"It sounds more like a woman sealing the killing weapon with her own life." Chaoyang only felt desolate, not poignant.
Looking back at the location of the medicine reed, Chaoyang probably understood.
The woman who used her life to trap the Gu man was her master's wife and the old man's first wife.
This should be the reason why His Majesty made the eldest daughter of the old man from Poison Valley the queen in his early years.
Because Du Gu helped him conquer the world of the Holy Ancestor Emperor of Southern Xinjiang.
So the son of the Holy Ancestor is now the old emperor in his twilight years.
Southern Xinjiang has only experienced two generations of emperors since the regime changed and the generals rebelled.
"In this case, maybe Mu Huaichen is not dead after all." Fuyao whispered.
"I hope..." Chaoyang no longer wants to have high hopes, because she can't understand...if Mu Huaichen is not dead, why doesn't he show up, why doesn't he come to find Xiao Junze?
Could it be due to serious injury?
Hopefully, Mu Huaichen and his shadow guards are still alive.
…
"Why hasn't Aya come back yet?" The old man walked out of the medicine reed.
The sun is setting in the west, it's getting late, and the mountains behind should be dark by now.
If she hadn't been showing off her temper, Aya would have come back long ago.
"You should be back by now." Chaoyang was also a little confused.
"Fuyao, go find her." The old man glanced at Chaoyang. "Chaoer, come in with me."
Chaoyang was nervous, afraid of hearing some bad news.
She... doesn't want Xiao Junze to die.
"The poison in his body is too overbearing. If it weren't for his strong willpower, he would have died long ago." The old man sighed and put his hands behind his back.
Chaoyang looked at Xiao Junze lying on the bed, almost dying. "Master, there is still a way..."
"Yes, but it is extremely dangerous."
"What..." Chaoyang asked nervously.
"Fight poison with poison, and cure poison with poison." The old man sighed. He would never use this method unless it was absolutely necessary. "Use the eggs of the poison butterfly to treat the wounds on his back. The butterflies will absorb his wounds as they grow.
The poisonous surroundings can be used as nutrients for the Gu butterflies to live in, and they will regard Xiao Junze's body as their own nest. When they break out of the cocoon, their lives will be worse than death..."
Chaoyang took a breath of cold air. She had heard about Gu butterflies in Southern Xinjiang. If a Gu butterfly is inhabited in a living person's body, the body will die when the Gu butterfly breaks out of its cocoon.
Not only will they absorb the nutrients from the host's body, but they will also tear the host's body apart when they bloom, causing an extremely painful death.
"Master...is there any other way?" Chaoyang clenched her hands hard and her breathing was shaky. She didn't want Xiao Junze to bear this...
This is an existence more terrifying than the poison of nightmare.
Moreover, if you are not careful, you will die.
"The maturity period of the Gu butterfly is three months. At least he can still live for these three months, but other than this method, he can only wait to die." When the poison of the Gu man reaches the heart and lungs, there will really be no cure.
"Master, can't you cut open the body of the Gu butterfly to retrieve the eggs before it matures?"
"It can't be done. Gu butterflies rely on sucking toxins for nutrients, but the reason why they are called Yin Gu is because they will take root in the host's body, cut off the toxins, and kill the host at the moment of their own death."
This is an extremely selfish bug.
So even if they can absorb toxins, few people can use Gu butterflies to detoxify them.
"Master...is there really no other way?" Chaoyang's voice was filled with tears.
The old man shook his head and looked at Xiao Junze, who was still holding something tightly in his coma.
"Master, give me some time to think about it." Chaoyang stood beside the bed, unable to make a decision so quickly.
If death is inevitable, she wants Xiao Junze to die now, with less pain, or in three months...
The old man walked out of the medicine reed and sighed softly.
Human beings are not gods and Buddhas, so how can they not have seven emotions and six desires?
…
Only Chaoyang and Xiao Junze were left in Yaolu, and the whole room was eerily empty.
Chaoyang gently opened Xiao Junze's fingers, and what was inside was the brocade bag she had picked up.
It may have been dropped during the fight with the Gu people and picked up by Xiao Junze.
He just held on tightly, unwilling to let go even though his life was hanging by a thread.
"Xiao Junze..." Chaoyang shouted softly.
Once, when Xiao Junze bullied her, she wished that Xiao Junze would die.
But she still couldn't hate Xiao Junze after all.
"Do you want to live?" Chaoyang asked in a low voice.
Xiao Junze couldn't answer, and frowned in a coma.
"Xiao Junze, you finally ascended to the throne of God and got that position with great difficulty. How could you be so willing to die like this?"
"Xiao Junze, you don't want to die, right?"
He doesn't want to die.
He definitely doesn't want to die.
…
Southern Xinjiang, at the foot of Poison Valley.
When Mu Huaicheng arrived in southern Xinjiang, he did not immediately go into the valley to look for the rising sun.
He doesn't trust anyone and can't let anyone know his identity.
Poison Valley has strengthened its security during this period, and even the Gu Village at the foot of the mountain is patrolled.
Mu Huaicheng could not sneak into the Poison Valley, so he could only stay at the foot of the mountain and wait for the sun to go down.
Wearing a thin silver mask, Mu Huaicheng still exudes the killing aura of many years of battle on the battlefield, making people afraid to get too close.
"Sir, please don't wander around at night. A murder occurred in the town during this period. Two villagers died unexpectedly. I heard they were poisoned. It's terrible."
There was a murder case in the town, someone was killed by a poisonous insect, and the whole town was put under lockdown.
Mu Huaicheng nodded and stayed at the inn in the town with the best view, waiting to meet Chaoyang again.
Mu Huaicheng felt very conflicted. He hoped that Chaoyang would not be affected by the news of his death, but also hoped that Chaoyang would be sad for him.
He has thoughts about his sister that he shouldn't have, he is really... damn it.
But he can't die.
Mu Huaicheng was not idle in town these days. He found that people from Anmei Tower were active in southern Xinjiang, and there was no doubt that they came for Chaoyang.
After leaving the inn, Mu Huaicheng followed the person from Anmei Tower whom he had been staring at for a long time.
"The master has an order to take the person away when the morning sun comes out of the valley!"
"But Mr. Fuyao is only protecting Chaoyang, our people..."
"at all costs!"
As soon as the Gu man died, the people in Anmei Tower panicked.
Without the ultimate killing weapon, the bloodline of Chaoyang, a saint, will become particularly important.
Their purpose is to take Chaoyang away and let her participate in the final trial of the saint.
"Yeah." As soon as a few people from Anmei Tower left, Mu Huaicheng raised his hand and knocked out the people he was staring at.
He needs to know more about the Dark Mei Tower to know what they are going to do to Chaoyang.
On the way Fengtian escorted Chaoyang to get married, although the people from Anmeilou showed no hostility and took action to protect them all the way, Mu Huaicheng did not believe that the people from Anmeilou were so kind.
They have a more direct purpose for Chaoyang.
…
Poison Valley, back mountain.
The smell of blood spread in the cave, and dark red blood flowed along the cracks in the rocks.
Fuyao came to the valley to look for Aya, but he couldn't find that thin figure no matter how hard he searched.
"Aya, stop hiding, be obedient, grandpa is looking for you." Fuyao just thought that Aya was having a bad temper again, and deliberately didn't speak out when he heard his voice.
"Aya?"
But soon, Fuyao saw Aya's small backpack in the grass.
Aya never leaves that little backpack, because it contains poisonous poison that Aya has always taken care of.