299. Concentric Gu (3)
"What is this?" Ji Muqing just stared at the two very strange-looking pills in Gao Ran's hand, but he didn't reach out to take them.
"You've heard of the curse, right?"
"Cursed poison? Legend has it that it is a strange poison in the world that has been lost for a long time, once you are poisoned, you must abide by the oath for life, otherwise you will die of severe poison, and this poison is still incurable. β
"Hmm. But that's not a legend, and it's not really lost. To tell you the truth, my little uncle can control this poison. β
"Your little uncle?ah, you're talking about Zhao Feng's senior!"
Ji Muqing's seemingly casual words made Gao Ran immediately understand what he meant: it turned out that he had already thoroughly found out everything she could find.
"Heh, it seems that I don't have to bother to introduce my teacher to you anymore. Okay, then I'll be straight to the point, the two pills in front of you are a poison that I developed by myself by imitating the principle of curse poison. There are only two of them in the world. If nothing else, the effect should be comparable to that of a curse. No, it's supposed to be more ruthless than curse. β
"Oh, that's not a small tone!"
"Oh, it's not that I'm loud, it's the truth. To tell you the truth, in fact, not only my little uncle can control the curse poison, but even I myself have already planted the curse poison in my body. Therefore, I already have this strange poison in my blood, coupled with my attainments in toxicology, I think that in this world, I can develop an alternative poison with similar effects to curse poison like me, except for me, I am afraid that only my second uncle can do it. β
"Hmph...... In this way, Senior Ye Yu was also planted with a curse poison by Senior Zhao Feng like you, but your master, Senior Zhao Yi, did not?" After Ji Muqing heard this, he said as if he was inadvertently tentative.
After Gao Ran heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and suddenly realized that he was careless, and he was a little speechless. For a while, she was really afraid that Ji Muqing would see some flaws, and then he would know the fact that Ye Yu was not only alive, but also in the territory of Jiaoguo.
But after being instinctively stunned, but in a moment, she reacted quickly, and naturally responded to Ji Muqing's words: "Yes." However, if she is still alive, then with her attainments, she must be above me. Listening to my little uncle, my second uncle's understanding is on par with my master. If she is still alive, I am afraid that the title of 'Medical Saint' may not fall on my master's head." β
After Ji Muqing heard this, she just smiled and stopped answering. But he reached out and took one from Gao Ran's hand. Then, while looking at it carefully, he asked, "Why does this pill feel a little cold to the touch?" and a little red in this pill...... Could it be that this red dot is your blood?"
"Heh, you're not stupid. But you're only half right. To be exact, the eggs laid by the mature female worms fed with my blood. Gao Ran deliberately ignored the first half of Ji Muqing's question, and only answered the second half of his guess.
"You mean, this is not an ordinary poison, but a Gu?" And Ji Muqing didn't notice Gao Ran's deliberate evasion for a while, just because he had been attracted almost all of his attention by Gao Ran's answer at this momentβhis instinctive intuition had made him aware of the danger of this pill.
"Hmm. Gao Ran responded casually, and then directly in front of Ji Muqing, she took the remaining one in her hand.
Then, under Ji Muqing's extremely surprised gaze, she continued to explain to him unhurriedly:
"The similarity between this Gu and the curse poison is that it can also bind all those who have ingested the Gu worm eggs laid by the same mother, so that all the people who take it are truly damaged, and their lives are truly tied together.
"But the difference is that as long as both parties do not break the oath, even if one of them dies, the other party will not die because of it, but this Gu is different, once it is consumed, without making any oath, it can make the lives of all the people who take it one from now on, but it will only work if one is damaged. That is to say, if we all take this Gu, then I will be injured, and you will suffer the same pain, and if you die, I will die with you. - But your health doesn't make me healthy because of you......
"That's why I said that this Gu poison I developed is more vicious than the curse poison. But as you can see, I've taken it first. And this Gu, I only made these two, if you take it, then from now on, no matter where we are, our lives will always be one, and no one wants to live alone, or be alone. And no one else but us will be with me.
"So, you should be able to believe me, right? I don't think there's any other way to prove my sincerity?"
"Heh, you're really unexpected......"
But before Ji Muqing could finish speaking, Gao Ran suddenly interjected:
"Eh, don't rush to make a decision, I haven't finished my sentence yet......
"If you decide to believe me, you are willing to take this Gu down. Before you take it, I have to remind you: although this is indeed an extraordinary time, you really can't guarantee that you will be able to survive the crisis and really have the last laugh. But, if you can, I must also tell you first that I am different from ordinary women, and I can only live for about half a hundred at most. And I'm ten years old now, which means that I can only live another forty years or so at most. Therefore, if you take this Gu, although it is true that I can guarantee that I will never be against you in this life, unless I want to die with you, you will also be forced to die on the same day as me.
"You'd better think it through. Do you want to accept this Gu in order to ensure that we will never betray each other?Or do you want to break with me completely, and see you and me in the future?ββ you know, I can't let you take this Gu away. This is the Gu poison I developed, and I naturally won't let you easily take it away and use it for other purposes.
"Let me tell you the truth, as long as this Gu is not swallowed, once it is two meters away from the Gu worm in my body, it will automatically melt into a pool of blood, and you will never be able to take it away.
