Chapter 180: Choosing Honor Over Life

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“From what I know, s.e.xual Gu causes those afflicted by it to lose all conscious thought. Their entire person would pledge allegiance to whoever cast the Gu. This is because the targeted person believes that he or she has fallen in love with the caster and would be willing to pay whatever price so long as they can protect and be beside the caster. I’ve also heard that, as long as you have s.e.xual Gu, you can induce two people to stay together for their whole life and be inseparable for all eternity.” The businessman explained while ma.s.saging his temples. He then asked, skeptically, “Is it really that powerful?”

“HAHA! I never thought that someone from your group would know this! So, young man, what do you think? If you need some, I can sell it to you on the cheap, how about that? Hahaha!” Wu Ling looked at the businessman and burst out in maniacal laughter.

“But didn’t Bai Wu say that he only liked Xu Lan?” The businessman held Fang Lingzi tightly, with his fingers all entwined with hers. It would be a lie if he were to say that he was unafraid, but he had to take it upon himself to do something.

“…it’s only because the Gu worms entered his body fairly recently. They’re not used to the new environment. That’s why his feelings have not changed yet!” Wu Ling explained hastily and her face was almost pale!

After her husband died, Wu Ling became disheartened. Coupled with the villagers’ att.i.tude toward her, she considered walking away from it all countless times. Although she did try, she was always dragged back by the village folk, since she was the only one in Yanyi Village who could produce the best quality Gu. It was her own request to enter the mountains and refine her s.e.xual Gu. She killed every single person who was involved in murdering her husband.

As a result of the Gu worms’ escalating marketability, the village folks’ demeanor toward her seemed to improve dramatically. Whenever they came up to the mountain, they would even say a simple ‘hi’ to her.

From then onward, she was obsessed – to the point of utter delirium – with producing Gu; she had the heart to make use of her own daughter as a Gu vessel to breed Gu worms.

Recent years had seen a decline in the number of Gu buyers, and along with that, the villagers seemed to have forgotten of Wu Ling’s existence. Her fanatical desire to research and develop new Gu worm breeds were reignited with Bai Wu’s presence.

“Well, before they begin to get used to Bai Wu, we may be able to get them out!” A sudden brave thought occurred to the businessman, and with his expression, he hinted at Xu Lan to bring Bai Wu and run!

“Going to run?!” Wu Ling saw through the businessman’s expression. She shouted and stared at those who were moving backward. Xiao Ya’s body split open immediately like a block of soft bean curd. An army of black Gu worms crawled out from her cracked skin, and those creepy crawlies rushed forth like waves of a tide.

Wu Ling looked sinisterly at the group of people and felt for her small bag. In a split second, her wanton yet calm expression changed into sheer dread!

“Looking for this? I took it when you were distracted.” Xu Lan shook the bag lightly and fished out a small white bottle. It contained some white powder. Xu Lan pinched some and sprinkled it all over the floor. The group of single-minded worms avoided the dusted areas immediately and scattered elsewhere!

“You! Give it back to me!” Wu Ling screamed, for she was completely taken by surprise!

“Give it back to you? Well, is there any other way to expel the Gu poison from Bai Wu’s body?” Once again, Xu Lan asked the same question, with the same level of urgency. He felt that there was no a.s.surance, therefore he did not dare to take the kind of risks that the businessman would take.

“None! Haha, I told you, the Gu worms can only be lured out through the exchange of bodily fluids!” Wu Ling let out an evil laugh, and then used her walking stick to drum out audible rhythmic beats, causing the Gu worms to continue heading toward Xu Lan from a different direction.

“Expert Xu! The remedy for s.e.xual Gu does require the exchange of bodily fluids, but since Xiao Ya was eager to save her mother, she did not deploy the Gu as a caster, strictly speaking. That was why Expert Bai still knew that he likes you! In other words, the exchange of fluids on this occasion, can be done by two people!”

All of a sudden, the village chief stood in front of Xu Lan and remarked.