Chapter 42 The Childhood Betrothal of a Miao Girl (Part Twelve)

Xiao Zhi decided to go to school in Yushan Village because she felt like a burden to the two of them. Thinking of her…

Xiaozhi decided to go to school in Yushan Village because she felt like a burden to the two women. The thought that they might not like her either made Xiaozhi feel sad.

After all, there aren't many girls her age who are as gloomy and taciturn as her.

"Little orphan, I heard you're going to school?" On her way back to Qingyu Tower, Xiaozhi was blocked by those boys again.

"Move aside," Xiaozhi said.

"No wonder nobody likes you. They say they're going to school, but they really just want to get rid of you." The boys discussed and laughed. Actually, they also wanted to go to school and see the world, but their parents immediately gave up when they heard that the tuition for a year at Yushan Village was 50,000 yuan.

"How did the Water Village Chief train you? Let us see if the little orphan's strength has increased since then."

In terms of skill, children this age can't even control the Gu poison; their most basic method is to release the most common bee Gu to bite people.

Xiao Zhi knew they were going to target her again, and she watched calmly. However, when she saw the swarm of bees flying towards her, she was still a little frightened. The bees were as big as a one-yuan coin, and Xiao Zhi's face turned pale.

Seeing that she was afraid of something, the boys became even more persistent, chasing after Xiaozhi. Meanwhile, the wasps flew towards Xiaozhi, so she had no choice but to run as well. The wasps, stimulated, followed her closely all the way.

As they ran, the boys felt as if their faces were covered by something, and they couldn't see anymore. They stopped, but it was too late. Their minds were filled with eerie and terrifying images, constantly flashing through their heads, like watching a hundred horror movies non-stop.

Xiao Zhi ran very fast and didn't notice anything unusual about them behind her.

She kept running, and having heard that bees are afraid of water, she ran towards the water's edge. However, the mountains and forests of Miao territory were dense and the paths were complicated. In her panic, she lost track of where she had run. When she finally stopped, panting, she had already left the boys far behind, and the stinging bees were nowhere to be seen. Xiao Zhi breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the ground beneath her feet was not very firm. Xiao Zhi took only one step forward when she suddenly lost her footing. By the time she realized something was wrong, her body had already fallen into the hole that had suddenly appeared in the ground.

The cave was pitch black, but there was a soft rustling sound as something crawled on the ground. Xiao Zhi kept many poisonous insects at home, so she was familiar with this sound. When she realized that the cave was full of snakes, scorpions, and centipedes, even Xiao Zhi, who was usually brave, almost fainted from fright. She covered her mouth tightly, afraid to scream for fear that the sound would attract the attention of the poisonous creatures.

In Miao territory, the five poisonous creatures are quite common, but it's still incredible that so many poisonous creatures would gather in one cave. The elders call it the Five Poisons Cave, a place specifically opened by the Miao people to cast Gu spells, and usually, so many of the five poisonous creatures are used to accomplish very insidious tasks.

Even the Miao people cannot tolerate those who exploit the Five Poison Cave. It is simply too cruel.

"Oh no, I think I've discovered some incredible secret. I hope I won't be silenced," Xiao Zhi thought, her face pale.

Jiang Yiqing stayed at home in Qingyu Tower, studying textbook knowledge to avoid being discovered as a fool when she went to school. Qingyu Tower had the Shui family's protective Gu array, so it was very safe. Therefore, she thought that the Fear Gu would be useless on herself, so she put it in Xiaozhi's Gu box as a return gift for the Love Gu she gave them.

Shui Mingsheng noticed immediately when the Fear Gu reacted to fear and attacked the enemy.

Knowing that Xiaozhi was in danger, she and Jiang Yiqing immediately rushed to Xiaozhi's location. However, Xiaozhi was constantly moving, and Shui Mingsheng and the others followed behind. They saw the boys being attacked by the Fear Gu, but they didn't have time to deal with them and continued to look for Xiaozhi.

When she saw a large hole in the ground, Shui Mingsheng's sixth sense told her that something terrible was about to happen.

Their location was extremely remote, and along the way, they had sensed intense activity from the Gu worms, making it an ideal place to create the Five Poison Cave. However, in Miao territory, anyone discovered using such a sinister item as the Five Poison Cave would be expelled from the region.

In fact, expelling them only benefits these people. Using this method to kill their own kind is a crime punishable by death.

"Xiao Zhi? Xiao Zhi, can you hear me? Are you down there?" Shui Mingsheng asked anxiously.

Xiao Zhi dared not answer because something was crawling below her, and it was climbing up her ankles. Xiao Zhi was afraid that if she spoke, those things would bite her.

"Looks like I'll have to go down myself," Shui Mingsheng said, and was about to jump into the cave.

Jiang Yiqing instinctively grabbed her arm and asked, "Mingsheng, won't something happen to you if you go?"

"Yi Qing, don't you want me to go?" Shui Mingsheng said, his eyes fixed on her.

Shui Mingsheng nurtured the love potion that Xiao Zhi gave her. The love potion would make her completely obedient to Jiang Yiqing. As long as Jiang Yiqing said no, she would not do it.

Jiang Yiqing never expected that on the very night she obtained the Gu worm, Shui Mingsheng planted a love Gu on her body. When the love Gu flew to Jiang Yiqing and received a drop of blood from her fingertip as nourishment, Jiang Yiqing suddenly realized what was happening, but the love Gu had already been planted on Shui Mingsheng.

