Chapter 790: Reincarnation of the Gu God
Dugu Chong spoke first, "I think Li Xuan's talent is just okay, so I plan to take him in as my apprentice. You can also consider it. It's not too late to regret becoming my eldest apprentice now."
Zhou Wen immediately understood what was going on. Li Xuan's soul had merged with Li Mobai's Evil King Gu, so it had some of the Gu's characteristics.
Dugu Chong must have noticed this, so he wanted to take Li Xuan as his apprentice.
But Li Xuan and Zhou Wen were good friends. Dugu Chong was afraid that Li Xuan would know that he wanted to take Zhou Wen as his master. He would feel it was too embarrassing and refused to take him as his master, so he turned against him.
"Come on, I don't even know who was standing at the door of Zhou Wen's dormitory, asking for a master." Li Xuan curled his lips and said, "Don't worry, I, Li Xuan, keep my word. As long as you can beat me in the bet, I will definitely take you as my master. But if you lose..."
To Zhou Wen's surprise, Li Xuan already knew that Dugu Chong wanted to take him as his disciple.
"Stop, there's no way I, Dugu Chong, will lose." Dugu Chong said immediately.
Zhou Wen asked Li Xuan what was going on. Li Xuan told him the details, and Zhou Wen finally understood why Dugu Chong was able to persuade Li Xuan to come to the South District.
After Zhou Wen left, Dugu Chong happened to meet Li Xuan who went to Zhou Wen to get something. The two had a verbal conflict. Dugu Chong wanted to use his poisonous insect to deal with Li Xuan, but his poisonous insect did not dare to get close to Li Xuan at all, which surprised Dugu Chong.
After many attempts, Dugu Chong discovered that Li Xuan's soul was simply the nemesis of the Gu worm.
Raising phoenixes is also for the purpose of restraining poisonous insects, and Li Xuan himself can restrain all kinds of poisonous insects. Dugu Chong was attracted by such a talent and insisted on making Li Xuan his apprentice and learn how to raise poisons from him.
Of course Li Xuan refused, but Dugu Chong did not give up. He showed Li Xuan many wonderful uses of poisonous insects and said he would help Li Xuan catch mythical poisonous insects.
When Li Xuan saw the strange and magical abilities of those poisonous insects, he was really tempted. However, because Dugu Chong wanted to worship Zhou Wen as his master from the beginning, Li Xuan was not willing to be Dugu Chong's apprentice, so he made a bet with Dugu Chong.
If Dugu Chong could catch the famous Ice Silkworm Gu King, Li Xuan would agree to be his apprentice and learn how to raise Gu from him. The Ice Silkworm Gu King would be a gift from Dugu Chong to his apprentice.
If Dugu Chong cannot catch the Ice Silkworm Gu King, then he will have to worship Li Xuan as his master and teach Li Xuan how to raise Gu.
"Li Xuan will not suffer any loss whether he wins or loses. Dugu Chong is willing to suffer such a huge loss. Does he really value Li Xuan, or does he have other intentions?" Zhou Wen pondered in his heart, unable to be sure for a moment.
"If no one had made trouble, I would have caught the Ice Silkworm Gu King and taken him in as my apprentice." Dugu Chong said.
Li Xuan curled his lips and said disdainfully, "If someone hadn't just barged in and distracted the Ice Silkworm Gu King, we'd probably have all died there. And you're still calling yourself the number one Gu-breeding expert in the Southern District? It's truly shameful."
Li Xuan recounted the entire story. Dugu Chong had originally taken Li Xuan to capture the Ice Silkworm Gu King, intending to use Li Xuan's soul to restrain the Ice Silkworm Gu King, and then combine it with his own abilities to capture it in one fell swoop.
But who knew that there were not one but two Ice Silkworm Gu Kings. When they trapped one Ice Silkworm Gu King and thought they were about to succeed, another Ice Silkworm Gu King suddenly appeared, catching Dugu Chong off guard, and the two of them almost died there.
