's not talk about these two little guys. What about you? After seeing my miserable state, were you scared and wanted to feed me your blood again?"

Xiaojiu was a little annoyed when he heard this. He glared at Shigu fiercely, then turned away, unwilling to look at Shigu again.

After a moment, Xiaojiu's voice came softly, as thin as a mosquito's buzz.

"I cried."

"..."

Shi Gu was stunned, but didn't know what to say. He was not good at this kind of thing, and subconsciously wanted to say something funny to change the topic, but he didn't expect Xiao Jiu to speak again.

"I haven't seen you for a long time. I miss you so much and want to stick to you like I used to."

"But I know I've grown up now. I need to know what restraint is. I can't scare you away again."

"It's awkward, isn't it?"

Xiaojiu lowered her head, her eyes were like the bright moon, reflecting the faint light. She lowered her eyebrows and twisted her fingers together like a little child.

“I’ve always been a very awkward person.”

"I am a monk, but I don't like to be bald, and I don't like to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures."

"I hate the abstinence from desires and the great Buddhist doctrines that even dogs don't listen to."

"But I like you, and my whole heart is with you."

"So I'm afraid. I'm afraid you'll die like this. I still have a lot to say to you, and you also have a lot of things you've never told me."

Xiaojiu's voice became lower and lower, until it was as low as the dust, and Shigu could only remain silent.

Shi Gu thought about it again and again, but still didn't know what to say, so he had to change the subject awkwardly.

"I am sure that I will not die even if Su Xun attacks me, let alone those people from yesterday."

"As long as I want to live, no one can kill me."

Upon hearing this, Xiaojiu turned around and glared at Shigu. She stood up with red eyes, walked to the bed, and slapped Shigu on the head without any hesitation.

Then, Xiaojiu turned around and left without even looking at Shigu, obviously annoyed by Shigu's escape.

Shi Gu sighed and drank the half cup of hot tea left by Xiao Jiu.

For a moment, the only people in the room were Shen Yue and Su Xue, who were sleeping soundly. There was no one else in the room until noon.

At noon, Shi Gu woke Shen Yue and Su Xue up in annoyance and said.

"Don't sleep, both of you are drooling into my wound!"

“Master, you are awake.”

Shen Yue and Su Xue cried out in surprise, but what greeted them was Shi Gu's finger snapping.

"If I don't wake up, I'll be drowned by your saliva!"

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Chapter 87 Persuasion

"Last night, Yulin League and Yaowang Valley suffered heavy losses, including ten mid-level ninth-grade warriors and thirty early-level ninth-grade warriors."

"Now in Huiyin City, Yulin League only has one great elder in the late ninth-grade martial realm left, while Yaowang Valley still has twenty elders in the early ninth-grade and one elder in the middle ninth-grade."

"Let's not talk about the special case of Yaowang Valley. The Yulin League alone has been seriously injured. I'm afraid they won't let us go."

At noon, Nanmian and the other two finally arrived. Except for Nanmian, Li Buque and Qiao Fu all looked worried and sighed.

Nanmian looked calm as he told Shigu what happened next last night.

"Boss, you may not know that the Grand Elder of the Yulin League was outside the inn last night, ready to kill us, but for some reason, he didn't do it. When daybreak came, he left."

Shi Gu sat on the bed. His injuries had mostly recovered. Even his missing left arm had grown back. But for some reason, the new arm was also covered with scars.

"Liu Zhong? He has always been like this. To put it nicely, he is cautious. To put it bluntly, he is as timid as a mouse."

Shi Gu moved his left arm, put on his clothes, and casually commented on the supreme elder of the Yulin League. In his words, he looked down on Liu Chong, who was in the late ninth rank.

Nanmian didn't care. In his eyes, Shigu was fully qualified to look down on any warrior in the world.

"Nanmen, how is the dream sorting going?"

Hearing this, Nanmian raised his hand and raised a cloud of mist, frowned slightly, and said.

"The dream has been sorted out, but there are still many strange things."

"I used the Great Dream Sky Eye to look at the entire city. Yaowang Valley and Yulin League are both tainted with a lot of demonic energy, and in the Zongming Mansion that everyone has forgotten, there is a group of demons."

"Although there are ninth-grade warriors among the demon tribe, their realm is obviously unstable, and the strength they can exert is probably only at the peak of the eighth grade."

"Besides that, I did not find the three thousand boys and girls, a total of six thousand people, but not one of them had a dream. They all seemed to have become dead."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of everyone in the room changed slightly, and they couldn't help but wonder if the three thousand boys and girls had been killed?

Shi Gu, however, had a calm expression. After putting on his robe, he sat beside the bed and spoke softly.

"The blood sacrifice can only be done with living things, but before the blood sacrifice, the demons have many ways to temporarily turn living things into dead things."

"I went to the dock to investigate before. Someone transported 3,000 wooden crates. The crates were too small to hold two children at the same time. It could only be that a demon tribe had changed the appearance of those children."

