Under One Person: Dressed as Lü Liang, with vests all over

Chapter 156 Lu Liang: Qinling Mountains again?
"Can Gu magic reach the sky?"

Not only Lu Liang, but Chen Duo also widened his eyes slightly after hearing what the Great Gu Master said.

Her big eyes blinked, and her expression was a little confused.

Her doubts did not come from the saying that "witchcraft can reach the sky".

Rather, it was the attitude of the Great Gu Master when he talked about this matter.

At the Medicine Fairy Conference, they told her that she was a "Gu" and that Gu magic was a part of her life, just like breathing.

In the bunker, Liao Zhong and those men in white coats told him that she was a "human" and that witchcraft was a means of fighting.

But here, in this village, almost everyone knows how to use witchcraft.

Gu magic is just a skill passed down from generation to generation among them. Moreover, according to the great Gu master, if one practices Gu magic to the extreme, one can become an "immortal".

This attitude made Chen Duo feel strange - practicing witchcraft was not for the belief of the Medicine Fairy Association, nor for the company's mission.

She is not a tool to bewitch the holy child or complete the mission.

These people practice witchcraft not for anyone else, but for themselves.

Can she do the same?

"Little girl, do you want to learn the Qinghe Gu technique from me?" The gentle voice of the great Gu master sounded.

Chen Duo subconsciously nodded, but looked at Lu Liang first.

"You can make your own choice." Lu Liang said with a smile.

Chen Duo's eyes lit up.

Then, she nodded vigorously towards the Great Gu Master.

Seeing this scene, a smile appeared on the old face of the great Gu Master.

"Okay, since you won the Gu competition, today, I will teach you the Qinghe Gu technique."

The next moment, the great sorcerer took out a book made of tree bark and handed it to Chen Duo.

Chen Duo flipped through the pages quickly, her eyes sparkling.

A quarter of an hour later, Chen Duo handed the book to the great sorcerer.

The Great Gu Master looked a little surprised and asked, "Did you remember the contents above?"

"Yeah." Chen Duo nodded.

"Your understanding is truly extraordinary." The Great Gu Master praised, and then continued:
"Now that you've learned the Qinghe Gu technique, calling me 'Master' isn't too much to ask, right?"

Chen Duo subconsciously looked at Lu Liang.

Lu Liang immediately bowed to the Grand Gu Master and said, "Grand Gu Master, as we discussed before, Chen Duo won the Gu Contest and will naturally join the Qinghe Miao tribe. It is only natural that he should become your disciple."

"It's just that I'm afraid she can't stay here all the time on weekdays."

The Great Gu Master raised his lips slightly, "I guessed this a long time ago."

"Don't worry, we won't restrict everyone's movements."

"The Gu Masters of the Qinghe Miao tribe only have one order to follow, and that is to find the sacred Qinghe Gu Zhong."

Lu Liang nodded, "Of course, we also want to find the Qinghe Gu Zhong."

At this time, the Great Gu Master looked at Chen Duo again and continued:

"You should already know something about the role of the Earth Dragon King."

"Its toxin is a valuable ingredient for refining Gu, but that's not its greatest use."

"The Gu refined with the Earth Dragon King's toxin can help the Gu refiner sense the effects of the Qinghe Gu Zhong. However, to gain the Qinghe Gu Zhong's approval, one must first obtain the Earth Dragon King's toxin."

"Back then, Senior Sister only gained the Qinghe Gu Zhong's recognition after she subdued the Earth Dragon King."

"Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to take the holy object whenever she wants."

Hearing this, a question popped up in Lu Liang's mind, and he asked directly:
"The Gu Competition is held every three years, and the Earth Dragon King doesn't sound that rare. Why has there been no progress on the Qinghe Gu Zhong issue?"

Upon hearing this question, the Great Gu Master raised his eyelids.

"The Earth Dragon King only appears during the Great Heat season each year and does not exist at other times."

"Even during the Great Heat season, if the Earth Dragon King doesn't reveal himself, it will be difficult for us to find him."

"In previous Gu competitions, it was common for people to wait an entire day without seeing the Earth Dragon King appear."

