Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 47 Greedy Witch Doctor
This place is twenty miles away from the county seat. Gong Tianwu has been here before. He knows that there is an old witch doctor named Bengma from the Xunchuan barbarians who lives here and is good at treating injuries and detoxifying by medicinal baths. So he came here a long time ago to say hello.

When he arrived at Bengma's herbal medicine shop on horseback, Gong Tianwu was already unable to hold on and fell off his horse. Then he gritted his teeth, climbed up, and staggered inside, holding on to the wall.

At this time, Bengma was preparing medicine with a pipe in his mouth. He was a short, thin, dark-skinned old man who looked eccentric. When he spoke, two gold teeth were exposed in his mouth. What was even more strange was that there was a fist-sized skull hanging around his neck.

Before he could speak, Gong Tianwu panted and said:
"Here I am! I accidentally got infected with the centipede's poison. The horse at the door is the deposit. I hid the rest of the money. If you save him, I will give you all the money! A total of thirty-seven silver treasures!!"

After hearing what Gong Tianwu said, Bengma's little eyes suddenly lit up.

This guy has nothing to do with benevolence, medical skills, or noble medical ethics. On the contrary, watching patients who can't pay die at the door is what Beng Ma would do. Greed is his nature.

However, Gong Tianwu likes to deal with this kind of people, because people with obvious weaknesses are the easiest targets to control once their weaknesses are fully understood.

That’s why Gong Tianwu came to visit before and left a deposit of silver to ask this guy not to go out in the short term.

After saying this, Gong Tianwu fell to the ground, gasping for breath, his face crimson, his hands and feet twitching abnormally. Before he lost consciousness, he could vaguely feel Beng Ma coming over and stuffing a smelly and bitter pill into his mouth.
***
When Gong Tianwu woke up again, he was awakened by an extremely strong feeling of suffocation. The feeling as if he was about to explode was so depressing.

So, he sat up regardless of everything, covered his chest and vomited loudly, turning into a jet warrior, until everything in his chest was emptied out and he was completely calm.

After vomiting crazily, Gong Tianwu gasped violently and wiped his mouth. He found himself lying in a haystack. There was a torch lit on the shelf next to him, which seemed to be about to go out.

The haystack was located inside a straw shed, and one could smell something very bad. It was obvious that this place had been used as a cattle shed not long ago.

After calming down, Gong Tianwu realized that what he had vomited was a large amount of blood clots. Looking closely, he found that there were thread-like objects in the blood clots, which made his scalp tingle at the first sight.

Probably hearing the noise here, a dull middle-aged man walked over. Gong Tianwu also knew this man, named Jianmu. When he saw Gong Tianwu's appearance at this time, he was shocked and quickly turned around and trotted out.

Gong Tianwu wanted to open his mouth to say something but he was still too weak. His hands and feet were shaking violently. He could only close his eyes and leave everything to fate.

But he knew in his heart that the old dog Beng Ma would most likely save him, otherwise he would have thrown him into a mass grave right from the start. His biggest weakness was his greed! !

Sure enough, Beng Ma appeared not long after, but he stayed far away from Gong Tianwu, and his expression looked like he wanted to eat someone. He said angrily:
"Han people!! Why didn't you say you were poisoned?!"

Gong Tianwu was shocked and said weakly and laboriously:
"How could that be? I was indeed infected with tadpole poison before I came here, but I have already asked an expert to remove it."

He spoke hastily and immediately began to dry heave again, until he vomited some purple-black blood clots. Seeing this, Beng Ma's face twitched a few times, and then he gritted his teeth and said:

"I tell you, if I can cure you, I will give you a hundred silver coins without missing a penny!"

Then Bengma dragged Gong Tianwu to the side, where there was already a large wooden barrel with boiling potion inside, which emitted a very spicy and pungent smell.

After Bengma threw Gong Tianwu in, Gong Tianwu immediately could not help but screaming, because the water was not only boiling hot, but also full of irritation. It was like millions of red-hot steel needles piercing his body, and he instinctively wanted to jump out.

