238 Dagger (2/2)

At this moment, Gu Shenwei felt a sudden impulse to tell Shangguan Ru that there were some issues with her Wayless Qigong.

”What's wrong with you?” Shangguan Ru asked with concern. She felt that there was something wrong with Slave Huan.

Gu Shenwei reminded himself that she was the daughter of his enemy. His hatred was like the tide on the ocean. But he couldn't reignite it regardless how hard he tried. He said, ”I'm a little tired.”

”Oh. I always forget that you currently have no Internal Strength. Let's call it a day. How long have you been under the self-destruction for? Haven't you recovered yet?”

”It's been half a month. I think it's almost over.”

Both of them left together. Shangguan Ru was hopping all the way as though she had returned to her old self. When they separated, she whispered, ”I will give you the same gift tomorrow.”

Gu Shenwei became so afraid that he didn't even eat his dinner. He was alone in the house and banned Slave Xin from entering. He was thinking, but he didn't understand what was wrong with him and why he felt apologetic towards Shangguan Ru.

This was the first time. He felt more and more guilty ever since he obtained the fake seventh chapter. He often found himself defending Shangguan Ru so that he could prove that she wasn't his enemy.

Indeed, what did Shangguan Ru do to hurt him? No, nothing at all. Shangguan Nu wiped out the Gus Family, but what does it have to do with Shangguan Ru? She neither participated in nor planned the killing.

The entire Golden Roc Fort was also innocent. They were an organization of killers and were employed to kill people. Now, it seemed that the employer was probably his in-law Wei Song. There was no difference between the Stone Castle and the saber, which was used to kill people.

Such thoughts scared Gu Shenwei.

Time was like running water and hatred was like a tough towering stone. As water flowed, the stone would be eroded. This was the first time Gu Shenwei felt that his hatred was being eroded in these three years. It had been the only thing that supported him, but now it became unfamiliar and distant.

No one, excluding himself, had ever called the name ”Gu Shenwei” for a long time. The killer began to worry if he had completely became Slave Huan.

Maid Lotus visited him the next morning. Gu Shenwei, who stayed up all night, could not stand it any longer. He poured out some of his worries to her, but he didn't mention the annihilation of the Gus Family. He said, ”Killers need hatred, but I can't seem to hate anything.”

Maid Lotus thought for a while and stretched out her hand to press against his forehead. Although she was indifferent, her palm felt warm and soft. Gu Shenwei realized that not only had he forgotten about his hatred, he had become more affectionate. Even though he often worked with Maid Lotus, he rarely felt something for her. However, he had an impulse to embrace her forcefully today.

Maid Lotus felt that there was nothing strange about Slave Huan and said, ”I think that it is related to the lack of practicing the Death Scripture after you have dispelled your Internal Strength.”

”What do you mean?” Gu Shenwei asked eagerly. He hoped for an explanation and wished that his changes were caused by external forces.

”I heard from a killer mentor said that both the desire and the kung fu constitute the killing desire.” Maid Lotus pondered and recalled what she heard at that time, ”The weak have no killing desire. The stronger the person, the stronger the killing desire. The killing desire and one's strength are correlated. Although he had mentioned killing desire, it seemed appropriate for your current situation.”

Gu Shenwei gained a slight understanding but had another concern. Maid Lotus was implying that the Death Scripture was controlling him, instead of Gu Shenwei practicing it. What was the difference between this and Immortal Peng's trick?

Gu Shenwei had once experienced true hatred. That feeling was strong, but it often made him lose his rationality. He would go all out for the sake of killing people. his hatred became more and more stable as he improved his kung fu. He could finally control it and often relied on it.

His hatred and killing desire diminished with the momentary loss of his kung fu. He had little true hatred left in him.

After Maid Lotus left, Gu Shenwei was still confused, but he couldn't extricate himself from the confusion. He tried many ways to reignite the hatred, but he would give up halfway each time. It continued until Shangguan Ru arrived as promised, and she brought him a present.

”This was given to me by Eighth Brother a few years ago. I like it very much and have treasured it. It just so happened that you use a sword, so I decided to ... give it to you,” Shangguan Ru said. She reluctantly handed the dagger to Slave Huan.

Gu Shenwei received it. He drew the sword out and looked at it. He said, ”This is a good sword, but I don't have any present for you.”

”You could probably give me a sword that has a name engraved on it?” Shangguan Ru asked as she laughed.

Gu Shenwei smiled, but he felt like someone was stabbing his heart. Instead of blood, hatred was surging out like a volcano eruption. The deep intense hatred, which he thought had been eroded away by time, suddenly emerged ferociously.

Regardless of who the employer was, Golden Roc Fort was still his enemy. Hadn't Shangguan Ru hurt him before? She had betrayed the two giant rocs.

Gu Shenwei tightly gripped the dagger. He became less empathetic and fearful. Should he tell the truth? It was a ridiculous idea. He wanted to watch Shangguan Ru practice the wrong Wayless Qigong until she died painfully.

Gu Lun gave this dagger to his youngest son and the young personal attendant kept possession of it. After the attendant was killed by Young Master Gu, Shangguan Nu got hold of the dagger, which was then given to his sister, Shangguan Ru.

The Will of the Divine didn't want to further weaken the killer, hence it made Shangguan Ru bring his most familiar dagger.