Chapter 290: Elder Yan
The contract was completed, and the small blood-colored bug on the leather cover gradually weakened until it turned into ashes, scattering with a puff of air.
Tu You frowned slightly, looking at these things, and felt that something was wrong: “Master, these look a bit like Gu Worms?”
“Gu Worms?” Sang Chu looked at Tu You, who was blocking in front of him, in confusion: “Are you sure?”
“I’m not sure, but they are very similar. I once followed Fang Che to the world of Gu Breeders. The way these bugs die is very similar to the fate of Gu Worms after being snatched. Once they leave their original master, they will dissipate like this.”
“That’s different from what I know.”
Tu You: “There are differences, but they are generally consistent. They are bloodthirsty and cruel, and they love to use humans as host bodies. However, the difference is that the Gu Controllers in that world are very paranoid. They would rather their hard-raised Gu Worms be buried with them than be given to others. Therefore, once the Gu Worms change masters, they will vanish into thin air, which is very similar to the fate of these bugs.”
At that time, Fang Che took a fancy to the Gu Worms raised by those people and offered a high price to buy them, but he was unexpectedly ripped off a lot of money.
Those people had no sense of trade or morality at all. If you wanted Gu Worms, they would give you the Gu Worms they raised. But once you prepared to contract them, the Gu Worms’ survival instinct would make them fight back madly.
Even if you were lucky enough not to die at the hands of the Gu Worms, once you started the contract, the Gu Worms would dry up and die upon touching an unfamiliar power, resulting in a wasted effort and only dust on the ground.
At that time, Fang Che almost couldn’t return from the Gu Worm world. Not only did he waste a lot of money and get ripped off, but he also almost died at the hands of those Gu Breeders and became food for the Gu Worms.
In the end, he had to take on a special mission to earn money to buy a return train ticket. Otherwise, he and Fang Che would have died in that place.
From Tu You’s expression, Sang Chu knew that these things were not good. Sang Chu patted Tu You on the shoulder. He graciously moved aside, still in human form, holding his long sword and guarding Sang Chu.
“Qing Xiao, how is it?”
“Master, it’s very strange. There’s a strange power controlling his thoughts. Although I can control him now, I can’t fully control him.”
“Is it related to those bugs?”
Qing Xiao shook his head: “I don’t know, it feels very strange. This is the first time I’ve seen such an undead.”
Sang Chu was silent for a moment: “It doesn’t matter, as long as you can control him, that’s good. Let’s hide for now. He should be back soon. Don’t activate the contract power for now, and let him try to see if Elder Yan can discover it.”
“Okay.”
The group directly entered the hovercar. Tu You, invisible, stood by the head of the bed and adjusted the leather cover, making it look as identical as before.
As expected, Wang Quan returned not long after.
He directly put on the leather placed on the bed, not noticing anything unusual, and quietly opened the door and walked out.
He followed his plan, avoiding the Magic Beast patrol team and arriving on the third floor.
A knock of three short and two long raps.
Elder Yan, who heard it inside the room, his face turned very ugly. He opened the door, saw Wang Quan as expected, and forcefully pulled him into the room.
“Are you crazy? Coming to find me at this time!”
Wang Quan looked at the furious Elder Yan with a smile: “Old Yan, don’t be so nervous, no one noticed me coming up.”
Saying that, he walked to a chair nearby and sat down boldly, looking completely unafraid of him.
Elder Yan glanced around. He always felt like he was being monitored living in these rooms. However, he had replaced all the flying lamps and candles with seashells and didn’t use fruit baskets or anything, yet he still didn’t feel safe.
He had been cautiously vigilant, but he never expected this oblivious Wang Quan to come to him directly after leaving the hospital!
Seeing Elder Yan staring at him without speaking, Wang Quan quickly put away his smile and said seriously: “I don’t want to come to you either, but my sister is missing, and even that guy An Zhi has disappeared. He’s a Level Seven Mental Supernatural Ability User. You spent a lot of effort to control him back then. He was my great asset for walking sideways in the hospital, but now he’s gone. I’m worried things will get out of control.”
Elder Yan didn’t know about these things: “Tell me in detail.”
Wang Quan nodded and slowly recounted from the beginning.
And all of this was broadcast live to Sang Chu.
Looking at the images appearing in the picture frame on the hovercar and the conversation coming from inside, Sang Chu glanced at Tu You beside him: “What do you think?”
Tu You was much more mature and knowledgeable than Tu You.
“These two don’t seem like superiors and subordinates.”
Qing Xiao also noticed that Wang Quan didn’t seem to be afraid of this person surnamed Yan at all: “Master, do you think they are both subordinates of someone else?”
Sang Chu: “I thought so too. I originally thought Wang Quan was Elder Yan’s subordinate, but it seems these two are on equal footing.”
Tu You suddenly turned his head to look at Sang Chu: “Master, do you know this Elder Yan’s name?”
Sang Chu shook his head: “No, he only said his surname was Yan, and everyone called him Elder Yan. Is there a problem with that?”
Tu You: “In the Cultivation World, there is a sorcery called Spirit Speech Sorcery. As long as you know the other person’s real name, you can control them. I don’t know if I’m overthinking it, but this Elder Yan seems to be guarding against Spirit Speech Sorcery?”
Sang Chu was silent for a moment and said: “Qing Xiao, go find my brother and have him find a way to probe Yan Hao and see if he knows his grandfather’s name.”
“Okay, I’ll go now.”
Qing Xiao walked out of the hovercar, leaving only Sang Chu and Tu You to continue watching Elder Yan and Wang Quan.
“You’re saying Jian Xiu Ying lost control and created a domain space similar to the Leader’s?”
Wang Quan nodded: “It should be a domain space. I was trapped on the second floor of the hospital and couldn’t go anywhere. That feeling was different from the energy defense outside the hospital. The energy defense outside the hospital, I could feel the aura fluctuations being intercepted while wearing human skin.
That feeling was like hitting jelly, soft and bouncy, and I could even take a few steps with its soft force. But a domain space is different. There were invisible walls all around. I tried to leave a few times, but I was bumped so hard that my skin was about to peel off.”
Elder Yan: “Then, everyone on the second floor disappeared, including your sister?”
Wang Quan: “Yes, except for Jian Xiu Ying and her son, only I was left.”
Hearing this, Elder Yan paced back and forth irritably: “This is bad. Those people we hid in the walls to give to the Leader will definitely be discovered!”
Wang Quan: “I’m worried about that too. My sister is missing now, and I can’t move around freely. They won’t remove their suspicion of me that quickly. You need to help me find my sister quickly.”
Elder Yan suddenly looked up at Wang Quan, his eyes like a hunting eagle: “You want to run.”
“How could that be? You’re overthinking it. I just want you to help me find my sister.”
Elder Yan smiled: “If you wanted to find your sister, you wouldn’t be here now. You want me to help you find your sister, then deal with those corpses, and take the opportunity to leave, right? Zhao Xiao, you and I are in the same boat now. If these people can’t be delivered to the Leader on time, you should know what your fate will be. Don’t forget, both you and I have that thing in our brains!”
