Chapter 532 The black coal ball turned into white dough
Stunned by this unexpected turn of events, Wu Yan finally regained his voice and asked with a complicated expression, "Miss Ye, do you know our family's Gu King?"
Wu Yan gritted his teeth and emphasized the three words "our family," his words filled with resentment.
Ye Wanxi could easily sense his inner turmoil and annoyance. She looked down at the little jade toad squatting obediently in her palm and couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips into a smile.
Before coming here, she often thought of Senior Sister Qi Yao because of the Gu worm. She never expected that she would encounter Senior Sister Qi Yao's carefully crafted natal Gu here by chance.
Judging from the looks of it, most of the people in this village have some complicated relationship with Senior Sister Qi Yao.
That's why, in some mysterious way, a thread guided them here, leading them to the AIR virus that was about to bring them annihilation.
"This little creature originally belonged to a very close old friend of mine. I never expected to meet it here again. Perhaps this is fate."
"..."
Wu Yan looked indifferent and even wanted to curse. "Raised by an old friend? Which old friend? This Gu King was clearly raised by their ancestor, who has been dead for hundreds of years. Did she crawl out of the ground to be your friend?"
Before Wu Yan could react, Wu Chi had already helped Grandpa Wu to the group.
As soon as Wu Chipu stopped, he preemptively asked, "Miss Ye and Mr. Feng, what are you doing here?"
Ye Wanxi and the others knew that what Wu Chi wanted to ask was, "Weren't you locked up? How did you escape? And how did you sneak into the room where Shi Yuyan is being held without anyone noticing?"
"It was too stuffy staying indoors, so I came out for a walk. As I was wandering around, I ended up here."
Wu Chi: "..." Was this answer really that perfunctory? Did you really think our village was your backyard? Coming and going as you please, you don't take us seriously at all!
Grandpa Wu thought more deeply than Wu Chi and his son. He looked at Ye Wanxi with a complicated expression and remained silent for a while before saying, "Miss Ye, the Gu King in your hand is a sacred object worshipped by our village. We hope you can return it to us. We would be extremely grateful."
"A sacred object?" Ye Wanxi glanced at the little jade toad and chuckled, "It's not a matter of whether I want to return it to you or not, but that it's clinging to me. If any of you can get it to go with you, I won't stop you."
Grandpa Wu was stunned, then gave his grandson a wink. He had seen his son's behavior just now; the Gu King clearly didn't like him, so now he could only pin his hopes on Wu Chi.
Wu Chi nodded knowingly and walked towards Ye Wanxi.
However, they clearly forgot the saying that like father, like son. Little Jade Toad disliked Wu Yan, and naturally, he also disliked Wu Yan's son.
Or rather, apart from Ye Wanxi and Feng Tianyu, whom it couldn't afford to offend, it didn't like anyone else present.
Wu Chi quickly returned to his grandfather's side in disgrace, after being spat on several times by ice spikes.
The people outside the courtyard found this hard to accept. The Wu clan had always been their backbone, and the Gu King was also deeply revered by them.
They could accept the Gu King falling into the hands of the respected clan leader and young clan leader, but they could not accept their most precious possession becoming the property of outsiders.
Outraged, many people began shouting and cursing outside.
"It must be her doing! She used witchcraft to bewitch the Gu King, which rightfully belongs to our clan, causing it to turn against us. Hand over the Gu King and get out of here."
"That's right, hand over the Gu King and get out of here!"
The noise outside grew louder and louder, and Feng Tianyu's expression became increasingly grim.
Just as he was about to teach these people a lesson, Little Jade Toad, who was said to be bewitched by witchcraft, struck first.
Just as Ye Wanxi said before, the Gu King has a certain degree of control over snakes, insects, rats and ants within its range, and can command other poisonous insects and even Gu insects to use for its own purposes.
Upon hearing these people tell Ye Wanxi to get out of here, the little jade toad cawed angrily a few times.
The next second, a swarm of wasps suddenly flew out from the orchard outside the courtyard and headed straight for the people who were talking.
Moreover, they didn't nail other parts of these people, but just kept nailing them around their mouths.
The group was startled and instinctively retreated and fled, trying to avoid the swarm of poisonous bees.
But how can two-legged creatures outrun winged creatures? Soon, some people fell victim to it.
Afterwards, people were stung one after another, and screams filled the air outside the courtyard.
Grandpa Wu's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly asked Wu Chi to go and take a look. Soon after, Wu Chi came over with his men.
Upon seeing the people who had been stung, Ye Wanxi and the others couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Those bees were ordered to come out, and they showed no mercy to these people. Some of them were in more serious condition; their mouths swelled up all around, turning them into sausage lips.
Fortunately, the people in their village grew up with poisonous insects and have developed some resistance to them.
The venom from a bee sting is nothing to them; at most, it will make them feel uncomfortable and look bad for a while.
Grandpa Wu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the group was not in any danger except for being a little ugly, and his gaze toward Ye Wanxi became increasingly complicated.
"Miss Ye, can't you really return the Gu King to us?"
Ye Wanxi thought for a moment and decided to first confirm the relationship between Senior Sister Qi Yao and these people: "Before that, may I ask you a few questions?"
Grandpa Wu hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded: "Ask away."
Why is the dough here?
"Dough?"
“That’s it.” Ye Wanxi poked the little jade toad that had climbed back onto her shoulder.
Grandpa Wu was startled, his thoughts mirroring Wu Yan's. After a long pause, he asked with some difficulty, "...Why is it called dough?"
"Because it's white and soft, and when it gets angry, its cheeks puff up like dough. Don't you think they look alike?"
Grandpa Wu and the others: "..." No, we don't think it looks like it at all.
The name was originally chosen by Ye Wanxi. Gu Kings are difficult to raise; if you are not careful, they will be devoured.
In her past life, Qi Yao spent a long time cultivating it to be flawless and translucent. But these people probably couldn't imagine that when Ye Wanxi first saw this little jade toad, it was black, pitch black, just like a black lump of coal.
Her senior sister was terrible at naming things, so she just called it Black Coal Ball, which made the little thing so angry that it almost ran away from home several times.
But as it grows bigger and bigger, the poisonous insects it can eat become larger and more poisonous, and it gradually turns white.
Ye Wanxi was deeply impressed by the fact that once, when her senior sister Qi Yao led a group on a pilgrimage, the black coal ball turned into white chalcedony when they returned.
Ye Wanxi was busy making noodles for Feng Tianyu when she saw the transformed little jade toad. Her first reaction was, "The black lump of coal has turned into white dough?"
(End of this chapter)
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