Chapter 172: The Gu Master Who Cultivated the Young Hero
Qi He was a little dazed. He didn't know what he was thinking. It seemed that there were many emotions filling him, but it also seemed like there was nothing.
The sound of silver bells woke him up from this state, and in the air there was the sound of someone moving quickly in the air using Qigong and the sound of slightly painful panting.
Qi He followed without thinking, and the opponent's footwork made him squint.
When Lin Zhi chased out of the building, she didn't even see the backs of the thief and Qi He.
01A map unfolded in his mind, and the red dot representing Qi He was constantly moving in a certain direction.
Lin Zhi did not follow Qi He's direction, but took out a butterfly used to track the poisonous insect from his arms.
It was not accidental that he discovered the thief. Although there were many people in the brothel, their purposes could almost be seen from their faces.
There were other gangsters searching in the building as well. Under the threat of being discovered, the thief quickly escaped, and Lin Zhi took the opportunity to put a Gu on him.
The gnawing of the poisonous insect made the thin man stagger, and then he ran even faster. Lin Zhi jumped to the top of the wall and activated the poisonous bell again. The man's movements were mysterious and he disappeared from his sight in an instant.
Except for the mother-child Gu and the twin Gu, the Gu master cannot control the Gu worm out of range. It is useless for Lin Zhi to ring the bell. However, as long as the Gu worm is still there, he can find its location.
Seeing that the direction the butterfly was pursuing was the same as Qi He's movement, Lin Zhi raised her hand to stop the butterfly. The dark purple butterfly stuck to Lin Zhi's temples, like a lifeless decoration.
Lin Zhi gathered his energy and used his Qinggong skills to move forward along the route planned by 01.
At night, two dark shadows moved quickly across the building, as fast as phantoms, making passers-by wonder if they were distracted.
The young man running in front didn't expect that he would be bitten so tightly, he didn't dare to look back, forced his energy to sink his internal energy, and ran quickly towards the front. At an alley, he turned suddenly, touched the wall with his toes to use the force to move forward. He didn't dare to stop, and ran into an alley after many turns, then he let out a long breath.
"I finally got rid of him. Who thought I could catch up with him..."
The thin young man who was laughing saw the white boots appearing in front of him. His voice got stuck in his throat and his smile turned into a bitter face when he raised his head.
"Hahahaha, hero, your Qinggong is really good."
The young man laughed dryly a few times, hiding his inner horror.
How is it possible? How could this person not be thrown away? And this person is not an old monster, just a teenager.
When did such a figure appear in the world? Why hasn’t he heard of him?
"Where is the stuff?"
"What is that? I don't know. I just came out to stretch my arms and legs late at night."
The young man continued to grin foolishly, and he simply sat on the ground, acting like a rogue.
"Why did you steal that bottle of medicine? Who told you to steal it?"
Qi He held the sword, and the broadsword was half a foot out of the sheath.
The young man said with a grin, "I really don't know what you are talking about. I just sneaked into the building to look at the beauties. It was definitely my fault. I didn't pay, so I ran away when I saw someone chasing me. I really don't know what kind of medicine you are talking about. I am absolutely a good citizen!"
"Mr. Bai once told me that if I meet his apprentice in the future, I must show mercy, but if you have this attitude, I will not be able to explain to him."
Qi He drew out the Yunyue Sword. The snow-white blade of the broad sword reflected the light and shone on the man's face.
The young swordsman's tone was gentle, and his slow words, spoken with a hint of smile, revealed a hint of regret, which made the hairs on the back of the man leaning against the wall stand up.
"The Mr. Bai you are talking about is not my master Bai Wuqiu, right? Since you two are old acquaintances, I can also call you uncle. Uncle, do you think this is too bad?"
The young man did not at all feel ashamed to call a boy who looked much younger than him his uncle, and cautiously placed two fingers on the edge of the sword, trying to push it open gently, but was unable to do so.
His expression became even stiffer, and he cursed in his heart that unreliable old man who loved drinking, wondering why face was of no use at all.
"I am Mr. Bai's student. Since we are familiar with each other, you don't have to hide it from me."
"When did that stinky old man start playing these flowery things? He even accepted students, but he didn't tell me about it," the young man muttered in a very low voice, and then changed the topic, "Hahaha, then we are also brothers, we are all brothers, we can talk it out nicely."
Qi He denied his words and said, "Mr. Bai is not my master. I have a master."
The young man didn't understand what teacher and master meant. Isn't a teacher just a master? Although the old man was unreliable, he would never pick apprentices randomly. He was so busy running that he didn't even bother to look back. If he had looked back earlier, he would have found that this man's martial arts skills were similar to his. He wouldn't have had to run so far like a dead dog, thinking he could escape.
Just as he was muttering to himself, he heard the young man in front of him call out "Master".
The tone of his voice was completely different from the way he spoke, and it was full of joy.
The young man looked up, then decided it would be better not to look.
The unforgettable beauty's face was pleasing to the eye, and the deep purple butterflies on his temples made him look a little more dangerous and evil in the night. This man's methods were also extremely strange. I don't know what kind of poison he had given him to make him feel so uncomfortable.
Qi He's sword did not move at all, and he said, "Master, he is Mr. Bai's apprentice."
Lin Zhi raised an eyebrow: "Bai Wuqiu's apprentice?"
This man really had a face suitable for being a thief. His facial features were so ordinary that there was nothing memorable about him. He could disappear into the crowd at any time without attracting anyone's attention. If Qi He hadn't pointed out his identity, Lin Zhi probably wouldn't have been able to guess where he came from.
"I am the disciple of the great thief Bai Wuqiu, the little great thief Bai Youqiu. You can just call me Xiaobai."
