"Heart-eating poison?"

Xiao Zining suddenly thought, "What is that?"

"The imperial palace guard is a sensitive position. Naturally, it is impossible to only care about the strength of the evil forces of the guard. Strength is only one part of it. The most important thing is loyalty to the imperial palace!"

"This Heart-Eating Gu will be planted on the first day when you become a guard of the Imperial Palace. Once the person who planted the Heart-Eating Gu does something detrimental to the Imperial Palace, this Heart-Eating Gu will take effect.

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Zhuo Hong looked at the bright moon in the sky, as if some scene was reflected in his pupils.

"I once saw a person who planted the heart-eating Gu and finally wanted to leave the imperial palace. He looked terrifying when the heart-eating Gu attacked..."

Having said this, he did not continue to talk about the appearance of the person he saw when the Heart-Eating Gu was active, but it was not difficult to see from his eyes that it was definitely an extremely terrifying existence.

Xiao Zining took a sip of his drink and said, "Is there no other way to cure the heart-eating poison?"

Zhuo Hong smiled and shook his head, "It's impossible. For thousands of years, no one has been able to undo the Heart-Eating Gu after planting it."

"It can be said that there is no antidote to the heart-eating Gu. It only has a relieving medicine, but that medicine is only available in the Imperial Palace."

Everyone in the Imperial City knew these things, and they were not secret. Zhuo Hong just thought Xiao Zining was curious and didn't think much about it.

Xiao Zining had some vague thoughts in his mind.

He didn't ask any more questions, as he would be wrong if he spoke too much. The Zhuo family had good intentions toward him, and he didn't want to cause other trouble to the Zhuo family because of him.

Knowing this key piece of information is enough.

The two continued drinking and talking until the third watch of the moon, when Zhuo Hong drunkenly asked Mrs. Zhuo to greet Xiao Zining.

Mrs. Zhuo looked at Zhuo Hong who almost hit the wall while walking, sighed helplessly, and smiled sheepishly at Xiao Zining, who looked relatively sober.

"I'm sorry, little sir. This guy in my family is just like this. I can't help but make him look ugly."

Xiao Zining waved his hand and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, take good care of Brother Zhuo. I'll be fine."

Xiao Zining hadn't talked so freely with someone for a long time. He probably hadn't had a drink for a long time, and he was carrying a heavy burden, so he didn't dare to stop or relax for a moment.

"It's so late. I've already asked someone to clean up the guest room. If you don't mind, Mr. Zhuo, please stay one night at Zhuo's house."

Mrs. Zhuo considers everything very carefully.

But Xiao Zining still has his own plans, he still has his own things to do, and it will be inconvenient to live in Zhuo's house.

What's more, once he is discovered, the Zhuo family is likely to be implicated by him.

Xiao Zining declined Mrs. Zhuo and left Zhuo's house under the cover of night.

Ghostly figures shuttled through the deserted streets, and there were patrols in the Imperial City at night.

Xiao Zining always traveled to relatively remote places.

After returning to the inn, Xiao Zining deliberately used the law of space to sense the space with a radius of ten feet. Apart from the snoring of a sound sleeper, there was no other abnormal movement.

Xiao Zining returned to his room and sat down on the bed.

Although he drank a lot tonight, most of the alcohol had been forced out by his spiritual power. He is now very sober and his thinking is very clear.

The first thing he did was to take out the ring, hold it in his hand, close his eyes, and put his consciousness into it.

After a while, he raised his eyes, and what appeared in his hand was a yellowed old book.

This book contains an introduction to various voodoo techniques left by the Wumiao people five thousand years ago.

Since it was already five thousand years ago, Xiao Zining was not sure whether he would be able to find any traces of the Heart-Eating Gu in it.

But now there is no other way, he can only give it a try.

I hope to find records about the Heart-Eating Gu from this book.


Chapter completed!