Zombie Bodyguard
Chapter 445 - 444: You are the Gu Remover

Chapter 445: Chapter 444: You are the Gu Remover

A trial? Lin Tian looked at Miss Li Yue in front of him, who was crying a river, and was completely befuddled, I don’t even know you people, what trial are you talking about, it’s not like I’m marrying your granddaughter!

"Asang, what’s going on here?" Professor Xue asked incredulously, clearly also unaware as he had just heard about the Soul-devouring Gu, could it be that Li Qingyun could predict the future?

Sang Lin had no choice but to explain, "As soon as I heard the young man mention the Soul-devouring Gu, I knew the seriousness of the matter, that there were evil Gu Cultivators using sorcery to harm people. So I immediately sent a message to Granny Li, and Granny Li agreed to give you a chance, but you’d have to pass a trial, as to what the trial would be, I didn’t know before we arrived."

"So all of this is fake?" Lin Tian pointed at the Gu God statue on the altar, Was the worship just for show?

"What’s fake? If you disrespect the Gu God again, watch me put a severe Gu on you, one that will ruin your manhood!" Li Yue, wiping a teardrop from her lashes, spoke resentfully, "My grandma worships the Gu God at fixed times every day, you just happened to come upon us, who has the time to put on a play for a stranger like you!"

The young lady seemed truly angry, it looked like she would use Gu on Lin Tian even if there wasn’t a trial.

"Lin Tian, you’re a grown man, why hassle a young girl?" The miss also said, trying to ease the atmosphere and giving Lin Tian a meaningful glance, signaling him to cooperate.

Lin Tian simply couldn’t stand these strange beliefs and retorted, "I’m only eighteen, the youngest here is me, why don’t any of you sisters, aunts, or grandmas cut me some slack!"

The miss couldn’t help but laugh; Lin Tian sometimes acted all high and mighty, and then like a child the next. But for some reason, she felt a strange feeling arise within her, probably the maternal instinct that every woman possesses. Seeing a powerful man occasionally showing a childish side, a woman’s maternal feelings always seemed particularly tender and complex.

She chuckled, "Even if you are eighteen, does that mean you’re not a grown man?"

This was a hard question to answer, admitting he’s not a man? Of course not, but the miss’s smile at this moment was truly enchanting, and Lin Tian suddenly had this weird thought.

"Miss Li Yue, I didn’t ask for your permission earlier, I saw what I shouldn’t have, and I was wrong," Lin Tian said straightforwardly, now that the miss had spoken up, any further hesitation would really make him look weak.

He also knew that losing temper at times and rashly looking at a young woman’s body was indeed inappropriate, a real man should dare to look and dare to own up, only after owning up should he dare to look again.

"Brother, I forgive you," Li Yue, who was also rather naive, didn’t catch one thing. Lin Tian had only mentioned looking at her body, he didn’t apologize for disrespecting the Gu God, but she let that pass without further mention.

Lin Tian was worried for her, such a temperament seemed unsuitable for a Gu Cultivator.

Interestingly, Li Qingyun did not say much about this, having lived to her age, she was well beyond the years of understanding her fate, knowing that the tales of the Gu God were but fantasies, merely like a spiritual placebo, similar to how one meditates on something during yoga.

"Mr. Lin, tell me in detail about this Soul-devouring Gu," Li Qingyun didn’t beat around the bush and asked directly.

There were neither seats nor tea offered here, the hospitality certainly was unique, but Lin Tian didn’t mind these details; in fact, he liked dealing with such people.

He recounted to Li Qingyun the incident of Mr. Qi being affected by the Soul-devouring Gu, naturally omitting the part about having x-ray vision.

"I understand what you are saying, Mr. Qi’s soul-devouring Gu has not fully matured yet," Li Qingyun said calmly, as if the soul-devouring Gu was nothing special.

Her view was the same as Sang Lan’s, the soul-devouring Gu hadn’t matured.

"Then why do they feed it human blood every day?" Lin Tian asked.

"It’s not just human blood, it also includes many other medicines. You could say that they sustain the host’s life or that they are feeding the soul-devouring Gu. Because if Mr. Qi doesn’t consume these substances, the soul-devouring Gu will devour his essence, and he will soon die," Li Qingyun explained.

"So, you’re saying that even if we tell the Qi Family the truth now, Mr. Qi cannot live without those medicinal fluids anymore?" Lin Tian picked up the conversation.

"That’s right, Mr. Qi is just a sacrifice, used by the Gu Cultivator as his tripod furnace to cultivate the soul-devouring Gu. When the soul-devouring Gu finally matures, even the medicinal fluids will be useless, because in that moment of maturation, it requires too much nourishment, and Mr. Qi will still end up drained dry," Li Qingyun continued calmly.

"What happens after the soul-devouring Gu matures?" Miss asked.

Li Qingyun rarely smiled, seeming pleased at the thought of the Gu maturing, and then said lightly, "After maturation, the soul-devouring Gu will demonstrate its peak power. It can live independently of the host and be controlled by its master. Afterwards, the Gu Cultivator can use it to infect others at will, and the life and death of those infected will be in the hands of the Gu master, because with just an order, the soul-devouring Gu can instantly suck dry a person’s brain and marrow."

Indeed, appearances are deceiving. Although Li Qingyun looked like an old woman, she was quite a beautiful woman and yet so delighted over the growth of a Gu, treating it as if it were her child; it was rather twisted.

"So Mr. Qi has no hope?" Lin Tian asked again.

He wasn’t really concerned about Mr. Qi’s fate; his main worry was that once the soul-devouring Gu matured, the Japanese would first use it against him. That was the best scenario; Lin Tian was not afraid of the Gu at all. If the Japanese used the soul-devouring Gu against the Xiao Family, it would be utterly unpredictable.

"There’s a Gu for every removal, otherwise why would Sang Lin have brought you here?" Li Qingyun retorted.

"How can it be removed?" Lin Tian asked plainly and directly.

"Actually, I don’t quite agree with removing Gu, because it poses too great a risk to the Gu Remover," Li Qingyun said, glancing at Lin Tian and Xiao Manxue, and continued, "The best method is to stimulate the soul-devouring Gu before it matures, forcing it to erupt prematurely, which will drain the host dry, and at the same time, it will also die."

That’s too harsh. Hearing such words from a woman, Lin Tian couldn’t understand; are all Gu Cultivators cold-blooded?

"Sacrificing one to destroy the soul-devouring Gu could save many more. What do you hesitate for?" Li Qingyun said indifferently.

She wasn’t wrong, but Lin Tian coldly laughed and said, "I believe in killing those who deserve to die without hesitation. But what I hate the most is the notion of sacrificing one to save many, thinking it’s noble? I find it hypocritical. Why should the few accommodate the many? If someone said sacrificing me could save thousands, I would say, let them all die!"

"Oh, you have a very unique perspective," Li Qingyun responded without much emotion, calmly saying, "Since you’ve chosen the difficult path, then you be the Gu Remover!"

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