The chivalrous spirit is fickle

"Ma'am, what is your name?"

The foolish young woman simply uttered two words without any hesitation.

"Chen Qiu."

Shi Gu lowered his eyebrows and let out a long sigh.

As expected, she was Shen Yue’s sister, the poor woman who was used by Shen Zhongyi to practice the demon clan’s skills.

The child in her arms must be the one she had with her biological father, but after birth, Shen Zhongyi sucked the blood and flesh out of him, turning him into a mummy.

Blood and flesh are indispensable elements in the demon clan's martial arts.

Shen Qiu in front of Shi Gu had become idiotic and listless, as if she had lost her heart and liver. Most of her blood and energy had been taken away by Shen Zhongyi, and she was about to die.

"Madam, do you have any wish?"

Shi Gu had a complicated expression and asked Shen Qiu in a low voice. Shen Qiu was stunned when he heard that and asked in a low voice.

"Can I wish for anything?"

Shi Gu nodded and answered concisely.

"Yes, any wish is fine."

Just think of it as making up for what you can't do.

Shen Qiu smiled foolishly again. She held the baby in her arms, rocked him gently, and whispered.

"I...I want to see my mother...I haven't seen her for many years."

"I heard that mother gave birth to another sister...I want to meet them."

"My mother said she would save me..."

"Mother wouldn't lie to me, but why...why hasn't she come yet?"

"I...I miss her so much."

Shi Gu's breath was choked, and he was speechless as he looked at the dazed Shen Qiu in front of him. He had no way of telling her that her mother had died one night many years ago, without making a sound.

In an instant, unspeakable guilt surged into Shigu's heart. For Shen Yue, he couldn't do too many unnecessary things. He didn't think he had done anything wrong.

It was not until this moment that he finally realized that his self-righteous good intentions had gone a long way in making mistakes.

He always believed that he should clear away the obstacles for Shen Yue's future martial arts career, but he forgot that Shen Yue had a sister in this world who was even more miserable than her.

Shi Gu took a deep breath and asked Shen Qiu again.

"Besides this wish, do you have anything else you want?"

Hearing this, Shen Qiu raised his head, stared at Shi Gu blankly, and said in a hoarse voice.

"kill me……"

"I don't want to...I don't want to be eaten."

At this time, the maid behind Shen Qiu changed her expression, stepped forward and stood between Shi Gu and Shen Qiu.

"Master Guanghui, you have overstepped the boundaries."

Shi Gu exhaled a breath of foul air, ignored the maid blocking his way, and spoke softly to Shen Qiu.

"Feel sorry."

"I will show you a new way. Before that, I will take you away from here."

Hearing this, the maid's eyes flashed with ferocity. She raised her head and looked at Shi Gu coldly. There was a crackling sound all over her body, and as her muscles and bones twisted, she turned into an evil ghost with a green face and fangs.

"You want to... ugh!"

Before the maid could finish her words, Shi Gu grabbed the maid's mouth with both hands, and then grabbed the upper and lower sides with both hands and tore it straight open, completely tearing the evil ghost's head open like tearing paper.

Bang! Black dirty blood gushed out and fell all over Shi Gu. The evil ghost, who had lost his head, swayed and fell at Shi Gu's feet, dead.

Chapter 36: War (Part 2)

After killing the green-faced evil ghost, Shi Gu turned around and looked at the dazed Shen Qiu. Without saying anything, he grabbed Shen Qiu's arm and walked straight towards the exit.

Shen Qiu looked confused. He looked at Shi Gu who was pulling him and asked softly.

"You...where are you taking me?"

Shi Gu kept walking, striding forward and whispering.

"Anywhere, as long as it's not this damn place."

When Shen Qiu heard this, a glimmer of light appeared in her eyes, but then dimmed again. She forced herself to stop and tried to break free from Shi Gu's hand. When Shi Gu looked at her, she asked in a trance.

“What’s the point of all this?”

"I'm already like this, neither human nor ghost. I don't want anything else but to be free."

"Is this difficult?"

The air was filled with ghostly spirits, and the lights in the distance were gradually swallowed up by the darkness. A cold murderous aura spread in the darkness.

Shi Gu understood that after he killed the evil ghost with a green face and fangs, the entire Zongming Mansion knew about it, and now was not the time to explain.

