Realizing the strange man's intention, Lin Dan, who had been struggling violently, calmed down and allowed himself to float in the water. The more others wanted to see her in a miserable or even desperate state, the less likely she would fulfill that person's wish.
The man raised one eyebrow, looking a little surprised.
Lin Dan looked at him quietly. Even though she was about to suffocate, she did not show any signs of vulnerability.
The man's eyebrows raised higher and higher, and finally he said: "Do you want to be rescued?"
His voice went straight into Lin Dan's mind, and Lin Dan replied in her mind: "What do you want?" She has always understood a truth, that is, "there is no free lunch in the world." The man's body is translucent, and he can move freely in the water, which shows that he is most likely a ghost. Will ghosts save people? perhaps. But more often than not, they approach humans for other purposes.
Lin Dan didn’t even dare to believe a human, let alone a ghost?
The man chuckled and looked at Lin Dan with a more focused gaze. He had never expected that this little girl could remain so calm even when facing death. His extremely handsome face suddenly came very close, his nose almost touching Lin Dan's nose, and he said in a hoarse and low voice like a chant: "What I want is very simple, how about lending me your body?"
His enlarged handsome face was close at hand, his thin rosy lips were slightly upturned, and his smile was very charming. If it were someone else, he would have been bewildered by him and agreed without hesitation. Lin Dan looked at him coldly, with no emotion in her eyes, but a deeper vigilance.
"No matter what." She refused firmly in her mind.
The man was stunned, his dark eyes scanning Lin Dan's face, but he didn't find any trace of despair. He stepped back a little and said bluntly: "You are about to die. I am the only one here who can save you."
Lin Dan said coldly: "Between losing myself and losing my life, I choose to lose my life."
The man chuckled again, and his eyes looked at Lin Dan even brighter. He shook his head and said, "Interesting, really interesting. You are the most special human being I have ever met. I can promise you that I will only borrow your body occasionally. It will not cause you any trouble. After I am done with it, I will return it to you intact. In addition, I can also help you realize your wishes. As long as it is what you want, I can help you get it."
Lin Dan refused again: "No, thank you." If she had any wish, she could realize it with her own strength. If she couldn't realize it, she could just give up and there was no need to force herself. The reason why people have troubles is because they have too many desires. She understands this truth better than anyone else.
The man looked at her with a smile, but his words were very cold: "Then you will die here."
Lin Dan looked at him, and even though her cheeks were flushed red from suffocation, her expression remained calm. At this moment, the black bead she tied around her neck floated up with the water and swayed gently in front of her eyes. She immediately remembered the words left by the original owner's mother, and a light flashed in her dark eyes.
The man was also very surprised when he saw the black bead, and blurted out: "Holy Gu?"
Lin Dan did not miss his words, but did not have time to think deeply about it. She just twisted her body towards the bead and tried to put it in her mouth.
The astonishment on the man's face had completely subsided, and he chuckled, "Instead of using it to save yourself, you might as well lend me your body. Believe me, between the two, you made the worst choice. There are two ways for a witch to cultivate Gu worms, one is to use vessels, and the other is to use the body. The Gu worms cultivated by vessels are of various types, but their power is not strong, while the Gu worms cultivated by the body are the opposite. In addition, there are two ways to cultivate Gu worms with the body, one is to use someone else's body, and the other is to use your own. The blood of witches is the favorite food of Gu worms. If you want to cultivate the most powerful Gu worms, you have to sacrifice your body. And the insect egg you are wearing now is the holy Gu cultivated by the bodies and blood of countless generations of witches in Miaojiang. It has been passed down for thousands of years and devoured countless lives, but it has never hatched."
The man gently stroked Lin Dan's pale face and asked, "Do you know what it costs to hatch it?"
Lin Dan just looked at him silently without responding.
The man held Lin Dan's cheek and murmured like a lover: "Hatch it, and you will become the most powerful sorcerer in the world. But in contrast, during the hatching process, you must provide it with a constant supply of energy. No one knows what it needs, perhaps raw meat, or perhaps poison. If you cannot satisfy its appetite, your blood will become the best sacrifice. It will suck you dry and finally turn you into dust. You are no longer a person, but just a container to hold it and be driven by it. Your ancestors are very powerful. They have power that you can't imagine at all. They can turn the clouds and rain with a flip of their hands. However, they all failed, and no one can escape the fate of becoming a sacrifice."
