EFB Chapter 560 Weird Leechworm
Chapter 560 Weird Leechworm
Chapter 560 Weird Leechworm
Qingwan watched the barbarian girl walk away and asked curiously, "Their tribe doesn't welcome outsiders, so how come she speaks our language so fluently?"
Even many of the barbarian tribes in southern Xinjiang do not speak such fluent Mandarin.
The girl from this mountain tribe was able to communicate with them freely.
Yun Xiao, who was standing next to her, chuckled and said, "Didn't she say she was a saint? Maybe she was taught by someone since she was a child... Or maybe their tribe is good at Mandarin and is a tribe that migrated here from the north."
During times of war, it was not uncommon for large barbarian tribes to migrate south to avoid disaster.
Yun Xiao didn't find it strange that the former dynasty's aristocratic families were hiding here.
Lu Zheng and his companions walked along the stream, observing their surroundings by the moonlight.
In the silent valley, faint, intermittent voices could be heard, sounding like someone calling for help.
Lu Zheng and the others followed the sound and saw a woman lying half-reclined by a mud puddle.
The woman was covered in mud, seemingly injured, and was groaning and begging for help.
Upon seeing the group appear before her, the woman paused, then quickly called out again in a hoarse voice, speaking in a barbarian language.
Not far away, there were faint footsteps.
Lu Zheng glanced to the side and saw that the barbarian girl from before had reappeared.
Bai Chan was slightly taken aback when she saw Lu Zheng and the others. She had come over because she heard the voices, but she didn't expect to encounter these outside cultivators again.
Bai Chan then turned to the woman and asked, "Which tribe are you from?"
The woman did not answer, but said that she had been poisoned by a curse and wanted to ask them for help.
Bai Chan frowned, wondering what to do.
Yun Xiao said leisurely, "Little girl, this man looks like one of your barbarians. Aren't you going to help him?"
Hearing Yun Xiao say this, Bai Chan hesitated for a moment, not wanting to appear to outsiders as the kind of person who would stand by and watch someone die.
Bai Chan stepped forward, preparing to get closer to check the woman's injuries.
However, before she could reach the woman, Yun Xiao's right hand twitched slightly.
A flash of sword light appeared, and a small sword pierced straight towards the woman by the pool.
Everything happened so fast that Bai Chan hadn't even had time to react before she saw the sword light pierce through the woman's brow.
In the blink of an eye, the woman on the ground twisted and turned, her original human form transforming into a giant leech.
Immediately afterwards, the giant leech burst open, splitting into countless tiny leech larvae that swarmed towards the crowd.
Bai Chan was startled and instinctively reached for her waist.
However, someone else was even faster than her.
Qingyi opened her small mouth and spat out a scorching breath that rushed towards the countless tiny leeches, instantly burning them to ashes.
Qingyi reached out and grabbed at the mud with her little hand.
A streak of red light flew out from the pool and was tightly grasped by Qingyi.
It was a leech about the size of a thumb, covered in tiny scales that shone with a golden luster, and its round mouthparts were covered with fine, sharp teeth.
When Qingyi caught the leech, it opened its mouth and let out a sharp, piercing cry that shook everyone to their core.
With a slight exertion of her small hand, Qingyi abruptly stopped the sound.
"Spare me!" The leech suddenly spoke in a human voice, a mournful voice that sounded like a woman's.
On the other side, Bai Chan looked slightly dazed at this sudden turn of events, a hint of confusion flashing in her eyes.
Qingwan looked at the insect in Qingyi's hand and then asked a few questions.
As a result, everyone discovered that the leech kept changing into various human voices, but did not answer questions. It had little intelligence and could only repeat some words like a parrot.
Seeing this, everyone felt that the insect had lured and harmed many people, which was why they were saying such things.
Yun Xiao clicked his tongue and said, "This insect can indeed change shape, but unfortunately, such a harmful thing cannot be kept."
Upon hearing this, Qingyi squeezed the insect in her hand with all her might and crushed it to death.
Yun Xiao raised his hand and cast a spell, extracting a thin strand of dragon blood from the insect's body.
It wasn't until this moment that Bai Chan came to her senses and saw the bloodstains that Yun Xiao had obtained from the insect's body, and her eyes flashed with a strange light.
This was exactly the kind of insect she was looking for, but unfortunately, she lacked the ability and almost fell into a trap.
Yun Xiao noticed Bai Chan's gaze and said with a smile, "You little girl are really naive. You should leave this dangerous place as soon as possible, lest you die here at such a young age."
Bai Chan blushed slightly and couldn't help but retort, "It was you, senior, who told me that the insect was a barbarian, otherwise I wouldn't have been fooled."
Yun Xiao clicked his tongue and said, "You can't just say things like that. I said it seems, but I didn't say it's certain. Besides, as an outsider, don't you have any judgment?"
Bai Chan looked slightly flustered upon hearing this, as if she herself hadn't really paid much attention to it.
Yun Xiao couldn't help but say, "I think you're a kind-hearted young lady. I have a few cultivation techniques here that are suitable for you. Would you like them?"
Qingwan glanced sideways, thinking to herself, "Has Daoist Yunxiao really gone into business like this? He even has cultivation techniques suitable for barbarian Gu cultivators?"
This time, Bai Chan became wary and didn't quite believe Yun Xiao's words.
However, seeing that these people were far stronger than she was, she asked, "What do you want?"
There's no such thing as a free lunch, and Bai Chan understood that.
Yun Xiao said, "You're a local, and you seem to be very familiar with this mountain range. We'd like to find some insects here that can help increase grain production. Do you know where we can find them, young lady?"
Bai Chan thought for a moment after hearing this and said, "I know a little about the kind of insects you're talking about. However, those insects are only effective on ordinary crops and have no effect on spiritual herbs."
Bai Chan was a little puzzled. Why had these people come all this way just for this kind of insect?
Qingwan began, “There are still many people in this world who don’t have enough to eat, so we wanted to find ways to increase food production. We heard that there are some strange Gu worms here, so we came here to search for them…”
As they spoke, Qingwan showed Bai Chan the ancient books she had bought.
Bai Chan immediately believed it to some extent, but then asked with some surprise, "Don't the people in your area even have enough to eat?"
In their tribe, no one has ever gone hungry.
Moreover, she had heard that the dynasties in the world were very prosperous, much better than their mountain tribes, and that many people there did not have enough food, which surprised her greatly.
Lu Zheng said, "In some places, officials and gentry have been exploiting and extorting without restraint, leaving the people with little surplus grain."
Bai Chan blinked and couldn't help but ask, "So the problem isn't about grain production?"
Lu Zhengdao: "Multiple measures will surely make life a little better for the people."
"That's it..."
Bai Chan nodded slightly, feeling that what the scholarly-looking man in front of her said made a lot of sense.
(End of this chapter)