The chivalrous spirit is fickle

The corpse left in the house was cut into two pieces by Shi Gu with one knife. The internal organs and bones were exposed, looking bloody and horrifying.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yin smiled helplessly, raised his head, looked at the beautiful woman, and spoke slowly.

"Master, have you forgotten where you found me?"

The beautiful woman was startled when she heard this, then she came to her senses, nodded slightly, and murmured in a low voice.

"Yes, you were born in Tianluo Mountain, so you must have seen corpses when you were young. And they were more disgusting than this, so of course you are not afraid of them."

Zhu Yin looked down at the unconscious Zhou Ming, her eyes moved, and asked.

"Master, how should we deal with Zhou Ming? Should we really follow Shi Gu's advice?"

The beautiful woman's mouth twitched slightly, revealing a hint of a smile, but she shook her head.

"No need to go to so much trouble. Just chop off his head and send someone to give it to Zhou Xuan. The most urgent thing is to make him go insane."

Zhu Yin was puzzled and asked, blinking her big eyes.

"Master, wasn't he in the life and death retreat that weekend? Even if the head arrived at Baijie Sect, it wouldn't be delivered to him. His disciples are not stupid, so how could they pass on such news to their own sect leader at this time?"

The beautiful woman waved her oil-paper umbrella, and the smile on her lips deepened. She turned around, looked at Zhou Ming who had fainted on the ground, and chuckled.

"Silly girl, a man like Zhou Xuan who loves his son like crazy and has a rich family background would definitely light a life lamp for his precious son to check on his safety."

"But it was this kind of doting that made him know about his son's death in the first place."

"Perhaps it can be said that it is precisely because of that life lamp that his son is doomed to die today. He is a smart man and will figure this out. When he figures it out, he will blame himself even more and the chances of him going astray will be even greater."

Zhu Yin looked hesitant, pinching her sleeve lightly, and asked anxiously.

"But Master...if we do this, won't we completely break off relations with the Baijie Sect?"

"If it's something else, maybe it can be remedied, but if you really kill his son, then it will really be a situation where there is no end but death."

The beautiful woman's eyes narrowed, a murderous look flashed across her face, and she spoke in a cold voice.

"Remedies? It's just adding fuel to the fire. Sooner or later, the relationship will fall apart. It's better to do it thoroughly now and take the initiative."

"Whether you live or die, you should live happily."

Zhu Yin's eyes flickered, and he tilted his head slightly, looking at the beautiful woman. After looking her up and down for a long time, he asked softly in confusion.

"Master...you seem like a different person today."

The beautiful woman was stunned when she heard this. After a long silence, she burst into laughter. While laughing, she reached out and touched Zhu Yin's little head and whispered.

"Maybe it's because I don't have much time left. Some things that I couldn't understand in the past, I can understand now."

"Or... in my last moments, I want to live like a man."

Zhu Yin nodded as if he understood, but when he thought about the fact that his master didn't have much time left, the expression on his face dimmed again. The master and disciple stood in the messy room, looking at each other in silence.

……

The next day, early morning.

The Baijie Mountain Gate, thousands of miles away, is built on a green mountain, with mountains overlapping and clouds and mist shrouding it.

Deep inside the mountain gate, in an extremely secret stone chamber, a middle-aged man with disheveled hair was sitting cross-legged. A few green flames were suspended beside him, burning quietly.

Opposite the middle-aged man, there was a jade-green lamp with a flame burning in it, but no lamp oil was seen.

Snapped!

Suddenly, a crisp sound echoed in the secret room. The middle-aged man opened his eyes suddenly, only to see that the jade life lamp suddenly had a crack, which quickly spread from top to bottom, like a spider web.

When the last crack spread to the bottom, the green jade life lamp suddenly shattered like porcelain, and a little bit of it scattered. The burning flame immediately turned into a wisp of green smoke and dissipated decadently.

When the middle-aged man saw this, his face turned pale instantly and bloodshot appeared on the whites of his eyes.

"puff!"

