144: Chapter 142 Gu User 144: Chapter 142 Gu User Ye Rongzhong and his wife, as well as Ye Cheng, looked at each other, nonplussed.
“Qingqing, think again carefully, after you left the student’s home that you sponsor, didn’t anything strange happen to you on the way back?”
Frowning, Ye Cheng once again spoke up to confirm.
Whether it was him or Ye Rongzhong and his wife, they all felt that to resolve the issue with Ye Qingqing, starting with the gu user would definitely be simpler.
After all, drawing talismans was somewhat ethereal and elusive.
The sort of talisman Chen Hai talked about, whether it could be painted successfully, could only be left to the whims of chance.
“Dad, Mom, Big Brother, on the way back from Xiangxi, I and a few classmates had a smooth journey.
We didn’t even have a conversation with strangers, let alone provoke anything?”
After racking her brains for a long time, Ye Qingqing was still confident and shook her head.
Faced with this situation, the few people in the hospital room had no solution and could only turn their gaze towards Hou Donggui.
“Miss Ye, if nothing unusual happened on your way back, then did anything happen on your way to that student’s home?”
With a slight frown, Hou Donggui spoke up and asked directly.
After being in the business for so many years, having traveled north and south, although he had never seen the Gu Technique of Xiangxi with his own eyes, he had heard plenty about such matters.
That Ye Qingqing was afflicted with the yin snake gu, leading to her current situation, was something he had already confirmed without a doubt.
The gu user, using such a virtually incurable yin snake gu on Ye Qingqing, clearly intended to take her life.
Those who understand the Gu Technique, although they are often accompanied by gu and can have rather extreme and fierce dispositions,
they wouldn’t, without being provoked by Ye Qingqing, just decide they wanted her life without a second word; while not impossible, the likelihood was extremely slim.
If Ye Qingqing had returned safely without any unusual events,
then the problem could only have occurred on the path to that student’s home.
“Master Hou, now that you ask, it does ring a bell!”
“The student I sponsor lives deep in the mountains, in a village.
On my way to his home, I encountered a brat!”
“As I passed by him, he was playing in the middle of the road, and he grabbed a handful of cow dung nearby and threw it all over me.”
“At that time, I was quite angry and scolded him fiercely.
Then I dragged him to meet his family.”
“That brat’s family only had an old granny.
When I brought the brat over, she was apologizing profusely and was very polite, even offering me tea before I left.”
“Strangely enough, their house was chilly and very clean, with no sign of mosquitoes or insects…”
Just as she said this, Ye Qingqing suddenly stopped talking.
Her eyes glazed over; she shook her head but to no effect and slowly fell back onto the hospital bed, lapsing into unconsciousness again.
Previously, Hou Donggui had mentioned that with his ability, he could suppress the yin snake gu for at most an hour.
Now, with Ye Qingqing falling unconscious again, it was evident that the allotted time had passed.
“President Ye, you heard what Miss Ye just said!”
“I’m certain that the person who put the gu on Miss Ye is that brat’s granny, without a doubt.”
“Those who raise gu often have somewhat twisted and fierce characters, and in the eyes of the granny, the brat that Miss Ye saw might be the apple of her eye!”
“Normally, she might not even bear to scold him herself.
Miss Ye scolded the brat harshly and then went directly to confront her.
It makes perfect sense for her to harbor a killing intent towards Miss Ye!”
…
Sighing, Hou Donggui turned to Ye Rongzhong and the others and explained.
From the moment he spoke those words, he could already roughly imagine what would become of the old granny.
The Gu Technique of Xiangxi indeed had a significant reputation, but even the most formidable Gu Master, faced with modern technology, would eventually have to kneel down in submission.
He thought of Hou Donggui, in the eyes of outsiders, wasn’t he possessed of vast divine skills?
But in front of those real powers-that-be, when it was time to bow his head, he still had to play the dutiful grandson.
“Old Hou, I’m already aware of the situation!”
“A lowly gu user dares to harm a member of my Ye Family; she has some nerve.”
“Ye Cheng, I’m entrusting this matter to you to handle.
How to do it?
I shouldn’t need to say more…”
Ye Rongzhong’s face was gloomy, his entire body radiating a murderous aura, as he gave instructions to Ye Cheng beside him.
“Yes, Dad!” Ye Cheng nodded, then turned to walk outside.
Now that the target had been confirmed, everything else would be easy.
His sister, Ye Qingqing, had already fainted, but on the day she went to Xiangxi, there were several companions with her.
Once he found them, Ye Cheng would naturally be able to locate that old woman’s home.
…
Inside the courtyard on West Mountain,
Chen Hai sat cross-legged, his entire mind immersed in the leech-like shadow that lay coiled in his sea of consciousness.
This shadow was the divine presence he had glimpsed that day; a trace of that existence’s essence lingered in his mind.
Merely having seen that terrifying entity was already a stroke of luck, and all his subsequent visualization and cultivation aimed only at this essence in his mind.
Although this shadow was always blurry, as if obscured by some mystic veil,
each visualization of the object still granted Chen Hai some new insights, more or less.
“From what Brother Hou has told me, I must undoubtedly be an ancient True Cultivator.”
“I, now in the Day Tour Realm, have barely taken a small step forward, and I still don’t know what realm I’ll need to reach to be able to move freely into the True Realm and become a True Man!”
“First, I’ll set a small goal for myself: strive to become a True Man within ten years, and see for myself what that legendary True Realm is like…”
Immersed in cultivation, Chen Hai silently spoke to himself.
Overnight, time had passed without him realizing.
After cultivating for half the night and sleeping for the other half, Chen Hai felt invigorated.
Beginning from 9 o’clock in the morning, he started preparing to craft talismans officially.
Incense burning and cleansing were indispensable; not just physically, but he also made his mind as tranquil as possible.
The offerings of fruits, tea snacks, and booze were all of the finest quality.
Noon, referred to the time between eleven o’clock and one o’clock in the afternoon.
When the time reached this period, Chen Hai composed himself and took a deep breath.
After completing all the necessary preparatory procedures for crafting the talisman, he picked up the talisman pen and began to write with urgency.
“Pfft…” A sound.
The Danghui Talisman in his hand was only half-finished when a plume of blue smoke rose, and the entire talisman spontaneously combusted into ash without a flame.
“In the previous attempts, when I drew the Danghui Talisman, there were absolutely no reactions once the talisman was complete.”
“The appearance of blue smoke and spontaneous combustion just now is clearly progress.”
“One failure doesn’t matter; try again!”
…
After resting for a few minutes, Chen Hai encouraged himself, picked up the talisman pen again, and resumed his work on the yellow paper.