Unlimited employment

Chapter 207, Section 206: [Gu Insect Hatching]

Gululu——

The brothel owner's head rolled several times on the floor before coming to rest against the wall.

His still somewhat lively eyes were fixed on the knife-wielding assailant in front of him, as if he had witnessed something unbelievable.

呲!
A bloodstained knife sliced ​​across his head, cutting a bloody groove in his eye sockets, closing his eyes forever.

"With such limited skills, you dare to try being an assassin? You're truly courting death."

Chen Sheng's fighting skills, honed over hundreds of thousands of years of life, were almost at the level of Tao. Even though he was limited by his current weak body and could not use any particularly sophisticated techniques, he still managed to behead his opponent in just two moves.

A fragile human body that hasn't undergone external martial arts training isn't like a tough zombie; it doesn't have that high margin for error in combat, and one cut will kill it.

After finishing off the man, Chen Sheng squatted down, took out a naked-colored Gu worm egg from the headless corpse's abdomen, glanced at the silver notes on the table, and turned to walk away.

Every banknote in this world has a secret serial number from the bank, making it very difficult to spend even if you have it.

To him, those were just a few pieces of waste paper.

Stepping closer to the corpse of the man in the straw hat, one could see that the black straw hat was askew, revealing the pale face of the Third Young Master beneath it.

“I bore children for the Third Young Master, yet you repay kindness with enmity, hiring someone to kill me. Such ingratitude deserves your death today.”

Chen Sheng sighed inwardly at how difficult it was to be a good person in this world. He shook his head, took out the Gu worm eggs from the man's abdomen, and then lifted the body out the window.

Walking a few steps along the eaves, you can see not far away, the corpses of the Third Young Master's two attendants are hanging on the outer wall of the brothel with iron hooks, swaying slightly in the night wind.

Chen Sheng took them down, held them in his hands with hooks, and jumped into an alley near the brothel.

There weren't many pedestrians in Linqing City late at night. He quickly walked north along the dimly lit alleys and soon arrived at the Wei Canal.

On the banks of the quietly flowing river, there is a strange-looking object.

The structure of that thing was somewhat similar to a high-speed blender from later generations, except that it was placed horizontally, with the outer layer made of a single piece of sheet metal, and a considerable number of blades installed on the inner rotating shaft.

This is a tool used to mix fish food during the annual river sacrifice in Linqing. It also has a very descriptive name – Sacrifice to the Dragon Tooth.

Chen Sheng opened the feed chute for the sacrificial dragon teeth, threw in three corpses, and then grabbed the handle on the outside and started turning it.

With his muscles bulging and veins standing out, he used all his strength to grind them into a fine, minced meat paste, then opened the outlet and poured it into the river to feed the fish and shrimp in the Weihe River.

After the dumping was completed, they used river water to clean the sacrificial dragon teeth, then clapped their hands and returned along the original route.

From then on, the Third Young Master will be gone forever, and no one knows where he went.

Having thus resolved the trouble left over from his predecessor, Chen Sheng felt relieved and at ease.

He strolled back at a leisurely pace, and when he reached the vicinity of the canal gang's headquarters, he deliberately took a detour and slipped into a dark alley.

When he emerged from the other end of the alley, he had changed his clothes, restored his appearance, and transformed back into his original handsome young man.

Who would have thought he would be the murderer of the Third Young Master?

……

In the dead of night, in the cramped single cell of the canal gang, the flickering light of the castor oil lamp cast a swaying shadow of Chen Sheng. By the dim light, he held four insect eggs in his palm, up to his eyes, and observed their appearance.

Although this act of revenge was somewhat troublesome, it was not without its gains.

The brothel owner, the third young master, and the two attendants each contributed a valuable Gu worm egg.

Two of the insect eggs were dark red, somewhat resembling the blood fetus gu that Chen Sheng originally possessed. The other two insect eggs had different textures and colors, being earthy yellow and dark green respectively.

Although he had only been reincarnated for less than a day and his predecessor was not of a high social class, Chen Sheng could guess with his knowledge that the most unique aspect of this fruit, the opportunity to fuse the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, would most likely fall on these Gu worms.

To achieve the main goal of reincarnation, one must climb to the peak on the path of cultivation in this world.

Therefore, even though the method of cultivating by swallowing Gu seemed a bit strange, he did not hesitate for long. He played with the cleaned insect eggs with his fingers for a while before swallowing them all.

As the insect eggs fell into the stomach sac, they all shuddered the moment they came into contact with the gastric juices, connecting with Chen Sheng through spiritual energy.

At the same time, the corresponding information also appeared on the panel.

[Mighty Gu]: A first-tier Gu worm whose innate talent is to greatly amplify physical strength, capable of transforming into a body strong enough to lift a cauldron.

[Gluttonous Gu]: A first-tier Gu worm whose innate talent is to enhance the efficiency of food digestion, at the cost of greatly increasing its appetite, thereby strengthening the blood and qi of the parasitized.

The six Gu eggs coexisting in one stomach also gave Chen Sheng six channels of spiritual energy.

Following the connection of the Gu egg, the spiritual energy from the outside world flowed into his body like a trickle, causing subtle changes in his physical body and Yin spirit, making him stronger little by little.

"Since my reincarnation, every cultivator I have seen seems to be a person with a Gu."

I wonder if my ability to contain multiple Gu worms is considered special?

Alas, I'm still too humble; I have to figure everything out myself.

Just as Chen Sheng was paying attention to the changes in himself, the three blood fetus Gu eggs in his abdomen suddenly began to tremble violently.

After vibrating for a few breaths, the indestructible eggshell cracked open on its own, and three centipede-like Gu worms crawled out from inside.

The moment the Gu worms met in the stomach acid, they immediately became entangled in a relentless struggle, tearing each other apart with their mouths and feet.

"Are the same type of Gu worms incompatible?"

Seeing this, Chen Sheng did not stop it, but watched helplessly as two Gu worms were bitten to death one after another in the chaotic battle, while the wounded victor began to devour the remains of the loser.

Seemingly sensing the scent of death, the remaining three Gu eggs in the stomach burst open one after another, transforming into a skinless, muscle-baring toad; an eight-legged ant; and a milky-white leech, which rushed toward the corpse.

Perhaps due to their different species, the four Gu worms did not fight each other and feasted together, quickly devouring the remains.

After its feast, the centipede-shaped blood fetus gu scurried into the esophagus above, biting through it with its mouth. It then crawled over the bones and lungs, reaching the vicinity of the heart, where it inserted its hundred legs and fell into a deep sleep.

The leech-like disguise gu crawled along the esophagus into the nasal cavity and lurked inside Chen Sheng's facial muscles.

The toad-shaped gluttonous gu, once plunged into the gastric juices, directly parasitized the stomach.

Meanwhile, the ant-like Mighty Gu wrapped around the spine and took up residence in the wound bitten by the Blood Embryo Gu, forming a somewhat bizarre symbiotic relationship.

(End of this chapter)