Chapter 81: Full of danger

The parasite, or rather the female parasite, is a very terrifying existence, Gao Ning told me. He jokingly said that it might have to be destroyed with a missile, or else some special means would have to be used.

Therefore, the only time we can escape is when the female worm is asleep. Gao Ning said that every month, for three days, the female worm would fall into a deep sleep. Unless there is a threat to its life, no one can wake it up by any means.

“Remember not to touch the worm.” This was the warning that Gao Ning gave me.

But we had already experienced the sleeping period of the worm once, and Gao Ning told me that the next time the worm would sleep would be in five days.

Therefore, my top priority is to get through these five days.

How could Gao Ning know so much? This was something that Ling Ruxue and I found strange. Even the secret of when the worm would sleep could be known, which made people want to explore.

After all, he had let slip a sentence that the worm’s sleep did not have a specific pattern to follow, only that it happened three days every month, seemingly related to its evolution.

“Since we don’t know, we don’t have to think about it. The most urgent task is to find a way to survive these five days, because we don’t know when they will come to take your essence.” This is the result of my discussion with Ling Ruxue.Taoist priest

After the discussion, I was very anxious every minute. I felt that I needed time, but I also felt very afraid of the passage of time, because I was afraid that Boqie would suddenly appear in my room and then take my essence with a grin.

Ling Ruxue was busy. I didn’t know what she was doing, but I knew she was preparing for a desperate battle.

I was also busy. I spent more and more time every day wandering around the woods and around the houses, writing and drawing carefully in those places that were very hidden. But no one in the village knew what I was doing.

As for my face, it had also begun to turn pale and weak, at least that’s what the people in the village who were watching me saw when they saw me. Because when I appeared in public, I quietly tied a yin-yang knot around myself. When the yang energy was locked up, naturally the whole person was like this.

Time passed in our unease and busyness, and before we knew it, it was already the third night.

The great witch doctor had not come in these three days. As he had said, he wanted me to rest and recuperate. I prayed that the recuperation time he gave me would be longer, preferably five days. If you don’t have to die, who would choose to die?

However, fate always likes to play jokes on people. On this night, something unexpected happened.

The insects were still chirping, and this time it was early in the evening. Unlike before, this time the chirping was particularly long, and the chirping of the insects had a kind of impatience that made people feel very annoyed. It seemed that the insect had reached some critical point, and it was very impatient, and its impatience was transmitted through the chirping, infecting people.

This time the sound of the insects continued for an entire hour, causing the people in the village who were used to the sound of insects to also sit up and take notice. I sensed a hint of weakness in the sound of the insects, and I don’t know if it was my intuition.

As it turned out, my judgment was correct. This time, Xue didn’t have any abdominal pain, and she was very peaceful and safe. She just told me that her life-affecting parasite was also very strong, and if that bug couldn’t overpower her life-affecting parasite, her life-affecting parasite wouldn’t be restless.

Is the bug weak? I had a bad feeling, always thinking that everything about the bug seemed to be related to my blood. This feeling made me a little irritable, and I walked out of the house, just walking not far from the two Miao men who were responsible for guarding me.

They were talking in a low voice, but I had good hearing and heard everything they said.

“Something like this happened eighty years ago. I heard my grandfather say that that night, the bugs were also calling for a long time.” One of the Miao men said in Chinese.

“Why are you speaking Chinese when you’re fine? Don’t you see…” One of the Miao men glanced at me. I pretended to be strolling in the woods as if nothing had happened, but my heart was churning. Eighty years ago? There seems to be something crucial in the middle, but I can’t figure it out.

“You’ve been out to make money, you speak good Chinese, I’ll learn it. I’m leaving the village tomorrow, and besides, we didn’t say anything, I’m afraid he heard us…” Another Hmong man said nonchalantly.

As I walked further and further away, their voices became inaudible, but eighty years ago there was a situation like this. I don’t know why, but this sentence kept churning in my heart.

