Chapter 43 Chapter 43 Another one who lost himself in love...
For the safety of the villagers, the Miao village in southern Xinjiang, which has always been isolated from the outside world, suddenly attracted a Central Plains army for some unknown reason. The Miao people in the village were in panic, fearing that this Central Plains army would be as vicious as those bandits who burned, killed and looted.
But to their surprise, this army only came to Miao Village under the banner of the Central Plains royal family to inquire about Gu and search for people, and the general leading them was Li Yu, a rebel general under Yin Jinglong in the past.
When she heard that people from the Central Plains royal family had arrived, Na Zhu was worried that they were coming to target her master, so she didn't dare to reveal the fact that she was hiding people from the Central Plains royal family.
She hid behind the crowd and secretly inquired about the purpose of these people, only to find out later that they were not looking for her master.
Li Yu posted a notice in Miao Village, offering to hire a Gu Master for a large sum of money. Her master learned of this and asked her, "Haven't you always wanted to go with me to the Central Plains? Now's a good opportunity! Go and take down that notice!"
"Master, this spider does want to see what the prosperous Shangjing City you mentioned is like. But I don't want to be a Gu Refiner for those people. I don't know what evil intentions they have. Even if you give me a lot of money, I don't want to go."
"No! You must go! And the person must be you!"
The spider didn't understand why her master made such a request. She just wanted to be with her master forever, not become a poison maker.
"But I don't want to go. I want to stay here with you and help you heal."
This was the first time the spider disobeyed its master's orders, but it did not expect that this only disobedience would anger its master. He clenched his hands tightly and crushed the spider's newly raised poisonous insect to death. The gray-green poison slowly seeped out from between his fingers.
The master threw the corpses of the two poisonous insects in his hand towards the spider, with anger surging in his eyes like waves.
He stood up and began to pack his bags, as if he was about to leave.
"If you don't want to go, I can't force you. There will naturally be other Gu refiners in this Miao Village who are willing to go. I no longer need you in the future."
The spider's eyes were panicked, and she regretted what she had just said. She begged her master to stay, crying hoarsely, "I will go! I am willing to go! I will do whatever you say! Please don't go! Don't leave me!"
When she saw her master's footsteps stopping outside the door, she knew that her master would not really be so cruel as to abandon her, so she volunteered to take down the red notice.
However, there were quite a few people who answered the call, and they were all dazzled by the huge amount of silver, which was a fortune they had never seen in their lives.
Li Yu decided to hold a competition among the many people who answered the call. Whoever could refine the poisonous insect within one day would be the one he was looking for.
The spider returned to the hut in despair. She had no confidence in the poison she had made, and she dared not show her difficulties and sufferings, for fear that her master would be disappointed in her and abandon her again.
The master noticed her lost mood. He seemed to have heard about the Gu-making competition a long time ago. He took out the snow lotus that he had given to the spider as a thank you from the ice tank and said to the spider.
"If you want to refine a Gu quickly, this iceberg snow lotus from the cliffs of the snowy mountains is the best thing to do."
The spider held the snow lotus carefully, feeling uneasy.
This was the only thing her master had given her. She was reluctant to use this rare treasure in the world to make poison. However, if she didn't do so, with her current ability, she would not be able to make the poison within a day.
"Master, even if there is something that can induce the poison, what about the carrier of the poison? The spiders I'm currently raising are all larvae. The poison refined by larvae is definitely not as good as that of adults."
The few adult spiders that the spider had cultivated over the years had all been used by their master to heal his wounds. Now, only a few larvae were left in urgent need of training, which created another dilemma.
After some thought, the master instructed her, "No, you still have a Gu worm in your body that you've carried since birth. Using it to refine the worm will definitely lead to success."
"But that's the Gu protozoan that maintains my heart blood! If I can refine it, that's great. If I can't, once the protozoan dies, I'm afraid my lifespan will also be shortened."
The master scolded her for not living up to her expectations: "Those who achieve great things must be prepared to sacrifice themselves at any time. You are hesitant and afraid of death. How can you be my right-hand man?"
"Yes! Master is teaching me that. The spider will take it out right away."
In order to achieve her master's hegemony, she had to endure the heart-wrenching pain of removing the Gu protozoa that she had brought from her mother's womb from her body to use in refining the Gu.
The golden Gu original worm relied on her heart blood to survive, and her life had long been tied to the spider worm that had been parasitic in her body for a long time. It would be more accurate to say that she was refining herself rather than refining the Gu.
She was not completely sure that she could make the Gu within a day, but fortunately, with the snow lotus, an ancient and excellent Gu-inducing substance, her Gu-making process was accelerated.
The owner personally ground the snow lotus into powder for the spider to eat. She could feel the spider's body undergoing changes after eating the snow lotus. The originally lazy spider now stretched its limbs, and its eyes emitted a strange and soul-stirring golden light.
