Chapter 134 Gu Tribe High Priest
"Xiao Yu! You can't do this!" Zhi Sha hurriedly scolded when she saw this.
He immediately explained to Zhou Zhilu, "Don't be offended, Brother Zhang Qian. This is my Gu worm, Qilin Gu Xiaoyu. It's a little wary of you because you don't have the aura of my Gu clan."
Zhisha stretched out her right hand, and the white Qilin Gu looked at Zhou Zhilu warily, then carefully climbed onto Zhisha's hand, and its long tail wrapped around Zhisha's fingers.
Suddenly, the Qilin Gu bit Zhisha's thumb fiercely. As its mouth moved, its white body gradually turned red.
"What is this?" Zhou Zhilu asked in surprise.
Zhisha frowned slightly and explained, "In order to have a closer relationship with the Gu insects, we Gu people often feed them with our own blood."
He immediately took out the snake grass he had picked on the way back and fed it to the Qilin Gu, and saw that the jade texture on its body became even better.
Seeing this, Zhou Zhilu became quite interested in these strange poisonous insects.
For the next few days, Zhou Zhilu lived in Guyuan Village. After Yuan Namu informed the Gu tribe's temple about Zhou Zhilu's situation, the temple suddenly sent a message, asking Zhou Zhilu to go to the temple to complete the ceremony of joining the Gu tribe.
The next day after receiving the news, Zhou Zhilu and Yuan Namu came to the Gu tribe temple.
The temple of the Gu tribe is located on a cliff in the southernmost part of the Guyuan Forest, facing the sea and surrounded by several Gu tribe villages on the outside.
The entire temple is wrapped in a green stone and covered with dense vines.
A woman wearing a beast skull helmet and rather revealing clothing stood in front of the temple. She looked at the two and said, "The high priest has been waiting for a long time. He can just follow me in."
Zhou Zhilu looked at the woman pointing at him, feeling vaguely uneasy.
When Zhou Zhilu learned about the temple, he used the Yingzijian to ask Chu Kuangren about the Gu tribe temple.
According to Chu Kuangren, the temple is the center of the Gu tribe's inheritance, and they hold a large number of historical secrets.
However, the priests of those temples also possessed some special abilities. The imperial court had sent many people to sneak into the temples before, but their disguised identities were eventually discovered.
"If you don't have a solution, don't risk going to the temple!"
This is what the madman Chu said to Zhou Zhilu.
Afterwards, he hesitated for a long time, but finally decided to give it a try. Firstly, he had the "Book of Boundaries" and was better at disguise. Second, the people in Guyuan Village did not know much about the Bai family. If he wanted more clues, he had to go to the temple.
At Yuan Namu's signal, Zhou Zhilu took a deep breath and walked into the temple with the woman.
The temple is full of traces of time. There are gaps on the white jade-like stone pillars. Vines are entwined around the stone pillars and extend upward, covering the roof.
And from time to time, a rustling sound could be heard among the dense vines and leaves on the roof, as if something was crawling inside.
Zhou Zhilu swallowed and looked forward, only to see three women standing in the shadows in the deepest part of the temple. The women on both sides were also wearing relatively revealing clothes. One of them was a skull with a beast's head and two horns, and the other was a skull with a huge bird's beak.
The woman between the two was wearing a robe made of black feathers. She did not wear a skull on her head, but her face was covered with unknown patterns painted with green paint.
"Greetings to the high priest." The person next to him bowed respectfully to the woman in the middle.
Seeing this, Zhou Zhilu also saluted and said respectfully, "Zhang Qian pays homage to the High Priest."
The high priest standing in the middle slowly approached, and Zhou Zhilu gradually saw the other person's appearance clearly.
The high priest looked quite old, with many wrinkles on his face, but one could still tell through his bones and facial features that he once had a delicate appearance.
Although he is no longer young, his eyes are still very bright and his eye sockets are deep, as if full of wisdom.
The high priest walked around Zhou Zhilu and asked softly, "What was your name?"
Zhou Zhilu maintained his salute and lowered his head as he replied, "High Priest, my name is Zhang Qian."
The high priest continued walking, exclaiming, "Zhang Qian? The fugitive who fled from the Song Dynasty to our Guyuan Forest? I remember sending someone to kill him and throw him outside the Guyuan Forest. How come... you're alive again?"
In an instant, Zhou Zhilu felt as if he was suddenly thrown into ice water, goose bumps appeared all over his body, and the words of the high priest kept echoing in his mind.
Zhang Qian...was killed by people sent by the high priest?
According to the information provided by Chu Kuangren, Zhang Qian escaped into the Guyuan Forest and his body was found on the outskirts of the forest within two days, his body torn to pieces by poisonous insects.
Since no other traces were found, local authorities concluded that he had been killed by an attack by poisonous insects in the forest.
"I don't quite understand what you mean, High Priest. I am Zhang Qian. When was I killed by someone sent by you, High Priest?"
Zhou Zhilu pretended that maybe the high priest just wanted to test him.
However, he heard the other party say, "There's no need to hide it. It was indeed me who killed Zhang Qian. He had wandered into the Guyuan Forest and accidentally fled in the direction of our Gu Clan. To prevent the pursuers from catching up, I sent someone to kill him and threw him outside.
"And our Gu tribe also lost an outstanding talent because of him, so I still remember this name to this day!"
After hearing this, Zhou Zhilu already believed what the other party said. He slowly stood up and looked quietly at the high priest in front of him.
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