The chivalrous spirit is fickle

Sun Zheng took a deep breath, fixed his eyes, looked straight at the man in black, and said in a deep voice.

"Do not."

"I want to avenge my brother. I want you to kill that blind beast for me!"

The man in black frowned when he heard this, and looked at Sun Zheng as if he were a madman, in surprise.

"Are you crazy? You can't afford to offend that kind of person."

"Besides, it's not worth it."

Bang! As soon as the man in black finished speaking, Sun Zheng stood up with an angry look on his face and said coldly.

"I only have this one brother. If his life is not worth it, then whose life is worth it!"

The man in black was stunned. Looking at Sun Zheng who was furious, his eyes became unfamiliar. He sighed and spoke in a low voice.

"I thought you wouldn't care about this. You are a smart person. You should know how to make this kind of trade-off."

Sun Zheng's eyes were wide open and he was breathing heavily. He stared at the man in black for a long time without saying anything. After a while, his anger subsided a little and he sat down again.

"I lost my parents when I was ten years old. Xiaofu was only five years old at that time. We two brothers depended on each other for survival."

"We two begged, stole, and did whatever we could."

"Once I was beaten half to death for stealing. I was dying. It was Xiaofu who stayed by my side and took care of me day and night, which saved my life."

"Heard that dew can cure diseases, so he collected dew for me. When I was hungry, he would go and snatch some food that fell on the ground from the beggars despite being beaten."

"Choose? Ha... I only have this one brother. He is my only relative and the only person I care about in this world."

"How do you want me to choose?"

Hearing this, the man in black said nothing more, turned around and was about to leave, not wanting to get involved in this matter. Seeing this, Sun Zheng's eyes flashed and he said to the man in black.

"Over the years, I have helped your Zongming Mansion capture so many boys and girls. After all, I have done a lot for you."

The man in black sneered and said without turning his head.

"It's just business. You arrest people and we pay. I came to see you tonight because of our friendship."

"Besides, if you don't do this kind of thing, there will always be someone willing to do it. There is no shortage of people like you in all the big and small sects in Dengzhou City."

Sun Zheng was furious, but he didn't dare to lash out and confront the man in black. He turned his palm and threw a jade pendant at the man in black.

The man in black's eyes fixed upon seeing this. He reached out to take the jade pendant and looked at it carefully.

The jade pendant was only half, with a word "Tian" engraved on it. The man in black's face changed slightly and he said softly.

"Is this the brand of Tianju Chamber of Commerce?"

Sun Zheng walked out slowly from behind the desk, put his hands behind his back, walked slowly towards the man in black, and spoke slowly.

"I have been in Yulin League for most of my life. Although I am only an outer sect manager, I have saved some money."

"Neither you nor I are high-ranking people who need these valuables to keep us safe."

"I have put all my money in the bank of Tianju Chamber of Commerce. The jade pendant in your hand is half of the key. As long as you help me, you can get the other half."

"When the time comes, all my life savings will be yours."

Sun Zhengxing walked up to the man in black, raised his head slightly, looked at the man in black who was a head taller than him, and spoke softly.

"Afterwards, if you are afraid that I will implicate you, you can just kill me."

"Lin'an is just a small city. You killed people and left, and then killed me to silence me. Who would know it was you who did it?"

The man in black narrowed his eyes slightly, looked down at the jade pendant in his hand, and slid his fingers lightly across the surface of the jade pendant. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly grinned, revealing his rotten teeth, and laughed.

"Okay, I'll take this job."

"But I have to tell you, if the other party is difficult to deal with, I will give up this matter without hesitation, but I will still take half of the reward."

When Sun Zheng heard this, his facial muscles twitched, but after thinking it over, he had no choice but to nod.

"Okay, let's do as you say."

After the man in black got the answer he wanted, he put the jade pendant back into his arms, turned around and left. But after taking ten steps, he turned around again, looked at Sun Zheng with mocking eyes, and said.

"In fact, your brother also came to me not long ago and wanted to discuss a big business with me."

As he spoke, the man in black threw a small night-shining pearl, which drew an arc in the air and landed at Sun Zheng's feet. Sun Zheng looked down, with a hint of surprise in his eyes. This night-shining pearl was the one he gave to Sun Fu.

