The old man smiled faintly and said, "I said, I didn't actually want you to do anything by getting you out here. Do you believe me?"
"I don't believe it!" No one would believe the old man's perfunctory answer.
The old man smiled and said, "But I really don't want you to do anything. If I have any purpose, it is to let you continue to go deep into Miao territory. To be more precise, I want you to lead this group of people deep into Miao territory."
"What do you mean?" I really didn't understand the old man's purpose. If he just wanted Jiang Yan and his men to continue to go deep into Miao territory, Sun Xiaomei should be more suitable than us. At least, their strength is better than mine.
The old man said: "To put it simply! Xuan Jing Si is indeed powerful, but they also suffer from a lack of strength. The result of letting them enter Miao Territory is that the three factions will join forces to deal with Xuan Jing Si. But you are different..."
"You are just an ordinary sorcerer in the eyes of the three major sects. Even if you were placed in the Holy Mountain of Miaojiang, you wouldn't be able to make any waves. This is more in line with my interests."
I frowned and said, "Are you so sure that the three sects will join forces to deal with the Xuan Jing Division?"
"Haha..." the old man laughed, "You have never met the high-level magicians, and you don't know the reputation of Xuan Jing Division, right? Although Xuan Jing Division is ranked among the upright and famous sects, the filthiness among them is worse than filth. Moreover, the biggest characteristic of Xuan Jing Division is that they like to seize by trickery. Let them know that the divine Gu has been born, and they will send out their high-level people to seize the divine Gu without hesitation. Do you believe it?"
"I believe it!" I have only met He Wuyou and Sun Xiaomei from Xuan Jingsi.
Judging from He Wuyou's attitude towards Luosha, if Xuan Jingsi was not a place where plundering and robbery were rampant, he would not be so unscrupulous.
The old man nodded and said, "To some extent, I think you should thank me."
"I deliberately led Sun Xiaomei to fight with the corpse driver. First, to tell the corpse driver that the Xuanjing Division's troops have arrived in Miaojiang. Second, to tell Sun Xiaomei that Miaojiang is under full martial law."
"The Xuan Jing Division has a very keen nose. They will sniff at the slightest smell of blood like flies. As long as the Xuan Jing Division sends out experts to the Miao Border, the three major sects will immediately send out their top witches to be on guard. In this way, has the pressure on your side been reduced a lot?"
I said in a deep voice: "And then?"
The old man said as a matter of course: "Then, you can keep going forward until you get the magic Gu out. Oh, that's right!"
The old man said, "I should also add one thing to you. That is, I don't think the divine insect is in any of you. Even if it is, it has not entered your body. The insect in your body may just be a bait."
"Okay! That's all I have to say. It's time for me to go." The old man bowed to me and said, "I owe you a favor this time. If I can do it, I will help you leave Miao Territory. As for how many people can leave in the end, it depends on your luck."
Before the old man finished speaking, he had already passed by us and stood at the entrance of the cave. None of us tried to stop him because we knew that we couldn't stop him even if we tried. The old man's movements were so strange that I didn't even see him move before he was behind us.
However, this is also in line with the characteristics of the Yao Sect. "Never fight with others unless it is absolutely necessary" is the iron rule of the Yao Sect, so the Yao Sect members pay more attention to the training of body skills.
Before the old man could step out of the cave, I hurriedly said, "Someone is looking for you!"
I clearly saw the old man's shoulders tremble. He quickly said calmly: "I have cheated so many people in my life that I can't even remember them all. There must be a lot of people looking for me."
Ye Jin suddenly said in a deep voice: "Among the people you have cheated, is there anyone who makes you feel guilty?"
The old man sneered and said, "If a liar had a conscience, he wouldn't do this. This is especially true for a liar who deceives people's hearts. If I had to dig out my conscience and interrogate it every time I cheated someone, I might as well change my career and become a judge."
"You fucking bastard..." When Ye Jin turned around angrily, I suddenly said, "Ye Jin, stop it!"
I looked at the old man's back and said, "There are many kinds of scammers. Some scammers get something for nothing, while others try to win big with a small investment. As for others, forget it. The people who are looking for you are still looking for you. How long do you want to hide?"
"Forever." The old man smiled faintly and walked out of the cave quickly.
Ye Jin asked: "Zhaozi, what are you talking about? What is the other one?"
I whispered, "There is another kind of situation where you are clearly deceiving others, but you accidentally get yourself into trouble."
Ye Jin said coldly: "Could that old fellow be that kind of person?"
"Yes or no? Let's talk about it later! Now, let's think about what we should do next!" We can't stay in a place like this for the rest of our lives, we have to get out of here.
Lu Xiaoying frowned and said, "Why do I feel that the old man's words are full of loopholes? How could a tragedy that happened a hundred years ago only be brought up a hundred years later?"
