Lin Xiaotian pointed to his arm. "Let's check your arm first."
"I..."
Wu Gaoyang only managed to utter a single word, his gaze instinctively falling to his own arm.
Then his eyes widened abruptly.
A bulge was appearing on his arm, slowly crawling upwards.
It was as if a small insect was moving beneath his skin.
"What is this thing?"
He immediately tried to pinch his skin with his hand.
But the next moment, he clearly felt something burrowing into his arm.
His face finally showed a look of panic and unease, his eyes instinctively turning to Lin Xiaotian. "Did you do this?"
Lin Xiaotian merely smiled without speaking.
"It must be you. There are only the two of us here. You must have put something on me just now?"
"Get that thing out of me immediately, or I'll call my brother to come and deal with you."
Wu Gaoyang was truly starting to panic, as a thought had already entered his mind.
Gu worms.
Lin Xiaotian's smile became even more pronounced. "I suddenly don't feel like taking you as a subordinate anymore."
"Your brain is too slow, and you like to pretend.
"And you're so greedy. When Wu Chengming took that pill, he reacted immediately. His mind worked incredibly fast.
"I'm starting to doubt if you're even his real brother."
Wu Gaoyang's voice trembled. "You're saying my brother also took this kind of medicine, and the same thing happened to him?"
"What kind of medicine is this?"
Lin Xiaotian smiled. "It's nothing major. It's just the Heaven Mending Pill that I refined, and I happened to hide a few gu worm eggs inside."
"When you absorb the pill with your internal energy, you'll circulate those worm eggs throughout your body, and they'll hatch through your internal energy."
"Don't worry, it's still crawling in your arm. If you chop off your arm, you might not be infected by the gu worm."
"You still have a chance to regret it."
Wu Gaoyang's body was trembling. He didn't believe a word of it.
The person in front of him was too bizarre. He had a smiling face, but his actions were ruthless. He had planted a gu worm on him.
Martial artists have always turned pale at the mention of gu.
Because of their powerful strength, if controlled, they would be an unstoppable force.
Gu worms were terrifying, and many described them as extremely cruel.
Lin Xiaotian smiled. "You don't need to be afraid. Your brother and his fellow disciples will keep you company."
"If you really don't want to be my subordinate, I can help you."
"I'll remove this arm for you first, and then find a hospital to sew it back on. You won't end up as a cripple with a missing limb."
"Or I can do it now. If you wait any longer, you'll have no chance to regret it."
As he finished speaking, a knife appeared in his hand.
It was as thin as a cicada's wing, and just looking at the blade gave one a feeling of sharpness piercing the skin.
A moment of hesitation flickered across Wu Gaoyang's face.
Soon, he made up his mind, closed his eyes, and shouted, "Go ahead and chop off my arm. I'd rather be disabled than be corrupted by gu worms."
Hearing his words, a faint smile curved Lin Xiaotian's lips. "Then feel where the gu worm has moved to now."
"It seems to have reached my shoulder. Hurry up, there's still a chance," Wu Gaoyang suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze filled with determination.
Lin Xiaotian showed a brilliant smile. "How about I just perform a high-level amputation for you?"
"What do you mean?"
"I'll cut you off from the neck down. Then the gu worm definitely won't get into your brain."
Wu Gaoyang almost cursed him out, but he still pulled out a dagger, preparing to self-mutilate.
But before he could act, the gu worm inside him seemed to sense something and instantly stopped moving.
The next moment, he felt a pain in his face. He reached up and touched it, clearly feeling the trace of the worm crawling.
"Why did it suddenly become so fast? Did you command it?"
Wu Gaoyang felt terrible. Seeing the smile on Lin Xiaotian's face, he felt as if a demon was smiling at him. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Lin Xiaotian smiled. "Originally, I was going to give you a quick end, but then I thought, I still have something to ask you!"
"If I let you go like this, I'll be confused."
"Now tell me who wanted you to deal with me. Don't say no one. The first time you looked at me, your eyes were wrong, and you deliberately attracted my attention."
"After arriving here, you acted all high and mighty in front of me, clearly intending to kill me."
Wu Gaoyang's eyes blazed with anger, and he gritted his teeth. "I'd rather die than tell you. If you have the guts, just give me a quick end."
"I don't want to become your puppet, nor do I want to be used by you."
Lin Xiaotian laughed. "I'm afraid that's not up to you."
"What do you mean?"
As soon as Wu Gaoyang finished speaking, he felt something burrowing into his brain. The sensation of it churning in his brain matter made him clutch his head and scream in agony.
Lin Xiaotian flicked out a silver needle and pierced his acupoint of silence.
"Don't shout so loudly. If you attract others, you'll be embarrassed."
"You're going to be my subordinate from now on. I'm the only one who needs to see your pathetic state."
He then lit a cigarette, took a few slow puffs, and smiled. "The person who instructed you is definitely not a high-ranking official of Diancang Mountain. If they wanted to kill me, they would have done it themselves."
"Besides, your brother would never dare to admit that he was infected by gu worms, or he would be killed by those old fogeys in Diancang Mountain."
"Including you. Is it worth losing your life for outsiders?"
The last three words clearly entered Wu Gaoyang's ears.
His mouth was open, and his eyes pleaded. Now he wanted to reveal the person.
Lin Xiaotian smiled. "You have too much wildness in you. You're not as mature as your brother, so you don't understand how to read the situation. Today is just a small lesson for you, and good education."
"You don't need to thank me."
Wu Gaoyang cursed him inwardly. All he wanted now was a quick release.
Even if it meant death, he didn't want to endure this pain anymore.
It felt like his soul was being ripped out and burned in a raging fire.
A few minutes passed. Lin Xiaotian threw the cigarette butt on the ground. "I'm done with my smoke. Have you thought of an answer?"
Wu Gaoyang couldn't speak, but he nodded his head like a pecking chicken.
Tears and snot were streaming down his face. The pain had pushed him to his limit, and his spirit had completely collapsed.