Seeing this, the mockery in the black-clothed man's eyes became more and more intense. He seemed to have thought of something happy and smiled happily.

Sun Zheng picked up the night-shining pearl on the ground and asked the man in black with a sad look:

"Did he ask you to get rid of Manager Liu from Luzhou?"

Without waiting for the black-clothed man to answer, Sun Zheng sighed in a low voice with a lonely look on his face.

"He always wants to help me with something, my silly brother."

As soon as Sun Zheng finished speaking, the voice of the man in black slowly came.

"Sun Fu asked me to kill you and help him take your current position, and the reward is all your assets."

With a click, the night pearl fell from Sun Zheng's hand and rolled on the ground. Sun Zheng turned pale and looked at the man in black in disbelief.

The man in black licked his lips, looked at Sun Zheng's expression with interest, and smiled.

"I didn't agree because he was too stupid to hold this position."

After saying that, the man in black turned around again and spoke with his back to Sun Zheng.

"See you later, Sun Zheng."

The next moment, the candles in the room began to flicker wildly again, and the shaking flames stretched the shadows of the two people extremely long, as if they were jumping.

With a click, the candlelight finally went out, and the man in black was no longer in the room. Only Sun Zheng was left.

Step, step, step.

Sun Zheng's body swayed, and he staggered back several steps. His feet were empty and he fell to the ground in a very embarrassed manner. But he seemed to have lost his soul. He sat on the ground, looking at the night pearl that glowed faintly in the dark, with a look of crying and laughing on his face, and talked to himself in a hoarse voice.

"You want to kill me?"

"You actually want to kill me?!"

Chapter 25: Evil Way (I)

The next day, it was dawn.

The early mornings in Lin'an city always seem to be noisy. Before the sun rises above the horizon, the hawking sounds in front of the antique shops have already begun to sound chaotic.

"Selling pancakes! Hot pancakes!"

“Xiao Long Bao! Xiao Long Bao that’s even hotter than steamed buns!”

Amid the hawking, two vendors started arguing in front of the antique shop. They glared at each other and refused to give in. Kind-hearted people passing by saw this and tried to persuade them with understanding.

"Fight! Fight!"

Soon, a group of people gathered here, and more and more people came to watch the fun. Amid the noise, the two vendors suddenly took off their upper body clothes at the same time and threw them on the ground in a very heroic manner, revealing their well-trained muscles.

So, when Shi Gu opened the door of the store, he saw this somewhat strange scene. Shi Gu was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly turned around and greeted the people in the store.

"Dan Xiu, Shen Yue, come out and watch the fight."

Shi Gu, who had stayed in Lin'an City for five years, was eventually infected with some of the bad habits of this place.

At Shigu's invitation, Danxiu took the green-dressed girl Shen Yue and walked quickly to the door of the store, looking out curiously.

However, the girl in green had changed her clothes at this time. She was no longer wearing the green dress, but an ordinary long dress that looked quite cheap.

"Boss, give me three bowls of noodles."

Shi Gu stopped a peddler and asked for three bowls of noodles. A moment later, Shi Gu and the other two squatted neatly on the threshold of the antique shop, eating the noodles in their bowls while watching the two peddlers who were arguing.

"Why do they take off their clothes before fighting?"

Dan Xiu was holding the bowl of noodles in his hand, his delicate brows furrowed in confusion. Shi Gu was also holding a bowl of noodles and explained very naturally.

"The people of Lin'an City are just like this, and it's also because they don't have much to compare themselves with."

Suck suck

Shen Yue seemed totally uninterested in the conversation between Dan Xiu and Shi Gu. She held the bowl of noodles and wolfed them down ravenously, looking as if she had not eaten before.

Dan Xiu held the chopsticks and looked down at the bowl of noodles in her hand. She had no intention of picking up the chopsticks. As a half-demon, the only thing she could eat was probably human flesh.

When Shi Gu was about to pick up his chopsticks, he felt a gaze falling on the bowl of noodles in his hand. He turned his head and saw Shen Yue holding an empty bowl, staring at the bowl in his hand pitifully.

No, it’s almost time to eat.

