"Think about it, did you provoke the other party?"
Zhang Tian looked at the girl in front of him.
Liang Qiong thought carefully.
"I didn't offend him. Right! I remember, she seemed to be inquiring about someone!"
As Liang Qiong spoke, Zhang Tian's mind was struck by thunder, and a brilliant light suddenly appeared.
"I understand! I know who this person is looking for. I'll be going now. I'll handle this person myself, you can rest assured."
Zhang Tian nodded and quickened his pace, intending to find this person.
At the same time, he would ask about some matters concerning Gu insects.
Zhang Tian was going to Nanyun, and the probability of encountering Gu insects there was very high. He had to understand some local customs.
"Do you need our help?"
Liang Dongliang shouted from behind.
Zhang Tian waved his hand, thinking they probably couldn't help much if they came.
As Zhang Tian's figure walked further and further away, Liang Dongliang slowly sighed.
It seemed that it wasn't so easy to get close to Zhang Tian.
Zhang Tian held the dead Gu insect in his hand, following its aura to find its owner.
Logically speaking, Gu insects and the person who controlled them were connected, and their auras were the same, so Zhang Tian should have been able to find him easily.
At this moment, in a dilapidated small house, a white-haired old woman suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
Her brows were tightly furrowed.
"Someone has deciphered my Gu art!"
"There's a master here!"
Her heart sank, and a bad premonition arose.
"I must leave here quickly. But I just found news of the Gu King. If I leave now..."
Her thoughts were somewhat complicated.
If she left now, all her previous efforts would be in vain.
Just as her mind was racing, the wooden door outside was suddenly opened.
The figure of a young man stood straight at the door.
"Good morning."
Zhang Tian's face was smiling, and he still held the dead insect in his hand.
"How did you find this place!"
The old woman glanced at the Gu insect in Zhang Tian's hand, and her heart skipped a beat.
How long had it been, and he had already found her.
She wasn't stupid; it was clear that the opponent was a powerful expert.
"It's very simple. Your insect has the same aura as yours. In the entire Beili City, there's only you with such a pungent smell."
Zhang Tian's voice was calm.
At the same time, he sat down on a chair in the room on his own accord.
"What do you want? I'm just an old woman. Are you going to harm an elder?"
She used typical moral blackmail.
Zhang Tian didn't fall for it.
He gently squeezed his hand, and the Gu insect in his hand turned into a pool of liquid.
"I'm not a saint. You should know that if one of us disappears, no one will notice."
Zhang Tian's voice was calm.
After he finished speaking, the old woman visibly trembled.
"What do you want?"
There was more apprehension in her eyes.
Zhang Tian sized up the old woman in front of him.
She wore a black Miao robe and a silver hairpin on her head.
She also wore various ornaments on her hands, looking like a wealthy wife.
"What is your purpose in coming to Beili, and why did you harm someone for no reason?"
Zhang Tian asked.
Seeing that Zhang Tian was only asking these questions, the old woman felt much more relaxed.
"I came to retrieve the Gu King!"
"As for that child, she clearly knew the clue but didn't tell me, and even offended me, so naturally, I had to teach her a lesson."
The old woman's voice was slightly sharp.
Zhang Tian frowned slightly, thinking this woman truly believed she was still in her own territory and could act as she pleased.
"What is the Gu King you're referring to, and who is the person you're looking for?"
Zhang Tian asked again.
"The Gu King is a legend passed down from a thousand years ago. It is said that when King Xian raised poisonous insects, he had a supreme poisonous insect that was resistant to all poisons."
"Later, after King Xian died, the poisonous king laid an egg, and that egg was later lost. Since I finally got news of it, I came here."
The old woman knew she couldn't hide it, so she spoke directly.
If Zhang Tian wasn't mistaken, that egg should be in his hand.
"I didn't expect my luck to be so good."
Zhang Tian thought to himself and looked at the old woman again.
"Tell me about Gu insects, and the story of your homeland."
Zhang Tian looked at the old woman.
The old woman was clearly startled. This young man was quite strange. Why was he asking this?
"After you tell me, will you let me go?"
She asked with some doubt.
"If it's useful to me, I can consider it."
Zhang Tian waved his hand.
"Gu insects are essentially poisonous insects, but the only difference between Gu insects and poisonous insects is that Gu insects can communicate with the hearts of their controllers."
"You should know this. And cultivating Gu insects is extremely difficult; out of ten thousand poisonous insects, only one is a Gu insect."
"Let alone the Gu King. When the Gu King appears, all other Gu insects can only worship it. With the Gu King, one can walk sideways wherever they go."
The old woman spoke, revealing how strong her yearning for the Gu King was.
Zhang Tian rubbed his chin, wondering if this thing was that magical.
"As for the story of our homeland, it's just ordinary matters."
"According to legend, we are descendants of King Han, and we are also descendants of the Medicine King."
The old woman spoke, and Zhang Tian was suddenly jolted.
Good heavens, the Medicine King? Could it be that the Medicine King was in Nanyun?
"Who is the Medicine King?"
Zhang Tian inquired.
"There's a legend in our homeland that at one point, the entire Miao village was struck by a plague. A Medicine King emerged from the deep mountains and saved all the people in the village."
"Later, the Medicine King retreated into the mountains. As his fame grew, there was a rebellion in our homeland."
The old woman spoke, and Zhang Tian was somewhat puzzled as to why the Medicine King would appear there.
"What happened next?"
"Later, the Medicine King taught us the art of refining poisons. This is how we became the Gu people, and we defeated the invaders using Gu arts."
The old woman also explained the origin of Gu arts.
Zhang Tian nodded, having a general understanding.
He suspected that King Xian's reason for raising poisonous insects back then was likely due to this. Moreover, King Xian was proficient in Feng Shui and was inherently cruel.
Coupled with his ability to turn people into insect figurines, Zhang Tian strongly suspected a connection between the two.
"Tell me about King Xian?"
Zhang Tian asked.
The old woman's eyes suddenly widened, filled with anger.
"What's so good about that beast?"
"Two thousand years ago, during a period of war, he led his tribesmen to our region. He practiced a wicked form of burial art. Later, to build his royal tomb, he turned our tribesmen into Gu figurines one by one!"
"To this day, that area has become a forbidden zone, with intense poison permeating the surroundings."
After the old woman finished speaking, Zhang Tian gained a lot of information from her conversation with the older man earlier.
For example, the Holy Land existed, and it should contain many human figurines and Gu insects.
In this regard, King Xian was by no means comparable to Xu Fu's tomb, where Xu Fu was ultimately not found.
And to excavate King Xian's tomb, the first step would be to pass through the toxic zone.
"Well, that's all I know."
The old woman hesitated and then spoke.
Zhang Tian waved his hand.
"Alright, I understand. You can leave. I suggest you leave Beili, because what you're looking for has already left."
Zhang Tian nodded. The old woman was stunned.
She instinctively wanted to question him.
But thinking of Zhang Tian's strength, she could only leave dejectedly.
"Muing Bead, it seems it won't be easy to obtain."
Zhang Tian sighed to himself.
He hadn't expected that the stories of the Medicine King and King Xian would be combined.
This would undoubtedly significantly increase the difficulty.