Chapter 368 - Chapter 368: Chapter 361: The Black Spider Gu, One of the Eight Great Poison Gu (2/2)

An Insect Master must continuously summarize to grow.

He read very carefully, wanting to find textual records about the Black Spider Gu.

Luckily, Elder Mei had indeed recorded it all.

Unlike the Puppet Gu Immortal Manual obtained by Elder Jiu Yin, what Elder Mei obtained was only a fragmented manual. This caused Elder Mei to fumble his way in rearing and controlling Gu, like a little horse trying to find its way across a river.

Groping in the dark and learning as he went.

The Gu rearing technique obtained by Elder Mei specifically cultivated one of the eight great poisonous Gus, the spider Gu.

The Black Spider Gu that burrowed inside Qin Niu was one such spider Gu, but it was a half-finished product.

Even Elder Mei couldn’t fully control it.

After keeping this Gu inside his body, Elder Mei suffered daily from the agony of the Gu poison eroding his flesh. It also granted Elder Mei a special ability, which was immunity to all poisons.

Ever since he had the Black Spider Gu inside his body, whether Elder Mei was bitten by a venomous centipede, a poisonous snake, or if someone poisoned his food, he would not be harmed.

Moreover, he discovered that each time he was poisoned, the Black Spider Gu inside his body would grow stronger.

Latter on, Elder Mei even began to actively seek out venomous creatures to bite him.

The Nine Insect Gang had many powerful Insect Masters.

Finding some highly toxic creatures was incredibly easy.

However, as Elder Mei was bitten by more and more poisonous creatures, he gradually became frustrated by his inability to find even more potent poisons.

The Black Spider Gu inside him was very peculiar.

If he could find sufficiently venomous creatures to bite him, the Black Spider Gu would be very content.

If several days passed without finding more venomous creatures or snakes to bite him, the Black Spider Gu would become restless. It would attack its host, causing unbearable pain.

There was one time when Elder Mei couldn’t find a stronger poison for more than a month, and the Black Spider Gu nearly killed him.

That experience was the most deeply ingrained in Elder Mei’s memory.

In his notes on Gu rearing, he wrote that if he could start over, he would definitely not touch the spider Gu. The spider Gu inside his body was like a bottomless pit, never to be satisfied. Each time I was wounded by a poisonous creature, it would help me by absorbing all the poison from my body.

At the same time, it would grow stronger.

The next time, in order to satisfy it, I had to find a more poisonous creature to wound me.

I dare not imagine what would happen if one day I can no longer find a more lethal poison.

After finishing reading, Qin Niu felt a chill run down his spine.

It’s said that rearing Gu is a double-edged sword, it can harm others while potentially backfiring on oneself.

He hadn’t believed it before, but now he did.

What was more fatal was that the terrible Black Spider Gu had already burrowed into Qin Niu’s body. He had become the new host.

From now on, he would desperately search for more lethal poisons to harm himself, this vicious cycle would befall on Qin Niu.

“The malicious Elder Mei, even at the brink of death, planted such a curse inside me.”

Qin Niu finally understood what Elder Mei’s eerie smile before dying meant.

Elder Mei was certain that there would come a day when Qin Niu could no longer satisfy the Black Spider Gu.

And then, he would surely die.

And his death would be particularly tragic.

“No wonder that sending so many Dark Poison Ants to bite Elder Mei had no effect. No wonder Elder Mei didn’t carry any Detoxification Pills on him.”

Many doubts were cleared up in his mind.

“If Elder Mei could transfer this Black Spider Gu onto me, can’t I also transfer it to someone else?”

Qin Niu began to ponder.

It wasn’t that he was evil.

But it stemmed from his instinct to survive.

A fellow cultivator may die, but not oneself; such is the essence of all cultivators.

Being compassionately foolish in the world of cultivation would only lead one to their own demise.

With an agitated heart, he continued reading this cultivation experience notebook.

Soon, his hope turned into complete despair.

The notes on Gu rearing clearly stated that the Black Spider Gu was one of the world’s eight great poisonous Gus. This Black Spider Gu was a half-finished product that Elder Mei had cultivated based on the incomplete Gu-rearing secret technique, supplemented by his own Insect Control Technique.

To put it more bluntly, it would be more appropriate to call it a problematic Gu.

Only when the host dies can they transfer it to someone else just before death. Otherwise, there was absolutely no way to get rid of it.

Elder Mei had thought of countless methods but none were successful.