"Your Highness, could you please find a few people, preferably those who have committed serious crimes and deserve to be executed?"

"Don't use your trusted confidants, because once they become Gu people, they lose their consciousness."

Chu Zhongyuan understood; if they wanted to find someone to conduct the experiment, they naturally wouldn't choose one of their own people.

The man gave the order, and soon Nightshade went to the street and arrested several drunkards, gamblers, thieves, and lechers.

These people did not deserve to die, but they were very unlucky.

"What needs to be done?"

"Tie up three of the stronger ones."

"The skinny one stays."

"yes."

After Ye Ying tied up the three strong men, Chen Yunniang suddenly made a light cut between her legs with a dagger, and a drop of blood fell to the ground.

Chu Zhongyuan and Ye Ying stared curiously at the drop of blood, wondering what would happen next.

In the blink of an eye, the drop of blood began to move.

Chu Zhongyuan stared wide-eyed in disbelief. Was he seeing things?

Did that drop of blood move slightly?

What happened next made him stop doubting himself; all he felt was shock and fear.

The drop of blood rolled twice on the ground, and then transformed from a circle into a long, thin blood streak.

It was wriggling rapidly on the ground, like a long, red worm.

"Your Highness, please move aside."

Chu Zhongyuan and Ye Ying took a few steps back together, and Chen Yunniang stepped forward and cut a wound on the skinny man's ankle.

The red vein seemed to smell blood, and quickly crawled toward the skinny man.

Then it burrowed into the skinny man's body through the wound.

Immediately afterwards, the skinny man suddenly groaned in pain, his body twisting and contorting in a bizarre way that no normal person could do.

Looking up again, the man's pupils had turned grayish-white, his face was bloodless, his gait was strange, and he was making hoarse noises.

With its gaping maw wide open, it was wildly agitated, like a demon from hell.

Night Shadow looked at the monster in front of him and defensively stood in front of Chu Zhongyuan, cautiously watching the monster to prevent him from pouncing.

As it turned out, his worries were not unfounded; the emaciated monster did indeed pounce on them.

Ye Ying and Chu Zhongyuan were so frightened that they retreated repeatedly.

"Yun'er, be careful, come here quickly."

"Your Highness, rest assured, this monster cannot harm me."

Before anyone knew it, Chen Yunniang had a hand-cranked copper bell in her hand. She simply shook the bell gently, and the monster stopped.

The monster seemed slow to react, turning around slowly to find its next target.

The three people, bound together and unable to move, watched the monster approach step by step, and screamed in terror, even wetting themselves.

Hearing the three people's howls, the monster suddenly pounced, its speed astonishing.

The Gu-man opened its blood-red maw and bit down on one of them, tearing off half of his face.

"Ah...ah..." The man screamed and struggled in pain, then lowered his head as if he were dead.

But in the next instant, the dead man who had lost half his face suddenly raised his head, roared wildly, his pupils turned grayish-white, and he became incredibly strong, breaking the rope as thick as a thumb with his body.

Soon, the room was filled with howling and wailing sounds, and then the four of them turned into undead monsters with grayish-white eyes.

One of his intestines and internal organs were hanging outside his abdomen, but it did not affect his ability to move freely.

The bloody and disgusting scene made Chu Zhongyuan feel nauseous.

Ring ring ring!

As Chen Yunniang shook the bell, the four Gu people stopped moving, as if they were frozen in place.

Chu Zhongyuan stared at the scene before him, his shock lasting for a long time.

He even felt fear. If such a monster were released, wouldn't it lead to widespread suffering, corpses strewn across the land, a living hell, and self-destruction?

If the world were to become a monster that is neither human nor ghost, what good would it do to rule the Nine Provinces?

He doesn't want this kind of Kyushu!

He didn't want to turn the world into hell!

The man frowned: "How can we completely kill these monsters?"

“Cut off his head, then burn the body.”

Chu Zhongyuan gave Ye Ying a look, and Ye Ying stepped forward and cut off the heads of all four Gu people.

He dared not step forward rashly, unsure if he would turn into a monster if he touched the blood of these Gu people.

Chen Yunniang explained, "They are in a dormant state right now, so touching them won't cause any problems."

"Move them all out."

Nightshade put on the leather gloves with a look of disgust, carried the corpse out, and then burned them together.

"How about it?"

"With the Thousand Threads Gu, I can help you turn everyone in the world into your puppet army. Are you still afraid of not being able to defeat the Crown Prince?"

"After you seize the throne, send these people to attack other countries."

"After you unify the Nine Provinces, you will eliminate all these puppet armies."

Chen Yunniang spoke ambitiously about her grand plan for unification.

Chu Zhongyuan's gaze towards Chen Yunniang changed; this woman was more ruthless, ambitious, and insane than he had imagined.

Suddenly, he regretted provoking such a madman.

They might very well reap what they sow!

"If one day I am accidentally bitten by those monsters, will I also turn into a monster?"

"No, Your Highness has this; you can control them at any time."

As Chen Yunniang spoke, she handed the copper bell in her hand to Chu Zhongyuan.

"The mother Gu is inside the copper bell, and can control these child Gu at any time."

"This is the only one of its kind in the world. If Your Highness has it, you can rule the world."

Actually, she wasn't telling the truth. She had an even more powerful copper bell in her hand, which contained a male Gu poison.

The male Gu can control the female Gu!

Having gone through so much, it's impossible for her to simply reveal all her secrets.

"You gave it to me, what will you use it for?"

"Your Highness will naturally protect me; I trust Your Highness."

Chu Zhongyuan accepted it without hesitation.

With the copper bell in his hand, he felt more at ease.

He wouldn't use these Gu people to harm people, but if Chen Yunniang ever went mad and used them to harm others, he could not only protect himself but also control the situation.

Therefore, he must accept this copper bell!

"Your Highness, what is your next plan?"

"Should we use these Gu people?"

"I can train more, just in case."

"Not for now."

"Furthermore, you cannot show your face in the capital. I will find a place to arrange things for you, and once I have everything in place, I will naturally bring you back to the capital."

Chen Yunniang nodded: "Yun'er will listen to the Prince."

The woman then leaned into the man's arms.

But Chu Zhongyuan now dislikes and is very wary of her, as if touching her would cause him to be bewitched.

But I didn't dare to show it too obviously, for fear of provoking her to go crazy.

"Yun'er, why has your blood turned into Gu worms?"

“My blood didn’t turn into a Gu worm. Instead, I hid the Gu inside my fingernail and kept it nourished with fresh blood.”

“I could have practiced Gu on other people, but I was imprisoned in the dungeon at the time, so I could only practice Gu on myself.”