How come the celestial technique I stole is so powerful?!-Chapter 153: Poisonous Insect Technique as a Chain

"He’s there again, running towards the village every day..."

"Yes, is he really getting along with Yixiang?"

"It’s so weird, why doesn’t Yixiang’s mother just break his legs with a big stick?"

"You really hope she would do that, huh?"

"Nonsense, what does it have to do with me?"

"If Yixiang’s mother hits him, you can easily step in and take advantage, don’t think I didn’t see the gleam in your eyes, you have your sights set on him..."

Commotion started in the tea garden.

Lin Xiaosu’s mouth quirked up in a smile as he quickened his pace.

The explosive news of Yixiang’s mother beating up a young Han man with a big stick had spread throughout the whole village.

But no third person knew the real inside story.

The ten-mile mountain road passed in the blink of an eye.

The thousand-year-old Miao Village presented itself before him again.

It was very quiet in Yixiang’s courtyard.

After knocking on the courtyard door, Yixiang came out from the house, her eyes brightened upon seeing him, and she hurried to open the door.

"Have you had breakfast?"

"I’ve already eaten!" Lin Xiaosu said, "How is your mother doing?"

Yesterday, worried about someone at the hotel, he left in a hurry after seeing her mother seemed out of immediate danger.

Yixiang nodded lightly: "My mother woke up last night, spoke a few words to me, and has fallen asleep again. She’s fine now."

"Nearly a year stuffed in a tree hollow, yet she could still wake up, I truly admire your Gu Technique."

"It’s actually her Lifebound Gu, which draws from the life force within her and reverses it back into her body..."

The white fat insect Lin Xiaosu saw yesterday was Yixiang’s mother’s Lifebound Gu.

The Lifebound Gu is nurtured by the people of the Gu Technique from a young age.

Over time, it becomes almost an external incarnation of the person.

If the original body dies, so does the Lifebound Gu.

If the Lifebound Gu dies, the original body also suffers severe injury.

From this aspect, the existence of the Lifebound Gu actually poses a big trouble, adding an extra risk to a person’s life.

But everything has its gains and losses; the real functions of Lifebound Gu are twofold. One, it completes tasks that the owner cannot, like her mother’s Gu, which can roam the mountains for her, seeing what it sees, reaching places humans can’t, and finding herbs people can’t.

Second, in times of great danger to the owner, the Lifebound Gu can reverse-feed energy to the owner.

Without the Lifebound Gu, there would have been no way to save her mother.

In fact, if there was no Lifebound Gu, Thousand faced God of Murder, Chu Tiankuo, would not have needed to spare her life, he would have killed her unflinchingly...

These insights shocked Lin Xiaosu.

Because these were not included in the Qianlong Information.

At least, not in the Qianlong Information Lin Xiaosu had accessed.

Yixiang said: "I asked you to come today not to talk about my mother, but about the Gu Worm that entered my mother’s body."

Lin Xiaosu’s eyes lit up: "That green insect, is also a Gu Worm?"

"Yes! That Gu Worm is key to my mother maintaining a state between life and death."

Speaking of which, keeping her mother in such a state, is nearly impossible for Chu Tiankuo.

To not expose himself, he must ensure her mother’s Lifebound Gu remains alive.

For the Lifebound Gu to remain alive,

her mother must also remain alive.

But, how could stuffing someone into a tree hollow ensure their survival over an extended period?

Starving to death, freezing to death, both mean death.

But there is a strange poison that can maintain a person in a state between life and death.

That is the green long worm inside her mother.

This long worm is called "Corpse Gu."

"Corpse" for dead body.

"Living" for vitality.

Though fundamentally incompatible, a Corpse Gu is an item that defies the natural creation of Heaven and Earth, bringing movement even to real dead bodies...

Lin Xiaosu’s eyes shone brilliantly: "In the Dong Brothers’ case where an entire household was massacred, there were traces of Witchcraft and also evidence that Chu Tiankuo was backed by a master of Gu Technique."

"Yes, that’s the fundamental reason I asked you to come today!"

"Is it possible to find the master of this Corpse Gu?" Lin Xiaosu asked.

This master is undoubtedly one of the two killers who massacred the Dong family.

Finding him would indeed fulfill Blue Demon’s commission in its entirety.

Ordinary people can’t find a Gu Worm’s master through the Gu alone, but the person in front of him, the only direct disciple of the Witch God of Miaojiang, might have a way.

Yixiang said: "Corpse Gu is a forbidden Gu, almost extinct even in Miaojiang, it’s a legacy of Shishen Mountain, but I have never heard of anyone skilled in this taboo technique."

"Is there no way to find it?"

Yixiang said: "There is one way, but it has a high chance of failure."

"What method?"

"I can stimulate this Gu Worm to return to its master, but it moves incredibly fast, once set on the ground, no one can catch up with it; thus, the tracking chain would not really be complete."

Tracking!

Lin Xiaosu slowly raised his head: "I can catch up!"

"Are you sure? Its speed is much faster than the slickest snake!"

"No problem!"

Yixiang walked into the inner room and picked up a glass bottle.

Inside the glass bottle, the green Gu Worm was exceptionally active, darting up and down. Lin Su, observing it with the Heavenly Tao Wisdom Eye, was also shocked by the creature’s form. This creature hardly seemed earthly, resembling an alien lifeform, similar to a centipede, yet akin to an earthworm...

