Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 1413: Chapter 772: Tasting the Bitterness of Love

They were wearing dark blue dresses, adorned with golden and silver jewelry.

The woman calmly looked at Chen Jiazhang, ”Chen Jiazhang, right? If it hadn’t been for the Red Armor Gu, I wouldn’t even recognize who you are.”

Chen Jiazhang asked in confusion, ”You are...”

The woman sneered, ”My name is Lian Xin. Do you remember who I am now? Back then, you left my mother and me behind, how heartless of you. I was only 5 years old then, how could you bear it?”

Zard and Xiao Yu were both shocked.

They initially thought it was a story of enemies chasing them, but it turned out to be a tale of a heartless man being confronted by his daughter, what a sudden twist!

Zard looked at Chen Jiazhang, ”This thing is obviously your fault, we won’t help you.”

Chen Jiazhang angrily retorted, ”What do you know!”

Lian Xin calmly said, ”Why did you leave us?”

Chen Jiazhang faced his daughter, and his tone inevitably softened a bit, ”I’m a knight, destined to wander. Your mother insisted I take that pesky Naked Heart Gu and stay in your tribe, how was that possible? I tried to persuade her to elope with me, but she wouldn’t agree.”

”If you didn’t want to stay in the tribe, why did you get involved with my mother?” Lian Xin asked.

Chen Jiazhang said helplessly, ”Can you blame me? When I traveled to your tribe, there was a bonfire party going on, and I got dragged into drinking a lot of green wine carelessly, and then your mother took me home...”

Zard exclaimed, ”Was this said in the beginning?”

Chen Jiazhang glared at him, ”You better get lost for now.”

In the Lian Tribe, from time to time, there’s a bonfire party, with singing, dancing, and drinking.

Men and women can find their lovers during the party; the male lover is called Ah Zhu, while the female is referred to as Ah Xia.

Lian tribe women have their own homes, while men stay together.

If a man is not chosen, he can only return lonely to their place, honing their dance and singing skills...

And that night, Chen Jiazhang was the chosen one.

Fortunately, Lian Xin’s mother hadn’t yet cultivated a Naked Heart Gu, or else it would’ve been fed to him that very night.

Lian Xin said, ”Isn’t life in the tribe good? My mother treated you so well. You liked drinking, so she brewed you wine. You said you liked her wearing white, so she sewed herself white clothes. She gave so much for you, just wanting you to accompany her in Xiuzhu State; did she do anything wrong?”

Chen Jiazhang said bitterly, ”But I couldn’t stay there forever.”

”Then why did you make my mother fall for you?” Lian Xin asked, ”As long as you ate the Naked Heart Gu, you could be the head of the house in the tribe, you could even practice the corpses. After you die, my mother would make you into a Gold Corpse, letting you accompany me, her daughter.”

This first half was fairly normal, but the latter half was a bit creepy...

Chen Jiazhang knew that in the Lian Tribe, Gold Corpse is divided into gold, silver, and copper classes; Copper Corpse is equivalent to a C-Class Genetic Warrior, Silver Corpse to a B-Class Genetic Warrior, and Gold Corpse has A-Class combat power.

And all these Gold, Silver, Copper Corpses were all former partners of the Lian Tribe, some Gold Corpses were even left from a thousand years ago.

During the last Intelligent Machine Crisis, Xiuzhu State remained unscathed and spared from that disaster.

In the Lian Tribe, men’s status is at two extremes.

Before taking the Naked Heart Gu, men can be fickle and betray, so those who haven’t taken it have low status in the tribe.

But after taking the Naked Heart Gu, once they can’t betray, they could have equal status with women.

However, the price is to be turned into Gold, Silver, or Copper Corpses after death...

Chen Jiazhang said, ”Being turned into a Gold Corpse sounds utterly absurd...”

Lian Xin replied, ”You’re already dead, why care about being turned into a Gold Corpse or not?”

Chen Jiazhang exclaimed painfully, ”If I died before your mother, of course, I wouldn’t care. But I’m a knight; my path as a knight wasn’t utterly closed back then, I could easily live to 251 years. Back then, I asked your mother, what if she left first, she said she would take me with her...”

Zard’s eyes widened on the side, ”Wow.”

Among the Lian tribal women, someone said to Lian Xin, ”Chief, no need to talk to him so much. After he left, the old chief cried daily, only recently has the knot in her heart started to untie. Let’s capture him back, and also... that fair young man next to him isn’t bad either.”

Zard pulled Xiao Yu behind him and exclaimed, ”No way, no way, Xiao Yu is still a six-year-old child!”

Lian Xin looked at Xiao Yu in confusion, ”This is six? Does a six-year-old in your family look like this?!”

”It’s a bit complicated to explain,” Zard said, ”He was 27 just yesterday, turned 6 today. But don’t worry, in just a week or so, he’ll be 27 again. By then, you can feed him the Naked Heart Gu.”

Lian Xin: ”?”

What in the world?!

Zard’s words seemed to have left the Lian people bewildered, and Lian Xin, the chief, just thought this guy was fooling around.

At this moment, Zard asked, ”You guys keep mentioning Naked Heart Gu like it’s terrifying, what does it actually look like?”

Lian Xin thought for a moment, took out a small box made of chicken-wing wood from her chest, opened it, and inside lay a tiny red Seven-star Ladybug quietly asleep: ”This is our tribe’s Naked Heart Gu... eh?”

Lian Xin just felt her vision blur as Zard rushed over and snatched the box, chuckling as he ran into the distance, finally able to taste the bitter love.

Everyone present was shocked.

No one expected that the Naked Heart Gu, which others refused to eat, this guy actually scrambled to take.

Seven Gold Corpses moved simultaneously, blocking Zard in the forest with a Seven Stars Array.

Not only the Gold Corpses but even Chen Jiazhang was furious, joining forces with the Lian people to capture Zard, who was chasing around the forest!

But, this guy was too nimble, zig-zagging in circles, and no one could catch him.

Watching Zard run while pulling out the Naked Heart Gu, ready to tuck it into his mouth, everyone panicked, throwing themselves at him urgently.

Chen Jiazhang sat on top of Zard, trying to pry his mouth open: ”Open up, spit it out, spit it out!”

Zard grinned as he opened his mouth, ”Swallowed it!”

Not far away, Lian Xin froze like a wooden chicken...

That was her painstakingly cultivated Naked Heart Gu!

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Today, some unexpected things happened. In the morning, the entire team did nucleic acid tests, and in the afternoon, I have to have a meeting with the production team for a nighttime TV drama. Tonight’s Chapter will surely be late, please don’t wait, I will stay up all night to finish it before dawn tomorrow.