The Great Gu Master pointed at Chen Duo and said, "Her blood is different. It has a strong attraction to these kinds of poisons. That's why the Earth Dragon King took the initiative to appear and attack."

"Moreover, the Earth Dragon King only appears in the middle of the cliff. As you saw today, it is not easy to defeat the Earth Dragon King in that dangerous place."

Having said that, the Great Gu Master looked at Chen Duo with a little more scrutiny in his eyes, but his words were directed to Lu Liang.

"Looking at this girl's skills, she must be of some extraordinary status, right?"

"You said before that you wanted her to join my Qinghe Miao tribe because of her previous identity problems?"

"Well..." Lu Liang touched his nose and did not deny it. He thought to himself: As expected, the leader of this faction, even if he doesn't care about worldly affairs, is not easy to fool.

The Great Gu Master's gaze swept over Lu Liang and continued, "Since you say you are from Qinghe Village, then I will treat you as one."

"From now on, she will be Liao Aduo, the Gu girl of the Qinghe Miao tribe."

"Thank you, Great Gu Master." Lu Liang said.

……

The Great Gu Master waved his hand, shook his head slightly, and then changed the subject.

"In the records of our Qinghe Gu Shu, there are three kinds of strange Gu, all of which require the toxin of the Earth Dragon King as the material."

"The first is the Thousand Days Red. When it attacks, it will drain all of the host's yang energy, killing them. It can also use the host's bloodline to reproduce and cause harm to future generations, until the host's lineage is extinct."

"The second type is the Jiuli Gu, also known as the 'Emperor Gu'. Gu Masters can use it to control the insects and beasts around them, seizing other people's Gu for their own use."

"The third type is called the Liangyi Mayfly Gu. When it lands on a living thing, it can speed up or slow down the flow of time around it. However, it requires the 'Yin Yang Mayfly' that lives on ancient tomb coffins, captured during the summer and winter solstices. It's extremely rare."

"Among them, only the Jiuli Cauldron can be refined within a week."

"You can use this Gu to summon the Qinghe Gu."

Seeing Lu Liang's puzzled look, the Great Gu Master continued to explain:
"What the outside world calls 'someone with exceptional talent can bring the Qinghe Gu Zhong to life.'"

"In fact, only those with extremely high talent can subdue the Earth Dragon King, and the Gu refined with the Earth Dragon King's toxin can sense the location of the Qinghe Gu Zhong."

"In other words, if you want to fulfill your previous agreement, you must first refine the Jiuli Gu."

Lu Liang nodded.

Yesterday, he did make an agreement with the Great Gu Master.

If Chen Duo wins the championship in the Gu competition, he will join Qinghe Village and help find the Qinghe Gu Cup. In exchange, the great Gu Master will help Chen Duo create an identity during the alien population census and tell Lu Liang some things about Wei Shufen at that time.

Therefore, Lu Liang asked directly:
"Master Gu Master, I'd like to know if Senior Wei Shufen left any relics behind?"

"A relic?" The Great Gu Master's eyes showed a look of reminiscence.

"Back then, Senior Sister left overnight."

"She didn't take much with her. Besides the Qinghe Gu pot, she also took a few pieces of clothing and some Gu-making materials."

"These are what we found at the bottom of the cliff, except for the Qinghe Gu盡."

Having said this, the Great Gu Master looked directly at Lu Liang and asked bluntly:

"What you're looking for is the things she brought back after she left for six months, right?"

Lu Liang nodded frankly.

"Did she leave anything behind after she came back that time? For example, letters, notebooks, or something like that?"

"No." The Great Gu Master shook his head. "She has never liked writing. When she was learning to write, it gave grandma a lot of worry."

Hearing this, Lu Liang frowned slightly and asked, "Are the things in her residence still there?"

The Great Gu Master continued to shake his head, "Burn them all with the corpse."

Just when Lu Liang was about to fall into despair, the great sorcerer spoke again.

"However, afterward, at the place where we chased and fought with Senior Sister, we found something we didn't recognize. It was stained with blood. We thought it belonged to Senior Sister, so we brought it back."

"After I brought it back, I originally wanted to burn it with other things, but who knew that this thing would not be destroyed by fire."

“Then I kept it.”

