Everything in the world has a price.
Raising Gu is the same.
The Gu breeder becomes powerful because of Gu, and becomes a being far beyond ordinary people, and can even be said to be out of the world, but the price he pays will also be very painful.
Gu is evil in nature!
This kind of thing is not born naturally, but is artificially cultivated. It strengthens itself through crazy predation and plunder. It is more aggressive than jackals, tigers and leopards. Otherwise, how can a little thing the size of a fingernail kill people?
Accompanying Gu is like accompanying a tiger. No one dares to say that he can fully control this thing, let alone the Gu breeder who accompanies Gu for life?
Rumor has it that some powerful Gu insects will have their own subjective consciousness and will not be completely dependent on the Gu breeder. Once they are greatly stimulated, they may lose control.
Lao Bai has a Gu King in his hand, and this subjective consciousness is even stronger!
When Lao Bai fell into the stolen hole, the mold in the hole was not dead. It was like a living thing, gathering towards him crazily and attaching to him. Layer after layer of mold, the number of which was difficult to measure, almost wrapped him into a black ball like a silkworm cocoon.
The Gu King who had been on him was naturally not spared.
However, this is a Gu King after all. The title of "one king among ten thousand Gu" is not for bragging. It has swallowed countless of its kind. After being provoked by these molds, it swallowed all the mold attached to Lao Bai.
These molds raised by the last generation of Tianguan are really overbearing. Even if the Gu King swallows them, it is not so easy to resolve. He was tossed to death and urgently needed tonic.
So, the Gu King lost control and attacked Lao Bai, once occupied Lao Bai's body, and used Lao Bai to come out to find food.
"Can you imagine how I've been through these days?"
Lao Bai wanted to cry but had no tears. He said tremblingly, "I've eaten earthworms dug out of the soil. The earthworms in this place are particularly large, like seven-inch snakes, juicy and thick. They burst open with a 'crunch' when you bite them.
I've eaten countless insects like this. Gradually, the Gu King seemed to have recovered some strength and began to command the insect tides dormant here on a large scale.
For example... the big cockroaches you see are everywhere. I soak in the insect nest all day and eat day and night...
Although the Gu King occupied my body, my consciousness was still clear. I felt the whole process, and my taste and touch were particularly clear...
That feeling, can you understand it?"
I thought about that feeling very carefully, but I didn't think about it anymore. It was too disgusting and a kind of torture to both my body and mind.
"Fortunately, this is a tomb, and there are always many ferocious insects lurking here, which feed the Gu King."
Lao Bai's tone has changed, and he no longer calls him "big baby" affectionately. He said helplessly: "However, this is the best result. I heard that some powerful Gu insects will eat the Gu breeder if they cannot eat in time after being injured.
Every Gu breeder wants to raise a powerful Gu, but they are unable to control it. At least seven or eight out of ten Gu breeders die at the hands of the Gu they raise. This is like a curse that cannot be broken at all. Who made us rely too much on external forces?"
"Why... do you have to raise Gu?"
I sorted out my words and tried to speak softly: "You said you have been working hard in the underworld for so many years, and you are a well-known figure in the world. You have money and girls. Why do you have to do this shamelessly? Aren't you deliberately looking for trouble?"
I really can't understand Lao Bai's train of thought.
In my opinion, men only want money and girls in their lives. With these two things, they can basically let their horses go to the mountains and enjoy life.
Lao Bai looked at me steadily, his expression was very serious, and he said after a long time: "Little Weizi, I find that you are a real vulgar person, too vulgar!"
I looked at the gold teeth in the back of his mouth, and then glanced at the half-high-quality jade in his arms, and said nothing.
"I'm serious, you are so vulgar!"
Lao Bai was afraid that he was not convincing enough, so he emphasized it again, and then punched me hard on the shoulder, saying that I didn't understand the hardships of a poor boy.
I wanted to say that I was a child of a poor family, but Lao Bai interrupted me with a wave of his hand.
"You have a father, a mother, rice and food. Apart from this time, what kind of suffering have you suffered in your life?"
I thought about it and shook my head again.
"Then what kind of child of a poor family are you?"
Lao Bai sneered and said that I lacked a sense of ambition. This is a common problem among young masters nowadays.
He said that someone spat on his face, but he didn't even wipe it off, and continued to sell to others with a smile. After the sales, the saliva on his face was dry, but he was still smiling with the money he earned, even if people said that it was not his good sales, but was completely rewarded to him.
There were too many things like this in Lao Bai's life.
"Actually, it was a mouthful of sticky phlegm. After it dried, my face was very dry and disgusting."
Lao Bai looked up at the darkness around him and sighed softly, "I have many friends, and you are the first one who can be regarded as a brother. You are the only one who can stick with me after saving me several times. There are some things I can only tell you. I know the harm of raising Gu, but I still want to do it. In the end, in one word, I am unwilling to do it.
I have done almost all the bad things in the world in my life. There is nothing I won't do, such as cheating people and hitting people with clubs. I have also stabbed my friends in the back.
But I have paid so much, and what did I get in the end?
I have made some money in these years, but who would respect me if I really went out? Facing people like Mr. Zhang, everyone is in awe, but when they see me, they laugh in front of others, and then turn around and scold me as a stinky wanderer. In the end, don't they despise me for not having real skills and cheating tricks?
I also want to practice some real skills, to be as awe-inspiring as Mr. Zhang, not for anything else, but just for the sake of pride. I have been here until now because of this pride, and I can't give it up. As you intellectuals say, it's called drinking ice for ten years, but the blood is hard to cool down. "
At the end, he laughed.
The mining lamp flickered, and in the dim light, I looked at his fat body and greasy face. I thought about it and felt that compared with him, I was indeed a vulgar person.
Flutter!
A little green light swept from the darkness and landed in Lao Bai's palm.
This is an insect, which looks like a firefly, with transparent wings flapping quickly, making bursts of sounds like metal friction.
"This is called Youqi Gu, not a firefly. I found it in this tomb. It is the best tracking Gu worm. It is very rare. The cultivation method has long been lost. This may be the last one. Even the Gu King is reluctant to eat it."
Lao Bai picked the worm in his palm, with a happy face, and smiled: "When I was controlled by the Gu King, I would occasionally wake up for a moment. At that time, I felt that my only hope was Mr. Zhang. It happened that I had Mr. Zhang's pills on me, so I let this Youqi Gu go to find Mr. Zhang. Now that it is back, it may have a clue!"
"You mean, my master may have come down?"
I suddenly lost my composure: "Then why are you still standing there? Go find them!"
"Your precious apprentice has come down. If Mr. Zhang knew, how could he not come down?"
Lao Bai vowed, and as soon as he let go, the little worm immediately flew forward.
I dragged Lao Bai and chased without saying anything.
After walking for a long time, we finally got out of this dark narrow road. Under the guidance of the little bug, we circled around this vast underground ruins.
Strangely, the Water Lord seemed to have completely calmed down. No more roars were heard. Even the dragon veins here were very quiet. The situation was very strange.
Not long after, Youyi Gu stopped moving forward after turning to a rocky place.
"There are bloodstains!"
Lao Bai was sharp-eyed and saw the bloodstains under a strange rock.
I hurried over and found a bloody saber behind the strange rock.
"It's Brother Yaozi's knife!"
My heart "stomped" and whispered: "Don't be happy too early. The situation seems a little wrong. Brother Yaozi never leaves his knife. Maybe... they are not in a good situation now!"