Perhaps Ding Ning’s spiritual strength was exceptionally delicious, so these Spirit-eating Insects still did their best to eat it even after ten minutes of eating.
This made Ding Ning relieved. He was afraid that these Spirit-eating Insects would leave once their eating time was over. If so, what he did would be in vain.
After all, these Spirit-eating Insects hid in the cell tissues during their non-feeding time, when it was impossible for Ding Ning to find them.
Finally, these Spirit-eating Insects left Halidan’s body during Ding Ning’s suffering from the unendurable pain.
After touching the outside air, these Spirit-eating Insects seemed to perceive the bad situation, wanting to run back to Halidan’s body at once.
Ding Ning became nervous. If one or two of these Spirit-eating Insects escaped, they would gradually form another Spirit-eating Insect army in Halidan’s body because the insect had very strong fertility.
At this time, he did not dare to hesitate at all and immediately covered the Spirit-eating Insects with a Spirit-sealing Charm as he shouted, “Seal!”
The Spirit-sealing Charm burned of its own accord, its runes glimmered at a degree visible to the eye in the void as if space had been frozen, and the Spirit-eating Insects stopped in mid-air and could not move.
The glimmering runes tied these Spirit-eating Insects tightly like a rope. Ding Ning took out a glass bottle and drove them into it with his spiritual strength.
Everyone looked at one another, feeling confused. They only saw the burning charm paper and glimmering runes, but they didn’t see the so-called venomous insect, giving them a feeling that Ding Ning was doing magic.
But Halidan was highly-spirited because he was the patient and could naturally feel the changes in his body. Since those Spirit-eating Insects lived in his brain cells, although it was not their eating time, he would feel sleepy and not energetic.
The moment these Spirit-eating Insects were taken out by Ding Ning, he immediately felt that he was not gloomy anymore and was suddenly relaxed.
“Done. All of you can use the high-power microscope to take a look. This kind of Gu is named Spirit-eating Insect, who likes eating humans’ Strength of Faith. You are a pious Yisilan Religion believer, so the culprit behind the scenes used this kind of Gu to deal with you. Now, these Gu insects were still larvae, but they would mature in half a month. Once they mature, they would lay eggs in your brain, keep reproducing, and use your energy as nutrition until they make you a lunatic who loses his faith.”
Ding Ning wiped away his sweat, looking as pale as a sheet of paper. Since a small portion of his spiritual strength was sucked, he who had not recovered became even more depressed and very tired. Just after relieving Halidan from the anesthesia, he sank hard into the sofa to run the Sutra of Cultivating Spirit and close his eyes to rest.
Halidan looked at him with gratitude, stretched his arms and legs, and then went to the microscope to observe those Spirit-eating Insects.
“Oh, my God, this is so disgusting.”
Seeing the numerous Spirit-eating Insects gather together and form a slightly big Spirit-eating Insect, Prince Hengli couldn’t help feeling frightened and giving a shriek.
Thinking of what Ding Ning said moments ago, he became so afraid at once and his eyes glinted with a trace of killing intent. “Since you guys don’t care about our brotherhood, don’t blame me for being cruel.”
Since ancient times, royal family members had been merciless toward each other in the struggle for power. Halidan was the strongest compared with his two younger brothers and cared about them so much, but he never thought that they would murder him. This invisible killing strategy made him feel afraid, realizing that he was too merciful in the past.
“Halidan, who do you know is the murderer behind the scenes? I don’t want to lose you, my friend.”
Prince Hengli looked at Halidan and asked seriously.
With coldness glinting in his eyes, Halidan shook his head slightly, “If I die, the biggest beneficiary is either Kalaman or Yiding. The murderer must be one of my two brothers, but I can’t make sure of it now. I need to go back as soon as possible and find out the killer.”
“No, have you thought that if you go back now to track down the murderer now, your two cornered brothers will go to extremes and ask that mysterious Gu master to help them again? What should you do by then?”
Prince Hengli was not a crown prince, but he was obviously quite familiar with such court struggles, so he admonished him with a serious look.
“Then what do you say? I can’t always hide in Shenzhou and choose not to go back?”
Halidan scratched his head a little irritably.
“You must go back, but before you go back, you must try to find that mysterious Gu master and kill him; otherwise, going back means you are going to die.”
Prince Hengli came up with an idea.
“The problem is that if I don’t go back, how can I find out that d*mn devil?”
So distressed, Halidan took up the glass on the tea table and sipped a few mouthfuls of the red wine.
Hearing this, Prince Hengli was wordless. Although he had a clear understanding of the way of communication in the upper class and was even familiar with the court struggle, he had no idea about such strange and mysterious sorcery and was afraid of it from his bones, let alone to propose some effective measures.
Facing the strange Gu, the two respected princes only had to turn to Bai Qing looking for help.
“Something is wrong. Ding Ning, come and see!”
Bai Qing suddenly screamed. Just now he seemed quite interested in the Spirit-eating Insects and had been observing them through the microscope as if he had not noticed what Halidan and Prince Hengli were talking about.
In other words, he knew what they were worried about but pretended not to hear it for avoiding it. Previously, he was so guilty of himself for accidentally dragging Ding Ning into the hot water because of his personal decision. Did he now also need to ask Ding Ning to go to Zhongdong to help them deal with the rest of the trouble? Ding Ning was his friend, not his employee, so he had no right to ask him to do anything.
