Chapter 500: Chapter 8 Overt Conflict and Covert Struggle
The Black Wind Tribe and the White Wind Tribe have been in strife for so many years, and it’s not that they haven’t thought about seeking outside help, but powerful outsiders generally look down upon the desolate and remote Southern Border, and the Southern Border doesn’t have much to offer in return.
There are three strange Gu worms in the world, and currently, only the Poison Dragon Gu Worm is retained in the Southern Border.
The Heart Demon Gu Worm has already been lost, and cultivating both the Azure Dragon Gu Worm and the Poison Dragon Gu Worm is not easy. The cunning Central Plains People had long ago learned the cultivation methods for both the Poison Dragon Gu Worm and the Azure Dragon Gu Worm, and since then, the Southern Border no longer held any attraction for the Central Plains.
The secret techniques of the various villages do not hold great appeal for the Central Plains People either. Rich men are not too concerned about what treasures poor folks might have hidden away, especially when the difficulty of acquisition is high and the benefits are relatively low, so they just leave it be.
The Southern Border can’t offer enough to hire outside help, nor can it connect with suitable strong outsiders, and it’s also wary of being deceived. Southern Border People all know that Central Plains People are extremely cunning!
The cultivation methods for both the Poison Dragon Gu Worm and the Azure Dragon Gu Worm were tricked away by the Central Plains People. Without any means of retaliation, the people of the Southern Border were infuriated yet could only tolerate it.
Now that a powerful individual from the Central Plains has arrived, regardless of whether she’s crafty as a ghost, the first step is to win her over, probe her strengths and weaknesses, and then see if she can be used for our own purposes. Both the White Wind Tribe and the Black Wind Tribe know that once they start thinking this way, Lin Yu might become the key to their confrontation.
Of course, all this is just a possibility.
Upon hearing Bai Jing’s message, the delicate woman by his side also understood completely.
Women from the Southern Border are usually quite petite, with Bai Gan’s height also under one meter sixty, but their attire is very eye-catching.
Bai Gan’s white dress is like a piece of cloth, wrapped around her hips in layers, revealing a large swath of tender leg, and an ample portion of her belly button above, while the shoes and socks on her feet are thick, making her look both cute and sexy.
Hearing Lin Yu mention detoxification, Bai Gan also said brightly, "Speaking of detoxification, our White Wind Stronghold is also quite skilled. May I ask what poison this young brother is afflicted with?"
Lin Yun had really not heard the term ’young brother’ for a long time; around here, people usually address each other as ’little bro,’ and adding an extra ’brother’ carries a cutesy connotation.
Lin Yun looked in the direction of the voice and couldn’t help but brighten up. Indeed, the girls from the mountains in the south were high in beauty.
Shall we go and visit White Wind Stronghold?
Of course, Lin Yun wasn’t thinking about going to White Wind Stronghold just because he found the girl cute; rather, he was not too fond of the customs of the Minotaurs in Black Wind Fort.
Lin Yu was quite troubled; the women of Black Wind Fort were as aggressive as wolves, and the women of White Wind Stronghold were no less formidable. Everyone was coveting her man. What was she to do?
I’m here to find him an antidote, not to pick out beauties for him!
Before Lin Yu could refuse, Gao Qing cut off Bai Gan’s words, saying, "The poison young brother Lin Yun is afflicted with is from the Yin Yang Soul Chaser Spider. I’m afraid no one in your White Wind Stronghold has even heard of it. We from Bajiao Village just happen to know a bit about it."
Gao Qing initially learned about Xu Xifeng cultivating the Yin Yang Soul Chaser Spider precisely because he had planted an insider traitor by his side. He had not only gained this information but also stolen the cultivation method for the Yin Yang Soul Chaser Spider.
Raising spiders with live humans as food, if one looks at the calculations, to raise just one Yin Yang Soul Chaser Spider, at least ten thousand live humans are needed, and this is under the premise that the initial flesh and blood are supplied by ordinary animals or Spirit Beasts.
