"The Gu Bell can control Gu Worms, and it is also a sacred relic of the Gu Clan. With the Gu Bell, the Gu Clan's Gu Worms won't be able to hurt you."
Hearing this, Shadow Two Shiwu asked, "Your Highness, do you intend to bring the Gu Clan under your command?"
"I have been considering it. After all, Gu Worms are very useful, and we're short of people over on the Western Continent.
Go make contact with them and see what sort of character they have and whether they're loyal. If-if they can be brought under our command, all the better. If not, don't let them go to waste. Just use them as disposable supplies. Their deaths won't hurt."
Xue Fuyao spoke that last sentence without a trace of feeling.
"Yes, I'll see to it right away."
Though she had put it that way, Xue Fuyao thought Shadow Two Shiwu had a very good chance of bringing the Gu Clan to heel, provided he first figured out whether their loyalty lay with the holy maiden or the sacred relics in her hands.
If it was the former, these people would have to die once the Gu Clan learned she was not their true holy maiden. If it was the latter, she would gain a group of experts at cultivating Gu Worms for nothing.
As for loyalty, she did not actually care much. They only needed to obey.
Two days later, Xue Fuyao and Gu Nian finally returned to the Yuanji Sect.
"Is this an immortal sect? It's so magnificent." Pei Yu stood at the entrance to the Yuanji Sect, her eyes trembling. "C-can I really join this place?"
"Of course. I'll test your aptitude. If it's good enough, you can take a master right away. If it's a little