Chapter 4157 — Hold On a Moment
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"And then, you can find a way to drop that slut a hint—play hard to get, pretend to agree to lure her out. I am sure that with your strength, killing her would be as easy as turning your palm! When the time comes, we will stage the scene, and I will shoulder the blame, saying that I killed Situ Qian. I am a useless cripple anyway, and I do not want to drag on in disgrace like this any longer!" Wei Shenjin said, his emotions running high.
Hearing this, Wei Zhao pondered for a moment. If he followed Wei Shenjin's plan, he could indeed easily snuff out the hidden threat that was Situ Qian, and so long as Wei Shenjin was willing to air his family's shame, his motive for murder would be ample. No one would suspect Wei Zhao himself. It was a decent proposal—but not quite foolproof.
"On what grounds should I trust you?" Wei Zhao asked, fixing Wei Shenjin with a heavy stare.
"I am willing to enter into a spirit-beast contract with you. You can use a high-grade spirit-pet talisman to control me. So long as I consent of my own will, even a human can become a spirit pet!" Wei Shenjin said excitedly.
"You want to become my spirit pet?" Wei Zhao was startled. It was not that it was impossible—high-grade spirit-pet talismans could indeed control a person—but since ancient times very few had ever done so. After all, who would be willing to be controlled by another for a lifetime?
One had to understand that the spiritual intelligence of humans was innately far above that of the many spirit beasts, and the complexity of their primordial spirits was unique besides. Even with a high-grade spirit-pet talisman, even when the disparity in strength was absolute, unless the target willingly cooperated, subjugating them was simply impossible.
"That is right. I am willing to be your spirit pet!" Wei Shenjin said, his eyes burning. To kill that slut Situ Qian, he was prepared to stake everything—his life and his dignity included.
"Then wait here for now. Let me think it over." Wei Zhao did not agree at once. Instead he turned and left the room, returning to his own quarters, where he refined a Heart-Devouring Gu Pill.
He had learned this in his early years in the mortal realm, in his spare time while training under his master. It came from his master's wife, Lan Ling. Once one swallowed the Heart-Devouring Gu Pill, one had to obey the one who had administered the gu in all sincerity—otherwise one would die with ten thousand insects devouring one's heart.
Unless one encountered a fellow expert who also understood gu arts, this thing could not necessarily be undone even by the most formidable alchemist alive—not even by a medical sage like Zhang Lifeng. After all, every trade has its specialty, and the two were not even of the same system; conventional thinking and experience simply did not apply.
As for the high-grade spirit-pet talisman Wei Shenjin had just proposed, with Wei Zhao's current wealth and connections it would not be difficult to obtain, and its hold was far stronger than the Heart-Devouring Gu—strict enough to reduce Wei Shenjin to a puppet on strings. But this thing had its drawbacks.
Should a spirit pet come to harm, the master would suffer a powerful backlash as well. Back then, Meng Zhou had been backlashed by the black-backed staff ape until he coughed up blood without cease.
And Wei Shenjin had just made it plain that he intended to perish together with Situ Qian. If Wei Zhao took him as a spirit pet now, would he not be sitting around waiting for the backlash? So the Heart-Devouring Gu was the safer choice.
It was similar to the poison he had once fed Brother Dafeng back in the mortal realm—enough control, and no need to worry about side effects. Only, a few days before setting out, Wei Zhao had already given the antidote to Wu Chengtian, to be delivered to Brother Dafeng. R1152