Chapter 133 Gu Test
Zhou Zhilu was surprised when he heard this: "Bite my spiritual energy? Then how can I be sure that it will not harm me?"
The old man sighed and said, "If you really have no requests for anything from our Guyuan Village, then we in Guyuan Village naturally have no requests for anything from you, our guest. Why would we want to harm you?"
Zhou Zhilu thought for a moment, then walked back and said, "Okay, okay, I'll let you take the test."
Under the old man's command, Zhou Zhilu released spiritual energy on the surface of his body, and at the same time, a phantom skeleton appeared behind Zhou Zhilu.
Facing the old man's puzzled look, Zhou Zhilu explained: "This is the characteristic of my martial arts method. It cannot be contained."
The old man took one look at the skeleton's hideous appearance, which was quite consistent with Zhou Zhilu's identity as a fugitive, so he said nothing more and asked again:
"What's your name? What's your identity?"
"Zhang Qian, a fugitive from the Song Dynasty, fled to the Guyuan Forest to avoid being hunted down by the Song Dynasty."
After Zhou Zhilu answered, the centipede under the old man's feet instantly took a bite of the spiritual energy around Zhou Zhilu, and then rubbed it towards the old man's palm after a moment.
The old man raised his eyebrows. The centipede's action was to say that the person in front of him was indeed not lying. Could he really be just an ordinary fugitive?
Then he asked what crime he had committed? Was he related to the Bai family? Did he intentionally approach the Gu Clan?
But there was no problem with Zhou Zhilu's answers, which gradually made the old man let down his guard.
However, Zhou Zhilu was extremely nervous at this moment.
Long before setting off, Zhou Zhilu had made various preparations, including a forged identity. In order to be able to perform perfectly at the critical moment, Zhou Zhilu chose a real identity and recorded it in the "Book of Boundaries".
Among them, Zhang Qian was indeed a fugitive. In order to avoid being hunted, he fled into the Guyuan Forest, but his body was found dead of poisoning not long after.
The spiritual energy that the centipede bit just now was not Zhou Zhilu's at all, but the spiritual energy produced after Zhang Qian possessed him through the Book of Realm. Naturally, there was no problem with it!
But Zhou Zhilu was also worried, afraid that the old man would ask him directly if it was really such a coincidence that he saved Zhisha and the other person?
At this moment, the old man suddenly asked, "You were fleeing in the Guyuan Forest, why did you save Zhisha and the others..."
However, before the old man could finish his words, Zhou Zhilu suddenly lost his spiritual energy and said impatiently, "Have you tested enough?
"You've asked me seven or eight questions, and I haven't lied to you at all. You're still asking me why I saved them. I'm a flower thief with a conscience. I saw a few boys and girls being killed by the nasty Bai family, so I rescued them to vent my anger. Is that okay?
"If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have saved them. I would have let them all die there, and I wouldn't have aroused suspicion here!"
At this moment, Zhisha behind him also spoke up, "Grandpa Clan Leader, Brother Zhang Qian really didn't lie. It was only after Xiaoye and I begged him so hard that he agreed to escort us back."
Hearing this, the old man fell silent. He had indeed asked quite a few questions, and there was indeed no problem with his identity and origin. He recalled the centipede and nodded, saying, "Please forgive me, sir. I was overly suspicious. I thank you again on behalf of Zhisha and Miaoye. If you have nowhere to go for the time being, please stay in my Guyuan Village."
In the old man's opinion, since there is indeed no problem with Zhou Zhilu's identity, a person with such cultivation should stay in the village as much as possible to increase the village's combat power.
At this time, Zhou Zhilu finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, as he had finally successfully infiltrated the Gu tribe.
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In Guyuan Village, Zhou Zhilu, the old man and Zhisha were sitting in a wooden house.
The old man's name was Yuan Namu, and he was the village chief of Guyuan Village. He said, "We and the surrounding villages have been having a hard time lately. We, the Gu tribe, rely on raising Gu to survive, and the large number of Gu insects and resources in the Guyuan Forest are the basis of our survival.
“But now, the Bai family members of the Song Dynasty are frantically searching for poisonous insects and herbs, and even some villages have been looted.
"So we have to be more cautious, please don't be offended."
Zhou Zhilu waved his hand upon hearing this and said, "It's all right. But does the village chief know why the Bai family members have suddenly gone so crazy? As far as I know, the Bai family rarely entered the Guyuan Forest before this."
Yuan Namu nodded and replied, "If one does not practice Gu magic, the Guyuan Forest is a worthless and dangerous place for others. Gu insects are everywhere, and the spiritual medicines in the forest are also mostly poisonous. Therefore, the Song Dynasty rarely intervenes there.
"The Bai family's current actions are definitely related to Gu. As for what exactly they want to do, I'm not too sure."
Zhou Zhilu pressed on, "Is it possible that the Bai family is also practicing Gu cultivation? And raising Gu as well?"
Yuan Namu shook his head and sighed, "Your guest may not be aware that the Bai family of the Song Dynasty has its own cultivation system. Although it may be a bit of a boost to others' ambitions, it is indeed better than the Gu clan's Gu-raising method.
"So I am quite puzzled as to why the Bai family suddenly acted like this. I'm afraid the temple would know more about this matter."
Temple? The place where the Gu tribe priests lived?
Zhou Zhilu silently took note of what he heard.
Afterwards, they talked for a while longer, and Hara Namu completely dispelled the last bit of doubt in his heart.
Because during this process, Zhou Zhilu obviously wanted to know more about what the Bai family was doing, and basically did not ask about the affairs of the Gu clan, which was quite consistent with his identity as someone who hated the Bai family.
In today's situation, the enemy of my enemy is naturally my best friend.
After that, Zhisha took Zhou Zhilu around the village, and the two of them came to the cave behind the village together.
As soon as he approached, Zhou Zhilu suddenly felt a chill and couldn't help shivering all over, and goose bumps suddenly appeared on his arms.
"What's in this?" Zhou Zhilu asked in surprise.
"This is the cave of young Gu. Don't worry, Brother Zhang Qian. Come in and take a look." Zhisha said with a smile.
As Zhisha walked into the cave, she saw that it was full of holes. Each hole extended a space inward. In those spaces, pairs of eyes emitting faint light were staring at the two people who walked in.
Suddenly, Zhisha opened her mouth and made a strange sound.
"Squeaky~"
Not long after, a tapping sound suddenly came from deep in the cave, and a short-bodied reptile the size of a palm, shaped like a lizard and a frog, with four hooves on its belly, walked out of the cave.
The reptile was all white. As it approached, it became alert when it saw Zhou Zhilu, an outsider. "Knock knock" sounds kept coming out of its mouth, and there was a faint green light in its eyes. A dark green mist slowly overflowed from its mouth and nose, spreading all over its body.
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