Chapter 359 It’s You
Xiao Jingfan: "Curious."
Others were curious too.
Jiang Yao thought for a while and shook her head: "Forbidden technique." It cannot be said.
"Well, I know a little bit." Feng Jing blew on his fingers, which had reduced a lot of swelling. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he nodded towards the teacup covered with the Red Beauty Gu, "This thing is trained to harm people."
Hearing this, Chu Liuzheng glanced at Jiang Yao and found that although she was unwilling to speak herself, she did not seem to intend to stop Feng Jing from continuing.
Chen Xing poured Feng Jing a cup of hot water and asked curiously, "How did you harm him?"
Feng Jing said, "I heard from Master that to cultivate a Beauty Gu, you need at least a hundred women born during the Yin hour, aged between fifteen and twenty-five, and preferably from unfortunate families who experienced misfortunes in their childhood."
Mitsuki wondered, "Why is it best to encounter an accident?"
"I don't know." Feng Jing shrugged. His master usually talked about these strange poisonous insects at the dinner table, and he just listened to them as stories to go with the meal without studying them in detail.
He said, "Feeding with flesh and blood is only the first step. To raise a true Beauty Gu, we need the crucial second step, the Heavenly Lotus Fruit."
Everyone was shocked that they actually needed Tianlian Fruit.
Only Du Qian was confused: "What is this Tianlian fruit?"
Zhou Yuande explained this to him in a low voice, and Du Qian couldn't help but exclaim, "There's such a magical thing in the world!"
"According to what you said, the Heavenly Lotus Fruit has the effect of resurrecting the dead and restoring youth." Xiao Jingfan frowned and looked at Feng Jing, "If there really is a Heavenly Lotus Fruit, why would you just take it directly? Why would you waste energy feeding the Beauty Gu?"
Isn't this like picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons?
Feng Jing blinked: "Don't you know?"
Xiao Jingfan was puzzled: "What?"
"Ah, I seem to have forgotten to mention that." Feng Jing raised his hand and scratched his face. "It's true that the Tianlian Fruit can bring the dead back to life, but it can only extend life by three months. As for rejuvenation—"
He raised his slightly swollen finger and said to the people watching him, "The validity period is one day."
Everyone: “…”
Why didn’t you tell me such an important thing earlier!
Lu Fei murmured, "That makes sense."
The difference between one day and one year is a hundred lives.
Du Qian suddenly had an idea and guessed, "Since Tianlian Fruit is needed to feed the Beauty Gu, then could the box that Lord Jiang gave to Qin Kai contain Tianlian Fruit?"
"Impossible!" Feng Jing and Jiang Yao said in unison. They looked at each other and Feng Jing raised his eyebrows: "Didn't you say you wouldn't say it?"
Jiang Yao was too lazy to pay attention to him and continued to squat like a mushroom.
Xiao Jingfan said, "The Heavenly Lotus Fruit grows in the ice and snow. After picking, it must be stored in an ice box, otherwise it will rot immediately."
"Young Master has a good memory." Feng Jing said to everyone, "The Heavenly Lotus Fruit cannot be stored well. What Lord Jiang gave Qin Kai was just an ordinary wooden box. There is absolutely no way that there is a Heavenly Lotus Fruit in it."
Du Qian was puzzled: "What exactly is stored in that box?"
[Of course there is nothing.]
Chu Liuzheng stared at the system interface.
[Good fellow, Du Qian's ability to judge people needs to be improved. If someone like Qin Kai can be considered an honest person, then there are no honest people in this world.]
She pulled it down.
This fellow, relying on Lord Jiang's trust, not only abused his power to accept bribes, but also used Lord Jiang's name to do things outside. He even tried to recruit Master Liu to join him in deceiving his superiors and subordinates.
[Tsk tsk, Master Liu didn't want to get involved in these troublesome matters, and he wasn't afraid of Qin Kai's threats. He turned around and told Master Jiang about this.]
Lord Jiang was just worried about finding the right person to trick. Qin Kai just happened to be in his element, and his identity was suitable. It was a good opportunity to make use of him. It was a great achievement for him to survive, but it was his due if he died.
Chu Liuzheng pushed forward.
[Wow! The reason the group led by Hongying came after Qin Kai was actually because of that empty box.]
Hongying wanted to show off in front of her master Yin Lanci, so she secretly raised the Red Beauty Gu without telling Yin Lanci, hoping to give Yin Lanci a surprise and outdo the two annoying brothers in front of her.
[Before finding Qin Kai, Hongying had already fed Hongyan Gu eighty-seven meals.]
[Frog fun! That's eighty-seven lives! Adding the eight people Uncle Fu found, the total is already ninety-five, almost one hundred. No wonder Hongying is so anxious to find the Heavenly Lotus Fruit.]
[Eh?] Chu Liuzheng suddenly thought of a question, [How did Hongying know that Qin Kai had the Heavenly Lotus Fruit?]
When Lord Jiang gave the box to Qin Kai for safekeeping, he didn't tell him what was inside. No one else saw it, and Lord Jiang didn't arrange for anyone to spread the rumor. How did this rumor get out?
Confused, Chu Liuzheng quickly searched the system.
Fortunately, there was very little information about the Tianlian Fruit, and she quickly found the answer.
【Wow, this news actually came from the black market.】
[It was said that Lord Jiang had bought a Tianlian fruit on the black market, but because he didn't know its effects, he mistook it for an ordinary herb and gave it to Qin Kai as a reward.]
[Tsk tsk, this is deliberately setting a trap for Qin Kai! I bet a penny that this unknown person who leaked the information is definitely in cahoots with Lord Jiang.]
Xiao Jingfan, who was eavesdropping, silently paid a copper coin.
Chu Liuzheng was somewhat curious about the identity of this unknown person, so he flipped through the book, but found nothing.
This strangely familiar feeling...
An idea struck her, and she changed her search method, and then—
【It’s you! 】
She stared at the system interface.
[Thousand-Handed Scholar! How many aliases do you have?!]
It is said that when you go out, you give yourself the identity you want. But since the binding system was suddenly struck by lightning, this is the first time Chu Liuzheng has seen the same person make up so many identities for himself. Isn't this guy afraid of confusion?
When Xiao Jingfan heard the words "Thousand-Handed Scholar", he found that he was not surprised at all.
Or rather, it would be strange if this person was not the Thousand-Handed Scholar.
What he was wondering was why the Thousand-Handed Scholar did these things?
In view of his previous experience of exposing his identity, Chu Liuzheng did not insist on the identity of the Thousand-Handed Scholar. He turned off all the irrelevant gossip and continued to watch Qin Kai fall into the trap.
[Tsk, look at how quick they are at taking action! Qin Kai had just left the government office when he was caught red-handed by Hongying and her men. Bewildered, they invited him for tea and asked him to pay for it with Tianlian fruit.]
How could Qin Kai even know what Heavenly Lotus Fruit was? How could he possibly hand it over? He was beaten up and suffered a lot.
However, this guy wasn't stupid. He'd heard from Hongying and the others that he was being tricked. But he was now in a difficult position. If he insisted that he didn't have any Heavenly Lotus Fruit, it would all be a scam, and he would only end up being killed by the disgruntled Hongying.
In order to survive for a few more days, Qin Kai was incredibly bold. Not only did he lie about having the Heavenly Lotus Fruit, he also threatened to cooperate with Hongying and the others. He said he would hand over the Heavenly Lotus Fruit, but he wanted a 20% share of the benefits gained from raising the Red Beauty Gu. Otherwise, he would rather die than let Hongying see even the shadow of the Heavenly Lotus Fruit.
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