The chivalrous spirit is fickle

Boom!!! A huge stream of water surged out again and flew into the air, turning into a water dragon, moving and twisting, looking lifelike.

The old man in black moved again, and together with the water dragon above his head, he attacked with unmatched force.

This move was the black-clothed old man's strongest move. Dan Xiu could no longer escape and was powerless to defend himself. It seemed that he was doomed to die.

In the distance, a man with a knife on his back, who was stuck deep in the mud, was so shocked that he couldn't speak when he saw the scene that seemed like a fight between immortals. At this moment, a strange sound came from behind him.

Perhaps because of the water flow, the man with the knife on his back was able to move his hands and feet. He tried to turn his head, but the moment he turned his head, the world spun and he saw his headless body, gushing out large streams of red blood, and the cuts were so neat as if it was supposed to be that way.

Impossible! Why! Why!!

The man with a knife on his back had bloodshot eyes, as if he couldn't believe it. In his dying moments, he looked forward with hatred, wanting to see clearly the enemy who killed him.

In the darkness, a figure walked slowly, and the heads of those who were tied up in the air by Dan Xiu fell one after another to the ground after that figure passed by.

In the distance, the old man in black had already arrived in front of Dan Xiu. He smiled grimly, raised his fist, and punched Dan Xiu on the head.

At this moment, the old man in black saw a black shadow out of the corner of his eye.

The next moment, a flash of sword light passed straight past, and the head of the old man in black flew sideways and rolled into the woods beside him. The huge water dragon suddenly dispersed and turned into countless water droplets, falling like rain.

The headless body of the old man in black staggered back a few steps and then fell straight into the water, deader than dead.

A moment ago, the old man in black who seemed invincible was cut down by a single sword. The whole process was clean and neat, or even a little too clean and neat.

Amid the falling water droplets, Shi Gu sheathed his sword and let the water droplets fall, soaking his clothes. However, his usual clothes were now dyed red by the blood.

Shi Gu looked calm, as if he had just done something trivial, and reached out his hand to Dan Xiu.

Dan Xiu couldn't help asking with some resentment as he held the hand that Shi Gu extended to him.

"Do you chop off the head every time you kill someone? That's disgusting."

Shi Gu pulled Dan Xiu up, just smiled when he heard the words, and said helplessly.

"This is an old habit of mine. I probably won't be able to change it in this lifetime."

"I won't be able to sleep until I chop off their heads."

Chapter 21: Zongming Prefecture (I)

"What are you going to do next?"

After Dan Xiu stood up, he looked at the head rolling on the ground. The blood dyed the ground red, and the body of the old man in black also fell to the ground. Blood gushed out like a fountain, forming a pool of blood on the ground.

Shi Gu turned his head to look at the carriage and said very calmly.

"Do what I have to do."

Hearing this, Dan Xiu rolled his eyes at Shi Gu, curled his lips, and spoke in a low voice.

"Isn't that just nonsense?"

Shi Gu held the long sword in his hand, swung his hand suddenly, and inserted the long sword and the scabbard into the ground, while speaking slowly.

"When I first entered the martial arts world, a respected senior told me that being a master means talking nonsense."

"And this nonsense has to be said in a vague and confusing way, giving people a feeling of being unfathomable."

After Shi Gu inserted the sword into the ground, he turned around and walked straight towards the carriage. The blood on his clothes slowly dripped along the corners of his clothes and fell into the soil.

The evening breeze was the same as before, Shi Gu walked forward step by step, stepping on the blood. His expression was gentle, as usual, but against the backdrop of the blood, he looked like a murderer, although this statement was not wrong.

Seeing this, Dan Xiu quickly stepped forward and kicked Shi Gu from behind. Shi Gu dodged the kick by turning his body to the side, then turned around and looked at Dan Xiu in confusion.

"what are you doing?"

Dan Xiu rolled his eyes at Shi Gu, pointed at the bloodstains on Shi Gu's clothes with his white fingers, and asked.

