He favored his concubine and I cut off my wealth. Everyone in the mansion was in a panic.

At the same time, the witch raised a mocking smile.

These outsiders must not know that in addition to being a witch, she is also a Gu Master.

Southern Xinjiang is good at Gu, but not everyone can become a Gu Master. The conditions for becoming a Gu Master are very harsh. Among the nearly one million people in Southern Xinjiang, the number of Gu Masters is even less than 10,000, and most of them live in Fusang City.

In such a remote and small village, no one would have expected the appearance of a Gu Master.

However, the smile on the corner of the witch's mouth just froze on her face.

Because her proud treasure Gu worm was being pressed to the ground by Tuanzi at this moment, sobbing miserably and helplessly.

The witch was anxious all of a sudden, shouting to stop him: "Stop! Stop! If you have anything to do, come to me, don't touch my Gu worm!"

No one knows how much effort she has put in to refine this gecko Gu worm, but now, her efforts are being trampled under the feet of a strange cat that came from nowhere.

Shen Qing gave Tuanzi an order to stop for the time being. The latter reluctantly let go of the gecko that was already covered with thick ink, but his front paws were still pressing on its body.

The secret guard had already brought the only chair in the room to Shen Qing, and took out a piece of clothing that Li Yu had stolen before to pad it on it, and then asked Shen Qing to sit down.

"Tell me about your origins and everything you know."

From the witch, Shen Qing learned that she was a Gu master, now only 25 years old, and had the honor of staying in the palace of Fusang City for a period of time.

However, she made a mistake later, so she was driven out of Fusang City by the high priest, Fu Yuan, and her Gu skills were abolished.

The reason why she became like this now was to save her dying life Gu.

She used her own blood to feed the Gu, and the Gu worm was reborn, but she could never change back to her former appearance.

Shen Qing was surprised, "I heard that women in your southern border always love beauty. You would actually give up your appearance for a Gu worm?"

The witch was stunned, "Our southern border? Are you an outsider?"

Shen Qing neither admitted nor denied, but just let Tuanzi use a little force on the gecko.

Hearing the screams of the natal Gu, the witch dared not ask for a moment, and continued to confess: "As a Gu master, the Gu worm and the Gu master coexist. Although the life and death of the Gu worm cannot affect the life and death of the Gu master, it can affect the life of the Gu master. This is why the Gu master lives a long life. In addition, when the Gu technique is cultivated to a certain level, you can also use the power of the Gu worm to return to youth and keep your face young."

This is also why the witch would rather lose her appearance to keep the natal Gu, but her Gu technique is obviously not yet mastered, so she can only maintain this old and frail appearance.

"What is a puppet?"

Hearing the word 'puppet', the witch's face immediately flashed an unnatural look. This time, Shen Qing didn't need to speak, Tuanzi had already killed him first, and the gecko's cry became more and more sad.

The witch quickly responded: "I'll tell you, I'll tell you! Puppet is the excuse I used to deceive them. On the surface, I injected poisonous insects to control them for my use, but in fact, I sucked their blood and blood to supply myself. Every time I absorb a person's blood and blood, I can be a few months younger."

Hearing the witch's answer, Yun Xiaoxiao's expression suddenly turned cold, "Then why don't you suck the people in the village, but only pick us outsiders?"

The witch explained: "I was banished from Fusang City by the high priest, and only these villages outside will accept me."

In other words, if she slaughtered the people in these villages, she would have no place to stay, and now she is old, many things are inconvenient, so she shaped herself into an omnipotent witch, so as to gain the respect and help of the villagers.

"Also, the high priest has ordered that random killing is not allowed."

If she took action and was reported to Fusang City by the people in the village, then she would really have no way out.

"Who are the people in the palace?"

"The most powerful person in the palace is the high priest, who is also the most skilled Gu master in Nanjiang. In addition to the high priest, there are also four elders in the southeast, northwest, and northeast, each guarding one side. Below that, there are the snake army led by the high priest and the four poisonous armies led by the four elders."

Unlike Da Chu, the palace of Nanjiang does not have courtiers and the so-called harem, but only countless Gu armies.

In addition, there is another point. Whether you want to enter the palace or become a Gu army, there is a necessary prerequisite-becoming a Gu master.

In this way, the main force of Nanjiang is in the palace, and the Gu army that Shen Qing and his party encountered when they first came to Nanjiang is the snake army led by the high priest.

After getting the information he wanted, Shen Qing directly asked Tuanzi to press the already scarred gecko to death with one claw, which led to the witch's heart-wrenching howl, "No!"

"I've told you everything you want to know, why do you still want to do something with my life-definition Gu!"

The witch asked angrily, but Shen Qing responded with a perfunctory look, "What else? Save it for drinking?"

After the words fell, the secret guard behind him had quickly drawn his sword and stabbed it into the witch's heart.

Yun Xiaoxiao said coldly: "You have done so many evil things, and I gave you a quick death. You are lucky."

The witch was shocked, "You actually... dare to kill the Gu Master?"