Fortunately, Beng Ma had predicted Gong Tianwu's move long ago, and put his hands on his shoulders to hold him down. Gong Tianwu twitched and twisted in pain, and even cursed incoherently. Fortunately, after a while, the pain began to slowly ease and fade away, and Gong Tianwu was finally able to endure it.

Suddenly, Gong Tianwu felt an itchy sensation inside his nostrils, as if something was trying to crawl out. He sneezed loudly, and as a result, he saw a ball of black stuff coming out of his nostrils.

This thing looked only the size of a bean, but after it rolled onto the ground, it actually spread out its eight legs and tried to escape. After it stretched out its eight long legs, it became as big as a palm, and there were a few white spots on its back, making it look like a human face with an eerie and evil grin.

Beng Ma was well prepared. He picked up a large bamboo winnowing basket from the side and threw it over, just enough to cover the human-faced spider. Then he walked over and took out a cloth bag, and sprinkled the light red powder inside on the bamboo winnowing basket.

After a few seconds, a scream suddenly came from under the bamboo winnowing basket! Yes, that's right, it was actually a human scream.

After hearing the scream, Gong Tianwu's face immediately changed color, because the scream sounded very familiar, it was none other than the voice of He Lao who treated him with the Gu! !
At this moment, Gong Tianwu's heart suddenly seemed to be as clear as a mirror. He was deceived by that old dog Ming Zhenzi! The so-called poison was completely a lie. Without Ming Zhenzi's instruction, would He Lao dare to do this?

But I had no choice at that time. On the one hand, I was in a miserable state and suffered a lot because of the poisonous insects they planted on me, and on the other hand, I had to give them money. I am really an example of someone who has to help others count their money even after being cheated.

At this time, hearing the continuous screams of the human-faced spider under the bamboo basket, which sounded similar to He Lao's, Gong Tianwu also felt a little relieved, so he asked Beng Ma:

"How is this going?"

Beng Ma sneered:
"What else could it be? This human-faced spider must be the natal Gu of the person who cast the Gu. He really is willing to spend so much money to deal with you."

Then he quickly walked up to Gong Tianwu, slapped him hard in the face, and said through gritted teeth:
"Han people, take the money!!"

Beng Ma's ferocious appearance did not scare Gong Tianwu. On the contrary, his strong bad breath almost made Gong Tianwu vomit. As the saying goes, a good man will not suffer a loss in front of him. Gong Tianwu could only smile bitterly and said:
"I paid one silver treasure in advance, and the horse I rode is worth at least ten silver treasures. Isn't that enough?"

Beng Ma said with a distorted face:

"The horse you rode is dead! It was infected by the centipede toxin that spread from your body, and before it died it went crazy and injured two people!!"

Gong Tianwu did not expect this to happen, but he did not show any weakness and laughed:
"I hid the rest of the money in a random hole. Even if I go there now, it will take me at least half a day to find it. But do you think I can take it in my current state?"

Beng Ma slapped him hard again: "I don't care, if I don't see the money, you can die!!"

The force of this slap was so strong that Gong Tianwu's ears were buzzing and his nose was bleeding. Seeing that the bastard Beng Ma had already twisted his face and went to the side to get a stick, he could only sigh and say:
"Wait a minute! Send someone to the Guixiang Inn in the county town and tell the owner that you are here to pick up something. The password is: July 18th."

After hearing this, Beng Ma stopped half-believingly, and then said viciously:
"Han people, if you can't bring back the money, watch out for your ears!!"

Gong Tianwu was not worried about this. He did bury more than 30 silver treasures in the wild. The things stored in the inn were some valuable and portable items, such as jade pendants, jade bracelets, gold and silver jewelry, etc.

You know, Suosongke was very popular in Yidu for several months. He sang with famous scholars and socialized with famous prostitutes. Especially when he played the qin on the river, he was a hotshot.

With such popularity, even if Suosongke does not actively collect money, there will be people coming to his door crying and shouting to give him money. There are also stories of people talking about sending pens from thousands of miles away. So what's so strange about receiving some elegant gifts?

