Chapter 175 Gu Moth Gu, the Gu God's Will?

Listening to the Ugon Clan Chief's righteous words, no one spoke for a long while. Earlier, they had been afflicted by the gu, and several people had died, causing widespread panic and fear mixed with hatred for the outsider. Unexpectedly, the Ugon Clan Chief seemed to hate him even more than they did.

However, after all, they were father and son. To hate him to the point of refining a sacred gu egg specifically to kill him was unheard of.

Moreover, gu masters always kept their practices secret. Anyone who saw them would be chased and killed to ensure secrecy. Yet, he was publicly announcing that he was going to refine this kind of gu?

"After receiving your message, I went to the Witch God Cave and begged for the gu refining pot that our clan has been using for a hundred years. This is a vessel that our clan has used to refine gu since our ancestors, and it is the most important thing in gu refining."

In the silence, the Ugon Clan Chief looked at Zhuang Mine Chief and said in a deep voice, "It has been passed down to this day and has become our sacred object. If it weren't for a matter of life and death, we would never dare to use it..."

"Of course, the Gu Moth Gu is too dangerous. Even with this sacred object, I'm afraid I'll lose half my life here when I refine it..."

As he spoke, Uya, the girl who had been squatting on the ground, trembling, seemed to darken slightly, and she lowered her head to hide her expression.

The pale-faced young man who had come with the Ugon Clan Chief took down the bundle he was carrying on his back and unwrapped the layers of black cloth in front of everyone, revealing what was inside.

Everyone looked and saw a pot covered in copper rust. On the surface, they could vaguely see many black substances, as well as claw marks, bite marks, inexplicable stains, and strange indentations.

It looked like just a strange pot, but just one glance made them feel a chill in their hearts.

Like a sharp blade or a lurking poisonous snake, this unassuming copper pot seemed to possess a natural awe that made people want to avoid it...

"This..."

Zhuang Mine Chief was taken aback by the Ugon Clan Chief's attitude and didn't know what to say. He felt he should say a few words to dissuade him from this father-son conflict, but he also knew that there was no better way to solve the problem of that terrifying fellow than to have the Ugon Clan Chief take action.

Besides, what business was it of his if a father and son were fighting? So he just said with an embarrassed smile, "Taking righteousness over family and protecting the lives of the villagers, I, Zhuang Lao Er, thank you, U Lao Ge."

"It was our witch clan that was in the wrong first, so how can we accept your thanks?"

The Ugon Clan Chief said with a stern face and a low voice, "I want to get rid of this scourge for my clan, but I have to make things clear.

"If I really fight this madman, life and death are determined by fate. If I can't refine this gu and can't beat him, then I won't survive.

"But if he goes crazy and wants to harm people, the people in this valley, and even the people in our seven villages, may not survive..."

"He... is really crazy..."

Zhuang Mine Chief's heart skipped a beat. He stared at him intently and asked, "Then U Lao Ge, how confident are you?"

"If I can refine the Gu Moth Gu, I can naturally get rid of him."

The Ugon Clan Chief said in a deep voice, "It's a pity that this gu is the specialty of the southern clan chiefs. When we migrated here, we brought seven eggs from the Witch God Temple in the south. We opened the altar six times, but we didn't succeed. Now, there's only this last one left..."

"If I want to refine it, I need to put in real effort. Besides the U Gu pot I brought, I still need a lot of things. I've already prepared red-eye vines, earth evil ash, and the heart's blood of thirteen witch gu masters..."

"But that's still far from enough. I'm afraid I still need some blood tai sui, the solidified ointment from black tai sui, green bones mined from the mine, and even..."

"...I need to directly use the qi of your blood food mine to complete this gu altar."

At this point, he paused and said, "Of course, I'm just borrowing a bit of evil qi. It won't really destroy your mine, so you don't have to worry about the people above blaming you."

"Ah, this..."

Zhuang Mine Chief had been full of expectations, but after hearing the Ugon Clan Chief's words, he suddenly froze. "Borrowing our blood food mine to refine gu..."

"...This has never happened before!"

The blood food mine was their lifeline...

He seemed genuinely surprised. Witchmen usually liked to use some black tai sui or scraps when refining gu. He had thought that, at most, he would allocate some blood food for them to refine gu this time.

Who would have thought that he would directly open an altar in the blood food mine and refine that sacred gu that sounded so evil? If something unexpected really happened, who could bear the responsibility?

The Ugon Clan Chief saw his hesitation, was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice, "I have no choice. If I had any chance of winning, I would have fought that madman U Song. But, I can't win against him.

