Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 23

Chapter 23 The Horrifying Mind Controlling Gu

Since Yuan Ling didn’t even know she was dead, there was no way she could explain who had killed her.

Jiang Li pieced together the general situation.

First, Yuan Ling killed everyone in the two towns and used corpse-controlling Gu to control them, forcing them to give birth normally. However, given her skill level, she could only use the Dantian corpse-control Gu to control the corpse’s behavior, not its thoughts.

Then, she killed Yuan Ling again, used the corpse-control Gu to control her, and then used the Sea of Consciousness Gu on everyone. This way, the people in the two towns became indistinguishable from the living, and even those who had reached the Nascent Soul stage wouldn’t notice any problems.

Jiang Li was puzzled by the purpose.

What was the purpose of this mastermind behind this?

The Saint of the Pure Heart smiled and told Jiang Li to leave, leaving her and Yuan Ling alone. Jiang Li’s scalp tingled at her laughter, and he walked away.

However, Jiang Li’s extraordinary intuition allowed him to still faintly hear the cries coming from the room.

The cries grew fainter and fainter, finally fading. The Purifying Heart Saint used magic to cleanse the blood from her body. She emerged from the room, a smile on her face, and heard Jiang Li’s message.

“Something seems to be wrong with Du Xin’er. I’ll go check it out.”

The Purifying Heart Saint quickly arrived in Xiahe Town, finding Jiang Li and Du Xin’er in a kitchen, something steaming on the stove.

“What happened?”

Jiang Li grabbed a handful of rice, his thoughts etched in his mind. Du Xin’er stood there, stunned, her eyes blank.

“I was just monitoring this with my spiritual sense, and I noticed Du Xin’er pouring this stuff into the hulled spiritual rice.”

This was a counterintuitive act. The eight small towns didn’t give the spiritual grain directly to the Mortal Pure Land. Instead, they hulled it, turning it into spiritual rice, which was then given to the Mortal Pure Land. The rice bran was kept and buried in the soil to increase the spiritual energy content.

Du Xin’er didn’t have to do this; she only had to supervise. But not only did she not supervise, she even brought a rice jar from the cellar and poured it into the pile of freshly hulled spiritual rice.

Jiang Li pointed to the side, and the Pure Heart Saint looked in the direction she was looking. She saw it was just a jar of spiritual rice, nothing out of the ordinary.

“I advise you not to use your spiritual sense to examine this jar of spiritual rice. It’s too much for you to handle.”

If Jiang Li hadn’t said that, the Pure Heart Saint wouldn’t have done it. But Jiang Li’s advice made her use her spiritual sense to scan it.

Hmm, can it still resist spiritual sense?

The Pure Heart Saint increased the intensity of her spiritual sense, peering through the surface of the spiritual rice to see what was hidden within.

“Ugh—”

The Pure Heart Saint’s face paled as she began to dry heave.

She had long been fasting, her body pure and free of impurities, and she couldn’t vomit anything.

This wasn’t a jar of spiritual rice, it was a jar of poisonous insects disguised as spiritual rice!

“Junior Sister Xin’er, what are you doing!”

Du Xin’er, coming to her senses, asked in confusion. “Doesn’t our sect have a rule to pour this jar of spiritual rice into the spiritual rice pile?”

“Who said that? When did the Red Dust Pure Land have such a rule?”

Du Xin’er tried to recall, but found she only remembered the rule, not who had told her.

Jiang Li pried open a grain of spiritual rice with his fingernail, revealing a tiny white Gu worm inside. He then displayed it to Du Xiner.

“Do you recognize what this is?”

Jiang Li’s actions also puzzled Du Xiner. “Isn’t it just spiritual rice? Is there something else?”

Jiang Li said nothing more, letting Du Xiner leave.

“Someone has tampered with her perception, making her believe this is just ordinary spiritual rice, a trick of the corpse Gu.”

Jiang Li lifted the steamer on the stove, revealing a bowl of fragrant spiritual rice.

