The chivalrous spirit is fickle

"These ten taels of silver are for your medical expenses. Don't let me see you again, or I'll beat you up every time I see you!"

The man, who was originally holding his head and curled up into a ball, looked at the silver ingot. After a moment of daze, he grabbed the silver ingot, knelt on his knees, and knocked his head against the ground, crying and laughing continuously.

"Thank you very much, benefactor... Thank you very much, benefactor..."

Seeing this, Shi Gu waved his sleeves, turned around and left angrily, but after just a few steps, he stopped, turned his back to the man, and whispered.

"If the other party refuses to release me, you can find me at the antique shop in this city."

"I'll chop them up!"

The man was a little dazed when he heard this. He looked up in surprise, but found that Shi Gu was nowhere to be seen. Only a light breeze was blowing on the empty street, as if all this was just an illusion.

A hundred feet away, Shi Gu had already turned the corner and arrived in front of his antique shop. He raised his foot and kicked the door.

But before his feet landed, the shop door suddenly opened, and Dan Xiu, who was wearing a black dress, stood in the shop. She glared at Shi Gu with a reproachful look and said in a low voice.

"It's the middle of the night. Do you think you're here to kick down a widow's door? If you disturb the neighbors, you'll be scolded."

Shi Gu retracted his right foot and gave Dan Xiu a helpless smile without saying anything. He was in a bad mood and a little out of control. With that kick just now, there was a fear that a hole would be kicked in the door of the store.

Dan Xiu gave Shi Gu a coquettish look, then stepped aside and invited Shi Gu to come in. Shi Gu walked in quickly, lightening his footsteps.

Three candles were lit in the store, illuminating the messy room clearly. The girl in green was still in a coma and was placed on Shi Gu's favorite recliner.

Shi Gu walked quickly to the girl in green, stretched out his finger, and gently placed it on her forehead, his eyes full of concern.

Dan Xiu slowly closed the door, looked at Shi Gu's concerned expression, a strange look flashed in his eyes, he frowned silently, then stepped forward and spoke in a low voice.

"She is very weak and probably won't wake up tonight."

Hearing this, Shi Gu retracted his fingers, stood quietly in front of the girl with a gentle look in his eyes. Dan Xiu walked to Shi Gu's side, clasped his hands in front of his chest, and asked lightly.

"you like her?"

Shi Gu's mouth twitched slightly, but he shook his head, and his voice became a little gentler.

"It's not like that. I'm just returning a favor."

Upon hearing this, Dan Xiu's eyelashes fluttered slightly, revealing a faint shadow in the candlelight. Her voice also softened as she asked slowly.

"How big of a favor is that?"

Shi Gu slowly turned around, faced Dan Xiu, smiled gently, and spoke without any hesitation.

"A favor that would allow me to pay with my life."

When Dan Xiu heard this, her pupils shrank and her face changed. She looked at Shi Gu, her mouth moving again and again, as if she wanted to say something but stopped herself, but in the end, she said nothing.

Shi Gu turned around, picked up a candle, placed it on the counter, and began to carefully tidy up the messy floor.

"I have saved some money over the years. I plan to buy a yard tomorrow. This antique shop is still too small after all."

Dan Xiu remained silent, his eyes wandering across the entire antique shop. This shop was actually not small. It originally had several rooms, but Shi Gu connected all the rooms and demolished the walls, turning it into the antique shop it is today.

But there was no place to sleep in such a big shop, and as far as Dan Xiu knew, Shi Gu had always lived here.

Almost every long night, Shigu sat on that recliner, refusing to fall asleep and without any sense of sleepiness. He sat alone in the darkness, awake until dawn.

"Shi Gu, do you have nightmares?"

Dan Xiu imagined every long night when Shi Gu sat here alone, and couldn't help but ask this question.

Upon hearing this, Shi Gu kept moving his hands and smiled faintly.

"Unfortunately, I have never had a nightmare in my life. If possible, I would like to try the feeling of having a nightmare."

"Well, why don't you sleep?"

Shi Gu's movements paused, his eyes dimmed, he raised his head, smiled helplessly at Dan Xiu, and said.

