Chapter 390 SeductionHalidan looked extremely approachable, but in fact, he was a very proud person and did not appreciate so many princes and n.o.bles.
But he said such things at this moment. This was enough to prove that he had treated Ding Ning as his close friend. Although Alianqiu was small, it was among the top rich in the world.
As the Crown Prince of Alianqiu and the Prince of Dibai, he could be treated as someone so poor only with money. Anyway, if Ding Ning wanted to do something, the prince’s financial support to him was enough to make all the people envy.
“You are not sick, but someone has put a Gu in you.”
Ding Ning didn’t know what Halidan’s promise meant to him and still told the truth calmly.
“Gu? What is it?”
Hengli and Halidan looked at each other, feeling confused, but Bai Qing’s face changed drastically, and he cried out involuntarily, “Brother, are you serious?”
Ding Ning nodded solemnly. “How can I make a joke about such a thing?”
“What are you talking about? What the h.e.l.l is the Gu?”
Prince Hengli blinked his blue eyes and asked with a confused face.
“The Gu is a venomous insect that is cultivated artificially to harm people. It is a kind of mysterious sorcery from ancient Shenzhou Country.”
Bai Qing was serious and explained patiently, looking at Ding Ning a little regretfully and anxiously.
Although he had a good relationship with Halidan, he did not want Ding Ning to be killed for saving Halidan.
As a Shenzhou man, he had heard of the Gu’s legends and also knew how terrible and evil a Gu master was. If Ding Ning saved Halidan from the Gu, he would offend the Gu master indirectly. This was never his true intention.
Ding Ning was soothed, knowing that Bai Qing worried about him, but he shook his head with a gentle smile to signal that Bai Qing didn’t need to worry.
However, the expressions of Hengli and Halidan changed drastically, especially the Yingjili Prince Hengli, who had naturally heard of evil sorcerers and asked shockingly, “Sorcery, is there a sorcerer who wants to kill Halidan?”
“No, the Gu can also be treated as sorcery, but it should be different from your Yingjili’s sorcerers, and it might be more ferocious than your sorcerers.”
Bai Qing said worriedly, “A Gu master will take hundreds of venomous insects and raise them in a vessel, making them eat each other. The venomous insect that survives in the end is the Gu, and then the master will feed it with his essential blood, building a spiritual connection between himself and the insect, and he will use the insect to manipulate the life and death of his target to achieve his goal.”
“Oh, my G.o.d, this is too evil and too terrible.”
Prince Hengli looked pale and was terrified. When he thought of the disgusting venomous insect inside Halidan, he wanted to vomit.
Halidan was easy-going and was not as spoiled as Prince Hengli, but he also grew up with good living conditions. When he heard that his disease was caused by a venomous insect inside himself, he also wanted to vomit, and his face turned as pale as a sheet of paper.
Especially when he realized that someone wanted to murder him, he became even more uncomfortable.
If he died as the crown prince, the biggest beneficiaries would be the two brothers he treated as his hands and feet. No matter who wanted to murder him, he could not accept the reality.
Ding Ning raised his eyebrows. “Let me take out your Gu first.”
“Brother, have you thought about it clearly?”
Bai Qing held Ding Ning a little anxiously and asked with a whisper.
“I’m a doctor. Even if Halidan is a stranger, I can’t let him die if I can save him, let alone he is your friend.”
Ding Ning said with a sense of justice.
“What’s wrong? Is it difficult to treat?”
Halidan asked a little nervously. Thinking of the venomous insect inside himself, he became quite terrified, wishing that Ding Ning could take it out right now.
“Halidan, my friend, what I have to tell you is that a Gu master is a very mysterious and powerful profession. He is spiritually connected with his Gu. Once Ding Ning takes out your Gu, the master will realize it immediately, and he will become angry with him and madly retaliate against him, so I am very worried about his safety.”
Bai Qing replied seriously. He knew that Ding Ning was determined, but it was he who made the decision of asking Ding Ning to treat Halidan, and this would probably bring misfortune to Ding Ning. So, he felt very guilty and must tell the truth, letting Halidan know the extremely great help from Ding Ning. This might make up for Ding Ning’s loss.
“This…”
Halidan’s expressions changed dramatically. He strongly hoped that Ding Ning could remove his Gu, but he never wanted Ding Ning to be killed because of this.
Prince Hengli also became silent. When Ding Ning and Halidan faced life threat, he did prefer to save Halidan, but he could not make the decision, and only Ding Ning could, so he kept silent wisely.
After a moment of contemplation, Halidan gritted his teeth and said sincerely, “Brother Ding, thank you for your kindness. I don’t want to accept your treatment. If your life is threatened because of me, I will not feel at ease all my life.”
“Well, Halidan, it’s not as serious as you said. The person who put the Gu in you is far away in Alianqiu, but even if he is in Ninghai, he is not qualified enough to trouble me.”
Ding Ning looked indifferent and said in a carefree manner, “Don’t waste time, and let’s start treatment now.”
“Brother Ding… an old Shenzhou saying says that one does not need to express his grat.i.tude in words for great kindness, so your trouble will be mine in the future, and I will do my best to find out the real culprit behind the scenes. I will kill that Gu master and free you from danger.”
Halidan was moved to tears. If he was not anesthetized by Ding Ning and could move, he would like to give Ding Ning a hug and kiss him twice to show his grat.i.tude.
“Childe Bai, please bring me some Huangbiao paper, some cinnabar, and a high-magnification microscope. When the insect is taken out in a while, you guys can also see what it looks like.”
Ding Ning said softly. Although Bai Qing didn’t know why he wanted cinnabar and Huangbiao paper, he instantly nodded and asked someone to bring them.
