The chivalrous spirit is fickle

So the scholar took three more steps forward.

Then, a stream of black blood gushed out from his nostrils and eye sockets. He had no time to think or figure out the reason.

The poor scholar fell to the ground, lifeless.

The crowd was immediately in uproar, with screams like thunder exploding in the crowd. When people looked carefully, they saw a broken dagger stuck in the scholar's back.

The broken blade was sharp and thin, like the stinger at the end of a bee.

"Keep going and don't look back."

Shi Gu spoke in a calm tone, instructing Shen Yue and the other person, and they really obeyed, not even looking back, letting the noise behind them become louder and louder.

As the noise became farther and farther away, Shi Gu gently shook his right sleeve, and a piece of crystal fell down. Upon closer inspection, it was the fragment of the dagger from before, which was ground between Shi Gu's fingers like dust and floated down.

Shi Gu didn't care who the visitor was. He had made too many enemies. It was too boring to think about who was coming to kill him.

He was used to this kind of thing. After all, most people in this world had their reasons for killing him.

However, just as Shi Gu was thinking this, a Taoist with a mustache blocked his way and asked with a smile.

"A fortune-teller?"

As he spoke, the Taoist moved his right hand, used his left hand as a table, placed eight copper coins on it, and continued speaking.

"There is an ancient tree on the edge of Nanshan Mountain. It has survived for a thousand years. It has been struck by lightning and fire, but it has survived and is still alive today."

"But yesterday, the ancient tree died and was uprooted. Do you know why?"

Shi Gu didn't say anything, but Shen Yue beside him was intrigued and asked heartlessly.

"Why?"

The Taoist's eyes swept across Shen Yue's face and body, a wicked smile appeared on his lips, and he flipped his hand and suddenly attacked. Eight copper coins shot out in an instant.

"Because it's blocking my way!"

A loud shout exploded in the field like thunder. Wherever the sound wave reached, everyone held their heads in pain, unable to move.

Snapped.

Shi Gu expressionlessly slapped the eight copper coins onto the Taoist's face. The sound of wind pierced his ears. The Taoist's expression was still ferocious, and then he saw his back.

Then, Shi Gu stepped over the Taoist's body as if nothing had happened.

Things started to go wrong.

Although Shi Gu was very self-aware, such frequent assassinations were really too strange, especially since these two killers were so weak that it made people want to laugh.

"Master, why does this man ask questions before he kills someone?"

After seeing Shi Gu killing people before, Shen Yue didn't care much about the Taoist's death at this moment. She was more curious about the Taoist's actions before killing people.

Hearing this, Shi Gu sighed and spoke slowly.

"Killers in the underworld all have strange rituals before killing people. These strange actions can increase their fame, make them famous, and also help them get more big business."

Su Xue frowned suddenly and asked in confusion.

"But...why can doing this kind of thing increase your fame?"

Shi Gu smacked his lips and spoke softly.

"It's very simple. There are two murders. One is that the person was killed while sleeping, and the other is that the person was smashed to death with a rooster on the street. Which one do you think you are more interested in?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Yue and Su Xue were both stunned for a moment, then they suddenly realized, and Shi Gu continued.

"Taoist priest, scholar, prostitute, beggar, these are the most commonly used costumes."

"Who knows, maybe a beggar will stop us later, hold out a broken bowl, and say to us."

““Please be kind, I haven’t eaten for several days.””

The last sentence, the sound of Shi Gu, overlapped with the voice of another person.

Shi Gu and the other two were startled and looked forward at the same time, only to see a beggar holding a broken bowl, also looking at them in surprise.

Then there was a long silence, and after the silence, there was the embarrassment that belonged only to the beggar.

"How about... you go to the next intersection and try again?"

Shen Yue made a kind suggestion, but the beggar actually nodded, picked up the broken bowl, turned around and ran away, as if he wanted to get a better position at the next intersection.

Shi Gu shook his head, then pulled Shen Yue and Su Xue, turned around, and started walking in another direction.

When things got to this point, even someone as slow as Shigu noticed something was wrong.

The appearance of so many street killers proves that these people must not know their identities, and the people who hired them are not their acquaintances.

The person who can spend money to hire so many stupid killers is definitely not an ordinary person, at least not an ordinary person without money.

Therefore, it could only be someone I offended after I went into seclusion.

After much thought, there was only one person left.

Hundred Tribulations Gate, Zhou Xuan.

However, Shi Gu couldn’t understand how Zhou Xuan could know so quickly that he was the one who killed Zhou Ming. Shouldn’t he have gone looking for trouble with Chimen first?

While he was thinking, the crowd in front suddenly dispersed, and he saw a burly man, carrying a black coffin on one shoulder, striding towards Shigu.

"Boy, your coffin is ready."

The big man roared angrily, exerted force with his arms, and swung the black coffin towards Shi Gu. At the same time, he took a step and his body was as fast as the wind. He followed the black coffin and rushed towards Shi Gu.

Shi Gu did not dodge or evade. He stretched out one hand and pressed it forward suddenly, pressing down the flying black coffin with one palm. Then he turned his hand and slapped the coffin lid.

Under the tremendous palm force, the coffin lid flew backwards and hit the sturdy man head-on. With a dull thud, the sturdy man and the coffin lid flew into the air together, and then smashed heavily on the ground.

