Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 268 Reading to Find the Antidote

Seeing Yang Lun's respectful behavior, Gong Tianwu also sighed in his heart. No wonder many kings knew that it was not good to use eunuchs but still insisted on using them, just because they were indeed useful and were also a product of dependence on royal power.

Of course, he had some feelings in his heart, but he didn't say it out loud. He said simply:
"Go tell my wife that an inscribed wooden ox has appeared in Nanzheng State. This is great news. Go and raise the price to the merchant who developed it. You can even purchase a hundred of them. The higher the price, the better."

Yang Lun said:
"Yes, Master, but the journey to Nanzheng is long, so it may take some time."

Gong Tianwu said:

"Okay, just do it."

After dealing with this matter, Cai Yuanchang also took his leave. Gong Tianwu pondered for a while and began to feel Cai Yuanchang's shortcomings: he lacked a sense of the overall situation and could only maintain the status quo.

Not only that, now both the government affairs and military strategies seem to be a bit chaotic. I can still hold on for now, but there will probably be some trouble in the later period.

"With my current strength, maybe I can try to ask that person to come out?"

***
Five days later,

Gong Tianwu has already arrived in Shiliang County of Baise State with a group of trusted men.

The reason why they arrived so quickly was because it was extremely convenient for Gong Tianwu to take the Xuntian Tower ship at this time.

It turned out that when he went to pick up Yang Qianmin last time, Gong Tianwu had already discovered that there were many business opportunities in the airport of the Xuntianlou ship, so Ming Zhenzi took the lead in connecting with it.

In addition, Gong Tianwu was quite generous - after all, he was good at refining pills and making tools at low costs, so the two sides had reached a long-term cooperative relationship.

Since they have this relationship, Gong Tianwu now rides on the Xuntianlou ship just like taking a taxi. He can get on and go as he pleases, which is quite convenient. He can also get excellent treatment when bringing a large group of people.

After all, for those people, the loss belongs to the public, and the profit belongs to themselves.

The destination of his trip was no other place but the Pudu Temple on Kongsang Mountain. Uh, this temple did not exist at that time.

Strictly speaking, the purple-armored centipede Wu Xiong might not have discovered this place yet.

But when they arrived in Shiliang County, it started to rain heavily. It could even be said that the rain was continuous and very heavy, so everyone was trapped there.

Gong Tianwu was very patient, but after living here for two days, his guard captain Chaergu suddenly came to report:

"Master, there is something wrong with the person who moved in yesterday."

Chalgu was originally a shepherd's slave. He was already dying when he was rescued, and his son had lost one hand due to torture.

Therefore, after entering Gong Tianwu's system, he was loyal and could be said to be willing to die for Gong Tianwu at any time.

But he is also an absolute martial arts genius. He has practiced the Wulou Body for less than four years, and of course with the help of a large amount of drugs. At this time, he has already reached the level of Martial Saint!

Among the more than thirty people accompanying Gong Tianwu, there are two Martial Saints, eight at the quasi-Martial Saint level, and more than fifteen innate masters.

In addition, there are people who are good at planning, good at organizing, eloquent, etc., almost all kinds of talents are in reserve.

Moreover, the loyalty of these people is over 95 points, and their families all live under Gong Tianwu's system. They will die without hesitation at the mere command.

Not only is this a luxurious lineup, but this group of people are also equipped with the latest inscribed weapons and inscribed armor developed by Gong Tianwu, which are more than enough to surround and kill a foundation-building cultivator when necessary.

Facing Chaergu's report, Gong Tianwu said:

"what is the problem?"

Chaergu said seriously:
"After this person moved in, he rarely went out, but he was very generous and asked the waiter to buy very special things."

"We asked around and found out that there were chicks and ducklings, aconite, vine, cinnamon twigs, oleander, etc. Most of these things were used to feed the poisonous insects."

"And there's a brother next door who has very sharp ears and eyes. He can hear a lot of tiny noises coming from this guy's room, just like thousands of silkworms just hatched in a silkworm room."

Gong Tianwu's expression changed and he said:

"This person has so many poisonous insects. You are all innate masters with abundant blood and essence, which naturally attracts poisonous insects. The person living next door to this person is Liu Han, right? Let him come to see me immediately!" Chaergu nodded and said:
"Yes."

