The chivalrous spirit is fickle

"The so-called difficulty is what most people are unwilling to do. People are always a little bit hot-blooded, and it's not uncommon to do things that will lead to the end of their rope."

"So, it is not difficult to die, but enduring humiliation and bearing heavy burdens is the most difficult thing."

Shi Gu slowly turned around, looked at Huang Che with a complicated expression, and spoke softly.

"Everyone has different choices, and I prefer the easiest way."

As he spoke, Shi Gu shook his head. He patted Huang Che's shoulder and said.

"Okay, go and do your work."

Huang Che hesitated for a moment and did not move an inch. Shi Gu saw this and smacked his lips and said.

"Tsk, if you have time, go and ask me if there are any cheap courtyards in Lin'an City."

"It's better to be in a remote place with a bigger yard. I don't care if it's a haunted house or not."

After hearing Shigu's instructions, Huang Che immediately perked up, stood up straight, and responded loudly.

"I will do it right away and make sure you are satisfied."

After saying that, the yellow car trotted away and disappeared from Shi Gu's sight. Shi Gu looked in the direction where the yellow car disappeared, shook his head and chuckled.

"There really are people like this who can't sit still. Then I can be a hands-off boss in the future."

Shi Gu walked slowly and leisurely through the restaurant, stepped onto the stairs and went all the way up to the third floor.

On the way, Shi Gu saw that the rooms in the building were all hung with wooden signs. The arrangement of the rooms that were supposed to be numbered as Tian was changed by Huang Che to the order of A, B, C, and D.

Shi Gu walked all the way to Room A, pushed the door open and walked in. But as soon as he opened the door, he couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

In the room, the round table was in a mess, with dishes piled up like a mountain, all eaten up.

Shen Yue sat at the table, let out a long sigh of satisfaction, and wiped her mouth with a handkerchief beside her, looking like she was well-fed. Dan Xiu and Xiao Qi, who were standing beside her, looked at Shen Yue as if she were a monster.

Hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, Dan Xiu shifted her gaze to Shi Gu with a dull expression. After a moment, it all turned into gloating. She gave Shi Gu a thumbs up and said meaningfully.

"You are blessed, kid."

“The kind that ruins everything.”

Chapter 27: Evil Way

On the messy dining table, every bone had been picked clean, not even a piece of meat was left.

Shen Yue leaned back in her chair with a look of satisfaction, stroking her belly back and forth with her palm and showing a silly smile.

Shi Gu's eyelids twitched wildly, and he looked at Shen Yue with something to say but stopped. He turned to look at the maid Xiao Qi beside him. Xiao Qi saw Shi Gu looking at her and asked cautiously.

"My lord, do you have any instructions?"

Shi Gu touched his chin and waved to Xiao Qi. Seeing this, Xiao Qi ran over quickly and stood beside Shi Gu obediently, waiting for instructions.

"Well, how much did she spend on this meal?"

Hearing this, Xiao Qi couldn't help but stick out her tongue, looking shocked. After all, she was still a child, she couldn't put on a straight face, nor could she hide her thoughts.

"This sister is amazing. I asked the kitchen staff to prepare wine and food. Usually, we host banquets for more than ten people."

"On normal days, this banquet costs about ten taels of silver."

Shi Gu smiled bitterly and shook his head. You know, for an ordinary family, these ten taels of silver are a year's money, which can almost buy five cows. But for Shen Yue, it is just the money for one meal.

After sighing, Shigu, who had not yet eaten, took out a piece of silver from his arms, handed it to Xiaoqi, and whispered instructions.

"This is for you, don't let anyone else see it."

Xiao Qi almost jumped up holding the silver piece in her hand. After thanking him repeatedly, she took the initiative to leave. Although she was young, she knew that when someone stuffed silver into her hands, it was a euphemism for asking her to leave.

Looking at Xiao Qi jumping around, Shi Gu sighed. At such a young age, he had already come to a place like this. This child must not be having a very happy life.

Dan Xiu took the chopsticks, dipped them in the wine in the glass, put them to his lips, looked at Shi Gu with interest, and said.

"You are quite generous. The silver coin you just gave me should be worth two taels."