The Great Gu Master stood up as he spoke and took down a wooden box from the shelf where the earthenware jars were placed.

She opened the wooden box and a conch-shaped object appeared inside.

"This is it."

Lu Liang reached out to take the "conch" and looked at it carefully.

He discovered that on the edge of the "conch", there were two words engraved, clearly "Jing" and "Du".

If it were in the past, Lu Liang would definitely think that this was a name, but now, the first thing that came to his mind was the direction of the Bagua.

During this period, he spent quite a bit of time with Zhuge Qing, and had some understanding of these gossips.

The eight directions of the trigrams are called the Eight Gates, which are Xiu Men, Sheng Men, Shang Men, Du Men, Jing Men, Si Men, Jing Men and Kai Men.

"Jing" and "Du" are two of them.

Lu Liang's thoughts raced, recalling what Zhuge Qing had said when he untied the Bagua Golden Lock Formation in front of the Baishishan base:

"It will be auspicious if you enter through Shengmen, Jingmen, or Kaimen; it will be harmful if you enter through Shangmen, Jingmen, or Xiumen; it will be fatal if you enter through Dumen or Simen." Lu Liang suddenly had a guess in his mind.

He raised his hand and gently touched the character "Jing" with his finger, inputting Qi into it. At the same time, he carefully avoided the character "Du".

After dozens of breaths, a faint light suddenly appeared on the "conch".

Inside the room, the eyes of the three people lit up.

After the dim light, sounds began to come from the "conch".

When the first female voice sounded, the Great Gu Master was suddenly startled, and his lips trembled slightly with excitement.

Lu Liang immediately guessed that it should be Wei Shufen's voice.

"Sister Xiaodie, can this thing really record our voices?"

"Of course, why would I lie to you?" Another cheerful female voice said with a smile.

The conversation paused for a moment and then resumed after half a minute.

The first voice to be heard was Wei Shufen's.

"Xiaodie, the big-eared thief, is that guy really as powerful as you say?"

"He can destroy all kinds of magical powers formed by Qi, so is he afraid of my Gu worm?"

At this time, a male voice replied: "When the time comes, you will know when you try it."

"Big-eared thief, don't cheat Shufen." The female voice from before scolded with a smile.

"Shufen, this big-eared thief has bad intentions. Let him taste the power of your poisonous insect first!"

"Alright, I just refined the Golden Silkworm Gu, so why not..."

"I can't do it! I can't do it!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The sound from the conch ended in a burst of cheerful laughter, and the faint light above gradually faded away.

Lu Liang input Qi flow into the word "Jing" again, but the faint light did not light up again, and no sound came out of the conch again.

……

"This should be a magic weapon."

Lu Liang stated his conclusion.

Moreover, judging from the sound that just came out, its function is similar to that of a phonograph, which can record sounds.

Sadly, not much remains inside.

In addition, the identity of the person who created this magical weapon has also been revealed.

He understands Qimen Bagua, can refine magical instruments, and masters the art of divine machinery...

Among the thirty-six thieves, there is only one person who meets these conditions - Tian Xiaodie, who comes from the Zhuge family.

As for the other person who spoke, it should be Zhang Huaiyi.

Judging from their conversation, Wei Shufen first met Tian Xiaodie and Zhang Huaiyi, and then came into contact with Wu Gensheng through them.

"To this day, I still can't understand why Senior Sister would become sworn brothers with those people."

The voice of the great sorcerer interrupted Lu Liang's thoughts.

She raised her eyes and looked at Lu Liang, "I know you are investigating these things."

"If you have the answer, please tell me."

Lu Liang agreed readily.

The Great Gu Master's gaze swept across the "conch" in Lu Liang's hand, and memories flashed in his eyes.

Then, she waved her hand and said, "Alright, you guys go and refine the Jiuli Gu first."

"After the Jiuli Gu is refined, I will teach you the induction technique."

The Great Gu Master turned his gaze towards Chen Duo.

"Remember, the best time to pick the Earth Dragon King's poison sac is at midnight when the Yin energy is at its peak."

"Once the poison sac is removed from the body, it is immediately placed in a clay pot soaked in mugwort, and the bottom of the pot is covered with soil taken from the cliff."

