Chapter 128. Liúshuǐ People (4) Miao Gu

     Mo Shenpo said: “Everything has its cause and effect. Since you can solve the problem of the ghosts in the Yin Land, if you want to know anything, just ask. I will tell you everything!”

     In addition to the national treasures registered by the state, there are actually many valuable antiques in the village, and they can still afford the price.

     From these words, it can be seen that Mo Shenpo has no complete solution to the ghosts and Yin Land in the village. Although she has never seen a ghost master, she trusts the ghost master very much to solve this problem.

     Of course Ye Mo can solve the ghosts, which is very simple. As for the Yin Land problem, it should be related to their mission. She returned the witch’s little white snake first.

     It must be mentioned that the life energy of this gu snake was greater than that of a white mouse or a mid-level wraith. It was between an animal and a sentient being, almost at the limit of mental manipulation.

 

   【Survivor Ye Mo has broken through the critical value of mental power, mental attribute +1. 】

 

     Whoosh-the little white snake swam quickly along the table.

     When it touched Mo Shenpo’s finger, it bit her, and two drops of dark red blood came out of her fingertips. It licked it clean, and then magically drilled into her skin, leaving no teeth marks.

     Mo Shenpo looked at Ye Mo in a magical way: “Having been in contact with gu for over ninety years, this old woman only has gu skills to offer. However, this is the first time I have seen someone who can control Gu raised by others.”

      Wang Xue was shocked: “More than 90 years?”

     Mo Shenpo wasn’t afraid of others learning her methods. Miao gu involves placing many venomous creatures in a container, feeding them with essence blood until they grow large, then allowing them to devour each other. The remaining undying creature is called gu.

     This is a type of ancient equivalent witchcraft.

     However, not everyone can raise gu. When babies in the village reach their full month, they are tested with non-toxic young gu. The longer the gu stays in their body, the higher the child’s talent.

     It is often the case that girls have more talent than boys. Therefore, Miao gu always gives the impression of being controlled by women, and is known as one of the three major sorceries of Southeast Asia, along with the Xiangxi corpse-driving technique and the Nanyang descending head technique.

     Mo Shenpo sighed: “Wang Xue is definitely not good enough. Not to mention the non-toxic larvae, the poisonous larvae can’t stay in her body for a few days, and she can’t feel the Gu worms in her body. She can’t use her body as a vessel. The power of Gu is reduced by 80%, and she can only use the sub-Gu.”

     She also felt that Ye Mo wouldn’t work because the essence blood of a ghost master often has low yang energy content and cannot nurture gu.

     Wang Xue: “Thank you so much.”

     Mo Shenpo apologized to Wang Xue first, and then returned to the appearance of a smiling old lady next door.

     Although she thought Wang Xue was a cultural relic dealer, after all, this is still a society ruled by law. In addition, with the thin spiritual energy, raising gu worms is much more troublesome than using gu techniques. The gu she released was originally intended to make them want to leave this place.

     The result is——

     Wang Xue: … Blame me?

     Ye Mo heard this and asked Mo Shenpo about raising and controlling Gu. Mo Shenpo was not shy about it and even showed off a little proudly, inviting them to go up to the third floor together.

     There is a room on the third floor full of cute little ones she raised.

     Unlike the little white snake, these multi-legged centipedes, colorful spiders, pure black toads, sulfuric acid ants, etc., are more like the legendary “gu” insects. Since they have devoured until they are the final king, basically each jar only has one family left.

     Some families only have female gu, some families have a pair of lover gu, some are brother and sister gu, some large families have dozens… The jars containing them are also different, but they are basically antiques, and these antiques are also different from the ones commonly used on the second floor.

     “These antiques are all Yin instruments, the same Yin instruments as the golden nanmu coffins unearthed from ancient tombs. They seem to be extremely precious, but long-term contact is harmful to the body of ordinary people.”

     Mo Shenpo demonstrated the control of Gu.

     There are two main types of Gu control. One is controlled by Gu breeders. Because Gu breeders and Gu insects are connected, they can place Gu and control Gu within a certain range, such as the little white snake just now. Ye Mo’s mental operation broke this process, which surprised her.

     The second type is controlled by non-Gu breeders. Basically, they are mother-child Gu or couple Gu, and one main Gu controls another or more Gu.

     There is also a rectangular stone box in Mo Shenpo’s Gu room. When the stone box is opened, a thick wax oil mixed with unknown oil smell emanates, and the Gu insects in the room begin to stir.

     Wang Xue: … Damn!

     But it turns out that this is not a stone box at all, but a stone coffin. There is a corpse lying inside. It is worse than an ordinary corpse, but a dried corpse. The skin is copper-colored, and the moisture of the meat has completely dried up. Only a layer of skin is left to depict the bone curve of the body.

     Even if it is dressed up, and the clothes and jewelry on it are beautiful, it can’t hide the fact that it is a corpse!

     Ye Mo: “Miao corpse-driving technique?”

     Mo Shenpo shook her head: “We don’t drive corpses. Controlling corpses is just a basic learning process of Gu technique.”

     Wang Xue roughly understood why Miao gu was called a dark art. This controlling corpses, raising poisonous insects, just hearing it sounds very evil, although Mo Shenpo kept emphasizing that the mummy came from a normal place.

