Chapter 6: Are You Afraid of Bugs?
Gu Yu felt nothing towards dead bodies.
However, a corpse surrounded by countless insects terrified Gu Yu.
Especially since the corpse’s face was intact, with an expression of dying with unresolved grievances. It made him feel like he would have nightmares at night!
“A’yu, aren’t you going to look at the corpse again?”
“No, no, Mengyao, you can look if you want.”
“Hmm… could it be, are you afraid of bugs?”
“…”
As Gu Mengyao looked at her little husband hiding behind her, the corner of her mouth couldn’t help but turn upward. She seemed to know what Gu Yu was most afraid of.
It turned out to be bugs.
Gu Mengyao was originally from a hunting family. Not only could she hunt various animals, but she also saw dead animals from time to time.
Gu Mengyao had seen her fair share of bugs on dead animals.
From feeling disgusted at first to being fearless, Gu Mengyao went through a period of intensive hunting.
Therefore, seeing the Gu worms on this corpse at this moment did not make her feel disgusted, only very puzzled in her heart.
How could these people from Southern Xinjiang raise so many bugs?
Just looking at the quantity was truly shocking.
“Go bring Gege over and let him see what’s going on.”
As Gu Mengyao was thinking, Gu Yu, who was hiding behind her, suddenly spoke.
The Imperial Guard he pointed to did not object and immediately nodded, then quickly ran towards the team.
Not long after, Gege was brought over.
“What’s wrong, what’s wrong!”
“Gege, hurry and see what’s wrong with that corpse.”
After Gege was brought over by the Imperial Guard, Gu Yu quickly pointed towards the corpse, preparing to let the local Gege see what was going on and why there were so many bugs.
According to what Gege had said before, his wife was a master of Gu techniques and kept tens of thousands of Gu worms.
It was likely she would know something about this matter.
After Gege followed the direction Gu Yu pointed and saw that it was a corpse covered in bugs, he immediately gagged and ran to the side to vomit, covering his mouth.
This reaction caused everyone present to frown. They didn’t expect Gege to have such a reaction upon seeing the corpse.
“Gege, didn’t you say your wife killed many people? Why are you reacting like this seeing a corpse???”
After Gege finished vomiting, he walked back with a pale face, his steps a little unsteady, making Gu Yu worry he would fall to the ground.
However, Gu Yu also voiced his internal doubts at this time, wondering how Gege had survived until now.
With such courage, he dared to be a mountain king!
He was truly asking for death!
“My wife never let me see her when she killed people! Even the disposal of corpses was handled by people controlled by Gu worms…”
“Then how do you know she has tens of thousands of Gu worms?”
“I heard my wife say it. She was afraid I would go find other women, so she used Gu techniques to scare me.”
“…”
After hearing what Gege said, Gu Yu really didn’t know what else to say.
This Gege was really well protected by his wife!
He was truly a man who lived off his wife.
“Alright, go and see what’s going on with those Gu worms!”
“I dare not.”
“You have to go even if you dare not. If you don’t even have this much courage, how can you go to Zhongjia Village to save your wife.”
When Gu Yu asked him to check the corpse, Gege’s hands and feet became weak and numb, causing his body to tremble.
Just imagining the corpse gnawed by bugs made Gege feel like vomiting.
Let alone coming closer to examine it carefully now!
He might as well kill him!
“Gu worms? I can help take a look.”
Fortunately, at this moment, a heavenly voice suddenly appeared.
Everyone’s gaze turned towards the source of the sound, and they saw Zhou Yi in a blue shirt walking over.
His handsome face and charming voice made Gege feel like bursting into tears.
Even if he were asked to marry Zhou Yi now, Gege would be willing!!!
Zhou Yi ignored everyone else’s reactions and quickly walked towards the corpse. After squatting down to examine it closely, he immediately let out a confused “Eh”.
Then, Zhou Yi’s eyebrows slowly furrowed, and his eyes began to look serious.
“Zhou Yi, did you find anything?”
“Mhmm, this corpse is very unusual! Look, these Gu worms!”
When Gu Mengyao asked, Zhou Yi immediately replied.
Then he pointed to the Gu worms on the corpse, gesturing for Gu Mengyao to come closer and examine them carefully.
Gu Mengyao had no objections and quickly walked towards the corpse, squatting beside Zhou Yi.
Her gaze fell on the Gu worms, wanting to see what exactly was wrong.
However, Gu Mengyao was not someone who played with Gu in Southern Xinjiang, so even though she looked carefully, she couldn’t figure anything out.
“Besides adult Gu worms, there are also many young ones… However, looking at the growth rate of these Gu worms, they obviously only successfully hatched after this corpse died!”
“Aren’t dead bodies good nourishment after death?”
Zhou Yi noticed that Gu Mengyao didn’t know much about Gu worms, so he stopped playing coy and revealed the unusual state of the Gu worms.
However, upon hearing his words, Gu Mengyao became even more confused.
“Generally, yes! However, Gu worms are different from other insects. These worms absorb people’s spiritual energy to grow faster! But after a person dies, their spiritual energy turns into death qi, and Gu worms will die directly after absorbing this death qi!”
“There’s such a saying!”
“Yes, so there’s a popular saying in Southern Xinjiang that goes… ‘When a person dies, they are like a extinguished lamp, and the little insects all die!'”
Hearing Zhou Yi talk about things in Southern Xinjiang, Gu Mengyao’s eyes widened, not knowing that such a thing could happen.
But if what Zhou Yi said was true, then what exactly was going on with these Gu worms!
Could it be that even after this person died, there was still spiritual energy in their body?
Wait… speaking of spiritual energy, does such a thing really exist?
“All things have spirits, let alone people who are mysterious animals, more powerful than other animals! Even when encountering lions and tigers, they can be killed using manufactured weapons, so they have more spiritual energy! However, spiritual energy varies from person to person… This can be proven with Gu worms.”
“Prove?”
“Yes, the highest-grade Gu worms have the right to choose! Even if someone is lucky enough to catch a high-grade Gu worm, if their spiritual energy is insufficient, the Gu worm would rather die than be dispatched.”
Seeing the doubt on Gu Mengyao’s face, Zhou Yi continued to talk about spiritual energy.
