"Everyone, be careful. These soldier statues are probably some kind of puppet."
Gu Cheng warned them, "These puppets are controlled by beneficial insects and will automatically attack living people."
Everyone was surprised to hear this.
Zhang Qiling came over. "Young Master Gu, how did you figure that out?"
Gu Cheng pointed between the statues' eyebrows.
"Captain Zhang, do you see those green gems?"
Zhang Qiling glanced at them and nodded.
"Yes. What's strange about those stones?"
Gu Cheng looked at him in surprise. "Those are divine artifacts. Captain Zhang, don't tell me you didn't notice?"
Zhang Qiling's expression shifted slightly.
He looked again at the green stones between the statues' eyebrows.
After a long moment.
He gave a wry smile. "I've been hunting geese all my life, but today I've embarrassed myself in front of Young Master Gu. Yes, those stones are indeed divine artifacts, but they're so small. If you hadn't mentioned them, I
really wouldn't have noticed them, so I overlooked them."
"Then... is there anything special about them?"
The others heard Gu Cheng and Zhang Qiling's conversation and learned that the green stones between the statues' eyebrows were all divine artifacts.
Their attention was immediately drawn to them.
Everyone studied the green gems curiously.
Gu Cheng said, "I once read an ancient text about Yunnan-Guizhou Insect Gu and head-lowering sorcery. It mentioned a kind of green stone called the Witchcraft Spirit Stone, a special ore found in
abundance in Yunnan and Guizhou. For insects, it's a natural breeding ground, so in ancient times, many tribes in Yunnan and Guizhou used these Witchcraft Spirit Stones to raise Worm Gu."
"There were even evil sorcerers who made magical artifacts out of these Witchcraft Spirit Stones and Worm Gu to control human figures."
"These stones look very much like the