Fortunately, at that time, there happened to be a group of people who also wanted to catch the Ice Silkworm Gu King. They distracted the attention of one of the Ice Silkworm Gu Kings and allowed them to escape.
"Now those people are still planning to catch the Ice Silkworm Gu King. I think they have done more than this old man. I estimate that they have probably succeeded." Li Xuan said.
"Bullshit, do you think the Ice Silkworm Gu King is so easy to catch? With those useless guys from the Xiao family, even if they are given another ten years, they still won't be able to catch the Ice Silkworm Gu King. They will most likely all die there." Dugu Chong jumped and shouted.
"Xiao family? Which Xiao family?" Zhou Wen's heart moved, and he looked at Dugu Chong and asked.
"Which other Xiao family could it be? Only in a small place like Chiang Rai can the Xiao family gain a foothold." Dugu Chong said disdainfully.
"I heard that the Xiao family is very powerful. Not only are they proficient in raising Gu, they can also use black magic and Kumantong and other methods. The Xiao family also has a god-level Kumantong..." Zhou Wen said.
Dugu Chong seemed to be disdainful of the Xiao family. Upon hearing this, he curled his beard and said, "There are many powerful people in the West District who are proficient in black magic, Kumantong, and Buddha amulets. It's impossible for the Xiao family to get a chance. They are able to gain a foothold in Chiang Rai not by relying on superb skills, but by being unruly and ruthless. Do you know how the Xiao family got their god-level companion pet?"
"How did it come?" Zhou Wen and Li Xuan looked at Dugu Chong curiously.
"Over twenty years ago, there was a family in Chiang Rai. Both the husband and wife were Gu breeders, and they were quite famous in the southern district. They raised Gu, but never used them to harm anyone. Later, the wife became pregnant, and ever since then, wild Gu insects have frequently appeared near her home. The insects simply guarded the door, but none ever entered, as if they were guarding something. The closer the wife's due date got, the more Gu insects appeared near her home, even some mythical-level ones."
After taking a breath, Dugu Chong continued, "At that time, everyone said that the child the wife was carrying was the reincarnation of the Gu God, which was why the Gu insects were guarding her. Although the Gu insects didn't harm them, they caused great trouble to the neighbors, so the couple had to move to a remote place. Not long after, someone found the couple tragically dead in their home. The wife's abdomen had been cut open, and the baby was nowhere to be found."
Zhou Wen and Li Xuan were horrified by what they heard. Dugu Chong continued, "Most people believe that it was those poisonous insects that harmed the couple and took away their child. However, one of our Dugu family's disciples had a good relationship with that couple. He said that the former head of the Xiao family had a good relationship with them. When he went to see the couple, he also ran into the Xiao family head. Moreover, more than a year after the couple's death, the Xiao family produced a powerful Kumantong. Since then, the Xiao family, which originally only knew Kumantong and black magic, has also started raising Gu. Don't you think this is too coincidental?"
"It's a bit of a coincidence, but it doesn't necessarily mean there is a connection. Does your Dugu family have any evidence?" Li Xuan asked.
"If there was evidence, the Xiao family would have been wiped out long ago. How could they be allowed to survive until now? But I think that the incident was most likely done by the Xiao family." Dugu Chong said.
Zhou Wen felt that what Dugu Chong said made sense. Although he didn't know much about the Xiao family, he had seen Xiao Si and knew how vicious he was. He was definitely capable of doing such a thing.
"Wait, the Xiao family wants Wang Chan. Could they be using her to refine a Kumantong?" Zhou Wen quickly asked Dugu Chong, "Does refining a Kumantong require a baby? Can an older person refine a Kumantong?"
"Generally speaking, children who died between the ages of 0 and 12 can be used to create earth children and human children. That was the old method. The current method is even more cruel." Dugu Chong did not elaborate.
"0 to 12 years old?" Zhou Wen thought about it, and it seemed that Wang Chan looked like she was about eleven or twelve years old. Moreover, she had the fate of the goddess of misfortune, which was unusual in itself.
(End of this chapter)
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