Cicada Cry
"Like... a cicada..."
Ma Yi suddenly trembled and collapsed to the ground. Her small, dark face showed an indescribable expression, and her voice sounded as if it were being squeezed out of her throat, distorted.
Gao Yunyi paused for a moment, then moved his foot away.
Underfoot,
A small gray cicada was pressed into the soil and remained motionless.
Gao Yunyi looked at the cicada he had trampled into the ground with a strange expression.
"You think this little thing is the Gu King you were talking about?"
"It should be... yes..."
Ma Yi lowered her head and spoke in a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz.
Gao Yunyi squatted down and poked the cicada on the ground with his finger.
The cicada twitched slightly, and surprisingly, it wasn't crushed.
Gao Yunyi believed it immediately. After all, with his current physical strength, he could crush even a rock with one stomp, let alone a cicada.
Pick up a cicada from the ground and examine it closely.
Gao Yunyi discovered that this little cicada was indeed different from the others.
It is not large, about the size of a thumb. Its head and belly are brownish-gray, and the shell surface has rings like the rings of an old tree, as if engraved with the traces of time.
Behind it is a pair of large, semi-transparent wings, like two overlapping leaves, covered with fine, net-like veins.
After being pinched by Gao Yunyi's fingers, Xiao Chan seemed to recover from the pressure, shaking her little head and looking at Gao Yunyi.
Gao Yunyi.
This little guy is supposedly some kind of Gu King? He seems so harmless.
"From now on, you'll be working for me."
Gao Yunyi spoke, his tone carrying an order that brooked no refusal.
The Gu King was also sensible; as if he understood, he nodded frantically.
In fact, from the moment Gao Yunyi entered the tomb, the Gu King awoke from its slumber and stubbornly clung to him, impossible to drive away.
"I like guys who know when to back down. You're great, I admire you."
Gao Yunyi released his fingers, and the Gu King immediately flapped its wings and flew up, then landed on his shoulder again.
However, this time,
Gao Yunyi didn't reach out and swat it away like a fly.
"What's wrong with you?"
After acquiring the new pet, Gao Yunyi turned his attention to Ma Yi.
Ever since recognizing the Gu King, this woman has been acting strangely, sitting on the dirty, cold ground without getting up.
Even if this is your way of expressing shock, it's time to stand up now.
"I... I'm fine."
Ma Yi kept her head down, her legs tightly crossed, as if trying to hide something, her eyes darting around.
"Get up if you have nothing else to do, we're going out."
Gao Yunyi said.
"You... you can go out now, I'll be right there."
Ma Yi's voice trembled, as if she didn't even have the courage to look at Gao Yunyi.
Gao Yunyi: "..."
Since the other party had said so, Gao Yunyi ignored her and walked out of the tomb while playing with the new little pet on his shoulder.
After seeing Gao Yunyi leave, Ma Yi immediately felt relieved.
She first stood up from the ground with a flushed face, then frantically swept the dirt off the ground with her feet as if she had done something wrong.
Only after the marks on the ground were completely covered did her face return to some normalcy.
Just that moment,
She even had suicidal thoughts.
Fortunately, the young master didn't discover anything, otherwise she would never be able to hold her head high in front of him again.
"Young master, wait for me."
After quickly tidying up the dust on her skirt and legs, Ma Yi picked up the torch on the ground and ran after him.
The journey there was fraught with danger and peril.
The return journey, however, was smooth sailing.
Just because a small cicada was perched on Gao Yunyi's shoulder, all the thousands upon thousands of ferocious and terrifying Gu worms in the Myriad Gu Pit fell silent.
It's not lying low, not hiding, but absolute surrender.
For them,
The Gu King is the supreme ruler, the monarch born of all Gu.
And Ma Yi, following behind Gao Yunyi,
I no longer find them scary; instead, I find these Gu worms particularly cute.
He even had the urge to choose one as his Natal Gu.
Unfortunately, the young master walked too fast, and her short legs struggled to keep up, let alone choose her Natal Gu.
Having just emerged from the Myriad Gu Pit,
The intense sunlight outside immediately made Ma Yi instinctively shield her eyes with her arm.
But once her eyes adjusted to the light and she lowered her arm, she froze on the spot as if struck by lightning.
Outside the Myriad Gu Pit
The place was packed with people, all holding weapons, their faces filled with anger and righteous indignation.
At the very front of the crowd,
Standing there were her Mother and Older Sister.
Ma Yi, leading outsiders, injured the guards and forcibly entered the forbidden area of Black Li Stockade. To the entire Black Miao Tribe group, this was an outrageous and unforgivable crime.
Even if she is the daughter of the Great Miao Chief, they will absolutely not let this go.
The beautiful woman looked at Gao Yunyi and his daughter behind him with an air of elegance and grace, her eyes filled with complex emotions.
She never imagined that such a big thing would happen in the village while she was only away for half a day.
The beautiful woman knew her daughter well; even if she were given the greatest courage, she wouldn't dare to cause such a disaster.
Therefore, this matter must have been the work of this man from the Central Plains; he is the culprit.
But this is precisely what gives her a huge headache.
This man from the Central Plains is no ordinary person. She had already experienced his prowess last night, and she thought that by compromising herself, she could make him behave.
But she never expected that the other party's real purpose was the Myriad Gu Pits, and that they had also taken advantage of her innocent and kind daughter.
Unforgivable, absolutely unforgivable.
The Myriad Gu Pit is the Black Miao's greatest secret and must never be revealed. No matter how powerful or formidable this man from the Central Plains may be, even if it results in mutual destruction, he must be executed today.
It's such a pity about that face, that handsome face that even she was captivated by.
Ma Die, standing behind the beautiful woman, became even angrier.
But what angered her wasn't that Gao Yunyi injured the guards and broke into the Myriad Gu Pit; what angered her was why he didn't include her in such an exciting and fun event, but instead chose her younger sister.
It's one thing that my Mother beat me to it;
Now even her useless younger sister has gotten there before her.
Why,
Why did it turn out like this?
She was the one who arrived first.
Jealousy and a twisted mind made Ma Die even more resentful and angry. She now only wanted to burn the two adulterers to death to vent her hatred.
If she can't have it, then she can forget about having it all.
"Mother, let me explain, it's not what you think."
Ma Yi stepped forward and looked at the beautiful woman with pleading eyes.
But the beautiful woman wouldn't listen to her explanation now. Such a heinous crime was beyond the power of her daughter to explain. The only way to quell the anger of her people was with her own life and the blood of that man from the Central Plains.
Just as the beautiful woman was about to order the arrest of the two people in front of her, just as the Black Miao Tribe people behind her were poised to attack with their weapons, and just as Ma Die wore a gloating expression on her face.
"Grumble--"
The cicada that had been Jingjing perched on Gao Yunyi's shoulder suddenly fluttered its wings slightly, and a soft chirp slowly spread out.
It was not the chirping of cicadas in the mundane world; the sound was distant and ancient, as if it had crossed eternity and drifted from the depths of time.