Baba ran over, using half of his life and the clan's sacred object to refine this demonic Gu, just to help his son get rid of his troublesome biological son?

Was this Wu clan chief so righteous?

To outsiders, although Hu Ma had taken over this blood food mine, he couldn't refuse the Wu clan chief's request, nor was there any reason to. But Hu Ma himself already felt a deep sense of unease...

The reincarnator codenamed Monkey Wine and the old Wu clan chief were saying completely opposite things. Which of them was telling the truth? What was the purpose of their grandstanding?

The mysterious blood food vein? But why did they both avoid mentioning it?

Back in his room, he sat quietly for a while before sitting cross-legged on the couch. He ate two blood food pills, slowly circulated his energy, refined them, and then entered his Natal Spirit Temple.

As usual, he called for Monkey Wine, who replied immediately this time, "What, have you thought it over?"

"...Not yet."

Hearing this, Hu Ma sighed helplessly and said, "Must we start by killing the Gu God? Is there any possibility..."

"I mean, can't we start smaller, like killing your whole family or something? Maybe a few clansmen?"

"..."

"Useless."

Monkey Wine sighed slowly and said, "If you're going to kill, you have to kill the Gu God directly. Otherwise, killing anyone else is useless. I've already made it clear, and with your intelligence, you should understand..."

"If you want to cooperate with me, you have to help me kill the Gu God. Otherwise, there's no need for me to betray, and there's no basis for our cooperation..."

"..."

"But, your father..."

Hu Ma began to speak, intending to reveal that the Wu clan chief, Monkey Wine's father, was refining Gu at the mine. But the words caught in his throat.

For a moment, he couldn't even explain the strange feeling. Subconsciously, he didn't want to tell him that the old clan chief was refining Gu, and a sense of worry inexplicably arose in his heart.

What if the old clan chief was telling the truth, and this reincarnator was really crazy?

Were all reincarnators good people? Weren't there any who killed and refined Gu, so crazy that all the clansmen were afraid and drove them out?

...There were plenty!

Didn't reincarnators hide information and deceive even their own people when facing another reincarnator?

...Wasn't he one of them!

Second Pot Head and the others were still in the dark. Since he could deceive others like this, he naturally had to be careful of others deceiving him.

This was called caution.

For the first time, he felt uncertain. After pondering for a long time, he slowly said, "I just remembered something and wanted to ask you. You've sealed off this blood food mine for quite some time. Has your father ever told you what he's planning to do?"

"Like when to kill everyone in the mine, when to take further steps of coercion, and so on?"

"..."

"No."

Monkey Wine replied slowly, his voice still carrying a dreamlike sense of confusion, "He wouldn't order me around anyway. On the surface, he hates me the most and even expelled me from the village..."

"He never talks to me, let alone gives me orders or sends letters. He hasn't even sent any Han Chinese-style ghost messengers to me..."

"..."

"What?"

Hu Ma was surprised by this and shocked, "Then you still say that he was the one who told you to seal off this blood food mine?"

"Yes."

Monkey Wine said slowly, "He doesn't need to give orders or send letters. Through Gu insects, I can sense his intentions and understand what he wants me to do."

"Many things seem to be my own doing, but I know it's what he wants me to do."

"..."

"Gu insects have such magical abilities?"

Hu Ma paused, a little skeptical, "And you just listen to him like that, never thinking of resisting or anything?"

"Can't do it..."

Monkey Wine sighed and said, "My body is full of insects, and he represents the will of the Gu God. The insects in my body cannot violate the Gu God's will, so I cannot violate his will."

"From childhood until now, I can even feel that the Gu God's will is gradually entering my organs, entering my brain, even entering my soul, little by little, through these Gu insects..."

"Perhaps, when it truly enters my soul, the secret of my reincarnation will no longer be safe..."

"..."

"Ah?"

Hearing this, Hu Ma's scalp tingled, "Damn, why didn't you say such an important thing earlier? Why didn't you mention it last time?"

"Didn't remember..."

Monkey Wine said slowly, seemingly expectant, "Would you have agreed to help me if I had said so last time?"

"No..."

Hu Ma thought helplessly, "If you had said so last time, I wouldn't have contacted you again..."

If what he said was true, and the so-called "Gu God" could really gradually invade his soul and control his memories, then the secret of his reincarnation would not be safe. And he, who had contacted him, would also be in danger...

