The chivalrous spirit is fickle

"Don't worry, it's just some physical pain, they won't be hurt."

Li Musheng opened his eyes again, looked at Ming Ci very seriously and asked.

"Do you want to die?"

There was no murderous intent, nor any sign of an attack, but Ming Ci's hands and feet felt cold at this moment. He had no doubt that if he really did anything to Li Qing and the other two, Li Musheng would chop him with a knife.

Li Musheng is such a person, rude, serious, and does his own thing.

Ming Ci's eyes flashed with a hint of resentment, but he could only let go of Li Qing, turned to look at Li Musheng, put on a smiling face, and spoke softly.

"It's just a joke. I don't have such a bad taste."

Li Musheng did not respond, but closed his hands again, put his right hand on the hilt of the knife, and was as quiet as a stone.

There was no conversation that night. The starry sky disappeared into the light at dawn the next day. A black bird landed outside the city, watching Li Musheng and his companions from afar for the entire night.

At dawn, the black bird turned around and flew back to Lin'an City with the dew, passed through the streets and alleys, and finally landed on Shigu's shoulder.

In the slightly empty house, Shi Gu sat cross-legged and exhaled gently. A stream of red turbid air overflowed from between his lips and teeth like a burning flame.

The black bird looked at the red turbid air and felt a little scared. It moved its body and tried to get as far away from it as possible. It moved its beak slightly and spoke to Shi Gu.

"That Li Musheng is a decent person. He didn't use force against Li Qing and the other two."

This black bird was naturally Dan Xiu, who was sent out by Shi Gu last night to check on the conditions of Li Musheng and others.

Shi Gu closed his eyes tightly, showing no intention of opening them. He moved his lips slightly and spoke in a low voice.

"He is very talented. He only has eyes for swords and won't do anything unnecessary."

Dan Xiu shook his body to get rid of the dew on his body and said carelessly.

"No matter how talented he is, he is just a little fellow in the eighth-grade martial realm. Wouldn't it be easy for you to kill him?"

Upon hearing this, Shi Gu once again exhaled a mouthful of red turbid air, which had a slight smell of blood.

"He is not an ordinary eighth-grade martial artist. As long as he is willing, he can enter the ninth-grade martial artist at any time."

"Moreover, he may be able to ascend to the peak of the ninth rank in one step."

Dan Xiu was stunned when he heard this, then he jumped up angrily and shouted.

"Nonsense, if he is so powerful, then why doesn't he break through? What is he doing in the eighth level martial realm?"

“Are you addicted?!”

He released his bones and pushed out his palms, holding the origin and keeping oneness, with the wind rising all around him, and he was extremely serious.

"He is too arrogant and wants to be number one."

“So, before he defeats me, he will never break the mirror, but his strength is definitely not just the eighth level of martial arts.”

Upon hearing this, Dan Xiu couldn't help but spit at Shi Gu.

"How shameless! Is it because of you that I didn't break through?"

"Do you think you are some kind of vixen? You have such a big face."

Shi Gu looked calm and said calmly.

"Because he is very talented, he knows that with me around, he is not number one."

"I am his inner demon."

Dan Xiu rolled his eyes on that bird-like face and said with some contempt when he heard that.

"Why are you showing off? You are not really at the eighth level of martial arts. What's the point of bullying a child?"

After saying that, Danxiu paused and asked with some curiosity.

"Can you win?"

Shi Gu sighed, slowly opened his eyes, and said helplessly.

"It depends on how much I can recover in these three days."

After saying that, Shi Gu closed his eyes again and let Dan Xiu make noise in his ears without uttering a single word.

As time passed, Shen Yue and Su Xue walked out of the room. As usual, one practiced with the knife and the other practiced with the sword.

They knew what had happened, but they didn't dare to disturb Shi Gu. Unlike Dan Xiu, Shen Yue and Su Xue always had some blind confidence in Shi Gu.

So they stopped asking and just waited for Shi Gu to open his eyes, then went outside the city to knock down those annoying guys and bring back Li Qing and the other two.

It's that simple, no need to be suspicious.

Shi Gu sat there for three days and three nights, like a stone, motionless. Gradually, he stopped breathing, and the red turbid air no longer overflowed.

Later, Shi Gu stopped breathing, like a corpse or a stone. There was no murderous intent or anger, only a quietness as if time had stopped.

