Chapter 418: Substitution Gu! Xiao Ran! Bronze Figurine, Barbarian Head!
“Daoist Master Li, what in the world are these things?” Head Constable Wang asked, staring at the squirming insects in horror.
“They look like Gu, a kind of witchcraft insect popular in the southern borderlands,” Li Yanchu said, frowning.
“Gu?” Head Constable Wang repeated, surprised.
“That’s right.” Li Yanchu nodded slightly. “These creatures possess very peculiar powers. The southern tribes cultivate many kinds of Gu worms. Judging by the way these three people died, this should be a Substitution Gu.”
Head Constable Wang looked utterly confused and turned to Li Yanchu for clarification.
Li explained, “A Substitution Gu is planted within a host. When the master suffers a mortal wound, the injury is transferred to the host instead.”
“Mother of...! That’s vicious!” Head Constable Wang exclaimed.
“It seems someone in Wei City is secretly practicing these heterodox southern arts,” Li Yanchu said gravely. “These three must have been innocent victims, collateral damage in a fight between cultivators.”
Head Constable Wang sighed heavily, anger flashing in his eyes.
“These demonic heretics treat human lives like weeds! Looks like Wei City’s peace is about to be shattered again!” Then, as though realizing something, he frowned deeply. “That fiend surely didn’t just plant three Substitution Gu... which means there could be more victims yet to come!”
Though not a cultivator, Head Constable Wang’s reasoning was sound.
He looked worried. Who knew what else that Gu practitioner might do? If he kept dueling others using those abominable arts, how many more innocent people might die?