Chapter 287

But when all this happened on the land of Miao Frontier, which carried a mysterious hue, no matter how unbelievable it was, the listeners present showed immense tolerance.

If a common storyteller had reached this point, someone would likely have started cursing by now.

Inside the tomb of Lu Lu Shangwang of the Warring States period.

Upon hearing that a severed head could still be alive, Zhang Tianshi was completely different from the dumbfounded Tianzhen and Fatty.

Because such a head—he had seen one before in his memory!

No external apparatus, just soaking in a vessel filled with a special liquid.

Zhang Tianshi remembered that head had survived for seven days!

After seven days, as if the time stolen from the heavens had finally run out.

The entire head instantly merged with the liquid in the vessel!

That miraculous scene remained vivid in his mind, so upon hearing this, Zhang Tianshi increasingly felt that this Miao village called Mengli had a remarkable origin!

Such a heaven-defying Secret Technique should logically have long been lost!

Yet a few decades ago, in a Gu Miao village, someone had used it once again!

At this point, the story had reached its most crucial part.

Zhang Lin did not pause, but continued: "The old Zuzhang's head opened its eyes, and aside from Miss Lan Ling's father and second uncle, almost everyone present stepped back in fright."

"Miss Lan Ling's father dropped to his knees instantly, weeping uncontrollably!"

"Just then the head spoke: Stop crying, those of us who use Gu should have foreseen this day."

"Miss Lan Ling also knelt at the side, sobbing. At this moment she felt she was the murderer who had caused her grandfather to become like this."

"But actually, think about it, everyone—who can simply be blamed for this?"

"Dog Fifth Master treated the Miao girl with outside thinking, thinking it was a romantic encounter."

"Miss Lan Ling's family, however, thought it was a good marriage match."

"Miss Lan Ling's grandfather placed a Gu on Dog Fifth Master—that was the rule of the Miao village, because Wu Laogou was an outsider."

"Wu Laogou's unwillingness to return to the Miao village came from following his heart, so he had to find a way to break the Gu."

"Li Weisi, as a doctor, had the sacred duty to heal the wounded and rescue the dying, so he also had to find ways to treat Dog Fifth Master, but this caused Miss Lan Ling's grandfather to suffer backlash from the Gu technique."

"Everyone in this seems to be at fault, yet seems to be without fault, but having reached this point, one can only sigh that fate toys with people!"

Hearing this, many in the room sighed along.

For Miss Lan Ling's family, such a situation was indeed somewhat tragic!

For the old Zuzhang, it seemed even more like an undeserved disaster.

On the small balcony of the second-floor private box, Old Lady Huo also let out a long sigh, then said: "Fate toys with people—that's absolutely right."

"If we're talking about the source of this matter, it actually has something to do with this old woman too…"

Chang San, listening at the side, clicked his tongue in amazement, marveling at Zhang Lin's astonishing ability to stir emotions while telling the story!

Even someone as hard-hearted as Huo Xiangu had been drawn by him into that helpless and powerless scene.

She even began tracing back to the source of the whole matter, feeling that the situation reaching this point also had her share of the problem.

Wu Laogou went to Miao Frontier also to heal a heartbreak, who could have known it would bring about so many things.

……

"After the old Zuzhang told them to stop crying, he said again: My time is running out. This method of preserving life in an abnormal position only lasts seven days; today is the last day."

"Hearing that after tonight the old Zuzhang would truly die, everyone felt a wave of sorrow."

"Just then the old Zuzhang asked: Who broke my Gu?"

"Li Weisi did not hide it either; he stepped forward on his own to admit it."

"After hearing what Li Weisi and the other two had discovered within the Heart Gu, the old Zuzhang's expression was also one of amazement."

"After a long while he said again: So that's how it is! So this is how the Heart Gu is used!"

"Li Weisi, upon hearing this, knew the old Zuzhang must have some understanding of these red and white fine threads. With time running short, he hurriedly asked the old Zuzhang how much he knew."

"The old Zuzhang then spoke what he knew. It turned out the people of Mengli had not been without suspicion about the bird Heart Gu."