Just looking at Shen Qiu, who was unwilling to leave and only wanted to die to be free, Shi Gu stopped. He stood there with a dark look in his eyes, as if he was struggling, but finally he sighed deeply, looked at Shen Qiu, and spoke slowly.

“People don’t need so-called meaning to live in this world.”

"When I was ten years old, I was thrown into an abyss. There were many children like me in the abyss."

"There is no light or food there. The only thing we can do is kill each other, drink each other's blood, and eat each other's flesh."

"There was no conversation between us. Whenever we met, we would fight. At that time, I realized that there was no need for any meaning in life."

“In other words, only by living can we give meaning to what we did in the past.”

Darkness gradually approached, demonic energy gathered and quickly approached Shi Gu, but Shi Gu just looked at Shen Qiu with gentle eyes, as if looking at the child who crawled out of the abyss that year.

"Then one night, I finally climbed out of that abyss."

"The moonlight was so dazzling that I couldn't open my eyes, but the starry sky still made me want to cry."

Having said this, Shi Gu suddenly waved his sleeves, and a strong wind blew up, instantly shattering the spreading black mist, revealing the starry sky.

The stars are shining brightly, the Milky Way runs through the sky, and the densely packed stars lie in the Milky Way, emitting their own light.

The stars surround the moon, which is like a round disk, lying above the clouds and mist, casting a cool silver light.

"People like me can live...why can't you?"

Shen Qiu was startled when she heard this. Her body swayed slightly for a few times before she managed to steady herself. She looked at Shi Gu, wanting to say something but stopping herself.

Suddenly, out of the darkness, a huge shadow rushed over. Upon closer inspection, it was actually a huge snake head with narrow eyes that glowed green. The giant snake opened its mouth and bit the bone that was facing away from it.

Shi Gu didn't move, nor did he even look, he just punched behind him. Instantly, the invisible energy broke through the black mist, like a steel knife scraping bones, crushing the snake beast into pieces of meat on the ground.

As the strong wind swept through, the moonlight illuminated the scene in the black fog. One after another, human figures dressed in the uniforms of Zong Mingfu's disciples revealed their hideous and inhuman facial features in the black fog.

The method of raising ghosts is one of the common methods used by the demon clan. It uses blood and resentment to turn ordinary people into monsters that are neither human nor demon.

Shi Gu turned around, faced the group of monsters, and spoke calmly.

"I am a man who speaks my own words, so whether you like it or not, I will take you away tonight."

"As for what happens next, let's talk about it later."

In the darkness, demonic fog gathered and more and more human figures gathered. Shi Gu had no intention of hiding anything anymore. He reached out and tore off Guanghui's human skin mask, looking coldly at the group of monsters.

"Roar!!!"

With a low roar, several figures rushed out again. One of them held a sword and walked close to the ground like a wriggling shadow. The other one was on all fours, with muscles wriggling all over his body, tearing his clothes apart, and turned into a giant beast as tall as two people, rushing towards them.

Strange in shape, neither human nor monster.

Shi Gu's eyes focused, and he moved his body, heading straight towards the group of monsters. He flashed his body and appeared in front of a man, and his finger was like a knife, wiping across his neck.

The man's body was separated in an instant, and blood splattered. Shi Gu took the sword from the man's hand, turned around, and slashed down in a rain of blood.

The sword light fell straight down, instantly cutting the giant beast that was rushing towards him into two pieces. The two halves of the beast brushed past Shi Gu's body and fell behind him.

After one sword strike, Shi Gu stepped back and released the sword in his hand, but the hilt of the sword continued to rotate around Shi Gu's wrist.

There was no earth-shattering momentum, nor exaggerated destructive power. Shi Gu just turned around, stepped forward, and swung his sword in the crowd, but no figure could pass by him intact.

Rumble!

The ground suddenly bulged up, like a ground dragon, approaching quickly towards Shi Gu from far away. Seeing this, Shi Gu raised his right foot and then stepped down heavily.

Boom! With a loud noise, the approaching earth dragon suddenly stopped. After a pause, a large amount of blood oozed out from the raised earth mound.

Amidst the chaos, a figure approached rapidly and appeared in front of Shi Gu at an astonishing speed. A huge fist broke through the wind and smashed into Shi Gu's head.

At the same time, Shi Gu suddenly turned around, raised his fist, and punched the incoming fist.

