The chivalrous spirit is fickle

"Why were you born? Why did you become my daughter? I really want to kill you and bury you in the ground, as if I had never given birth to you."

"From now on, you are not allowed to appear in front of me until the day I die!"

Su Xue's eyes were blurry and she wanted to cry out. Every word her mother said was like a sharp needle piercing her chest and straight into her heart, causing her unbearable pain.

Is this the revolving lantern before death? My life has been so ridiculous.

Thinking of this, Su Xue seemed to fall into a cloud, and a warmth enveloped her whole body. The soil that had originally fallen with her now scattered and turned into rain, falling back to the ground.

So warm...

Su Xue thought in a trance, as if she was snuggling beside a fire to dispel the bone-chilling cold. She subconsciously reached out to grab the cloud beneath her, but the touch of the cloud felt like a big hand, holding her tightly, and then pulling her up from the bizarre dream.

The next moment, in reality, Su Xue slowly opened her eyes and woke up from that bizarre dream.

The first thing Su Xue saw when she woke up was Shi Gu's handsome face, followed by a strange room.

There was a candle burning in the room, illuminating the entire room. Su Xue felt as if she were in another world. She stared blankly at Shi Gu in front of her, unable to speak for a long time.

After a moment, she finally remembered what happened before she fell into a coma, and realized that it must be Shi Gu in front of her who saved her. She subconsciously wanted to stand up and thank him.

However, Shi Gu didn't give her any explanation and pushed her back onto the bed with one hand.

"Why are you getting up? Your body is not made of iron. Just lie down obediently."

Shi Gu's voice was not gentle, but rather a little angry. However, when it fell into Su Xue's ears, it made her feel a little more sad.

Once upon a time, when she was sick in bed, her father spoke in the same tone, which made her miss him so much that she wanted to cry.

Shi Gu didn't notice Su Xue's expression at all. He put a towel in a basin of hot water, wrung it dry, and gently placed it on Su Xue's forehead.

Su Xue was very well behaved and didn't move, allowing Shi Gu to wipe the mud off her face with a towel. While Shi Gu was wiping Su Xue's little face, he spoke in a matter-of-fact tone.

"You are weak and you have been caught in such a heavy rain. You must be cold. Don't move around and take good care of yourself."

"By the way, little girl, what's your name?"

Judging from appearance alone, Shi Gu and Su Xue are not much different, but when he speaks to Su Xue in the tone of an elder, it seems so natural that people don't feel any resistance.

"Su Xue."

Su Xue said her name weakly. Shi Gu heard it, but he did not stop moving his hands and spoke softly.

"The daughter of Su Rui from Baijie Sect, right?"

Su Xue nodded slightly, not caring at all about how Shi Gu guessed this.

Seeing this, Shi Gu sighed, put his hand on his forehead, and said helplessly.

"Hey little girl, you are a little wary of others. Why are you so honest? What if I am your father's enemy?"

Hearing this, Su Xue was shocked, but then she realized that if the other party was really her father's enemy, why would he save her?

Shi Gu placed the towel back into the basin, straightened his expression, and asked calmly.

"Can you tell me what happened to your Baijie Sect?"

Su lowered her eyebrows and was silent for a long time. Then she started from the beginning and told everything.

Baijiemen was co-founded by Su Rui and his wife Liu Yan. Su Rui was a man of great courage and a master at the peak of the ninth level of martial arts, and a top master in the martial arts world.

With Su Rui alone, Baijie Sect has become one of the top forces in the martial arts world and is very glorious. Many people believe that someone like Su Rui will be able to cross the ninth level of martial arts and become a congenital master.

In Su Xue's memory, when she was young, the entire Baijie Gate was crowded with guests, chatting with her father Su Rui. At that time, everyone smiled when they saw her, which made her think that there were no bad people in this world.

At that time, Su Rui and Liu Yan were very loving and were a couple praised by everyone.

But in this world, no one can always be victorious.

One day, Su Rui, realizing that he could no longer improve his skills, made the same decision as most ninth-rank masters.

Transform into a demon.

To transform into a demon one needs an object to possess, so Su Rui set out down the mountain to look for a suitable object to possess. However, when he came back, he was already a corpse.

