Qi Zhenzhen emerged, and Gu Qing and the others carried Gu Sinian, led by a wolf from the wolf tribe, directly to the wolf tribe's territory.
Upon arrival, the gray wolf who had previously escorted Qi Zhenzhen brought them to the vicinity of the wolf tribe's sacred land.
Qi Zhenzhen went in to see Ye Bai. After obtaining its consent, a brown bear took Gu Sinian inside. As for Gu Qing, Zhang Xiaoniu, and the others, they were blocked outside by the wolves.
"Don't worry, with me here, I won't let the young lord be harmed," Qi Zhenzhen reassured them. "Er Xi and the people sent by the Qian family are also in the wolf tribe. You can go and meet them first."
The wolves surrounded Gu Qing and the others unfriendlily. Clearly, even if Gu Qing and the others refused, they would not be able to break through the wolf pack.
Gu Sinian was taken to the spring. He lay flat on a stone.
"Ye Bai, can you tell if something is wrong?" Qi Zhenzhen asked.
Ye Bai let out a low growl, "Awooo, I can sense that his body is very restless, but I don't know what's wrong with him. Try feeding him some of the sacred spring water and see if there are any changes. When I returned from Death Valley, I was also unconscious. The elders of the tribe said that I only woke up after drinking the spring water."
Qi Zhenzhen suppressed her anxiety and patiently observed Gu Sinian's condition after he drank the spring water.
Time passed bit by bit, but the person still did not wake up. During this period, Qi Zhenzhen noticed that parts of Gu Sinian's hands would bulge from time to time. She rolled up his sleeves and pant legs and found the same situation.
Ye Bai growled, "Awooo, there are living things inside these bulging areas, and these living things are not staying in one place. When they didn't drink the spring water, they were very quiet. Only after drinking the spring water did these things become active. The wolf tribe's heritage mentions similar things called Gu worms."
Qi Zhenzhen was surprised. She had heard of such things in her previous life but had never seen them. She thought they were just rumors. Now that she saw them with her own eyes, she realized that such things truly existed.
"So he hasn't woken up because he's been infected with Gu worms? Does your wolf tribe's heritage have any methods to deal with this? If the Gu worms are not removed from his body quickly, he won't be able to hold on for long if he remains in this comatose state," Qi Zhenzhen said urgently, looking at Ye Bai with anticipation.
Ye Bai let out a low growl, "Awooo, there are no specific methods because these Gu worms are refined by your human race, so your human race is proficient in this art."
"In other words, it's the work of those barbarians?" Qi Zhenzhen frowned. "So the priority is to find those barbarians."
"Awooo, a human outside has suddenly become violent and has now been subdued by his companions," the wolf tribe leader growled.
Qi Zhenzhen followed them out and saw that the person who had suddenly become violent was Gu Qing, who had now been knocked unconscious by Zhang Xiaoniu.
"Gu Qing's eyes were blood red just now, and he looked like he was going mad. I don't know what happened," Zhang Xiaoniu said with lingering fear. The sight was truly terrifying.
Ye Bai, who had followed them out, growled, "Awooo, I can also sense restless things in this human."
Gu Qing was also infected with Gu worms? Then, could it be that all of Gu Sinian's subordinates were potentially infected with Gu worms? But why did only Gu Sinian fall into a deep sleep?
"Ye Bai, can you ask these people to enter the sacred land one by one? I need to know if they all have Gu worms," Qi Zhenzhen asked tentatively.
Ye Bai was silent for a moment, then let out a low growl, "Awooo, let them come in."