"Or, if you have other ways, I won't force you. Whoever can kill that madman in the end will be a great benefactor to our witch clan."

These frank words immediately made Zhuang Mine Chief feel conflicted. He looked troubled, but suddenly thought of something. He turned to look at Hu Ma and said to the Ugon Clan Chief, "U Lao Ge, don't worry. Everyone knows your reputation. How could we doubt you?"

"It's just that, as I said just now, people from the guild have come, and I'm no longer in charge.

"This Shopkeeper Hu is the new person in charge of our mine. If you want to borrow this blood food mine to refine gu, although it's to save people, you still have to get his approval before it's feasible..."

Hearing this, the Ugon Clan Chief was stunned and turned to look at Hu Ma.

For a moment, not only him, but also the people in the mine around him looked at Hu Ma, their eyes full of expectation and worry. The invisible pressure that had been accumulating during this period suddenly fell on him.

Hu Ma met everyone's eyes, his mind raced, and he smiled and said, "Of course, you can. I just don't know, besides what you said, is there anything else you need our help with?"

"That's great. Thank you, outsider in charge. If the mine can help, I'll be confident in refining this gu!"

The Ugon Clan Chief was delighted to hear Hu Ma's quick agreement. He smiled and said, "The others are simple. During my gu refining process, U Song will probably notice it. There will definitely be some other troubles.

"At that time, I'll need you capable people to help us block him for a while. Once my sacred gu is refined, everything will be settled!"

"As for the gu refining, I'll do it myself. I don't need anyone else's help, but the preparations for refining the gu still need the brothers in this mine to lend a hand."

Hu Ma nodded with a smile and said, "These are all things we should do. After all, we're saving our own lives, aren't we?"

"Just tell us what you need."

The Ugon Clan Chief was in a good mood seeing Hu Ma's forthrightness and politeness. He was also a forthright person. He said, "Then I'll be direct.

"I need a place. Use wood that has been used for a long time in this mine. The older the wood, the better. Build a shed for me in front of this valley, in an open area. I need to use it as an altar to worship the gu god and open the altar to refine gu."

"In addition, I need you to prepare some blood food for me, ten pounds of black blood food, including three pounds of boneless skin and two pounds of three-veined meat... Also, I need fresh tai sui blood, delivered to me in time."

"During the gu refining period, people in the mine who were born in the years of the Horse, Monkey, and Rooster must not approach my altar at night."

The Ugon Clan Chief had clearly thought it all out. He said everything one by one in an orderly manner. Outsiders were confused and didn't understand what it meant.

Hu Ma turned to look at Zhuang Mine Chief and smiled, "Is this easy to handle?"

"Easy to handle!"

Zhuang Mine Chief said quickly, "There's plenty of old wood in the valley. Many houses are empty and can be torn down at any time. As for black tai sui, we don't usually need it anyway. We usually cut it off and throw it away, so there's plenty of it.

"The rest is just a matter of a few words. The brothers in the mine cherish their lives, and everyone will listen."

Hu Ma nodded and smiled at him, "In that case, you can help this Ugon Clan Chief. After all, I don't know much about the way of witch gu. I'm clumsy and afraid of delaying important matters."

"If you need anything, just come to me."

After saying that, he didn't say anything more. He arranged for people to get busy and returned to his residence. The smiling face he had just had had become tense. He looked up and saw Old Abacus, who was already waiting for him here, with the same expression on his face.

He frowned and said in a low voice, "How much of what the clan chief said just now do you think is true?"

"Don't speak yet."

Old Abacus also had a solemn expression on his face. He waved his hand and first placed an incense burner on the counter, with three sticks of incense burning in it. It looked like he was going to worship a god, but there was no shrine on the counter.

He knelt in front of the incense burner, put his hands together, brought them to his nose, muttered to himself for a moment, and then released his hands. There was a clanging sound, and three copper coins fell to the ground, some heads up and some tails up.

Hu Ma was immediately curious and watched from the side.

Old Abacus picked up the copper coins again, muttered for a moment, and threw them on the ground again. He did this three times before putting them away.

"The myriad things in the world are unequal, and all originate from the taiji which gives birth to yin and yang..."

After putting away the copper coins, he chanted for a long time in a mysterious tone, his fingers moving quickly as if he was calculating something. After a long time, he opened his eyes, his face surprisingly astonished:

"Strange..."

"I was listening for a while just now and felt that it was difficult to determine whether what the clan chief said was true or false. I thought I'd come back and ask the ancestral master..."

"...The divination shows that everything he said is true!"

(End of chapter)