Su Rui's body was torn apart and his limbs were broken. There were even rumors that Su Rui offended the Heavenly Tribulation Killer when he went down the mountain and was killed by him with a single sword.

Among all the major forces in the martial arts world, no one wanted to have anything to do with the Heavenly Tribulations, so the entire Hundred Tribulations Sect began to decline and became deserted.

In the sect, all the ninth-rank masters left one after another, fearing that one day they would be visited by the calamity from the heavens and suffer the consequences.

However, the calamity from the heavens never appeared, and the entire Baijie Sect finally felt relieved, but the sect's decline could not be stopped.

Until one day, Su Xue's mother brought a man to the mountain gate, and the entire Baijie Sect had a new leader.

Zhou Xuan.

At that time, Zhou Xuan was just a martial artist of the fourth level with low strength. But after Liu Yan passed the skills created by Su Rui to Zhou Xuan, his cultivation began to improve by leaps and bounds, until three years ago he entered the ninth level of martial arts in one fell swoop, and even advanced two levels to enter the middle stage of the ninth level.

As a result, Su Xue's situation became increasingly difficult, and she eventually ended up in her current situation.

Shi Gu did not urge her and listened to Su Xue's story very patiently. After listening, he fiddled with the towel in the basin and asked a strange question.

"Zhu Tian Jie killed your father, you must hate him very much, right?"

Su Xue was lying on the bed, her eyes were quite confused. She looked at the roof and whispered.

"I don't know, it's just a rumor, I don't know whether I should believe it or not."

"When my father was alive, he always admired Zhu Tian Jie Sha and said that he was a good man. I don't know if it was Zhu Tian Jie Sha who killed my father."

"Now it seems that there is no chance to know."

Shi Gu's eyes flashed, he sat up straight, and said in surprise.

"You said your father admires the Heavenly Tribulation Killer?"

Su Xue nodded slightly and spoke to Shi Gu without reservation.

"Well, my father often tells me about the Heavenly Tribulation."

"He said that the Heavenly Tribulation Killings were too harsh, but they did do many things that he wanted to do but didn't dare to do."

"He said that the gods killed people to eliminate evil, and the cruel means were to deter other evildoers."

"However, only cowardly villains can be frightened by the Heavenly Tribulation. The real great villains are never afraid of anything. They will only be more murderous and want to kill the Heavenly Tribulation, who is a thorn in their side."

Shi Gu was startled when he heard this, his brows furrowed, and his expression became complicated, as if he was thinking about something.

After a moment, Shi Gu lowered his head slightly and gently stroked the surface of the water in the basin with his palm, saying self-deprecatingly.

"It's really interesting. The entire martial arts world is extremely disgusted with the Heavenly Tribulation Killing. Not a single good word is said about it."

“I’m afraid Zhu Tian Jie Sha himself doesn’t even know that in this world, there is actually a Su Rui who is willing to say something good for him.”

After saying that, Shi Gu slowly stood up, gently placed the wet towel on Su Xue's forehead, and spoke slowly.

"Let's stop here tonight. You are weak, so get some rest."

"If you have anything to say, let's talk about it tomorrow."

After saying that, Shi Gu turned around and left. He closed the door quietly but did not put out the candle.

Su Xue lay on the bed, but found it difficult to fall asleep. She tossed and turned in bed. Suddenly, she slowly realized that she had changed her clothes. Her body, which was originally covered with mud, had also been carefully washed.

Could it be that... that person...

Su Xue's little face immediately flushed, but she didn't feel like she was being molested at all. She just pulled the quilt over her body and continued to toss and turn on the bed.

During this long night, Su Xue slept and woke up, woke up and slept again, but she would always see the previous scene in a state of half-sleep and half-wakefulness.

It was raining heavily. Shi Gu squatted in front of her. When she was in despair, he touched her head with his hand and spoke softly.

"Don't worry, even if you're not."

"I will save you too."

……

On the other side, Shi Gu had just walked out of the room, and Shen Yue, who had been waiting at the door for a long time, quickly came up and asked with great concern.

"Master, how is that sister?"

Shi Gu reached out and lightly tapped Shen Yue's forehead, causing Shen Yue to cover her forehead and cry out in pain.

