After giving the latest volume of the novel to Steward Mou Hong, Dao Chengyi requested to return to the village to pick up the person, which Mou Hong readily agreed to without surprise.
Both sides tacitly agreed not to discuss the Third Young Master. Dao Chengyi didn't have much confidence in gaining more support, and Mu Hong didn't really want Dao Chengyi to rely on the Third Young Master.
After selling some roast chicken and braised meat from the best shops in the city, Dao Chengyi disguised himself and rode back on horseback. The coachman then took a simple human puppet on a few rides in the carriage.
It's a bit troublesome, but it's safer. With the Gu worms, Dao Chengyi isn't too afraid of bandits and horsemen. Once the parasitic Gu has reached its full effect, he will definitely refine several puppets to keep by his side when he goes out.
We arrived at the village safely, and took the opportunity to replenish the energy of the insect container, picking up any insects and plants we saw.
There was no one guarding the monument at the village entrance, and Dao Chengyi had no intention of returning home in glory. He quietly went back to the village to look for Gou'er.
It was visibly better than the dog's old place; the broken, leaky, and unsightly parts had been repaired by a professional carpenter.
The room was fully stocked, with dried meat hanging up and several furs drying in the air. The village chief, always discerning, had done a good job in this regard.
However, instead of waiting for Gou'er to return, they received bad news about him. A group of people carried him back to the house, where he lay on a stretcher, coughing up blood and looking like he was on the verge of death.
"Those cowards from Buffalo Village actually let half-martial artists come in and fight! Have they lost their conscience?! They're damn gadflies!"
"That's right. If it were an ordinary person, who could possibly be a match for Gou'er? They just can't accept defeat! What a pity for Gou'er, sigh~"
"I don't know if he can pull through. If he can't, will Master Dao, who is now a master in the city, blame us?"
"No way, if anyone's to blame, it's those people from Buffalo Village who're unlucky, isn't it?"
The people carrying the dog chattered amongst themselves, explaining that a fight had broken out in the village over fields and water. Usually, it was non-martial artists who participated, but today the other side had sent a semi-martial artist.
As it happened, Gou'er was assigned to the stage. Despite his talent for martial arts, Gou'er, who lacked physical strength, was no match for his opponent and was knocked to the ground, vomiting blood, by three punches.
"Who did this?!"
Having heard the noise long ago, Dao Cheng ran out of the house with red eyes. Looking at the injured dog, his eyes were as red as an angry old bull, and his sharp gaze was as frightening as black and sharp bull horns.
"It's...it's Mang Dali from Buffalo Village! He's been cultivating meat for over a year! He's about to become a martial artist, and he beat Gou'er up like this by the Buffalo Irrigation Canal!"
The others were too terrified to speak, but one man managed to stammer out his words through gritted teeth.
"Good, very good. Where are Niu Shou and Village Chief Niu Fen? Tell them to come find me!"
"Go now, right now!"
After putting the dog down, they fled in panic, simply because Dao Chengyi was completely different from before. Weak? Incompetent? He was nothing but a ferocious tiger that would devour anyone he chose!
"..."
"What perfect timing, huh?"
Seeing the dog vomiting blood, Dao Chengyi's completely bloodshot eyes slowly receded. He squatted down and looked at the dog, and it seemed that he recognized Dao Chengyi's figure in his turbid eyes.
He tried to speak, but blood from ruptured internal organs came out of his mouth. He tried to reach out, but his arm wouldn't lift for a long time; he was injured all over.
"I'm back. Don't worry, I won't let you die."
The dog's current condition is completely unsuitable for using the parasitic gu, and repairing the bloodline gu would also expose Dao Chengyi's problem, a risk that Dao Chengyi would absolutely not take.
So, watching the dog die? Dao Chengyi couldn't do that either, so he needed a miracle that could be faked, and that required the help of the two people who were about to arrive.
After taking the dog back to the room, Dao Chengyi took out the hormone Gu made from the various pheromone glands of the dead old scholar's corpse. It could produce pheromones that could relieve the dog's pain and stimulate its activity.
Seeing that Gou'er's breathing was somewhat stable but still continuing to decline, Dao Chengyi sat down beside him, pondering the possible conspiracy behind this melee.
The first to suspect are the organization that awakened the meat. They might wonder if they, the villagers of Woniu Village, had actually completed the awakening process before soaring to new heights and changing their fate.
The second suspicion is that someone in the village plans to use the dog's injury and near death to provoke Dao Chengyi into targeting the Buffalo Village.
Thirdly, there is a deeper force driving a series of schemes, with the goal of dealing with the third young master of the Mu family in Qingmang City.
These three are the most likely possibilities. Otherwise, how can we explain a non-martial artist injuring a dog in a place where martial artists are watching?
Ha, they can't even take care of people properly. They might as well use them all as materials to refine Gu, which can increase the gene concentration of people with the same bloodline.
Dao Chengyi looked at the dog. Even if the dog died, he could refine it into a Gu. The brain cells that had just died would not die immediately. Once refined into a Gu by Dao Chengyi, the dog's life and death would be restricted by Dao Chengyi.
Yes... no need to worry about betrayal, no need to worry about turning against you, you have someone you can control freely, and that person is the village guardian who others consider foolish...
"Heh... I guess I wasn't a good person in my past life."
Just then, urgent footsteps sounded outside the house. Dao Cheng took a deep breath and went out. Outside, there was the elderly but hurried and panting village chief Niu Fen, and Niu Shou, whose face did not look very good.
“I brought a veterinarian with me, let him take a look at the dog first... It was my fault.”
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