Blah blah blah...The vortex formation became more and more obvious, and the speed became faster and faster. Yin Xiu reached out and pulled the white peacock behind him. "I can handle it." The white peacock said indignantly. "I know." Yin Xiu still pulled her behind him and looked at the old man. "It came to rescue you?" "I deserve this." The old man laughed loudly, "I have served King Lingquan for my entire life. It is only natural for him to come and save his own children, isn't this right?" "Then tell me, should I give your boss some face and let you go back?" Yin Xiu asked. "That depends on you. If you anger the king, you will have to pay a price to get forgiveness." The old man smiled.

"understood." Boom! As Yin Xiu exerted force with his wrist, the old man exhaled a breath of foul air and his body went limp. Yin Xiu picked him up as if he were a rag bag and threw him into the whirlpool. The corpse only floated on the vortex for a while, and then was swallowed by the vortex, disappearing without a trace. Under the water, the pair of golden lanterns emitted an even brighter light, just like a burning sun. 呲! The surface of the water broke open, and a huge black pillar appeared, holding up the two golden lanterns. Yin Xiu did not retreat, but raised the torch in his hand to illuminate the front. It was a completely black snake with layers of scales overlapping each other, making a harsh friction sound when it moved. This snake must be several stories high. Although it is not as huge as the snake seen in Changbai Mountain, its triangular head that looks like a locomotive seems very oppressive and terrifying in this already narrow and cramped cave. Upon seeing this, the white peacock took back the little snake that had popped its head out of his sleeve at some point. "Can you handle it?" Yin Xiu asked her. "Hey, you're not really going to ask me to deal with such a huge monster, are you!?" White Peacock was horrified, "Use your invincible Maoshan technique to think of a solution!" "I'm not saying hello." Yin Xiu picked his ears. The white peacock blinked his eyes, thinking back to the past, and suddenly realized that Yin Xiu’s name was not Ma Tianyou. So she could only soften her posture and whispered, "Brother..." "Well." Yin Xiu nodded with satisfaction, pointed his hand towards the giant snake, and his sleeves fluttered.

"Heaven and earth are infinite, and the universe borrows the law!" A talisman dragon formed by connecting the front and back of talisman paper flew out from his sleeve. When it passed by Yin Xiu's fingertips, it was stained with a touch of dragon and tiger energy and seeped into the talisman core. Bang bang bang! There were series of fire and explosions, as if someone had set off a string of oversized firecrackers in the cave. The fire and gusts of air made the white peacock want to close its eyes, but it did not want to miss the wonder before it, so it could only squint and watch with half-covered eyes. The big snake's body couldn't help but shake because of this series of explosions, stirring up the water waves beneath it. As flames and smoke filled the cave, Yin Xiu jumped high and clenched his right hand in the air. The famous sword Chaofeng burst into flames. Yin Xiu swung Chao Feng, causing a sound of breaking wind, and at the same time, it cut the giant snake's head and tore its body apart. Black blood spurted from the giant snake, and rotten scales and flesh splashed out together. It was not until this time, when a foul stench filled the air, that Yin Xiucai suddenly realized that he was dealing with a corpse, and that the person had been dead for a long time! He immediately put away his sword, but the flesh and blood on both sides of the giant snake seemed to suddenly come alive and quickly gathered towards the middle. The white peacock was so frightened that his legs went limp. Because she saw Yin Xiu being "swallowed" by the giant snake! Maybe Yin Xiu struggled a little bit, so a bulge appeared on a certain part of the snake, but then its body made a backflow sound and finally suppressed the bulge. The snake's body is actually bait, like a Venus flytrap that lures insects into its flowers, until the insects are intoxicated by it. The flowers that were originally in full bloom closed, becoming a cage that the insects could not escape from. The white peacock had seen this strange flower in the rain forest of Miaojiang. The locals called it a pig cage. Unexpectedly, Yin Xiu had now become a prisoner like those insects! After the big snake moved its body a few times, it finally crawled towards the white peacock. The white peacock felt as if its feet were filled with lead and it couldn't escape. Not to mention that she has no magic weapon with her now, even if she did, she would probably not be a match for this big monster. So she could only watch the big snake approach and open its bloody mouth towards her. At this moment, for some reason, the first thing White Peacock thought of was not the Miao village, nor the leader, but his sister White Phoenix. But it was Yin Xiu's hand on her in the sedan chair. The two of them seemed to be dying together. The big snake opened its mouth. Although the white peacock's eyes were tearing up from the stench, she still stared with her eyes wide open and put her hands into her skirt, ready to continue fighting in the snake's belly like those warriors in the legend. However, the snake just opened its mouth and did not move forward. Just when the white peacock was feeling strange, he heard a tearing sound, and Yin Xiu actually walked out of the snake's mouth, holding a worm as thick as a hemp rope in his hand. She didn't know that this was a poisonous insect from Changbai Mountain, which Yin Xiu had seen on those white apes before. He's not dead? Bai Kongque was about to go forward and hug him, but was suddenly shocked by the breath coming from Yin Xiu. He turned around and began to spit out sour water.