"Through the generations there were always those highly skilled in Gu technique who suspected the Miao village's method of using the Heart Gu might be flawed, which was why the legendary claim of the Heart Gu possessing great power was hard to realize."

"Each generation of Zuzhangs would pass down a legend by word of mouth: that the Miao people's Gu technique all came from the red and white fine threads!"

"In the distant primeval era, the medium used by Gu masters for their Gu techniques was this kind of creature, not the insects used today!"

"Unfortunately, that authentic Divine Gu technique was later lost. To prevent Gu technique from being cut off, the Gu people created the Insect Gu technique."

"It can be said that the Insect Gu technique currently used by the Gu Miao is a very low-grade substitute."

"This statement left Li Weisi both shocked and overjoyed!"

"He had not expected that the problem the Gu Miao had failed to solve for thousands of years had been unraveled by him by sheer accident."

"Li Weisi was certain the legend passed down by successive Zuzhangs was true—the red and white fine threads were the origin of Gu technique!"

"That was why it could so easily break the Insect Gu planted by the old Zuzhang!"

"Wu Laogou also realized at this moment that Li Weisi, this foreigner, had struck great luck in helping him break the Gu!"

"An ability that could counter all Insect Gu techniques—this could simply allow Li Weisi to run rampant in the Miao village."

"His mastery of this Divine Gu technique would make all Gu Miao in Xia Country worship him as a deity!"

"Just as Li Weisi was overjoyed in his heart, the old Zuzhang's next words poured cold water on him."

"The old Zuzhang said: The reason the Divine Gu technique was lost is precisely because it is hard to master! According to legend, using the Divine Gu technique requires three essential conditions!"

"From what we see now, the red and white fine threads are one; Li Weisi has also confirmed that special blood counts as another, but what the third is, no one knows."

"The old Zuzhang stated plainly that using an incomplete Divine Gu technique rashly would bring disaster to the body."

"Li Weisi's face changed upon hearing this—his current condition was exactly that!"

"Of the three conditions, he had only gathered two, and one of them was borrowed from someone else's blood."

"But at this moment Li Li Weisi could no longer worry about so much—no one knew what the third essential condition was, did that mean this Divine Gu Art couldn't be used?"

"Now they were trapped, and only Li Li Weisi's Divine Gu Art could save their lives."

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but nod.

The actual situation Li Li Weisi and the others faced forced him to use this incomplete Divine Gu Art.

Even knowing it would harm the body, there was no time to worry about that now.

At this moment, Yang Lu was even more certain where the hereditary disease of Li Li Weisi's family came from.

Using the Divine Gu Art rashly without gathering all the essential conditions—

What was the difference between this and a mortal wielding an immortal's treasure?

Using something beyond one's own capacity to bear would inevitably invite backlash!

……

At this moment, a young waiter from New Moon Restaurant brought Yang Lu a delicate box.

Inside that box was the eye jet that Zhang Lin had asked her to bid on!

After taking it, Yang Lu casually opened the box.

The instant she lowered her head and saw that eye, she suddenly felt something in her body leap!

That feeling was like countless things wandering about!

Yang Lu stared at her palm in terror, and then an incredible scene appeared.

Countless fine red and white threads actually poked out from her fair palm!

At this moment, even someone with an incomparably strong will could not control themselves.

Yang Lu let out a scream and stood up from her seat!

The Mountain-Moving Boss's sudden loss of composure immediately interrupted Zhang Lin's storytelling.

Everyone looked at Yang Lu with a mix of displeasure and curiosity, not understanding what she was screaming about.

Only Zhang Lin saw at a glance Yang Lu's terrified expression and pale face.

He knew that for someone as calm as Yang Lu to lose composure like this, she must have encountered something extraordinary.

Following Yang Lu's hand, Zhang Lin saw the box holding the eye jet.

But from Yang Lu's movements, it was clear she had just closed the lid!

So Zhang Lin immediately judged that there was something wrong with that eye jet!

It was what caused Yang Lu's loss of composure, but the situation was still within controllable bounds.

Because after Yang Lu closed the box, her emotions gradually calmed down!

Zhang Lin immediately asked: "Boss Yang, do you have any guidance?"

Yang Lu brushed back her hair and recovered the composure she had just now.