"Are you here to save people, or to scare the little girl in the carriage?"

"Look at the horrible state you are in now. Forget about expecting that little girl to marry you. It would be good enough if you don't scare her to death."

Shi Gu lowered his head and looked at his bloodstained clothes with a frown. It did look a bit scary. He smiled awkwardly and asked Dan Xiu.

"Then tell me, what should I do?"

Dan Xiu looked at Shi Gu with disdain, waved his hands repeatedly and urged him.

"Take off your coat quickly. It's better to have one less piece of clothing than to wear this bloody one."

Hearing this, Shi Gu did not refute anything and obediently took off his outer shirt. However, the blood had already seeped into the clothes underneath. Even after taking off the outer shirt, the inside was still a mess. The blood was like plum blossoms, falling on the white clothes.

Seeing this, Dan Xiu's eyes twitched, and he waved his hands again and again and said.

"Keep taking it off until there's no more blood."

Hearing this, Shi Gu was stunned for a moment. He looked down at his clothes, then at Dan Xiu, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated. After hesitating for a moment, he called out in a low voice.

"Danxiu."

Danxiu blinked and replied with a puzzled look.

"what happened?"

"Are you molesting me?"

"..."

"Release the bones."

"what happened?"

"Don't sleep too deeply tonight."

"Oh, do I need to take off my clothes in advance? Do you want to prepare some candles? I heard that this way of playing is quite fresh (pa)..."

Before he could finish his words, a stone flew towards him and hit Shi Gu straight in the face. Shi Gu slapped the stone aside with his hand.

Dan Xiu's face turned red, he felt ashamed and annoyed, and he felt a little regretful in his heart. He knew he couldn't win the argument with that bastard Shi Gu, so why did he continue to talk to him?

But Dan Xiu's temperament was very awkward. He knew that he was doomed to be at a disadvantage if he spoke out of turn, but he still responded toughly.

"Watch your words. If you are really the son of Zhu Tian Jie Sha, then I will be your stepmother."

Upon hearing this, Shi Gu took a few steps back, waved his hands at Dan Xiu, pretending to be nervous, and said.

"Stop talking."

"Why do I get more excited the more you talk about it?"

"..."

Seeing this, Dan Xiu's face immediately turned red, and he looked at Shi Gu with gritted teeth. He clenched his fists, and his figure flashed, but he raised his little fist and smashed it at Shi Gu on the head.

Shi Gu's figure flashed and disappeared. When he looked again, he was in front of the carriage. Dan Xiu's punch missed. He kept the punching posture and looked at Shi Gu's back with a gritting teeth. Shi Gu stood in front of the carriage, turned his head to look at Dan Xiu, his eyes full of amusement, and then he lifted the curtain and walked into the carriage.

Compared to ordinary carriages, this carriage seemed too big, and could only accommodate seven or eight people. A candlestick was fixed on an iron chain, hanging from the middle. At the back of the carriage, the girl in green was sitting in the corner, curled up into a ball, and seemed very scared.

Shi Gu's eyes suddenly softened. He looked at the girl in the green dress in front of him. He did not approach her, but spoke softly.

"I am coming."

There was no explanation, no cause or effect, everything seemed to be taken for granted and everything was agreed upon.

Hearing this, the girl in green carefully looked at Shi Gu through her fingers. She saw Shi Gu's face clearly in the candlelight in the hemp cart. A hint of joy suddenly flashed in her eyes. She loosened her hands and exclaimed in surprise.

"Silly big guy!"

There are always some people in this world who make you willing to trust them without reservation when you first meet them. However, many people will never meet someone they can trust without reservation in their entire life. For the girl in green, Shi Gu seems to be such a person.

Even though they had only met once, and even though she didn't know the other person's name, the girl in green never doubted the promise that Shi Gu had made to him that day.