The man stroked Lin Dan's delicate and fragile eyelids with his thumb and asked word by word: "Are you sure you want to choose it and give up me? If you lend me your body, you may be able to escape unscathed. If you swallow it, you won't have a single chance."
Lin Dan closed his eyes, and when he opened them again his gaze became very determined. She didn't want to die, so she had to make a choice. One is a ghost, the other is an unknown insect egg. Of course she would choose the insect egg. Ghosts can control her mind and devour her soul, but insect eggs cannot. If her body is occupied by ghosts, "Lin Dan" will no longer exist; if her body is occupied by insect eggs, even if she has to endure thousands of tortures and pains, she will still be herself. This is the most essential difference between the two.
Perhaps in the eyes of others, lending one's body temporarily is not a big deal, as one does not have to suffer and can gain benefits. Only a fool would be unwilling to do so. But Lin Dan would never believe in pie in the sky. There were two paths in front of her. One was flat and bright but was built on the clouds and she could step on empty space at any time; the other was rugged and dark but was built on land and she could walk on solid ground. It is almost a no-brainer to choose between the two paths.
Lin Dan broke free from the man's hands, lunged forward, took the black bead into her mouth and bit through the shell. Something cool and slippery went down her throat and into her stomach, causing severe pain. All the pores on her body began to bleed, her teeth, nails, and hair all fell off, and her skin was peeled off layer by layer under the water.
The waters where she was were instantly covered by a blood mist. The sudden change happened so quickly that even the strange man was caught off guard. He stepped back a little, looked at Lin Dan struggling in the blood mist with an unfathomable expression, and then chuckled.
Knowing clearly the consequences of swallowing the holy Gu, this little girl still did it without hesitation. Should we say she is too stupid or too smart? He hadn't seen such an interesting person for a long time, and he really wanted to see with his own eyes what her final outcome would be.
The moment the sorcerer swallows the holy Gu, he will endure the pain of being reborn. If he cannot endure it, he will die on the spot. Do not underestimate this kind of pain. As far as the man knows, three or four out of ten sorcerers die at this stage, and the rest cannot survive more than five years.
What will happen to this little girl in front of me? The man raised one eyebrow and watched with interest.
The blood mist turned from dark red to bright red, then gradually faded from bright red and finally dissipated. A slender body floated in the water, with beautiful facial features, snow-white skin and rosy lips. It looked like a water monster born in a deep pool, breathtakingly beautiful. Her jet-black hair floated up and down along the water flow, some of it entangled with the water plants, and some of it gently stroked the man and penetrated his empty body. He picked up a strand of hair and placed it to his lips and kissed it. His expression seemed obsessed, but his eyes were filled with coldness.
The girl's eyes were closed, her breathing had stopped, and she was motionless. She must be dead. A seventeen-year-old girl actually tried to control the Holy Gu. Her death was not unjust. Thinking of this, the man sighed softly, but there was no pity on his face. However, the next second, Lin Dan suddenly opened his eyes, and with a force of his hands, he broke the rope and regained his freedom. Then he arched his body, broke the rope on his legs, and swam towards the surface of the water like a fish, without looking at the man the whole time.
She surfaced, waded through the mud, and slowly walked to the shore. Raindrops as big as beans washed over her naked body. Purple lightning illuminated the dim forest, making her beautiful face appear and disappear from time to time. Her skin was frighteningly white, but her lips were as red as blood, and her already black eyes were like deep, cold pools, almost bewitching.
She raised her arms and looked at her hands, which no longer had any calluses, with a dazed expression.
The man also surfaced and admired her perfectly proportioned body with interest. Beautiful, so beautiful! The sorcerer who was transformed by the holy Gu was even more beautiful than the fox demon who was best at deceiving people. He had seen two generations of sorcerers and had fought with them before, but none of them could shake his mind like the little girl in front of him, with just one glance.
He moved closer to her and whispered hoarsely, "From now on, you have to find a way to feed what's in your body. It's up to you to discover what its diet is. Good luck to you, little girl."
Lin Dan finally came to her senses, but she didn't even look at the man, and pretended he didn't exist. Her clothes were torn, but fortunately it was raining heavily and there were no pedestrians on the road. She lived in the most remote corner and should not be seen by anyone. She hid in the tall grass and walked back slowly. The soles of her feet were covered with hard gravel, but it did not cause her any pain. Her skin looked smooth and delicate, as if it would be broken with a slight poke, but in fact it was harder than steel, and every muscle was filled with endless power.
She vaguely felt that she had become extremely powerful, like a ferocious beast who could tear a living person to pieces effortlessly.
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