Zombie Bodyguard
Chapter 486 - 483: The Five Elements’ Interactions of Generation and Conquest

Chapter 486: Chapter 483: The Five Elements’ Interactions of Generation and Conquest

"Mutual generation and mutual overcoming?" Xiao Manxuan didn’t understand Li Qingyun’s words at all and curiously asked.

Not just her, even Lin Tian didn’t understand; the art of Gu was complex and variable, and definitely not something one could fully grasp after one or two encounters. With Li Qingyun’s decades of research, she certainly had the right to look down on the other Gu Cultivator.

Moreover, what Li Qingyun said wasn’t wrong. Since Lin Tian had come into contact with the Gu techniques of the Japanese Gu Cultivators, each and every Gu technique had been exceptionally vicious, whether it was the Soul-devouring Gu in Mr. Qi’s head, the Bloodthirsty Bee from earlier, or even the disgusting toad poison.

Whether it was Ancient Martial Arts or Gu techniques, being extreme was a mistaken path. Extreme methods could produce powerful Gu in a short amount of time, but once they encounter a master of the craft, the flaws would be exposed.

Li Qingyun had some reservations about this opponent before, but after a few rounds of exchange, she saw through the opponent’s level. Much like how Li Qingyun now possessed seventy-some years of power, the opponent might only have thirty or forty years’ worth, not at the same level at all.

"Miss Xiao, all things are within the Five Elements, metal, wood, water, fire, earth; they generate and overcome each other, metal overcomes wood, wood overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, fire overcomes metal. The toad poison belongs to water in the Five Elements, how do you think it can be restrained?" Li Qingyun simply explained the interrelations of the Five Elements, then questioned in return.

"Earth overcomes water, so do we need to bury them with earth?" Xiao Manxuan tilted her head and tried to suggest.

Lin Tian felt a wave of embarrassment. Toads were living creatures that moved; they wouldn’t just quietly let you bury them. She also realized her method was problematic, but before she could think further, the toads began to move again.

The toad poison, as if receiving some secret signal, uniformly leaped towards Lin Tian.

"Croak, croak..." The toads let out their cries, their mouths bulged, and venom was sprayed out again towards Lin Tian. Strangely enough, although Mr. Qi was right beside him, they specifically targeted Lin Tian alone, clearly controlled by someone behind the scenes.

Li Yue, who was prepared at the side, flicked her wrist, revealing a piece of black cloth that spun towards Lin Tian’s head. The venom from the toads was completely blocked by the black cloth, and with another pull, the cloth automatically retracted into Li Yue’s hands. It turned out that there were ropes tied to the black cloth, and the other end was held in her hand.

"The venom of toad poison is valuable for concocting Gu Medicine; it can’t go to waste," Li Yue said, carefully storing away the black cloth.

The toad poison clearly took time to accumulate venom, and at that moment, Li Qingyun took out a pottery jar from her bag. She uncorked the jar, and a "buzzing" sound suddenly came from within.

Then, a black mist appeared from the jar—not exactly a mist, as Lin Tian saw. It was countless tiny flying insects that looked like mosquitoes; because they were so small and numerous, when they gathered together, they appeared like a black mist.

Couldn’t be, toads devour insects to grow, releasing flying insects would be delivering them a meal, wouldn’t it? Lin Tian was very puzzled, and moreover, according to the principle of mutual generation and overcoming, toads should overcome flying insects, right? Could these insects actually devour the toads?

The swarm of mosquito-like insects, like a black mist, flew toward the toad poison under Li Qingyun’s control. As expected, toads naturally devoured insects. Dozens of toads suddenly shot out their tongues, sweeping and retracting them; the sticky tongues captured the flying insects, which became their food, all entering the toads’ mouths.

A batch of insects, nowhere near enough for the dozens of toads, disappeared in an instant, all ending up in the toads’ stomachs.

Despite her Gu being devoured by the toads, Li Qingyun’s expression didn’t change one bit, if anything, there was a flicker of a smile in her eyes.

Still able to laugh at a time like this, if he could move, Lin Tian would have leapt to his feet and kicked every single toad until they burst. He was a zombie, immune to all poisons, the mere poison of the toad Gu was nothing to the body of a zombie.

Just as he was thinking this, the toads suddenly flipped over, turning belly-up with their white undersides shining in the light of the fire. The patch of white bellies was dazzling in the glow.

However, the white didn’t last for long before the bellies of the toads swelled and turned red. They couldn’t leap, their four short legs trembling non-stop.

The reddening of the bellies grew more intense as if there was fire burning within them, and then, suddenly, the toads really did catch fire. Dozens of toads ignited all at once, emitting a sizzling sound like roasting meat, and in just a moment, only piles of ash remained on the ground; the toad Gu was gone like that.

"How magical, Granny Li, how did you do that?" Xiao Manxuan watched the scene as though she was watching a magic show, asking in amazement.

"Just now, I mentioned the mutual generation and overcoming of the five elements, but there is also a counter-overcoming process known as the ’Insult of the Five Elements.’ While water overcomes fire in the normal cycle, when the fire is strong and the water weak, fire can overcome the water instead. To put it simply, using fire to dry clothes is an example of fire overcoming water," Li Qingyun explained.

Such roundabout explanations were hard to follow, and even the clever Xiao Manxuan struggled to understand. Ultimately, one question lingered in her mind: How could such tiny mosquitoes kill the toad Gu?

Lin Tian had read many ancient texts and naturally understood the principles of the mutual generation and overcoming of the five elements as well as their reverse. But these were all theoretical matters, far removed from actual combat. Without ample combat experience, it was impossible to truly comprehend it.

Li Qingyun also knew that without a clear explanation, the young lady before her would indeed have trouble understanding, so she said, "The insects I just released are called Red Flame Fire Mosquito Gu. First, I cultivated mosquitoes that could resist poison, then fed them daily with yellow phosphorus, sulfur, and Fire Grass. After a long accumulation, a large amount of combustible substances built up inside the Red Flame Fire Mosquito Gu, and once their bodies broke open, the exposed combustibles would burn violently."

"If a person eats it, will they also burn?" Xiao Manxuan asked.

"Of course, they would burn, though it would require a larger amount. However, since the Red Flame Fire Mosquito Gu have been fed yellow phosphorus for a long time, they are highly toxic themselves. If someone accidentally eats one, even if not burned to death, they would still be poisoned to death," Li Qingyun added.

"It’s so amazing, more complex than the biology lessons I’ve learned," Xiao Manxuan exclaimed again.

Li Yue said proudly, "Of course, my grandmother has a double doctorate degree in chemistry and biology!"

Damn, a double doctorate! Lin Tian felt as though he had stumbled upon major news. This beautiful Gu Cultivator was actually a doctor in chemistry and biology. You really can’t judge a book by its cover. This is a true beauty with a doctorate degree. Who would dare say there are no beauties pursuing a doctorate?

Xiao Manxuan’s mouth also fell open in surprise. It seems that nowadays, Gu Cultivators were keeping up with the times. But a Gu Cultivator armed with modern scientific knowledge would only be more formidable.

While Lin Tian was still digesting this astonishing information, he thought that he, a zombie himself, was also studying. A zombie student, compared to Li Qingyun’s Gu Cultivator with a doctorate degree, was probably even more eye-popping.

"Look, Granny, there it is! It’s coming out!" Lin Tian was still mulling over his thoughts when Li Yue suddenly pointed at Mr. Qi’s eyes and shouted.

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