Datuk Lin looked at Ku Lai's corpse without any change in expression, but the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. He seemed to be in quite a good mood.
To Datuk Lin, there were as many people like Ku Lai as he wanted. They were no different from a reserve blood bank. Whenever he felt unwell or needed to replenish his blood, he could simply use one. As for humanity or morality? Heh.
If he died, then there would be nothing left to discuss. If he lived, then the living could say whatever they wanted. Wasn't history simply the declaration of the victors?
"Heh! Didn't see that coming, did you?" Datuk Lin walked over to Ku Lai's corpse and said blandly, "No matter who it is, as long as they are by my side, I plant gu insects in them. So rest assured, I didn't deliberately target you."
"If I hadn't been injured this time, I might have taken you as my disciple after finishing the matter in China. But I never expected to return empty-handed and suffer such serious injuries! I need to recover, so I'm truly sorry!"
"Ah! What a pity. Such a fine disciple candidate! This Datuk Lin was quite talented in his studies. If this hadn't happened, he could have gone very far down the path of a Sorcerer!"
Datuk Lin needed gu insects to recover from his injuries. This was also the fastest recovery method for a Sorcerer: retrieving the gu insects he had released and eating them to recover some of his injuries.
These gu insects hid inside human bodies and survived by feeding on their Essence Blood. Thus, the longer they remained there, the more Essence Blood they contained, and the greater the help they provided in restoring their master.
These gu