Situ Lei came out of his unconsciousness, feeling as though he had merely taken a nap.
Silver needles were embedded in his Tianling acupoint and the various other acupoints across his body.
Seeing that he was awake, Li Ping'an retrieved the silver needles.
"What... what happened to me?" Situ Lei looked utterly puzzled.
Li Ping'an said nothing.
Situ Lei scratched his head and noticed that everyone around him was looking at him rather strangely.
Huh? What exactly happened?
So he asked his family's retainer, Liu Yidao.
"Mr. Liu, what happened to me just now?"
Liu Yidao fell silent for a moment and gave his young master a long look.
Had Li Ping'an not intervened in time, Situ Lei would have pulled down his trousers and relieved himself.
But if he told the truth about something like that, Situ Lei would probably kill himself on the spot.
So Liu Yidao told a kindly lie. "Nothing happened~"
"Really?"
"Really."
After passing through the Mind-Snaring Ground, Lin Xue headed west, while Qin Miaomiao and the others traveled east.
Qin Miaomiao's group followed the map toward the place marked "Iron Basin Valley."
The farther they ventured into Witchcraft Gu Land, the more numerous and tangled the branching paths became, like an enormous maze.
The deeper they went, the more dangerous it grew.
Yet Situ Lei, walking at the very front, felt none of this and chatted with Qin Miaomiao the whole way.
Although this was his first visit to Witchcraft Gu Land, someone in his family had been here more than once.
Between hearsay and the many books he had read, Situ Lei knew plenty of things, some true and some false.
"Hey, Miaomiao, do you know what kinds of gu the people of the Southern Border can use?"
Qin Miaomiao shook her