Although Daoran was very suspicious, Shenxiu began to lose control and insisted on leaving.

But an agreement is an agreement. If Shenxiu makes this gesture, Daoran must leave with him.

Although the girls at Hua Fang were very enthusiastic about staying, especially Dong Xiaowan, who kept looking at Dao Ran with sad eyes, as if his heart had been taken away by him, Dao Ran still left decisively, without even waiting for the thousand taels of silver notes.

send over.

Pulling up Xiaoqing who was in a "I want to drink" state, the three of them hurriedly got off the boat.

After returning to the shore, Shenxiu ran to a hidden corner where no one was seen, and said to Dao Ran very solemnly: "Master, I may have been poisoned."

"What?" Daoran was a little surprised.

"I feel something strange in my body. I may have been poisoned." Shenxiu said very seriously.

After trying to use the power of controlling spirits to sense, I found a very weak breath of life from Shenxiu's body.

Yuling is a creature that makes the world have spirits.

As long as they are animals, most of them can be regarded as spiritual beings, and Gu insects are naturally one of them.

So even if it is an insect egg, Dao Ran can sense it.

However, the breath of this insect egg is too weak.

Fortunately, Shenxiu is a practitioner and there are almost no parasites on his body. If he were a beggar covered in fleas, Daoran would never be able to detect the weak breath of the insect eggs.

The eggs were now lodged in Shenxiu's stomach and were smaller than sesame seeds. They must have been accidentally swallowed while eating.

Based on the resonance between Shenxiu and the oil lamp, Daoran estimated that Dong Xiaowan fed Shenxiu something when he went out to chat with the madam, and the insect eggs were hidden in it.

"This girl is so cruel," Daoran said.

"Master, what should we do now?" Shenxiu asked a little anxiously.

"It's just a small problem."

Daoran stretched out his hand and patted Shenxiu's chest, unleashing his spirit-controlling power and immediately catalyzing the poisonous insects in his stomach.

Shenxiu only felt a stinging pain in his body, but out of trust in Dao Ran, he decided to be a ninja. Soon a Gu insect, not much bigger than an ant, crawled out of his eye, making Shenxiu shed a few tears.

Daoran controlled the insect to crawl into his palm and observed it carefully.

This insect is crystal clear, like a delicate miniature sculpture, much more beautiful than the centipedes we have seen before.

This should be the key to the Qiandenghe Formation. It was because Shenxiu swallowed this insect that he became connected with the oil lamp.

"Shenxiu, Xiaoqing, you protect me."

After Daoran finished speaking, he made a very bold move.

He swallowed the Gu worm into his mouth and swallowed it.

It didn't take long for Dao Ran to feel the bug falling into his belly and hiding safely in the corner. Even though Dao Ran released his control over the Gu bug in a short time, the bug still didn't do any harm to Dao Ran.

Behavior.

This insect neither sucks blood nor eats meat, it just hides in Daoran's body quietly.

Dao Ran was not in a hurry. He sat cross-legged, closed his eyes and used the power of the spirit control over and over again to strengthen his connection with the insect.

Seeing this, Shenxiu stood beside Dao Ran a little nervously, his eyes constantly looking around. He was still not good at fighting, so he could only act as an early warning radar.

Xiao Qing, who was familiar with the situation, transformed into a little snake, got into Dao Ran's monk's robe, and wrapped around his left arm. If anyone attacked Dao Ran at this time, Xiao Qing would suddenly jump out and bite him.

I don't know how long it took, but when it was almost dawn, Daoran opened his eyes.

"So that's it! It's such an exquisite design, but there's still one thing that doesn't make sense..." Daoran murmured to himself, then took out a copper coin and squeezed it hard.

This copper coin, made of light and brittle material, was broken by Daoran's diamond finger, and the spell attached to it took effect instantly.

Daoran didn't wait long before Xuanjizi appeared in a secret corner by the Qiandeng River.

"What are you doing with me again? Don't ask about the weather tomorrow, I can't figure it out." Xuanjizi said very dissatisfied.

Every time Daoran asked about the weather, Xuanjizi was inaccurate eight times out of ten, which made her very angry. She felt that Daoran was deliberately against her. Even if he calculated the marriage, it was worse than

The weather is fine.

It's a pity that fortune-telling has to be decided by the customer. If you tell others' fortunes on your own initiative, your cultivation will not improve even if you tell fortunes correctly.

So Xuanjizi has been feeling a little irritable recently and almost wants to change her career.

"Master Xuanji, are you familiar with this painted boat on Qiandeng River?" Daoran asked.

"Familiar, not familiar either." Xuanjizi said ambiguously.

"speak English."

Daoran and Xuanjizi also became familiar with each other, and they chatted without any scruples.

"I say familiarity because Qiandeng River is where I grew up. I was sold on a painting boat when I was four years old. Until I was fifteen years old, when I was about to be sent to the oiran stage to be sold for a price, my master took me in as a

Apprentice, I just left Qiandeng River. Therefore, I am very familiar with everything about Huafang.

"But I know that what you want to ask about is not the boat, but the formation on the river, right?" Xuan Jizi asked in return.

Daoran nodded and said, "Yes, Master Qiqing is also a disciple of the Imperial Master. You have lived on the Qiandeng River for so long, so you should know something about it, right?"

"I really don't know. I was just a mortal when I was on the boat. After practicing, I never came to the Qiandeng River again. Moreover, this formation was created by my senior brother who spent his whole life working hard. Even the master is not very good at it.

Understand the mystery." Xuanjizi shook his head and said.

"Then do you recognize this thing?" Daoran held the crystal clear Gu worm in his palm and showed it to Xuan Jizi.

"I do recognize this, because I am half a cultivator of this Gu. Among the Master's disciples, I am the most knowledgeable. This bug was researched by me and Senior Brother Qi Qing, and it is called Qi Qing Gu.

, grows by feeding on people’s emotions.

"Originally, we wanted to refine it to absorb the seven emotions and six desires. As long as the person affected by the poison has any changes in his thoughts, it can provide nutrients to the poisonous insects. But we have studied for a long time, and in the end we can only absorb some strong emotional fluctuations, such as joy, anger, and sadness.

, joy, jealousy, etc.”

"Aren't you scared?" Daoran asked.

"No, the emotion was too intense and could easily strangle the Gu insect to death, so when we were cultivating it later, we deliberately used a talisman to seal the ability to absorb fear. Wait, how did you know that?" Xuan Jizi asked strangely.

Even if the average person finds the Seven Emotions Gu, it is impossible for them to know that this Gu does not eat fear, right?

Daoran did not answer Xuan Jizi's question. He first put away the Seven Emotions Gu, and then said in a very serious tone: "I will ask the last question. Can the method of refining the Gu be used on people."

"What did you say?" Xuanjizi asked strangely.

"I mean, can people be refined into Gu insects? Have your master and senior brother done any research in this area?" Daoran asked again.

Xuanjizi was silent for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said: "You actually know this. You are right. Using the method of refining Gu to refine people is exactly what they have been studying. And I was the first one to be refined.

"Successful people"
Chapter completed!