Gu Masters are rare, so the high priest issued an order early in the morning: those who kill Gu Masters, if they are Gu Masters, should abolish their Gu skills and drive them out of Fusang City; if they are civilians, their entire family should be killed and no one should be left alive.

So from the beginning, the witch was sure that Shen Qing would not dare to kill her, but she didn't expect that Shen Qing was not afraid at all, or she didn't know what the consequences would be if she killed herself.

Using the last bit of her strength, the witch laughed out loud, "Hahaha, you're done. If the Gu Stone is destroyed, all of you will become wanted targets in Southern Xinjiang, and you will all be buried with me!"

As for what the so-called Gu Stone is, the witch didn't say it just now, and Shen Qing and his party didn't know.

But from the witch's last words, it can be inferred that it should be a very troublesome thing.

So Shen Qing and his party made a prompt decision and left directly. As for the old lady's family, they had all died at the hands of the dark guards.

They would never spare the lives of those who dared to attack Shen Qing.

Before taking action, the dark guards also got a little information from the old lady's family, but it was not useful. They have lived in this village for generations and know very little about the outside world.

…

A quarter of an hour later, Shen Qing and his party returned to the valley where they were during the day. The people who went to explore in four directions had also returned. If the secret guards had not come back in advance to tell them that Shen Qing was fine, they would have chased Shen Qing to the village long ago.

It was almost midnight, but the night wind was not cold at all, as if it was a night in the middle of summer in Da Chu, refreshing and pleasant.

The group began to exchange information.

Li Yu spoke first. The easternmost part of the southern border was an endless sea area, which should be connected to the east of Da Chu. However, about five miles away from the sea, there was a light film that was the same as the one they passed through when they came. Li Yu tried, but couldn't get out.

The villages in the east were all built along the coast, and the villagers in them made a living by fishing, and their temperaments were relatively simple.

In addition, Li Yu also found an underground palace engraved with the five poisonous totems in the east. Because it was heavily guarded, they did not dare to approach rashly.

In addition, the soldiers guarding the underground palace were not the snake soldiers they had encountered before, but the scorpion soldiers with scorpion-like symbols on their heads.

However, this time, the scorpions on their heads were not all alive, and most of them were fake totems.

Xie Zhaohua continued to speak, the southernmost part of the southern border was an endless dense forest, which was more lush than the one they passed when they came. As for the deep forest, Xie Zhaohua and his party did not know and did not dare to explore.

The village over there was built along the dense forest, and the villagers made a living by picking mushrooms. Moreover, Xie Zhaohua found that they picked mushrooms with bright colors, which did not look like non-toxic things at first glance.

Finally, Xie Zhaohua and his party also found an underground palace in the south that was very similar to what Li Yu described, with totems of the five poisons on it, and the soldiers guarding the underground palace had centipedes hanging on their heads, three parts of which were poisonous insects and seven parts of totems.

Fu Yi followed up and said, "To the west of Southern Xinjiang, which is where we came from, there is a yellow sand everywhere, which looks like the desolate land of Da Chu where no one lives. There are snakes, insects, rats and ants on the ground, and there are very few villagers living there. The few villages are the ones near them."

Also, somewhere in the west, Fu Yi and his party also found an underground palace similar to the one described by Li Yu and Xie Zhaohua, but this time the soldiers guarding the underground palace had geckos hanging on their heads, which was also three-tenths true and seven-tenths false, and the ones guarding the edge of the west were the snake army they encountered.

The last one was Rong Heng. The northernmost part of Southern Xinjiang is a continuous mountain range, with farmland and mulberry trees at the foot of the mountain. The people live a very comfortable life with men farming and women weaving.

Over the mountains is the border of Southern Xinjiang, which is guarded by light films and snake army.

There is also the underground palace in the north, and this time the one guarding the underground palace is the last of the four poisons, the Golden Toad Army.

After digesting all the information, Shen Qing began to think: It is obviously one country, but there are four completely different lifestyles. If you add Fusang City, there are five. This is really strange; and only the west and north are guarded by the snake army, which means that there are only these two directions leading to Da Chu. They came from the west, and it is not known whether Lu Yan went west or north; and what are the four mysterious underground palaces used for?

When Shen Qing was puzzled, Rong Heng hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "By the way, when I came back just now, I accidentally heard some soldiers from the southern border talking about it. They said that the high priest personally went out to the north half a month ago and caught a man. He was very handsome in purple robes and black hair. Now he is being raised in the palace. I guess that man is most likely Lu Yan."

Her husband was captured and brought into the palace, and the word "raised" was used. Rong Heng really didn't know how to tell Shen Qing for a while, so it was delayed until now.

He knew Lu Yan's feelings for Shen Qing, but what if Lu Yan was forcibly defiled by someone? Wouldn't Shen Qing be so upset?

After saying this, Rong Heng looked at Shen Qing with a little trepidation, but saw that the latter frowned slightly, and obviously thought of this possibility. After a moment of silence, he said: "After all, he had no choice. If Yan suffered any misfortune, it's not his fault."

At the moment, Shen Qing only wanted to rescue Lu Yan, and she didn't care about anything else.

At this moment, the ground suddenly trembled, as if a large number of people were rushing towards this side quickly.