"The blood sacrifice hasn't even started yet, how could they kill those children?"

"So, those three thousand boys and girls must still be alive."

Hearing this, everyone's expressions relaxed a little, and Nanmian raised his hand and threw the mist in his palm into the air.

The fog suddenly dissipated, connected with each other, and squirmed, turning into a miniature Huiyin City with many black dots flashing in it.

"These are all the people who carry evil spirits. I marked them in my dream, but as time goes by, the marks will become more and more blurred until they disappear completely."

"We'll lose all our marks after the sun sets today or so."

In the miniature Huiyin City, there was a largest mark on the ground of the charity cemetery. Shi Gu looked up, stared at the black spot on the charity cemetery, and asked.

"What is this sign?"

Nanmian glanced at the mark and explained.

"A hundred feet underground in Huiyin City, there is a group of the largest demonic energy, with the strength of the late ninth-grade martial realm. That person... that demon realm is much higher than mine. If I hadn't performed the Great Dream Heavenly Art on top of him last night, I would have had no chance of discovering him."

Shigu suddenly understood that what Xiaojiu had sensed in the soul world should be the thing underground. Now that he had the mark, he could force that guy out.

Thinking of this, Shi Gu stood up and gave instructions to everyone.

"Nanmian, the three of you take Xiaojiu with you and go clear out the black spots on the map. Don't leave any alive. The demon has tampered with their bodies, so you won't be able to get anything out of them."

"We must act quickly and eliminate all the Great Demon followers before the sun sets. As for Zong Mingfu and the guy in the basement of Yizhuang, I will take care of them myself."

Upon hearing this, Nanmian immediately started howling.

"Boss, you are wrong. We three are not animals. In order to sort out our dreams, we three have not slept since last night."

"Even animals can't stand being ordered around like this, right?"

Shi Gu rolled his eyes. The three of them were all at the eighth level of martial arts, so what was the point of sleeping? Nanmian just didn't want to work hard.

Nanmian never cares about the life or death of others. If you want him to do something, besides threatening him, you have to give him some benefits.

"Stop howling. I can promise you something after this is done."

Nanmian blinked and asked expectantly.

"Really?"

Shi Gu glared at Nan Mian and said angrily.

"Of course it's true. Have I ever broken my promise?"

Nanmian's expression changed slightly, and his eyes became strange. He touched his head and spoke in a low voice.

"Boss... do you really want me to tell you?"

"..."

Shi Gu's expression also became strange. He then remembered that he seemed not to be a trustworthy person. Not to mention others, Nan Mian had been deceived by Shi Gu countless times since he was a child.

"Then what do you want?"

After hearing this, Nanmian thought seriously for a moment and then said to Shigu.

"If you want a technique, my own technique is good enough. If you want a weapon, I can't stand your killing weapon, Boss."

"If I think about it carefully, I think you should just give me the money directly."

"I won't ask for too much, just ten thousand taels."

As soon as Nanmian finished speaking, Shigu took out a silver note and threw it at Nanmian's face, saying something unhappily.

"Here's a 10,000 tael note. Go to work now."

The ten thousand taels were what Shi Gu earned after sweeping the gambling streets. The rest of the money was either inconvenient to take or was things like land deeds. Shi Gu also gave a lot of it to the women trapped in the brothel. In the end, only this ten thousand taels silver note was left.

Nanmian must have searched Shigu's pocket last night and saw the silver note. He didn't dare to steal it, but took the opportunity to ask for the silver note today.

Shi Gu was so angry that his teeth were itching. The ten thousand taels were left for him by Shi Gu, but they were taken away by Nan Mian.

As if he was afraid that Shigu would go back on his word, Nanmian immediately took the banknote and ran away with his two younger brothers.

Seeing this, Shi Gu could only sigh, then turned around, grabbed the killing stick hanging beside the bed, and gave instructions to Shen Yue and the other two beside him.

"I have to go to Zong Ming Mansion first. You three should come with me."

Shen Yue and Su Xue looked at Shi Gu, somewhat worried and asked anxiously.

"Master, you are still injured, are you okay?"

Shi Gu carried the killing knife on his back, but there was no sheath, so it was just exposed.

"There are no experts in Zongming Mansion, and my injuries have almost healed, so there is no problem."

Xiaojiu frowned slightly, took a step forward, grabbed Shigu's left arm, and said.

"Strange, the left arm is clearly a new one, why is there still a scar?"

Hearing this, Shi Gu smiled bitterly, not knowing how to explain it.

A natural body should not have scars. Broken limbs can be regenerated, let alone scars. But if those scars are left by a demon, it is a different matter.

Xiaojiu lowered her eyebrows and spoke softly with concern.

"Those people in Zongming Mansion are easy to deal with, but the one under Yizhuang is a great demon believer in the late ninth rank. If you kill a group of middle and early ninth rank demons, you will lose an arm. How can you deal with a demon in the late ninth rank?"