Chapter 289
Shen Jiao pretended not to understand: "The wife of the mayor of Yongcheng is just the future one. I heard that she is not married yet.
It seems she had a falling out with the city lord and wanted to escape the marriage. But after hearing about the situation in Loach Village and seeing the villagers were sick with an epidemic, she couldn't bear to leave, so she stayed to treat them and even asked the Eleventh Young Master of Tongcai Villa for help."
"They actually invited people from Tongcai Villa here. This is really troublesome..."
Bai Shan muttered something, and then ordered people to seal the exits A1 and A6.
These should be the two exits that are easiest to find nearby.
Shen Jiao looked at her with regret: "You are calm and composed, and you are not shaken at all by what I said just now. This is such a rare loyalty. The young lady really has the style of a great general.
Even if you don't switch sides, you might as well consider starting your own business, even if it's just to prove that you're more useful than just guarding this place. You should give it a try, young lady."
White Fan: ...
"You're quite annoying," Bai Shan said in a complicated tone, "but what you say is quite pleasant."
It even touched her heart.
Bai Shan is a young man after all, and a young man who acts confidently and arrogantly and likes to do whatever he wants. It is certainly suffocating for him to stay here. It is not an exaggeration to say that he feels like he is living a year in a day.
My subordinates are either idiots or dumb.
She couldn't find anyone to talk to.
Finally, there was someone who could say a few words, and he was a spy.
Shen Jiao noticed that she was a little shaken, and continued to earn his favor, saying frankly: "If it weren't for this situation, when you and I met, I'm afraid I wouldn't have said these rashly. As the saying goes, when a person is about to die, he will care less."
"Alas, what a pity... In view of your words, I will grant your wish and show you our nest."
Damn it, after saying so much, she still wants to kill me.
Shen Jiao cursed in his heart, but his face showed anticipation.
Bai Shan grabbed the rope and led Shen Jiao deeper into the cave. As they walked, he asked, "Do you see the hole in the wall?"
It's hard not to notice the densely packed Shenjiao.
She nodded and said, "Of course. It seems the further you go in, the more there are. Is this the nest?"
Bai Shan snorted and said disdainfully:
"What kind of nest is this? It's just some poisonous insects. Everyone has them, and they're not rare. What my master wants is a real killing weapon, something that can help him get revenge, destroy Tongcai Villa, and even sweep across the world."
"What a great ambition! Do you, the master, have the ambition to unify the world?"
Shen Jiao actually wanted to speak in a very arrogant tone, and he was not afraid of showing his teeth.
Do you really think that the peace that has been maintained over the years is because everyone values their lives and doesn't want to go to war?
That’s because everyone has run out of ideas.
We have fought many times, but the opponents have become more and more numerous, while the number of people has become fewer and fewer. Without the determination to die together, no one can hope to unify the world.
But this person was alive and well, why did he die?
If you practice diligently, you can live one or two hundred years or even more. If you fight with others, you may die in just one or two decades.
It's not worth it.
Besides, after fighting for a long time, they need to rest and recuperate. They can't just go to the battlefield with bricks and stones and eat raw meat and drink blood like a savage.
Seeing that the fighting was becoming more and more brutal, everyone quieted down. They had been quiet for so many years. Although there were occasional wars, they were like the ones in Jiangnan Road, where several forces fought to the death, and no one was involved. But from what Bai Shan said, her master intended to start a war.
Bai Shan said, "Perhaps. How could I possibly understand my master's affairs?"
"Did he never tell you?"
Shen Jiao seemed a little surprised.
Bai Shan said, "I have rarely seen the master, and even if I did, it would not be my turn to speak. We all listen to Mother Xue, and we do whatever Mother Xue tells us to do."
"When it comes to big things, there's no such thing as being so muddle-headed. You have to explain things clearly to the people you can use to reassure them, right? Could it be that this Xue A Niang is also your master? Is the young lady a slave?"
Shen Jiao asked puzzledly.
Bai Shan glanced at her sideways and said, "We are her children. As children, we must always listen to our mother. As for why, it doesn't matter."
She said this, but she looked somewhat disapproving and unhappy.
Only when she entered a freezing cold place did she smile a little, opened her arms and said, "This is the nest."
In front of them were countless hanging iron cages and iron hooks, all filled with people, men, women, young and old.
Shen Jiao said, "Is this Chaoxue? Isn't this the missing villager?"
Bai Shan said, "You're looking in the wrong place."
She fiddled with the stone wall for a while, and must have activated some mechanism. Clusters of flames lit up one after another, illuminating the altar under the cage and the stone walls on both sides that were dotted with holes.
Seeing that she was still a little confused, Bai Shan said to her firmly, "You know that in a beehive or ant nest there is a queen bee and a queen ant, who continuously produce offspring to strengthen the colony, right?"
Shen Jiao nodded.
Then she said, "You can think of this place as the home of the queen bee and queen ant of this hive. We create here the killing weapons that are worthy of staying in the hive.
Just like this.”
She snapped her fingers.
An iron cage was lowered by someone onto the altar. A group of poisonous insects swarmed out and rushed towards the iron cage. Soon the person in the cage was overwhelmed by the poisonous insects. He roared and screamed, and when he opened his mouth, the poisonous insects crawled into his mouth.
It's not as simple as gnawing on flesh and sucking blood.
"That's a Gu."
Shen Jiao saw him struggling to get up, trying to shake off the insects, grabbing the iron cage, trying to hide. Something was surging and rolling under his skin, stretching his blood vessels so that they were clearly visible.
Shen Jiao vaguely understood what they wanted to do, but she wondered if this method was too brutal.
This is simply nonsense, forcing it into people's bodies.
Not long after, the man died of blood loss. The boring poisonous insects broke out of his body and devoured him until only a layer of skin and a torn piece of clothing were left on his blackened bones.
Bai Shan said, "You are quite knowledgeable. It is indeed a Gu, and there are quite a few varieties. It has taken a lot of effort to cultivate these Gu insects over the years. Cultivating a killing weapon is even more difficult than refining a Gu insect."
Shen Jiao: "Is this how you train?"
"Of course not. We usually don't ask them to stay down for that long. This is just an extra meal. These little creatures will make a fuss when they're hungry. Besides, no one can stand it, right? We will first feed them the King Gu eggs and then let them down. The poison in those little creatures will catalyze the King Gu, a little bit every day. The one who successfully hatches the King Gu and survives will become the best killing weapon. Not only will they become a poisonous creature that commands the Gu worms, but they will also gain extraordinary power."
When Shen Jiao heard her say something about a killing weapon, she thought she meant that this person was very powerful, but she didn't expect it was really a "器", the "器" as in container.
"If this succeeds, it will become the Gu Mother. How will you control it?"
"Use the King Gu. What kind of Gu mother are they? I've already said they're just tools."
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