"Do you need to make some preparations?"

Lin Xiaosu said, "No need! Just release it."

"Little Wu!"

Yixiang called out softly.

Her mother lived in that house, and a small white head peeked out from beside the door—it was her pet turtle.

"Let’s go together!"

The turtle, like a little dog, leapt up and landed on Yixiang’s hand.

Lin Xiaosu’s gaze turned towards that room: "Once we leave, there’ll be no one in the house. Will your mother be alright?"

"No problem, Little Hu is at home. With it there, no one can come in."

Right, she had another small companion, a kitten.

This kitten could, with one swipe, kill a Qianlong 37th Gold Medal!

With it there, who could enter the yard?

As Lin Xiaosu’s eyes flickered, Yixiang had already opened the glass bottle. As soon as the bottle was opened, the long green worm sprang out, landed on the ground, and in the blink of an eye, disappeared without a trace.

Yixiang’s complexion changed.

The speed of the Gu Worm had exceeded her expectations...

The green worm, released back to the earth, blended into the forest in moments. Could it truly be followed?

That was highly dubious.

How could she have become so muddled? To actually believe it?

The worst part was, at the moment of release, Lin Xiaosu seemed to be lost in thought and didn’t chase at all. Now they had lost track of it.

Lin Xiaosu looked at her: "There’s something a bit awkward..."

"What?" Yixiang frowned slightly.

"To catch up with this Gu Worm, traveling by conventional means might not work. I need to carry you."

Yixiang’s cheeks blushed instantly...

Lin Xiaosu’s gaze moved to her mother’s room: "It seems your mother is awake again. She really doesn’t have the habit of hitting people with a stick, right?"

"Brother, you’re naughty..." Yixiang said shyly.

Lin Xiaosu reached out and scooped her up, leapt into the air, and jumped over the courtyard wall.

Yixiang gasped softly...

Suddenly, a white shadow flashed in the sky, and a small white cat appeared on the hillside ahead, its fur bristling and its eyes filled with fierce light.

Damn! Lin Xiaosu’s heart skipped a beat. I’m here with Yixiang on official business.

I’m not kidnapping Yixiang.

The little white cat, startled, posed to attack.

Ordinary cats and dogs, he certainly wouldn’t care about, but this little white cat, one swipe could send Chu Tiankuo straight to the afterlife, its combat power was so terrifying it could even unsettle the Blue Demon...

Yixiang softly called out: "Little Hu, go back!"

The fierce light in the little white cat’s eyes suddenly disappeared, its form blurred, and it jumped back over the courtyard wall and into the house.

Lin Xiaosu sighed: "I didn’t expect this. Before facing your mother’s big stick, I met your little bodyguard... It’s good that I don’t have any ulterior motives, otherwise, I definitely couldn’t get past the tough defenses of your house..."

Yixiang pinched him lightly: "Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and catch that Corpse Gu. I kind of don’t believe you can really catch up... It’s totally out of sight now."

Yes, the Corpse Gu was out of sight.

But under Lin Xiaosu’s divine eyes, what truly could escape?

No matter how fast the Corpse Gu was, no matter how well a little green worm could blend into the forest, in his eyes, none of these were issues.

The Corpse Gu darted through the bushes, down into a deep valley.

Lin Xiaosu held Yixiang and jumped down.

Ahead was a wide trench, cleared in one leap.

At this moment, the cool forest wind could not dispel the flush on Yixiang’s full cheeks...

She had never had such a moment, tightly held by a man, traversing mountains and forests, the ups and downs...

Although she told herself eight times that this was official business, unavoidable, her body’s estrogen was still quietly awakened by another hormone. Her body was soft, her blood was boiling, her cheeks were flushed, and the little turtle in her hand seemed to be laughing at her...

Finally, another summit appeared ahead.

A summit as if shaped like a coffin.

Here, even in Miaojiang, was a place of dread, for the mountain was called Shishen Mountain.

Shishen Mountain, as the name suggests, was associated with corpses.

More than fifty years ago, Shishen Mountain had a taboo figure named Gushan who, obsessed with researching Gu Technique, dug up his wife who had been dead for three years and used Gu Techniques to resurrect her, causing great panic among the villagers.

The great Witch God of Miaojiang from generations before, Yixiang’s great grandfather, gathered the leaders of the Eight Great Sects of Miaojiang to severely criticize this taboo act of disturbing the natural order of life and death, triggering a grand battle concerning the Gu Techniques of Miaojiang.

In that calamity of Gu Techniques, Gushan and his direct disciples were killed.

The entire Gu Technique of Miaojiang was greatly damaged.

Since then, the Corpse Gu lineage had become a taboo in Miaojiang.

The Gu Techniques of Shishen Mountain were almost eradicated.

But from the current situation, it seemed that things might not have truly ended...

Because the Corpse Gu reappeared in Jianghu.

Who exactly was manipulating from behind?

Lin Xiaosu’s toes touched the ground, holding Yixiang, he broke through the air, ascending a desolate slope.

This desolate slope, with no residences around, only graves, under the dense shade of tall cypress trees, even in broad daylight, was still eerily ghostly.

Yixiang’s heart skipped a beat: "Gu Family ancestral land?"

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