Chapter 26 Exchanging Lives

The girl named Wuya was crouching next to the horse that wanted to die, stroking its big head, grooming its mane, and putting a bowl of clear water next to it, earning her a cold glare from the horse.

Hearing the call of Clan Chief Wugong, she stood up and hopped to the hall. Her eyes immediately fell on Hu Ma sitting beside her. Tilting her head, she smiled and said, "Careful?"

Hu Ma nodded to her and smiled, "Hello."

"Come quickly."

The way the girl greeted Hu Ma did not escape Clan Chief Wu's eyes, but he ignored it and simply said, "Wuya, come and save people."

The girl saw the blood and worms vomited on the ground and seemed to understand what was happening. She simply blinked her eyes and obediently sat down at the table, extending her arm.

Her arm was fair and smooth, not at all like someone who often climbed trees, but there were several bright red dots on it, like rouge.

"Let her help me remove the Gu?"

Mining Chief Zhuang had been suffering from Gu poison for some time and had been hoping that Clan Chief Wugong would come to remove the Gu for him. He had just felt a glimmer of hope when he unexpectedly summoned this girl named Wuya.

Because the Bloodfood Mine had its own rules, women were not usually welcome on the mine. In addition, although they had some contact with Clan Chief Wugong from time to time, they were not really close enough. Therefore, he glanced at her with some concern.

"No."

Clan Chief Wugong shook his head and said in a low voice, "Wu Song's Gu is very powerful. No one in our clan is confident that they can remove the Gu he has cast."

Mining Chief Zhuang was stunned, "Then this..."

Clan Chief Wugong shook his head, took out a strange black thread from his sleeve. It looked smooth and translucent, as if woven from hair, and at each end of the thread was a gray bone needle with delicate patterns on it.

He stuck one end of the bone needle into Mining Chief Zhuang's arm, and the other end was stuck into Wuya's arm.

After doing this, he took out a small drum from his basket, put it close to Mining Chief Zhuang's ear, and gently tapped it. The more he tapped, the more rapid and loud the sound became.

Gradually, the black thread suddenly trembled non-stop.

Wuya and Mining Chief Zhuang were clearly not exerting any force, and the thread was still loose, but it seemed to be under an invisible force, trembling constantly.

As this process continued, Wuya's face became increasingly pale, while Mining Chief Zhuang showed a look of surprise on his face and took a deep breath, as if he felt his condition was rapidly improving.

"Chī!"

After tapping for a while, the Wu clan chief quickly pulled out the gray bone needle inserted into Wuya's body. His pale-faced disciple had already brought over a fire basin with flames burning inside.

He threw the section of thread and the bone needles at both ends into the fire basin, where they sizzled.

Mining Chief Zhuang had already stood up, pressing his chest with his hand. His expression was surprised and full of joy. He quickly turned his head to Clan Chief Wu and bowed to the end, "Thank you for saving my life."

The clan chief also said politely, "It's only right. We are all good friends."

But amidst their politeness, Hu Ma suddenly frowned and looked at Wuya, the girl with her head full of silver ornaments. He saw that her fair and delicate face had become pale and black, especially her left arm, where the bone needle had just been inserted, which had become swollen and black.

Faintly, he could still see worms emerging from her skin.

'This isn't saving someone, it's clearly exchanging lives...'

Hu Ma had been watching from the side. Because the situation was unclear and he was dealing with Wuren who had different rules from the Han people, he had remained silent and had not spoken or done anything rashly.

But seeing the girl's painful and enduring appearance, he was somewhat surprised. He could see what the principle of the Wu clan chief's so-called "Gu treatment" was, but it was difficult to understand.

The Shou Sui Ren's physique was so strong, how could he think of using a little girl to bear such a powerful Gu for the Shou Sui Ren?

Just as he was thinking, Mining Chief Zhuang's two disciples also saw the girl's weak and painful appearance. They hesitated whether to help her up, but the Wu clan chief quickly turned around and said in a deep voice, "Leave her alone. Don't touch her."

"She can't suppress it with her cultivation like you Shou Sui. She is now full of Gu poison."

"Whoever touches her will be infected with Gu worms..."

"..."

The two disciples hurriedly withdrew their hands and even retreated further, leaving the girl to sit on the ground by herself, clutching the front of her clothes tightly.

Hu Ma frowned and asked in a timely manner, "If that's the case, then why let her take this Gu?"

If the Shou Sui Ren's strong body couldn't suppress the Gu worms, how could a girl?

When the Wu clan chief saw Hu Ma ask this, he looked up at him before saying in a low voice, "There's no way. I can't remove Wu Song's Gu either. I can only transfer the Gu, transferring part of the Gu to someone else's body."

