Chapter 42: The Moth’s Message

I also noticed the strange behavior of the insect, and my heart began to tremble. Because just now, Sixth Sister had said that only when there was a beneficial insect would the insect become restless.

I ignored the pain in my shoulder, pulled my clothes together and stood up. I looked around, and everyone said that the Miao goblins were unpredictable. Even with Sister Liu, an expert in this field, I still didn’t dare to relax. I also hoped to be able to help Sister Liu.

However, after a long time, there was no movement in the room, except for the restlessness of Sister Liu’s insect.

This is strange. My face was not looking good. Could it be that someone had cast a spell on us without making a sound? You know, Sixth Sister is also a kind of witch.

Sister Liu’s face was not very good either. She flipped her hand and retrieved the “wood borer,” then she took out a small bamboo tube from somewhere and sprinkled a thin layer around the room.

I didn’t understand what she was doing, so I couldn’t help but ask, “Sixth sister, what is this?”

“There are many types of ‘gus’, not just the bugs you think of. But most of the powerful ones are still bugs. I don’t know how to explain this powder to you. It was made by the great witch of our village. Just think of it as an insecticide.” Sister Six explained simply.

After sprinkling the powder, Sixth Sister was slightly relieved, then she poured a bowl of water, spat in it, and after a careful look, her face finally became peaceful.

I was curious again and asked, “Sister Liu, what are you doing now?”

Sister Liu said, “A very simple way to check if you’ve been poisoned by a parasite. A bowl of water, spit into it, if the saliva sinks, it’s most likely that you’ve been poisoned by a parasite, if the saliva floats, it means you’re fine.”

“This works?” I was a little surprised.

“No, this is just an entry-level method of judgment. Because the gong is too complicated, almost every gong village has its own unique secret recipe, but if the saliva floats, it means at least that you are not poisoned. However, if you use this method to test the bug in your shoulder, it will not work, because it does not fall into the category of gong poison, but the category of gong bugs.” It seems that it is not too secret, and Sixth Sister is still very willing to explain it to me.

After pouring out the water in the bowl, Sister Liu poured another bowl of water and beckoned me to come over. “If you’re targeted, the poison is silent and it’s hard to tell when it was put in.”

That’s true. I suddenly remembered when we were little and we went to the Hungry Ghost Tomb. Ruoyue, that girl, silently put the poison in someone’s rice. It was really hard to guard against it. So, I also spit in the bowl. Fortunately, my saliva didn’t sink.

At this point, Liu Jie finally felt at ease and sat down next to me. She didn’t dare to take out the “insecticide” she had mentioned. The bugs couldn’t get in, and we weren’t poisoned, so the situation wasn’t too bad. But the “insecticide” was still a worry.

“Come, I’ll put some medicine on you.” After sitting down, Sister Liu took out a bamboo tube from somewhere and said to me.

I was speechless and couldn’t help but ask, “Sister Liu, are all the goblins jingling cats?”

“What is a jingle cat?” Sister Liu raised her eyebrows. Obviously, she didn’t know what a jingle cat was.

I laughed immediately. Since I started watching TV, my favorite thing to watch has been cartoons. I don’t know if it’s because I was born a child, but I’ve always been a child. In any case, I’ve kept this hobby up to this day.

At that time, I was obsessed with the Saint Seiya series, hanging out with Uncle Wang, watching it on TV, and even buying comic books. I of course wouldn’t miss the classic animation of the Dingtang Cat.

I explained to my sister about the cat, and she listened and laughed, then took out a small knife and said, “So there is such a cat, it’s amazing, but our gourd seedlings are not any kind of cat, you want to know, I’ll tell you later, are you afraid of pain?”

“What if I am afraid? Come on.” I was helpless. I thought to myself, “This thing on my shoulder is so troublesome. Every time I deal with it, I have to endure pain. I think I have already begun to hate the guy who drew a mark on my shoulder and planted the gourd.”

Sixth sister smiled, but didn’t say anything. She just used a small knife to make a few small slits in my shoulder, and then used a very thin piece of bamboo to dip some black paste from the bamboo tube and inserted it into the slits.

The whole process was indeed a bit painful, but when the first piece of bamboo was inserted, I didn’t feel any pain. What followed was a numbness in my shoulder. As more pieces of bamboo were inserted, the pain in my shoulder gradually subsided. However, a new problem arose. Because of the numbness, I couldn’t lift my hand very much.

I looked at my sixth sister and asked, “Sixth sister, what did you put in me?”

“Oh, it’s a kind of ointment extracted from insects. It’s an anesthetic. The parasite in your body should be a kind of, um, in words you can understand, a flesh parasite. To put it simply, it’s a parasite that lives in the human body and feeds on flesh. However, there are many types of flesh parasites. If you don’t know the correct way to remove the parasite, the consequences will be very serious. I dare not pull the parasite out for you, so I can only use this method to paralyze the parasite in your body and let it rest for a while. When we get to the village, there should be a way to do it,” Sister Six explained to me.

After the intense pain had subsided, I finally felt comfortable. Although my arm was numb, I felt like I was in heaven. I have to say that every kind of magic has its own unique characteristics. This is about the gong, and it is still necessary to use the gong seed.

“Sixth Sister, you just told me that you wanted to show me how you put things in the gubao…” After I felt better, my tense mood also improved a lot, and I started asking questions.

But before I could finish asking my questions, Sixth Sister’s expression changed, and she took out the ‘Heavenly Beetle’ with a flick of her hand. I saw that the ‘Heavenly Beetle’ in Sixth Sister’s hand was so agitated that it wanted to fly away as soon as it came out. After Sixth Sister firmly held it down, it almost bit Sixth Sister.

Sister Liu probably felt a bit embarrassed, and explained to me, “Insects don’t have any intelligence, so when they can’t be controlled, they will bite back, unless it’s a life-affecting insect, or if it’s used…”

I was listening to what my sister was saying, but then I caught sight of something in the corner of my eye. I couldn’t calm down anymore, so I shouted, “Sister Liu, look…”

When she heard my shout, her face changed. When she looked back, she saw several large moths flying in from somewhere. I guessed they had flown in through the small window next to her, but that wasn’t the point. The point was that I recognized these moths. I would never forget them. These moths were the blood-sucking moths that had turned me into a vegetable for a few days.

It was probably because of the “insecticide” that three of the four or five moths that flew in had already fallen to the ground, struggling endlessly, and one was flying crookedly. Only one of the largest ones was flying normally.

Sister Liu frowned and said, “Trivial.” Then she flicked her hand and, from somewhere, produced a few sharp bamboo needles. She held them between her fingers and, with a flick of her wrist, threw them. The three bamboo needles she threw were very successful in sticking to the two moths, which immediately fell to the ground, not even struggling, and became motionless.

This move left me dumbfounded. It was so powerful that I wanted to shout, “Li Xiaofei’s flying dagger is always accurate.”

Sister Liu clapped her hands and said, “This bloodline moth is the signature poisoned jar of that village. It is quite poisonous, but the person who put the poison in it is not very good at it.” While she was talking, she put on her gloves and went to play with a few bloodline moths, but unexpectedly, she was surprised to find something on the bloodline moths.

She called me over and I went over to take a look. I also found that each of the bloodline moths had a small paper ball carefully tied to it with thread.

Sixth sister found it incredible and told me not to move, while she carefully removed the paper balls from the moths and then unfolded them…