Ulana
I have a very happy family, with loving parents and a well-behaved younger sister.
My family has an ancestral book of Gu insects, which records the cultivation of various Gu insects.
The most powerful one is the Sacred Silkworm Gu, which took my father nearly thirty years to successfully cultivate.
The whole family was immersed in joy.
Not long after, my sister brought home a friend who was very unruly and liked to touch other people's things.
She wouldn't listen even after I reminded her.
As a result, she accidentally ate her father's sacred silkworm gu.
I had never seen my father cry before, but that day he cried all night long.
The mother wanted the father to remove the worm, but doing so would cost her sister's friend her life.
The father didn't touch the child because she was too young. The younger sister said she was an orphan, so the father took her in and planned to remove the Gu poison when she grew up.
She didn't have a name, so her father thought of one carefully, but she secretly ran away after only two days.
The father cried for another day, and the younger sister couldn't find the girl either.
Fortunately, the father was optimistic and quickly recovered, planning to start cultivating the Sacred Silkworm Gu again.
Life went on uneventfully until one day the father brought home a very thin boy with horribly pale skin, but delicate features, looking even more frail than a woman.
His family had no suspicion of him. His sister liked his appearance and treated him very well. His father said he felt sorry for him when he saw him being bullied by outsiders, so he brought him home.
Xin Liangmu then moved into our home, and after spending some time with him, we completely regarded him as family.
I was the only one in my family who taught myself some martial arts and achieved some success.
One day, I went out to collect herbs as usual, but I felt uneasy while collecting herbs, so I went home early.
He saw his family members lying on the ground, their mouths full of blood.
My mind went blank; I couldn't believe it.
They were already dead.
Xin Liangmu was rummaging through things in the study. When he saw me come back, he hurriedly grabbed a book and ran away.
I chased after him like a madman, wanting to kill him.
But halfway through, I was stopped by a woman. I clearly had a chance to kill him.
Xin Liangmu pretended to be weak to that woman and portrayed me as a villain.
That woman was ridiculous; she believed everything Xin Liangmu said and even said I didn't seem like a good person.
Later, I met Wutashan. His experience was very similar to mine. He kindly took in Xin Liangmu, but was betrayed by him and had his family's secret scroll of Gu techniques stolen.
I also discovered that my family's collection of Gu artifacts was missing a second volume, and Wutashan and I plotted how to take revenge.
Xin Liangmu became a shaman in Miao territory by relying on his Gu magic, and he recommended Xi Ya to be a saintess.
I tried every possible way to assassinate him but never succeeded, and I almost lost my life several times because of Shia getting in my way.
I am a person who always distinguishes between gratitude and resentment. Xin Liangmu was the one who harmed my family, so I must kill him to avenge them.
In my eyes, Shia is just a meddlesome, self-righteous fool, and has nothing to do with Shinragi.
Therefore, I will not kill her.
But her repeated obstruction and her foolish belief in Shin Liangmu left me speechless, and my desire to kill her reached its peak.
It wasn't until I learned that she was the little girl who had eaten the Sacred Silkworm Gu that I became completely certain of my thoughts.
I want to kill her to obtain the Gu poison.
But she apologized to me before I killed her, but what good did it do?
What's most infuriating is that she has no recollection of eating the Sacred Silkworm Gu.
So what's the point of an apology from someone who can't even remember what mistakes they made...?
Finally, I removed the Gu using the method recorded in the Gu Collection. Her body was already very weak, and she lost a lot of blood after the Gu was removed.
She died.
I took her back to Miao territory and erected a tombstone for her next to her family's graves.
At least back then, her father genuinely wanted to adopt her and raise her as his daughter.
As for Xin Liangmu, I originally intended to turn him into a Gu puppet to avenge my dead brothers and sisters, but to my surprise, his body was already full of Gu worms, and even his blood contained Gu.
He's a madman, a pervert.
At this point, I finally got my revenge and let go completely.
I am truly grateful to Miss Mu. Without her, I might never have been able to avenge my enemy in this lifetime.
Wutashan and I returned to Miao territory.
In fact, Xin Liangmu was not the only enemy of Wuta Mountain.
He had things to do that were far more important than assassinating Xin Liangmu, but he was willing to accompany me to the Central Plains to infiltrate Xin Liangmu's inner circle.
He always put me first.
He will be my number one from now on...
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?Sia
I have no parents.
From as far back as I can remember, I was adopted by a master who used to run a martial arts school. He taught me martial arts and how to read.
It's a pity that he passed away from illness after only a few years of raising me.
Sometimes I dream that I ate a bug when I was a child, and I think the dream is disgusting, so I never think about it much.