"..."

Next to him, Mining Chief Zhuang was trying to move his arms and legs, feeling the lightness in his body. Hearing this, he quickly turned his head, his voice a little hoarse:

"You mean, the Gu in my body... has not been completely removed?"

"..."

"Not yet, just to make your injuries better..."

The Wu clan chief slowly shook his head and said in a low voice, "Even transferring the Gu from your body and letting others bear it, not everyone can bear it."

"Ordinary people would die directly after receiving it. It's like using one life after another to reduce the Gu poison in your body, but only Wuya can still save her life after bearing the Gu poison transferred from your body."

"After all, she is Wu Song's younger sister."

"Wu Song refines Gu into a madman, unsympathetic. Even I, I'm afraid, would be killed by him without hesitation."

"Only, he values ​​this sister of his."

"And the Gu worms he refines belong to the Heart Gu, and are of one mind with him. Since Wu Song is reluctant to hurt this sister, then his Gu worms will not either. When Wu Qing realizes that it is his sister who is bearing the Gu worms, he will naturally stop."

"..."

"Can it be like this?"

Looking at this clan chief, whose face was cold and handsome, seemingly unwilling, but had to save people, and then looking at Wuya, the girl whose face was covered with a layer of black air, desperately covering her mouth, not letting herself make a painful groan.

The surrounding people couldn't help but feel a little shocked. Hu Ma even frowned, only feeling that this family was full of evil spirits.

He had already heard the truth from Monkey Wine earlier, but now looking at this clan chief, it seemed like... what he said was also true?

He was unable to determine it for a while, but instead fell silent, still just watching, not speaking casually.

"Then this..."

Mining Chief Zhuang listened and also felt a little flustered: "Then this is endless, isn't it?"

"Now, Miss Wuya has helped me transfer this part of the Gu poison, but I can be well for a few days, and then it will become more serious again, won't it?"

"Wu, old brother, that's your son after all, don't you have a way... to reconcile with him for us?"

"..."

Listening to Mining Chief Zhuang's words, the Wu clan chief's face was gloomy. After a long while, he said in a low voice, "Reconciliation is impossible. Wu Song has been stubborn since he was a child and never listens to anyone."

"But Mining Chief doesn't need to panic. I came here today to talk to you about this. In the end, Wu Song is a member of our village. It would be fine if he stayed in the Black Bone Forest, but since he took the initiative to come and cause trouble for the Bloodfood Mine..."

Saying that, he shook his head and said in a low voice, "Then this is inviting disaster for our village..."

"After our branch of clansmen moved south, we have worshiped the Witch God for generations. We once received the Witch God's decree that anyone who commits the three prohibitions and ten non-refinements must be eliminated, no matter who he is."

"And him coming to cause trouble for the Bloodfood Mine is even more serious..."

He paused, sighed, and said, "He is getting bolder and bolder, and doesn't put anyone in his eyes, but how can we Wu people not understand that there are many tricks and many experts among the Han people. We can't afford to provoke them..."

"If we don't solve him now, do we really have to wait until the Red Lantern Matron from Ming Prefecture sends incense burners to come and find us?"

"..."

Hearing him say this, everyone present was stunned, feeling a strange sense of stability. Earlier, they only felt that the Wu people sealed the road, and Gu poison was everywhere, making people restless.

Now they realized that these Wu people were actually afraid of us too.

"Then, what does Clan Chief Wu mean..."

"..."

"I came here this time because I plan to fight Wu Song again!"

Clan Chief Wu said in a deep voice, "When I kill him, I will not only help you solve the siege, but also eliminate a scourge for our village!"

"Ah?"

No one expected him to say this, looking extremely determined, not like an attitude towards his son, but like an attitude towards a mortal enemy.

Hu Ma was also thinking quickly in his heart, unable to distinguish the truth from the false for a while.

Mining Chief Zhuang was equally surprised and trembled, "But you... old brother, you just said that you can't beat him..."

"Yes!"

Clan Chief Wu nodded deeply and said in a low voice, "I have refined all the Gu, but I am not his opponent."

"Not just me, in our branch of Wu people, in the seven villages and twelve towers, I am afraid that no one has refined Gu that can be Wu Song's opponent."

"If he weren't too crazy and unsympathetic, he would actually be the smartest and most powerful Gu master in our clan, who should protect our branch of clansmen, but now, I have no other way. While I can still refine Gu, I must solve him."

"In order to succeed in one fell swoop, this time, what I plan to refine is the most ancient type of Ghost Moth Gu in our clan. Once refined, it will definitely be able to kill Wu Song!"

(End of this chapter)