As I expected, after a few exchanges with Zhang Ge, Sha Biao asked about me. He asked if I was with Zhang Ge, and if possible, could I talk to him for something important.
Zhang Ge also sensed something unusual. He didn't respond immediately, but subconsciously looked at me for a consultation.
As the saying goes, a person is straightforward. After all, his master made the first move, and I, Wang Lin, was only acting in self-defense. I have a clear conscience, so what is there to hide? I took the phone from Zhang Ge immediately and said, "Hello, this is Wang Lin."
"Wang Lin! This is Sha Biao. Um... I..."
At this point, Sha Biao seemed to have learned the truth, so he spoke hesitantly and seemed to have something to say but stopped himself.
"Shouldn't the village chief have you make this call?"
Time was pressing, and there were still a lot of troublesome matters to deal with. I didn't have time to beat around the bush with him, so I went straight to the point, "Just say it, what do you want?"
"Ah..."
Seeing me so straightforward, Sha Biao couldn't help but sigh and then said with a bitter smile, "The old man said he gives up, he doesn't want the Ding Feng Zhu. He can give you the money, but please return his gu worm!"
"It's too late!"
Shaking my head, I said directly, "His centipede died over half an hour ago!"
"What! Dead?"
Upon hearing this, Sha Biao was suddenly startled and asked in a panic, "How did it die?"
Of course, I couldn't tell him that the centipede had been eaten by my "son", so I said, "I crushed it to death, what else could have killed it?"
As soon as my words fell, the phone on the other end was filled with the shocked and unbelieving voice of the village chief, "Impossible! My totem centipede is something between substance and spirit! How could it be crushed by you?"
"Elder. You're too confident. Let alone between substance and spirit, even if it's purely spiritual, it's easy for me to kill it!"
I wasn't boasting, in fact, many of the methods of Taoism were specifically designed to restrain spirits, just like ghost driving and demon slaying, which were originally the strengths of Taoism.
"You!"
Upon hearing these words, the village chief was evidently furious. After taking a deep breath, he said fiercely, "Young man, leave a way out for yourself, and we can meet again in the future! If you give me back my centipede Gu now, we can discuss everything!"
"Hah!"
Upon hearing this, it was like I had heard a joke. Now he understands the principle of leaving a way out for oneself?
Where was he earlier? Even when he forcibly bought my Dragon-Controlling Bead, I didn't say much. Despite feeling resentful, I still sold it to him!
But he, actually tampered with the bank card secretly. It was fortunate that my internal dragon energy suppressed him, or else he wouldn't have let me go?
Thinking of this, I was also burning with anger. I've seen shameless people, but have never seen anyone this shameless! He is already in his thirties, doesn't he understand the principle of not doing unto others what he wouldn't want done unto him?
"Hmph!"
I sneered and said, "I'm afraid you'll be disappointed! Not only is your centipede Gu dead, it's impossible to return it to you even if it were alive, especially after your words just now!"
"I'll kill you!"
Even through the phone, I could feel the killing intent in the village chief's words. It was clear to me that this was no joke. It seemed that his life centipede Gu was indeed very important to him, otherwise, he wouldn't be so furious. He truly harbored murderous intent towards me!
"Go to hell!"
I cursed loudly into the phone and hung up. Did he really think I was scared of him? Many people have threatened me before, he's just another one.
"Well..."
After hanging up the phone, Zhang asked cautiously, "Have you completely torn with him?"
"Yes!"
I nodded, but I didn't take the village chief's threat seriously. I turned to Director Han and said, "Let's not worry about them. Let's deal with the trouble at hand, that's the priority! We can't afford to waste more time…"
"Indeed!"
Director Han nodded and quickly made a phone call, looking anxious as he communicated with someone. As he spoke, my phone rang again. I knew it was definitely from Sha Biao's side, but I didn't answer. Instead, I handed the phone to Zhang.
After hesitating for a moment, Zhang looked at me and ultimately answered the call. After a few words, he handed the phone back to me, "It's from Biao, he says the village chief was so angry that he vomited blood… look…"
"Sigh…"
I shook my head and finally took the phone. As soon as I answered, Sha Biao apologized profusely, pleading with me to spare his master. The life centipede Gu was something his master had cultivated for decades. If it was really lost, it would be akin to losing his life.
I was quite helpless about this. If Sha Biao had called when the centipede Gu was still alive, I might have relented, considering his face. After all, he had fought by my side, and his temperament was quite appealing to me.
But the problem was, the thing had already been eaten by Xiaoluobotou. Even if I wanted to return it, I was powerless to do so!
So, I had to tell Sha Biao the truth - it's not that I wouldn't give him this face, but the life centipede Gu had indeed died. No matter what, I was unable to do anything about it anymore…
My tone didn't sound like a joke, and Sha Biao's tone also turned grave. But he persisted, "Has it really died?"
I repeated firmly, "Yes, it's really dead!"
"Sigh…"
He sighed deeply and said that he had disturbed me before hanging up the phone.
I understood Sha Biao. He was now caught between me and his master. Sometimes, even if he knew that his master was wrong, he had to pretend to know nothing.
At this point, I couldn't help but reflect on what had happened. Was I too impulsive?
"Leave a way out, and we'll see each other again in the future." By causing trouble now, not only would Sha Biao be in a difficult position, but in the future, it's likely that Zhang and his family would also be persecuted by the village chief…
But I indeed hadn't expected that the thing was actually the village chief's life Gu. At the time, I merely mentioned it casually, who would've thought that the village chief was so bold, or perhaps, confident? He directly implanted his life Gu into my body?
Did he really have that much confidence in his life Gu?
"A person poisoned by Gu, also magic, gathers hundreds of insects in a jar, and after years, one insect will eat all others, this is called Gu."
This was Li Shizhen's definition of "Gu" in the "Compendium of Materia Medica", showing that no matter how powerful Gu was, it was just a kind of cunning sorcery. I really didn't understand where the village chief got the confidence!
After all, I had just killed the centipede spirit, more or less showing him my strength, right?
Knowing my capabilities, he dared to directly implant his life Gu in my body, how confident was he?
What I didn't know was that the village chief indeed had such confidence. He had been studying Gu for decades, not just for a short time! Even though Baopu Township Miao Village was small, the village chief had quite a reputation in the surrounding dozen or so villages.
Especially in terms of poison, he was one of the most powerful in those dozen villages! So, he indeed had such confidence and strength, even though he knew I was not an ordinary person.
However, the one thing he did not expect was that there was a dragon's energy in my body!
The dragon is a legendary divine beast, inherently supreme, even a wisp of its breath was enough to suppress his life Gu firmly! So, I was able to easily expel the Gu and finally kill it!