"Is it that disgusting?" Yoon Soo sniffed her sleeve and nearly vomited her breakfast as well. Without hesitation, he threw the dead poisonous insect on the ground and dived into the pool of water. After a long while, he climbed out of the pool and smoothed his hair. "Does it still stink?" Yoon Soo extended his hand. The white peacock sniffed with disgust and finally turned its face away. "..." It is said that some corpses left dead in the house for a week would stink enough to require people to replace all the furniture and floors in the house. So the white peacock's reaction seems reasonable. Because according to Yin Xiu's estimation, the giant snake must have been dead for several years. As for why it did not rot and turn into soil or bones, it was entirely because of the effect of the poisonous insect. "What about here?" Yin Xiu was still unwilling and pointed to the shoulder. Although reluctant, the white peacock still moved closer and sniffed Yin Xiu's shoulders and neck with its nose. She was not tall to begin with, only reaching Yin Xiu's shoulders, so she put one hand on his shoulder and stood on tiptoe to smell it. "This place seems a little dirty. Can I help you blow it away?" said the white peacock. "Okay, please." Yin Xiu held her waist and felt a warm breeze blowing on her neck. "What are you doing?" A rather chilling voice asked, and Bai Kongque turned around, discovering that Ma Xiaoyu had entered the cave at some point and was looking at her with a frown. "She seems a little dissatisfied with me?" White Peacock whispered. "It's not you." Yin Xiu quickly stepped back, "I asked her to help me..." "My brother asked me to blow it for him." White Peacock answered quickly. "Blow it?" Ma Xiaoyu blushed at first, then she became angry, and the look she gave Yin Xiu became colder. "What do you mean by blow? Don't talk nonsense!" Yin Xiu quickly explained: "I just came out of the snake's belly and took a bath, so I asked her if she smelled bad." "Do you need to be so close to me to smell whether it stinks or not? You hold me and I hold you, and we cuddle and hug each other?" In Ma Xiaoyu's sleeve, the green-faced evil ghost mask was faintly visible, and the red eyes were staring at Yin Xiu.

She became angrier and angrier as she spoke. Ma Xiaoyu walked forward, and Yin Xiu and Bai Kongque were so scared that they took a step back. "Brother, what should we do now?" Bai Kongque grabbed Yin Xiu's sleeve. "What should I do? There's obviously nothing between us two!" Yin Xiu felt dizzy and couldn't help but raise his hand to cover his forehead. As soon as he raised his hand, Ma Xiaoyu immediately turned around and actually felt nauseous. Yin Xiu hurried forward, Ma Xiaoyu raised her hand to stop him, and after a long time she took out a bottle of perfume from her pocket and threw it over. Then she glanced at the white peacock, "Do you have rhinitis?" "No one in the rain forest has ever had this disease," the white peacock affirmed. "How could you bear such a strong stench?" "..." When Yin Xiu finished spraying the perfume and handed over the bottle, Ma Xiaoyu waved her hand in disgust. It was obvious that she didn't even want the bottle anymore. "This perfume, I remember it was very expensive." "Buy me another bottle when you get back. Make sure it's the limited edition." Ma Xiaoyu said dissatisfiedly. "Good good." Yin Xiu put the bottle away and looked at the body of the giant snake again. He felt that there was nothing of value in this pile of rotten meat except the poisonous insect he had dug out. So he raised his hand and released the True Yang Life Fire, burning the body of the giant snake to ashes. "Why did you come so late?" Yin Xiu asked Ma Xiaoyu, "Did something happen?" "It doesn't count." Ma Xiaoyu took out a package and said, “I took advantage of the time when these people were here to walk around the village. We also found a temple dedicated to the King of Lingquan. However, when I entered the temple, I found that although it was full of incense, it had lost all its spiritual energy. Generally speaking, as long as something is worshipped with incense, no matter it is a monster, a land spirit, or a god, some of its faith will be left in the temple. However, the temple is devoid of spiritual energy, which means that the being that was originally worshipped has probably disappeared for more than ten years." The time is even longer than what Yin Xiu inferred, and the time of King Lingquan's death is pushed back even further. "What's that package in your hand?" "Oh, it's this girl's stuff." Ma Xiaoyu threw the package over. The white peacock took it, untied it and found that it was full of her clothes and other items. He immediately smiled happily.