"It's possible." Xiao Baitang took over the conversation. "Cultivating Gu worms often requires an extremely long process, and the higher the level of the spiritual Gu, the more so. Take the ten most vicious Gu in Miaojiang for example. Each kind of Gu worm has been slowly cultivated and domesticated by several generations before it can be cultivated into a controllable vicious Gu."
I can understand what Xiao Baitang said. This is just like the relationship between wolves and dogs. Everyone knows that the ancestors of some dogs are actually domesticated wolves. However, if you want to turn wild and untamable wolves into loyal dogs, you may need to continuously improve their breed and bloodline until they become mature dog breeds.
Xiao Baitang continued, "After all, Gu worms have no intelligence. Everyone knows that the first generation of Gu worms are the most ferocious spiritual worms, but few people can control the first generation of Gu worms. A truly mature Gu worm must be at least the fifth generation. This time, more than a hundred years, is not long. The descendants of Panshe Village may have found clues to the murderer after discovering that some kind of spiritual Gu was about to be born."
Lu Xiaoying couldn't help but ask when he heard this: "That old man said that they don't have the mother insect of the magic Gu. Is that true?"
"More than 90% of it is true!" Xiao Baitang explained, "The spiritual insects that can be called gods in Gu are extremely powerful. Even if they don't bite people, the poison naturally emitted from their bodies is enough to kill people. Even ordinary Gu masters can't hide the divine Gu directly on their bodies, let alone let the Gu insects enter their bodies."
Xiao Baitang pointed at Jiang Yan and the others and said, "There is no high-level wizard among them, and no one has the ability to control the poisonous insects. If the divine poison is really in them, unless they have the antidote, otherwise, there is only one way to go, and that is death."
Xiao Baitang said: "I think they must have a kind of Gu worm that they use as feed. Moreover, this kind of Gu worm is the only thing that can attract the divine Gu from a certain place."
In my impression, there is no such thing as herbivorous insects. Most of them are carnivorous. High-level insects even feed on highly poisonous insects. Xiao Baitang's judgment should be correct.
While I was thinking about it, Jiang Yan suddenly said, "Little sister, can you check if any of us have that kind of bug? If..."
Jiang Yan wanted to run again! He said this, obviously wanting to keep the person with the queen insect bait.
Before he could finish, Xiao Baitang shook his head and said, "The poisons in your bodies are completely different. I can't tell which one is the food that the divine Gu likes. You'd better not waste your energy."
Jiang Yan's legs went limp and he fell to the ground: "Aren't we done for now?"
I ignored Jiang Yan: "Xiaoying, have you noticed a problem? Yu Shitong said that Jiang Yan and his men stayed in Panshe Village for one night. According to Yu Shitong, they should have stayed in Panshe Village when they entered Miao Territory. Could it be that someone set a trap for them at that time?"
It is not difficult to get a group of ordinary people to live in a deserted ghost village. Even if there is no master of illusion, it can be done by getting a few ghosts with some skills. However, the time when Jiang Yan and his friends encountered ghosts was strange. Unless someone targeted them before they entered Miaojiang, otherwise, they would not have encountered ghosts in that place.
However, since the other party had set their sights on Jiang Yan and the others from the beginning, why did they let them leave Miaojiang
Lu Xiaoying was silent for a while, then ran outside the cave and made a phone call: "I've asked someone to check for me, maybe there will be news soon. What should we do?"
"I don't know either." I really didn't know what to do. I had never dealt with the Miaojiang witch clan, and I didn't know their style of doing things. God knew how to deal with the matter here.
Lu Xiaoying sat down near the altar and calculated quickly for a moment before saying, "We still have to go inside. My calculation is: if we stay where we are, we will definitely die. If we take the risk and move forward, we may be able to survive."
Ye Jin hesitated and said, "But where should we go? Miao Territory is so big, we can't just walk forward aimlessly, right?"
I said in a deep voice, "Let's follow the route Jiang Yan and his group took. They must have been infected with the Gu poison at a certain scenic spot or place they stayed. That location should be not far from where the divine Gu was cultivated. As long as we can rush there first while keeping the people intact, we may have a chance of survival."
If the old man hadn't lied to me just now, then the fastest way would be to bring Jiang Yan and the others to the field to test them one by one. However, none of the three families were willing to do it, and instead came up with such a strange bet. I guess it must have been the work of the old man.
Since he dared to cheat in Miaojiang, he didn't care about cheating one or two more powerful sects in Miaojiang. Although I don't know why he arranged it this way, I am sure that letting the three sects take turns to attack is the most beneficial to the old man.
I knew that I was being blatantly plotted against by the old man again, but I had no choice but to go to Miaojiang, because I couldn't abandon Monk Shi. (To be continued)