Chapter 43: The Worm King

The long wind blew through the trees overhead, and the distant sound of the flute still echoed in the mountain gorge, and it was noon, but the sky above was getting darker and darker

Li Zhilian leaned over and shuttled through the low grassy forest, slowly walking in the direction of the flute, in front of him was a mountain stream, surrounded by dense forests, although there was water, but it was also hidden

As soon as Li Zhilian got into the water, the sound of the flute suddenly stopped, and she suddenly raised her head to look at the treetops in front of her, where the person who was playing the flute was gone

Pulling out the short knife and carefully inspecting the surroundings, suddenly there was a voice behind him: "Little girl, are you here to find me?" ”

An old man dressed in tatters stood behind her silently

She involuntarily clenched the short knife in her hand, and gently moved her left foot back

The old man said, "Come up first!" It's cold in the water! ”

She breathed a sigh of relief and slowly walked to the shore: "You are the one who plays the flute?" ”

The old man smiled: "What? Didn't you come for me? ”

Li Zhilian suddenly didn't know what to do, if he came up and hit directly, it would be fine, just like a relative who hasn't seen him for a long time, how can this be played? Straight to the point? Tentatively, he said, "I'll ask you to borrow something, can you see it?" ”

The old man "hahaha~" laughed a few times and said, "You girl is quite interesting!" Tell me, what would you like to borrow from me? ”

Li Zhilian laughed embarrassedly twice and said, "Is it okay for the insect king?" ”

The old man asked forward, "What is the insect king?" ”

Li Zhilian was surprised for a while, and explained: "It's the biggest and most special one raised in the poison den."

The old man shook his head: "I usually don't pay attention!" Don't they all look the same? Buzzing every day"

"Eh~ No, there is no insect king, so how do you usually control them?"

"It's the flute when you're feeding! It's the same as raising livestock! ”

Li Zhilian felt that his IQ had been insulted: "It's that simple? ”

The old man said, "Otherwise? How to feed? ”

Is it she who overestimated the IQ of the ancients? She sighed and said, "I still have something!" Let's go first! Leave! ”

The old man stopped her way and said, "Hey~Hey~ Little girl~ Wait, you haven't made it clear what that insect king means?" ”

In desperation, Li Zhilian had to explain: "Have you ever heard of Gu cultivators? ”

The old man shook his head

"It's just to put a bunch of poisonous insects together to fight, and choose the victorious one as a natal Gu to raise it, don't you all play with insects like this?"

After hearing this, the old man's eyes lit up, and he came to Li Zhilian with small steps, pulled her sleeves and said, "Teach me~"

"I'm busy right now! I'm going to get rid of the poisonous insects you put out."

"I helped you destroy them, you taught me"

"You raised it with your own hands."

"It's okay, I can raise a better one in the future"

……

The flying insects were half a foot away from her, and they kept gathering and scattering, but they didn't dare to get close to her, and the old man behind him kept asking her to teach him to raise insects

When he was about to arrive at the barracks, Li Zhilian turned around and said, "There is the Blue Flag barracks ahead, are you sure you want to go in with me?" ”

The old man smiled: "It's okay if I don't go in, I'm just blowing, and I'll bring them all to you, but there is one thing I have to make clear to you!" We usually put very little bait to make sure that the insects will attack the living."

"But what else can be done?"

"Nope! can only wait for them to die by themselves, probably only seven or eight days! ”

"Then if I find out the worm king, will they follow?"

"I don't know! What do you think I'm doing? ”

"Then you blow it first!"

The old man rose into the air and stood on top of the tent, his figure seemed to melt into the darkness, and was isolated by flying insects, revealing a majesty

Everyone in the tent was startled when they heard the sound of this approaching flute, and they all turned their heads to look at Li Jianqing

Li Jianqing said: "Teacher~ I'll go out and have a look"

Shen Zhitang said: "Together"

"Hmm~" Li Jianqing hung the sachet on Shen Zhitang and said, "Be careful"

Sima and Zhou Congyi stopped forward: "My lord~ think twice!" It's too dangerous out there! ”

Shen Zhitang shook his head and said, "It's okay~ It may be a surprise brought to us by Zhipian"

Shen Zhitang stepped out of the camp tent and stood for a while, watching those flying insects approaching him but not daring to approach him, before walking slowly in the direction of the flute, only to see Li Zhilian standing at the gate of the barracks and looking up into the distance, as she looked over, a dark figure stood on the camp tent and played the flute

Li Jianqing saw that it was Li Zhilian's heart that had been hanging and finally let go and asked, "Zhilian~ What is this for?" ”

Li Zhilian was first shocked when he saw Shen Zhitang, and then when he saw the sachet on his waist, he said slowly: "Find the insect king"

Shen Zhitang said: "Insect King? ”

Li Zhilian explained: "Yes~ the body is larger and more special, and finally take him to the camp tent to trap him, which can attract more flying insects."

With the sound of the old man's flute, more and more flying insects gathered towards the barracks, and the afternoon sky was as dull as the morning when the sun had not yet risen

Li Zhilian and Shen Zhitang stood in place and looked at the dense flying insects, Li Jianqing had already burned three big tents before and after running

The number of flying insects is rapidly decreasing, and the sky is slowly revealing its original cloudy sky