Jin Bi Daozhang, deeply familiar with the Dian Yi Sect, immediately understood why Huang Qingcang had jumped off the cliff without looking back.
They weren't committing suicide out of desperation, but had a separate plan!
Upon learning the truth, Yan Shouyi nodded slightly and said, "Huang Qingcang was severely injured by me. Even if he survives, he won't be able to cause any trouble for now."
However, Jin Bi Daozhang was full of worry, "I still can't understand why Huang Qingcang attacked us, and why the Emei Sect was wiped out."
The mastermind behind it was the Xin Xuan Mountain Sect, the Twelve Yuan Chen, and Li Genmiao...
Yan Shouyi thought this to himself but didn't say it directly. He feared it would increase Jin Bi Daozhang's resistance to the inheritors of folk cults, making him unwilling to cooperate.
"You met at the foot of the mountain, and then entered Wannian Temple. Did anything strange happen in between? ... Um, I mean Huang Qingcang and them," Yan Shouyi asked.
Jin Bi Daozhang recalled for a moment and shook his head, "When we went up the mountain, Huang Qingcang talked a lot about the past with me, including his tragically deceased family. It was no different from usual."
Yan Shouyi nodded. It was unlikely that the inheritor of the shadow puppet technique could obtain their memories by controlling Huang Qingcang. This meant that Huang Qingcang, when he went up the mountain, had not yet been controlled by the shadow puppet technique inheritor.
Then, Jin Bi Daozhang discovered a problem himself, "When Huang Qingcang attacked us, several Dian Yi Sect disciples looked blank, as if they didn't know beforehand. And in the end, Huang Qingcang killed them all. I don't understand this point."
That was because the inheritor of the shadow puppet technique had limited abilities and could not control everyone.
Otherwise, Jin Bi Daozhang might have become a victim of the sword.
Yan Shouyi didn't answer Jin Bi Daozhang's question but asked,
"How many disciples were there in the Dian Yi Sect?"
"Huang Qingcang brought a total of twelve Dian Yi Sect disciples up the mountain. At that time, two Dian Yi Sect disciples did not join Huang Qingcang's attack."
This meant that the shadow puppet technique inheritor could control at most eleven people?
No, based on Yan Shouyi's understanding of Ye Tianyuan, his mastery of the shadow puppet technique was already strong. But according to Ye Tianyuan himself, he could only control three people at most. As for a strong person like Huang Qingcang, it was good enough if he could control him, and he wouldn't be able to spare his attention to control others.
Based on this point, Yan Shouyi seriously suspected that there was more than one shadow puppet technique inheritor still hiding on Mount Emei!
He suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. The people from the Twelve Yuan Chen were still in the mountains, and Huang Qingcang had said he would play him in the palm of his hand.
Now, it seemed that Mount Emei was a huge trap, and he had already stepped into it.
At this moment, Tian Jue'er burst into the woodshed and whispered to Yan Shouyi, "Chairman, I have a new discovery."
She then leaned close to Yan Shouyi's ear and whispered a few words.
After hearing this, Yan Shouyi's brow furrowed. He called Ye Tianyuan and Long Feicheng to guard and protect Jin Bi Daozhang, and then he walked out with Tian Jue'er, calling Zhuge Ji and Qi Dongqiang along.
Led by Tian Jue'er, the four of them arrived at a room.
As soon as they entered the room, Yan Shouyi smelled a faint fragrance. It turned out that this room was a bathhouse, with flowing spring water leading to more than a dozen large bathtubs in the room.
The Emei Sect disciples in the entire courtyard usually bathed here.
At this moment, the corpse of an Emei Sect female disciple was sitting in one of the bathtubs. It looked like she was bathing when she died.
Zhuge Ji turned his head away awkwardly, feeling embarrassed to look more.
Qi Dongqiang, however, stared intently, his eyes filled with primitive desire, but he was trying very hard to restrain himself. To avoid embarrassment, he mocked Zhuge Ji,
"Why are you so nervous? Could it be that you're still a virgin?"
Zhuge Ji retorted angrily, "Aren't you?"
Qi Dongqiang chuckled, "Although I am, I often watch my monkeys mate, so I'm used to this kind of thing. This is just the behavior of animals to reproduce, a natural law, what's there to be embarrassed about?"
Zhuge Ji snorted coldly, "Watching pornographic movies in public is illegal."
"But I'm watching monkey films!"
"I don't believe you don't have minors among your monkeys."
"..."
Yan Shouyi coughed twice, "Quiet."
The two immediately fell silent.
Tian Jue'er walked to the bathtub, grabbed the Emei Sect disciple's hand from the already cold water, and lifted it out of the water.
Yan Shouyi saw strange red patterns on the corpse's arm, like a blooming red flower.
"What is this?" he asked.
"A type of Gu," Tian Jue'er said, "called the Love Silk Gu. In its larval stage, this Gu hides in the soil. As it grows, its head absorbs nutrients from the ground, while its body emerges from the soil, disguised as a flower. When it fully matures, the flower at its tail will bloom, and the pollen it emits can cover more than ten kilometers around."
"All animals within the pollen's coverage will be affected by the Love Silk Gu's pollen, their consciousness will become blurred, all wildness will disappear, and their minds will retain the most primitive desire for reproduction."
After listening to Tian Jue'er's explanation, Yan Shouyi's expression became even more grim.
No wonder the Emei Sect, so powerful, was silently wiped out!
On the day of the incident, the Love Silk Gu must have matured and sprayed pollen towards Wannian Temple, causing the Emei Sect disciples to be affected, their combat effectiveness completely gone, and they were at the mercy of others.
No wonder they were violated before they died, and there were no strong signs of resistance!
"Why don't the corpses outside have this pattern?" Zhuge Ji raised his doubt.
Tian Jue'er replied, "The pollen is actually the offspring of the Love Silk Gu. They burrow into the host's body and release toxins. When the host dies, they absorb the host's energy to nourish themselves and then leave the host's body... But the survival of the larval Love Silk Gu has a necessary condition, which is that it must be in water."
"It is precisely because of this that such terrifying Gu worms have not spread; otherwise, the world would have been destroyed by the Love Silk Gu."
"The larval Love Silk Gu inside the corpses outside died the moment they left the host's body, but only the Love Silk Gu in this corpse is still alive."
As soon as she finished speaking, everyone saw the red flower pattern on the corpse's arm begin to writhe, clearly an disgusting Gu worm was hidden under the skin, ready to move.
Tian Jue'er silently pinched the corpse's arm. After a while, the larval Love Silk Gu died, and less than a minute later, the red pattern also disappeared.
If it weren't for this corpse submerged in water, Tian Jue'er would never have discovered the existence of the Love Silk Gu.
This discovery was very significant and resolved many of the doubts in everyone's minds.
"Not good!"
Suddenly, Zhuge Ji's face turned pale, and he cried out in shock.
Qi Dongqiang angrily said, "Why are you shouting suddenly? You scared me!"
Zhuge Ji said in a deep voice, "When we found Huang Qingcang, he was throwing the corpses of the Dian Yi Sect disciples into the water. What if..."