Soon, Liu Han stood in front of Gong Tianwu, and Gong Tianwu reached out and pressed his lower eyelashes down.

There was a low cry of surprise from the people around him, because his bloodshot lower eyelids were covered with black spots of various sizes the size of pinholes, which were clearly insect eggs, but Liu Han himself was completely unaware of them.

Gong Tianwu's face was gloomy. He had also suffered a great loss from the poisonous insects, so of course he would think of ways to guard against them in the future.

So he simply took out a bottle from his arms, filled it with water from the teapot next to him, then dropped two drops of the black liquid in the bottle into the teapot, shook it evenly, and poured it into the cup for everyone to drink.

To be honest, the liquid was only slightly bitter and had no strange taste. However, Liu Han and another man named Xue Jie simply could not drink it. It was as if they were facing not clean water but burning charcoal. There was a powerful force in their subconscious that was stopping them.

"You two have been poisoned."

Gong Tianwu said with a gloomy expression:
"If it was Liu Han, it could be an unintentional mistake, but Xue Jie's residence is so far away from him, he must have noticed that the two people's blood and qi were strong, and regarded it as a cauldron for feeding Gu."

At this point, Gong Tianwu said to Chaer Ancient Road:
"Go and take care of this guy."

"Sprinkle realgar powder on your body, then the Gu worms will feel disgusted and automatically move away, but you can't give the other party a chance to drive the Gu worms, otherwise it will still be dangerous."

"When doing this, keep your own safety as a prerequisite. If possible, capture him alive. Remember, driving the Gu worm requires blood. As long as this person cannot offer blood, he will be harmless."

Chaergu nodded and said:
"Yes, Master."

Gong Tianwu didn't even ask what Chalgu would do.

All those who can serve as his personal guards have been specially trained by various experienced people in the martial arts world. Some of them are even the best among them. The methods they can think of are probably ten times more than Gong Tianwu himself.

Then, Gong Tianwu thought about it, and then prescribed a medicine, and asked someone to pick it up in the city and give it to Liu Han and Xue Jie to take.

After a while, Gong Tianwu said to Liu Han:
"How do you feel now?"

Liu Han smiled bitterly and said:
"there is nothing."

As soon as he said these four words, a strange sound came from his stomach:

"there is nothing."

Upon seeing this, Liu Han was shocked. Gong Tianwu smiled and said:
"Don't be nervous, this means my previous medicine is effective."

"Some Gu insects have the ability to respond to sounds and like to imitate their host's speech. The medicine I just gave you two can make them numb and relax, reaching a state similar to that of a drunk person. Then they will begin to show their true nature and act according to their will."

Then Gong Tianwu handed Liu Han a book, which was a common local medicine book, similar to the Compendium of Materia Medica, and asked him to recite the names of the medicinal materials according to the catalog:

"Ephedra, cinnamon twig, asarum, chuanxiong"

As soon as Liu Han opened his mouth, the poisonous insect in his stomach also recited along, like a tape recorder.

Suddenly, when Liu Han read "pumpkin seeds", the thing became silent, and then he continued to recite when he read the next medicinal ingredient.

Gong Tianwu wrote down “Pumpkin Seeds”, and then discovered that “Uncaria Rhododendron” was also not pronounceable.

So he bought about ten grams of the two medicines, ground them into powder and asked Liu Han to swallow them. Sure enough, less than two minutes later, Liu Han vomited out a worm that looked like a mole cricket.

And this thing wanted to escape, but was caught in a net.

Xue Jie followed suit, but he used the three medicines "Lei Wan", "Cao Wu" and "Wulingzhi" which were not pronounceable.

While Xue Jie was still preparing the medicine, Chalgu strode in carrying a person and threw him to the ground.

Gong Tianwu saw that this person was wearing black wax-dyed clothes, his skin was dark, and the backs of his hands and fingers were covered with dense white spots - these were all bites from raising poisonous insects.

After being thrown to the ground, the man burst into tears and begged for mercy:
"Grandpas, I really didn't mean it. Please spare my life."

(End of this chapter)