Therefore, Gong Tianwu shrugged, spat out a mouthful of blood and laughed:
"Don't worry, it's definitely more than thirty silver treasures. Can you tell me about this life Gu now?"

Beng Ma looked at him doubtfully, then said angrily:

"What's there to say about this thing? You must have offended this person badly, so he didn't hesitate to let his own life Gu fall on you. Usually this thing lurks in the middle of the body and is difficult to detect."

Gong Tianwu said:

"What happens after the attack?"

Bengma said in a hoarse voice:
"What else can I do? The power of the life-saving Gu is so strong that a weak Han Chinese like you will probably die immediately. And the way you die is controlled by others. You have to do whatever they want you to do, even if it means eating shit."

Gong Tianwu turned his gaze back to the covered natal Gu and said meaningfully:

"Oh, I see."

At this time he also understood that since Ming Zhenzi went to the birthday banquet at the Prime Minister's Mansion, he must have a close relationship with Lord Yan. He actually went to Ming Zhenzi to try to spend money to improve himself. Isn't that courting death?
Of course, this is all hindsight.

At that time, for Gong Tianwu, too much wealth was exposed, and it was possible that people would covet and rob him at any time. If he wanted to spend the money in the most efficient way, Ming Zhenzi's solution was actually the best solution, so it was not surprising that he made mistakes in a hurry.

Beng Ma took out a gourd, collected the already weak Ben Ming Gu, and threatened:

"Han people, if you don't get the money, you will die."

Then Bengma turned and walked out.

After he left, Gong Tianwu immediately called up his personal attribute column and took a look. He found that his status column clearly read "Poisoned (moderate)". He heaved a sigh of relief, as it was obvious that Bengma's treatment was still effective.

***
After Gong Tianwu soaked for about half an hour, the water began to cool down, and Jianmu came in and poured a bag of medicine into it.
The familiar tingling feeling came again. Gong Tianwu could only grit his teeth and endure it all silently. After repeating this two or three times, Gong Tianwu could clearly feel that the medicinal bath seemed to be effective. His body began to recover little by little, and the weakness in his body began to slowly subside.

However, Gong Tianwu still looked weak, and it was obvious that keeping some skills was the best option in this ghost place.

Jianmu then smelled the medicine in the barrel, then stretched out a wooden stick, motioned for Gong Tianwu to grab it, and then crawled out, and kept washing his whole body with clean water.

It was at this time, with the help of the firelight, that Gong Tianwu discovered that the clean water used to wash his body had a strange colorful color after flowing to the ground, just like soap bubbles in the sun.

When Jianmu was doing this, he was also far away the whole time, which shows that this clear water still has great destructive power!

Soon after, you can even see several earthworms and beetles crawling out where the medicine has flowed, and then lying dead on the ground.

After flushing four or five buckets of water in a row, Jianmu wrapped a large amount of cloth strips around his right hand, pulled Gong Tianwu up and let him fall on the small cart next to him. Then he gave him a bowl of medicine and sent him to the straw hut next to him to rest.

Throughout the whole process, Gong Tianwu still pretended to be weak. Fortunately, this time he finally had a door panel to lie on, and he was not thrown into the haystack like an animal.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to be alone, Gong Tianwu closed his eyes and entered his sea of ​​consciousness, thinking that the damn main mission should be completed this time.

Sure enough, Gong Tianwu saw a ball of light in the center of his sea of ​​consciousness. Inside it were two similar mottled bronze metal pieces. One of them should be Kang's body, and the other was the thing that Gong Tianwu risked his life to get.

It can be seen that the two are getting closer and merging.

And it's not a simple fusion like a puzzle, but it's like two drops of water coming close to each other and merging into one deeply.

At this time, the fusion process of the two was nearing completion. Five minutes after Gong Tianwu arrived, a dazzling silver light emitted from the inside of the light ball, and the two were completely fused.

Instead, there was a nearly new piece of metal that looked somewhat like an irregular diamond, but the most obvious thing was that the patterns and symbols on its surface originally looked chaotic, but now formed a texture similar to "Qi".

(End of this chapter)