Dead?
Everything is dead?
Su Ziyu was stunned, and as soon as she opened her mouth to ask something, she suddenly understood.
Yang Xiao sternly questioned, "The Bi Yi Niao's蛊 worms, are they all dead?"
"Yes."
Zhuang Wujian's dull eyeballs rolled slightly, and she looked at Yang Xiao and murmured, "The Bi Yi Niao that should have lived on Li Qianfan's flesh and blood all died of gluttony. So many Bi Yi Niao, all dead. But when the Bi Yi Niao fed on Su Ziyu's flesh and blood, they were fine."
Bang!
Li Wujiang raised his hand and grabbed Zhuang Wujian's collar, and asked hoarsely, "How can this be!?"
"I don't know, I don't know either."
Zhuang Wujian kept shaking her head, constantly saying she didn't know.
Yang Xiao rushed into the laboratory that Zhuang Wujian had forbidden anyone from entering before.
Although she didn't understand how to raise蛊, she could tell whether the蛊 worms were alive or how they died with her miraculous medical skills.
From the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhuang Wujian began to raise蛊.
Today is the twenty-third day of the first lunar month, a full week.
Before last night, the Bi Yi Niao she had carefully cultivated had extremely healthy vital signs.
Zhuang Wujian therefore dared to assert that the Bi Yi Niao, originally scheduled to be successfully cultivated in at least half a month, would be ready in at most ten days.
Then planted on Su Ziyu.
But today—
When Zhuang Wujian went to see the Bi Yi Niao growing healthily, she found that they had all died collectively after ravenously devouring Li Qianfan's flesh and blood.
How could this be?
Zhuang Wujian, who thought she had victory in her grasp, immediately suffered a severe spiritual blow.
She could not accept how the Bi Yi Niao, which was growing healthily as she predicted, could suddenly die of illness.
Su Ziyu also rushed into the laboratory.
"Useless. You wait! Don't let me find out that you are playing tricks on me."
Li Wujiang cursed hatefully, let go of Zhuang Wujian, and quickly walked into the house.
Zhuang Wujian was pushed to the wall by her, but she didn't react at all.
Instead, she slid down the wall to the ground, cupped her head in her hands, and stared blankly at the sky.
How to describe Zhuang Wujian's current mental state?
It's like a man suddenly discovering one day that the two children he raised with love are not his own!
For Zhuang Wujian, an absolute authority in the "world of raising蛊," this was a devastating blow.
I don't know how long it took.
Yang Xiao walked out silently.
Empress Dowager Xiao, who never sat on the ground casually, also made a rare exception this time, sitting on the ground with her knees bent, looking at the dazed Zhuang Wujian, and slowly said, "You didn't tamper with anything. It's just that the Bi Yi Niao cannot withstand Li Qianfan's flesh and blood. In other words, Li Qianfan's flesh and blood is a deadly poison that is inedible to any蛊 worm."
"Yes."
Zhuang Wujian nodded, "Male 209 can counteract all toxic substances. This is why Li Qianfan's 209, after being activated, became truly immune to all poisons. But why didn't I discover this characteristic before? Perhaps I didn't discover it, but overlooked it. Overlooked the most prominent characteristic of male 209's ability to counteract all toxicity."
Speaking of this, Zhuang Wujian was full of pain, and her head repeatedly bumped against the wall.
She muttered madly, "If I can't plant Bi Yi Niao蛊, then I can't let Hua Yin improve her offspring through Li Qianfan. And I can't improve her speed and strength. The non-contagious nature of male 209 will never change. Even if blood is exchanged, so that Hua Yin's bloodline also flows with Li Qianfan's 209. The result will only be that Hua Yin will fall madly in love with him, but will not change herself. Since she cannot change herself, how can Hua Yin reclaim Misty Village?"
The reason why Zhuang Wujian was truly pained was that she could not let Luo Hua Yin change herself through Bi Yi Niao蛊.
Li Wujiang and Su Ziyu also came out.
They both looked at Zhuang Wujian silently, not knowing what to say.
Zhuang Wujian cared about Luo Hua Yin.
But the third-generation mistress of Longxu only cared about Li Qianfan!
Li Wujiang looked distraught and asked, "Is there really no other way besides Bi Yi Niao to stop Qian Fan from aging?"
No one spoke.
Li Wujiang's question was nonsensical!
If there were other ways, why would the four women have stayed in Hancheng for so long?
Time ticked by second by second.
The four women, standing or sitting on the ground, maintained a long period of silence.
Finally.
Zhuang Wujian's spirit gradually returned to normal.
She looked at Li Wujiang and said indifferently, "If it's just about stopping Li Qianfan from aging, there are still ways."
Su Ziyu immediately asked, "Is it the Four Phoenixes Circling the Beam?"
"Using the powerful aura of a super feng shui formation to nourish a person is the most reasonable and simple method."
Zhuang Wujian said, "But you all disagree that Su Nanyin would be pregnant. Then there's only..."
"I agree!"
Su Ziyu interrupted her, "Qian Fan's life is above all else!"
As she spoke, she clasped Li Wujiang's hand, "Mom, arrange for the two of them to be together now. I know that both Su Nanyin and Li Qianfan are currently maintaining absolute rationality and will not act recklessly. You must use brute force to bring them together. Mom, I want Qian Fan to live."
Alas.
As Li Wujiang sighed, Yang Xiao asked Zhuang Wujian, "You just said that if the Four Phoenixes Circling the Beam is not possible, then what else can be done to keep Qian Fan alive?"
