Chapter 674: Chapter 674: Otherwise, Master Hong Will Bite You to Death
"You’re confused; I won’t be, kneel down."
The elder, at least thirty years my maternal granduncle’s elder, gave a low shout, "The Life-bound Gu is a Red Centipede, isn’t it a girl from Red Gate?? A good-for-nothing without eyes."
My maternal granduncle’s face turned awkward as he knelt, looking at me, "Girl... are you really a person from Red Gate?"
"No, no, the gu was given to me by a young lady." I waved my hands frantically, "Last night at Cold Moon Spring, I just formed a bond with it!"
"What!!"
That exclamation came simultaneously from both Master Gu and my maternal granduncle.
Seeing their shock-stricken faces, I touched my nose in bewilderment, "What’s wrong?"
"You little girl, so young and yet lying, trying to deceive me!" Master Gu’s face lengthened in an instant, especially angry, he banged his cane several times on the ground and coughed several times, "Cough cough cough, for a gu insect to recognize its master and become a Life-bound Gu, it takes at least a month. During this month, the five viscera and six entrails will be tortured and pained from the resisting gu, there will be diarrhea, vomiting... you? Yet you act as if nothing has happened."
After all, he was of considerable age and seniority.
When Master Gu coughed, it was as if it was an earth-shattering matter.
Everyone in the yard and the houses, having heard it, all rushed over to offer sympathies, pouring water for Master Gu to drink.
As they took care of Master Gu, they looked at me with animosity, "What’s a woman from Red Gate doing sneaking into our Tianying Village, even angering Master Gu like this."
"Indeed, as the face shows the heart, uglier than a wild pig outside, and just as vile inside!! Our Tianying Village is beset with troubles within and threats without, and now you come here causing trouble."
"Get out of Tianying Village, we do not welcome you here!"
...
Facing these baseless verbal abuses, I felt somewhat innocent.
All I did was mention that Xiao Honghong had just bonded with me, and I’ve incurred their wrath?
Indeed, in unfamiliar places, one should not speak recklessly, lest they inadvertently offend the local customs.
After breakfast, I’ll quickly leave this place.
Crack—
Zhang Zidao, although appearing silent, had intentionally put down his red chopsticks.
The chopsticks...
were directly embedded into... the wooden... table...
My maternal granduncle glanced at Zhang Zidao’s dark and terrifying expression and panicked, his face becoming flushed as he chased the others away, "Are you few that idle? Go busy yourselves with your own matters, my honored guest isn’t someone you can just insult at will!"
Out of respect for the Stronghold Master, those people did not continue their verbal attack on me.
Giving me a fierce glare, they continued with their tasks.
"Master Gu, just use your Vajra Eye to look at this girl, and then you’ll know how long the gu on her has recognized her as its master," my maternal granduncle suggested quietly, narrowing his eyes.
Master Gu frowned, a sharp light flashing in the depths of his eyes.
With his lax, aged eyelids lifting, that captivating light swept over me like an X-ray, "Ah?... Huh? Indeed... it just recognized her... Life-bound Gu... still sleeping in her hair."
"It... thinks it’s too fat to enter my body," I said, wanting to avoid unnecessary disputes, frankly.
Just as I finished, I wanted to slap myself.
What kind of answer was that? Gu insects can reside anywhere in the body.
Even if swallowed through the mouth, they can eventually come flying out along the esophagus.
There are also those that make a slit in the skin and live inside.
Xiao Honghong is concerned about her appearance; she probably didn’t travel through my mouth because she was worried about disgusting me.
And those that live in cracked skin probably didn’t want to frighten me.
But to others, my explanation must have sounded bizarre.
Sure enough, I was surrounded by sounds of disdain.
But Master Gu did not grow angry, "Come here, girl."
"Oh," I moved over and, seeing his gesture, lowered my head.
Master Gu reached into my hair to touch Xiao Honghong.
But the awakened Xiao Honghong bit him fiercely, swearing, "You old coot, don’t touch me, only my master can touch me!! Stay away from me, or Master Hong will bite you to death."