dognovel Chapter 25 Gu Insect
Chapter 25 Gu Insect
"Locust Blossom Lane".
The roaring sound stopped, Xia Xue parked her motorcycle, and glanced at the sign at the alley entrance.
"This is it."
Xia Xue glanced around and pursed her lips.
"There's not even a sign to guide you. Who would know there's a martial arts school in this alley? It's no wonder the Chen Family Martial Arts School has no business."
Xia Xue carried her sketchbook and walked into the alley. After walking nearly a hundred meters, she finally saw a dilapidated gate with a plaque bearing the four large characters "Chen's Martial Arts School" hanging above it.
The lettering on the plaque has faded.
It's obviously been around for quite some time.
"Is it still a well-established brand?"
Xia Xue seemed to be deep in thought.
"It seems he has real skills."
Xia Xue glanced around to make sure no one was there and there were no security cameras, then leaped over the gate and entered the courtyard.
"In the study."
Xia Xue's ears twitched, confirming the target's location.
"The sound of grinding ink, are they practicing calligraphy?"
Then they began to guess what the other person was doing.
There was no one else in the yard.
After confirming it one more time, Xia Xue walked lightly and silently straight to the study.
"Exactly the same."
Xia Xue stood outside the window like a ghost, watching Chen Guodong grind ink. She took out the sketch from her sketchbook, examined it for a moment, and nodded in satisfaction.
"However, the necessary procedures still need to be followed."
It wouldn't be good if I mistook someone else for someone else.
"Tracing the source!"
After calculating with her left hand for a moment, Xia Xue's face broke into a broad smile.
"It really was him!"
No effort was wasted.
Xia Xue's laughter gave away her location.
"Who?"
Before he finished speaking, Chen Guodong had already leaped out of the window like a monkey, displaying his peak Ming Jin strength without a doubt.
A dagger had appeared in his hand without his noticing, and he thrust it straight at Xia Xue's throat.
"As expected of an assassin, their moves are ruthless."
They don't make a move unless they're sure of success, but when they do, it's a deadly strike.
Use your fingers instead of your palm; no aiming is required.
Xia Xue extended a finger and flicked it lightly against Chen Guodong's dagger.
Chen Guodong's high-speed movement came to an abrupt halt as if he had crashed into a wall. The backlash from the force caused his body to churn violently, with a surge of blood rushing upwards, causing him to cough up a mouthful of blood.
"You instantly neutralized all my force...you're a master of neutralizing force?"
Ignoring his injuries, Chen Guodong's face showed shock, and he exclaimed in alarm with his mouth full of blood.
"But how is that possible?"
Upon seeing the person before him, he realized she was a girl of seventeen or eighteen, and his eyes were filled with disbelief.
An eighteen-year-old Grandmaster of Internal Energy? What kind of international joke is this?
"Hello, Netherfire."
Xia Xue flicked her finger lightly.
The dagger was instantly deflected like a bullet, flying out and embedding itself heavily in the wall not far away.
The words "Netherfire" were uttered.
Chen Guodong's face immediately lost all trace of hope.
"This day has finally come."
I often walk by the river, so how can I not wet my shoes?
Xia Xue flicked her finger again, pressing on a major acupoint on Chen Guodong's body.
A surge of force rushed into Chen Guodong's body, and his body instantly curled up like a shrimp and fell to the ground. Cold sweat instantly broke out on his face, and he could only grit his teeth tightly to keep from crying out in pain.
Xia Xue slowly stepped forward, squatted down in front of Chen Guodong, and asked with a smile, "You know who I am, right?"
Chen Guodong gritted his teeth and uttered a name slowly and deliberately.
"Natsu! Snow!"
Xia Xue nodded in satisfaction.
"Then you should know why I came to you, right?"
Chen Guodong gave a bitter laugh.
Blood spilled from his mouth again, dripping down and staining the lawn red.
"You made your move yesterday, and you've already found me today. You even know about Netherfire. Are you a member of the Xuanmen sect?"
Although it is a question, the tone is very certain.
Xia Xue raised an eyebrow.
"You even know about the Xuanmen (Taoist sect)?"
Although Xia Xue possesses a fully-level Xuan technique and knows a Xuan sect member named Nan Li, she knows very little about the Xuan sect.
Xia Xue did not refute.
Chen Guodong was completely disheartened at this point.
"I admit defeat. However, don't think that just because you're a member of the Xuanmen sect, you can ignore the Netherfire. Just wait, the Netherfire will surely engulf you. I'll be waiting for you in the Netherworld."
His eyes stared fiercely at Xia Xue like a wolf. After saying his last words, his eyes bulged, his head tilted to the side, and he stopped breathing.
"They've been silenced again?"
Xia Xue narrowed her eyes slightly.
"He wasn't wearing a smartwatch."
How did he die?
"Heart problem? But judging from his previous appearance, he didn't have heart disease."
Xia Xue looked around for a moment, noticed something, and flipped her right hand to reveal a pencil.
With a light stroke of a pencil, the tip, like a sharp blade, sliced the shirt in half, revealing the chest underneath, without damaging the skin in the slightest.
"This is... an insect?"
Xia Xue looked at the slightly bulging bump on her left chest, which looked like a mosquito bite, and gently flicked it with the other end of her pencil, using the echo to make a judgment.
"Could it be... the legendary Gu worm?"
It was mentioned in the max-level Traditional Chinese Medicine section.
It was only touched upon briefly, without going into depth.
"There are actually people skilled in Gu magic among the Netherfire?"
Xia Xue pondered for a moment, then shook her head.
"There are more people in the Xuanmen sect than I previously thought."
In such a short time, she came into direct contact with Nanli.
He also indirectly clashed with a member of the Xuanmen sect who was skilled in Gu magic.
"Therefore, ordinary assassins are controlled by smartwatches, while core members are controlled by Gu worms. Regardless of which one is captured, they will be immediately silenced."
Xia Xue knew how smartwatches worked.
Smartwatches come with built-in health monitoring functions. Once a health problem is detected, the relevant program is immediately activated, injecting hydride to eliminate the problem.
However, Xia Xue could not understand the principles behind Gu worms at all.
"Could it be that, like smartwatches, these venomous insects also have detection capabilities?"
Xia Xue shook her head.
"Forget it, I can't figure it out, I don't want to think about it anymore."
Later, when you come across treasure chests related to Gu worms, everything will become clear.
Xia Xue looked down at Chen Guodong, who lay dead with his eyes wide open.
"You think that just because you're dead, I won't be able to find anything?"
Xia Xue gave a light scoff.
"Tracing the source!"
Images flashed through Xia Xue's eyes in an instant.
"The person who used the curse didn't show up at all."
Xia Xue stopped calculating and cursed under her breath.
"How cunning."
As expected, the other party was a member of the Xuanmen sect, knew the intricacies of the matter, and had made preparations in advance, specifically guarding against the deduction technique.
"Put that bug-playing guy aside for now, let's find the assassin in Jiangcheng first."
Xia Xue paused for a moment, and once her true energy had recovered sufficiently, she used the Source Tracing Technique again.
One by one, the assassins hidden in Jiangcheng by the Netherfire have surfaced.
"In such a vast city as Jiangcheng, there are only six assassins."
Apart from the killer who died yesterday.
Only five remain.
"Two bronze-level assassins and three iron-level assassins remain."
In addition to yesterday's silver medalist.
"one two three."
This is the pattern.
"interesting."