Anxious Su Ziyu and flustered Li Wujiang suddenly perked up.
They hurriedly looked at Zhuang Wujian.
Zhuang Wujian said leisurely, "Castrate Li Qianfan. Once he loses his male hormones, male 209 will lose its current high-speed replication drive. Then it will gradually transform into stable female 209. Of course, it will no longer age."
Castrate Li Qianfan—
Li Wujiang was furious!
"Quiet!"
Before Li Wujiang could make a move against Zhuang Wujian, Yang Xiao said in a low voice.
Li Wujiang immediately withdrew her right foot, which was about to be raised.
Yang Xiao, as a top Chinese medicine master, could naturally see that Zhuang Wujian's second "suggestion" was feasible.
In fact—
As early as when researching the "Concentric Knot," Empress Dowager Xiao had thought of this not-so-ideal method.
"Ironclad facts prove that Qian Fan's 209 is resistant to poison. The method of planting蛊 has completely failed."
Yang Xiao said slowly, "If Qian Fan is to live, there are only two paths: the Four Phoenixes Circling the Beam, and ending the replication drive of 209. If we don't want Qian Fan to die, nor do we want him to live without dignity, then we can only choose the Four Phoenixes Circling the Beam."
Li Wujiang and Su Ziyu nodded in unison.
Zhuang Wujian suddenly thought of something, looked up at Su Ziyu, her eyes flickering.
Su Ziyu felt a shiver under her gaze, "Mrs. Zhuang, you?"
"I'm thinking, since Li Qianfan found you in the vast crowd and made you his first wife, there must be a reason."
Zhuang Wujian tilted her head and continued, "Or rather, it is an arrangement by fate that Li Qianfan can marry you. But if you can't do anything when he is about to die of old age, it would be too unreasonable."
Hmm?
The three mistresses of Longxu were all stunned.
Zhuang Wujian continued—
"Your physique is not unique."
"Hua Yin and I, Du Junlin and Su Nanyin, all have the same as you."
"Especially Du Junlin, who was already Li Qianfan's fiancée 21 years ago."
"Then why did 209 reject her and insist on searching for you in the vast crowd?"
"Haven't you all thought about this problem?"
Zhuang Wujian asked Yang Xiao.
Empress Dowager Xiao's face was full of confusion.
She understood medicine, and she understood killing!
But if you ask her why 209 (actually Li Qianfan) didn't stay with Du Junlin, who had the same physique as Su Ziyu, but searched for Su Ziyu in the vast crowd, Empress Dowager Xiao knew nothing.
If she didn't know,
Then let alone that mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
They also had blank looks of ignorance!
"Su Ziyu, there must be a hidden secret destined by fate on your body."
Zhuang Wujian stood up and carefully examined Su Ziyu's features, "Otherwise, based on your inferior martial arts to Du Junlin, your background not as good as Mo Hongti's, your scheming not as good as Shen Yun's (the first woman of male 209, whose scheming is quite deep), and your beauty not as good as Su Nanyin's, how could Su Ziyu be recognized by 209 as the main wife?"
Su Ziyu's face was full of ignorance—
Li Wujiang, however, grabbed Zhuang Wujian's left hand.
Her fawning appearance made Empress Dowager Xiao want to kick her away, "Xiao Jian, quickly give Ziyu a fortune telling! I believe you can definitely see the great secret hidden in Ziyu's features."
Yang Xiao suddenly remembered that Zhuang Wujian was a master of metaphysics.
Although Zhuang Wujian had previously admitted that she was inferior to Lan Fenghuang in metaphysics,
It was possible that she could see the great secret from Su Ziyu's features that made 209 choose her as the main wife.
So.
Empress Dowager Xiao also held one of Zhuang Wujian's hands, affectionately calling her "Xiao Jian," and urged her to open her eyes wide!
If she couldn't see it.
Zhuang Wujian stared intently at Su Ziyu for a full forty minutes but couldn't find anything that made her heart tremble.
Su Ziyu's face—
It was a standard, prosperous and peaceful face.
What is a prosperous and peaceful face?
It's the face of the Queen of the Daughter Kingdom in the 86 version of Journey to the West.
It can be charming and alluring, or dignified and grand, or arrogant and aloof.
"I can't see it."
Zhuang Wujian, who was entrusted with high hopes, finally shook her head with a bitter smile, "Perhaps my cousin (Lan Fenghuang) can see it."
"Damn it!"
Li Wujiang cursed, "But you've already killed her! What's the use of saying these useless words now?"
"You're always cursing! You've completely forgotten my teachings of virtue and benevolence."
Yang Xiao frowned and rebuked Li Wujiang, then said to Zhuang Wujian, "Zhuang Wujian, keep looking at me. I'll give you 12 hours to stare at Ziyu's face. If you can't see it, I'll break all four of your limbs and send you to Longxu for retirement!"
Li Wujiang—
Zhuang Wujian—
"You can break my four limbs now."
Zhuang Wujian said with a look of indifference, her eyes rolled, "And then you can go and ask those who planned the Four Phoenixes Circling the Beam if they also hid Su Ziyu's fate when they were planning?"
What?
Yang Xiao was stunned.
"I can't see it, it's indeed because my skills are not good enough."
Zhuang Wujian said coldly, "But if some high-level experts didn't deliberately hide Su Ziyu's facial destiny, then I, Zhuang Wujian, can still see everyone's destiny!"
Having said this, she ignored Yang Xiao.
She just asked Su Ziyu, "After you met Li Qianfan, have you ever been alone with monks or Taoists?"