The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 228 Trying out new Gu techniques and the fat man seeking revenge

The Gu Clan Ancestor opened his eyes, his two grayish-white pupils meeting Li Zhen's gaze.

After organizing his thoughts, Li Zhen had some ideas about the Gu technique that was based on the user.

In essence, the Gu techniques that Li Zhen learned were all based on the evil thoughts of demons. He used various bloody rituals to resonate with the evil thoughts of demons, summoning the evil thoughts of demons to descend, so as to achieve various extremely evil effects.

Li Zhen himself possesses an evil aura carrying malevolent intentions, and with the addition of his willpower, he should be able to achieve effects similar to Gu magic.

At the very least, he could turn himself into a transit point, using the controllable demons emanating from the visualized evil spirits as the ultimate source of power for his Gu magic.

In that case, the power of the Gu technique used might be weaker, and it wouldn't bring too strong a backlash.

Li Zhen had carefully studied the High Priest's memories and was familiar with various Gu techniques of the Gu Clan.

He picked up a box that was placed next to the Gu Clan patriarch, opened it, and took a look.

Inside was a box of greenish slime.

If you look closely, you can see the mucus slowly wriggling.

Only with a magnifying glass can you see that the surface of this slime is actually covered with tiny, invisible insects.

This is a type of Gu worm that Li Zhen brought back from the original Zhenxia world. It is a terrifying Gu worm that was personally cultivated by the High Priest. If used on a human, it can kill the person in a few breaths and devour them until only a corpse remains in a few hours.

There weren't that many of these bugs when I first brought them back.

Li Zhen fed the insects some meat, providing them with a large amount of nutrients to sustain their survival.

However, when the Gu Clan Ancestor was in a weakened state, these insects were always on the verge of death.

Only after the Gu Clan Ancestor gradually recovered did these insects regain their activity and their reproduction rate greatly increased.

Judging from this situation, it won't be long before Li Zhen needs to provide these insects with a larger living space or directly suppress their reproduction rate.

With Li Zhen's keen perception, even with the naked eye, he could see some connection between these insects and the Gu Clan's ancestor.

These insects appear to feed on the pieces of meat that Li Zhen put into the box, but their growth and reproduction are actually influenced by the aura emitted by the Gu Clan Ancestor.

Li Zhen found a suitable jar, divided the insects in half, kept one half intact, and put the other half into the new jar.

Several sheets of yellow paper covered with runes were pasted onto the new jar to sever the connection between the insects inside and the Gu clan ancestor.

Having lost their ability to sense the aura of the Gu Clan's ancestor, the insects inside the jar immediately became restless.

To the naked eye, the mucus inside moves much faster.

Holding the jar, Li Zhen approached the coffin, took a few drops of his own blood and dripped them into the jar. Then, he placed one hand on the jar and slowly released his own evil energy.

The insects, shrouded in evil energy, returned to silence.

Naturally, this was because they were intimidated by Li Zhen, not because they were appeased.

However, the connection between these insects and the Gu clan ancestor has been severed, and his evil aura will gradually influence these insects, causing them to undergo certain changes.

His own evil nature carries his will, thus giving him certain characteristics.

Li Zhen's own strength is not strong enough, nor is he a creature like the Gu Clan Ancestor who naturally carries evil. His own will has a relatively weak influence on evil energy, and he cannot make evil energy carry his own will like a demon.

Li Zhen himself didn't know what effect his own evil energy had on the insects.

By observing these insects, he was able to see more details.

This was the first step in his creation of the Gu technique.

In addition, Li Zhen was also very interested in a type of Gu technique called "Blood Curse" from the Gu clan.

This kind of curse is also based on the will of the Gu clan ancestor, and compared with the insects at present, the "blood curse" is more direct in its casting and activation, making it more suitable as an object of observation.

After placing the jar next to the coffin, Li Zhen prepared the tools needed to cast the "Blood Curse" and returned to the Gu Clan Ancestor.

Suddenly, as if he had sensed something, he looked at the Great Black Buddha Mother statue that was sealed in the corner.

A barely audible "click" sound came from the covered black Buddha statue, letting Li Zhen know that the noise he had just heard was not an illusion.

The battle between the Great Black Buddha Mother and that toad demon is nearing its end...

