Chapter 0071 Heart-eating Gu
I thought I had misheard: "Alive? How can a needle be alive?"
Wang Quezi said: " To be precise, it should be this thing as thin as a hair, not a silver needle at all."
"What is that?" I looked left and right, but couldn't figure out what it was.
"Go find a living creature, and you'll soon find out what it is."
"Animals? Where can I find them at this time of night?"
"It doesn't matter what it is, as long as it's alive, go!"
I said "oh", walked out of the shop, looked left and right on the street, and heard the squeaking sound of mice coming from behind the garbage pile in the corner.
It quietly approached the trash can. Under the dim street light, a slender black tail appeared on the edge of the trash can, trembling constantly.
I carefully moved the trash can away and sure enough, I saw a fat, gray rat.
What’s surprising is that the mouse didn’t run away, but remained huddled in the corner.
"The rats in the urban villages are so fierce, aren't they even afraid of humans?" I stepped on the rat's tail, found a tissue to pad it and picked it up.
"Meow!"
I heard an angry cat's cry above my head. I looked up and saw a black cat standing on the wall, staring at me angrily with a pair of shiny green eyes.
"Is this rat your dinner? I'm so sorry, I'll borrow it for a while and I'll treat you to dinner next time."
I returned to the shop carrying the mouse.
I tied the poor mouse to the table with a rope. Wang Quezi took a silver needle wrapped in black cloth and stabbed it into the mouse's chest.
The mouse screamed, twisted its body twice in extreme pain, and then fainted.
Then Wang Quezi pulled out the silver needle and placed it on the black cloth.
"look by youself."
There was a tiny drop of blood hanging on one end of the silver needle. The blood drop gradually shrank, as if it was absorbed by the silver needle. The needle tip slowly turned red, and the needle body gradually swelled from as thin as a hair to as thick as an ordinary embroidery needle.
"This..." Before I could say anything, the silver needle changed again, and I was so shocked that I couldn't close my mouth.
The silver needle seemed to be alive. First, the red needle tip rose up, and then the entire needle body began to wriggle like a silvery-white nematode.
"Is this a bug?" My eyes widened.
" That's right !" Wang Quezi picked up the glass, turned it upside down to hold the white worm that was about to crawl out of the black cloth inside, and narrowed his eyes in fear.
"This is a kind of poisonous insect! If I'm not mistaken, it's called the Heart-Eating Gu. Once the insect enters the heart, it will become a puppet of the person who put the poison on it."
"What a vicious poison!" I was shocked. What would happen if such a disgusting and weird insect got into the human body?
"It seems that the tattoos and mandarin duck embroidery are just a trick. Dao Jinfeng's real method is to use Gu to control the other party. On the surface, it seems that the other party is really devoted to her."
"The young master of the Han family has been poisoned by the insect, so of course he obeys that woman's words." Wang Cuzi snorted.
"Old Wang, how do we cure this poison?"
Wang Quezi shook his head: "This kind of Gu is not an ordinary Gu technique. Only the person who cast the Gu, or someone whose Gu technique is higher than the other person, can remove it. If an outsider forcibly intervenes, it will only accelerate the death of the person who has been poisoned."
"What if the person being intervened is the one who cast the curse?"
"What do you mean? Boy, what tricks have you come up with?" Wang Quezi looked at me with wide eyes.
"I've heard that if a sorcery is disturbed during its casting, the spell will fail and the caster will be attacked by the sorcery. Is it the same with witchcraft?" I thought, stroking my chin.
"That should be the case. I'm not sure. Gu magic is vicious and cruel. You don't have to wade into this muddy water. No matter what you think, I advise you to think it over carefully."
"In the past two months, the Han family has faced three major disasters. Apart from Han Wenshan himself and his children, there is still the final disaster. You have helped Han Wenshan twice. When the final disaster comes true, he will most likely ask you for help again."
"This last calamity is the most difficult and greatest, and it is likely to crush the entire Han family. I am afraid that you will be implicated by the karma of the Han family."
Wang Quezi said a lot of things, but instead of serving as a warning, it successfully aroused my curiosity.
“What exactly is the last disaster of the Han family that can crush the entire huge family?”
"It hasn't come true yet, so I can't tell you in advance. Anyway, you better be careful." Wang Quezi waved his hand and glanced at the poisonous insect crawling around in the glass. "It's better not to mess with this kind of evil thing."
The poisonous insect was poking its head inside, wriggling its long and thin body back and forth as if it was hungry.
"I don't want to provoke such a disgusting thing. Tomorrow, as long as Han Wenshan says he doesn't need my help, I will return the insect immediately. After all, I promised him."
"After all I've said, you still haven't given up!" Wang Quezi shook his head speechlessly, "Forget it, this is your own business! I don't have the time to worry about it, I might as well go back to my river view room and have a good sleep."
"Old Wang, I'm not as noble as you. I'm short of money!" I grabbed Wang Quezi and said, "Wait, you haven't told me how to deal with these bugs?"
"Once that drop of rat blood is digested, it will return to its original state. Just be careful not to let it crawl onto your body and you'll be fine."
After saying that, Wang Cuzi ran away with his crutches.
I originally wanted to show him my father's notebook and ask him if he knew the twenty-eight constellations, but he limped away very quickly and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
I can only ask next time.
Shaking my head, I pulled down the shutter and looked at the disgusting poisonous insects crawling around in the glass. I felt uneasy no matter how I looked at it, so I found a book and put it on top of the glass.
"Now the insect shouldn't be able to crawl out."
Only then did I go to sleep with peace of mind. I was a little tired after a day of running around, and was too lazy to practice, so I fell asleep as soon as I lay down.
I don’t know how long I slept, but in a daze, I was awakened by a bang in the shop.
It sounded like a glass breaking!
Could it be that the insect pushed the cup open?
I was startled and woke up immediately.
He quickly put on his coat and shoes, took out a multi-purpose knife from under his pillow, and walked into the shop carefully.
The bedroom was at the back of the shop, and I heard some furtive noises coming from inside the shop.
"who?!"
I yelled and turned on the light. When I saw the scene in the shop, I was stunned.
A fat black cat was standing on the counter, its green eyes looking at me vigilantly. Under its claws was the big gray rat that I had caught.
Under the counter, the ground was covered with broken glass, and the thread-like poisonous insect had disappeared.
"Oh my god! How did this fat cat get in?!"
It doesn't matter if the cat catches the mouse, the key is that it broke the glass and the poisonous insect ran out. If it crawls onto my body, it will be a big trouble!