"I told you to go to bed, why are you still standing guard at the door? You really don't take my words seriously."

Shen Yue covered her forehead, but she was not afraid of Shi Gu at all. She pursed her lips and immediately retorted.

"I just want to see if you, Master, will be tempted by her beauty. If you can't control yourself, I can rush in and save her."

Shi Gu's eyes twitched as he looked at the traitor in front of him, then rolled up his sleeves and said angrily.

"Come on, say it again."

"Let's see if it's your mouth that's tough or my fist that's tough."

Seeing this, Shen Yue immediately jumped back like a rabbit, holding her head, stuck out her tongue at Shi Gu, and said.

"Master, you don't know."

"When I was washing this sister's body just now, I saw that her body was very white."

"The skin is so tender and smooth, and feels better than tofu. Especially the breasts are so big..."

Snapped.

Before Shen Yue finished speaking, Shi Gu couldn't help but hit her lightly on the head. The hit was so light that Shen Yue didn't feel any pain at all, so she became even more unscrupulous and said with her hands on her hips, unconvinced.

"Master, if you hit me on the head again, I'll become stupid."

Shi Gu shook his head speechlessly and sighed at Shen Yue.

"Alas, traitor."

"Traitor."

After saying that, Shi Gu no longer paid attention to Shen Yue and walked straight towards his room. However, Shen Yue was unyielding and followed Shi Gu and continued talking.

"Master, listen to me. Although this sister is not as pretty as Sister Danxiu, she is also a first-class beauty."

"In the martial arts books I've read, it's said that when a woman is rescued, she will pledge her love to him."

"Master, why are you walking so fast? You are not ugly, and you have such a smart disciple of mine. She was just rescued by you at this time. The more she looks at you, the more handsome you will find her."

"If you act more gentle, stay in her room, say some sweet words, and call her little lady, her bones will be softened."

"You should take advantage of this opportunity... No, just hold her hand and test her little by little. It will definitely work in the end."

"No one taught me these. I just looked at the books in the secret compartment of your room, Master."

"Master! I told you not to hit me on the head. What if I become stupid?!"

Chapter 60: Past Grudges (I)

The next day, it was dawn.

Shi Gu came to the yard early before the sun rose, sat cross-legged in the open space, and exhaled breath after breath of foul air.

There was a thin mist in the morning, and the black air that Shi Gu exhaled from his mouth mixed with the mist and quickly dissipated. As his breathing became faster, Shi Gu's face gradually turned pale.

For five whole years, Shi Gu had been recuperating from his injuries, and his realm had dropped to the eighth level of martial arts. However, his injuries showed no signs of improvement, and were just barely stabilized and no longer worsening.

But in last night's heavy rain, facing the attack of Baijie Sect, Shigu had no choice but to use the skill of turning murderous energy into blades. Although this skill could easily kill warriors below the ninth level of martial arts, it would also aggravate the injuries that he had managed to stabilize with great difficulty.

Shi Gu did not close his eyes for the whole night, trying his best to suppress the injuries in his body. It was not until the early morning that he managed to suppress them. But at the same time, his realm fell again from the peak of the eighth level of martial arts to the middle level of the eighth level.

After exhaling repeatedly, Shi Gu's face became uglier, but his breathing gradually stabilized.

Hey, hey, hey.

The other people in the yard had not woken up yet, but there was a knock on the door. Shi Gu slowly opened his eyes, propped up his sore legs, walked slowly, and slowly opened the door.

It turned out that the person coming outside the door was the beautiful "woman" from Chimen. The woman was holding an oil-paper umbrella in her right hand and a brocade box in her left hand. She smiled gently at Shigu.

"Brother Shi, I'm here again."

Shi Gu nodded slightly and moved slightly to let the beautiful woman enter the yard.

"Old Liu, what are you doing here this time?"

The beautiful woman smiled sweetly when she heard this, handed the brocade box to Shi Gu and said.

"Brother Shi, do you still remember the business I told you about yesterday?"

Shi Gu naturally remembered. He went out of the city last night because he received news from Chimen, saying that the eldest lady of the Zhao family and her group were waiting for him outside the city. However, he did not expect that he did not see the eldest lady of the Zhao family, but instead met Su Xue who was being hunted by the Baijie Sect.