Li Zhen turned his head back and picked up a jar.

He needs to experiment to replace the source of that "blood curse" with his own will and evil energy, while minimizing the impact on the power and evil of this curse.

Li Zhen himself understood that this seemingly harmless experiment might also affect his will.

Just like those extremely evil demons, they must be influenced by those evil rituals in some way, otherwise how could so many demons be produced in this world?

Detective Li was also interested in this possible mechanism of influence.

Thinking about it more deeply, this may involve the issue of believers' offerings and faith...

Li Zhen, immersed in the experiment, was tireless.

He didn't know how much time had passed before he was awakened by the vibration of his phone.

Putting down the bloody slime in his hand, Li Zhen took out his phone to look at it, rubbed his temples, and got up to walk out of the basement.

The sky outside was already bright, with the bright red sunrise hanging in the sky, somewhat dazzling.

Li Zhen looked at his face through his phone screen and found that the wounds were much better than before, and the largest dent had shrunk to the size of half a little finger.

In three to five days at most, the wounds on his face should heal to a point where they won't surprise anyone.

Li Zhen felt warm all over. After being in the sun, his body temperature, which had been low, was rising, and his slightly purplish skin was quickly returning to normal.

Li Zhen marveled once again at the miraculous nature of that method of bringing someone back from the brink of death.

If he continues to cultivate according to this method, he will not need to worry about the backlash from the evil arts he cultivates on his body.

Back inside, Fatty Huang, who had just prepared breakfast, brought it up.

"I couldn't find you anywhere. I thought you had disappeared again. Come on, have some of my fried rice."

Li Zhen sat down at the dining table and ate with Fatty Huang.

After a night's rest, Fatty Huang's spirits and complexion had improved considerably. After finishing his meal, Fatty Huang said to Detective Li, "That Ghost Bro, could you come with me? I'm planning to investigate this matter as soon as possible."

Li Zhen glanced at the sky: "It's not suitable to go out in this kind of weather. If you want to go, you'd better wait until the sun goes down."

"I still have some common sense." Fatty Huang took a sip of water. "I'll rest for another day and go out again in the evening."

He leaned closer to Li Zhen, a little worried, and said, "The person who harmed me clearly used evil magic. That ghost guy seems powerful, but there's no guarantee someone isn't cunning. Won't something go wrong?"

Li Zhen shook his head: "Don't worry, it's more clever than you think. Very few people can hurt it, and it's even harder to kill it."

After taking over the body of the demonic fetus, give the little devil some time, and its ferocity will definitely surpass that of the underdeveloped original demonic fetus.

Among the people Li Zhen had met, few could harm the demonic fetus, and even fewer could kill it.

Li Zhen felt very relieved to release the demon fetus.

After thinking for a moment, Fatty Huang said with some worry, "Ghost Brother is so sinister and fierce. You can tell at a glance that he's from the evil camp. If I take him out for a stroll, will everyone want to kill him? Won't those righteous people gang up on me?"

Li Zhen chuckled and said, "Where are there so many people who like to meddle in other people's business? But before you do anything, you'd better find out the other party's connections and investigate the matter thoroughly before you act, so as not to bring trouble upon yourself."

"I understand, I understand." Fatty Huang nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice. "There are so many experts in this world, I can't drag you down with me."

Li Zhen said, "It won't implicate me, but if it provokes retaliation from certain people, it will be difficult for an ordinary person like you to handle it."

Fatty Huang touched his face: "This world is more complicated than I thought. I'll be careful. Sigh, I definitely have to investigate this matter thoroughly, you know? When I was locked next to that coffin, it felt like if I died, my resentment would be so strong that I would definitely turn into a ghost. I have to investigate the truth of the matter."

Li Zhen comforted her, saying, "This matter should have nothing to do with your aunt."

Fatty Huang was silent for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "Who knows if there's any connection? Huang Jiarong has hurt me a lot, but I always forgive him because of our blood ties. My mother's family isn't much better either."

"As you know, in previous years, they would always try to interfere in my dad's affairs, as if my family owed them something, and they made demands as if it were their right."

“It’s gotten even worse in the last two years. They keep asking my mom to send them money, and she actually does it. She treats that family better than she treats me.”

