Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Human sacrifice is horrific enough.

Not to mention the hundreds of people who sacrificed themselves at the reservoir.

I just hope that old man from Xiangxi won’t be so cruel.

I calmed myself down.

The first thing to do now is to rescue Wang Hu and the others.

Then find Taoist Master Zhang and go to the reservoir together to find out what's going on.

"Is there a medical clinic in the village?"

"Have."

"take me."

"Ah? Here, I'll tell you where it is. Can you go by yourself? I'm too scared to leave the house."

Wu Gengsheng completely lost his sense of security.

I feel that staying home is the safest.

"Do you think your home is safe?"

"What if they find out someone is missing and come back to look for you?"

The two rhetorical questions made Wu Gengsheng panic.

He looked outside nervously, then looked at me in confusion.

After hesitating for a long time, he mustered up the courage to stand up: "Well, then I'll take you there."

"If there's any danger, you, you have to protect me."

"I will definitely protect you."

My extremely affirmative tone put him at ease.

The village doctor's office is at the end of the village.

It's right next to Taoist Master Zhang's residence.

I also shouted at the door of Taoist Master Zhang.

But the room was silent and there was no response.

I guess Taoist Master Zhang hasn't come back yet.

Entering the infirmary, I rummaged through the medicine cabinet.

I quickly found a few boxes of anti-diarrhea pills and norfloxacin.

"Wu Gengsheng, I have a few friends outside the village. Can you send these medicines to them?"

"Do I need to deliver medicine? I'm scared." Wu Gengsheng was a little reluctant.

"What's so scary about broad daylight?"

"If you don't want to deliver the medicine, I'll go by myself."

"You'll be alone in the village by then. What if the village chief and his men come back to attack?"

Wu Gengsheng waved his hands hurriedly: "Stop, stop talking!"

"Can't we deliver the medicine together? Then we can have someone to look after us."

He was frightened and took a step back.

But I want to wait for Taoist Master Zhang here.

If when we go to deliver the medicine, Taoist Master Zhang comes back and finds out something has happened in the village, and then goes out to investigate, we will miss the opportunity.

The best way is to leave someone here and wait.

"I'm going to wait for Lao Zhang."

"So one of us must stay. You choose."

Wu Gengsheng hesitated for a long time and finally chose to deliver the medicine.

After sending him out of the village, I sat at the gate of Taoist Master Zhang's courtyard and waited.

While waiting, I pondered the current situation.

Before I could figure out what was going on, I heard shouting in the distance.

"Is it Brother Chen?"

I turned my head and looked.

I saw Taoist Master Zhang walking towards me.

"Master Zhang!"

"Oh, everyone says to call me Lao Zhang. It's not customary to call me Taoist priest now..." Taoist priest Zhang quickly corrected me.

I slapped my forehead and said with a smile, "Yes, yes, I'll call you Lao Zhang from now on."

"Old Zhang, why weren't you in the village last night?"

Taoist Master Zhang walked up to me with a serious expression.

"Something happened in a village in the mountains. A three-year-old child was killed and his internal organs eaten by an evil creature. I was called in to take a look."

"Looks like a cat haunting."

"It's a pity that we didn't find any trace of the cat ghost."

"I came back to get some things and then I'm going to go over there to make some arrangements."

Cat ghost?

Isn’t that Su Tiansheng!

It seems that the village that Taoist Zhang went to is the village where the Su family lives.

"Old Zhang, don't go. I ran into that cat ghost last night..."

I briefly summarized what happened last night.

Taoist Priest Zhang's expression became extremely solemn: "I was away for one night, and such a big thing happened!"

"Are you sure all the villagers were poisoned and went to the reservoir together?"

I wanted to nod and say yes.

But then I thought again, I saw with my own eyes that only Han Gaotian's family and Gangtou were poisoned.

I really can't be sure whether other people have been poisoned.

As for going to the reservoir, I heard that from Wu Gengsheng.

I'm not sure whether what he said is correct.

And now that he thinks about it, Wu Gengsheng was really suspicious when he heard that they went to the reservoir.

It seemed like someone wanted to use him to tell us about going to the reservoir.

Is this another conspiracy?

I told him the situation and my guesses.

After hearing this, Taoist Master Zhang frowned, grabbed his goatee with his right hand and didn't say anything for a long time.

At this time, footsteps were heard from the entrance of the village.

I turned my head and looked over.

Wu Gengsheng ran over panting.

"The medicine has been delivered."

"The situation is very bad and the medicine they are taking is not working."

"That old man Su looks like he's dying."

I didn't bother to interrupt Taoist Master Zhang's thoughts.

He quickly grabbed his arm and said, "Lao Zhang, please save my friend."

"What's the situation? Explain it clearly so we can know how to save you."

"They started having diarrhea last night and passed out a lot of thin, thread-like white worms. I suspect they've been poisoned by a Gu. However, I also inhaled the same substance and didn't pass out any worms."

Zhang Laodao turned and walked into the courtyard: "Gu worms also have a sense of territory like wild beasts. Your body is now the territory of the ancient Gu worm. Ordinary Gu worms cannot enter your body at all."

"Lao Zhang, I met that Xiangxi guy last night. He smelled the poisonous insect on me and said I was the prey of the gods."

"What does God's prey mean?"

Taoist Master Zhang explained to me as he retrieved something: "The Gu worm in you is not a simple one. It has the wild aura of an ancient Gu worm."

"For modern Gu Masters, the only ones who can control ancient Gu worms are the gods they believe in."

"As someone who has been poisoned by the Gu, you are naturally the prey."

"That's why he said you were God's prey."

"but……"

Taoist Priest Zhang paused and stared at me for a moment with deep eyes.

He said slowly: "But you have to be more careful."

"Although he retreated this time, he might not be unmoved by the poisonous insect in your body."

"Gu masters are just like raising Gu, and they fight fiercely with each other."

"In order to become stronger, fellow disciples have turned against each other, and even killed their teachers."

"And the fastest way for them to increase their strength is to tame more powerful poisonous insects."

"The Gu insect in your body is what every Gu Master dreams of taming."

I was shocked when I heard it.

What do you mean?

Could it be that I have become the target of all Gu Masters?

As if he could see my nervousness, Taoist Master Zhang comforted me again: "But you can rest assured for now."

"I won't attack you unless I'm absolutely sure."

"But if I do something to you... ahem, I've got the stuff ready, go save your friend first."

I was a little confused when I heard it.

Is it true that if the Gu Master attacks me, I will definitely die?

It seems that I need to get the insect out of my body as soon as possible!

When we arrived at the valley, we saw Old Man Su lying half-dead on the ground.

Wang Hu and the stone mill were not much better than Old Man Su.

All three of them had pale faces and sunken eye sockets, as if their vitality had been sucked away by a demon.

"Master Chen, I can't hold on any longer." Old Man Su said weakly.

"Old Su, hold on. I've invited Taoist Master Zhang... Old Zhang over here. He can cure you."

Taoist Master Zhang smiled and took out white wine, eggs, and a red rope, then lifted up Old Man Su's clothes.

"It's just a small poisonous insect. It won't kill you."