Chapter 793: Distress
"If you inject your vital energy into it, it will automatically open a hole. However, it seems that it has lost the ability to control the poisonous insects, so you can only find a way to get the poisonous insects in yourself." Zhou Wen said.
Gu Shanshui tried it and found that as long as he injected vital energy into the gourd, a cloud of gray mist would appear at the top of the gourd, and things could be put in through the gray mist.
Gu Shanshui held the gourd, gritted his teeth and said, "Then we can only fight."
Gu Shanshui summoned his own Golden Boy soul, and let the Golden Boy hold the gourd and rush towards the corpse worm.
When the corpse worm saw the golden boy, it was like a bee seeing honey. It dropped the little bird and rushed towards the golden boy, as if it wanted to devour him.
Zhou Wen was greatly surprised. He wondered what Gu Shanshui's soul, the Golden Boy, was that could attract so much attention from the corpse worms.
The Golden Boy can also use vital energy. He injected the vital energy into the gourd and took the opportunity when the corpse worms rushed over to put the corpse worms into the gourd.
Unfortunately, the Golden Boy was only an epic-level soul after all, and its speed was much slower than that of the corpse worm. The corpse worm's body flashed and it bypassed the gourd and rushed towards the Golden Boy's head.
"Not good!" Gu Shanshui's face changed drastically. If the soul was destroyed, it would not be an easy task to condense it again.
In particular, his Golden Boy Soul is actually also a kind of Gumantong, but his Gumantong is a celestial child, not an earthly child or a human child who has gone astray. It is very rare.
Just as the corpse worm was about to hit the golden boy's head, a bamboo suddenly hit the gourd, causing the gourd mouth to change direction and hit the corpse worm. The corpse worm disappeared in an instant and was put into the gourd.
Zhou Wen stretched out his hand and retrieved the bamboo sword with sheath that he had thrown.
Gu Shanshui was overjoyed and quickly asked Jin Tongzi to collect his energy. The gray mist on the gourd disappeared, and there was no longer any gap.
There was a slight banging sound coming from inside the gourd. It should be the corpse worms inside hitting the gourd, trying to rush out, but it didn't seem to have much effect on the gourd.
"Mr. Zhou, thanks to you, I was able to catch the corpse worms this time. I really don't know how to thank you." Gu Shanshui said excitedly.
"I'm just fulfilling my previous promise. Master Gu, don't take it to heart. But after we go back, you still have to find a container. I have other uses for this gourd." Zhou Wen said.
"I will find a solution as soon as I get back." Gu Shanshui said hurriedly.
"Congratulations, Master Gu for getting what he wanted." Li Mobai came over with Die and the mute, congratulating Gu Shanshui for finally catching the corpse worm.
"It's all thanks to you and Mr. Zhou." Gu Shanshui was very happy, but he wasn't too carried away yet. "Let's leave the Dragon Corpse River first. It's not safe here."
Everyone pushed the wooden boat down the river, and Gu Shanshui steered the boat back along the way they came.
Not long after walking, Zhou Wen felt something was wrong.
When we came here before, the poisonous insects in the Dragon Corpse River didn’t get close to the wooden boat, but when we went back, the poisonous insects nearby were actually slowly approaching the wooden boat.
And their numbers kept increasing. If the little bird hadn't been on the boat, they would have rushed up long ago.
"Master Gu, something seems to be wrong." Zhou Wen said to Gu Shanshui.
Gu Shanshui had also noticed something unusual, and nodded solemnly, saying, "It seems that it's the corpse worms that are causing the poisonous insects in the Dragon Corpse River to gather here. But because of the divine bird, they don't dare to get close. However..."
Having said this, Gu Shanshui paused before continuing, "However, there is likely an extremely terrifying creature in this Dragon Corpse River. If it is also affected like these poisonous insects, even the aura of the divine bird may not be able to deter it. Then we will be in big trouble."
Zhou Wen immediately thought of the huge shadow at the bottom of the river when he came here earlier.
"Is there any solution?" Zhou Wen asked.
Gu Shanshui shook his head slightly: "Even the gourd and the wooden boat can't block the signal emitted by the corpse worms. I'm afraid there is no better way."
After hesitating for a moment, Gu Shanshui said, "If it really doesn't work, I'll just put the corpse worm back."
Gu Lou and Gu He were both shocked and said quickly, "Master Gu, no! You finally caught the corpse worm after so much trouble. This corpse worm is too important to you. You shouldn't let it go so easily. Maybe there isn't that terrifying creature in the Dragon Corpse River, or maybe that creature is not affected by the corpse worm at all..."
Gu Shanshui shook his head and sighed, "I never thought that corpse worms could actually attract the poisonous worms in the Dragon Corpse River. Taming corpse worms is indeed my wish, but I can't gamble with the lives of so many of us. If this were on land, we could still find a way, but now we are in the Dragon Corpse River, and there are too many taboos here. If that creature appears, we will all be dead."
As he said this, Gu Shanshui was about to open the gourd and let the corpse worm out.
Zhou Wen suddenly spoke up, "Master Gu, even if you release the corpse worm now, I'm afraid it won't be able to quell the restless Gu worms in the Dragon Corpse River. We've already captured the corpse worm. Given its intelligence and temperament, do you think it will allow us to leave the Dragon Corpse River safely even if we release it?"
Gu Shanshui smiled bitterly and said, "I know that Gu is very vindictive, but besides this, what else can we do?"
Li Mobai said, "Master Gu, I think Zhou Wen is right. Since the Gu is vindictive, it won't matter whether we release it or not. We can't avoid its revenge. It's better to keep it as a hostage... an insect hostage, perhaps. There's still a glimmer of hope for us to escape the Dragon Corpse River."
Gu Shanshui gritted his teeth and said, "At this point, I have no choice but to give it a try. This time, it's my fault for not thinking carefully enough, which is why you all have to suffer with me. If you don't die today, I will apologize to you all in the future."
"We'll talk about those things later. Let's make some preparations first. Even if there are creatures in the Dragon Corpse River that even the divine bird can't scare away, we won't just sit there and wait for death." Li Mobai said.
After a few people discussed it, they began to make arrangements.
Unfortunately, their range of activities is limited to the wooden boat. They cannot leave the boat and fly into the sky, nor can they get wet, and they cannot even get injured. This is too much of a restriction for them.
Zhou Wen thought about it and summoned the Ancient Spore, asking it to go into the water to explore the situation first. No matter how powerful the poisonous insects in the water were, it would be difficult for them to discover such a subtle companion pet as the Ancient Spore.
After the ancient spore entered the water, it dived according to Zhou Wen's instructions and headed forward first.
Everyone made arrangements to the best of their ability to keep the wooden boat moving forward. More and more poisonous insects gathered in the surrounding river water and got closer and closer to the wooden boat. One could see the churning water splashes in the distance with the naked eye. There were all kinds of poisonous insects crowding around in it, which was weird and disgusting.
And under Zhou Wen's observation, there was a huge shadow at the bottom of the river approaching the wooden boat.
(End of this chapter)
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