“Sometimes I really doubt whether I am my mother’s biological son. I have not been involved in her business at all. The people on the other side are more involved than I am. Even her connections are inherited by them.”

“They used to say they didn’t want me to be too tired and wanted me to rest more, and I reluctantly accepted it. But do they think I’m stupid? Tell me, how can someone not love their own son but love their maternal family members who are more distantly related to them by blood?”

"There are some other outrageous things that I'm too lazy to talk about; just mentioning them makes me angry."

“I didn’t want to put my mom in a difficult position, and I felt that these things would pass if I just endured them. But when I was locked up down there, I realized that if I died, my family would be wiped out. I really didn’t want to endure it anymore.”

“I really don’t want to care about the grudges of their previous generation. Now I just want to live a more sensible life and I really don’t want to pretend to be stupid anymore.”

Li Zhen calmly said, "It's not necessarily the other side that did it."

Fatty Huang sneered repeatedly: "Besides them, who else would have a motive to harm me? I guess that kid probably suspected that my illness was related to his, but he had no evidence, so he found someone to harm me."

“Unlike the petty squabbles of the past, that kid is probably plotting to kill me so he can make money off my family.”

His face grew increasingly grim as he spoke: "We can't keep glossing over this. We need to get to the bottom of this. Whoever framed me, I'll kill them!"

Li Zhen took a sip of water: "Alright, let's get this done while I can still help you. If something happens to me, I won't be able to help you anymore."

He knows his own situation.

The current task is going relatively smoothly, but he doesn't know what task he will face next.

If he were to encounter any unexpected event and die in some mission world, Li Zhen himself would not be surprised at all.

Fatty Huang waved his hand: "Don't say such unlucky things, your illness is definitely not a problem."

He leaned closer to Li Zhen, subconsciously lowering his voice: "The method you used on that kid before, the one that made his heart ache, was that some kind of evil magic? And that ghost brother, was that something you raised using evil magic? I've checked the information..."

Judging from his tone, he probably thinks of the demon fetus as just a regular little devil.

The demon fetus's shape and some of its behaviors are somewhat similar to those of a little ghost. For someone like Fatty Huang who doesn't know much about it, it's impossible to distinguish between a little ghost raised by an ordinary sorcerer and a demon fetus in this state.

After chatting with Fatty Huang for a while, leaving Fatty Huang to play games in the living room, Li Zhen went back to his study to rest for a bit before starting to organize the thoughts in his mind.

He had acquired a lot of things recently, and if he didn't organize them, they would become disorganized and crammed into his mind, making them difficult to digest.

Perhaps knowing that there were many secrets in this house, Fatty Huang didn't open any rooms casually all day.

After waiting for the sun to set, he found Li Zhen with the demonic fetus that had appeared out of nowhere and told Li Zhen that he was about to go out.

After glancing at the seemingly harmless demon fetus, Li Zhen said, "You can't hurt people recklessly. Once you're outside, you have to listen to him. Don't make any unnecessary decisions on your own."

The demonic fetus immediately nodded and said, "Don't worry, I promise, I'll listen to whatever he says."

Li Zhen nodded and said, "Go ahead, I'll keep an eye on you."

"Let's go, let's go! I want to go out!" the demonic fetus cheered and disappeared from the spot.

Fatty Huang quickly followed.

Soon, the sounds of cats meowing could be heard from outside.

Before long, the cat's meows faded into the distance and eventually disappeared completely.

Li Zhen shook his head, closed his neatly organized notes, and walked out of the study into the basement.

He had just checked the items he had placed on the ground for casting the "blood curse" when he suddenly looked at the large black Buddha statue in the corner.

The clothes covering the Great Black Buddha Mother moved on their own without any wind, as if the Great Black Buddha Mother statue was wriggling.

An indescribable, terrifying aura broke through the seal, spreading outwards from the image of the Great Black Buddha Mother, to the point that the air around her became distorted.

This evil thought was extremely terrifying, and its appearance immediately triggered a reaction from several demons enshrined in the basement.

The eerie creaking sounds and writhing shadows turned the basement into a true den of iniquity.

Both the red-eyed bats and the vampires quietly concealed their auras, making not a sound.

Are we finally going to get the results?

Li Zhen walked towards the Great Black Buddha statue.

(End of this chapter)