Chapter 482: Pei Shangling's Gu

Mu Yuanzhi: "Then you stay here and study."

"Really?" The witch doctor wasn't too sure.

"Really, anyway he only has a breath left; maybe you could still revive him." Mu Yuanzhi said.

Gu Rongjin: "Makes sense, bringing Lord Sima here was exactly the point."

Qilin also agreed, "Keeping Pei Shangling with a breath left is already my limit; I really have no other way now."

Originally Pei Shangling's life or death had nothing to do with him; better that he died, serves him right!

But if he died because of him, he always felt he owed him, which made him unhappy!

Since everyone agreed, the witch doctor might as well obey rather than show respect.

He eagerly wanted to try and said: "Since you all trust me so much."

Pei Shangling lying on the ice bed didn't even know if he knew his own fate; anyway, he's hardly different from dead now.

The others temporarily went outside.

After the tiring journey by boat and carriage, Qilin had already had people clean the palace they previously stayed in; they could move in and rest right away.

Qilin naturally went over and chatted endlessly with the senior sister he hadn't seen in a long time.

Gu Rongjin, left hanging aside, also didn't interject, leisurely following.

He saw that this inexpensive disciple was now lively and jumping, no need to continue worrying about side effects, and he felt very relieved.

It's just that if the miasma in this valley isn't resolved, it's still bad for the body, right?

"Senior sister, if I had known that returning to the capital would involve such a big incident, I should have gone back with you!"

What Qilin said naturally referred to the matters of Zhang Mingsheng and Fang Hua.

Of course, the fact that Fang Hua almost captured Mu Yuanzhi, Mu Yuanzhi didn't say, to avoid making Qilin nervous again.

"You need to look after Juechen Valley," Mu Yuanzhi said, "but if you feel tired, you can always come to the capital to find us."

The implication in her words, Qilin could understand.

"No matter how tired, we must find a suitable successor."

If it weren't for Qiao Chu's ulterior motives, he would have been the successor.

"No matter what decision you make, senior sister supports you!"

"Thank you, senior sister!"

Qilin feared Mu Yuanzhi would get hungry, so he had the kitchen prepare a lavish meal early; even though it was still early for dinner, he had people arrange it, so they could eat early.

If there weren't miasma here, Mu Yuanzhi really thought living in seclusion here would be quite good.

After staying a few more days, Mu Yuanzhi thought this way.

At dawn that day, someone came rushing to report, urging them to go to the Heavenly Palace quickly.

Mu Yuanzhi thought it was probably because of Pei Shangling's matter.

"He's not about to give up, is he?" Gu Rongjin said.

"I don't know." Mu Yuanzhi didn't think much.

They arrived at the Heavenly Palace; Qilin said Pei Shangling's condition had taken a sharp turn for the worse, now only a breath remains, and soon it might be hard to say.

Mu Yuanzhi approached the ice bed; Pei Shangling's condition was visibly worse than last time.

"Lord Sima, you also have no way?" Gu Rongjin wondered what this person had researched here these days.

"I have a plan." The witch doctor looked at them and said: "Just seal him inside the Symbiotic Gu."

Mu Yuanzhi didn't understand: "What does that mean?"

"The literal meaning is that this fleshly body is already no good, his fate is exhausted, only possible to reshape, sealing him inside the Symbiotic Gu also counts as extending his life." The witch doctor said.

"In that case, is Pei Shangling still Pei Shangling?" Gu Rongjin asked.

"Hard to say; even if Pei Shangling's consciousness leads the gu worm, he still can't speak; in other words, he would be reborn as a gu worm."

Mu Yuanzhi: "Does it have self-awareness? Would it remember who it is?"

"Also hard to say; after all, this is just my theoretical speculation."

"... In other words, you basically can't do it?" Gu Rongjin hit the nail on the head.

"Mm, indeed I can't; if I were that powerful, I wouldn't have lost to you guys initially." The witch doctor spread his hands.

That is indeed a fact.

"The poor monk can give it a try."

"Yan Yan, you finally came back!" Qilin walked over, "You've been away half a month; I thought you ran away."

Monk: "Something delayed me, but it seems I returned just in time."

"Does Lord Sima's method you also know?" Qilin curiously asked: "When did you also learn this kind of evil technique?"

"It's a secret technique of our sect." The monk laughed and said.

"You mean the Zangyue Sect?"

The monk smiled without speaking.

"Alright, you come; anyway Pei Shangling is going to die, so we might as well try a dead horse as a living horse doctor!"

"Please, patrons, wait outside first; the process may take a while, perhaps you can go back to eat a meal and sleep a bit." The monk said.

Witch doctor: "Can I stay? I can also help."

The monk glanced at the witch doctor, nodded: "Yes."

"The two of you together?" Qilin suddenly felt uneasy.

He always felt that the two of them together were up to something.

"Patron Qilin, if you're so uneasy, the poor monk can also stay, but..." The monk curled his lips in a smile: "If something terrible happens, then the poor monk won't be responsible."

"Just scaring you, what terrible thing could there be?"

The Qilin said that, but in the end it still didn't stay, and went outside with Mu Yuanzhi and them.

"But can this really work?" Mu Yuanzhi still thought it was unbelievable.

How can a person be sealed inside a gu worm? If it's true, isn't that terrifying?

It makes one's hair stand on end!

"Never mind, if it doesn't work there's nothing we can do. I burned extra money for Pei Shangling on the first and fifteenth, and will find him a yin marriage." the Qilin said.

Gu Rongjin: "You've thought of everything."

"Besides, Pei Shangling is going to die anyway."

Before she left, she went to ask Pei Shangling whether he wanted to be sealed inside a gu worm, to be reborn as a worm that perhaps knows nothing.

She had thought Pei Shangling couldn't answer, but she asked anyway; unexpectedly, Pei Shangling nodded, though it was difficult and hardly noticeable, but she was sure he nodded.

Mu Yuanzhi looked back toward the ice cellar, and a long-forgotten childhood memory flashed in her mind; those distant memories that had been sealed away surged forth again.

Back when she and Pei Shangling were still close siblings, there were various moments of their interaction.

Once, he truly treated her sincerely, and also truly hated her.

"What are you thinking, little Yuanzhi?" Gu Rongjin pinched Mu Yuanzhi's cheek and said: "Why not imagine what Pei Shangling turned into a gu worm would look like—would he also be unpleasant?"

Qilin: "Definitely, after all this symbiotic gu is inherently unpleasant-looking."

"Then that's just adding insult to injury?" Gu Rongjin laughed heartily.

After he laughed, he suddenly had an idea: "Will this newly born symbiotic gu have a new function?"

The Qilin's eyes lit up: "That's a good question!"

"Have you already arranged Pei Shangling's gu?"

"Pei Shangling's gu? What a good name! But then wouldn't he be able to leave his name for eternity?"