"Elder Guo, you're finally back!"
"I almost thought you wouldn't dare to return! I was about to head to the Shennong Sect and spray Moutai all the way along the road to Jianghai, just to lure you out!"
Upon seeing Elder Guo, Min Ziqing couldn't help but exclaim.
Enraged, Elder Guo rolled up his sleeves and was about to retort, "You little brat, are you trying to fish me out like a turtle?"
"I'm telling you, this is not over without a case of Moutai!"
Min Ziqing dodged and weaved, repeatedly pleading, "Alright, alright, I apologize, I beg for your forgiveness! As long as you bring back reliable news, let alone one case of Moutai, I'll accept two!"
Hearing this, Elder Guo's anger subsided slightly, "That's more like it! Then you better prepare two cases of Moutai directly! And let me tell you, don't try to fool me with low-year vintages, my nose is very sensitive!"
"Don't worry, Elder, how could I do such a thing? Eh, you mean..."
Min Ziqing realized it belatedly.
Immediately, he turned and ran towards Ying Chen's room with excitement.
"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, quickly! Elder Guo is back! He found information about that evil entity!"
Before Min Ziqing could even burst into the room, Ying Chen had already appeared.
"I'm not deaf, I can hear you," Ying Chen replied indifferently.
From the moment Elder Guo appeared at the doorway, Ying Chen had already known, so there was no need for Min Ziqing to report.
Min Ziqing scratched his head awkwardly, "Then... I'll go inform my sister!"
He then darted away.
Soon, everyone gathered in the living room.
Elder Guo took a sip of tea, and then, under everyone's expectant gazes, he said, "After I returned, I first went through all the relevant ancient texts. I thought there would surely be records, but who knew, I finished one book, then another, and they were all the same, with no clues to be found!"
"I refused to accept it, thinking perhaps I remembered incorrectly, and that I had seen it not in my study, but in the sect's library."
"So I plunged into the sect's library. At first, that little brat Cang Juezi wouldn't let me in, saying there were some sect secret texts inside that only the Sect Master had the authority to peruse."
"Heh, I directly invoked the name of Master Immortal Ying. And guess what? That little brat Cang Juezi immediately chickened out! He obsequiously invited me into the sect library and even served me tea and water every day, assisting me."
"However, the sect library is simply too vast. It took me many days to barely finish reading. This is why I returned so late."
"Unfortunately, even after reading all the books in the sect library, I still couldn't find any records. I couldn't help but get a little anxious, afraid of failing Master Immortal Ying's trust, afraid of delaying Nannan's treatment, and even fell into despair, wondering if I was truly old and useless..."
Elder Guo's narrative made everyone a bit anxious.
Min Ziqing, even more impatient, urged, "Elder, stop being so sentimental, this isn't writing a novel to pad the word count! Just tell us directly, did you find any information about the evil entity or not!"
Elder Guo glared at Min Ziqing, then lifted his head, "Of course I found it! Otherwise, how would I have the face to return?"
"It's just that you absolutely wouldn't guess how I found the information about this thing!"
"Alright, no more sentimentality, you're starting to play coy again," Min Ziqing sighed, utterly defeated by Elder Guo.
However, he couldn't not listen, so he cooperated like a storyteller and asked, "Then how exactly did you find it?"
"Heh heh..." Elder Guo chuckled and took out his phone.
Min Ziqing was instantly startled, his eyes widening, "No... it can't be? You didn't just search for it online, did you?"
"Bah! If it were that simple, would I have gone to so much trouble? However, it did involve some searching. Before I joined the Shennong Sect, I had some standing in the medical field, so I still kept a few chat groups with domestic medical bigwigs. I tried sending the drawing Nannan made into the group and described Nannan's condition."
"I didn't have high hopes, but guess what happened?"
"An old friend actually private messaged me!"
"It was only then that I suddenly realized and remembered where I had seen this pattern before, it was from that old friend!"
"He is one of the few TCM doctors in Dragon Country who enjoys top-tier subsidies. He has always enjoyed researching difficult and complicated illnesses. He is particularly fond of strange creatures and monsters. Thirty years ago, he even went to a Miao village specifically to research Miao Gu."
"But that time, I heard he suffered some repercussions that severely affected his health. He didn't say what the repercussions were, and I couldn't ask."
"As soon as he saw my inquiry about this pattern, he immediately told me what it was!"
"It's a type of Gu worm!"
Upon hearing the words "Gu worm," everyone present changed their expressions.
Especially the Min siblings.
Over the years, due to television dramas, almost all the public knew the formidable power of Gu worms and would turn pale at the mention of Gu.
No one wanted to provoke a Miao shaman who could cast Gu, and even less did anyone want to become a host for a Gu worm.
Who would have thought that Nannan had been planted with a Gu worm?
"Elder Guo, is this type of Gu worm powerful? Is it difficult to treat?" Min Ziqiong quickly asked.
Elder Guo looked at Min Ziqiong and sighed, "According to my old friend, the word 'powerful' is not enough to describe this Gu worm; it should be described as 'heaven-defying'!"
"Because it is a life-locking Gu! Its full name is 'Five-Colored Smoke Luo Mother-Child Life-Locking Gu'!"
"From the day it is planted in the human body, it exists as a cocoon. It does not grow itself but maintains its initial size. However, as time passes, it forms a multi-colored barrier around itself. This barrier can resist the body's self-cleansing and any external clearing methods!"
"This is why Nannan's circulation of qi and blood couldn't clear it!"
"If it were just like this, it wouldn't be called heaven-defying. Its heaven-defying aspect lies in: it is a mother-child Gu! Besides the child Gu, there is also a mother Gu! The mother Gu is controlled by the person who cast the Gu. When the child Gu fully matures, the person who cast the Gu can control the mother Gu and complete a horrifying operation!"
Elder Guo paused and took a deep breath.
"That is—Locking Life, Shifting Soul!"
"Locking Life, Shifting Soul? What does that mean?" The Min siblings frowned simultaneously and looked at Elder Guo.
Only Ying Chen seemed thoughtful, as if he had already grasped the essence of this life-locking Gu.
"As the name suggests, it means locking a person's life and then, using the ability of the mother-child Gu, achieving a soul transfer! Of course, it might not be transferring the soul, but transferring bloodline or talent."
Hiss!
Min Ziqiong and Min Ziqing simultaneously gasped and looked at each other.
They finally understood why Nannan had been planted with this Gu!
It turned out someone had long coveted Nannan's talent!
After all, it was a top-tier talent that even Ying Chen had praised, believing she could rule an era!
"Who could be so venomous! If I ever find out, I will skin him alive and drain his blood to avenge my hatred!" Min Ziqing angrily slammed the table.
He, lacking talent, wanted to strip others of their lives and talent, and the target was a child!
Simply inhuman!