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Miao Kaijie looked at it with great interest.

"What is this?" Qin Xiuyun frowned.

Qin Xiao did not answer him, but threw it into the teacup on the table beside him. There was water in the cup, and the blood dispersed like mist, revealing its true appearance——

As thin and tangled as hair, countless white threads are tangled together like a ball of thread, with densely packed small bumps hidden in it, which seem to be knots.

Qin Xiuyun's frown almost pinched an ant to death.

Qin Xiao did not answer, but crushed a pill and applied it to Qin Jichen's abdomen. The flesh and blood healed instantly, and he wiped the blood off his lower abdomen.

Miao Kaijie suddenly rolled his eyes, tapped Lan Huaiqiu's shoulder, motioning her to come over, and then turned and left the inner room.

Lan Huaiqiu was puzzled. He glanced at Qin Jichen lying on the bed and followed him out.

"What's wrong?" Lan Huaiqiu asked softly when he came to the outer room.

"It's okay. I saw there was some food here, so I thought of asking you to come over." Miao Kaijie sat down on the ground with his legs crossed, picked up the fruit snacks on the table and started eating.

Lan Huaiqiu hesitated for a moment, then sat down, took the melon seeds handed to him by Miao Kaijie, and began to chew them carefully.

Only Mo Hanyu who was standing beside them and Qiongqi who was standing at the door noticed their departure. Qin Xiao seemed not to notice, while Qin Xiuyun stared at him closely, afraid that something might go wrong.

Qin Xiao cut his fingertips, blood dripped onto Qin Jichen's skin, and his two fingers drew something on his body. After a moment, a gray magic circle emerged, as if a strong wind was blowing around, and his head was dizzy and his vision was dim. When he returned to calm, he did not see any signs of damage.

Qin Jichen suddenly opened his eyes and began to cough violently.

Qin Xiuyun wanted to help him up, but was stopped by Qin Xiao.

Qin Xiao looked at Qin Jichen, who looked like he was about to cough out his lungs, but he remained indifferent.

It was not until Qin Jichen spat out black blood and rolled his eyes and fainted again that Qin Xiao slowly leaned over and touched his forehead.

The body temperature has returned to normal.

Qin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, felt relieved, and carefully tucked the corner of the quilt for him.

"What on earth is this--?" Qin Xiuyun asked again when he saw him relax his brows.

"All right." Qin Xiao looked at him, "The soul has returned. Just rest for a while and you'll be fine."

"That's good." Qin Xiuyun breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that.

"He has been poisoned." Qin Xiao wiped the blood from his fingertips, glanced at the poisonous insects entangled in the cup, and said in a cold voice.

"Gu?" Qin Xiuyun didn't know what it was, so he just looked at him.

Unfortunately, Qin Xiao did not answer his question. His expression became heavier and he remained silent for a moment: "...wait for me."

Having said that, he turned and walked out of the door, passing Miao Lan and the other person in the outer room, left the room, found a secret corner, and began to contact people.

"explain."

A young man's cold voice came from the other end of the communication. Qin Xiao licked his lower lip unconsciously due to nervousness.

"Qing Yi, have you made Soul Breaking Gu recently?"

The person on the other end was silent for a while, then spoke slowly.

"No."

"Are you sure? Did someone ask you to do this?"

"I said, no."

Qing Yi's tone was a little more impatient: "Why, you want it?"

"My eldest brother has been poisoned by someone." Qin Xiao said in a deep voice.

The first one paused and sneered: "So? Do you need me to teach you how to solve it?"

"No, I just wanted to make sure."

"Ha ha……"

The two stopped talking, but for some reason they tacitly agreed not to hang up.

Qin Xiao looked at the flashing Qi device, his eyes flickering.

"How is Tian Miao?" Qingyi suddenly spoke.

"Very good." Qin Xiao recalled the child's current situation and nodded, "It's just that the grades are a little unsatisfactory."

"What does that guy want grades for?"

