Five Sects, Five Elders

Chapter 252: Five Sects, Five Elders

Two thoughts battled in Long Gu's mind.

One was to turn Fang Shu into a medicine man and drain the rich, pure vital energy from his entire body to replenish her foundation.

The other was that she wanted to see whether the path to forming the elixir that she had planned, if applied to Fang Shu, could one day allow him to form his elixir and achieve the goal she had dreamed of.

In an instant, Long Gu thought of Fang Shu's trembling cleverness, and she could not help recalling her younger self. Her thoughts immediately drifted toward the latter.

But very quickly, a miserable scream escaped her mouth. Worms like maggots burrowed out from her eye sockets once more, buzzing as they transformed into flying insects in the blink of an eye. Their wings beat as they enveloped her entire body.

The agonizing pain made Long Gu's face twitch and twist even more grotesquely. She could not help crying out:

"You're too damned noisy!"

Buzz, buzz! Yet the insects on her body grew even louder, constantly crawling out of her seven apertures—even her nine apertures—until her face was covered in writhing bugs, a terrifying sight.

This caused the human-headed serpent crouching nearby to raise its head slightly, its eyes filled with worry.

Hao Junliang thought to himself, Senior Sister, if you had not betrayed Master... would Master have had to be put in such a difficult position by you, me, and Junior Brother?

Elsewhere.

Fang Shu returned to his cave abode, holding the amber Gu insect bestowed by Long Gu Immortal.

The first thing he did upon returning was immediately set up a ritual and divine whether this thing boded well or ill for him.

Compared to when he had been in the