"If an eleven or twelve-year-old child has already condensed a Life Providence and it's very special, will it be helpful in refining Kuman Thong?" Zhou Wen asked again.
"I'm not too sure about that. After all, I specialize in nurturing Gu. I only know some basic knowledge about Kuman Thong. It's best you find a professional to ask," Worm Dugu said.
Zhou Wen chatted with them for a while before bidding farewell to Gu Shanshui. He wanted to figure out if Wang Chan's Life Providence would affect Kuman Thong.
After knocking on Gu Shanshui's door, Zhou Wen roughly explained the situation. However, he didn't mention the Xiao family or Wang Chan.
"Apart from Heaven Child, Earth Child and Man Child are actually unorthodox. Typically speaking, one should use babies that die young or are aborted to make Earth Children or Man Children. Only then will the resentment be greater and the spirituality be stronger. As a baby grows older, its spirituality will become weaker and weaker. The older it is, the less suitable it is to make Kuman Thong. Twelve years old is the theoretical limit, but very few people will really use such an old child to make Kuman Thong. Unless the child is very special and has a special Life Providence, it can be used to make some special evil Kuman Thong or Kuman Nee … "
After hearing Gu Shanshui's explanation, Zhou Wen was even more certain that the Xiao family wanted Wang Chan because of the refinement of Kuman Thong.
If that's the case, this Xiao family really deserves death. Zhou Wen was somewhat angry.
Zhou Wen planned on visiting the Xiao family after returning from Dragon Corpse River to see if they really had such plans. If they really had such plans, Zhou Wen didn't mind helping Wang Chan eliminate any future troubles. It could be considered a form of returning Wang Lu a favor.
When Li Mobai returned, Zhou Wen told him that Li Xuan was here as well. Li Mobai only said indifferently that it had nothing to do with him before returning to his room.
The next morning, Zhou Wen, Gu Shanshui, Li Mobai, and company headed for Dragon Corpse River. After Li Xuan and Worm Dugu made some preparations, they still had to capture the Ice Silkworm Gu King.
"Those without ability should just stay at home and wait for death. Why come out to court death?" Li Mobai said coldly when Zhou Wen and company parted ways with Li Xuan.
Li Xuan didn't say a word and left with Worm Dugu.
Zhou Wen didn't know what to say. All he could do was pretend not to hear and walk ahead with Gu Shanshui.
The Dragon Corpse River was named after a dragon was buried in the river.
Before the dimensional storms, this was only a legend. No one had really seen a dragon corpse or dragon skeleton. However, after the dimensional storms, Dragon Corpse River became a dimensional zone with many taboos.
For example, after entering the Dragon Corpse River, one must not touch the water of the Dragon Corpse River. Otherwise, one would turn into a zombie.
Also, one couldn't fly on the Dragon Corpse River, and they couldn't drip their blood into the river. Also, women who were on their menstrual cycle couldn't enter the Dragon Corpse River.
Therefore, Zhou Wen and company could only enter the Dragon Corpse River by boat. The boat they took was bought by Gu Shanshui from a nearby family. According to Gu Shanshui, the materials of the boat had been specially treated. Gu didn't like the smell of the wood on the boat, so they typically wouldn't approach it.
"Li, Dragon Corpse River is too dangerous. Are you sure you want to go with me?" Before boarding the boat, Gu Shanshui asked Li Mobai again.
"There's Zhou Wen. There won't be too much danger. Just treat it as broadening my horizons," Li Mobai said with a smile.
Gu Shanshui didn't say anything else. He led everyone onto the boat and rowed away from the riverbank, heading upstream.
Dragon Corpse River wasn't very big, but the moment the boat left the riverbank, it felt extremely wide. Furthermore, there was a thick fog on the river surface. If it wasn't for an experienced person like Gu Shanshui, it would have been very easy for them to get lost in the fog.
Zhou Wen originally wanted to help Gu Shanshui row the boat, but Gu Shanshui told him, "On Dragon Corpse River, the eyes can lie. He has to rely on his senses to find where the Corpse Bug is, so he can only row the boat himself."
After the boat entered the fog, Gu Shanshui took out a container made of clay and filled it with river water. Then, he placed the container at the bow of the boat. Finally, he took out a Gu that looked like a loach and placed it in the container.
In such a place, Zhou Wen wasn't in the mood to game. His psyche was highly concentrated as Truth Listener constantly scanned his surroundings to prevent any possible danger.
Using Truth Listener, Zhou Wen could sense that there were many dimensional creatures swimming in the nearby river. However, they didn't approach the wooden boat. It was unknown if it was because of the wooden boat itself or the Gu Shanshui had placed in the jar.
The wooden boat slowly rowed across the dark river. Zhou Wen and company abided by the taboos of Dragon Corpse River, so no danger occurred.
As the wooden boat slowly sailed, Zhou Wen suddenly felt cold sweat break out on his back. A terrifying palpitation made his heart pound.
With Truth Listener's ability, Zhou Wen realized that there seemed to be a huge shadow staring at them from the bottom of Dragon Corpse River.
Plop … Plop … The Gu in the jar suddenly jumped as though it had been given a fright, causing Gu Shanshui's expression to turn solemn.
Gu Shanshui directly grabbed the Gu from the jar and placed it in the river. The Gu desperately swam into the distance, but before it could go far, it suddenly vanished, leaving only ripples on the river surface.
With the Gu gone, Gu Shanshui heaved a sigh of relief.
The wooden boat slowly rowed, but the shadow at the bottom of the river was just too huge. After rowing for more than ten minutes, the wooden boat was still above the shadow, unable to row out.
Zhou Wen tensed up. He didn't dare use Truth Listener to scan the shadow, afraid that it would alarm it. When the time came, the wooden boat would capsize. Zhou Wen wasn't afraid, but the others on the boat probably wouldn't be able to survive.
Thankfully, the shadow didn't move. Ever since it sucked the Gu, it had only been watching them from the bottom of the river. Gu Shanshui rowed for more than half an hour before the wooden boat finally rowed out of the shadow's range.
Only when the feeling of being watched vanished did Zhou Wen secretly heave a sigh of relief. I wonder what's at the bottom of the river? Could it really be a dragon? However, it feels different from the dragons I've seen in the past. Its aura is completely different.
In such a place, Zhou Wen didn't want to cause trouble. It would naturally be best if he didn't have to fight.
After rowing for four to five hours, a small island appeared on the river in front of him. The island was at most the size of a football field. There was a small mountain less than a hundred meters tall on it. It was a typical volcano. From the mouth of the mountain, a large amount of thick fog spewed out. The thick fog above the Dragon Corpse River seemed to be spewed out from the small volcano.
"It's there. The Corpse Bug is in the volcano. After we go up the mountain, I'll lure the Corpse Bug out. Mr. Zhou, you can follow the plan." Gu Shanshui pulled the wooden boat to the shore and led everyone ashore.
Zhou Wen already knew Gu Shanshui's plan. All he needed to do was wait by the side. Only after the Corpse Bug was lured out by Gu Shanshui would he take action.
Gu Shanshui got everyone to stay at the foot of the mountain and only took Gu Lou and Gu He up the mountain. They almost crawled forward. After arriving at the volcano crater, they took out some small bottles they had prepared. Every once in a while, they would pour a bottle of yellow liquid into the volcano crater.
Zhou Wen had heard from Gu Shanshui that the liquid was called Corpse Oil. It was extracted from corpses. Only with this could he lure the Corpse Bug out of the volcano.
This was something that required a lot of patience. After seven to eight hours and more than a hundred bottles of Corpse Oil were poured, there was finally a commotion in the volcano crater.
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