Chapter 51 Verse 41

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  Like many universities, there are also many small restaurants near Nanjing Medical University that cater to students.

  Wu Xiaoqian didn't go to the cafeteria for lunch, but instead turned into a small alley behind the medical school. At the end of the alley was an old, dilapidated house with a sign that had been smoked black by oil fumes, on which could be faintly made out the four characters "Lao Wang Rice Shop".

  Wu Xiaoqian walked in, and inside could only fit four tables, with not a single customer. The owner was an old man, his hair completely white, hunched back, and face full of wrinkles.

  "Old Wang, a sour soup fish and blood sausage duck!" Wu Xiaoxian's saliva was about to flow out, "It's been a long time since I've had hometown dishes, thank you."

  Old Wang slowly walked over and stared at Wu Xiaoxian from head to toe.

  "Whose daughter are you?"

  "My surname is Wu," said Wu Xiaoxian with a smile.

  "Are you... are you the young lady from the headman's family?" Old Wang's tone was very respectful, "It's the young master. I didn't expect that in just a few years, you would grow up so big."

  Wu Xiaoqian also laughed: "Old Wang, these years of hard work, you haven't changed at all."

  "I'm old..." Old Wang shook his head, feeling quite melancholic. "In two more years, I'll be buried in the earth. My only hope is to return to my hometown and wait for death."

  "Alright, Old Wang, you can go back tomorrow." Wu Xiaoqian hesitated for a moment before continuing, "If I die, take my body back with you."

  Old Wang shivered: "Young master, what did you say?"

  Wu Xiaoqian forced a smile: "I mean, if I die and there's still a body, you'll have to trouble yourself again to transport my corpse back to the village."

  Old Wang took a deep breath: "Young master, that person has appeared again?"

  "I don't know." Wu Xiaoqian's face turned solemn, "However, I saw the Golden Wasp."

  "Did you see the Golden Silkworm?" Old Wang was so surprised that his mouth couldn't close, "Can you escape from the Golden Silkworm?"

  "To be precise, I have seen a corpse that was attacked by a golden wasp."

  "To this day, our Miao people have no record of successfully escaping from the Golden Silkworm. Young master, although you are exceptionally talented, I'm afraid you're still not a match for the Golden Silkworm, so please be extremely careful."

  Wu Xiaoqian was deep in thought: "Isn't it said that the Moon God tribe had long since disappeared? The Gu poison priest died in the chaos of the altar, how could there still be a successor? And yet they actually refined the Golden Silkworm Gu, this heavenly rare Gu?"

  Old Wang sighed: "A centipede dies but does not stiffen. The Moon God tribe can last for thousands of years, and there must be something extraordinary about them."

  "Old Wang, what do you think I should do? How can I defeat the Golden Wasp?"

  "The best way to defeat the Golden Wasp is, of course, with a Fire Hedgehog. However, this rare creature is on the verge of extinction and no one in the village has ever seen it."

  "Is there no other way except for Hedgehog?"

  "Maybe there's someone who can help you." After some thought, Old Wang shook his head again, "But it's probably very difficult."

  "It doesn't matter, tell me about it."

  "Heaven gives birth to all things, and they are interdependent. Where there is black, there is white; where there is good, there is evil. The Moon God Clan has continued for thousands of years without stirring up too much trouble, because by the side of the Moon God Clan, there exists a very formidable natural enemy."

  "Arch-nemesis?"

  "Yes." Old Wang's gaze drifted to the distant riverbank, where there was the Tianxia Qilou Temple and the thousand-year-old ancient pagoda of Tongjin Tower.

  "With a bundle of golden ropes and one of the three treasures, the Driving Wind Sword, the Quelling Fire Sword or the Subduing Dragon Sword, defeating the Golden Silkworm Gu would be no more than a trivial effort."

  Wu Xiaoqian seemed to have an epiphany: "You're talking about the treasure of the Rope Gold Tower? I've heard my mother mention it before, saying that there's always been a master cultivating on that tower since ancient times."

  "Not bad. The Rope Gold Pagoda was originally built by a high monk, and apart from spreading Buddhist teachings, the most important reason is to suppress evil spirits. This so-called evil spirit is probably the Moon God tribe. I accidentally learned that in the altar chaos of the Moon God tribe more than 60 years ago, there was the shadow of the Rope Gold Pagoda's high monk. Otherwise, relying solely on the Grand Priest's ability would not be enough to subdue the Moon God and defeat the remaining six Grand Priests."

  "Who is the high monk of the Golden Cord Pagoda?"

