The Gu Master's face suddenly darkened, and he almost spat out the words through clenched teeth: "You won't shed tears until you see the coffin. Since you won't talk, then you can continue to suffer."
Lin Shousheng and Shen Miao both looked completely bewildered.
"What do you know? Tell me quickly! This master can really cure your body," Shen Miao urged.
The man under the spell wept and shook his head vigorously, saying, "I don't know. He's just deliberately making things difficult for me. I don't know anything."
The Gu Master flew into a rage, stood up abruptly, pulled Shen Miao up as well, and shouted, "Let's go, let him fend for himself!"
He pulled Shen Miao along, and she staggered out.
When she reached the door, she glanced back and saw the person afflicted by the Gu poison still crying. The Gu master scolded, "What are you doing looking back? Let me tell you, although you have learned some of my skills, you will be beyond saving if you encounter someone like this in the future."
Before Shen Miao could answer, he turned to Lin Shousheng and said, "I advise you to send him home, so he doesn't die here."
Lin Shousheng was also dumbfounded, not expecting things to turn out this way. But since he couldn't cure the other party, he didn't plan to keep him around any longer, so he went to the family of the person afflicted with the Gu poison and sent him back.
Over here, Shen Miao comforted the Gu Master, and after his anger subsided, she asked, "What exactly was in that person's body? Why are you so angry, Master?"
The Gu Master gave a mocking smile: "He brought this on himself. Even if the Gu worms torment him to death, he deserves it."
"So what exactly is it?" Shen Miao asked sincerely.
The Gu Master took a while to answer: "That kind of Gu is called Itchy Gu. It is actually a kind of itchy insect. It only grows on a certain kind of strange beast. Only when the strange beast dies will it transfer to a human."
Shen Miao listened attentively and couldn't help but interject, "That person is also innocent, inexplicably having his body parasitized by a Gu worm that grows on a strange beast."
"Ha, he's not innocent at all. The fact that he was parasitized by this Gu worm only proves that he killed that strange beast." The Gu Master's voice turned angry again.
Shen Miao became more and more confused as she listened, but fortunately the Gu Master immediately began to explain.
"Do you know what kind of strange beast the Itchy Gu parasitizes? It's an auspicious beast. Because auspicious beasts are rare and can bring good luck, most people won't touch them when they see them. Some tribes even have a rule that anyone who kills an auspicious beast will be punished by the tribe."
Shen Miao thought to herself, is it really that amazing? But people in this world do have their own rules, and as an outsider, it's not appropriate for her to comment.
The Gu Master continued, "He was clearly infected by the Itchy Worm because he secretly killed the Auspicious Beast. I asked him, but he refused to answer. It's clear that he's a coward who dares to do something but doesn't dare to admit it."
Shen Miao chimed in, "Yes, what a coward! Master, how do we get rid of this Gu worm?"
"The solution is simple. Just burn the fur from the auspicious beast to ashes, drink it, and the itching Gu in your body will stop causing trouble," the Gu Master said calmly.
"What's the principle behind this?"
The Gu Master glanced at her, saying with exasperation, "Because Gu worms can recognize scents. If they smell the scent of their original owner, they will naturally assume that they are residing in their owner's body and will die on their own."
Shen Miao was speechless after hearing this, but she was deeply shocked.
After silently processing it for a while, she asked again, "Then where do we get the fur from this auspicious beast?"
"I have it here."
"Can other auspicious beasts be used?" Shen Miao asked in surprise.
The Gu Master rolled his eyes at her and said, "Of course you can. The Itchy Gu parasitizes a type of strange beast, not just a single beast."
Shen Miao sensed that the Gu Master was probably cursing her for being stupid. She kept smiling, not getting angry. She would learn as much as she could, and whoever was more capable would be in charge.
A few days later, someone rushed to Shen Miao and pleaded, "Shen Miao, my brother's Gu worms are acting up and he can't take it anymore. Please, you must go and save him, okay?"
This beastman is the brother of the beastman who was poisoned. His brother was unable to leave and begged him to come find Shen Miao and Lin Shousheng today.
Shen Miao had also considered truly standing by and watching someone die, and persuaded the Gu Master to go with her and Lin Shousheng to the home of the Gu practitioner.
The person afflicted by the Gu poison was on the verge of death, becoming as thin as skin and bones in just a few days. However, Shen Miao did not sympathize with her. Although she felt that killing a mythical beast was nothing, she still had to abide by the rules of this world.
"Chen Miao, Chen Miao, save me!"
When the man under the influence of the Gu saw Shen Miao, he hurriedly reached out and straightened up, trying to grab her. Shen Miao stood out of his reach and said calmly, "You called me here, what do you want to say? Say it now."
"Alright, I'll tell you." The man under the influence of the Gu poison gasped for breath and recounted everything he had done, which was almost identical to what the Gu master had said.
He did indeed kill a mythical beast, and he did so in a brutal manner.
“I was wrong. I shouldn’t have killed it. I was really out of my mind. I wanted to kill such a beautiful creature. No, no, no, I didn’t mean to kill it at first. I wanted to catch it and keep it at home, but it kept trying to run away. I had no choice but to kill it. Waaah, I know I was wrong.”
This was the first time Lin Shousheng had heard him say that he had killed the auspicious beast. In that instant, his expression almost cracked open. "You killed the auspicious beast?"
"Yes, I was bewitched. I... I'm not human." The person under the influence of the poison began to bitterly blame himself.
Lin Shousheng said angrily, "You don't deserve to be called a human being. You deserve to end up like this!"
Lin Shousheng was very excited, panting heavily, and said to An Ran and Gu Master, "Let's go, he brought this on himself, don't worry about him, let him fend for himself, and let him go down to apologize to Xiang Beast himself."
"No, no!" The person afflicted by the Gu curse screamed in agony, looking at Shen Miao in terror. "Shen Miao, you said you would save me. I've told you everything. Please save me!"
At that moment, Shen Miao really wanted to slap him.
But she held back. She looked at Lin Shousheng, the Gu Master, and said, "Although this person is not human, it is not my style to leave someone to die. Let's save his dog's life."
The Gu Master thought for a moment and agreed, "Then you can save them. It'll be a good opportunity to put your abilities to use."
The Gu Master handed her some of the auspicious beast's pelt and said, "Remember the steps I told you about?"
"I remember," Shen Miao nodded.
She took a tuft of the auspicious beast's fur, used her supernatural power to burn it into ashes, then washed it with water, added some spiritual energy, and fed it to the person afflicted by the Gu poison.
Not long after, the person afflicted by the Gu said happily, "It's better now, the itching is gone."
Shen Miao warned, "I've removed the curse from you this time. If there's a next time, you can just wait to die."
After saying this, he left with the Gu Master and the others.
Unbeknownst to anyone, she had a backup plan. While the person appeared to have been freed from the curse, they would still experience itching all over their body during rainy weather.
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