Chapter 176: Chapter 176

Ever since she discovered that Qihai Shi had a Unity Gu, Miao Qinya began scouring ancient texts, searching for ways to break the Unity Gu.

The Unity Gu, as the name suggests, bonds two people together for a lifetime, usually with the Mother Gu on the girl and the Child Gu on the man.

The Mother Gu can control the Child Gu, preventing the man from losing interest.

If the man falls out of love, the woman can activate the Child Gu, causing the man to die instantly.

Should the woman with the Mother Gu die unexpectedly, the man with the Child Gu won’t survive either.

Look, if it’s not true love, which man would willingly submit to the shackles of the Unity Gu?

But Leng Qinya didn’t believe it, she thought that Qihai Shi wasn’t willing.

Leng Qinya contemplated breaking the Unity Gu on Qihai Shi herself, after all, even if Leng Yuerong could do it, she wouldn’t help her.

Leng Qinya began raising various poisonous insects, putting them in a container to let them fight each other, with the larger insects eating the smaller ones, and the last one standing being called a Gu.

But this was just an ordinary Gu, raising a Longevity Gu was far more complex.

The most poisonous Gu Worm would lay eggs and then eat its own offspring to replenish nutrients.

Leng Qinya was waiting for that Poison Gu that wouldn’t eat its own eggs.

But the odds of this were slim to none.

All poison Gu Worms would not allow another living creature within their territory.

Luckily, fortune favors the diligent. Sixteen years after Qihai Shi and Leng Yuerong’s marriage, when Leng Yuerong gave birth to their fourth child, Leng Qinya finally obtained a Longevity Gu.

This was a creature so detested by even the most venomous Gu Worms that one would say it was more toxic than poison itself.

Upon the emergence of the Longevity Gu, all the other Gu Worms in the valley were in a state of panic, unable to eat or sleep.

All Gu Worms became lackluster and would no longer accept the blood their masters fed them, so Miao Qinya’s Longevity Gu was quickly discovered.

Several elders demanded that Miao Qinya sacrifice the Longevity Gu for the Witch Clan’s domination.

Sacrifice it to whom?

To her rival, her nemesis, the Saintess Leng Yuerong.

Does Miao Qinya comply?

She raised the Longevity Gu precisely to oppose Leng Yuerong, and now her master wants her to give it to Leng Yuerong, to make her bridal gown? In her dreams!

The rule of the Witch Clan is simple: whoever raises the most potent Gu becomes the Saintess.

Now that she has raised the Longevity Gu, as long as she wins the next Gu competition against Leng Yuerong, she will be the new Saintess of the Witch Clan, why should she give it away? What right does Leng Yuerong have to enjoy the fruits of her labor? Just because she’s the Leader’s wife?

A Saintess can be replaced, can’t a Leader’s wife?

Though Miao Qinya didn’t want to give up the Longevity Gu, she couldn’t resist the persuasion of several elders and her master Xi Qishan.

In the end, Miao Qinya agreed to place the Longevity Gu in the Myriad Gu Hall for nurturing because she discovered that even though the Longevity Gu obeyed her commands, it wouldn’t recognize a master.

She thought it best to let the Longevity Gu, which was still a hatchling, be nurtured in the Myriad Gu Hall for a while before attempting to make it recognize a master.

Miao Qinya, emboldened by raising the Longevity Gu, started to mock Leng Yuerong whenever she had the chance.

If you’re incapable, step aside and let the worthy take the position; don’t occupy the Saintess role while enjoying the tribe’s adoration and reverence.

Faced with Miao Qinya’s mockery, Leng Yuerong appeared calm and composed, but secretly plotted with Qihai Shi.

"Doesn’t Miao Qinya want to break the Unity Gu for you?"

The Longevity Gu is still immature, unrefined, and whether it will become formidable is uncertain.