"It's a long story, but it's also a very boring story, so it's better not to ask."

As if to change the subject, Shi Gu straightened up and spoke to Dan Xiu.

"Speaking of which, I did run into a drunkard today. There was a green-headed red fly on him. This is something made by your Medicine King Valley. Do you have any clues?"

Hearing this, Dan Xiu was not surprised at all. He didn't even think about it and answered directly.

"Wait for the incense pavilion."

"I smelled a green-headed redfly in the Waiting Fragrance Pavilion today. Does that place have any connection with the Yulin League?"

Hearing this, Shi Gu was quite surprised. He had never told Dan Xiu anything about Dengxiang Pavilion, but she revealed that Yulin League was connected with Dengxiang Pavilion.

"Why do you say that?"

Shi Gu suppressed his doubts and did not directly mention the matter of the Yulin Alliance. Dan Xiu stretched out his slender white fingers, gently rubbed his eyebrows, and sighed.

"When I was still in Yaowang Valley, the valley took over a business deal from the Yulin Alliance."

"And the poisonous insects made according to the requirements of Yulin League are green-headed red flies. They were very generous and spent a lot of money to buy the method of breeding green-headed red flies."

"So, apart from Medicine King Valley, Yulin League is the only one that has this kind of green-headed red fly. But it's impossible for people from Medicine King Valley to come here, so it can only be Yulin League."

When Shi Gu heard this, a murderous look flashed in his eyes. The outer gate manager behind Dengxiang Pavilion was truly unscrupulous, using the poisonous creature like the green-headed red fly to make money.

"Stop talking about this and tell me what you are going to do next?"

Dan Xiu frowned his delicate eyebrows, looked at the sleeping girl in green, and said worriedly.

"This group of people died on the night they left Lin'an City. Even a fool should know that we should start the investigation from Lin'an City. Do you plan to hide this little girl or send her to a safe place?"

Shi Gu also looked at the sleeping girl in green. The girl in green seemed to have had a nightmare. She frowned in her sleep and her little hands tightly grasped the corner of her clothes, as if she saw some horrible scene in her dream.

"I don't intend to hide her, nor do I want to send her away. From now on, she will stay with me openly until she wants to leave."

Hearing this, Dan Xiu was stunned. He opened his eyes wide and looked at Shi Gu in disbelief, and said.

"Did you get kicked in the head by a donkey?"

"A force that can command an eighth-grade martial artist should not be a small force. If they find out about you, you won't be able to continue living in seclusion."

"You spent so much time to fade out of society, and now you want to go back so easily?"

"Don't forget, your injuries cannot be completely healed, your murderous aura will backfire, and your realm will fall. I am also in a state of neither human nor demon. If there is a master who has successfully transformed into a demon and comes, can you stop him?"

Shi Gu's eyes narrowed, and he turned to look at Dan Xiu, his eyes flickering, but he spoke slowly in an extremely calm tone.

"I can stop it, and I can kill it."

"I'm afraid they won't be willing to pay the same price as me."

Dan Xiu stared at Shi Gu in a daze when she heard this. It was not until this moment that she realized that she did not seem to understand the man in front of her. His identity and his past seemed to be a mystery and had never been mentioned to her.

"what……"

After a moment, Dan Xiu laughed at himself, turned around and sat on the counter, sighing repeatedly as if he had admitted defeat.

"Oh, that's all."

"You saved my life. Whatever you want to do, I will accompany you."

"I trust my own vision."

Hearing this, a hint of warmth flashed in Shigu's eyes, and his expression softened again, and he asked with a smile.

"Even if your vision has been wrong once, do you still believe it?"

Danxiu sat on the counter like a little girl, swinging her feet and speaking nonchalantly.

"I believe that if I'm wrong, then I deserve it."

After saying this, Shi Gu and Dan Xiu looked at each other and smiled at each other, like old friends with an unspoken understanding.

After a while, Shi Gu finally cleaned up the store, but there was no place to sit. He looked around, then walked to the counter without hesitation and sat next to Dan Xiu.

Dan Xiu looked at Shi Gu who was sitting next to him shamelessly, raised his eyebrows and said unhappily.