Bai Youqiu spoke a long string of words very fluently, and he was still smiling with the sword at his neck.
"Your names are quite interesting."
"The old man has lived his whole life, and he really has no desires or requests except for wine. I am still young, so I want everything. When the old man is gone, there will be no more thieves in the world. Then I, the little thief, will be a thief. When I am old, maybe I will have nothing to ask for. Then I will change my name to Bai Wuqiu, and I will teach my apprentice the same way. As the saying goes, the thief Bai Wuqiu will die, but the thief Bai Wuqiu will live forever, and this will be the case for generations to come."
Bai Youqiu clasped his hands together and said, "My two heroes, for the sake of my master's reputation, for my dream, and for my future disciples, I hope you will show some mercy."
"Of course no problem," Lin Zhi curved his lips, and when Bai Youqiu was overjoyed, he slowly said the next sentence, "Where is the thing?"
Bai Youqiu pretended to be dumb and said, "What is this? I really don't know. I just went to the brothel and didn't spend any money. I really don't know anything."
When the bell rang softly, Bai Youqiu's expression changed immediately.
He was hunched over and didn't even care about the sword that was so close to him. Only when Qi He withdrew his hand did he avoid hitting the sword.
It seemed as if there were hundreds of thousands of needles piercing his dantian, and he couldn't even use his internal energy.
"Your personality is similar to your master's. You are also a scoundrel. However, this trick doesn't work on me. Your master specifically told us that if we ever catch you, I must spare your life and not do anything to you. For a thief, this is really important."
"But eyes and ears are also important to thieves. Why don't you choose one for yourself? Do you want to keep your eyes or your ears?"
Lin Zhi leaned over and asked, her tone as if she was talking about the style of the meal.
"I'll tell you!"
Bai Youqiu immediately said that the fact that the old man could plead for mercy in advance meant that these two people must be very terrifying.
He also said that they were similar as master and disciple. He saw that the master and disciple in front of him were exactly the same, one more scary than the other, weird and strange, but they both behaved like good people.
"Someone asked me to steal the bottle. The reward was 10,000 taels of silver. I gave it to him when I got the bottle last night. The silver is still buried under where I live. But the man must not have left the city yet. The city is sealed and he can't leave."
Bai Wuqiu spoke very quickly, "I don't know who that person is, nor do I know what he looks like. He was wearing a bamboo hat when he talked to me. I only know that he was a man about the same height as this young man. I had just stolen a treasure when he caught me. He made a deal with me. I gave the bottle to a woman named Yingying in that building as he asked. I don't know anything else."
Lin Zhi tended to believe that he was not lying and asked Qi He to put away the sword.
"Before the truth of this matter comes out, you'd better not run around. I have put a poison in your body. I can find you even if you run to the ends of the earth."
"No, no, I definitely won't run around."
Bai Youqiu still looked like a street rogue, his eyes rolling around but his heart heavy.
He is not afraid of famous and upright sects, and he will steal things from the evil sects as well, but what he dislikes most is those guys in Diancui Palace who use poison and drugs, and this evil Miaojiang Gu Master.
He didn't even know when this man had put the poison in his body. When he thought about there being a worm in his stomach, Bai Youqiu's stomach churned.
Lin Zhi didn't plan to bring Bai Youqiu to other people. Even if he was paid to help others steal things, others would not let him go. He would have to go to jail according to the law. City Lord Chen would probably not let him off easily, after all, Bai Wuqiu was Qi He's teacher.
What's more, Bai Youqiu already knew his identity as a Gu Master. If he told others about it with the intention of risking his life, it would not be a good idea.
Bai Youqiu looked at the two people who turned and left, and hurriedly left from the other side.
He had to write a letter to the old man, telling him that whenever someone accepted a student behind his back, he would laugh at them, saying that even if the student had learned the true teachings and could even catch up with him, they would still not consider him a master.
It’s strange, why is a Gu Master’s apprentice a swordsman?
Lin Zhi and Qi He met a few people who came at an intersection and told them the situation.
Lin Zhi apologized, "The thief was too cunning and escaped from us."
Qu Ziheng made a prompt decision: "Then let's go back and find Yingying first. I'll tell City Lord Chen by the way."
Lin Zhi and the others returned to the brothel, and soon there were soldiers guarding outside. The woman named Yingying saw that something was wrong and ran away, and someone immediately chased her.
City Lord Chen bowed and said, "Young men, please go back and rest first. Thanks to you, I got this clue. Even if I have to dig three feet underground, I will find the person."
Yan Yixuan nodded: "Okay, if you need us, just go to the inn and let us know."
They had been searching for a whole day and were all a little tired.
They returned to the inn together, and Lin Zhi reminded Qingxun to go see if the Snake Cloud Grass was still there.
Qu Ziheng and the others were so scared that they quickly ran upstairs, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that the thing was correct.
Qing Xun put the things away carefully and said, "Although the people who stole Bilu Hantian would not come to steal this, it would be a disaster if we encounter some petty thief."
Lin Zhi and Qi He thought, this might not be the case.
Everyone called for water to wash up, and Qi He knocked on Lin Zhi's door at night.
He came to his master to talk about Bilu Hantian, organizing his words in his mind.
But when the door opened, Qi He's thoughts went blank for a moment.
Although he couldn't see, he could smell the scent of soapberries and moist water vapor coming from his master's body. It seemed that his master had just finished a bath.
Although the silver bell on his wrist did not ring, it made a slight sliding sound. Perhaps it was because the master dropped his hand after opening the door, and the silver chain swayed with it.
"Come in."
Even the master's voice sounded lazy and tired after being soaked in water.
Strange, Qi He thought, why was he having trouble breathing?
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