The Sweetness of the Seventies-Chapter 1148 - 1117: A Bag and a Bottle of Medicine Powder

Chapter 1148: Chapter 1117: A Bag and a Bottle of Medicine Powder

Xu Weiwei, although reluctant to leave her master, also knew that if she stayed, there would be no hope left for her.

She was still young, she didn’t want to die.

She had not yet taken her revenge; she still had her mother, so she couldn’t die.

Go, quickly go, find a place to hide, cultivate diligently, and then come out to seek revenge.

She would cherish the items her master had given her until she could protect herself, until she could protect her family, and then she would return.

Master, I’m sorry.

Mom, wait for me, I will return in glory.

As Xu Weiwei hastened on her way, she sometimes thought of her past life in the glitz and glamor of Xiangjiang, and at times, she felt a little regret.

If only she hadn’t wanted to take revenge, hadn’t wanted to learn these secret techniques, perhaps she would still be the soon-to-be-famous singer, movie star.

But Xu Weiwei quickly dismissed the thought.

Even if she had become famous, what then? She would still be nothing but a plaything for those gangsters, those rich people.

She wanted to learn skills, to make those people her playthings.

With this dream in heart, Xu Weiwei shuttled through the dense forest, fleeing for her life, hiding...

Meanwhile, Huo Yingjie, following the tracking device, arrived at the southwestern border, indeed an environment that Sorcerers favored.

Before Huo Yingjie reached the cave, he sensed that someone was inside.

"Come out," Huo Yingjie, disguising his features, said to the person inside the cave.

Grandma Ma, with her eyes closed, was conserving her strength, waiting for Huo Yingjie’s arrival. Hearing his voice, she opened her eyes slightly.

"What’s destined to come will come eventually," Grandma Ma said, picking up a wooden stick beside her that had been hastily turned into a walking stick, and staggered out of the cave.

Huo Yingjie was taken aback for a moment before he used his Divine Sense to scan the cave and found that Grandma Ma was the only person there.

"Where is Xu Weiwei?" Huo Yingjie asked directly, a bad feeling rising in his heart.

Why hadn’t he placed a restriction on Xu Weiwei as well?

Xu Weiwei had escaped, leaving behind only an old woman. Even if this old woman died, what then?

"I let her go," Grandma Ma said. "How did you place such a mysterious restriction on me?"

Since she was already on death’s door, Grandma Ma wanted to know the secret.

"Do you think I would tell you?" Huo Yingjie sneered. "The spellcraft of the Central Plains is profound. Even if I told you, you wouldn’t understand."

Huo Yingjie was angry at not being able to find Xu Weiwei.

Grandma Ma nodded, and with a sigh, she said, "Now I finally understand why, after I fled from Thailand, my senior brother dared not pursue me across the border. It’s because the spellcraft of the Central Plains is too powerful, and they said there was an agreement not to come here."

"Actually, Xu Weiwei is just an illegitimate daughter of the Zhou Family; they didn’t pay much attention to her," Huo Yingjie said, "We had discovered the connection between Xu Weiwei and the Zhou Family, but the Huo Family isn’t the type to be aggressively overbearing. If Xu Weiwei and her mother had continued to live in Xiangjiang, the Huo Family wouldn’t have touched them. But such is the human heart, never content with what it has."

"In her heart, the Huo Family is the cause of her father’s death, the arch-culprits of the Zhou Family," Grandma Ma said, "Xu Canyun was too infatuated, always praising that man from the Zhou Family in front of her daughter, all the good things about the Zhou Family, which is why Xu Weiwei ended up this way."

"You should never have taught her those things," Huo Yingjie said. Although he couldn’t find the woman, since she had returned to seek vengeance, he would wait for her.

Grandma Ma gave a bitter smile and said, "She wanted to learn... In truth, she’s a pitiable child..."

Grandma Ma’s breath grew ragged, as if she was finding it hard to breathe, and then she took out a small bottle from her bosom and said, "You are an upright and honorable gentleman. If Xu Weiwei hasn’t done anything atrocious against Heaven and reason, please spare her life—she’s just a pitiable child. If she goes against the Sect’s principles and misuses what I gave her to do evil, to treat human lives like grass, then use this bottle to end her life."

In the end, Grandma Ma was still pleading for mercy for Xu Weiwei.

In the face of absolute power, one must compromise.

Moreover, she was afraid that without her guidance, Xu Weiwei would stray onto a crooked path, the path to manslaughter, just like her senior brother.

Huo Yingjie narrowed his eyes and asked, "Why do you do this? You don’t need to bother with this, I am also capable of subduing Xu Weiwei by myself."

Grandma Ma gave a bitter smile and replied, "This is a secret medicine of our Sect, and only this can kill the Life-bound Gu inside Xu Weiwei’s body. Even if you can kill her, you cannot kill that Gu Insect. It will automatically seek out a new host, drain their blood, and move to the next one. Without this medicine, the Gu Insect cannot be killed, not by fire nor by drowning, and those so-called chemical reagents won’t work either."

Upon hearing this, Huo Yingjie realized just how domineering those Gu Insects were.

"I hope you are not deceiving me," Huo Yingjie said. Human nature is unpredictable, and he could not trust her completely.

Grandma Ma, feeling helpless, replied, "I, a person on the verge of death, also speak with good intentions. Perhaps in your eyes, I’m engaged in heretical practices, but I’ve never taken the life of a good person in my life. If it weren’t for my temper, I wouldn’t have been despised by my senior brother, who even usurped my position."

Huo Yingjie narrowed his eyes at her; what this old woman was saying seemed true. If a person were bloodthirsty, their aura would be red. This old woman’s was a clear grey, indicating that she was not a profoundly wicked person.

"Indeed, you have not killed the innocent. From what I understand, it’s not easy for someone in your line of work to accomplish what you have, so I will trust you this time," Huo Yingjie said. "If Xu Weiwei hasn’t treated human lives like grass, I will spare her life, to be with her mother. But if she has, I will be able to tell and will try my best then."

Seeing Huo Yingjie say this, Grandma Ma took out a bag from her bosom, one that looked neither like cloth nor leather, and said, "After you catch Xu Weiwei, cut open her right index finger, use the fresh blood as a lure, and the Gu Insect will come out. You can trap it in this bag, then pour the powder in, and it will be thoroughly killed..."

That powder, which Grandma Ma had prepared for herself, was intended to let the secret technique disappear if there was no one to inherit it.

But Xu Weiwei was willing to learn, which tempted Grandma Ma, yet also made her wary, and that was why she chose to act this way.

Grandma Ma was gambling—gambling on Xu Weiwei’s character.

Huo Yingjie received the items, inspected them, then packed away the bottle along with the bag and said, "Take care of yourself."

Grandma Ma smiled and thanked him, "Thank you!"

Huo Yingjie vanished from the spot, leaving Grandma Ma even more astounded.

But Grandma Ma had expended all of her spiritual energy. After her shock, she walked into a cave, lay on a large rock, closed her eyes, and fully passed away.

Grandma Ma had died!

Huo Yingjie had not actually left but had simply hidden himself. Sensing that Grandma Ma’s life force had faded, he set up a barrier to prevent snakes, insects, rats, and plague from desecrating Grandma Ma’s body.

If what Grandma Ma had said was true, Huo Yingjie would come to bury her himself.

Not for anything else, but because this old person was a principled individual, worthy of respect!