Records of the Cattle and Horses of Chang'an

Chapter 625 Blood Transformation Gu

When Jiang Shangxian and the other two heard this, they didn't dare to turn around and ran away.

Even though they were careful, with more than ten or twenty people running in such a dense group of terracotta warriors, they inevitably knocked some of them down.

These terracotta warriors were like dominoes, knocking one over would cause another to crash into them. For a moment, everyone's ears were filled with the sound of the terracotta warriors breaking and the sound of the centipedes' feet rubbing against the ground and crawling quickly.

At this moment, everyone felt a little regretful. If they had directly confronted the terrifying centipede, they would have inevitably knocked down so many terracotta warriors. However, when people encounter an emergency, many things are out of their control.

Everyone rushed to the corridor outside the tomb door at the speed of a race with death. Jiang Shangxian was very hesitant facing the narrow secret passage: "No, if we crawl in, I'm afraid these things will be faster than us."

If they are not careful, they will all be trapped inside and bitten to death.

Cui Bianxu turned his head and took a look, only to see that all the centipedes had stopped inside the tomb door, as if an invisible force had blocked them. He stopped and shouted at the fleeing people: "They can't get out."

"Hurry, let go." Qi Qige's neck was almost strangled and he was clutching his collar tightly with both hands, his eyes rolled back.

Jiubai, who had just run out, did not hesitate at all. He turned around and stuck his long knife into the tomb door and chopped at the densely packed centipedes. Unexpectedly, not only did he not kill them, but the long knife also broke into two pieces.

Seeing this, Jiang Shangxian's legs gave way and she fell to the ground. Although it wasn't a long distance, she had run so fast and was so scared that she was out of breath. Her left hand began to go numb involuntarily. "You, why did you take them out for no reason?"

She was really about to be pissed off to death by this guy. Look at those huge centipedes, stacked up like Arhats at the tomb door. As their bodies twisted, one could vaguely see distorted human faces growing on their abdomens near their heads. It was creepy to look at them for even a second.

The previous scene was nothing compared to these centipedes. Even the guards who had followed Cui Bianxu and witnessed countless horrifying scenes couldn't help but flash fear in their eyes.

They are not afraid of death, but thinking about those terracotta warriors covered in blood is really scary.

Qi Qi Ge felt extremely guilty and didn't dare to answer at all. She was the only one present who had no resistance to these abnormal centipedes, but she also frowned and hesitated between the gourds on her waist.

Refining Gu is not an easy task. It often takes a lot of time and effort to find suitable protozoa in the mountains and fields, and then carefully raise them with different herbs.

But the trouble was caused by her, and she had to go into this place, so she could only take the initiative to find a way to solve it.

Cui Bianxu was confused by her actions and asked coldly, "Do you know what these are?"

"It's the blood-transforming Gu."

The feeling of having his throat choked still lingered. Qiqige was too frightened to look up and meet his gaze. He simply lowered his head and took down a gourd. "Use secret medicine to turn a person into a living dead. Then, place the appropriate protozoa into the living dead's mouth. The protozoa will burrow down the throat into the stomach, melting the bones and organs into water, and then slowly devouring them. This process takes a very long time. Generally, a Gu Po will place dozens of protozoa into a person to make this kind of Gu, and then seal it in a large vat. It takes more than ten years for it to mature into a Gu."

When the person is eaten until only a layer of skin is left, even if the blood-transforming insect is successfully refined, it will crawl out from the hole in the human skin.

The name of the blood-transforming Gu comes from the process of its refining, and its effect is gnawing. Its carapace is hard and it can chew iron like mud. Ordinary weapons have no way to cause any damage to it.

As for the method of preservation, it must have been figured out by Layao.

The blood-transforming insects and their nutrients were sealed inside a pottery figurine, with a small gap left in the hair ornaments on the figurine's head for air circulation. Special materials were also applied on the tomb door to prevent them from escaping, making it the perfect place to protect the mausoleum.

Now she finally understood why Layao left a message on the mural inviting future generations of Gu Poets to come in. Apart from Gu Poets like them, who else could control these bizarre Gu insects?

Seeing her pick another gourd, Jiang Shangxian moved closer to look at the pair of gourds, feeling a little worried: "Where are those ants and bees you picked earlier? Can you call them over?"

How many poisonous insects can be in this gourd?

There are over a hundred of those blood centipedes! If there were any less, they wouldn't even be enough to fill their teeth.

They need a lot of helper insects now!

"Those aren't ants and bees!"

Qiqige declared solemnly, but sensing Cui Bianxu's chilling gaze, she swallowed hard. The pain in her neck reminded her that this man was a vicious person, so she softened her tone and said honestly, "That's enough. There are still the Gu Gods. We'll take them all down in a short while, and then release the rest."

She was still very confident. After the insect was successfully refined, it had to continue eating, otherwise it would starve to death like other creatures.

These blood-transforming poisons are the best tonic for poisonous insects. Normally, she would at most use wild beasts in the mountains to make poisons. She would not dare to use humans. The poison woman's methods are strange, but the more bizarre the place, the more she will believe in her own gods.

Just like the saying spread among them, the witches: If you harm people at will, Buluotuo will bring down divine punishment to punish the guilty witches.

The Layao are a good example. Not only did they die early, but they were also despised by their fellow tribesmen.

After all, these witches are all very long-lived.

As Qiqige opened the gourd, the poisonous insect inside revealed its true appearance:

Six spider-like creatures crawled out of a gourd. Each one was as big as a human head, with two pairs of black gauze-like wings on their backs. Their bodies were covered with thorns, and even their heads were covered with sparse, long thorns. Their bodies were very narrow and long, and each of their six pairs of large legs was almost as thick as their bodies. They were golden all over, and the thorns were black.

Jiang Shangxian looked at this strange poisonous insect and didn't know how to describe it. How to put it, it looked like Qiu Qianchi made of spider's knot?

What came out of the other gourd was even stranger.

It was a leech, only one or two times larger than a normal leech, but the question was, how could this thing be gay purple?

Jiang Shangxian had reason to suspect that Qi Qige was a girl with a little princess in her heart. Otherwise, not to mention the combat effectiveness of her insects, why were the colors so varied?

The two types of poisonous insects stood clearly on both sides of the tomb door. Facing the densely packed blood-transforming poisonous insects, they seemed a little excited. Jiang Shangxian even saw the hairs on the legs of the largest spider-like thing trembling.

Qi Qi Ge placed the male and female Gu together in the palm of his hand, sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and moved his lips, saying something inaudible. Finally, he placed the Gu God in the middle, his eyes full of encouragement.

Unexpectedly, the male Gu didn't move at all. He glanced at Jiang Shangxian in a very human way, and then glared at Qi Qi Ge. The female Gu didn't dare to look around, and leaned against the male Gu, with a bit of a husband-wife-singing-follows attitude.