Chapter 178: Chapter 178

Miao Yingyao told Yu Xiaolian about the benefits of the Longevity Gu that she knew.

Longevity Gu—grants longevity.

Of course, it’s not immortality, just a longer life span than ordinary people. According to Miao Yingyao, living to a hundred shouldn’t be a problem.

In ancient times, when the average life expectancy was thirty-something, living to a hundred was indeed considered longevity.

That counts as a benefit.

No illness or pain, maintaining a youthful appearance unchanged, can also be considered a benefit for some people.

It can suppress other Gu worms, thereby controlling its master’s thoughts, this...

This is a bit terrifying...

The Longevity Gu, however, is not without drawbacks; it has side effects, and for women, they can be deadly.

Miao Yingyao’s throat moved up and down a few times, but in the end, she didn’t tell Yu Xiaolian.

Letting her know now would only add to her worries.

Yu Xiaolian asked again, "How do you awaken the Longevity Gu? What happens if you never awaken it?"

Miao Yingyao wasn’t really sure either because the reason the Longevity Gu was dormant was that it was severely damaged when it was a larva.

Whether it can be awakened is still uncertain!

Yu Xiaolian really felt frustrated; this feeling of not having control is really unpleasant.

Previously, Yu Xiaolian hadn’t planned to have too much interaction with the Witch Clan, because she didn’t know the Longevity Gu was inside her. Now it’s different, this hot potato of a Longevity Gu was with her, and she felt it necessary to meet her biological father Qi Haitian.

The Emperor is looking for the Longevity Gu, Jun Yian, Jun Tingye, and Jun Mobai are also searching for it.

Openly and secretly, it’s unknown how many people are driven mad by the Longevity Gu.

Yu Xiaolian also figured out that even if there really was a special method to remove the Longevity Gu from herself, there’s no guarantee she could keep herself safe and worry-free.

Once exposed, no matter what she says, others won’t believe her.

If you say the Longevity Gu is not on you, how do you prove it?

Those people would definitely try to kill her.

They’d rather kill her wrongly than let her go.

So why should she foolishly hand the Longevity Gu over to someone else?

If a day of exposure truly comes, at least she would still have some leeway for survival.

If those people really push her, she wouldn’t mind making the Great Cold World a mess, causing chaos.

If they won’t let her have peace, then no one will.

If she’s going down, she’ll take a few with her.

Yu Xiaolian and Miao Yingyao talked from the Longevity Gu to the Immortality Gu, then to Miao Yingyao’s marriage to Qi Yunfan.

Miao Yingyao, the child of her second aunt, was to marry her biological brother; Yu Xiaolian really wanted to educate Miao Yingyao on the harms and implications of close relative marriages, but seeing Miao Yingyao’s infatuated expression when she mentioned Qi Yunfan, she held back.

Speaking of which, in the Witch Clan Valley with dozens of families, over a thousand people, every family has some kinship connections, and everyone has some roundabout relatives.

Yu Xiaolian sighed, the Witch Clan Valley is simply a hotbed for inbreeding.

The result of inbreeding led to the decreasing population of the Witch Clan, something even the elders of the Witch Clan recognized.

Therefore, cousin marriages are now forbidden; first cousins can’t marry, but second cousins can.

But if first cousins can’t marry and they are not allowed to marry outsiders, there’s an increasing number of single men and women in the Witch Clan, along with many elder bachelors and spinsters.

Some couldn’t bear the loneliness and secretly got together, which also resulted in many foolish offspring in the Witch Clan.

Since Leng Yuerong’s death, Qi Haitian was devastated both physically and mentally; he was neglectful in administration, not even practicing martial arts anymore.

This also led to dissatisfaction among some in the clan, most notably the Grand Elder and Miao Yingyao’s father, leading the strongest opposition.

They believed Qi Haitian was not doing his job and wanted him to abdicate in favor of someone wiser; the Grand Elder favored his disciple Miao Chengwang as the leader.

Even though the Unity Gu didn’t take Qi Haitian’s life, it caused severe internal damage, and it took many years of rehabilitation to slightly improve.

While he was recovering, others were practicing martial arts day and night, improving their skills.

It was supposed to be that the one with the best martial arts becomes the leader, but because of Qi Yunfan, no one dared to expel Qi Haitian from his position.

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Miao Chengwang was frustrated by this; in his youth, he couldn’t beat Qi Haitian. When he finally could, he couldn’t beat Qi Haitian’s son.

Although Qi Haitian couldn’t progress further in martial arts, he was clever; it was his idea to send a group out of the valley to engage in business.

And after starting the businesses, the clan no longer lacked money, and the standard of living improved for everyone, with dividends distributed to every household, benefiting all.

Therefore, Qi Haitian still enjoyed a large base of supporters and loyal followers in the Witch Clan Valley.

Miao Yingyao counted on her fingers, "Our clan has opened restaurants, flower shops, tea houses outside, seems to have ventured into all sorts of businesses, but our Witch Clan’s industries and influence are all in the Northern Land, none in the south."

Previously, Miao Yingyao had heard from the clan’s elders that they were actually a branch of the Witch Clan, with the true Witch Clan hidden in the Miaojiang area in the south.

Before, they had no contact with the Miaojiang Witch Clan, this branch never went south, and the Miaojiang people never came to the Northern Land.

As to whether their ancestors had an agreement or if there was an unknown entanglement, she didn’t know.

But ever since the Longevity Gu emerged, people from Miaojiang had visited their valley many times, naturally each time for the Longevity Gu.

In the past two years, Qi Yunfan, with an iron hand, had deterred quite a few Miaojiang people eyeing the Longevity Gu, so the Miaojiang people no longer dared to come to their valley as much.

Her brother Yunfan was the best!

Yu Xiaolian’s eyes twinkled.

If she could divert Jun Mobai and the others’ attention to Miaojiang, it wouldn’t be a bad thing.

Yu Xiaolian deliberately steered the conversation towards Miaojiang, learning from Miao Yingyao that the Witch Clan’s hidden locale in Miaojiang was around Leishan in Guizhong.

Miao Yingyao pouted, "There’s a woman over there in Miaojiang named Bai Qingdai, she’s so shameless. Knowing I’m Brother Yunfan’s fiancée, she still tried to seduce Brother Yunfan right in front of me.

Later she had the nerve to let her family’s elders come to propose a marriage between her and Brother Yunfan. I really dislike her."

Yu Xiaolian held back her laughter; Miao Yingyao didn’t look at all like a twenty-three-year-old about to get married; she was childish, naive, straightforward.

Miao Yingyao continued, "The first time she came with her dad, she stared straight at Brother Yunfan like she’d never seen a man before.

But at least that time she held back a bit, not pestering Brother Yunfan incessantly. But on subsequent visits, she threw caution to the wind, openly declaring she wanted to steal Brother Yunfan from me."

At this point, Miao Yingyao’s expression was slightly smug, "Could I tolerate her? I hit her then.

I’ve waited for my man for so many years. Anyone dares to snatch him, I’ll cut them!"

Miao Yingyao gestured a slashing motion but inadvertently pulled at the wound on her back, grimacing in pain, then awkwardly smiled at Yu Xiaolian.

"Pardon me, I’m not usually , I’m a proper lady. Don’t tell your brother what happened tonight, okay!"