Chapter 161: The Gu Master Who Cultivated the Young Hero
"Tangtang, you are already grown up, you can't sleep with your uncle anymore."
While washing his hands, Lin Zhi looked at the little girl who walked in, smiled and shook his head at her.
"Why? Brother Xiaohe is older than me, but he can sleep with you."
Lin Tang's face fell and he pointed at Qi He who was sitting on the side, full of confusion.
This is so unfair, the little girl felt angry.
Qi He explained: "Because I am a boy."
"Are boys the only ones who can sleep with my uncle?" Lin Tang almost screamed, stamping his feet anxiously, "Then I'm going to tell my mother that I don't want to be a girl today, I want to be a boy tonight!"
Lin Tang's innocent words made Lin Zhi laugh. He wiped the water droplets off his hands and waved to Lin Tang.
"Tangtang, be good. Let's eat together, and then you go back to sleep, okay? Don't make your parents worry."
Lin Zhi's gaze was gentle, with a magical power that made people believe it unconsciously. Lin Tang nodded dazedly.
Well, it’s nice to have dinner with my uncle. Lin Tang took a step back and felt happy.
"Then I'll go tell my mother."
Lin Tang came and went like the wind and ran away quickly. The silk flowers that Lin Zhi bought for her were tied in her braids, like two little butterflies flying up and down.
Qi He walked steadily to the cupboard outside the house and prepared the dishes and chopsticks in advance.
Suddenly, someone touched my hair gently a few times, and the master's voice sounded in my ears.
"Our Xiao He is really amazing. He memorized the route so quickly. For people who practice martial arts, sometimes ears and noses may be more useful than eyes."
How could Lin Zhi not know what the child was waiting for? Qi He couldn't completely hide his thoughts now, and his little thoughts showed on his face, which was too cute.
"Um!"
Qi He nodded with a faint smile on his face.
Lin Zhi seldom cooks, and the original owner didn’t cook much either. She usually paid the neighbor lady to prepare meals for her.
So when Lin Tang came back, it was time for dinner.
Lin Tang was holding a bowl of food in his hand. It was the dish that Lin Su asked his daughter to bring for her younger brother as a snack. Last year's smoked bacon was diced and stir-fried with fresh wild vegetables and chili peppers. It was spicy and delicious with rice.
There was also roast pheasant and mushroom soup made by the neighbor lady on the table. Lin Zhi served the two children some rice and urged Lin Tang to wash his hands.
Lin Zhi and Qi He were relatively quiet during their meal, but with the addition of Lin Tang, the atmosphere of the dinner became a little different.
Lin Tang's personality is not as quiet as her name suggests. When she was three years old, she dared to catch spiders and put them in her mouth. When she was four years old, she caught snakes with her bare hands. She ran into the woods all day long and was poisoned many times, big and small, but she still dared to do it again. Lin Su was worried about her daughter, who was afraid that her daughter would kill herself one day.
She is seven or eight years old now, and is even more hyperactive. She cannot eat peacefully, holding the bowl and playing while eating. She also generously gives food to passing ants and mutters to Lin Zhi about the poisonous ants in the forest.
"The biggest one is only half the size of my little finger. I really want to catch it, but I will definitely get bitten. It's harder to catch than a spider. Uncle, can you catch it?"
"Next time I see it, I'll bring it back to you."
"Okay, it's next to the poisonous mushroom with a big cap in the east..."
The little girl's voice was clear and crisp, and the repeated "uncle" made Qi He's ears buzz.
"Poisonous ants that big? I'm really curious."
Qi He swallowed the food in his mouth and spoke with some longing in his voice.
Seeing the little brother join the topic, Lin Tang said happily: "Yes, I will take you to see it some other day... oh, sorry."
Suddenly feeling that he had said something wrong, Lin Tang paused and looked at Lin Zhi for help.
"It's okay. It's very interesting to hear you say this. I've never heard of this before. All I know is what my master told me."
Qi He said calmly that he was not sad about the eye problem.
Lin Tang breathed a sigh of relief. The handsome little brother had a really good temper.
"Then I can tell you more about this later, and when my uncle takes me into the woods, I can take you with me."
Qi He looked in the direction of Lin Zhi based on his feeling, and asked with some brilliance on his face: "Master, is it really possible?"
Lin Zhi raised his eyebrows slightly. Before he could reply, little girl Lin Tang chimed in, "Uncle, just promise him that I will be there to watch over him while you catch bugs, to prevent him from getting bitten."
Lin Zhi shook her head in her heart. The little girl was sold and still helped others count money.
"Maybe in a while."
Lin Tang cheered and exchanged a victorious look with Qi He, then realized that he had forgotten that his little brother couldn't see.
Lin Tang took a few quick bites of rice and drank a big gulp of water because of the spicy pepper.
The little girl's mind was jumping, and when she opened her mouth again it was about another topic.
"Uncle, let's go to Brother Changke's house for a drink in a few days. I saw him eat Sister Qiao's love Gu today, and he gave her a wreath and sang to her. I guess they will get married in a few days."
The little girl even imitated the tune of the song, laughing as she spoke.
"You are so young, how can you understand what marriage is?"
Lin Zhi asked the little girl to sit down and eat obediently.
"Why don't I understand? Sister Aqiao is willing to give it, and Brother Changke is willing to eat it, so they are going to get married."
Lin Tang snorted: "I also know that people who are unwilling to eat, dare not eat, and who eat and get their intestines and stomachs rotten are people you shouldn't like."