Ding Ning suddenly opened his closed eyes and said calmly as if he had predicted it, “They are starting to eat each other, right?”
“Oh, how do you know?”
Bai Qing was surprised with an “oh”, and Halidan and Prince Hengli hurriedly went over to look at the Spirit-eating Insects through the microscope. Like what Ding Ning said, these Spirit-eating Insects had begun to eat each other.
“Nothing strange. This is the Gu master’s response after he perceived that the Gu he made has been deciphered.”
Ding Ning said casually. If the Gu master had not noticed that the Spirit-eating Insects had been taken out by him, he would not deserve to be a Gu master.
“What happens when they devour each other?”
Halidan asked a little worriedly.
“The Spirit-eating Insect King will appear, and one can be as powerful as 100,000. You should feel happy. If that Gu master had put the Gu King in you, you must have long died.”
Ding Ning said calmly. Just now he deliberately sealed the Spirit-eating Insects in the bottle with the Spirit-sealing Charm, waiting for the Gu master to take action. If he did not take action, it meant that he was far in Zhongdong, so Ding Ning would have to travel to Zhongdong, but if the Gu master took action, it meant that he was not far away from here and must have come to Shenzhou.
Scared, Halidan had a cold sweat and asked modestly, “Why didn’t that Gu master turn these insects into the Gu King?”
Ding Ning slightly tilted his mouth and said vaguely, “That is because the Spirit-eating Insects did not absorb enough spiritual strength in the past, so they could not complete the evolution.”
“How can the Gu master control these insects from such a long distance?”
Bai Qing was shocked. “The person can control the Gu insects from tens of thousands of miles away. Doesn’t it mean that he can kill whomever he wants to kill? That’s too scaring.”
“The distance is not long. He came to Shenzhou with Halidan, and the Gu sorcery also has limitations. If one wants to launch the Gu sorcery, he must have the target’s hair, nails, essential blood, birthdate, and other things.”
Ding Ning took a meaningful look at Halidan.
Halidan’s expression changed dramatically. Paralyzed on the sofa, he seemed to have lost all his strength, whispering, “Impossible. Only my father and fiancée Xikela know my secret visit to Shenzhou.”
“No doubt, your father won’t hurt you, but is it that… Princess Xikela who got engaged to you some time ago? Impossible, she is your cousin.”
Thinking of this possibility, Prince Hengli shook his head repetitively to deny it.
“Cousin? He can also marry his cousin? Is it not a marriage between blood relatives?”
Ding Ning asked with confusion.
“Cough, cough, the marriage between blood relatives is allowed in Alabo countries.”
Bai Qing coughed twice hurriedly and explained with a little embarrassment, and Ding Ning blushed. After all, although he had learned the customs in many countries and regions, he learned them from books and had no idea about such customs in Alabo countries.
Halidan did not mind them discussing this matter, drooped his head a little decadently, and whispered sadly, “I have been treating her as my sister, but for the benefit of my family, I had to sacrifice my happiness and got engaged to her, but I never expected her to kill me.”
“Maybe not her? She has no reason to murder you. After all, when you succeed the throne, she will be the queen.”
Prince Hengli shook his head and did not believe the speculation at all.
“There won’t be anyone else. I have never suspected her before, but now when I think about it carefully, I realize that Xikela has been gloomy with a forced smile all the time since she and I announced our engagement. I thought that like me, she might not accept the change from cousins to a couple, and I also tried to make her happy. Half a month ago, when she suddenly became enthusiastic to accompany me to the mosque and also said that she hoped to get the blessing of Anla, I thought she was delighted at that time, so I became exceptionally happy. Hengli, you know that our Musilin believers are very conservative. Before marriage, if a woman goes out, she needs to cover her face and is not allowed to show her face outside, but Xikela was exceptionally active and open at that time: She even helped me bathe, wore clothes, also cut my hair and nails, and finally used paper to wrap my nails and hair and put them into a bag. Back then, I did not mind that and also thought that she was to take them out of the room and throw them, but now when I think about it…
Speaking of this, Halidan had so much pain on his face. Thinking of Xikela’s abnormal actions, he already knew who the murderer was.
Ding Ning frowned, and his intuition told him, “The matter is not that simple. Murdering the crown prince is a serious crime. No matter how much Xikela dislikes Halidan, she will not think about killing him, will she?”
Killing Halidan was not beneficial to her. Just as Prince Hengli said, once Halidan succeeded the throne, she would be the queen, so she had no motive to murder Halidan.
Bai Qing was born in a powerful family and had been used to the killing schemes without shedding blood between brothers. It was not less dangerous than a royal family’s court struggle, so he realized that something had gone wrong and frowned, looking at Halidan. “Motive? What’s the benefit of killing you for her?”
Halidan moved his lips, wishing to speak something, but he stopped and finally said nothing. Ding Ning and Bai Qing had seen it and thought through the trick in it, knowing who the culprit behind the scenes was. Since he was unwilling to tell, they would not force him to tell.
Yet, Prince Hengli glared at him carelessly and shouted angrily, “If Big Brother had not saved you, you would die sooner or later. Now all the people who help you work out solutions here are all your close friends, so how can you hide anything from your close friends?”
