Chapter 73 Long Buxi's expression remained completely blank...
Long Buxi showed no surprise, as if she had expected Sailan to have placed another love potion on Gaxu.
Gu worms can sense each other's presence, and they also fear Gu worms that are stronger than themselves, which can cause them to behave strangely.
Long Buxi has more than just one Gu worm, A Lan. He has more than ten different kinds of Gu worms hidden all over his body, in his clothes, pockets, shoes, and bells. If others don't look carefully, they can't see their existence at all.
The more conspicuous insects, such as scorpions, centipedes, spiders, and snakes, were all hidden in various parts of his stilted house.
No one is allowed to go up to his stilted house without his permission, otherwise the Gu worms will kill him without mercy. This is why the Miao people of Pucang Village never dare to come to his stilted house.
It was only because Cheng Ying, the old patriarch, Ga Suo, and Sai Lan were special, as they usually had close ties with him and were allowed to come to his stilted house at his behest. Otherwise, the old patriarch and Ga Suo would have already been attacked by the Gu worms lurking in the shadows of his stilted house.
The old clan chief rarely came to his place, probably because he felt that the old man's personality was unpredictable and his actions were not proper. He was afraid that the old man would suddenly go crazy and deal with the two of them. The old clan chief brought his own powerful Gu poison with him when he came to his stilted house.
The moment he saw the old patriarch and the other man, he felt an unusual restlessness in his Gu worms, realizing that the old patriarch had Gu and that Gasu had been infected with a love Gu.
It was pitch black outside, with a strong wind and torrential rain. The wind and rain rattled against the wooden windows.
Long Buxi walked to the window and closed it one by one.
With the windows closed, the second-floor living room was very dimly lit without any lights.
Long Buxi's face was hidden in the dim light, making it impossible to see his expression. Only his cold, emotionless voice could be heard as he said, "Gaisu, you are also a skilled Gu practitioner. Your Gu techniques are no less than mine. Sailan used a love Gu on you; you couldn't possibly not know that. You willingly allowed yourself to be Gu'd by her. Why?"
Gasu remained silent, kneeling silently before him with her head bowed, saying nothing.
The old patriarch, catching his breath, clutched his chest and glared fiercely at Long Buxi, saying, "Summon all your Gu worms back immediately, or don't blame me for taking action against you."
Long Buxi stood by the window and looked back at him. "Grandpa, your threats have no effect on me. I'm alive today entirely because of myself. Even if Alan isn't by my side, your Gu worms can't harm me in the slightest. My Gu worms aren't just Alan's powerful ones."
The old clan chief was furious. He wanted to scold him, but couldn't find the words. He wanted to hit him, but was too weak to do so.
Finally, his chest heaved, and he knelt on the ground with a thud, kowtowing to Long Buxi: "Arno, please let Sailan go. Like you, she lost her parents at a young age and was raised by me. You two are like siblings, growing up together. You should know she's not a malicious person. She's just angry that you fell for someone else, and she's only trying to teach Cheng Ying a lesson, not kill her. If you want to teach Sailan a lesson, a little while is enough; the love curse isn't uncurable..."
"Grandpa, you won't know the pain until the knife touches your own body. Begging me won't help." Long Buxi walked up to him, looking down at him, and said, "You should know that once the love potion is placed, it's very difficult to remove the worm unless one of the two parties dies. Sai Lan placed the female worm in Cheng Ying and the male worm in Ga Su. Don't you understand what she's up to?"
The old patriarch choked. Of course he knew what Sai Lan meant. She wanted Long Buxi to watch helplessly as the woman he loved became entangled with another man because of the love potion.
That man, who was also his close servant, wanted to make him suffer and be in pain for the rest of his life.
But what could the old patriarch say? Sailan was his only relative, and he couldn't just stand by and watch Sailan be tortured to death by Long Buxi's Gu worms.
Just as he was about to plead for mercy, the silent Gasu spoke up, "Young clan leader, it is all my fault. I failed to stop Sailan from casting the curse on me. If you want to remove the curse from Cheng Ying, then kill me."
“Gagao, you knew that Sailan had put a love potion on you, but you didn’t stop her. Why did you do that?” Long Buxi squatted down, staring directly at Gaxuo with a cold smile on her face. “You don’t actually think that Sailan likes you, so she put a love potion on you and you happily agreed to it, do you?”
Gasu felt a tightness in his chest and shut his mouth again.
Long Buxi sneered: "You think you've hidden your feelings for Sailan well, but little do you know, I've been watching you all along. You think Sailan will feel sorry for you if you die? You're dreaming."
Gasu clenched his hands and whispered, "So what do you want?"
Long Buxi smiled and said, "You should know that to break the love curse, one party doesn't necessarily have to die. There are other ways to break the curse, but this method is very cruel, and most people can't bear it."
Other methods of removing the Gu poison involve either cutting the Gu poison out of one person's body while they are still alive and then giving it to another person, or placing it in a sealed jar and waiting for the other Gu poison to die before crushing it and destroying it together, thus completely removing the poison.
However, the process of live dissection to remove the Gu is too cruel. Love Gu is different from Heart Gu. After Heart Gu is introduced, it directly parasitizes the heart. Love Gu enters a person's body and will find a suitable place to parasitize and hatch. It has no fixed parasitic location and cannot be seen with the naked eye. You can only touch and feel its location with your hands and then dig out the parasitic location.