"Why are you sitting here? It's such a big place, do you have to sit next to me?"

Facing Danzhu's rolling eyes, Shigu greeted him with a smile and spoke softly.

"After five days, you will turn into that annoying bird again. I must take this opportunity to have a good talk with you."

"Sitting too far away, I'm afraid I can't hear you clearly, so I want to sit closer and listen to your words, Senior."

Dan Xiu glared at Shi Gu in a reproachful manner, pushed Shi Gu's shoulder with his hand with disgust, and spoke in a disdainful tone.

"Go, go, go. Since you know I'm your senior, just sit down obediently."

Dan Xiu said words of disgust, but he didn't have much strength in his hand that was pushing towards Shi Gu. After a few symbolic pushes, he didn't move anymore.

The two men sat together, only a fist's distance apart from each other, but neither of them seemed to have any intention of getting closer. Dan Xiu asked Shi Gu very naturally.

"What's this little girl's name?"

Shi Gu thought for a moment and then answered.

"Her name is Shen Yue, the daughter of Zongmingfu Shen Zhongyi."

When Dan Xiu heard this, his reaction was the same as when he first heard Zong Mingfu's bone release. He was stunned at first, then he began to think, but after thinking, he was only left with confusion.

"Zong Ming Mansion? What the hell is this?"

Shi Gu patiently told Dan Xiu everything he knew. After Dan Xiu listened, he had a complicated expression and frowned. After a long silence, he sighed and said.

"No matter how many times I hear it, the skills created by the demon race are still so disgusting."

"I wonder if I would create some disgusting skills if I became a demon."

Hearing this, Shi Gu narrowed his eyes slightly and spoke in a low voice.

"Before that, I will kill you first."

Dan Xiu did not show any annoyance when he heard this. Instead, he smiled with relief, turned his head to look at Shi Gu, and said softly.

"Thank you."

Chapter 24 Brothers and Sisters

Late at night, Dengzhou City.

Dengzhou City is only fifty miles away from Lin'an City, but compared with Lin'an City, it looks completely different.

Lin'an is small and remote, while Dengzhou is large and prosperous. The city is large and has a lot of commerce. Many forces in the underworld have set up their bases here. Although there are occasional fights, nothing major has ever happened.

At this moment, in a tall building somewhere in the city, there is a figure sitting at a desk, seemingly waiting for something quietly.

This man has a ruddy face, a slightly plump figure, and gray hair. Although he looks middle-aged, he looks much older.

The windows in the room were closed, with only a candle emitting a faint light, illuminating the man's figure.

Yulin League, outer gate manager, Sun Zheng.

Sun Zheng sat quietly at his desk with a gloomy expression, anger and hatred mixed in his eyes, and sometimes sadness could not be concealed.

Crash.

Suddenly, the candlelight in the room flickered, as if a light breeze was blowing, the flames jumped continuously, and the tightly closed windows seemed to be hammered by the strong wind.

Suddenly, the flickering flame went out, and the entire room lost its only source of light and fell into darkness.

Sun Zheng didn't show any surprise on his face. He just reached out to take out the fire starter and lit the candle. When the flame jumped again, there was one more person in the room.

The man was thin, dressed in black, with a sickly pale face and sunken eyes, looking like a patient who had been ill for a long time.

"What do you find me for?"

The man's voice was cold and suppressed, and the sound of his voice was like the friction of sharp iron, which made people feel a little uncomfortable.

Sun Zheng was as calm as water and spoke in a low voice.

"I received a message today that my brother Sun Fu was killed."

The man in black was not surprised when he heard this, and he spoke slowly and familiarly in that unpleasant voice.

"This is strange. Someone in Lin'an City actually dared to attack the people of Yulin League. Who is that person?"

Sun Zheng's face became even uglier when he heard this, and he said in a low voice.

"The person who killed him was a young man who had the token of an elder from the Yulin Alliance. I'm afraid he was a descendant of one of the elders."

Hearing this, the man in black, who had been expressionless all this time, suddenly looked a little subtle. He sighed deeply and comforted Sun Zheng.

"If that's the case, then you'll just have to accept it and don't do anything unnecessary."