Shi Gu pulled over a chair and sat down. He looked at Shen Yue and found that this silly girl seemed to be in a trance, maintaining a contented look and not moving at all.

"Don't look at it. When this child is full, he will be like in a trance. He won't have any reaction."

As Dan Xiu spoke, he reached out and pinched Shen Yue's face, pulling it gently, but Shen Yue really didn't react and let Dan Xiu do what he wanted.

Shi Gu suddenly felt helpless. He stretched out his fingers and snapped them lightly in front of Shen Yue.

Snap! Shen Yue suddenly sat up straight with the sound of snapping fingers, looking around blankly. The sound of the snapping fingers was not loud, but it was like a morning bell, echoing in Shen Yue's ears, waking her up from her trance.

A hint of excitement immediately flashed in Shen Yue's eyes, and she asked Shi Gu anxiously.

"what is this?"

Shi Gu retracted his fingers and chuckled.

"It's a little trick of Buddhism. Do you want to learn it?"

Shen Yue nodded repeatedly when she heard this. Without anyone reminding her, she stood up and imitated the posture she saw in the book, clasping her fists and bowing, becoming his disciple on the spot.

But before she could continue, the sound of Shi Gu interrupted all her movements.

"Wait a minute, I have no intention of accepting any apprentices."

Shi Gu waved his hand, a light breeze suddenly blew in the room, and a forceless force pressed down on Shen Yue's body, making her unable to move.

"I can teach you these things, but I cannot accept you as my apprentice. I can only be regarded as accepting an apprentice on behalf of the master."

Hearing this, Dan Xiu, who was watching the excitement at the side, had a strange look in his eyes, while Shen Yue was very confused. She looked at Shi Gu helplessly and asked in a low voice.

"Then...should I call you Senior Brother?"

Shi Gu hesitated when he heard this, and after a pause, he sighed.

"Brother, that doesn't sound weird. Just call me by my name."

"Okay, Agu."

“…No, that’s not what I meant.”

"Then... big bone?"

Shi Gu was totally unable to follow Shen Yue's strange thoughts and was speechless. Dan Xiu, who was standing beside him, was trying very hard to hold back his laughter, as if he rarely saw Shi Gu like this.

"Forget it, you can call me whatever you want."

Shi Gu rubbed his eyebrows with his hands, gave up struggling, and no longer tried to correct Shen Yue's way of addressing him.

"From the perspective of cultivation, you can eat so much in one meal, so you must have a strong foundation, and it is quite extraordinary."

"But considering your age, it's a little late."

"Next, you try to enter a state of meditation. I will feel your bones to see which path you should take."

Hearing this, Shen Yue did not doubt him and immediately sat back in her seat with her eyes closed. After a while, her breathing became steady but her breath became weak, as if she had merged with the entire room.

Seeing this, Shi Gu stood up. When he walked to Shen Yue and was about to take action, Dan Xiu beside him suddenly spoke.

"Do you really want to take her as your apprentice? Don't blame me for not reminding you. The reason you were able to act recklessly in the martial arts world in the past was because you rarely had any so-called weaknesses."

"If you really accept this apprentice, you will also have a weak spot."

"Besides, at her age, it's too late for her to enter the martial arts world."

Shi Gu simply ignored the first few questions, twisted his wrist and smiled.

"She is indeed a little older now, and it is past the best time for her to achieve academic success."

Having said that, Shi Gu narrowed his eyes slightly, looked down at Shen Yue who was already in meditation, his eyes were dark and unclear, and he spoke in a low voice.

"But...what if I teach her to go the wrong way?"

evil ways?

Dan Xiu was startled when he heard this, and his whole body froze in place, his lips moving slightly in surprise.

"Evil ways? What is that?"

Shi Gu stretched out his fingers again, but without any movement, smoke and dust suddenly billowed out from his fingers.

The billowing smoke and dust, like a sticky fluid, did not float upwards, but instead flowed along Shi Gu's fingers all the way to the ground.

Dan Xiu felt his body go cold, and looking at the billowing black smoke surging out from Shi Gu's fingers, he couldn't help but feel a bit of disgust and nausea.

