Let me teach you how to raise silkworms.

  Before, I was uneasy about the dragonfly in my body, but also secretly delighted because of the benefits it could bring to people. Now, however, I only feel sadness and anger. The dragonfly is not a sacred mountain insect that can transform people, but a genuine devil's insect, seemingly beautiful but only bringing misfortune and destruction, luring the Miao people step by step into the abyss.

  I walked up to Wu and questioned him in a loud voice that could be heard by the Miao people standing outside the door.

  "These insects have killed so many of your kin, why do you still want to cultivate them? In this world now, is it still necessary for you to use Gu worms to protect yourselves? The things left behind by your ancestors are not enough? You're even more stupid than a donkey!"

  。”

  Master hurriedly came to pull me, scolding me for not understanding the inside story and spouting nonsense here. This is a secret of the Miao people, and it's also their fate, as an outsider I don't have the qualifications to say anything.

  I instead became more overbearing, and my cold laughter echoed through the house so that everyone could hear it.

  "I don't understand the Miao people's traditions and fate, all I know is that there's a group of madmen here who think insects are more important than human lives. They harm their own children and relatives just to raise a few bugs. This isn't stupidity anymore, I think their brains must be filled with dog shit, it's nauseating."

  The old man Wū Yáng's eyes widened as if in incredulity, the tribal elder Wū Huàn furrowed his brow deeply, while Shī Niáng's beautiful face was tightly pursed, her eyes gleaming with amusement.

  I don't know where I got the courage to scold them so loudly in the old nest of the Miao people, I just feel a surge of hot blood rushing straight to my forehead. I looked around and found Ah Yu Duo's face among a group of angry young Miao people, she was not angry, but looked at me with some confusion, her face still carrying the lingering sadness.

  "I'm telling you the truth, your precious little treasure is also inside my belly. If you have the guts, cut open my belly and find it, just like what you did to your own brothers and sisters back then."

  I'm still not satisfied, pointing at the room full of Miao people and scolding them. Previously, I was going to beg them to exorcise the dragonfly for me, but now I don't care anymore, let it stay in my belly. What we mountain people value most is our own flesh and blood relatives, but they are willing to sacrifice their siblings for a few insects, which is simply unbearable.

  The dog dragged me all the way to the wall and covered my mouth with its paw.

  "Xu Ge, you always say 'harmony brings wealth', what's wrong tonight?"

  As soon as I heard the news of Long Xiaoyu, my heart was filled with an uncontrollable excitement, like I had taken a stimulant. Even now, facing a room full of unfriendly Miao people, I still feel eager to provoke them.

  Harmony brings wealth, it's always on my lips, what's wrong with me tonight?

  I watched as Shang Nanli walked up to the front, her expression was inscrutable. Although I had been looking at my master's face, Miao Village's great priestess Shang Nanli had always been speaking on my behalf, but my previous outburst of scolding had even included her.

  She must have been so angry that her teeth are itching by now.

  Nan Li Shifu didn't say a word, but just smiled ambiguously at me. Nan Li Shifu should be over 70 years old, but time had left no trace on her face. If she stood next to Ah Yu Duo, that little girl, someone would definitely think they were sisters.

  But Nanli Shiniang's eyes were like a deep pool of water that had been undisturbed for thousands of years, with no ripples or waves, only the faint patina of time and weather.

  This is the gaze that a wise man who has lived for decades should have.

  Under the gaze of Nan Li Shifu, the hot blood surging on my forehead gradually subsided, and the turmoil in my heart also slowly calmed down. Now thinking about the previous round of scolding, I only feel a chill on my back, and I broke out in a cold sweat.

  To borrow a popular phrase of today, this is a real case of "if you don't look for trouble, trouble won't find you".

  "Master's wife, I was just speaking nonsense earlier, please don't take it to heart." I smiled obsequiously at Master's wife, feeling like the corners of my mouth were going to split all the way up to my ears.

  That night, Ah Dou blew two whistles and Long Piao nearly took my life. If I had found another powerful Taoist in the village, I would have rather died and been reborn early. The guilt was truly unbearable.

  Nan Li Shiniang smiled and said: "Little money lover, I heard your master say that there is still a dragon leech attached to your body?"

  I hastily nodded in agreement, saying, "Teacher's wife, you mustn't try that. The thing is stuck right inside my belly. If you have a way to get it out, I'll agree even if it means cutting me open, but hopefully, you can sew me back up afterwards."

  Nan Li shook her head, a smile still on her face: "After the dragon leech has become a gu, it will recognize the first living person it parasitizes as its master and form a symbiotic relationship. Now even if I take out the dragon leech, it's impossible to implant it into someone else."

  Master had already told me about this, and I said it in order to ask Master's wife to help me take out the dragon whip.

  Nan Li didn't show any attitude, so I decided to get straight to the point. However, since I just scolded a group of Miao people, I should change my tone.