"Great! I thought I had to keep wearing this bridal outfit when I travel with you guys." "Come with us?" Ma Xiaoyu immediately became alert and said, "Excuse me, it seems that we are not the same kind of people, right?" “Maybe not before, but it’s hard to say after.” The white peacock pointed at the dead Gu worm on the ground and said, "I've seen this thing from a wizard in the Miao village." "Miao village?" Yin Xiu and Ma Xiaoyu looked at each other and saw confusion in each other's eyes. Originally, they thought that this poisonous insect was unique to Changbai Mountain and was left behind by the Shang priests as a tool to guard tombs. The reason why the monkeys in Changbai Mountain underwent such mutation is because the white apes implanted poisonous insects in their bodies. However, the white peacock said that she had also seen it in the Miao village? These two places, one in the north and the other in the south, are almost separated by the entire Kyushu. Can there really be any connection between them? But Bai Kongque said confidently: "Don't forget, we Miao people are experts in using Gu. Even though my sisters and I have learned some Taoist magic, our skills in Gu magic are far beyond those of the Nanyang sorcerers." "I know that." Ma Xiaoyu had always heard from the elders in the tribe about how powerful the poison masters and poison mistresses in southern Xinjiang were. Sometimes they need to pull out a hair from your head, or poison your food. Sometimes, just by talking to you or putting a hand on you, the poisonous insect can be implanted in your body, casting a spell on you without you even knowing it. That's why Ma Xiaoyu was so cautious when she first met Bai Kongque and the others. The white peacock took out a knife from the package and moved the body of the poisonous insect that looked like a wire worm. "The wizard called this thing a puppet worm, which means it can manipulate people or actions like a puppet." "We have seen its power, but it was in Changbai Mountain." Yin Xiu frowned and asked, "Could it be that the wizard has relatives in the north?" "I don't know that." White Peacock touched his chin and said, "But I know that he has a successor who lives in Jiaozhi. Maybe this poisonous insect was brought by him. By the way, Bai Fenghuang and I were planning to ask for his help on this trip." "Ask him for help?" "Yes, for the treasures in the Taoist temple." A smile flashed across the white peacock's lips. "He came from the Miao village. He owed our leader a favor before, so he has to pay it back. We want him to help us this time."

"Wow, favors are something that I can never repay." Yin Xiu sighed, "It's easier if you owe money, but favors are a give-and-take thing, and there's always a lot of fuss." "But I thought you didn't have to worry about this thing." Ma Xiaoyu said. "why?" "Because the best friends you know are the ones who won't show you kindness, but the ones who show you kindness often end up in trouble." "You make it sound like he's some kind of unlucky star." White Peacock laughed, covering his mouth. "You are right about that." Ma Xiaoyu touched the earring and said, "It will bring misfortune if you get close to him." "..." Yin Xiu was teased by the two and didn't know how to refute for a moment. He could only step on the poisonous insect again, "So, White Peacock, you said you wanted to go with us because of this poisonous insect?" "Yes." The white peacock smiled mysteriously, "If I'm not mistaken, you are going to the Thousand Buddha Temple, right?" "Well?" Yin Xiu and Ma Xiaoyu both raised questions. "The Gu Master that we sisters are looking for is in the Thousand Buddha Temple." (End of this chapter)