The chivalrous spirit is fickle

"When I was practicing, why didn't I meet a master like you who was willing to pay me?"

Hearing this, Shi Gu just smiled and said nothing. Dan Xiu didn't care about it. Shi Gu always used this method to perfunctorily answer questions he didn't want to answer. Continuing to ask would not produce any results.

"I can help you protect Little Moon, but I have one condition."

Hearing this, Shi Gu nodded quickly and spoke with confidence.

"I want to help you find the blood rock, right? Don't worry, I will definitely help you find the blood rock."

Hearing this, Dan Xiu snorted coldly, tilted his head and looked at Shi Gu, and said.

"What are you thinking? You would have done it anyway, regardless of whether I put forward any conditions or not."

As he spoke, Dan Xiu couldn't help but smile sweetly, his eyes softened as he looked at Xu Nuo, and he spoke slowly.

"After all, you are a bit unreliable, but you are still very good to your friends."

Upon hearing this, Shi Gu scratched his head, looking quite unnatural, as if he was feeling unwell all over.

Seeing this, Dan Xiu asked curiously.

"What happened to you? You look like you were bitten by a rat."

Shi Gu laughed dryly, rubbing his left arm with his right hand and said.

"You'd better stop praising others in the future. When you praise me, I get goose bumps."

“It’s pretty disgusting.”

"..."

Hearing this, Dan Xiu looked at Shi Gu and the smile on her face froze. After a moment, she asked Shi Gu quite seriously.

"Shi Gu, can I poison you and make you mute?"

Chapter 42 Genius (II)

Shi Gu moved a recliner out of the house, sat next to Dan Xiu, and asked softly.

"Tell me your conditions for a moment. As long as they are not too difficult, I will do it."

Dan Xiu's eyes moved slightly, and she turned to look at Shi Gu beside her. A complex look flashed across her eyes. When Shi Gu looked at her, she looked away and said lightly.

"I want to ask you three questions."

Shigu breathed a sigh of relief, leaned back in his chair, and spoke slowly.

"This is easy. Not to mention three, even a hundred will do."

Dan Xiu looked into the distance, his eyes wandering, not looking at anywhere, with a cold expression, and spoke slowly in an unquestionable tone.

"You can choose not to answer these three questions, but you cannot lie."

Shi Gu's smile froze and he looked at Dan Xiu in silence, only to find that Dan Xiu was also looking at him. The two looked at each other without saying a word.

After a long time, Shi Gu drooped his eyes, sighed dejectedly, and said.

"I promise you, some things can't be kept secret forever."

"It will be better if we explain it clearly."

Dan Xiu withdrew her gaze, but her heartbeat gradually accelerated. She and Shi Gu had been looking at each other for many years, but as time went by, Shi Gu became more and more mysterious in her eyes.

Can’t see through, can’t grasp.

Shen Yue in the bathtub had her eyes closed, practicing, and could not hear the conversation between the two at all. After Dan Xiu confirmed this, he said softly.

"First question, you said before that you suddenly retired to recover from your injuries."

"That's true, but what I want to know is who hurt you?"

Hearing this, Shi Gu smiled bitterly, his eyes were dazed, and he didn't know what he remembered. He uttered four words softly with a somewhat lonely tone.

"All the heavens are alive."

These four short words were earth-shattering and shocked Dan Xiu. She suppressed the urge to look at Shi Gu, pretended to be calm, and continued to ask.

"The second question is, if all the gods met you, what would happen?"

Shi Gu raised his eyebrows, smacked his lips lightly, and said helplessly.

"Tsk, I really want to tell you a better answer, but the fact is, as long as she meets me, there are only two results."

"Either she dies or I die."

Dan Xiu frowned slightly, and a hint of sadness flashed in his eyes. Zhong Tian Jie Sheng is almost one of the strongest people in the world. No matter what trump card Shi Gu has, he will die if he meets Zhong Tian Jie Sheng.

"last question."

Shi Gu became a little nervous, holding the handles of the recliner with both hands, waiting for the question he didn't want to hear. However, Dan Xiu stretched out his white fingers and pointed at Shen Yue who was practicing in the courtyard.

"You always say that you owe Little Moon a favor and you want to repay it with your life. I want to know what kind of favor it is that makes you say such a thing."

Shi Gu did not expect that after asking the first two questions, Dan Xiu would ask such an unimportant question. He looked strange, squinted at Dan Zhu, and asked.

"No, are you jealous of Shen Yue?"

Bang! The recliner under Dan Xiu was thrown directly towards Shi Gu. Shi Gu dodged, grabbed the recliner under him, and rushed ten steps away in an instant.

Dan Xiu glared at Shi Gu and clenched his fists until they crackled.

"I swear, sooner or later I will poison you and turn you into a mute!"

Shi Gu leisurely put the recliner back in place, lay down, crossed his legs, and said nonchalantly.

"I like spicy food, so remember to make the poison spicier."

Dan Xiu's eyes twitched, and he glared at Shi Gu fiercely. Then he waved his hand and summoned a black mist, which hooked the thrown recliner and pulled it back to his side.

After Dan Xiu lay down again, she let out a long breath and spoke in a low voice.

"Stop making jokes. If you don't want to answer this question, then don't talk."