The middle-aged man leaned forward, his face pale as he spat out large mouthfuls of black blood. He stood up stumblingly as if he was crazy, and with disheveled hair he rushed towards the fragments of the life lamp. He groped for the fragments on the ground with his hands and muttered to himself.

"Impossible... Impossible... Impossible."

"My tomorrow...my tomorrow."

"My son..."

The middle-aged man's voice gradually choked up, and his hands trembled as he tried to put the jade life lamp back together, but to no avail.

Gradually, the middle-aged man fell to the ground with his head down, and then he lay there, sobbing and repeating Zhou Ming's name.

In the darkness, a murderous aura gradually gathered, like a steel knife scraping bones, dangerous and deadly. The murderous aura penetrated into the middle-aged man's body, causing large amounts of black blood to flow out of his pores.

The middle-aged man, however, was completely unaware. He slowly stood up, without even looking at the blood all over his body. He just clenched his fists, making his joints creak, and muttered in a grim voice.

"I...I'm going to kill you."

"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth!"

Chapter 75: Nature (I)

A few days later.

As the night deepened and the stars twinkled, the lights of the entire city faded away and fell into darkness.

In the night, Shi Gu sat alone in the courtyard, holding the black sword case, silent.

In the darkness, Shi Gu's fingers gently stroked the black sword case. The sword case felt cold, like a piece of cold iron. The icy cold air wrapped around his fingers, flowed into his meridians, and traveled throughout his body.

After a long time, Shi Gu slowly exhaled a breath of cold air, and tiny ice crystals immediately condensed in the air and fell on the ground.

But Shi Gu suddenly frowned and shook his head. He was not practicing any strange martial arts, but just wanted to use some strange means to suppress the injuries in his body.

However, all attempts are but a drop in the bucket.

Suddenly, a crisp sound was heard, as if a small animal had stepped on a branch and broken it. Shi Gu knew it was his two disciples without looking back.

I saw Shen Yue and Su Xue standing not far away from Shi Gu, hesitating and hesitating to move forward.

Ever since they saw Shi Gu killing someone that day, these two people looked hesitant whenever they saw Shi Gu.

Shi Gu didn't find it strange. After all, he had chopped a living person in half with a knife right in front of these two people. Naturally, they would be afraid.

After a moment, Shi Gu put away the black sword box and put it aside. He turned his head, looked at the two of them, and asked softly.

"Come here, you two. I need to talk."

Hearing this, the two looked at each other. Although they were hesitant, they still walked over obediently and stood seven steps away from Shi Gu.

Shi Gu didn't care about the strange looks of the two men. He crossed his legs and asked casually.

"After so many days, you two should have an answer. So I'm going to ask you two... Can you endure the same scene as that day?"

"Can you kill people like I did that day?"

Hearing this, Shen Yue's face turned pale, and she recalled the scene she saw that day: blood flowing everywhere, broken internal organs with a blue color, blood flowing out from the two pieces of wreckage, wriggling granulations, and the yellow and turbid brain matter.

Thinking of this, Shen Yue felt a little nauseous. She couldn't help but cover her mouth and nose with her hands, suppressing the urge to vomit. She raised her eyes slightly and looked at Shi Gu with a dazed look in her eyes, but remained silent.

But Su Xue on the side seemed to have made up her mind. She bit her teeth lightly, took a step forward, and her eyes focused.

"Yes, I can do it."

Seeing this, Shi Gu asked back.

"Can I kill as many people as I want?"

"Yes."

"why?"

"I want to avenge my father and uncle. I am destined to kill people."

"What about the elderly and children? If they get in your way, will you kill them too?"

Su Xue was stunned when she heard this. She subconsciously wanted to shake her head, but she found that deep down, she didn't think so.

There was a strong resentment and obsession that told her another answer, another answer that she was not willing to admit.

At the same time, her intuition told her that she couldn't tell the answer in her heart in front of Shi Gu, but facing Shi Gu's gaze, she gritted her teeth involuntarily and spoke in a firm voice.