"The rest is all in the Qinghe Gu technique I taught you."

Chen Duo nodded seriously.

The Great Gu Master waved his hand again, as if he didn't want to talk anymore.

Lu Liang nodded slightly and left with Chen Duo.

……

The refining of Jiuli Gu went relatively smoothly.

That night, at midnight.

Chen Duo cut open the Earth Dragon King's abdominal cavity, took out a pair of emerald-colored poison sacs, and placed them in a pottery jar prepared in advance.

Then she took out another larger clay pot, and rustling sounds kept coming out of the pot. It was filled with 749 poisonous spiders.

Lu Liang squatted beside and watched curiously.

Next, these poisonous spiders will bite each other while being screened by a drop of Earth Dragon King venom every day.

After seven days, the surviving spider will be the Jiuli Gu.

While waiting for the Gu to be refined, Lu Liang continued to wander around Qinghe Village, asking the older people about Wei Shufen, but unfortunately he didn't get much.

However, what Lu Liang did not expect was that during the process of refining the Gu, the relationship between Luo Tiantian and Chen Duo improved.

After failing to persuade Lu Liang to learn medicine, she pestered Chen Duo and wanted Chen Duo to teach her body skills.

Therefore, in addition to refining poison and practicing witchcraft every day, Chen Duo also had a fixed schedule - "torturing" Luo Tiantian.

Luo Tiantian comes in every morning with her ponytail happily swinging, and leaves in the evening rubbing her butt and covering her arms.

But the next day, she would still come on time.

In front of Lu Liang and Chen Duo's residence, wailing sounds came one after another.

"Woo, Victoria, this move is so difficult!"

"Xiaoduo, you are really strict!"

In this playful and fun atmosphere, a week later, the Jiuli Gu was finally refined.

……

Qinghe Village, in the stilt house on the back mountain.

The great sorcerer looked at the porcelain jar in Chen Duo's hand, his eyes fixed on the dark red spider, and said "good" three times in a row, his voice full of excitement that could not be concealed.

"After all these years, the Jiuli Gu has finally reappeared in the world!"

After watching for several minutes, the great sorcerer finally shifted his gaze away from the poisonous insects in the jar and turned to look at Chen Duo.

She said slowly, "Next, you feed the Gu with blood. Drop the blood from your brow into it, and you will be able to sense the location of the Qinghe Gu."

"After that, the closer you get to the Qinghe Gu Zhong, the stronger the sensation will be."

Chen Duo nodded, and the next moment, she used her fingers as a knife to cut a gash in the middle of her forehead.

"despair!"

Blood gushed out, staining the fingers, then dripping down the fingertips into the porcelain jar and landing on the dark red poisonous insect.

The blood gradually seeped into the body of the insect, and the dark red body seemed to become brighter.

Soon, Chen Duo's eyes widened slightly, as if she sensed something.

Lu Liang first helped Chen Duo stop the bleeding before asking, "Have you sensed the location of the Qinghe Gu Zhong?"

Chen Duo stretched out his hand and pointed toward the northwest.

The Great Gu Master stood up and asked anxiously, "Is it in the northwest of the village?"

"No." Chen Duo shook his head, "It's somewhere farther away."

"Could it be in the northwest of Xiangxi, near Langmuxi Village?"

When saying this, the Great Gu Master also glanced at Lu Liang.

Because Langmuxi Village was where Zhou Quan lived back then, and it was also where Wei Shufen fell off the cliff.

Lu Liang also looked at Chen Duo. This possibility was indeed not small.

Back then, not long after Wei Shufen planted the "Thousand-Day Amaranth" for Zhou Quan's son, she was caught up by the Qinghe Miao tribe. She might have hidden the Qinghe Gu pot nearby.

Unexpectedly, Chen Duo shook his head again, "It's even farther, very far..."

She touched the porcelain jar with her hand, closed her eyes and carefully sensed it, and continued, "There are many mountains there, and um... there are also many monkeys."

Chen Duo's two sentences made the Great Gu Master a little confused, but Lu Liang's pupils shrank when he heard it.

Mountain...Monkey...Northwest...

He expressed his guess: "Could the Qinghe Gu Zhong be in the Qinling Mountains?"

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