Chapter 25 Unrestrained Worm
When Gu Yu found Gu Mengyao, he immediately took out the small black stone he had obtained like offering a treasure, preparing to test the spiritual energy for his little wife.
The result made Gu Yu freeze.
Gu Mengyao reached out and held the small black stone, and red circles continuously appeared, completely covering the black stone.
It actually turned into a red stone, without any trace of black.
“Ah Yu, were you deceived?”
When Gu Mengyao saw the black stone in her hand turn into a red stone, a look of doubt appeared on her face.
From what Gu Yu had said earlier, this small black stone could test the amount of spiritual energy in a person. What was going on with it turning completely red now?
Could it be that her spiritual energy was very abundant?
Or perhaps her little husband had been deceived, and this stone had been tampered with, turning red as soon as someone touched it.
“Mengyao, I shouldn’t have been cheated. Let’s try with someone else!”
Gu Yu couldn’t help but twitch his lips regarding the small black stone, his mind starting to entertain suspicions of being deceived by Zhang San.
What spiritual energy test? It was purely the clan elders of Chongmiao Village disliking him.
And Zhang San, just to get silver, would say anything…
However, even with some suspicion in his heart, Gu Yu wouldn’t reveal it directly.
After all, his wife was right in front of him; he needed to remain calm.
“Eh? Sister, brother-in-law, what are you two standing at the main entrance doing? Are you whispering secrets? I want to listen too!”
Just then, Gu Qingheng’s voice suddenly sounded from behind.
Upon hearing Gu Qingheng’s voice, Gu Yu immediately raised his hand and placed the small black stone into Gu Qingheng’s palm, preparing to see his younger brother-in-law’s spiritual power.
Then, the red color on the stone did not fade but maintained the same hue.
Seeing this result, Gu Yu felt extremely frustrated, thinking he had truly been cheated!
What a stone that could detect spiritual power, it was just a broken stone that could change color.
“Your brother-in-law and I weren’t talking about anything, we just found a small stone that is said to be able to detect a person’s spiritual energy…”
While Gu Yu was silent, in response to Gu Qingheng’s curious gaze, Gu Mengyao directly explained.
However, she didn’t mention that Gu Yu had spent a large sum of money to obtain it, lest Gu Qingheng start retaliating.
Although Gu Mengyao didn’t know what fun there was in this, Gu Yu and Gu Qingheng were both enjoying themselves immensely, engaging in a pleasant rivalry.
After hearing Gu Mengyao’s explanation, Gu Qingheng pondered for a moment and didn’t say much. Instead, he took the stone a few steps forward, found an Imperial Guard, and immediately placed the stone in the other party’s hand.
Then, the red color on the stone began to fade, and black reappeared.
It only stopped changing when only four red circles remained.
Seeing this, Gu Qingheng immediately took the stone back to Gu Mengyao and directly recounted what he had just seen.
Upon hearing Gu Qingheng say that the Imperial Guard only had four red circles, Gu Yu also emerged from his annoyance at being cheated. Afterward, he spiritedly looked up at his younger brother-in-law.
He had given up too early.
He had only tested three people, and the results obtained were not the final conclusion.
“Brother-in-law, I also heard the reason from my sister. Now, looking at this stone, it is not without its efficacy, but the effect on us three is different from others, which is very puzzling… Could it be that we are different from others?”
“Hearing you say that, I do have a guess.”
“What is it!”
“Space Spring Water!”
Afterward, while talking with Gu Qingheng, Gu Yu’s deductions became increasingly accurate, making him believe it was definitely because of his space.
As for the evidence for this conjecture, it was thanks to that three-colored Gu worm.
“What does this have to do with spring water? Could it be that the spring water has modified our bodies, giving us a lot of spiritual energy?”
“Currently, it seems so… However, I still need to conduct some experiments to confirm.”
Hearing his younger brother-in-law’s wild guess hit the mark, Gu Yu smiled slightly and didn’t say anything more. Instead, he quickly walked into the house and directly entered the space.
Within the space, everything except Gu Yu had its time frozen, remaining still.
This also applied to the three-colored Gu worm.
However, a small area within the space was unrestrained, allowing other creatures to move freely.
When Gu Yu brought the three-colored Gu worm to this small area, he immediately found a wooden barrel to hold the space spring water. After everything was prepared, he directly threw the three-colored Gu worm into the wooden barrel.
The worm, which had been somewhat fierce towards Gu Yu, immediately lost its ferocity upon physical contact with the spring water, transforming into comfortable buzzing sounds.
It seemed to be enjoying a massage, almost letting out a cry of pleasure.
Gu Yu also leaned forward curiously, directly sitting on a wooden stool to carefully observe the three-colored Gu worm, wanting to see what effect the space spring water would have on this fat worm.
If there were any changes in the three-colored Gu worm, then his conjecture would be correct!
The space spring water had made their bodies extremely full of spiritual energy.
Or, it could be said that the spring water was more refined spiritual energy.
When Gu Yu approached the three-colored Gu worm, the Gu worm did sense him. However, at this moment, it was extremely obedient to Gu Yu, wishing it could speak and praise him, to curry favor.
In its life of over a hundred years, it had never encountered such refined spiritual energy!
Unlike other venomous insects, Gu worms had a longer lifespan.
Moreover, after being processed with secret medicine and the passage of time, many Gu worms had developed intelligence, equivalent to that of a child a few years old.
This was also the fundamental reason why Gu masters could command their Gu worms with ease.
However, apart from skilled Gu masters, others were not aware of this… and Gu masters were unwilling to reveal this matter, as it was uncertain whether it would bring good or bad fortune.
After all, if others knew that a worm could think, it would be truly horrifying.
Therefore, with the considerable intelligence of the three-colored Gu worm, it knew it had encountered a great opportunity this time.
It must seize it!
Otherwise, where would it find such an easy opportunity again!
In any case, the human who had previously given it essence blood had already ascended to heaven. Now, it was an unrestrained worm, and no one could command it to do anything.
At this moment, it could simply follow its heart.
While the three-colored Gu worm was having stray thoughts, its body had not stopped absorbing the spring water.
Not too long had passed, and the originally full bucket now contained less than half a bucket of water.
The three-colored Gu worm’s body had also undergone a great change, causing Gu Yu’s eyes, sitting beside it, to shine with brilliance.
The reason was none other than that this three-colored Gu worm had become a four-colored Gu worm!
