I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World

Chapter 238: Chapter 208: (Revised) Gu_2

”You... you come back with me!”

”Ouch ouch ouch, go easy, ah ah ah!”

The women watched Yun Shang’s fierce demeanor and couldn’t help but admire her.

”This Central Plains girl has quite the spirit of our Witch Clan women!”

The music continued, and the excitement did not wane.

In the stilt house, Yun Shang thanked the child who led the way, locked the door, and set up a soundproof protection array. She gave Jiang Yuebai a hard glare and sat down at the table.

”Did you have fun today?!”

Jiang Yuebai’s excitement subsided. He poured Yun Shang a glass of water and handed it to her with a chuckle, ”The local liquor from their village is too strong, I drank too much.”

”Aren’t you afraid they might have ill intentions?” Yun Shang said crossly.

Jiang Yuebai placed the water in front of Yun Shang, ”I toured the whole village this afternoon, the most dangerous one was Yinhuan, but she’s already been defeated by you, so there’s nothing to fear.”

”Besides, the Witch Clan people are quite simple and hospitable, as long as you don’t break their taboos, they won’t harm guests. We’re outsiders, we’re not fighting for territory, so there’s no conflict. Here, drink some water.”

Yun Shang’s anger dissipated slightly. She took a sip of water and said, ”Yinhuan wants me to temporarily join her village and participate in the Poisonous Insect Fighting Competition with her.”

Jiang Yuebai wasn’t surprised. Winning a place in the Poisonous Insect Fighting Competition could bring fame to the village, attracting more powerful individuals to join and allowing them to claim larger territories and better resources.

If she can enlist strong foreign aid, why wouldn’t Yinhuan be happy?

”So what do you want to do?” Jiang Yuebai asked, ”If you want, I can be your guard. If you don’t want to, this broken village can’t hold us. I can take you and escape at night.”

Yun Shang shook her head, ”No need to escape. Yinhuan is straightforward. As long as I don’t join another village or participate in the Poisonous Insect Fighting Competition, she won’t trouble us.”

Jiang Yuebai scrutinized Yun Shang, ”You really don’t plan on participating in the Poisonous Insect Fighting Competition?”

”No, I just want to see various Gu worms, I don’t want to compete myself, and I can’t participate because it would expose my secrets.”

Jiang Yuebai remained silent. When it came to Yun Shang’s secrets, Yun Shang would speak if she wished. If she didn’t, asking would only embarrass her.

With the alcohol warming her and situated among the Witch Clan, Yun Shang thought of many past events and began to confide in Jiang Yuebai.

”Actually, my father was from the Witch Clan. He once saved my aunt in the Ten Thousand Mountains, and my aunt later took him from the Witch Clan to the Heavenly Interence Sect, where they became like siblings. My father met my mother in the Heavenly Interence Sect’s Spiritual Beast Valley. They became Daoist companions and had me. My father’s surname is Long.”

Jiang Yuebai was taken aback, ”The Long surname is the surname of the Wu Village chief, which is the largest village and clan in the Baipu Domain.”

Yun Shang nodded, ”My father wasn’t particularly important. He only had a slight blood relation to the Dragon Village Chief. He got into trouble because of a special Gu and had to leave.”

Yun Shang wrote the character ’蟲’ on the table with water.

”The ancients called all insects and beasts ’蟲’. This Gu is called the Insect Gu. I’m not sure of its exact origin. I only know that when my mother was pregnant with me, she feared I would have an unsmooth Immortal Path, so she tried many methods to enhance my aptitude.”

”My mother was too ordinary, only with Five Spirit Roots, and she didn’t achieve much in the Spiritual Beast Valley. Fearful I would end up like her, she became almost obsessed with improving aptitude and several times nearly poisoned me by eating random things.”

”My father, having no other choice, implanted the Insect Gu he brought out into my mother, transferring it to me, merging it with me, giving me the innate affinity with beast and insect types.”

”But then my mother was afraid I would be exposed and coveted, so she desperately hid me, kept me from interacting with people, and searched everywhere for things to obscure my special physique. The Drought Demon incident was one such time...”

Yun Shang paused, and Jiang Yuebai held her hand.

”Alright, don’t say any more. Don’t trap yourself in the past. All you need to remember is how much your parents loved you. That’s all that matters.”

Yun Shang nodded. Ever since making peace with Yuu Qiuqi, she had let go of the past, partly due to Jiang Yuebai’s influence.

Jiang Yuebai changed the subject, bringing up the Heavenly Witch Clan and Granny Shi Lan.

”...I’m quite curious. Granny Shi Lan doesn’t seem to have much cultivation, yet how has she lived so long? A Lifespan Extension Pill over fifty years old must be consumed with a Foundation Establishment and above level, and a cultivator can only take lifespan-extending items nine times in their life. Any more, and they’ll be struck by Heavenly Thunder. Does the Witch Clan also have many longevity-extending Gu?”

Yun Shang thought for a moment, ”The Longevity Gu can, allegedly extending life by a thousand years. But ordinary people can’t see such Gu. They say only those with the Power of Time can see the Longevity Gu.”

”Besides Longevity Gu, the Witch Clan also has the Rejuvenation Gu, which can make someone return to a child’s form overnight, extending life by thirty to fifty years at most. There’s also the Zombie Gu, which makes one into an immortal zombie whose downside is needing daily blood meals...”

Yun Shang spoke freely, and Jiang Yuebai was astonished.

”...the Love Gu you asked about that day is somewhat like the Heart Gu. The Heart Gu does exist and can link two people’s hearts. As long as the Heart Gu is still beating, it means the other person is alive.”

”It’s late. Since you’ve been drinking, go to sleep instead of cultivating. I need to quickly handle the Black Wandering Insect and put it into the Gu Refining Vessel to refine it into the Black Python Strangling Gu. Then we’ll each have one.”

Jiang Yuebai mischievously reached out and pinched Yun Shang’s face, ”My dear Shang, you’re so kind. I knew I didn’t follow the wrong person.”

”Let go! Or I’ll give you away tomorrow!” Yun Shang slapped Jiang Yuebai’s hand away.

The bright moon hung on the tree branch, its clear light stretching for miles across the clouds.

Yuebai slept soundly on the bed while Yun Shang stayed up all night at the table.

In the rear mountain of Yinhuan Village, the night wind awakened Granny Shi Lan in her rocking chair. She opened her eyes to find an additional medicine bottle in her arms, though she didn’t know when it appeared.

”Another Lifespan Extension Pill. If you want me to live forever, why don’t you come to see me?”