"": 200, "": "", "": "Anyone capable of sealing the Spider Gu through his own strength alone was certainly no ordinary man.
Even if that man could not kill Chen Hongming, he could certainly make him suffer.
Besides, Miao Shun's reasons for using someone else to do his killing were simple.
Taking the opportunity to deal with Chen Hongming was one of them.
There was something wrong with that Yin-Yang Practitioner.
He had Gu Worms on him.
Ordinary people in Miao Village could not detect them, but Miao Shun had noticed them immediately.
That meant the man had secretly learned the Gu Arts.
He had probably learned them from Jin Lü, who had been killed.
Furthermore, the piece of wood he carried constantly gave off a strange fragrance. A great deal of peach gum clung to it, with a texture completely unlike any peach gum Miao Shun had ever seen.
Either the man killed Chen Hongming first, after which Miao Shun would divert the trouble his way and have the Taoists execute him,
or he failed, and the Taoists killed him outright, leaving Miao Shun to collect his corpse and take care of the aftermath.
Either way, Miao Shun would reap the benefits without lifting a finger.
As he thought it over, a sinister grin spread across his face.
With considerable difficulty, he shuffled back into the main hall, took out a porcelain bottle, poured out several Medicinal Pellets, and stuffed them into his mouth. Some color returned to his face. He closed his eyes and quietly felt his body gradually recover.
Luo Bin got up in the early hours, before dawn.
He did not linger in the stilt house. Instead, under cover of darkness, he followed the hexagram positions and left Thousand Miao Village directly.