"Yes, I can kill anyone who stands in my way, old or young."

No one knew that after seeing Shi Gu killing someone that day, Su Xue, after the initial fear, quietly felt an inappropriate excitement.

After that day, she often dreamed of flesh and blood being torn apart and large amounts of blood splashing out, but the dream did not make her feel the slightest bit of fear, but instead made her feel indescribably happy.

She imagined that those broken limbs, corpses with rotten stomachs and leaking intestines were her enemies, those who had bullied and betrayed her and her father. Whenever she thought of this, she could hardly contain her excitement.

At this moment, Su Xue didn't dare to show her excitement and anticipation, but when Shi Gu looked at Su Xue, he couldn't help but sigh softly.

Suddenly, Shi Gu waved his hand, and the black sword box flew up and fell towards Su Xue. Su Xue was startled and subconsciously caught the black sword box.

The moment she touched it, Su Xue felt her body turn cold, and an unstoppable chill invaded her.

Su Xue knew that this sword box was transformed from the famous sword Shasheng. The famous sword was certainly extraordinary, but at this moment, Su Xue realized that this famous sword named Shasheng did not like her.

Killing, but I don’t like killing.

Shi Gu waved his hand gently and gave instructions to Su Xue.

"From today on, you must carry this sword box on your back every day, and you are not allowed to put it down unless absolutely necessary."

Su Xue was puzzled. The moment she came into contact with the killing weapon, she knew that she definitely did not like it, but she could not disobey Shi Gu, so she had to lower her head and respond.

Then, Shi Gu turned to look at Shen Yue and asked softly.

"Girl, what do you think?"

Shen Yue had a blank look in her eyes, pinching her sleeves with both hands. After a long silence, she asked softly.

"I... I don't know, Master. Is killing people justified?"

When Shi Gu heard this, his eyes flickered and he shook his head.

"Of course not, but sometimes it is unavoidable."

"Evil people will be killed, good people will be killed too. It has nothing to do with retribution. It all depends on your thoughts."

As he spoke, Shi Gu seemed to remember something, his eyes became lonely, and he smiled with a bit of self-deprecation.

"Actually, I am not qualified to teach you anything."

"But I have seen many people. Each of them made different choices. However, once they stepped into the arena, each of them inevitably had a few lives on their hands."

"So, whatever your choice is, I won't say anything more."

Shen Yue was not a very smart person, and Shi Gu's words sounded somewhat ambiguous to her. Before she could think carefully, Shi Gu continued speaking.

"You are only horrified by the horrific appearance of the corpse that day, but murder does not necessarily have to be bloody."

Hearing this, Shen Yue felt relieved. Just as she was about to speak, she saw Shi Gu's expression become serious and he spoke in a deep voice.

"But you can't make others be like you. One day, when you are walking around in the world, if a villain brutally kills an innocent person in front of you, cuts open his stomach and digs out his heart, or even cooks and eats his internal organs, what will you do?"

"Are you going to hold onto the wall and vomit continuously when you are in danger?"

Shen Yue's body stiffened. She thought carefully, but could not come up with any answer.

"Killing is, after all, just a means."

Shi Gu spoke softly, inadvertently glancing at Su Xue who was holding the killing weapon beside him, and then continued.

"You have to get used to this thing eventually, get used to this thing that shouldn't be taken for granted."

"At least, don't let this become your weakness."

“You have to learn to make choices.”

As he spoke, Shi Gu raised a finger and spoke calmly to Su Xue and the others.

"Let me give you an example, and let me hear your answers."

“If you have cornered a villain, and at this moment he has taken someone hostage, this hostage can be a stranger, or someone you are familiar with, or someone you cherish.”

"In this situation, if the villain threatens you with hostages and asks you to lay down your swords and tie your own hands and feet, what will you two choose?"

Chapter 76: Nature (II)

“If you have cornered a villain, and at this moment he has taken someone hostage, this hostage can be a stranger, or someone you are familiar with, or someone you cherish.”