     Mo Shenpo reached her hand towards a famille rose cricket jar with a design of many babies playing. The multi-legged centipede inside stung her, two drops of dark red blood emerged from her fingertip, after licking it clean, she could control it.

     The five-colored spider crawled out of the cricket jar, moving with a speed similar to a cat, towards the corpse in the stone coffin. When it entered the stone coffin, the dried corpse inside suddenly opened its eyes and sat up.

     The eyes of the dead have more white than black, they are dull and stiff. At first glance, it can really scare people to death.

     Mo Shenpo can use this five-colored Gu spider to make the mummy crawl out of the coffin, sit down, and walk. Although its movements are very stiff and slow, and it needs to be lubricated regularly like a machine, this horror movie scene will still give people goosebumps.

     Ye Mo tried to scan with mental power and found the shadow of the five-colored Gu beads in the brain of the mummy.

     Mental invasion!

     “You you you——”

      Mo Shenpo opened her eyes wide. She had completely lost contact with the five-colored Gu spider, and Ye Mo was able to control the Gu spider to make the mummy complete the instructions just given by the witch.

     “You are not a ghost master.”

     Ye Mo, she can not only control ghosts, but also control gu. In Mo Shenpo’s opinion, this is something she has never heard of.

      Wang Xue had a proud look on her face, with a feeling of finally being able to hold her head high. To be able to make a gu master look like this, only her Sister Jing can do it!

      Mo Shenpo continued to talk about the art of controlling gu with a bewildered expression. Controlling corpses and using gu were just the simplest processes. The legendary gu masters could control people’s thoughts, emotions, and so on, like with love gu.

     “…”

     When Wang Xue specifically inquired, she realized that she seemed to have spoken a bit too much, explained things too thoroughly.

     Ye Mo basically learned the art of controlling gu, although her control of gu was different from that of a gu master.

     Under the gaze of Mo Shenpo, she tried to control Gu by dripping blood, but when her blood was licked by the centipede Gu, it exploded with a bang, and blood spurted everywhere.

     “…”

     This is the same as ordinary people using witch medicine. The yang content in it is too high for the Gu worm.

      Mo Shenpo could feel the little white snake in her body trembling. She was so shocked by the non-Gu-learning things that Ye Mo brought to her. “I’m afraid you can’t find a Gu worm that can be fed by your blood in this mountain.”

     Although Wang Xue’s blood didn’t make the Gu worm explode, it was still easy to kill it.

     Mo Shenpo found out the reason why more than a dozen of her Gu worms died. It takes three months to a year to raise such a Gu worm.

     It’s really painful!

     Are they really human?

     In short, Ye Mo can control Gu with her mind, but she can’t raise Gu. Maybe only the dark-type supernaturals among the survivors can raise Gu. This real dungeon is actually not very compatible with them.

     This is the difference between the real dungeon and other dungeons. Other dungeons are customized by the system, but real-world dungeons are triggered randomly. The difficulty, content, and relevance are all unknown.

     However, gu techniques are not completely useless. If you can’t afford to raise gu, you can still buy gu. Gu techniques cannot be used in system dungeons, but there is no such restriction in real-world dungeon .

     It can always be used.

     Ye Mo turned her eyes to the Gu worms in the house. Mo Shenpo took a few steps to lead the two gods away, fearing that if they left a few steps slower, more Gu worms would explode.

     Her losses in these days are more than those in the previous twenty years. If it weren’t for the revival of Yin Qi, Gu art would have been over.

     ……

     So far, the system has not made any sound to prompt the completion of the task.

     Perhaps because the Gu technique itself has not been discontinued, and Mo Shenpo is the inheritor of the real world. The fire of this civilization has not been broken, so it is naturally not a task.

     Ye Mo and Wang Xue can only focus on the ghost technique of the shui people.

     What Mo Shenpo knows about ghost techniques comes from the word of mouth of each generation of witches. In fact, she herself has never experienced it. She even got the Yin-Yang eyes at midnight last night.

     Wang Xue: “Last night?”

     When they entered the real copy?

     Mo Shenpo’s yin-yang eyes can’t even see ghosts. She is very good at acting. Even under the siege of suddenly appearing ghost, she can calmly close her eyes and think. I really don’t know how Ye Mo discovered her abnormality today. Did she reveal any flaws just now?

     Wang Xue: No.

     Ye Mo: “…”

     The three of them came to another room on the third floor. This was a workshop of the former ghost master in the village. After the ghost master died, they moved all the things that the ghost master left in the world here.

     The room was different from the Gu room. It was too normal. There were only twenty boxes in the corner. Because no one came here often, each box was covered with a thick layer of dust.

     These boxes are all made of ebony wood. Ebony, also known as “yin chen mu” (沉阴木), even if the material is not golden nanmu, there is a saying among the people: ‘Even if you have a box of jewelry, it is not as good as a piece of ebony’ and ‘Ten thousand taels of gold sent to the underworld, in exchange for ebony to worship the spirits of heaven.’

     This shows how precious it is.

     This village is truly full of either cultural relics or antiques everywhere.

     Mo Shenpo took out twenty keys from her body. Not to mention the material of the boxes, these boxes themselves are intricate small mechanisms.

     If they are not opened with the corresponding keys, the things inside will quickly self-destruct, and poison arrows or poison needles will emerge from the hidden compartments.