He picked up one of the grains and pried it open, revealing the same white Gu worm. It was still alive, and its vitality seemed even stronger than before!

“Someone added Gu worms to the spiritual rice and made you people in the Red Dust Pure Land eat it, but I don’t know what the Gu worms are used for.”

The Pure Heart Saint’s face was as pale as gold paper.

The remote communication symbol flashed, and Jiang Li answered.

“Brother Jiang, I found the Gu tribe members!” Zhang Konghu, who looked like a black bear, appeared in front of Jiang Li. He said in a muffled voice, “They said that in order to cultivate a corpse Gu that can make a dead body move normally, one must be at least in the fusion stage.”

“But they are not sure. They just speculated based on the records. After all, there are no masters in the Gu tribe now, and the most powerful one is only in the Nascent Soul stage.”

Zhang Konghu was filled with emotion when he said this. He only knew that the Gu tribe was secluded from the world, but he didn’t expect it to be so destitute. In the past, the Gu tribe had produced a big figure who ascended to the fairyland.

“I asked again who can practice Gu magic, and they said that one must read the ancient books enshrined in the ancestral temple. The ancient books on Gu magic are strictly guarded, and outsiders cannot practice it.”

“But I tried it, and I was able to steal the ancient books easily. No one found out, and of course, I have returned them.”

“Oh, by the way, they also said that the mind-controlling Gu that the Gu tribe listed as prohibited from cultivation was lost. They are in seclusion and cannot come out of the mountains. They hope that our Human Emperor Palace will release a message to let everyone be careful.”

“Mind-controlling Gu?”

“Yes, the Gu tribe said that this kind of Gu worm is extremely scary. As long as a person takes it, even if he becomes a combined god in the future, the owner of the Gu worm can control his mind, and he himself will not know! Therefore, the Gu tribe has an ancestral precept that prohibits the cultivation of mind-controlling Gu!”

“Look at this, is this the mind-controlling Gu!” Jiang Li spread out his palm and showed the white Gu worm.

“Yes, yes, that’s it. The cocoon is like spiritual rice, as thin as a hair tip. It becomes quiet when it meets water and active when it meets fire. Where did you find it, brother Jiang?”

With a clang, the legs of the Pure Heart Saint became weak, she knocked over the pots and pans, and knelt softly on the ground.

How many years have they been adding Gu worms to spiritual rice? How many junior sisters have eaten it? Has any senior brother who has practiced fasting tasted it occasionally? How many people in the Red Dust Pure Land have heart-controlling Gu in their bodies?

The Pure Heart Saint didn’t dare to think about these questions at all!

“Did the Gu Clan say how to break the heart-controlling Gu?”

“Just like other Gu worms, either the owner of the Gu worm takes the initiative to remove it, or kills the Gu worm in the body. Therefore, the heart-controlling Gu is ineffective during the tribulation period. The thunder tribulation during the tribulation will destroy the Gu worm.”

“I’ll explain it to you later, it’s over!”

Jiang Li hung up the communication talisman, his expression grave. “The mind-controlling insect hasn’t activated yet, and things haven’t reached their final stage yet! Your fellow apprentice sisters are still waiting for you to rescue them! With me here, anything can be salvaged!”

Jiang Li’s deep, serious tone held unquestionable confidence, allowing the Pure Heart Saint to gradually regain their composure.

Yes, things haven’t reached their final stage yet. The mastermind behind the scenes has been secretly manipulating things for decades, yet the mind-controlling insect hasn’t been activated until now. This means the time is not yet ripe for the mastermind.

Mistakes can be made right, and there’s still a chance for everything!

“Jiang Li, thank you!” The Pure Heart Saint’s gaze was resolute. She slowly stood up and flew towards the Red Dust Pure Land.

Jiang Li followed closely behind.

As the two prepared to return to the Red Dust Pure Land, they were blocked outside by a light curtain formed by the sect’s protective formation. A figure behind the curtain sneered at the two belated arrivals.

The instigator, the elder expelled from the Red Dust Pure Land, Taoist Nun Xuan Ai!

(End of Chapter)