Qing Yi said contemptuously.

Qin Xiao didn't speak.

"..."

Silence again.

"Oh." Qing Yi finally seemed to have thought of something, "I went to your Yuhua Palace before, and there was a medical saint who was studying Gu, his name was Shan Qiushi."

Qin Xiao's brows tightened.

Medical sage?

If I remember correctly, Qin Xiuyun just said that Qin Jichen's mentor was a disciple of the Medical Saint.

Qin Xiao pursed his lips and said nothing.

"Also, the girl's boyfriend was also poisoned by a Gu before. I don't know if the source is the same. You can ask her." Qing Yi added slowly.

"...I understand. Thank you."

"Need not."

This time, both parties hung up at the same time.

Qin Xiao clenched the Qi device tightly, feeling a little annoyed.

"What's wrong? Is the situation very bad?" After entering the room, Lan Huaiqiu couldn't help but ask when he saw that he looked so ugly.

Qin Xiao glanced at her: "...No, wake up soon."

Lan Huaiqiu was sincerely happy for him when he heard this: "That's great."

"……yes."

"Then why are you unhappy?" Lan Huaiqiu was puzzled.

"Oh, of course it's because the problem hasn't been solved yet." Miao Kaijie suddenly laughed, "It seems that the situation is very bad?"

Qin Xiao shook his head, did not answer, and went into the inner room.

Lan Huaiqiu wanted to ask more but was stopped by Miao Kaijie.

"Sometimes you shouldn't be so curious." Miao Kaijie explained with a smile when he saw that she was puzzled.

Lan Huaiqiu blinked, nodded slowly, and calmed down.

But I couldn't help but complain in my heart.

Obviously, he often followed her to find out her news before...

"How is it?" Qin Xiuyun stood up and asked when he saw him return to the house.

Qin Xiao shook his head and sat down in front of Qin Jichen's bed: "Is his mentor a disciple of Shan Qiushi?"

Qin Xiuyun was stunned: "How do you know?"

Qin Xiao felt even worse: "I guessed."

Qin Xiuyun frowned and looked at him without saying anything.

Qin Xiao paused for a moment and sighed: "Gu is a relatively... complicated thing. You can think of it as a tool that can achieve a certain purpose by cultivating a certain organism and then inoculating it into the target."

"It's just like the Soul-Severing Gu on Qin Jichen's body."

Qin Xiao showed the teacup to Qin Xiuyun: "This should be made of a kind of insect called spider silk. Spider silk is a kind of insect that can parasitize in living things. It is as thin as a hair, and its eggs are not much smaller than sesame seeds. The Gu made from it will basically not be discovered when it is planted."

"Once the Soul-Breaking Gu enters the body, it will take root in the lower Dantian and use its essence as nutrients. If it is a cultivator, it will absorb their Qi and hatch into larvae. The larvae will then travel along the blood vessels to the middle Dantian and undergo secondary development."

"The fully grown poisonous insects will travel along the blood vessels and meridians until they occupy the whole body. Then... they will all rush towards the head."

"Because the host will obviously feel uncomfortable at this time, they will work together to force the soul out and form something like a barrier in the body to prevent the soul from returning. A body without a soul naturally has no power to fight back."

"Then, the poisonous insects will slowly eat away at the body. They decompose and eat very slowly, and it may even take decades. During this time, relatively weak souls will either be reborn or shattered, while strong souls will choose to take over another body."

"Then... this is considered to be lifted?" Qin Xiuyun felt his scalp tingling just by listening to it, and couldn't help asking.

Qin Xiao nodded: "It has been driven out."

Qin Xiuyun breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the poisonous insect swimming in the teacup with a complicated look, feeling a little nauseous.

"Qin Jichen's health is not a big problem. The poisonous insect does not want to be detected by the host during the hatching larvae stage, so it will not harm the host's body." Qin Xiao explained, "I am a little curious now, how did Qin Jichen get infected."

"..."