One night, while traveling at night, I saw a fierce-looking little girl chasing a skinny, frail boy.
I could tell at a glance that the girl had practiced martial arts, while the boy looked younger than her and was very thin and pitiful.
I overheard their conversation and learned their names.
The boy called Shinryoku kept pleading for help, while Ulana seemed determined to kill him.
I think it must be Ulana bullying people because she is skilled in martial arts.
I've always been a warm-hearted person and can't stand seeing the weak being bullied, so I always lend a helping hand when I see injustice.
Ulana said that Shinryoku killed her family.
Xin Liangmu was physically weak and said that Ulana's family not only stole his things but also wanted to kill him. He had no choice but to attack them in self-defense. Fortunately, they all died, otherwise he would have been the one to die.
Ulana then began to hunt him down indiscriminately.
He also showed me his injuries and a book in his arms. He told me that Ulana's family was chasing him because they wanted to steal the book, but the book was given to him by his parents before they died, and another copy had already been taken by her family.
So he insisted on protecting his parents' belongings.
I was moved by his filial piety and wanted to protect him. When Ulana heard his words, she immediately took action. I guessed that she must have seen Xinliangmu's book and wanted to snatch it, so I fought with her.
Just when we were at a stalemate, someone suddenly appeared.
Ulana therefore fled.
I don't know why that woman came up to me and asked if I could save the man on her back; I don't know anything about medicine.
It was from that time that I felt I should learn some medical skills, so that at least I would have a way to save others.
Shinragi was very grateful to me, treated me very well, and even recommended me to be elected as a saint.
Later, when the Central Plains went to war with the Miao region, the Miao king surrendered and asked me to contribute to the people of the Miao region.
I understood, so I went to the Central Plains.
On the way, Xin Liangmu, who was seriously injured, found me and asked me to save him.
But with my Gu techniques and medical skills, I couldn't help him at all. He suddenly bit my arm and wouldn't let go, swallowing all the blood that flowed out.
I was terrified, but he apologized to me and told me that the Miao King had betrayed him and that he had been ambushed, which was why he had bitten her like a madman.
His eyes were full of sincerity, and he hoped that I could go with him to the Central Plains to find a way to make a living. I agreed.
As a friend of so many years, of course I have to help him.
I got to know the emperor of the Central Plains and the regent.
When I see Long Fantian's face, I always feel like I've seen his eyes somewhere before, so I always pay more attention to him.
When I learned that his relationship with the Emperor was strained, I wanted to ease the tension.
Long Fantian wanted to know from me where and when I had seen him before.
I negotiated with him, saying that as long as he listened to me and was willing to reconcile with the Emperor, I would tell him.
He neither agreed nor refused, and he did not drive me away when I came to visit; he simply ignored me completely.
Because I frequented the Regent's Palace, I incurred Jingxi's jealousy. Since the Regent never allowed her into the palace, Jingxi would always cause me trouble, and this only intensified after I entered the palace.
Strangely, ever since Jingxi entered the palace, the Regent has not allowed me to set foot in the palace, even when I asked him, "Don't you want to know where I've seen you before?"
He immediately sent his servants to kick me out of the palace. Chunyu looked at me with suspicion and said, "Holy Maiden, you've never even met my prince, have you?"
In a fit of anger, I blurted it out, but Chunyu still looked unconvinced and asked me to leave.
But I belatedly realized that Chunyu was trying to trick me into revealing information.
Later I learned that the Regent allowed me to come and go from the palace in order to attract Jingxi's attention so that Jingxi wouldn't bother him.
I think he's a very cunning person.
The Emperor warned me that I was not allowed to see the Regent.
He also said he would take me as a concubine, but he had just brought Jingxi into the harem at that time, and I felt uncomfortable, so I said something against my will to refuse him.
It wasn't until later that I realized I liked him, but by then he had already kicked me out of the palace.
Xin Liangmu has treated me very well; thinking back, he has been by my side for the past ten years.
I suddenly realized that living with him wouldn't be so bad.
In the end, it turned out that he only got close to me because of the sacred silkworm gu in my body.
If he wants to ensure that the Sacred Silkworm Gu is extracted intact, he must obtain the first volume of the Gu Collection and learn the detailed methods.
So it really was him who killed Ulana's family. I saved a complete murderer, and I've been helping him all along.
I finally understand why I dreamt of my younger self eating insects.
That's not an insect, but a sacred silkworm gu.
When Ulana asked me, I honestly couldn't remember the details, but I knew I had indeed eaten it.
She wanted to remove the poison and kill me, but I didn't resist.
For the first time, I felt incredibly stupid for believing him for ten years...
It's better that he died like that; at least he paid the price for the mistakes he made...
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