Yuan Chen Settled, Jinshui Post

Lute Worms were ancient, bizarre creatures.

They were recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. Their appearance was extremely strange: their bodies were covered in insect-like scales, yet they moved in a winding, snake-like fashion, and they were highly skilled at earth escape.

After being refined into a Natal Gu, it underwent another transformation.

Its body had shrunk considerably, becoming only a finger's length. Its entire body was covered in black scales, and it remained snake-shaped, but it had also grown transparent wings.

Buzz, buzz, buzz~

It feared neither bitter cold nor frost. Beating its wings, it swiftly passed through the gaps in the ice cave, then crawled out through a hollow in an old pine tree and climbed to Sha LiFei's ear.

At that moment, Sha LiFei was under the spell's influence.

Fortunately, he had no shortage of treasures on him. Aside from the protective talisman he had snatched from Xiong BaoDong, he also had the White-Robed Great Being's prayer beads.

Both were treasures that could calm the mind and guard the soul.

Even though Sha LiFei was bewitched and stared foolishly at the fluorescent lights filling the sky, he retained a thread of clarity and clung tightly to the old pine tree.

Feeling the Lute Worm Gu crawling beside his ear, he immediately raised his hand to grab it. But the Lute Worm vibrated, and Long Yan'er's voice came from beside his ear:

"Don't move. I'm helping you dispel the Gu."

The Lute Worm immediately beat its wings and opened its mouthparts.

Fine scales flew out of Sha LiFei's body, then were all swallowed by it.

Sha LiFei instantly regained consciousness. His scalp prickling, he stared at the Lute Worm beside his ear and shouted, "How are you? Are you all right?"

Hearing him, Long Yan'er inside