The night passed, and it seemed that my powerful spiritual awareness had been tested once again. In the morning, Boqie came with Qiaolan and several other people. When he saw me sitting in the living room, Boqie said only one thing: “Follow me.”

If I go with you, will I still have a chance to live? I thought to myself, and I couldn’t help but feel a little panicked. I held my teacup in my hand, and Ling Ruoxue stood behind me. When Boqie said those words, her hand unconsciously rested on my shoulder, as if in this way she could use her power to keep me here and not let Boqie and the others take me away.

I felt Ling Ruxue’s body trembling slightly, but her concern made me feel warm, and I was not panicked.

My face was pale, and I was listless, but my expression was calm. I had a bad feeling last night, so I got up early this morning and tied the knot of the heart. You know, this knot is very strong when tied to the chest, and after so long, even my body began to feel cold.

This behavior is very risky, but I have to take risks. You know, today is only the fourth day.

“Where are you going with you?” I said this while holding the teacup. If Boqie tried to take me away by force, I would break the teacup. Hui Gen, who was standing by my side, would quickly insert the chess pieces in his hand into the eye of the chessboard. At that time, it would be time to fight desperately.

Fortunately, Boqie was not as anxious as I had imagined. He looked at me, at my pale face and listless expression, and his eyes were full of confusion. After a long silence, he said, “How did you get into this state? I told you to rest well, didn’t I?”

“Rest well? I’ve rested well. If you take me away this time, I’ll become even weaker, won’t I?” I said this deliberately, actually retreating in order to advance, hoping to buy myself another day.

Boqie looked at me, his brows furrowed involuntarily, and then said, “I said that after this, you will be relieved. Come with me.”

I stood up, still holding the teacup in my hand, and walked a few steps to Boqie’s face and said, “You said that I would be relieved, and I would be relieved? If you want to do something to me now, even if it is to take a lot of blood, I will die! How can I be relieved?”

I said, pointing to Qiao Lan, “Last time, this woman stuck her hand in my chest, actually injuring my source. We Taoists have a special practice. I cultivate my essence and blood around my heart. She destroyed my practice, and now my essence and blood can’t gather, and I’ve lost some. I can see that in another day, I will be able to recover. You actually want me to go with you now. Are you going to take my blood? Are you trying to kill me?”

These words are pure nonsense. Taoism does not have any method of cultivating essence in the chest. I deliberately pretended to be crazy and misinterpreted Boqie’s words to tell him this information. I lost my essence, but I will be able to recover tomorrow. What he cares about is my essence, but I deliberately pretended to be ignorant and deliberately used my essence to make a fuss.

They don’t know what the Taoist practice is like, and they don’t know that Gao Ning has secretly told me everything. I just bet that Boqie cares about my essence and gave me a day.

Sure enough, my words successfully aroused Boqie’s doubts. He turned and looked at Qiaolan, who looked at Boqie with a face of innocent panic, eagerly explaining something in that ancient language.

I didn’t care about any of this. I just took a step forward, then pulled my shirt open a little and shouted, “You crazy woman! Last time you went crazy and tried to kill me for a single sentence. Now you’re doing it again? Let’s see if I’m willing to die with you! If I lose my essence, my 20 years of cultivation will be wasted. I don’t care anymore.”

Then I pretended to be crazy and stared at Boqie again, saying, “As a great shaman, don’t you know the importance of essence and blood? Aren’t you Miao people very resourceful? Today, you should do me justice. You, come and check to see if my essence and blood have dispersed and if there is less concentrated essence and blood.”

At this point, a Hmong man couldn’t stand it anymore and shouted at me to stop being rude to the shamans.

I just stared at Boqie and said, “I will be able to recover from my injuries tomorrow. If you insist on taking me away today, I will kill myself. Because if my blood is taken today, my power will be gone.”

As I said this, I clenched my teacup. If Boqie still took me away without regard, then I would have to fight to the death. Although I knew that we wouldn’t be able to last until the end of the night, we would have to fight to the death tomorrow as well.