Most people in Wu Village are Gu Masters. Even those who are not good at making Gu know how to make a love Gu. It’s just a matter of willingness and the power of the Gu.
People who live here don't have so many roundabout ways of expressing love. If a Miao girl is willing to give her a love Gu and a man says he can eat it, it is a straightforward and bold expression of love, and a vow involving life and death.
"If your mother knew that you were thinking about these things now, she would definitely laugh at you."
"I'm not afraid of my mother laughing at me. When I refine the love Gu in the future, I will refine the most powerful Tongxin Gu."
Lin Tang raised his head proudly and said firmly.
"Tangtang, life is still long. You don't have to make a decision now. It won't be too late to make plans when you meet that person."
Tongxin Gu is the best love Gu, and it is a manifestation of love to the point of madness.
The two Gu have the same heart, live and die together. If one dies, the other will not live alone.
As an egoist, Lin Zhi would consider many things. If Lin Tang did not meet a good person, this would become a limitation.
Even if they are good people, the world is dangerous. If one of them encounters an accident, the other will not have time to take revenge and will be killed as well.
Of course, Lin Zhi would not analyze it so clearly to her little niece. After all, she is still young and probably wouldn't understand.
In fact, Lin Tang didn’t understand what was said. She just hummed in response and quickly finished the rice in the bowl, still thinking in her heart that the best is the best.
After dinner, she watched the insects at Lin Zhi's place for a while, then skipped back home.
Lin Zhi looked at Lin Tang's carefree back as he walked away, and his gaze fell on Qi He, who was standing aside and getting water for washing dishes after eating. The difference in fate is sometimes so obvious and cruel.
Lin Zhi was washing dishes and Qi He was beside her.
After a while, Qi He finally spoke: "Master, you told me that Gu worms cannot be taken casually, but why can love Gu be taken? Xiaotang said that some people will have intestinal perforation after taking it, so why do some people still volunteer to take it?"
Lin Zhi explained: "The person who is planted with the love Gu will become obsessed and dependent on the person who planted the Gu. The closer they get, the more difficult it is to control themselves. Once they change their mind, they will be in great pain and die miserably. Therefore, voluntarily planting the love Gu on someone is a way of showing love and indicating that they will never betray."
Qi He couldn't help but ask, "Then can't we use this insect to control others?"
Lin Zhi chuckled and said, "Love Gu is easy to refine, but also difficult to refine. It needs careful care before it is cultivated. After it is cultivated, it needs the heart blood of the person who planted the Gu to wake it up. The Gu Master can only plant the Love Gu on one person at a time. Unless the previous Love Gu dies, he can plant a second one."
"So the Gu Master will only give the love Gu to the person he likes. Not everyone can get the Gu Master's love Gu."
"Then where is your love Gu, Master?"
Qi He thought that his master's love Gu must not have been given to anyone yet, because he never mentioned his sweetheart during the whole journey and he also lived alone.
"I don't have love poison."
The original owner didn't refine it, and Lin Zhi didn't plan to refine it either.
He doesn't need such things to control his lover to stay faithful. If someone won't change, they won't change no matter what, and if someone is going to change, there's no need to force them to stay.
From a realistic perspective, it is difficult for anything in this world to remain constant. Even interests can lead to conflicts or people may turn against each other for greater benefits.
Lin Zhi washed the dishes, put them back in the cupboard, and bent down to look at the young boy with gray eyes.
"If I want someone to fall in love with me, I don't need to cast a spell."
There was a gentle smile in the boy's voice, like layers of lush and soft flowers blooming, turning into an impenetrable net, wrapping people in the center of the pistil.
It wasn't a firm confidence, or even a playful tease, but a simple statement.
I am just stating the facts, nothing more.
Although they were not close, Qi He seemed to feel the warmth coming from his master's body, as well as the faint sweet fragrance that came with it.
Qi He nodded in confusion, as if he knew or agreed.
Master is a very gentle person, and it is common for such people to be liked by others.
Qi He, who was half asleep in the middle of the night, felt himself lying in his master's arms, and this thought appeared in his mind again.
It rained at night and the ground was a little slippery, so Qi He went to Wu Feng by himself.
He started learning martial arts early and had great talent. Even though he couldn't see, he quickly grasped the charm of the Haoran Palm under Wu Feng's guidance.
In less than a month, Wu Feng changed his tone.
From just seeing the performance at the beginning to being willing to be inferior to others.
"You don't even want to learn how to make poisonous insects, so why do you insist on recognizing the Holy Son as your master? Okay, okay, I can be your second master, right?"
Qi He still shook his head and said, "There can only be one master."
"Why are you so stubborn, kid? Forget it, just be a gentleman. I've never been so knowledgeable in my life."
Wu Feng could only accept it with a pinch of his nose. He had never seen such a stubborn child. The problem was that the child was very polite. Besides, he was pitiful because he was blind. When he was looked at like that, it made people feel that forcing him to change his master was a heinous crime.
"Thank you, sir."
Qi He curved her lips, her lifeless eyes were still clear, only revealing a hint of sadness when she lowered her head and her long eyelashes trembled.
If Lin Zhi is no longer his master, then what relationship can there be between them?
Lin Zhi brought him out of the whirlpool of Chunyi City and found a teacher for him. Even if Lin Zhi didn't teach him anything, Qi He would never forget this kindness.
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