  "Teacher's wife, I was just a bit emotional earlier. It's because I don't want to see so many of our Miao compatriots lose their lives for the sake of a few insects." I tried my best to show sincerity and deep concern on my face.

  "Ayouda once said that I wouldn't be able to withstand the dragon wasp's sting and would die with my intestines ruptured, but now I'm standing here unscathed. This might just be an opportunity to find a safe way to cultivate the dragon wasp, so I'm willing to cooperate with you, Master Mother, to extract the dragon wasp from my body for research. It's also a small contribution I can make to the friendship between the Han and Miao peoples."

  。”

  Luckily, I've been watching CCTV News regularly, so the excuse I came up with on the spot was quite smooth, and my facial expression was also well-rehearsed. I think even when I joined the Young Pioneers of China back in the day, I didn't look as righteous as I do today.

  However, Nangong Lixian's expression seemed a bit surprised.

  "Little treasure, didn't your master tell you that until you die, the dragonfly and you cannot be separated? No matter who leaves whom, both will lose their lives. To live and die together, this is the true meaning of the symbiotic relationship between the dragonfly and its host."

  Can't drive out the evil spirit?!!

  I turned around and saw Master nodding at me with a helpless expression, and my heart suddenly cooled down to the soles of my feet.

  From start to finish, I thought that there must be a way in the Miao village to get rid of the dragonfly, and what I was worried about was how to make the Miao people willing to drive it away for me. But I never expected that this matter would be a dead end from the very beginning.

  The huge drop in altitude made me feel a bit dizzy.

  "Don't blame your master either, he just heard me mention Long Piaopiao before and doesn't know the inside story at all." Nanli Shiniang patted my shoulder with concern.

  I shook my head, if it weren't for Master, I would have died that night, how could I blame him.

  Gourds are very excited, and the sacrificial ritual that treated him for Gu poisoning said that no matter how poisonous the Gu worm is, there is a way to restrain it. This is the rule set by the mountain god. It's impossible that the dragon Gu worm can't be cured.

  But Nangong Shuang said that the poisonous insects could be dealt with, but the dragon leech was fundamentally different from the poisonous insects, so there really was no way to expel it.

  A true friend is revealed in times of trouble. I saw Dog Root's eyes turn red, and my heart couldn't help but ache. I said to him, "What are you crying for? I'm not dead yet! If I really die, the shop in Kunming will be left to you."

  As soon as I said that, Dog Root directly burst into tears. I turned my head to ask Master, is there a more glorious way to die? Being bitten by an insect and dying is really too humiliating.

  Master took big strides to walk over, and slapped a palm on my forehead, saying: "Look at you two useless things, the dragon's gallbladder can't be taken out, but that doesn't mean there's no other way, I still expect you to support me in my old age, you dead donkey egg

  ！”

  I had some doubts: "Master, you yourself said that without the Miao people's Gu technique to control it, the Dragon Gu would eventually lose control one day. The pain of being bitten by the Dragon Gu is worse than death."

  Nan Li smiled: "Then I'll teach you the art of Gu, anyway you have Long Nian Gu as a foundation, so it won't take long to learn."

  As soon as the words were spoken, the whole room was in an uproar. The Miao people, regardless of age, all started whispering to each other without any reserve, but they were speaking in the Miao language, and I didn't catch a single sentence. Even Wu Huan and Wu Yang, the two old men, looked at their elder sister with shocked faces.

  It was my master who seemed extremely calm, he and Nan Li exchanged a smile, their tacit understanding was evident.

  Things have taken such a turn, and I'm all confused. As a Han Chinese, would the Miao people really be willing to teach me their precious Gu sorcery, which they value more than life itself?

  Nan Li Shifu said, "Of course it's impossible for me to teach you for free. There must be an exchange condition."

  I asked what it was, and the teacher's wife said she hadn't thought of it yet. Saving lives is urgent, and conditions can be discussed later.

  "It's settled then!" I immediately agreed.

  Nan Li smiled and asked me: "Don't you want to think about it again? Aren't you afraid that I'll open my mouth wide like a lion later?"

  "My honest answer is: I'm just a poor kid from the mountains, there's nothing to gain from me, this deal is a sure win for me no matter how you look at it. Even if I have to go through hell and high water later on, it's still better than being bitten to death by some bug. If that's not acceptable, then you're just being stubborn."

  Nan Li patted my head and told me to be at ease, saying that since they had already decided to save me, they would never let me be in danger again. She also said that helping me was actually helping themselves too.

  The last sentence that Nán Lì Shī Niáng said, I didn't quite understand the meaning, but the angry and resentful gazes of the other Miao people in the house were truly felt. It seems that the days ahead in the Miao village won't be easy to get through, but this still can't suppress the kind of joy in my heart that feels like being reborn after a disaster.

  The dog root child came up to me and asked if the words I said earlier about giving him a shop still counted, I kicked him with one foot and said why don't you little boy go die?

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