Now that things have come to this, there is no turning back. The two people, bound by the love potion, will be inseparable for all eternity due to the bond of their love.

For Shui Mingsheng, this was to fulfill the promise she had made, something she should have done proactively without Jiang Yiqing even asking. Especially after learning that Yiqing and she were mutually in love, she wanted to do the most romantic thing in the entire Miao region for her.

Shui Mingsheng would completely obey Jiang Yiqing's orders, but this put Jiang Yiqing in a difficult position. She didn't want Shui Mingsheng to put himself in danger, but she also couldn't stand idly by and watch Xiao Zhi go. She couldn't help but think about the potential dangers in the cave, and she couldn't bear to see Shui Mingsheng face the unknown peril alone.

“Mingsheng, I’ll go with you,” Jiang Yiqing said.

“No, there are many poisonous insects down there. Yiqing, we Miao girls who have been taming Gu for many years are not afraid. But your skin is so delicate, I would be heartbroken if you were bitten,” Shui Mingsheng said.

As they spoke, they had no idea what was happening down below. The situation was urgent; if they didn't go down, what could they do? Suddenly, Shui Mingsheng had a brilliant idea.

She took out the Gu box containing the King Gu from her waist, took out the King Gu, and threw it into the cave. As soon as the King Gu slipped into the cave, strange light immediately emanated from it.

Although the King Gu was small, it was the pinnacle of all living beings in Miao territory. Upon entering the Five Poisons Cave, it devoured all the nascent poisonous Gu one by one.

However, this also puts a huge burden on the King Gu. If it cannot digest the food completely, it may die.

Shui Mingsheng then took Jiang Yiqing's hand and entered the cave.

When they landed on the ground, the King Gu's body had become enormous, and the light emanating from it illuminated the entire cave. Xiao Zhi was so astonished by this sight that she couldn't speak.

"Xiao Zhi, are you alright?" Shui Mingsheng asked.

"I'm fine." Xiao Zhi looked at the King Gu and said, "This...this is the King Gu, this is actually the King Gu."

"Yes, Xiaozhi, you actually recognize her."

"Amazing! You two sisters are amazing!" The thing that Xiaozhi was terrified of was wiped out in an instant. She thought that she wanted to become as powerful as them, so she had to study Gu techniques diligently.

"Haha, thank goodness." Shui Mingsheng said, looking around the cave with a somewhat heavy expression.

Jiang Yiqing was also observing. Under the light of Wang Gu, they gradually saw several strange stones standing at the end of the cave.

Shui Mingsheng stepped forward and saw that several stones were stacked into a strange formation, still emitting a faint blue light, but the light was now somewhat weak due to the disappearance of the poisonous insects.

On the topmost stone, something was moving faintly. Shui Mingsheng went over to take a look and saw a cursed insect parasitizing in the groove of the stone. That was a powerful cursed mechanism from the Miao region.

As Shui Mingsheng approached the cursed Gu, her left hand began to throb with pain. The chains bound her fingers tightly, and Shui Mingsheng finally understood why the Spirit Serpent Gu had been weak for so many years.

The Spirit Serpent Gu was cursed by the Curse Gu, and the poisonous insects from the Five Poison Cave were used to continuously enhance the power of the Curse Gu.

Why did her father suddenly fall into a coma? Why did Elder Qiu Shu die? Everything seemed to have an answer. It was because the real venomous snake had been lurking in Qingfeng Village, wanting to pull the Shui family down from their position as village chief and take their place.

“Feng Zheng, it really was you…” Shui Mingsheng clenched his hands and said angrily.

"Yes, you're going to know the truth, but can you leave here alive?" A middle-aged man's gloomy voice came from the cave entrance.

Jiang Yiqing quickly became more vigilant. She had a bad feeling about this, and now it had come true.

Feng Zheng landed opposite the three of them and said with a sinister smile, "Shui Mingsheng, if you expose this matter, I, Feng Zheng, will be ruined and I will have no choice but to send you to see the King of Hell."

"Watch out!" Shui Mingsheng said, pulling the two of them back a step. A row of poisonous thorns landed where they had been standing.

Shui Mingsheng was well aware that the source of this poisonous sting was the thorny pig gu, a family heirloom of the chief of Lianye Village.

"I didn't expect to see Wang Gu. Chief Shui is truly remarkable. But in this Miao region, the best things always belong to the victor, don't you agree?"

Another middle-aged man appeared before the crowd. He had an upright appearance, but in reality, he gave off a sinister and cunning feeling.

"Isn't this Chief Lian? You can't wait for the formal competition and you want to spar with me now, is that it?" Shui Mingsheng asked angrily.

The original Lian Ye is already dead. The current Lian Ye is nothing more than a walking corpse at someone else's beck and call, controlled by Xu Shou, who is proficient in the evil Gu technique of corpse Gu. However, outwardly, he is no different from someone who is alive.

"Chief of the Water Village, it's all your fault for being too clever. You didn't leave anyone a way out. Tell me, why did you do that?"

"The Southern Frontier cannot tolerate scum like you. I, Shui Mingsheng, will definitely eradicate you completely!" Shui Mingsheng's left hand shifted, and the spirit snake appeared in her palm.