During these three days, the situation outside the city has also changed.

On the first day, in Lin'an city, the killers who came for the bone release began to gather together, quarreling and fighting, as if they were arguing about something. Outside the city, Ming Ci pointed out bamboos in different locations, there were as many as a hundred places.

On the second day, the killers reached a consensus and came to the outside of the city with weapons in hand and mixed feelings. Outside the city, an exaggerated bamboo forest grew up, like a large formation.

Those killers became Ming Ci's subordinates and walked into the bamboo forest. Their figures disappeared and each of them turned into a bamboo, making it impossible to tell the real ones from the fake ones.

On the third day, seven dusty figures came and broke into the forest, reminiscing about the past with Mingci.

From the very beginning, Baijiemen selected ten people to snatch the dragon bones, and Li Qing was one of them. He gave Zhou Ming the personal belongings, but he didn't expect that Chimen would directly push out the bones and use them as a shield.

This made the situation chaotic, and Zhou Ming's personal belongings became useless. The remaining seven people finally appeared.

Among these seven people, all had strange figures, as if they had reached some kind of deal with Ming Ci and voluntarily entered the bamboo forest.

In the bamboo forest, Ming Ci sat cross-legged, looking at the seven people walking towards him with his eyes slightly narrowed.

Among the seven people, there was a dull young man holding a butcher knife, looking silly and dazed, there was a monk holding a sword with murderous eyes, there was a woman wrapped in black mist and could not be seen clearly, there was a man in iron armor, with a tall figure, his whole body shrouded in iron armor, only a pair of eyes were exposed, and there was a fat monk with a smile on his face, like the Maitreya in the temple.

Among them, the last two people are two identical people, like the Black and White Impermanence, one black and one white, one holding an iron whip and the other holding a long chain.

Ming Ci raised his eyebrows slightly. He believed that he could defeat any one of the seven men, but it would not be easy. Just like Li Qing that day, he was almost cut in half by the circular water blade.

"Everyone, according to our agreement, this matter is over. I want the dragon bones, and you can use the head of the skeleton to exchange for the bounty."

"This man's head is worth 100,000 gold, and it is only the reward from the Yulin League."

"I get the dragon bones, and you get wealth."

“The best of both worlds.”

Hearing this, the seven people nodded slightly, as if they were unwilling to talk more with Ming Ci, but they each chose an area and sat cross-legged.

These seven people were like seven high walls. Shi Gu had to send them over one by one before he could reach Ming Ci, not to mention that there was Li Musheng behind Ming Ci.

Ming Ci had thought that if he let these seven people attack Shi Gu at the same time, they would probably be able to kill him, but unfortunately these seven people were unwilling to do so. Their martial arts were somewhat restraining each other, and if they really wanted to attack him, Shi Gu might escape.

It would be better to use a round-robin approach to deplete Shigu's internal energy, like boiling a frog in warm water, forcing Shigu into a dilemma.

This person who has released his bones is doomed to die.

Thinking of this, Ming Ci sat down again, picked up the jade flute, a hint of mockery flashed across his brows, and the sound of the flute slowly sounded, and Ming Ci's figure turned into a ball of bamboo leaves and disappeared without a trace.

……

On the third day, at noon.

Shi Gu slowly opened his eyes, moved his lips slightly, and exhaled a breath of white air.

"call……"

The white gas shot into the distance like an arrow, but when it hit the wooden stakes in the yard, it turned into a pool of black blood, corroding most of the green grass on the ground, revealing bare soil.

"It's time."

Shi Gu whispered to himself and slowly stood up. At this time, Shen Yue and Su Xue walked out of the kitchen holding a bowl and quickly came to Shi Gu.

The two little girls usually look clean and fair, but today their faces are covered with dust and look dirty.

Shen Yue held the bowl and handed it to Shi Gu. There seemed to be fireworks flickering in her eyes, dazzling. She smiled brightly at Shi Gu and said.

"Xiaoxue said that chicken soup nourishes the stomach, replenishes qi and blood."

"So the two of us made you a bowl of chicken soup."

Shi Gu took the chicken soup handed to him, looked down, and saw that the chicken soup in the bowl was golden in color and had a strong aroma. It looked quite presentable. Looking at the two dusty apprentices, Shi Gu felt warm in his heart, picked up the bowl, and drank the chicken soup clean.

