Chapter 142: Meeting the Poisonous Old Man Again
"Is there anyone, please save me, please save me!"
As dusk fell, Chen Xinli and his group had found a house to renovate when a faint call came from the mountains near the village.
"Uncle Xu, go and see what happened." Jiang Yu was afraid of encountering the same incident as last night, so he hurriedly gave the order.
Before Xu Huai had gone far, a shrill scream was heard, and everyone felt horrified.
"Young Master, this place is very strange. There are skeletons in many thatched houses ahead." As soon as Xu Huai finished speaking, a rustling sound coming from the bushes not far away gave people goosebumps.
In the blink of an eye, a dense army of spiders appeared in everyone's sight.
"Brother Yu, I'm scared." Jiang Qi looked at the densely packed spiders and hugged Jiang Yu with a frightened face.
Chen Xinli was shocked. She had already seen the appearance of the blood-red spider running in the front.
On the day of exile, after leaving the poisonous miasma area, their family had encountered spiders before. They didn't expect to encounter them here again. Chen Xinli had a bad premonition.
"Oh, you will die today. I didn't expect that the old monster Du is here." The ghost protector was tied up tightly, but it did not stop him from gloating at this moment.
"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll feed you to the spiders immediately." Chen Xinli frowned and ran onto the carriage, stuffing the handkerchiefs that Jiang Qi used to wipe his nose and mouth into his mouth.
Xu Huai and several guards protected them tightly as they retreated. The horses and mules were frightened by the approaching animals and paced back and forth, not daring to run.
"You little bitch, you...wow...will regret it..." The ghost protector shouted unwillingly.
The cry instantly attracted more spiders to swarm over following his voice. "Ah~ah!" After being bitten twice, the ghost guardian began to howl like a ghost.
In that moment of carelessness, I heard an old man's voice drifting over: "Hey, isn't this Old Ghost? How did you become a prisoner today?"
After a strange flute sound, the spiders temporarily gave up their attack.
"Who are you? Why are you here and disturbing my spiritual insects' rest?" The old man Du glanced at Chen Xinli and the others with his only remaining eye, his hoarse voice exuding a hostile tone.
"We have no intention of passing by here, so we'll leave now." Seeing a blood-red spider bigger than the old man's head hovering above his head, Jiang Yu also felt extremely creepy, but he still mustered up the courage to look at the other party.
The old man looked at Chen Xinli and others carefully, as if he was looking at a group of dead people.
"Leave?" Du Guai laughed grimly. "Why should I leave? My spirit insects have been hungry for days. Today is the first day of eating meat. Since you little brats have come to my door, you can become their food."
Jiang Yu's expression remained unchanged as he looked at the strange clothing of Old Poison. After a long silence, he heard him mutter, "I've heard for a long time that the insect-controlling skills of Southern Border are rare in the world. I didn't expect to meet Old Poison today.
I, Jiang Yu, the younger generation, would like to express my regards to you, the elders, on behalf of my maternal grandfather, General Xu."
After the young man finished speaking, he looked at Xu Huai. Xu Huai understood and immediately sent out a secret signal with his hand.
"Little kid, your last name is Jiang, Jiang Yu, and you are the grandson of that old bastard Xu Xin'an?"
There was a slight change in the expression on Du Laoguai's face, and he asked with a look of extreme trepidation.
"I am Jiang Yu," Jiang Yu bowed and said, "My grandfather has been guarding the southern border for generations. He has only one close friend, the old man Kudu.
When I was young, I was stuck in a quagmire. It was only with your help that the toxins in my body were temporarily brought under control."
"I am not interested in the internal strife of your royal family, but your eyes... wait, your eyes have recovered?" Du Guai said in disbelief.
"Yes, I was lucky enough to find a ghost doctor, and he cured my eye disease." Jiang Yu said very kindly.
"Impossible... Absolutely impossible... Your meridians are already in disarray. I can't cultivate them..."
The old monster Du leaped up, grabbed Jiang Yu's hand and began to take his pulse.
After a long while, he carefully looked into Jiang Yu's eyes, and then said excitedly, "How strange! That day, your body was filled with restlessness, your fire was rising, and your body fluids were damaged. I had no choice but to temporarily control the poison in your eyes.
In order to dissolve the fire poison, I have been researching the Yin-Cold Method day and night, and I never expected that I would be able to solve it just like this."
Du Laoguai seemed to finally breathe a sigh of relief. He looked at Jiang Yu with concern and said, "Your pulse is now steady and strong, calm and rhythmic. You are indeed healed."
"Thank you for your help, senior." Jiang Yu thanked him again, and was puzzled by the excitement in Du Laoguai's words.
The old monster calmed down for a long time before he looked at Jiang Yu again with his only eye and said angrily, "Since you have recovered, the guilt in my heart is gone.
It’s just a pity that my chalcedony stones are wasted.
I don't know which damn thief stole them. The chalcedony essence was meant for you."
Chen Xinli was a little nervous. This old monster Du was obviously an enemy, not a friend. Why did he suddenly change his attitude just because of Jiang Yu's words?
And that chalcedony essence, why does it look so much like the things I secretly took from that miasma land, could it be... ?
Chen Xinli was still immersed in her own world when she heard the old ghost's voice say again: "Where are you going?"
"The junior is going to the southwest."
"Southwest, that's the lair of this ghost old man. He is not a good person." Although the face of the old monster Du looked extremely scary, the concern in his tone made Jiang Yu very uncomfortable.
"I'm going there to seek refuge. There's news from the capital..." Jiang Yu stammered.
“Alright, I know the news from the capital, you don’t need to say more.
I have already told Old Man Xu that your father is not a good man and he insisted on marrying his goddaughter to him.
He caused my little girl Rou to leave so early. I really wish the spirit insects would bite him to death." The old monster Du said sadly.
Jiang Yu seemed to have heard a huge secret, and asked in disbelief: "Senior?"
"Alright! Don't hesitate, this is for you." Du Laoguai handed a spider as big as a child's palm to Jiang Yu, "This spider is one of my spiritual spider kings. If you have any problems, tell it and it will contact me.
I have things to do, so I'll leave now."
The Poison Monster played a flute and the poisonous spiders disappeared like a cloud of fire. The Poison Monster also sat on the huge spider and jumped a few times, then disappeared.
"Brother Yu? Brother Li? Are you okay?" Jiang Qi waved in front of the two of them, very dissatisfied with their dullness.
"Not bad." Jiang Yu was the first to react. The old monster Du had just left too deep an impression on him.
At that time, his grandfather did not tell him much information, only saying that it was a friend of his. He did not expect that this friend also knew his mother.
Looking at the blood-red spider on the palm of his hand, Jiang Yu felt warm in his heart.
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