Prince Hengli looked at Ding Ning with his glowing eyes, which showed friendliness for the first time, and he silently decided that he would make friends with Ding Ning.
Ignoring Hengli’s glowing eyes, Ding Ning closed his eyes and made a stereo image of Halidan in his brain, thinking about how to deal with these Spirit-eating Insects.
The fact was that these Spirit-eating Insects were all active in Halidan’s brain, where there was the densest central network of human nerves, and he did not dare to act rashly.
But he already made a draft in his mind, but he did not know if it would work.
If it was the Gu master’s Life Gu, he would have to work out other ways to deal with it, but the Spirit-eating Insects did not have much intelligence, and they came from the eggs hatched by the Gu master, so it was hard for the Gu master to manipulate the Spirit-eating Insects, and it was even harder for him to manipulate their nature that they liked eating the spiritual strength.
Although the Spirit-eating Insects liked eating the Strength of Faith most, the Strength of Faith of Halidan was utterly incomparable to the pure spiritual strength of Ding Ning.
So, Ding Ning decided to seduce the Spirit-eating Insects with his spiritual strength and then kill them all.
Bai Qing’s employee was very quick. In just a few minutes, the person had brought the cinnabar and Huangbiao paper that Ding Ning needed.
Ding Ning calmly took out a charm brush, dipped it in the cinnabar, and painted the obscure symbols that were like ghost-painting patterns on the Huangbiao paper.
“Brother, you also know Feng Shui and metaphysics?”
All the rich people believed in Feng Shui. Apparently, Bai Qing had seen others make charms before, so when he saw this, he asked in surprise.
“I know a little. After all, I am a traditional Chinese physician, and this profession is always connected to metaphysics.”
Ding Ning said very modestly, and Bai Qing suddenly realized it and nodded again and again.
Chinese medicine and metaphysics were indistinguishable and seemed extremely obscure, so some scammers cheated from place to place in the name of traditional Chinese medicine, which ruined the reputation of traditional Chinese medicine. Therefore, many people regarded it as the superst.i.tion against science.
For Ding Ning, this was the first time to make the lowest-level Magical Charm, but since he had been making the higher-level Spiritual Charm, this was not difficult at all.
He easily made the obscure and mysterious runes, and the ordinary Huangbiao paper instantly became a Magical Charm full of magic. The runes flashed a faint fluorescence in the shape of a swimming dragon, making Halidan and Hengli surprised. Even the four bodyguards showed a different look in their eyes, staring at Ding Ning in awe. As the Warriors, they were quite afraid of the strange ways of warlocks.
“G.o.d, brother, I have never thought you can make charms. I was so wrong.”
Bai Qing patted his thigh excitedly. He had also seen some masters make charms before, but the magic on their charms was not comparable to the rich magic on the Magical Charm, so it was easy to tell which one was better.
The Magical Charm and the Spiritual Charm only had one-word difference, but their powers were so different that they were not on the same level.
He could infuse the Magical Charm with his True Qi without any concerns, but he only dared to use the Spiritual Crystals to recharge the Spiritual Charm because the True Qi that a Spiritual Charm could hold could almost consume all the True Qi inside him.
Of course, what he did not know was that since he practiced with the stone man’s practicing method, his True Qi had turned into the spiritual aura a long time before; otherwise, he would not have the ability to make the Spiritual Charm with his current cultivation.
Both the Spiritual Charm and the Magical Charm all had the function of automatically absorbing energy from the free elements between heaven and earth, but at the end of the magic age when the spiritual aura was thin, the process was extremely long, so Ding Ning could only infuse energy into the Magical Charm by consuming his True Qi.
But he did not know that when he infused the Magical Charm with his True Qi, the Magical Charm could only be upgraded to a higher level and become a Half-spiritual Charm. That was why Bai Qing felt that the Magical Charm he made had more magic than the charms made by those so-called masters.
This Magical Charm was named Spirit-sealing Charm, which could seal all spiritual creatures in a small range but was not comparable to the nature-defying function of the G.o.d-tier Sealing Technique. Yet, it was quite enough to seal the little Spirit-eating Insects.
After all, the Spirit-eating Insects grew up by devouring the spiritual strength, with rich spiritual aura inside. He did not plan to kill these Spirit-eating Insects, but he decided to seal them. For one thing, he wanted Halidan to know that he was not cheating him; for another, he wanted to study the magical insects, hoping to know if he could cultivate them into a great weapon to deal with G.o.ds in the future. Although he was still far away from becoming a G.o.d, he had to plan for his future in advance. Besides, everyone knew that those G.o.d believers had quite weird strategies, and it was always good to prepare a little more.
His spiritual strength left him and went into Halidan’s brain cavity along his nostrils and moved around near the Spirit-eating Insects. Since his spiritual strength was numerous times stronger than Halidan’s, it was delicious food for these insects and drew all their attention at once.
They stopped devouring Halidan’s spiritual strength but swarmed to Ding Ning’s and ate.
Ding Ning felt a pain in his head, and his face turned pale instantly. He did not expect that he could be hurt when his spiritual strength was released and hurt.
The feeling of being devoured by the Spirit-eating Insects was so painful, far beyond his imagination, so he admired Halidan even more. After all, Halidan had not gone insane after enduring such a pain 24 times a day. He deserved to be a crown prince because his perseverance far exceeded an ordinary person’s.
In order to entice these Spirit-eating Insects to leave Halidan’s body, Ding Ning had to endure the pain that his spiritual strength was being swallowed and gingerly pulled it back bit by bit out of Halidan’s body.