This blow did not kill the strong man, but when he tried to get up, Shigu kicked him back to the ground.

Shi Gu frowned, looked down at the burly man and asked.

"Tell me, who sent you?"

……

At the same time, in Bai Niao Guan.

Countless assassins who got the news came to Bainiao Temple first after arriving in Lin'an City, because according to the information provided by Baijie Gate, Zhou Ming's death was closely related to Bainiao Temple.

However, just as the killers were thinking about how to get information from Shiratori Temple, the gates of Shiratori Temple were wide open, and the Akamon disciples who used to be dressed up in fancy clothes were holding a pamphlet and shouting loudly.

"Why did the young master of Baijie Sect die tragically? Why did the beautiful girl share a husband?"

"Is it the distortion of the morality of the underworld, or is it the loss of power under the powerful?"

"All the answers are in "A Brief Biography of Chimen"."

"Three ounces of silver, three ounces of silver."

"For only three taels of silver, you can buy it and find the murderer who killed Master Zhou."

“Stop falling behind and seize the opportunity.”

"Be one step ahead and overwhelm a thousand people."

"Why sleep long when you are alive? You will sleep forever after you die."

"A killer of your age, can you sleep?"

“How many chances do you have to fight in your life? If not now, when?”

Chapter 82: Flocking in (Part 2)

Amid the noise, White Bird Temple was already packed with people. Killers from all corners of the world gathered together, scrambling to buy the pamphlets.

In a pavilion of Bai Niao Temple, the beautiful woman changed into men's clothes, unlike before. She leaned against the window and looked at the crowd with a smile on her face.

Zhu Yin stood behind the beautiful woman, also watching the scene in front of her, frowning slightly, biting her teeth lightly, with a worried look on her face.

The beautiful woman seemed to have noticed something, glanced at Zhu Yin behind her, and asked with a smile.

"Silly disciple, what are you worried about?"

Zhu Yin lowered her head slightly and said in a low voice with a rather distressed tone.

"Master, if we do this, we won't be retaliated by Shigu, right?"

"He doesn't look like a generous person."

The beautiful woman raised the corner of her mouth slightly, with a faint smile, and spoke slowly.

"Silly disciple, you are so tactful when you speak."

"That Shi Gu is not only not magnanimous, he is petty to the extreme."

"Think about what he has done. If anyone provokes him, even the dog at home will be disturbed by him."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yin became even more worried. She clasped her two little hands together nervously and asked.

"Master...what should we do then?"

"If...if that person comes to my house and becomes beastly, and wants to take me by force, and throws me on the bed, and does all kinds of things to me, will you do anything about it?"

The beautiful woman's expression suddenly became strange, and she glanced at Zhu Yin.

"Tsk."

"Little girl, are you reading some weird book again?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yin's face turned red, but she still denied it stubbornly.

"How could that be, Master, you know me."

"I have always read only the books of sages."

The beautiful woman rolled her eyes at Zhu Yin and did not expose her extremely poor acting skills. She just shook her head and sighed.

"You have never been a liar."

"It's not that I don't allow you to read those books, but you should also read more... uh... more normal books."

The beautiful woman continued to preach. She sat up straight, stretched out her white fingers, tapped the table lightly, and said with a smile.

"Shi Gu is a man with a strange personality, but he is also petty and vindictive."

"But the interesting thing is that when this person is serious, he is willing to take responsibility."

"Since he wants me to board his pirate ship, he should also do something to protect me from the wind and rain."

"After Zhou Ming's death, most people will come to trouble us, Chimen, first. Even though they are small shrimps now, there will definitely be some real masters coming later."

"I, Chimen, can't just wait for those people to come. I might as well share the responsibility and let him deal with those people."

The beautiful woman seemed to have thought of something interesting, the smile on her lips became more and more intense, she shook her head gently and said.

"This is interesting. Whether it's the Jade Flute Scholar or the Wind Blade and Mountain Sword, they all know Shi Gu."

"In the ranking of local masters, these two are definitely better than Shi Gu, so they have always looked down on Shi Gu."

"But in terms of fame, these two are not as famous as the notorious Shi Gu, so they both hold a grudge against Shi Gu."

"Once these three meet, not to mention how many people Shi Gu can handle, just to vent their anger, the Jade Flute Scholar and Wind Blade Mountain Sword will never let others interfere."

"I guess that when those two get here, they might argue over who will deal with Shi Gu first."

"In this case, Shigu's situation is much better than expected. He won't have any resentment."

Zhu Yin only half understood what he heard, but just felt a little sad. Why did people who knew Shi Gu not like him so much? How did he do that?

"Master, although the people here are just small fish and shrimps, there are too many of them. Wouldn't this make Shi Gu hate us?"

"You're still thinking too much. Killers also cherish their lives. As long as Shi Gu performs well enough tonight, these little shrimps will definitely stop."

……

While the beautiful woman was chatting with Zhu Yin, Shi Gu met the eleventh killer of the day and slapped his head off.

Shi Gu shook his hands to get rid of the blood, then looked forward.

I saw the beggar killer I met before, standing not far away, holding a broken bowl, ready to go forward and use the same trick again.

However, after seeing the headless corpse at Shigu's feet, the beggar's eyes rolled, and he picked up his broken bowl and ran away.

The tragic deaths of eleven killers in a row finally calmed down some of the killers who lacked confidence.