Meanwhile, her Unity Gu has matured over years, and if Miao Qinya dares to risk the Longevity Gu, she would rather suffer backlash than let the Longevity Gu accompany her Unity Gu to their grave. For origınal chapters go to 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩·𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢·𝔫𝔢𝔱

Miao Qinya had spent the past twenty years obsessed, driven mad for Qihai Shi, and at the thought of waking Qihai Shi, she couldn’t wait another moment.

But to everyone’s surprise, after stealing the Longevity Gu from the Myriad Gu Hall, Miao Qinya didn’t seek out Qihai Shi, but went to Leng Yuerong instead.

Arrogant with her victory as the king of myriad Gu, Miao Qinya didn’t regard anyone, thinking why break the Unity Gu for Qihai Shi when she could make Leng Yuerong’s Mother Gu her own puppet.

Leng Yuerong held the newborn Qi Yunwei in her arms, unprepared for Miao Qinya’s mental control.

Yet Miao Qinya hadn’t anticipated that Leng Yuerong would have her own preparations.

As Miao Qinya was about to activate the Longevity Gu to influence the Unity Gu, she felt excruciating pain.

She realized she had been poisoned by a Gu, but didn’t know when it happened; Leng Yuerong had been waiting for her all along.

Fortunately, the Longevity Gu, as the king of myriad Gu, could counter any poison. It bit Miao Qinya’s palm, sparing her life, but Leng Yuerong, who controlled the Mother Gu, wasn’t so lucky.

Leng Yuerong coughed up blood and collapsed, on the verge of death.

Miao Qinya didn’t expect Leng Yuerong to choose such a mutually destructive method.

Hearing the rush of footsteps outside, Miao Qinya panicked.

She hadn’t meant to kill Leng Yuerong, but she knew she couldn’t possibly explain her way out of this.

If Leng Yuerong died, then Qihai Shi, who carried the Child Gu, would also perish.

Her mind went blank; if both Leng Yuerong and Qihai Shi died, the clan wouldn’t spare her.

Miao Qinya hastily grabbed the crying Qi Yunwei, whose cries resembled a kitten’s, and ran.

After Miao Qinya fled with the newborn Qi Yunwei, Leng Yuerong died.

But before her death, Leng Yuerong struggled to break the Unity Gu for Qihai Shi, sparing his life.

Though Qihai Shi survived, he was gravely injured, leaving the task of hunting down Miao Qinya and returning Qi Yunwei to his sixteen-year-old son Qi Yunfan.

Though young, Qi Yunfan was the most promising youth among the new generation of the Witch Clan.

In both martial prowess and appearance, he surpassed Qihai Shi in his younger years.

To capture Miao Qinya, the Witch Clan practically sent out the entire clan, the elders driven by the desire to reclaim the Longevity Gu, and the Qi family for the newborn Qi Yunwei.

Though the Longevity Gu preserved Miao Qinya’s life, it lost its vigor and within days fell into a deep sleep.

With the Longevity Gu asleep, Miao Qinya felt the poison Gu within her body running amok, and fleeing became increasingly difficult.

It took only a few days for her to be intercepted by the lone Qi Yunfan.

Unwilling to accept that her painstaking efforts to raise the Longevity Gu could be in vain, Miao Qinya was determined.

The Longevity Gu, its very name promising longevity, who wouldn’t desire it?

But now the Longevity Gu lay dormant, its life uncertain, and despite repeatedly dripping her blood onto it, the Gu gave no response.

Desperate, she adopted a last-ditch approach, cutting open Qi Yunwei’s tender palm and placing the Longevity Gu into the wound, only to find it burrowing into Qi Yunwei’s body, responding no more to her calls.

After rescuing Qi Yunwei, Qi Yunfan dared not take her back to the clan.

The clan had gone mad for the Longevity Gu, their ambitions stretching to the belief that with the Longevity Gu, they could overthrow the Great Liang kingdom.

If they learned that the Longevity Gu now had a host, a mere infant...

Bringing his sister back would be delivering her to the lions.

Those fanatical elders would not hesitate to kill his sister to obtain the Longevity Gu.

Qi Yunfan placed ten taels of gold in Qi Yunwei’s swaddle, entrusting her to an elderly couple for care.