An Rugu raised her hand and drew a talisman in the air. After the talisman took shape, it turned into a white phantom and flew towards the paper car.

This was the art of drawing talismans in the void. Without cinnabar or yellow paper, one only needed to have the talisman in one’s heart to borrow power from ghosts and gods. Only those who have mastered talisman skills could use it.

She withdrew her hand, a dark glint in her eyes.

A ghost king has actually arrived in this small Nancheng. The driver was a clue, perfect for fishing.

She would sense something was wrong as soon as there was any unusual movement over there.

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In a laboratory in the southern part of the city

A huge glass dish was placed in the center of the laboratory.

Qian Weilai was stunned for a moment, then walked up to the object in front of him. He saw a red object.

The object was shaped like a peach and about the size of an adult’s fist. It was covered with blood vessels that pulsate, sometimes contracting and sometimes bulging.

It was a bright red, beating heart.

He turned to look at the strange woman and asked curiously, “Didn’t you send for me to get gu bugs? Why are you showing me this heart?”

The woman looked to be at most forty years old. Her skin was very white, almost unnaturally so, with faint dark circles under her eyes, and she looked extremely tired.

She pushed up her glasses, her voice dry and hoarse like sandpaper, “I want to tell you the precautions for the insect-bird heart gu first.”

She put on gloves, took out a clean glass test tube, brought it close to the glass container, and inserted the test tube inside.

In an instant, thin red threads shot out from the heart, intertwined, and flowed into the glass test tube.

Seeing that she had collected enough, the witch withdrew her hand and sealed the test tube with a lid.

She tilted the test tube, and the thin red threads inside coiled and meandered like snakes within the transparent glass tube.

Qian Weilai’s pupils contracted slightly, and goosebumps rose on his arms. He had a feeling that this thing was alive, which was very strange.

He blurted out instinctively, “This is a gu grubs? Why does it look like this?”

When the witch saw him slandering the bugs she raised, she frowned, a cold glint flashing in her eyes, and said in an icy tone, “Watch your mouth. This is a treasure I raised with all my heart.”

Qian Weilai felt a chill run down his spine when she looked at him like that.

Their members often used underhanded tactics and were skilled in dark sorcery, such as Fang Ruoshui.

He knew the Art of Loathsome Victory, but it was nowhere near how this gu witch made him fearful.

After all, the Art of Loathsome Victory was a craft of carpenters, and the objects used for cursing are things like coffins or similar wooden objects. This was unlike gu witches who spent all their time with gu grubs.

He felt that this gu witch was just as disgusting as the corpse raiser who had been caught by the cops before. They were tied at first place.

Qian Weilai’s face paled, and he said against his will, “I was just saying it casually. Your gu grubs are so powerful, strength is much more important than appearance.”

Upon hearing this, the gu witch’s expression softened slightly. She handed the test tube to Qian Weilai, and after he took it, she said, “We mainly use two methods to cast spells. One is through food, which is the fastest, most effective, and least likely to be detected…”

Qian Weilai shook his head and said, “No, I plan to sneak in, so it would be too difficult to put it in the food. Are there any other methods?”

“Yes,” the gu witch said. “The second method is through clothing. You open the test tube and pour the gu grubs onto her. After smelling the blood and flesh, the gu grubs will instinctively crawl onto her skin, then burrow into it, and then into her heart. That will be considered a success.”

Qian Weilai’s eyes lit up. “That’s quite convenient.”

All he had to do was shake the gu grubs inside this test tube onto her when she wasn’t looking.

“It’s not that simple.”

The witch raised her hand, showing the other person the gloves on her hands, her tone cold, “This gu hasn’t sucked blood beforehand, so it can’t recognize its master. It would devour anyone’s flesh and blood.

“Remember, you must wear gloves and not expose your skin to the gu grubs.”

Qian Weilai swallowed hard, feeling the test tube in his hand turning slightly hot. He complained, “These gu grubs are too dangerous. What if it kills me?”

“Danger and opportunity always go hand in hand.”

The witch pushed up her glasses, took a step forward, walked to the glass container, and looked at the beating heart in the center. “The insect-bird heart gu is extremely rare. I’m only giving you this one chance. If you fail, I won’t be able to cure you. You’ll have to accept your punishment.”

Qian Weilai’s expression gradually became serious, and he nodded slightly, “I understand, but why can’t we take it a second time? Is it because we only raised this many?”

The sorceress curled her lips into a sinister smile, her eyes fixed on the beating heart before her, her voice hoarse, “Of course not. It’s just that if I give you any more, it won’t be able to take it.”

It?

Qian Weilai asked instinctively, “You mean this heart?”

He pondered for a long time, and then it dawned on him.

He recently learned about parasites in biology class. The gu grubs were very similar to a parasite, residing inside the heart. The reason this heart could beat was probably because of the presence of the gu grubs.

The sorceress smiled but remained silent. After a long while, she said, “This is not your business. Go and do your own thing.”

Qian Weilai was disdainful when he saw that she didn’t want to talk about it; he didn’t want to know either.

He immediately turned and left the laboratory, leaving behind the witch and the beating heart.

I Livestream Divination to the World translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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T/N: There is no literal English translation for 虫 ‘chong’ (the gu bug). It’s a lower form of animal life, something like an insect, worm, larvae, bug, so I settled on grubs.

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