After finishing the chicken soup, Shi Gu met the expectant eyes of Shen Yue and the others, and couldn't help but ask.

"No, where's the chicken in the chicken soup?"

Hearing this, Shen Yue wiped the grease from the corner of her mouth, smiled, and pretended to be stupid.

"What chicken? It should have been boiled to pieces and dissolved in the soup."

"Master, you didn't think that we two stole the chicken and only left a bowl of chicken soup for you, did you?"

"No way, no way."

Looking at Shen Yue's self-righteous look, Shi Gu's breath was held. After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't help but reach out his hand and ruffled Shen Yue's well-groomed long hair into a mess.

"Master, please stop, my hair is messed up."

Hearing Shen Yue's coquettish words, Shi Gu raised the corners of his mouth, said "Then I'm leaving", and turned and left, as calmly as if he was going out for a walk.

Seeing this, Su Xue eagerly chased after him, took off the Shasheng that she had been carrying on her back, and shouted to Shigu.

"Master, knife...you didn't bring a knife."

Shi Gu turned his back to the two of them, waved his hand nonchalantly and said with a smile.

"I won't be using this knife today."

"This time, I want to tell those people that they are no match for me if they only use the methods of the eighth-grade martial realm."

After saying that, Shi Gu walked out of the courtyard, walked onto the street, and headed out of the city.

There is a blacksmith shop near the city gate. The craftsmanship of the master in the shop is average, but the price is cheap and the business is pretty good.

Master Zhong in the blacksmith shop was holding a forged iron knife with a frown on his face, thinking that the knife was of too poor quality and probably could not be sold.

Not to mention fighting, even cutting vegetables would be difficult.

Coincidentally, Shi Gu walked by at this time. He took a look at the iron knife in Master Zhong's hand, waved his hand, threw down an ingot of silver, stretched out his hand, pulled the iron knife, and put it behind his back.

The whole process happened very quickly. By the time Master Zhong reacted, Shi Gu had already walked several feet away with the iron knife on his back. Master Zhong looked at the piece of silver, ran out of the blacksmith shop in a hurry, gave Shi Gu a thumbs up from behind, and shouted.

"Sir, you have good taste."

Shi Gu smiled when he heard this, without looking back, he took a step forward and disappeared in the crowd.

Outside the city, a figure broke through the thick fog, dragging a long sword on the ground, and strode into the bamboo forest.

Chapter 93 Part 1

The breeze brought the mist into the bamboo forest. The green bamboo poles were faintly visible in the mist, like human figures.

The iron knife mopped the floor, leaving a scratch on the wet soil. Shi Gu stepped on a bamboo leaf and looked at the seemingly bottomless bamboo forest in front of him, raising his eyebrows slightly.

"It's a good formation. It can be used for both attack and defense. It can also conceal your body and trap the enemy."

"It's so damn interesting."

Shi Gu shook his head slightly, stopped looking around, strode forward, and walked into the depths of the bamboo forest.

The bamboo forest was shrouded in a thick fog that moved with the wind, like a walking wild beast. Looking up, one could not even see the outline of the sun.

Just as Shi Gu walked into the depths of the fog, a bamboo behind him suddenly turned into a human figure and stabbed Shi Gu in the back with a sword.

clang! ! !

The crisp sound of the clashing swords echoed in the bamboo forest. When the sword came, Shi Gu suddenly turned around and slashed down with his sword, hitting the sword directly and creating a bright spark.

Then, Shi Gu took a step forward and swung his knife across, cutting off the man's head. A large amount of blood instantly gushed out from the severed head like a fountain.

Shi Gu moved sideways to avoid the splattered blood, placed the blade between his sleeves expressionlessly, and gently wiped off the blood on the knife with his sleeve.

This is an ordinary killer, but in this formation he can transform himself into an ordinary bamboo without any flaws.

Shi Gu swung the blade of the sword, making a humming sound. He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked ahead. It was a bamboo forest that was so dense that it was almost impossible to walk through.

Since we can't leave, let's just chop them all off.

Shi Gu's mind moved, and his feet walked forward steadily, neither fast nor slow. However, when he took a step, the ground suddenly collapsed, and several hands emerged from the mud, grabbed Shi Gu's legs, and pulled him towards the ground.