"In addition, you should also think that after my trouble today, I will definitely get involved in the internal affairs of your banana country in the future. Therefore, if we cannot be friends, then we can only be enemies.
"I've made it clear to you, it's up to you how to choose. You should know that any choice comes at a price. If you want to cooperate with me, and through me, with Tiange, Yigu, and your friend Dong Tianyi behind me, but you don't want to risk being stabbed in the back by me when you can't guarantee it, then you will have to pay the corresponding price.
"And as you saw just now, I've made my choice. Now, it's your turn. β
Ji Muqing was silent for a moment, and then the slightly flirtatious smile he used to show to Gao Ran reappeared on his face, and he suddenly deliberately teased her: "Tianyi knows, you actually want to 'live and die together' with me?"
But Gao Ran had already been immune to his ambiguous/ambiguous behavior, so he replied painlessly: "Heh, as far as my current relationship with him is concerned, I don't think I have to inform him in advance of my decision on my private affairs. If he can't accept it, it will be just the right time for me to break off with him completely. I can't ask for it, it's better than pushing mud and water, and it's not clear.
"However, since you mentioned it, then I have to clarify with you first: yes, I do want to 'live together' with you, but 'co-death' is a last resort. I don't want to be your enemy, I have enough enemies, and they're all very difficult to deal with, and if I add you to it, it will be really annoying!"
"Oh, is it just 'annoying'?"
"Otherwise, do you think that you will be more difficult than an enemy like Gao Liwen? I just don't want to cause myself more trouble that could have been avoided, so I want to reconcile with you. What's more, as long as I can keep you, I believe you will definitely be able to live longer than me! So, even if you take this Gu, in the end, it will probably be you who have to go with me, not me with you.
"So, for me, making such a choice will not cause me any substantial loss because of it, but will also give me an extra friend who will never betray me. β unless you want to die with me. β
"Heh, you're very good at calculating, but why do you think that I will definitely take this Gu and willingly sacrifice my own life for you?"
"Who said it was for me? It should be for yourself, right? Don't forget, as long as I choose to be your enemy, then Dong Tianyi, the only thing you have left to rely on, will definitely have reservations about you, and will not help you wholeheartedly. What's more, the Dong family is not the only choice for you, they can also choose allies in order to achieve their own goals. As for you, if you rely only on your own strength, let alone seize power, it is difficult to say whether you will survive to the end.
"And then, you're probably shorter than I am!
"Besides, didn't I say it, you can't take this Gu away. Even if you don't want to accept it, don't try to use it to blackmail me.
"If you think that you can go to this house and find your cronies and followers to obey you, and then use his loyalty to you and threaten me with his life, I advise you to dismiss this idea as soon as possible. There's something I forgot to tell you just now...... Do you feel like the Gu Pill in your hand has begun to melt now?"
"This, what's going on?" Ji Muqing hurriedly looked down and found that the Gu pill was indeed as Gao Ran said, and the transparent part of the pill body had begun to slowly melt.
"Oh, this is a long story, in fact, this transparent part was originally the main material of several Ice Clear Pills that my junior uncle deliberately developed for me in order to prevent me from going crazy when cultivating internal strength, and after taking it, it can instantly freeze the true qi scurrying in my body. Amazing, right?
"But what's even more amazing is that I found out that the main material of this Ice Clear Pill was actually taken from the ice crystal soil on the legendary thousand-year-old ice field, so it had to be kept in this special 'porcelain bottle' to prevent it from melting due to the temperature difference. - Didn't you just ask me why this pill is a little cold to the touch?
"But to get back to the point, in fact, what is even more coincidental is that I unexpectedly discovered that in fact, the cold nature of this ice crystal soil happens to be the best material that can be used to freeze Gu worm eggs. Therefore, I begged Uncle Xiao to reward me with some ice crystal soil. But because the amount is too small, only these two can be made.
"And once the outer layer of ice crystal soil is completely melted, then this Gu worm egg will not be able to develop smoothly because it is thawed and awakened but has nowhere to parasitize, and then it will die 'quickly'.
"You may not know it, but this Gu worm is a new variety that I have carefully selected and bothered to cultivate...... Do you think how quickly I would like it to die if it was useless? Do you think I might give you a chance to save its life?
"Besides, if this Gu worm in your hand dies, then the Gu worm I take will completely lose its effect of restraining me because there is no other Gu worm that is inducted into it. That way, even if it will still live in my body in the future, it will no longer threaten my life.
"Why? Am I very thoughtful?ββ you don't want to think about how I can swallow such a dangerous thing so calmly?ββ if I am not sure, will I joke with my own life?"
"Ha, haha, hahaha......" As soon as Gao Ran's voice fell, Ji Muqing suddenly laughed inexplicably, but the laughter was very meaningless, but it made Gao Ran feel a kind of sadness in his laughter for no reason......
"What's so sad about this?"
Just when Gao Ran was muttering like this in his heart very disapprovingly, Ji Muqing suddenly stopped laughing, and then he no longer hesitated, and hurriedly swallowed it quickly before the outer layer of the Gu Pill was completely melted.