For a moment, he even had the idea of breaking contact with this person as soon as possible, taking advantage of the fact that he was not sure who he was, and never contacting him again.

But then he thought of the mysterious mine, the mysterious Wu clan chief who had come to the mine to refine Gu, and the seemingly honest but unfathomable mine chief, Zhuang Erchang...

In the end, he decided to ask one more question, "Then, how can this Gu God you speak of be killed?"

"Logically speaking, it's actually very simple..."

Monkey Wine said slowly, "The Gu God is the will of insects, a collective entity generated by the Wu people's generations of worship and reverence. On a physical level, there is no such thing as a real Gu God. But on a spiritual level, it is omnipresent..."

"So, to kill the Gu God, the first step is to give it a body..."

"..."

"This Gu God sounds no different from a resident spirit..."

Hu Ma's heart stirred, and he quickly said, "Then, what's the second step?"

Monkey Wine said, "Of course, it's to kill it. With a body, it has a health bar. With a health bar, isn't it easy to kill?"

"I don't even want to discuss such a simple question with you. Give me a signal when you've figured it out..."

"..."

"..."

"This..."

Hu Ma, who had just had a glimmer of hope, felt helpless again.

It was because he had some doubts and confusion that Hu Ma had specifically come to the Natal Spirit Temple to ask Monkey Wine this question. But he didn't expect that after asking these questions, his doubts had only increased...

A reincarnator, a native, an honest and simple father, a neurotic son...

Who should he trust?

Leaving the Natal Spirit Temple and waking up, Hu Ma found it difficult to decide for a moment. In the end, he looked at the several urns placed in front of the bed, filled with blood food.

"If only I could enter the Mansion after all this pondering."

He thought silently, "After entering the Mansion, my Staying Up All Night skill will greatly increase. Maybe I won't care about whether they're telling the truth or not, and I'll just use my hard work to subdue them both and teach them a lesson."

Unfortunately, although his meridians for entering the Mansion had long been opened, the blood food he currently had was still a little short of completing the entry. Secondly, even if he had enough blood food, it would probably take half a month to refine it all...

"Or..."

Staring at the urns in front of him, he couldn't help but stir again, "A little more golden silk Tai Sui would also be good..."

Blood Tai Sui that produced strands of golden silk was golden silk Tai Sui, which was extremely beneficial for nourishing the soul. And he was in the stage of entering the Mansion and needed to nourish his soul, so golden silk Tai Sui could also have a better effect.

What the Dongzi Li family had given him was this kind.

Some golden silk Tai Sui had also been dug out from that mysterious vein in this mine. So, if more of this type of Tai Sui could be dug out, wouldn't it be just what he needed?

Unfortunately...

Now that vein had been sealed off, mysterious and gloomy. No one knew what the consequences would be after opening it...

While thinking about these questions, Hu Ma put on his clothes and walked out. The moonlight was bright, but the night was already deep. The miners had all fallen asleep, and only a few patrols walked along the edge of the valley. The entire mine was extremely quiet.

As Hu Ma was strolling leisurely, thinking about things, he suddenly paused slightly and saw a girl with silver ornaments all over her head sitting cross-legged on a large rock in front of him, looking up at the moon in the valley.

Now that the Wu clan chief was worshiping Gu in the shed, perhaps he finally didn't need her at this moment. She was hiding here alone, spacing out. With a slight movement in his heart, he walked over.

Piling a kind smile on his face, he said, "Miss Wuya, can you speak Mandarin?"

"Ah?"

The little girl named Wuya turned her head and saw Hu Ma. She blinked her eyes and then silently lowered her head, ignoring him.

"?"

Hu Ma was stunned. She was quite lively when they met in the forest last time...

Was she shy this time because her father was nearby?

Thinking for a moment, he took out a small bottle filled with blood food pills from his pocket, smiled, handed it over, and said gently, "I saw you sacrificing yourself to save our people during the day. It must have greatly depleted your energy."

"This is the most nourishing thing. Take it."

"..."

When Wuya saw the blood food pills, her eyes widened. Although she lived near the blood food mine, she had never eaten blood food, but she had seen it and knew that it was extremely precious, one pill being worth three large gold ingots.

She had never seen a few pills in the entire village in her life. This person was just casually giving it to her?

(End of Chapter)