This disgust and nausea came inexplicably, but also as it should be, as if it were the way it should be.

Seeing the disgust in Dan Xiu's eyes, Shi Gu did not retract his fingers, but explained lightly.

"This is the Yuan Mo Da Fa, which is the technique practiced by the current leader of the Demon Cult. It has many special features and can quickly increase your skills."

Upon hearing this, Dan Xiu's eyes narrowed, his brows furrowed, and he asked in confusion.

"How did you learn this magic technique? Besides, aren't you afraid that the magic sect will hunt you down if you practice this magic technique?"

Every sect or religion always has some hidden skills, but they are always kept secret. Not to mention outsiders, even among the sect's disciples, only a few people can practice them, and they are never passed on to outsiders.

"Of course I learned it secretly. As for the Demon Cult's pursuit... before I learned it secretly, I was already being hunted down by the Demon Cult."

"Too much debt is not a worry, too many lice are not itchy, who would be afraid of this."

As he spoke, Shi Gu stretched out two fingers and gently touched Shen Yue's brows. The smoke and dust flowed and landed on Shen Yue's brows. At the same time, a dream came from the depths of Shen Yue's heart and fell into Shi Gu's eyes.

Chapter 28: Master and Disciple

The billowing smoke and dust flowed slowly around Shi Gu's fingers and landed on Shen Yue's brows.

The next moment, Shen Yue's body trembled, and her consciousness became dazed. Unknowingly, she felt like she was in a dream. The past that was originally buried deep in her heart, the nightmare that she dreamed of every night, now flooded into her mind along with endless darkness.

Everything that happened in the past seems like it happened yesterday, except that this time, there is an additional spectator, Shi Gu.

……

Like a dream, with glazed tiles all over.

The gentle candlelight illuminates a small room. Shen Yue, who is only eight years old, stands on a stool and lies on the table with her small body. She dips her fingers in ink and gently sketches on a piece of white paper.

There were no words on the white paper, but a very simple drawing, two black dots, one large and one small, connected to each other.

"Yue'er, what are you drawing?"

A gentle voice sounded, and the young Shen Yue looked back, only to see a beautiful woman looking at her tenderly. Shen Yue grinned and pointed at the two black spots on the paper.

"This is me, and this is mother."

Hearing this, the woman leaned down and looked at the paper. Looking at the two black dots, she burst into laughter. She reached out and held Shen Yue's small hand, and spoke gently.

"The moon is beautifully painted, but it's getting late. Let's wash our hands and go to bed, okay?"

Shen Yue nodded and raised her chubby little face.

"Ok!"

The woman held Shen Yue's little hand and washed her palm very carefully, bit by bit, wiping away all the dirt between her fingers, not wanting to miss a single bit.

"Does Yue'er like painting?"

Shen Yue nodded vigorously again and answered sweetly in her childish voice.

"Yeah, Yue'er likes it."

"Then you should draw more in the future. Mother likes to watch you draw."

As the woman spoke, she gently wiped Shen Yue's face with a towel. Hearing this, the naive Shen Yue smiled sweetly, raised her little arms high, drew a circle in the air, and spoke seriously with a look of shock on her face.

"When Yue'er grows up, she will draw many, many pictures for her mother."

When the woman heard this, she was stunned at first, then she smiled and wiped Shen Yue's little face with a towel, covering her eyes. A trace of sadness flashed across the woman's face.

"Silly girl."

The woman put away the towel, took Shen Yue's little hand, and slowly walked towards the bed. The candlelight flickered slightly. There was a burst of dense footsteps outside the house. Shen Yue looked towards the window curiously, but was stopped by the woman.

"Yue'er, go to sleep quickly."

The woman urged as she began to tidy up the bed, but when her hand brushed the edge of the wooden bed, she suddenly retracted her hand and looked away with a frown.

I saw that there was a cut on the palm of the woman's hand, and blood was flowing out. A wooden thorn was inserted into her flesh. The woman's eyes flickered, but her other hand was quietly clenched with such force that her nails sank into the flesh.

Suddenly, Shen Yue on the side grabbed the woman's hand, pouted her lips, blew gently on the wound, and whispered something.