"You can't just take your clothes off anywhere outside, you know? Men also need to protect their bodies."

"I'm not outside, it's just you."

"It's fine as it is now. What I mean is, you can't let anyone see your body casually in the future, unless it's your wife."

"wife?"

"The woman who will spend her life with you."

I have no wife.

"I know." Wu Yuan nodded. He is too unsocialized right now. Once he understands these things, he will know how to choose his own life.

"What is this?" Ah Jin asked, pointing to the oil paper package on the table after changing her clothes.

"Didn't you say yesterday that the taste was very special? Steamed buns with fillings inside. Here, have some. This is breakfast today." Wu Yuan poured a cup of tea for each of them and opened the steamed buns, handing them to him.

"Mmm, delicious."

"There are so many delicious things to eat. I'll take you to eat delicious food wherever we go."

"Um."

The two stayed here for three days. Wu Yuan led him in a different direction. She had come here out of curiosity about the Gu clan, but after rescuing A Jin, who was clearly involved in a legal case, she naturally changed direction.

Ah Jin is completely different now. She is wearing a light blue narrow-sleeved long robe, her hair is tied up high with a silver crown, and she wears a white veil hat like Wu Yuan. The two of them walk together and look like scions of a great family who have come out to train.

"Ah Ning, should I look for a job?"

Why?

"To make money, the innkeeper said he uses his monthly earnings to support his family."

"You don't have a family to support."

"But I have to take care of you."

Wu Yuan was taken aback for a moment: "I'm very rich, I don't need you to support me."

"But they say that men have to support their families, and I am a man." The last two words were emphasized.

"That's true, but what kind of work do you do to make money?"

Ah Jin hesitated for a moment: "To see a doctor?"

"You know how to treat illnesses?"

"I can use Gu worms. The high priest said that the tribe that travels outside can use Gu worms to cure people's illnesses."

"Can you?"

"Does detoxification count? My blood can nourish the Gu, and it can also detoxify."

"Then forget it. Don't let anyone know about the special nature of your blood."

Ah Jin thought for a while: "Then what else can I do to earn money?"

"People in the martial arts world know how to escort goods and do things for others. Larger sects will have their own businesses."

"What can I do?"

"Right now, there's nothing you can do." Wu Yuan raised her hand to stop him from speaking. "You have strong internal energy and excellent martial arts skills, but these things can't be done just by being good at martial arts. You need to be adept at interpersonal relationships, which is what you lack the most."

What does it mean to be adept at interpersonal relationships?

Simply put, it means dealing with all sorts of people, and your life experience means you don't understand these things.

Ah Jin possesses extremely profound internal strength and excellent martial arts skills. His techniques are not the kind that form their own style, but rather those honed through life-and-death experiences. His moves are simple, yet each strike is deadly, and he never holds back.

"Oh!" she said dejectedly, feeling utterly useless.

"Don't be upset. This isn't your fault. You didn't choose your own fate. In their eyes, your greatest use is to cultivate powerful Gu worms, so it's not normal that they won't teach you anything else."

"What should I do then?"

"First of all, try to conceal your identity as a member of the Gu clan. People in the martial arts world don't like to deal with the Gu clan because they don't know when they will be affected. The way you release Gu is too mysterious and unpredictable."

Ah Jin's gaze was somewhat unfocused, landing on her waist.

"Did you plant a curse on me?" Wu Yuan asked abruptly.

No, no.

Wu Yuan patiently guided her: "I don't like it, I hate it, so don't plant it. If you've already done it, dispose of it secretly and don't let me find out."

"Really, no." He said very quickly.

"That's it," Wu Yuan squinted. "When did he make his move?"

"That would be best, otherwise I'll get very angry."

"I understand," Ah Jin nodded.

The next morning, Wu Yuan carefully examined her body and found a small red mark on her left waist. If you didn't look closely, it would look like she had accidentally pressed on it. She pressed it and it didn't hurt at all.

Is this considered admitting and correcting one's mistakes?

"What kind of Gu did you use on me?" Wu Yuan asked, pointing to the red mark.

Ah Jin reached out and pulled her clothes down to cover her waist: "It's for tracking. The first time you went shopping, you didn't want Cui Yi to come with you, so I..."

"So early?"

I don't know if you'll come back.

"What if I don't come back?"

"That's normal. Nobody's ever been nice to me anyway. This Gu worm only lets me sense where you've gone. It has no other use. Once you're far away, it's useless." He lowered his head, his tone calm.

"Is it really useless? It won't kill me?"

"No, I won't hurt you." The tracking Gu worm really wouldn't, but the other Gu worms would. However, when she first came back, he took back the Gu worm that could kill people.

Perhaps his innocent and naive image was too deeply ingrained in her mind, Wu Yuan nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

When passing through a county town, the government posted a notice saying that there was a giant snake in the back mountain that was harming the villagers, and that anyone who was willing to help eliminate the snake would be rewarded with five hundred taels of silver.

"Ah Ning, how much is five hundred taels?"

"Your clothes could buy two hundred sets."

"How many needles can I buy for Aning?"

"A few hundred, I guess."

"Let's go snake hunting!" Ah Jin said eagerly, wanting to earn money for Ah Ning.

Are you interested?

"Snakes, insects, and rodents are my forte."

"Even a very large snake will do?" Wu Yuan asked, because venomous snakes and large pythons are not the same thing.

"Okay, we have snakes of all sizes. I can extract snake gallbladders with my bare hands."

"Let's go then, let's take on the challenge." Wu Yuan also felt it was a good opportunity to gain some experience.

The two concealed their presence and carefully searched the locations where the giant snake had appeared, based on information provided by the authorities. When they reached a gentle slope, Ah Jin pulled her aside and whispered, "It should be around here."

Wu Yuan looked around. The gentle slope on the sunny side was covered with low-lying vegetation, which did not seem like a place where a giant snake could hide.

"I can smell it," Ah Jin said confidently, pulling her hand and turning her around to indicate that she should step back.

When she had retreated about ten meters, he flicked his wrist slightly, and a small green snake emerged from his hair, raising its head and flicking its tongue frequently, as if releasing some kind of information.

Their first encounter was due to being drugged. That night, Wu Yuan didn't expect that when they slept together, she would clearly express that she didn't want him to have any foreign objects on him. He obeyed and threw the two snakes directly on the ground, forbidding them from getting on the bed. Every time he got up, the two snakes would obediently crawl back onto him.

Wu Yuan watched the actions of the person and the snake with extreme vigilance. This process had been going on for a while, and there had been no movement around them.

Or rather, it was too quiet all around, so quiet that it seemed even the chirping of insects had disappeared.

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