Chapter 8: Perceiving Gu Worms
I put my other hand on the tentacles of the Gu worm and swung it at will, not daring to touch it directly, after all, it was better to be careful with an unknown Gu worm like this.
But the tentacles of the Gu worm were not attracted by my hand, and they still shook in one direction, it seems that this Gu worm has no reflection on the human body. So why are these Gu worms all growing in the direction of the east?
I carefully counted a total of eight tentacles, one long and seven short. Although they generally shake slightly towards the east, some will also deviate slightly from the east.
Seeing such a Gu worm, I felt a bad feeling in my heart, searching for the information of the Gu worm in front of me in my memory.
Close your eyes, in my head. The whole book of "Dao Gu Double Cultivation" appeared, and the first page turned was the catalog made by grandpa for "Dao Gu Double Cultivation".
Because of years of practice, this book is now deeply imprinted in my mind, and even without seeing the physical appearance of the book, I can memorize this book backwards, and even form an image in my mind, which is somewhat like the memory palace of Sherlock Holmes in the novel.
In fact, "Dao Gu Double Cultivation" is not just about Taoism and Gu arts, it is more like a folk encyclopedia of strange news, but the cultivation method is added to it.
For example, in the subject of Gu art, there are not only terrifying poisonous Gus, but also medical Gu that can be used to cure diseases, and there are even rumors. The strange Gu that appeared.
I quickly flipped through it in my brain, and finally found a Gu worm similar to my hand in the subject of "Harmless Gu" - Perception Gu Worm.
Perceiving Gu worms, as the name suggests, is a kind of Gu worm used to perceive Gu poison, this Gu worm itself is non-toxic and harmless, and the method of raising Gu worms is also very simple, as long as this Gu worm and the poisonous Gu worm that you want to search for and perceive later, put it together, so that it is familiar with the smell of the poisonous Gu worm, and the Gu nature can be. Therefore, Gu has no nose and no mouth, and can only survive by breathing through the skin.
Let the perceptual Gu worm mistakenly think that he is a member of the poisonous Gu worm, and in the later stage, in order to find the same kind of poisonous Gu worm, he will grow tentacles on the surface of the body, and the direction in which the tentacles grow is where the poisonous Gu worm is located.
But this Gu worm needs to be stored in a cool place, the cooler the better. If the body temperature is high for a long time, it will gradually degenerate into its initial form.
When I opened my eyes, I recalled the information recorded in the book, and compared the Gu worm in front of me, confirming that the Gu worm inside the stone Buddha statue was a perceptual Gu worm, but one thing was different, one of the longer tentacles of this Gu worm didn't seem to be shaking, and it kept pointing to the south of the east.
I didn't have time to think about it, so I came to Village Chief Li, who was still cursing, with the Gu worm. I didn't expect a middle-aged man in his forties to scold people for so long.
Village Chief Li has been scolding for seven or eight minutes since now, and listening to his endless words and extremely fast speed, I don't even think he has changed his breath.
"Uncle Li, tell me, where did this thing come from!" I still call Village Chief Li Uncle Li, it's not that I don't mind his swearing, it's just that I think it's urgent to ask about the origin of this Gu worm.
I approached Village Chief Li little by little with the Gu worm, ordinary people will have fear when they see this unknown creature, and Village Chief Li is the same, looking at the Gu worm in my hand, he instantly closed his mouth, his eyes widened, for fear that I would still have the Gu worm on his body.
"I, I don't know where this stuff came from. I really don't know! Village Chief Li looked at me with an aggrieved expression: "This thing has nothing to do with me at all." "Village Chief Li obviously didn't want to say anything.
"Yes, Buddha statue, I just offered the Buddha statue as the man said, and he said... He said that this Buddha statue could guarantee my promotion and wealth, but I didn't believe it at first! "Village Chief Li became excited, and tried his best to dissociate himself from the unknown creature in my hands.
Even due to excitement, the movement of the body was too big, and he almost fell to the ground with a chair, but fortunately, Ah Wei was in a hurry and supported Village Chief Li, but the village chief also took advantage of this action to distance himself from me.
But I also heard important messages: "A man? ”
I squinted my eyes, and intentionally or unintentionally sent the perception Gu worm to the village chief.
"Yes, yes, yes, it's just a man, probably in his forties, dressed in a Taoist robe. It was he who gave me the stone Buddha statue and said that I was asked to offer it in the office, so that I could be promoted and make a fortune within a year. Xiaogang, you also know that I was originally disdainful of this superstitious thing, but he also said that this thing can make the village rich, let me try it in the office first, and later he even said to give me money. I couldn't resist him, so I put it in the office and tried it. Village Chief Li explained the matter like a series of machine guns.
I wondered, what kind of Taoist priest is this, who actually forcibly gave away Buddha statues, and even did not hesitate to pay people to worship Buddha statues, but if it was to perceive Gu worms, it was possible.
But why do you have to worship the Buddha statue in Village Chief Li's office, and what kind of Gu poison is this perception Gu worm perceives, all this is like a ball of hemp rope, piled up in my brain, it seems that the key to unlocking the thread is to find the Taoist priest who gave the Buddha statue to Village Chief Li.
I signaled to not dare to make a sound all along, Ah Wei, who was watching the play silently, untied the rope on Village Chief Li's body, and I also picked up the fragments of the stone statue from the ground, wrapped the perception Gu worm in it, and then wrapped the fragments with the pieces of cloth torn from my clothes, tied them and put them on the table.
Village Chief Li saw that I had wrapped up the unknown creature, and his body relaxed, rubbing his hands against each other where he had just been tied up. But he still looked at me with a frightened look, as if to say what kind of monster I was, and I could face such a thing as an unknown flesh insect so indifferently.
Once again, the three of them sat opposite each other, and their anger had already become strange. I have a stomach full of questions and want to ask Village Chief Li: "Uncle Li, now let's talk about it in detail, what did the person who gave you the Buddha statue say." ”
Village Chief Li took a sip of the tea that had been cold and told me what had happened.
Things have to start a year ago, when Village Chief Li was worried about the construction of a new countryside, after all, it has been nearly ten years since he led Ah Cun to get rich, but the results have been tepid. After all, for a remote village like ours in the north, there are no innate conditions to get rich.
Just when Village Chief Li was at a loss, the Taoist priest who gave Village Chief Li a Buddha statue appeared, this man suddenly appeared in the village, and as soon as he came up, he named him to talk to the village chief in detail. Village Chief Li was also confused, this Taoist priest had always wanted Village Chief Li to worship this Buddha statue, and after being sternly rejected by Village Chief Li, he actually proposed to worship the Buddha statue for a day and give 1,000 yuan.
This condition undoubtedly moved Village Chief Li, who only had a salary of a few thousand yuan a month.
Unable to resist the temptation of money, Village Chief Li enshrined the Buddha statue in his office.
"What's even stranger is that I said that I had no place to put the Buddha statue, and the Taoist priest actually said that he would pay for the renovation of the place where the Buddha statue was enshrined! Then I asked someone to bring in such a set of bookcases, the size and size of which matched my wall, and I agreed to it as soon as I saw that there was such a good thing. Village Chief Li was obviously a little embarrassed. The voice of the words became quieter and quieter.