Shi Gu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He handed over the bowl of noodles in his hand and said.

"I haven't touched this bowl yet, if you don't mind..."

Before she finished speaking, Shen Yue quickly took the bowl of noodles handed to her by Shi Gu and lowered her head to wolf it down again.

Shi Gu and Dan Xiu were stunned when they saw this. After looking at each other, they saw something strange in each other's eyes. Dan Xiu pointed at Shen Yue and said with some amusement.

"You really don't need to hide her. With the amount of food she eats, she'll be so fat in no time that no one will be able to recognize her."

This was originally a joke from Dan Xiu, but Dan Xiu saw that Shi Gu had a look of sudden enlightenment. After lowering his head and thinking for a moment, he asked Dan Xiu seriously.

"Do you think... it would be appropriate to raise her to a weight of several hundred kilograms?"

Dan Xiu's mouth twitched, and she immediately wanted to smash the bowl of noodles in her hand directly on Shi Gu's face, but before she could move, she saw Shen Yue holding an empty bowl again, looking at her eagerly.

Looking at Shen Yue's big eyes that didn't blink, Dan Xiu suddenly lost his temper. He handed the bowl of noodles in his hand over and said.

"Eat, eat."

At this time, the two vendors who had been confronting each other for a long time finally took action. The vendor selling pancakes took a step forward, clenched his right hand, and spoke.

"It happened in a split second. I took a step forward, and the muscles on my back twisted, making a sound like a dragon roaring and a tiger howling. The five fingers of my right hand clenched into a claw, and it was a move of catching the moon in the water."

The vendor selling steamed dumplings took a step to the right, chopped with his left hand, and sneered.

"I took a step to the right, and moved my left hand from top to bottom, creating a whirling sound, and smashed a straight empty knife in the air, hitting your right claw."

The pancake vendor jumped back, put his hands in front of him, and spoke quickly.

"Your empty sword only hit my shadow. My body retreated. I moved my palms in front of me, like a tidal wave, and a huge dragon was born from my palms."

"It is the long-lost Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms!"

The other vendor immediately stopped, tapped the ground with his left palm raised high, and said.

"I admit that your Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms is indeed powerful, but if I hold the Yuan and Guard Oneness, gather the power with my left hand, gather the three flowers on my head, and use the Immortal Touching the Head Move, I wonder how you will respond?"

The onlookers were watching with great excitement, and even started discussing whether the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms or the so-called Immortal's Touch on the Top of the Head was more powerful. However, they did not know that Dan Xiu, who was sitting on the doorstep, already had a frown on his face.

"No, what are they doing? Why aren't they fighting?"

Shi Gu was obviously already accustomed to the unique style of doing things in Lin'an City and was quite happy to see it. When he heard Dan Xiu's question, he answered with a smile.

"They still have business to do soon. If they really start fighting, not only will today's business be delayed, but who will pay for the medical treatment?"

"This is a literary duel unique to Lin'an City. It's quite interesting."

Shi Gu was watching with great interest, and looked as if he would not get up until the two men had decided the winner. However, at this moment, the corner of his clothes was slightly tugged by a small hand. When he turned his head to look, he was once again met with a pair of watery, pitiful big eyes.

"Shi Gu... I'm hungry."

"..."

Shi Gu's face was filled with black lines. He looked down at the three empty bowls placed aside, then looked at Shen Yue who looked starving. He suddenly felt a palpitation in his heart and saw the illusion that he was bankrupted by Shen Yue's eating.

"...Didn't you just eat three bowls of noodles?"

Hearing this, Shen Yue rubbed her stomach a little embarrassedly, but she found that it was very flat, and the noodles she ate seemed to have never existed at all.

"Three bowls of noodles are not enough."

Shi Gu's breath hitched, he stood up, put his hand on his forehead, took a deep breath, and turned to look at Dan Xiu, hoping to get some help, but he only saw Dan Xiu's gloating expression.

"call……"

After letting out another long breath, Shi Gu frowned and asked Shen Yue tentatively.

"Generally speaking, how many bowls of noodles do you need to be full?"

Unexpectedly, Shen Yue felt aggrieved immediately after hearing this. She bit her teeth lightly, clenched her little fists, and said with resentment.