Chen Miao had obtained the Gu Wood Art from the Curse Cult member who had accompanied Xiao Bai last time.
This Mystic Art could create wooden spikes and coat the spikes under its control with gu poison.
The gu poison could soften muscles, and after piercing its target, it could keep multiplying and softening the muscles, making it very difficult to remove.
It would not stop until the wooden spike had been driven into the target's body!
Chen Miao had not said that to tease Zhong Cai. He genuinely wanted to use this Mystic Art on him.
But his target was not Zhong Cai's body. It was his face!
Ever since meeting Zhong Cai, Chen Miao had noticed the stiffness of his facial muscles.
He had already wondered whether he could help Zhong Cai relax those muscles and make him seem more human.
Then he had thought of the Gu Wood Art.
However, the poison used in the Gu Wood Art contained a kind of microscopic Gu Worm. Worried that Zhong Cai might mind, Chen Miao had not brought it up.
Now that Zhong Cai could even tolerate Corpse Beetles, what was a little gu wood poison?
Once Chen Miao explained the situation, Zhong Cai naturally had no reason to refuse. The stiffness of his expressions bothered him, too.
So, before Shi Manman got to work, Chen Miao gave Zhong Cai's face a "beauty treatment."
Since this was his first time doing it, he was a little clumsy. Fortunately, Zhong Cai could harden his skin again once Chen Miao withdrew the gu wood poison.
After repeating this process many times, the gu wood poison was finally distributed throughout the various muscles in Zhong Cai's face.
Watching Zhong Cai reveal that familiar smile, Chen Miao almost felt as though everything had