If humans are used throughout the process, perhaps fifty thousand people would be needed to raise just one Yin Yang Soul Chaser Spider.
In the Southern Border’s Eighteen Fortresses, even the largest Black Wind Fort has a population of only about one hundred thousand.
With such a small total population, taking out fifty thousand to raise spiders would surely lead to chaos.
Even taking just ten thousand is no small number.
Unless she intends to do as Xu Xifeng does, using the Central Plains People to raise spiders.
But that must be done covertly; if the Central Plains People discovered it, who knows what trouble it could bring to the Southern Border.
The Central Plains had never invaded the Southern Border, firstly because they looked down on the Southern Border’s poor and treacherous terrain, and secondly because the Southern Border was relatively honest and kept to themselves, not stirring trouble outside their borders.
If they really preyed on the people of the Central Plains for blood, the skilled masters of the Central Plains would become angry, and they might just flatten the Southern Border.
Considering various concerns, Gao Qing still gave up on raising spiders. However, she did manage to obtain the characteristics, growth curve, and all the abilities of the Yin Yang Soul Chaser Spider.
Among these, the most toxic was the venom of the Yin Yang Soul Chaser Spider, which claimed that it would pursue yin and yang incessantly until death.
She had no knowledge of the restrictions on deploying this venom. It was a true self-sacrifice move: "I die first, and you will not escape either."
But Xu Xifeng himself had only obtained one cultivation scroll and knew just that much. Naturally, Gao Qing could not possibly know more details.
As for the antidote, he had actually none, but it was merely posturing to suppress the people of the White Wind Stronghold in the grand scheme of things.
Yet, she had underestimated the determination of the White Wind Stronghold.
"No matter what poison it is, as long as the Oblivion Gu Worm is used, the problem can be solved."
Bai Gan gave the answer directly.
This was something Lin Yu and Lin Yun had known for a long time. They had come here to find more solutions.
Is there really no other way besides the Oblivion Gu Worm?
Lin Yu’s face darkened slightly. Although she didn’t speak, Lin Yun could still feel her mood swing and held her hand as a gesture of comfort.
"Oblivion Gu Worm? You folks from the White Wind Stronghold are really willing to pay a hefty price, even willing to bring out the Oblivion Gu Worm!"
Hei Feng listened to Bai Gan’s words and was also frowning with anger, That cunning man, stealing my thunder!
If Bai Gan hadn’t mentioned using the Oblivion Gu Worm first, she might have suggested it herself.
The Oblivion Gu Worm is a universal antidote among the Gu worms, not particularly difficult to cultivate, but the challenging part is finding a willing sacrificer.
Of course, this "not difficult" is relative to the two major strongholds.
The Oblivion Gu Worm was a sacred Gu Worm under the tight control of both the Black Wind Tribe and the White Wind Tribe, and it was generally forbidden to be shared with outsiders.
But special circumstances call for special treatments.
Giving one to Lin Yu wasn’t a big issue, it’s just that the one giving it couldn’t be from the White Wind Stronghold.
That was what Hei Feng thought. Since someone from the White Wind Tribe had spoken first, then the matter had to be spoiled.
Hei Feng even had plans for how to dispel Lin Yu’s misunderstanding afterward, making this an opportunity to establish her own image.
"High Priest, according to ancestral teachings, the Oblivion Gu Worm must not be shared with outsiders. The White Wind Stronghold has disrupted the rules; shouldn’t there be a punishment?"
"I never said I would share it, I just mentioned having the Oblivion Gu Worm is all."
The two sides began to argue noisily. The petite figure wrapped in a black-and-white robe tapped the ground firmly with a walking stick, and spoke with a calm and world-weary voice, "There’s no need for a pointless dispute. These two guests have traveled from afar, let’s consider it fate, but do not let their arrival disturb the peace of our mountains.
So, come with me to the Divine Temple."