The girl in green was delighted, her smile was bright and charming. She stretched out her hand joyfully, and her movement was so natural as if it was supposed to be like this, as if she and Shi Gu were supposed to be such close people. But Shi Gu was stunned when he saw the girl in green like this, his eyes were complicated and incomprehensible, with emotion, regret, loneliness, these indescribable emotions flashed by one by one, and in the end, only sadness was left.

This was not some love or hate without reason. It was just that the girl in front of him did not understand, and perhaps would never understand, where her closeness to Shigu came from.

Shi Gu laughed at himself, reached out and held the green-clothed girl's hand, pulled her body up and leaned towards himself, then took out a black cloth and covered her eyes.

"What is this doing?"

The girl in green wasn't worried about what Shi Gu would do, she was just curious as to why he blocked her view.

Hearing this, Shi Gu thought of the headless corpses scattered on the ground outside the carriage. He did not explain anything, but just spoke softly.

"obedient."

Upon hearing this, the girl in green stopped asking any more questions and obediently let Shi Gu hold her hand as she stepped down from the carriage.

In the distance, Dan Xiu was watching this scene, her gaze moving back and forth between Shi Gu and the girl in green, and finally stopping at the black cloth covering the girl's eyes. She tilted the corner of her mouth and muttered in a low voice.

"Why isn't he usually so attentive?"

Shi Gu did not say hello to Dan Xiu, and Dan Xiu had no intention of coming over. He held the hand of the girl in green and walked step by step over the broken corpses and the bright red blood.

"What's your name, silly guy?"

The girl in green seemed unable to bear the loneliness and took the initiative to ask Shi Gu again. Upon hearing this, Shi Gu looked dazed and answered in a low voice.

"Shi Gu... You can just call me Shi Gu from now on."

"Release the bones?... I think the old man who escorted me seems very powerful. You can rescue me, so you must be an extremely powerful expert, right?"

"almost."

Hearing this, the girl in green became excited, and excitedly squeezed Shigu's palm and asked.

"Can you tell me about the big names in the martial arts world, such as Master Mute and Long San?"

"I heard that sometimes he would light a candle and wave it in front of people while the woman was talking. Why is that?"

Upon hearing this, Shi Gu smiled helplessly, without any excuse, and replied directly.

"He's saying, woman you're playing with fire."

The girl in green was stunned when she heard this. After a moment of silence, she asked again.

"I heard that the leader of the Demon Cult usually rides a huge black tiger. Is this true?"

"Half true, half false. The black tiger she rode was actually white, but she forcibly dyed it black."

"Why? Isn't a white tiger more beautiful than a black tiger?"

"Because White Tiger sounds obscene."

"what?"

"Well, someone told her that her riding a white tiger would be ambiguous and not very pleasant to hear."

The two of them asked and answered each other, and walked through the corpses on the ground. The girl in green was listening intently. When she was about to ask a question, her body suddenly went limp and she fell down.

Shi Gu put his arm around the green-clothed girl’s waist and turned to call behind him.

"Danxiu."

As soon as he finished speaking, Dan Xiu appeared in front of Shi Gu. He took the girl in green very naturally and supported her body.

"Why don't you just knock her out directly, instead of taking this extra step?"

Upon hearing this, Shi Gu replied softly.

"She is an ordinary person with a weak body. She can't use such strong medicine."

Hearing this, Dan Xiu became somewhat indignant. He opened his eyes wide, glared at Shi Gu fiercely, and said angrily.

"Why aren't you usually so gentle to me?"

Shi Gu smacked his lips, looked at Dan Xiu who had an annoyed look on his face, and said.

"I thought you liked it rough..."

"Shut up, stop talking dirty to me!"

Shi Gu smacked his lips again and gently uttered a word.

"Tsk."

Dan Xiu glared at Shi Gu fiercely again, and the black mist around him wrapped around the body of the girl in green and lifted her up. Dan Xiu's figure floated up gently and stepped into the air with the body of the girl in green.

Suddenly, Dan Xiu turned his head and looked at Shi Gu, asking curiously.

"By the way, are the things you said before true?"

Shi Gu was startled when he heard this and asked back.

"You mean those things?"