Chapter 294 - Chapter 294: Chapter 287 Southern Border Gu Techniques_1 (1/2)

Chapter 294: Chapter 287 Southern Border Gu Techniques_1

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The Puppet Gu Secret Technique, originally a love Gu cultivated by the Witch Gu Sect of the Southern Border, eventually mutated during its cultivation process and became a Puppet Gu capable of invading others’ brains and manipulating their consciousness.

It was known as the most sinister Gu insect in the Southern Border.

The Witch Gu Sect used this Gu to covertly control the upper echelons of various sects and families, which finally led to public outrage and resulted in their being besieged by all.

In the end, the Witch Gu Sect was completely exterminated, and all their secret techniques and Gu insects were destroyed in flames.

I was fortunate to discover records about the Puppet Gu in the ruins of an underground palace and recorded them into the Immortal Scrolls for future Gu-loving friends to study.

The Southern Border is considered one of the cradles of insect control.

Its earliest origins can be traced back to Empress Leizu.

As the Emperor’s First Consort, she raised silkworms and wove silk, which provided people with satin and brocade.

Empress Leizu brought the Insect Control Technique to the Southern Border, initially seeing that it was a region with high mountains and dense forests, full of poisonous insects and miasma. The locals not only lived in poverty but also suffered from poisonous insect bites while gathering herbs or chopping wood in the mountains.

At first, the Insect Control Technique of the Southern Border was only passed on to females and not to males.

It is said that this was a rule set by Empress Leizu herself.

Weak by nature, women began to learn the Insect Control Technique to defend themselves against being bullied by men.

Later on, an insect-controlling genius greatly advanced the Insect Control Technique and cultivated the love Gu that could control lovers.

Initially, it was a good thing.

Because the love Gu merely served as a means of monitoring to prevent lovers from being unfaithful.

One female Insect Master made a mountain pledge and sea oath with her lover, swearing lifelong commitment to grow old together, never to part.

But unexpectedly, the lover turned out to be a fickle-hearted philanderer.

He quickly grew tired of the female Insect Master and began to philander outside.

The female Insect Master gave the man many chances, but he never repented and repeatedly deceived her. He even assaulted her sister through despicable means, leading her sister to take her own life.

Furthermore, relying on his strength, the man persecuted her and her family.

Finally, driven by vengeance, the aggrieved female Insect Master transformed her love into hate and sought revenge against this vile man.

Under the power of hatred, the female Insect Master astonishingly took the Insect Control Technique to a higher level. She turned the love Gu into a heart-eating Gu, and the love Gu inside the man started to gnaw away at his heart.

Not long after, the man died a terrible death at home.

This must have been the earliest prototype of Gu art.

Gu art continued to progress over time, metamorphosing from tangible to intangible.

It became possible to manipulate Gu insects inside others’ bodies from thousands of miles away, killing people without leaving a trace.

There were even those who cultivated Gu insects that could help enhance one’s cultivation level.

For example, the Copper Skin Gu could significantly increase its master’s defense, making the skin as hard as copper and iron.

Another example is the Purification Gu, which could help its master detoxify.

When Gu art reached its zenith, there were even the existence of Immortal Gus.

Some people relied on Gus to become Immortal Masters.

This was a sensational event in the realm of cultivation. During that period, countless men married into the Southern Border, not for any other reason but to learn from their wives the arts of nurturing and refining Gu, and then to step through the Immortal Gate with the help of Gu insects.

For unknown reasons, after flourishing for a while, Gu art gradually declined.

Some say that the Gu Masters began infighting, killing each other.

Two exceptionally talented and beautiful female Gu Masters fell in love with a male disciple of the Immortal Sect and fought fiercely over him, which led to a vast sect conflict.

In that war, many powerful Gu Masters perished, and some formidable Gu techniques were forever lost.

Even so, Southern Border Gu art remained renowned in the cultivation world, and its residual strength was still formidable.

But later, Southern Border Gu Masters were drawn into a great war of the Immortal Sects. More tragically, the sect that the Southern Border Gu Masters supported in the war was defeated by the Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect and was completely wiped out as a consequence.

The Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect did not spare the accomplices of their enemies and thus eradicated the Southern Border Gu Masters as well.

Some speculated that the Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect exterminated the Southern Border Gu Masters because they realized how terrifying Gu art could be, almost indefensible even to Immortal Masters.

To avoid nurturing a threat, they thus resorted to such drastic measures.

Qin Niu leaned toward this latter explanation.