  "I don't know." Old Wang sighed and continued, "However, I do know that under the Rope Gold Pagoda, there is a young monk named Yi Dashi who has the ability to communicate with heaven and earth. He must be the successor of the high monks of the Rope Gold Pagoda."

  Wu Xiaoqian smiled: "Since that's the case, why don't we go find him for help?"

  Old Wang shook his head: "It's not that easy. Their creed is different from ours. We want to eradicate the Gu poison cult, but they just want to balance the Moon God tribe. Otherwise, they could have taken advantage of the chaos at the altar and wiped out the Moon God tribe in one fell swoop. What they pursue is the supreme Buddhist law, the 'Great Way' that transcends mortal life and death. And we, in their eyes, are just slightly unusual ordinary people. Our grudges with the Gu poison cult, and two ants fighting over a grain of rice, are no different."

  Wu Xiaoqian was speechless.

  Old Wang said anxiously, "Young master, don't think too much. You're still young, why not follow me back to the village for now and temporarily avoid the poisonous ritual officer? When the time is ripe, it's not late to declare war on him."

  Wu Xiaoqian smiled bitterly: "Hiding for a while, hiding for a lifetime? If we don't take action now, when they grow stronger and can skillfully use the Golden Silkworm, I'm afraid there won't be any chance left, everyone in the village will die without a place to bury! Alright, Old Wang, stop talking, hurry up and serve me food! I want to have a good meal of authentic hometown dishes."

  Old Wang walked into the kitchen with a tottering gait.

  Before long, he was holding a steaming hot sour soup fish and blood curdled duck.

  Wu Xiaoxian ate while asking: "Old Wang, is there a Miao ethnic old woman around here who understands Gu poison?"

  Old Wang shook his head: "I haven't seen it before. It's not just our village that knows how to release the Gu, maybe it's someone from another village. From what I know, even if other villages have people who understand how to release the Gu, their skills are limited, you won't be able to get any help from them."

  "I know." Wu Xiaoqian smiled, "My mother said that I am a rare genius in the Grass Ghost Sect, one that appears only once in a thousand years! So, I must be able to defeat Jin Canhuang!"

  "I hope so!" Old Wang muttered to himself.

  Wu Xiaoqian ate so much that she was a bit unsteady on her feet when she walked out of Old Wang's restaurant. Under the scorching sun, there were hardly any people in sight, and the occasional girls who passed by were all holding umbrellas, afraid of getting their skin tanned.

  Wu Xiaoqian basked in the sunlight, her complexion still pale as paper. Her body was a bit strange, no matter how much she ate, she couldn't gain weight, and no matter how much sun she got, she couldn't get tanned.

  Back in room 441 of the girls' dormitory, there was no one inside. Wu Xiaoxian lay on her back on the bed, mouth open and panting.

  A small blue snake emerged from her mouth, stood up, and stuck out its tongue, curiously looking around.

  "Qian'er, come back!" Wu Xiaojian was afraid that she would be seen by other girls.

  However, Qian'er, who had always been obedient, disobeyed the order this time and did not return. Instead, she circled around Wu Xiaoxian restlessly.

  Wu Xiaoxian was furious and just about to scold Qian'er when she suddenly saw a centipede crawling hastily across the wall.

  This is no ordinary scorpion, with a colorful back and feet that are three inches long. For poisonous creatures, the more vibrant the color and the larger the body, the stronger the toxicity.

  Wu Xiaqian remembered very clearly that this colorful spider was caught by her in the small woods with a poisonous trap early in the morning.

  The poisonous hut is made from specially refined medicinal herbs, emitting a dizzying fragrance. The poison, upon smelling this scent, like humans taking heroin, will become entranced in an illusory fantasy and be unable to extricate itself, even if it's ** doesn't have any interest.

  But this five-colored centipede actually gave up the enjoyment in the poisonous hut, and hurried along the road in a flustered manner, as if it was fleeing for its life.

  Wu Xiaoqian's heart hung up.

  For poison, there is only one thing more important than enjoying the fragrance in a poisonous hut, and that is death!

  Something even more terrifying than these poisonous substances must have appeared in the girls' dormitory!

  No wonder Qian'er was so restless!

  Wu Xiaoxian suddenly jumped up from bed and searched nervously.

  The colorful lizard crawled towards the window, apparently it wanted to escape from here.

  Suddenly, a golden-yellow object the size of a thumb quickly moved along the wall and landed on the back of the colorful scorpion.

  Wu Xiaoxian's eyes widened and she stared fixedly at the golden-yellow object.

  Oval-shaped, shining with a golden luster, slender legs, slightly wriggling antennae, it's a golden-yellow silkworm!