The air was filled with the bitter aroma of herbs, mixed with the rotten smell of old wood, creating a strange sense of oppression.

Cui Gu managed to dodge his attack with great difficulty, but the mother Gu within her body began to tear at her heart again, and even intensified its attack.

She turned her head sharply, her gaze meeting Xiao Yu's deep green eyes.

The gentleness and kindness of the past were gone from those eyes; in their place was endless evil and madness.

Cui Gu's heart skipped a beat, and fear spread through her body like an electric current.

Xiao Yu turned around and attacked her again, but Cui Gu reacted extremely quickly. Almost the instant she saw Xiao Yu, her body moved like a nimble rabbit, dodging to the side.

Xiao Yu's attack missed; his withered fingers swept across the air, stirring up a sinister wind.

“Xiao Yu, no! Zi Gu?” Cui Gu cried out with certainty, her voice trembling.

However, Xiao Yu seemed not to hear her cries and continued to press closer to her.

His mouth opened slightly, and he let out a low, indistinct roar, as if a demon from hell was howling.

The atmosphere in the pharmacy instantly became incredibly somber, as if shrouded in a thick layer of gloom.

Cui Gu's heart was pounding, and her mind was racing, trying to find a way to escape.

Her eyes swept quickly across the pharmacy, searching for any usable tools or exit.

Xiao Yu's movements became faster and more frantic.

His withered body seemed to contain extraordinary power, and every attack carried a deadly threat.

Cui Gu kept dodging, her clothes soaked with sweat and clinging to her body, making her look disheveled.

"Why is this happening? It was clearly the Gu I created, how could it betray me?" Cui Gu's voice was filled with doubt. She didn't understand why she had been betrayed. What was the purpose of the Gu controlling Xiao Yu and turning him into such a terrifying monster?

However, Xiao Yu did not respond at all; his eyes were only on Cui Gu and her endless killing intent.

Cui Gu's gaze fell on the medicine cabinet next to her. An idea struck her, and she quickly ran towards the medicine cabinet.

Xiao Yu chased after him relentlessly, his fingers tracing deep scratches across the medicine cabinet.

Cui Gu reached into the medicine cabinet and pulled out a pair of sharp scissors, holding them tightly in her hand as her last line of defense.

Her eyes were firm and resolute; she knew she had to protect herself.

Xiao Yu lunged forward again, and Cui Gu raised her scissors and stabbed at his arm.

The scissors pierced deeply into Xiao Yu's arm, and black blood gushed out.

However, Xiao Yu seemed to feel no pain, and he continued to attack Cui Gu relentlessly.

Cui Gu kept retreating until her back hit the wall, leaving her with nowhere to go.

Xiao Yu's hands reached for her throat, and at that critical moment, the earrings on Cui Gu's ears emitted a bright light.

Xiao Yu screamed and covered his eyes with his hands, black blood flowing down between his fingers.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Cui Gu escaped from his side and ran towards the entrance of the pharmacy.

The moment she ran out of the pharmacy, the moonlight shone on her face, but she felt an unbearable chill in her heart.

She glanced back at the gloomy pharmacy, her heart filled with heaviness and doubt.

Cui Gu ran as fast as she could; she wanted to find Ma Linghua and the others.

Faced with this sudden change, Xiao Yu's eerie green eyes and sinister expression kept flashing through her mind. She couldn't understand why her Gu worm had betrayed her.

During the run, Cui Gu's mother Gu became restless, her face showing bitterness; she was truly a failed sorcerer.

Cui Gu ran to the gate of the house, knocked on the door, and gasped for breath.

Her body trembled uncontrollably from exhaustion as she sat on the stone steps, trying to calm herself down.

After a while, the door was slowly opened; it was Xuanming who opened it.

Looking at Cui Gu, he frowned, but didn't say anything. This woman was still useful! The pigs in the yard and the like still needed her to take care of them.

Cui Gu took a deep breath, looked at a tall, hairy man, lowered her head, and walked in.

This is Lord Xuanming, someone who could strangle her with one hand. She wisely walked towards the woodshed.

It's getting late now, so it looks like I'll have to go find Ma Linghua and the others tomorrow.

Xiao Yu sat quietly in the main room, the moonlight shining through the window and onto him. At this moment, he looked no different from a normal person.

He gently touched his face, a joyful expression on his face, and murmured to himself, "It's so good to be human, I want to be human."

However, beneath the calm surface lies a turbulent undercurrent.

A small Gu worm, hidden in Xiao Yu's heart, was quietly wriggling.

This Gu worm was pitch black and exuded an eerie aura. It slowly crawled into Xiao Yu's brain along his bloodline.

Xiao Yu's eyes were vacant; without the control of the Zi Gu, he was nothing more than a puppet.

Zi Gu's movements were extremely slow, yet unwavering.

It advanced inch by inch, as if each step had been carefully calculated.

Finally, it successfully climbed into Xiao Yu's mind.

In an instant, Xiao Yu's body trembled violently, and the joy on his face froze instantly.

His eyes became vacant and empty, as if he had lost his soul.

The Gu worm began to release an evil power in Xiao Yu's mind, controlling his consciousness.

Xiao Yu clutched his head tightly with both hands and shook it; the Gu worm was quickly devouring his brain.

"I want to reclaim the mother Gu, combine the two Gu, absorb the mother Gu's spiritual energy, and then I can completely become Xiao Yu." The idea of ​​the offspring Gu kept echoing in Xiao Yu's mind, its voice sharp and piercing.

Xiao Yu's body began to tremble uncontrollably, and his face actually turned rosy, as if he had eaten some kind of highly nourishing food.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the main room became unusually eerie.

The moonlight still shone on Xiao Yu, but he felt as if he were in a dark abyss.

The mother Gu was writhing wildly in Cui Gu's heart, its power constantly assaulting her nerves, causing her unbearable pain.

"No, I can't let you succeed!" A strong sense of resistance suddenly erupted from the depths of Cui Gu's heart.

She used all her strength to fight against her mother Gu.

Cui Gu's consciousness struggled in the darkness as her mother Gu uncontrollably devoured her. She lay in the woodshed, biting her lip, her forehead covered in sweat.

“You’re an ingrate too! I can’t let you, this evil thing, control me! You traitor!” Cui Gu roared, her voice filled with determination.

The mother Gu's actions were thwarted by Cui Gu's tenacious resistance throughout the night.

Its power seemed to be gradually weakening, but it did not give up and continued to wreak havoc on Cui Gu's heart. Now it only wanted to unite with the Zi Gu, and it could no longer bear the torment of lust.