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"Master, please, you must save my son. Name your price. As long as you give me a number, I, Jiang Jianguo, will not bargain," Jiang Jianguo pleaded, gripping my arm tightly.
My expertise lies in the Buddhist Sect's practices, and I only have a superficial understanding of Gu Technique from what my master taught me.
"If you want to save Jiang Hai, you must seek out your old acquaintance. The application of Gu Technique is extremely complex; only the one who cast the spell can ensure its complete reversal," I suggested.
Jiang Jianguo seemed to lose his mind and rushed out. "Ya Yun, yes, I'll go ask Ya Yun. After all, Jiang Hai calls her 'Aunt.'"
"Miao Yayun, if you have any grievances, come at me... It was I who wronged you back then. Why didn't you cast a spell on me? You venomous woman! You've already caused the death of your own sister; do you want to kill Jiang Hai too? He is your own nephew..."
"Miao Yayun, as long as you spare Jiang Hai, I will do anything you ask..."
Jiang Jianguo's voice echoed in the room, lingering for a long time.
"Haha... haha..."
A woman's boisterous laughter suddenly rang out.
"It's her... she's here..." Jiang Jianguo's expression changed slightly as he instinctively moved behind me.
I grasped the Ruyi Stick firmly and called out, "Since the esteemed guest has arrived, why not show yourself?"
"Thud... thud..." The sound of heavy objects hitting the floor echoed.
All eyes turned toward the staircase.
Descending from the stairs was a woman dressed in an intricately embroidered Miao costume. Her silver hair was secured with silver hairpins at the back of her head, leaving two strands to fall gracefully at her temples.
The woman appeared to be in her thirties, her youthful beauty contrasting sharply with her head full of silver strands. Her slender eyes reflected only Jiang Jianguo, with no one else in sight.
The woman’s right hand gripped a cane that seemed neither gold nor iron, topped with a grotesque beast's mouth.
“Yun Er, your hair…” Jiang Jianguo's eyes revealed a look of disbelief.
Miao Yayun curled her lips into a disdainful smile. “Back then, you disregarded my desperate pleas and eloped with that vile Ya Qin… Did you ever think of me? Now I want to see what you will do to save your son’s life…”
Miao Yayun spoke as if it were someone else’s affair, her demeanor calm. Yet, the suppressed hatred buried deep in her eyes…
Time does not erase everything. For instance, hatred…
Miao Yayun’s hatred was like wine, becoming richer and more potent with age.
“Ya Yun, so many years have passed. Can’t you let it go? Besides, it was I who fell for Ya Qin first. If you want to hate someone, why not hate me? If you want to kill, why not kill me?” Jiang Jianguo furrowed his brows and stepped closer to Miao Yayun, demanding an answer.
Miao Yayun winced as Jiang Jianguo grasped her arm tightly, her expression twisting in pain. “Do you think I don’t want to hate you? That’s why I cursed Ya Qin with a child-bearing poison and inflicted the Heart-Eating Gu on Jiang Hai… all of it was punishment for you… I want you to live with guilt and die alone…”
In the end, her words squeezed out through clenched teeth, carrying the chill of winter. Jiang Jianguo staggered back a few steps, his posture suddenly hunched.
Miao Yayun laughed loudly, then tossed a dagger onto the ground. “I want you to take your own life in front of me. The more tortured your death is, the happier I will be. If I feel good enough, perhaps I’ll spare your wretched offspring.”
Jiang Jianguo trembled as he picked up the dagger. “Are your words true?”
Miao Yayun lowered her gaze at the man kneeling before her—the one who had ruined her life. Her grip on the cane tightened unconsciously.
“Yun Er, I have wronged you… I hope you remember what you just said…” Jiang Jianguo said resolutely as he plunged the dagger into his thigh.
The butler nearby saw this and shouted urgently, “Someone! Take this madwoman away!”
With a command from the butler, a dozen armed henchmen surged into the room, their guns aimed squarely at Miao Yayun.
Miao Yayun showed no fear as she looked at Jiang Jianguo and said, “If you think their lives are worthless, I don’t care if a few dozen more die…”
Jiang Jianguo waved his hand, signaling the henchmen to leave. No one understood Miao Yayun's capabilities better than him. Even with guns, or even rocket launchers, it was unlikely they could harm her.
She had once been the heir of Miaojiang Black Gu, the saintess of Miao Village.
The butler was not having it. “Sir, we have guns. Why should we fear her? I don’t believe that without her, no one can save the young master!”
Miao Yayun chuckled softly, stepping closer to Jiang Jianguo, while the butler loyally positioned himself between them.
The atmosphere instantly dropped to freezing point. Without any visible action from Miao Yayun, the dozen black-clad men fell in unison, gray worms crawling from their mouths and noses. They wriggled like maggots, while the men lay motionless on the ground, their fates unknown.
“Senior, you may have grievances with Jiang Zong, but why drag others into this? What goes around comes around; do you not fear that heavy karmic ties will lead to your own demise?” I felt displeased; taking lives so casually was no different from human sacrifice in Magic Technique.
“Is this the help you brought?” Miao Yayun didn’t even glance at me, seemingly dismissing my presence as she addressed Jiang Jianguo.
Jiang Jianguo stared at his fallen subordinates, his gaze vacant and unresponsive.
I wanted to say more when Miao Yayun suddenly shouted, “Noisy!”
She raised her cane towards me as if preparing for battle.
From the beast's mouth at the end of her cane flew a swarm of tiny insects that were nearly invisible. If it weren’t for the buzzing sound they made as they swarmed together…
I quickly recited the Six Character Mantra to create a protective barrier around myself; these insects could easily burrow into a body if one wasn’t careful. A chill ran down my spine—who knew what would happen if those insects entered a human body?
Once, there was a master who had encountered someone who offended Hei Miao. This person was tormented by Gu Worm for seven nights before dying in agony, leaving behind countless tiny, needle-like holes in their body.
Then, he took out a Talisman and chanted: "Da Wei Long, Shakyamuni Ksitigarbha, Fire Dragon, arise!"
A fire dragon engulfed in flames soared toward the Gu Worm. As the fire dragon passed, the Gu Worm screamed and scattered in all directions. Before long, a layer of blackened insect corpses lay on the ground.
Miao Yayun slammed her cane down, causing fine cracks to appear in the floor tiles. "Daring to harm my treasure! You have some skill; I will capture you and feed you to my Gu Worm."
I controlled the fire dragon to burn the Gu Worm, feeling secretly pleased that this Gu Technique wasn't so terrifying after all. However, I suddenly felt a strong wind rush at the back of my neck. Without seeing any movement from Miao Yayun, she had already appeared behind me like a gentle breeze.
I was struck with terror and prepared to save myself when I felt a piercing pain at the back of my neck.
The last image frozen in my mind was Miao Yayun's furious face.
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