Yang Ge tore into the beef leg with big bites, frowned, and said, "Cut the crap. Why do you think I’d come to Guangxi? Don’t you have any idea in your heart?"
Lei Hong grabbed his sleeve and wiped the unstoppable sweat from his forehead: "Please forgive my stupidity... I really don’t know what Second Master has come to Guangxi for."
"All right then."
Yang Ge said softly: "Let’s not waste words. Where is the main altar of your Five Poisons Cult? Take me there... my patience is limited, so you’d better think carefully before you answer."
Lei Hong kept silent and continued to wipe his sweat, which only seemed to increase the more he wiped.
After a while, he bit down hard on his back teeth and said: "Second Master, to speak truth before a real person, it’s not that Lei doesn’t want to lead Second Master to the main altar, but I am under the control of the Blood God Gu and have no control over my own actions. This Gu is a secret creation of the Sect Hierarch, unique under heaven, and besides successive Sect Hierarchs, no one else can solve it. Once the medicine for the Gu is cut off, within half a month I’m certain to die with my liver and intestines broken... Over the centuries, many heroes from our cult have died under this Gu, as numerous as carps crossing the river, and once it takes effect, there are no exceptions!"
"For Lei not to lead Second Master to the main altar is to die!"
"To lead Second Master to the main altar is still death!"
"Since this is the case, why would Lei not be willing to sacrifice his body to keep a righteous name among the living?"
The seemingly tough words were actually him expressing his attitude while testing Yang Ge’s, seeking a middle ground where he could live without bearing the infamy of a traitor.
"Gu insect?"
Yang Ge turned his head around with interest and sized up Lei Hong several times, his gaze finally settling on a spot three inches below his heart.
Lei Hong noticed his gaze and hurriedly began to speak: "Se..."
Before he could finish, Yang Ge suddenly let go of the beef leg, and with a lightning-fast smack, he hit him in the chest.
Lei Hong was sent flying backward, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood.
Yang Ge accurately caught the falling beef leg, exhaled to dispel the blood mist that came at him, leaving only a tiny red insect the size of a pinky fingernail by his foot.
He gnawed on the beef leg and nudged the tiny bug at his feet with his chin: "You’re talking about this little thing?"
Lei Hong, who had steadied himself in the distance, looked bewilderedly at Yang Ge and then at the crimson spot by his foot. Coming back to his senses, he took a few quick steps to Yang Ge’s side, crouched to the ground, and carefully examined the small bug: "How... how did you do that?"
For centuries, countless heroes of the Five Poisons Cult had tried to break the Blood God Gu to regain their freedom, but none had succeeded!
They couldn’t even be certain whether they were inflicted with a Gu or a poison, because all those who dissected the bodies of those affected by the Gu to find traces of the insect found nothing without exception!
The Blood God Gu, the Blood God Gu, refers to this kind of insect blending into the human body like blood, clearly existing in reality, yet leaving no trace to be found.
"A little trick, nothing to fuss over."
Yang Ge shook his head, casually saying: "But let’s talk about important matters. I’ve solved the concern you had mentioned. Are you willing to lead me to your Five Poisons Cult’s main altar now?"
He didn’t understand what the physical form of this Gu insect looked like inside the human body.
He only knew that observing this Gu insect’s form inside the human body from the level of yin and yang energies, it was as glaring as a cuckoo chick in a magpie’s nest...
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"What do you mean ’our Five Poisons Cult’?"
Lei Hong jumped up from the ground, his voice filled with righteous indignation as he loudly said: "It’s clearly ’their’ Five Poisons Cult!"
Yang Ge: ???
Lei Hong rubbed his hands together, half crying, half laughing: "Second Master, not only do I know where that Five Poisons Cult’s main altar is, but I’m also crystal clear about the locations of each hall’s gates, as well as the visible identities and residences of the left and right Judges!"
"Moreover, all those disgraceful acts they’ve done over the years, including covertly obtaining infants from the Beggars’ Sect to raise as elite cult members, and secretly controlling various noble families in Bashu to acquire money and provisions, I’ve got a lot of evidence for those crimes, too!"
Yang Ge: ???
Lei Hong: "Oh right, that arch-villain of the Five Poisons Cult Yan Shijun, though he claims to me that he needs frequent seclusion for purification, I know that it’s his double who truly goes into seclusion, while Yan Shijun himself secretly goes to Nan Gan and stays hidden for a long while, short as three to five months, long as two to three years... Although I don’t know what his frequent trips to Jiujiang are for, I’m certain the real stronghold of the Five Poisons Cult must be in Jiujiang!"
"This time the Five Poisons Cult has reappeared in Jianghu. The core of the Scorpion Hall, Poisonous Snake Hall, and Shen Ha Hall are old people from the cult, who had many dealings in the early years. Even if we are not familiar with each other, at least we have seen each other’s faces."
"Only the core of the Heavenly Dragon and Earth Dragon Halls are mostly unfamiliar faces, and while they speak Xiangxi dialect on the surface, I have found many times that they secretly converse in Jiujiang accent..."
Racking his brain and speaking his thoughts, he finally clapped his hands decisively: "Second Master, if there is anything else you want to know, just ask, I’ll tell you all I know without reserve!"
Yang Ge paused as if he wanted to say something but remained silent for a long time, finally lifting his greasy right hand and gently patting Lei Hong on the shoulder, saying: "These years have been tough on you!"
Lei Hong struggled to crack a smile, also pausing as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he said calmly: "Lei can’t be considered a good person, I’ve been a thug these years. Some things you have to bow your head under a low roof, but other things are evil born from the heart... But if the Five Poisons Cult didn’t exist in this world, perhaps there would be far fewer people like me in the world."
Yang Ge: "What kind of people?"
Lei Hong spread his hands and snorted: "People without parents, without a name, without anything."