If you're lucky, you can dig it out quickly; if you're unlucky, you'll have to touch and feel it repeatedly inside the body, which means you'll have to make a huge incision, no different from opening your stomach.
Gasu remained calm as he looked at Long Buxi and said, "Ultimately, this is my fault. You can proceed with the dissection if you wish. But I have one request: after you remove the Gu worm, please spare Sailan. She loves you deeply..."
"Nonsense! To dissect a live Gu worm means to cut it open, Gasu, do you want to die!" the old patriarch scolded.
“Clan leader, we, the members of the Ga family, exist to serve you from birth. If you want my life, I would give it without hesitation. But if you ask the young clan leader to remove the Gu worm, I might not die. The most important thing is to calm the young clan leader down and let Sailan go.” Ga Su said indifferently.
The old clan chief fell silent.
Indeed, Sailan went too far. She shouldn't have used a curse on the person Long Buxi had her eye on, and she still refused to admit her mistake.
Long Buxi's personality was never likable; he was a madman who was capable of anything in a fit of rage. If he were asked to remove the Gu from Gaxu, Gaxu might still have a chance to live.
If the Gu poison isn't removed, Gasu will only face death.
The old patriarch fell silent and stopped speaking.
Outside, the wind and rain raged, creating a cacophony of noise, but inside, all was silent and the atmosphere was heavy.
Just when Gasu thought Long Buxi would refuse his request, Long Buxi spoke up: "Okay."
After saying those two words, he pulled a dagger out of his pocket and pointed it at Gasu's stomach. "Ready? If you're ready, take off your shirt."
Gasu trembled slightly, knowing in his heart that now was the time to remove the Gu and be freed. Without hesitation, he took off his shirt.
Soon, Gasu's screams echoed downstairs.
Cheng Ying had already changed her clothes on the third floor and was trying to straighten the fracture herself when she heard screams from downstairs. She was so frightened that her hand trembled and she almost broke the fracture that was starting to grow back.
She grimaced and gasped for breath, hearing the screams coming from downstairs. Feeling uneasy, she wanted to go down and see what was happening, but then she thought it was inappropriate to meddle. Besides, she was unable to go downstairs due to her mobility issues, so she decided against it.
Long Buxi prepared some candied fruit, dried sweet potatoes and other snacks in her room. She was hungry, so she ate some snacks to fill her stomach, lay on the bed, and listened to the noise downstairs.
The sky outside the window was dark, and the heavy rain was pounding against the closed window. There was a fresh and pleasant smell of rain in the air. The autumn weather was neither too hot nor too cold, making rainy days especially suitable for sleeping.
She lay in bed, listening to the rain outside the window, and before she knew it, she had fallen asleep.
**
The sun was high in the sky, shining brightly, and the sounds of roosters crowing echoed from outside the village.
Cheng Ying slowly opened her eyes from the bed, still a little dazed, and couldn't tell where she was for a moment.
When she saw the furnishings in the room, she realized that she was still in Long Buxi's room.
It was bright outside, with sunlight streaming in. Had she slept through the night again?
It's strange, she came to Long Buxi's stilted house to recuperate after being injured twice, and she always slept for a long time.
She strongly suspected that Long Buxi had tampered with the medicine, causing her to fall asleep for so long despite her shallow sense of alertness.
She remembered that as soon as she moved, she realized that her fractured hands and feet had been re-bandaged, and the pain had been reduced by more than half, leaving only a slight ache.
She tried moving her fractured left arm and was surprised to find that she could move it without feeling any severe pain. This meant that her wound had almost healed and she could move it freely.
Overnight, her wounds had almost completely healed. Cheng Ying wondered if Long Buxi had used some kind of Gu poison on her while she was asleep to help her wounds recover.
Looking down at the fractured areas of my arm and right leg, I could indeed see signs of insect bites.
She was amazed. What kind of Gu was this? It had such miraculous healing effects. No wonder her and her father's wounds had healed despite their severe injuries.
People are always terrified when they hear about the Miao people's Gu worms, thinking that the Miao people's Gu worms can only harm people. They never thought that there would be Gu worms that can save and heal people.
Cheng Ying's stereotypes about the Miao people were also like this. Today, she suddenly realized how mysterious and unpredictable the Miao people's Gu magic is. She had been too narrow-minded before, thinking that the Miao people were so barbaric and stubborn. It was her mistake.
From now on, she will earnestly learn more about the unknown aspects of the Shengmiao people, so that the world will know that the Shengmiao are actually a very simple and kind group of people.
She tried walking on her injured right foot, and apart from the pain at the fracture site, she was fine and could move around on that foot.
Cheng Ying was overjoyed. Her leg was almost healed, which meant she could leave Pucang Village and return to the post office to complete her task.
During the days she was injured, the mail she was delivering on this route was delayed again, and she needs to go back as soon as possible to continue delivering mail.
Long Buxi was not in the room; the window was open, offering a view of the village bathed in the morning sun.
Cheng Ying called his name twice, but there was no response. She didn't know if he had gone out or was at home.
Thinking of the screams she heard before going to bed yesterday, Cheng Ying decided to go downstairs to see if Long Buxi was there and ask him what had happened.
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