Its golden body seemed to be covered with a layer of gold foil. The spider held the golden spider like a treasure and carefully placed it into the Gu pot. In addition to feeding it snow lotus, the spider dripped its own blood from the center of its eyebrows into the pot to help the original worm transform into the original Gu faster.
Under the spider's careful feeding, the protozoan that had been dormant for eighteen years finally woke up completely. It opened its mouth and spun silver needle-like spider silk to wrap its body.
The next day was the time for the person who announced the result to hand over the Gu. The spider came to Li Yu with the Gu protozoa refined with his own heart and blood.
She opened the Gu cup and handed it to Li Yu.
Li Yu glanced at the little golden spider covered in spider silk, his eyes full of mockery.
"You call this kind of bug a Gu? Then if I just pick up a silkworm pupa from a tree, can I also call it a Gu?"
"General, if you don't believe me, you can try using that knife and see if you can cut through the silk thread wrapped around this insect."
"Isn't it just spider silk? How tough can it be?"
Li Yu took out a dagger and tried to pick apart the circles of spider silk on the insect's body, but strangely, these circles of spider silk like silver needles were different from ordinary spider silk. Not only could they not be cut with a dagger, they were even sharper than the dagger.
When he reached out to touch the spider silk, he accidentally cut a hole in it.
"What kind of poisonous creature is this? How dare it hurt me? I don't believe I can't kill it!"
Li Yu held the knife in one hand and wanted to insert the blade into the spider's belly, but was stopped in time by the spider.
"Your fingers are stained with its venom. If you kill it, you won't survive."
"Are you threatening me with lies, you damn girl?"
"Don't you know whether it's a lie or not? Don't you feel a tingling sensation where your finger was cut? This is a sign of poison entering your body. Within half an hour, the poison will flow through your bloodstream into your heart and brain. I don't know if you will be alive by then."
The spider put away the poisonous insect and smiled evilly at Li Yu, saying, "General, if you don't believe me, we can wait for half an hour. If you're not dead, I'll give you this insect as compensation. But if you're dead... then your people shouldn't blame me for harming you. After all, I warned you, and you just ignored my advice."
Li Yu didn't dare to gamble with his life, so he had no choice but to accept her poisonous insect. The spider stood out among all the poison-making contestants and became the poison-making master that Prince Yin was looking for.
The spider gave him the antidote to the poison, and then followed the army to the Central Plains Palace, which led to what happened next.
Recalling this, Hanyu finally understood that the once simple and kind-hearted Ajiang had disappeared on the night of their wedding in the snowy mountains. He must have regained his memory that night, so he chose to leave without saying goodbye and leave the love nest they built together.
Not only that, he also took away the iceberg snow lotus that Hanyu had personally picked from the edge of the snow-capped cliff. She couldn't believe that the husband who had doted on her, tolerated her, and said he would grow old with her would actually abandon her?
She sat on the ground in a daze, as if she had lost her soul. Yin Jinglong's sarcastic words came from behind her: "Another foolish woman who lost herself in love."
She knew he was laughing at the spider, but wasn't he also talking about herself?
The spider retorted, "How could someone as heartless and cruel as you possibly understand the most unforgettable love in this world? My Gu may be poison to others, but to my master it is a healing antidote. For the first time in these eighteen years, I feel recognized and needed."
Changing the subject, she fixed her gaze on Hanyu, who was sitting on the ground in a daze, and continued with a bitter tone, "It's a pity that in this love affair between a man and a woman, he never had me in his heart."
Yin Jinglong also looked at Hanyu, who was kneeling on the ground in a daze and speechless. Her empty eyes were looking at the swaying sycamore tree outside the window.
He couldn't help but sigh: "There are so many unattainable feelings in this world, not just love."
After pondering for a moment, Hanyu suddenly stood up. She still didn't want to believe the spider's one-sided words. She needed Ajiang to give her an explanation in person.
"Are you going to go find him now? Aren't you afraid that he will forcibly tie you up on a horse and send you back to Shangjing?" Yin Jinglong stretched out his hand to stop her.
"I want to go find him, but not now." Han Yu lowered her eyes and glanced at his legs. "I promised you that I would help you recover. I won't leave until I have paid off what I owe you."
Yin Jinglong withdrew his arm that was blocking the air, secretly delighted, but remained calm on the surface.
He was just about to ask the spider to go and call over the old man Lai to continue the acupuncture when a panicked Miao woman came over the fence outside the yard.
She cried out a name in a sobbing voice: "Ayi Na~Ayi Na~where are you?"
Hearing this familiar voice again, this long-lost name, the spider's body trembled.
She looked over when she heard the voice, and was in disbelief that the mother who had cruelly abandoned her when she was eight years old would now come to her door on her own initiative?
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