Hearing this, Shi Gu raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a warm smile. He took a deep breath, then looked up at Shen Yue in the bathtub and said softly.

"Have you ever heard of reincarnation?"

Upon hearing this, Dan Xiu frowned, raised his chin slightly, and said thoughtfully.

"Of course I know this statement, but what does it have to do with my problem..."

Dan Xiu was suddenly speechless and stunned for a moment. He looked at Shen Yue in the bathtub with disbelief, and his voice suddenly became hoarse.

"You mean... the person who did you a favor was Xiaoyue's previous life?"

In this world, the theory of reincarnation is often related to some lingering love stories.

In an instant, without Shigu saying much, Danxiu imagined in his mind a scene of a pair of infatuated man and woman, separated by life and death.

Somehow, when Dan Xiu thought of this scene, he felt a little depressed and unhappy.

"She is the reincarnation of my master."

Just when Dan Xiu was feeling more and more depressed, Shi Gu's voice came slowly, making Dan Xiu freeze in place. She turned her head blankly to look at Shi Gu, but saw Shi Gu looking at Shen Yue in the distance with a complicated expression. Dan Xiu spoke slowly with a dull expression.

"master?"

Shi Gu's eyes were soft and he smiled gently, with a rare warmth in his eyes. He recalled the past and spoke softly.

"Yes, master."

For no reason, Dan Xiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but when she came to her senses, she felt a little embarrassed about her reaction just now. In order to prevent Shi Gu from noticing her abnormality, she continued to ask.

"I think this is the first time I've heard you talk about your master. What kind of person is she?"

A breeze blew, carrying fallen leaves, which landed at Shi Gu's feet. Shi Gu bent down, picked up the leaf, and slowly moved his fingers along the veins on the leaf.

He lowered his brows and spoke slowly in a low voice.

"My master is a nagging and silly person, a bit protective and sometimes unreasonable."

"She is a genius. The innate realm that others can't reach is destined for her."

"Even so, she still taught me a lot."

As he spoke, Shi Gu threw away the fallen leaves in his palm, turned his head and looked at Dan Xiu. His eyes suddenly became deep, like a dark night without a trace of light. He spoke to Dan Xiu more seriously than ever before.

"If...she wasn't my master, I would have killed you the first time I saw you."

Hearing this, Dan Xiu was stunned. After a moment, she shook her head gently and sighed.

"You may not know about reincarnation..."

"I see."

Before Dan Xiu could finish her words, Shi Gu interrupted her. He put his hands together, interlocked his fingers, and spoke softly.

"I understand. The master is dead."

"Shen Yue can't become my master. After she enters reincarnation, she will reappear in the world as a different person."

"But looking at Shen Yue, I can't help but care about her. Just think of it as me deceiving myself."

"After all, this is the only thing I can do."

Just as he finished speaking, in the bathtub in the distance, the heat around Shen Yue suddenly condensed into substance and turned into a layer of white cocoon, wrapping Shen Yue's body.

Shen Yue successfully entered the most basic first-grade martial arts realm within a day.

Seeing this, Shi Gu stood up and strode towards the bathtub, wanting to see Shen Yue's condition. At this moment, Dan Xiu's eyes flashed, as if she thought of something. She looked at Shi Gu's voice and suddenly asked loudly.

"How old are you...?"

Hearing this, Shi Gu stopped, turned to Dan Xiu, smiled, and spoke slowly.

"Sorry, this is the fourth question."

Chapter 43: Lantern Festival (I)

The next day, the sun rose.

Before the morning dew had dispersed, Shigu came to the courtyard early and placed a box in the yard.

Shen Yue was in the bathtub with her eyes closed, as if she had been sitting cross-legged in the bathtub for a whole night.

Shi Gu walked to the side of the bathtub and looked down. He saw that there was only a thin layer of water left in the bathtub, which was quickly turning into white mist. However, there was not a single water stain on Shen Yue's long skirt.

After a moment, Shen Yue slowly opened her eyes. Her originally black pupils turned dark blue in an instant, but then turned back to black.

"call……"

Shen Yue let out a long breath, and countless ice crystals scattered, as if she was in an extremely cold place.

Shi Gu nodded with satisfaction and smiled gently.

"Okay, you can come out now. We are going to continue the training."

Hearing this, Shen Yue blinked and looked at Shi Gu, but did not move, as if she did not hear Shi Gu's words.

Shi Gu felt puzzled and asked curiously.

"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Shen Yue looked calm and still didn't move at all as she spoke calmly.

"My legs are numb from sitting."

"..."

Shi Gu almost couldn't catch his breath and couldn't help rolling his eyes. He didn't urge her anymore, but reached out and tore the bathtub into pieces, making room for Shen Yue to move her hands and feet.

When the wooden barrel was removed, Shen Yue changed the position of her legs like a child, grinning and breathing in cold air.

Seeing this, Shi Gu found it a little funny and stood aside and said.

"Didn't I tell you yesterday that when you feel unwell, just move around. There's no need to stay in the barrel all the time."

Shen Yue curled her lips, rubbed her legs with her small hands, and retorted unconvinced.

"You told me yesterday that the stuff in the bucket was very expensive and asked me not to waste it."

"Now that you've said that, how can I feel comfortable getting up?"

Hearing this, Shi Gu was speechless for a while. He could only put his hand on his forehead and sigh.