Boom! ! ! ! !

The sound waves exploded, and the violent airflow surrounded the two people's bodies, creating a hurricane. After one punch, the attacking figure did not move at all, but Shi Gu retreated hundreds of steps and was forced back several feet by this punch.

At this point, Shi Gu and the man stood on opposite sides of the courtyard, looking at each other from a distance.

As the hurricane fell, the mysterious figure revealed his appearance.

He was a middle-aged man who looked intimidating without being angry. He had a stern face and eyes and brows that looked as if they were carved out by a knife. He was none other than the leader of Zongming Mansion, Shen Zhongyi.

Shen Zhongyi frowned slightly, looked at Shi Gu from afar, put his fists behind his back, and asked coldly.

"Who are you? What brings you to my Zongming Mansion?"

On the other side, when Shen Qiu saw Shen Zhongyi, she began to tremble with fear, as if this person's voice and appearance were like a sharp needle that pierced into her bones and aroused all her fears.

Shi Gu noticed this, and moved his body slightly to block Shen Qiu behind him. While shaking his fist, he spoke loudly to Shen Zhongyi.

"I am your father."

Upon hearing this, Shen Zhongyi's face darkened and he snorted. From the fight just now, he was sure that Shi Gu in front of him was, like him, a master at the peak of the eighth level of martial arts.

But the difference is that Shen Zhongyi believes that he has already stepped half a step into the ninth level of martial arts, so it should not be a problem for him to defeat the Shi Gu in front of him. It just takes more time.

"You are sharp-tongued. I will give you one last chance. Tell me your name and release my wife, and I will let you go."

Fighting with a master at the peak of the eighth level of martial arts is not a safe method after all. Unless it is absolutely necessary, Shen Zhongyi does not want to engage in a bloody battle with Shi Gu.

Upon hearing this, Shi Gu also sneered and shook his head repeatedly.

"So damn long-winded."

Chapter 37: Demon (I)

The cold wind blows and the murderous aura rises.

Shen Zhongyi narrowed his eyes slightly, and a dark mist surged behind him, transforming into a huge strange shadow with three heads and four arms, each holding a strange weapon. It was hidden in the black mist and could not be seen clearly.

Suddenly, Shen Zhongyi's figure flashed, stepping on the rolling black fog and rushing straight towards Shi Gu. On the other side, Shi Gu's eyes became colder, and at the same time, he stepped forward without any sound or unusual signs, and went straight forward.

Two figures collided with a loud bang. Shen Zhongyi put his left hand behind his back and stretched out his right fist with great confidence. He swung his right arm, and the black mist wrapped around his arm and suddenly turned into hundreds of arms. Densely packed fists all fell towards Shi Gu.

Shi Gu's eyes focused, but his body was like a ghost. Under the rain-like fist shadows, he moved quickly and avoided most of them. At the same time, his right palm was like a knife, swiftly cutting through the black fog, and the black fog melted away with a sizzling sound, like snow encountering a raging fire.

Fists and palms landed with a crackling sound, and the two men raised their hands, took steps, and then passed each other. Then they turned around at the same time and fought in a stalemate for a while.

Bang! With a muffled sound, Shi Gu and Shen Zhongyi turned back at the same time, but this time Shi Gu only retreated ten steps, while Shen Zhongyi had retreated a hundred steps.

Then, the two men stood still and looked at each other coldly, but neither of them had any intention of attacking.

Shen Zhongyi's face was gloomy. He stretched out the fingers of his right arm and gently wiped away a trace of blood from the corner of his mouth.

Things were somewhat beyond his expectations. He thought that even without using his full strength, he could still defeat Shi Gu. However, he did not expect that Shi Gu's punches were actually stronger than the last, as if the power was constantly accumulating.

Although the last punch did not cause him serious injuries, it still left him with a loss.

Shen Zhongyi's eyes flickered, full of doubts. In the past five years, he had met almost all the big and small figures in the martial arts world, but when did such a person appear?

But if that's all, there's nothing to worry about.

Thinking of this, Shen Zhongyi gently shook his right arm, looked up at Shi Gu, and said loudly.

"Your Excellency and my Zong Mingfu have no grudges against each other. Do you really have to fight to the death?"

Shi Gu looked normal, without any injuries. Upon hearing this, he snorted coldly and questioned Shen Zhongyi.