Qin Xiuyun naturally understood the hidden meaning of his words and frowned, "Are you doubting his mentor...? Impossible, you don't know his mentor. Although Lian Yu is not so upright, he is also a man of high moral character. Besides, he has no reason or motive to harm Ji Chen."

"But as far as I know, his master Shan Qiushi is quite knowledgeable about witchcraft." Qin Xiao did not comment, only stating what he knew, "and the hibiscus leaves he mentioned do not have the function of strengthening the soul and solidifying the essence."

"This..." Qin Xiuyun hesitated and shook his head again, "He and I are old acquaintances. I don't think he would do such a thing."

"Is there anything strange about him recently?" Qin Xiao grabbed his hair, seeming a little annoyed.

Qin Xiuyun frowned and thought: "The temperament is the same as before."

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao sighed secretly, feeling somewhat helpless.

Qin Xiuyun was unwilling to doubt the mentor, and he couldn't find any other clues for the time being, so he could only stare at Qin Jichen.

"...If you still have doubts, why not take you to meet him twice?" Qin Xiuyun whispered.

Qin Xiao glanced at him and did not refuse.

"Who were those just now?"

Qin Xiao glanced at the door. Qiongqi Mo Hanyu had gone to the outer room at some point, leaving them enough space.

"People from the Pei family." Qin Xiuyun rubbed his brows when he mentioned this. "Teacher Qi should have told you... what the Pei family meant."

"Yes."

"So, what do you think?" For some reason, the words seemed tentative.

"Of course I refuse." Qin Xiao said without hesitation, "Why would I go to Pei's house when I have nothing to do? ...By the way."

Qin Xiao thought of something and, regardless of Qin Xiuyun's desire to continue the conversation, he talked to him about Miao Lan and the other person.

"...They are not evil cultivators and have good aptitude, so can they transfer to the academy here?" Qin Xiao thought of Xia Wule's expression when he said that, and his eyes dimmed slightly.

"That being said, it's not impossible." Qin Xiuyun did not give an answer immediately, but thought for a while, "I just noticed that their cultivation is indeed good."

"That……"

"Are they willing to do so?" Qin Xiuyun looked at him, "Switch here?"

"I'm not sure about this, but I think he won't refuse." Qin Xiao recalled Miao Kaijie's envious attitude when he mentioned Yuhua College, and felt that he should have no problem.

"I think it's better for you to ask." Qin Xiuyun said softly, "It's not difficult to recommend, but I think you should confirm their attitude first."

After hearing this, Qin Xiao said nothing more.

Qin Xiuyun chatted with him for a while, not caring about questions like "How are you doing recently", "Are you getting along well with your classmates", "Why have you lost weight", etc. Qin Xiao answered honestly, and his eyes became softer as he looked at Qin Xiuyun.

"That's good." Qin Xiuyun touched his head and said with a smile, "I was worried whether you would be bullied there."

"How is that possible?" Qin Xiao shook his head.

Qin Xiuyun laughed: "Then why didn't you tell me about what happened when you first enrolled here?"

The air froze instantly, and Qin Xiao felt his neck become much stiffer.

Fortunately, Qin Xiuyun seemed to have just mentioned it casually, and changed the subject in the next sentence.

Qin Xiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief and talked to him again.

"There can't be anything wrong with those herbs." Qin Xiao retorted when he heard that Qin Xiuyun seemed to doubt the herbs that Qin Jichen had obtained before.

"Oh? Did you give it to him?" Qin Xiuyun understood as soon as he heard his tone.

"……Yes."

"How did you find them? And you gathered them all in such a short time?" Qin Xiuyun was puzzled. "Each of those four kinds of plants is very expensive. You——"

Qin Xiuyun suddenly noticed Qin Xiao's uncomfortable look, paused, suppressed the second half of the sentence, and swallowed the question back into his stomach.

Qin Xiao seemed to find it difficult to speak.

Qin Xiuyun thought about it and looked away.