Chapter 51 The Origin of Corpse Worm Pill
Madam Xiang told him about the relationship between Mo Juren and Jin Guang, and he could only acquiesce to it, because outside the pawnshop at that time, Master Jin Guang followed his orders and never took his eyes off his instructions, and anyone with a discerning eye could tell.

However, Madam Xiang came to see him alone and did not seem to want to cause trouble for him, so Mo Juren did not say much. He pretended to drink, wanting to hear what she had to say.

After seeing that Mo Juren was not surprised, Madam Xiang continued,
"If my guess is correct, Master Tie should have the spiritual Gu that controls Master Jin Guang, right?"

Mo Juren was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that his use of the Mother-Child Heart-Eating Gu to control Master Jin Guang had been discovered. He didn't know where the flaw was. He wondered,
"Why do you say that, Madam Xiang? Jin Guang respects me as his master, so can't he be willing to serve me?"

"Hahaha, it's fine if Master Tie is trying to fool others with what he said, but doesn't Master Tie know? In our southern barbarian land, the art of insect poisoning is prevalent, and most of the cultivators here have learned a thing or two from it."

Madam Xiang said seriously,
"I can tell the smell of this 'Gu Ling Liquid' as soon as I smell it. Would you mind letting me take a look at the insect Gu hidden in Master Tie's chest?"

The insect poison is a living thing and cannot be put into a storage bag, so Mo Juren has been keeping the mother insect used to control the golden light in a bamboo tube and placing it on his chest. He didn't expect that she would smell it.

Now that the matter has been revealed by this girl, Mo Juren feels that he is completely controlled by this girl in terms of appearance.

He had no choice but to take out the bamboo tube from his arms, put it on the table, and said admiringly,
"It turns out that Madam Xiang has this ability to identify poisonous insects by smell. I admire her."

Then he changed his mind and gently pushed the bamboo tube in front of Madam Xiang, and then said,
"Since Madam Xiang is an expert in this field, why not let you take a look? It just so happens that I have some questions about insect poisoning and would like to ask you for advice."

Mrs. Xiang took the bamboo tube, opened the lid and looked at it, and was surprised.
"Heart-eating insect! It's indeed the mother and child heart-eating insect!"

Mo Juren frowned, but Madam Xiang looked at him expectantly and asked,

"I wonder if Mr. Tie can part with this and sell it to me?"

"Madam Xiang, you are joking. The mother and child of the Heart-Eating Gu are one and the same. I gave the mother Gu to you, so how can I control the child Gu?"

Mrs. Xiang asked,

"Then Mr. Tie, can you tell me where this mother-child heart-eating insect came from and who raised it?"

The origin of Mo Juren's insect poison is related to the Qixuanmen, Madam Ma, and even the mutated mushroom flower and the magical porcelain fragments. It is absolutely impossible for him to reveal any of it.

So he laughed loudly when he heard this.
"Hahahaha, Madam Xiang is really good at joking. People like you who play with Gu always hate others asking about your background. What, Madam Xiang, are you testing me?"

Madam Xiang smiled and closed the lid of the bamboo tube inconspicuously, then pushed it back to Mo Juren and said,
"Ah, the most knowledgeable person is Mr. Tie. I can't even get the slightest information out of you."

Mrs. Xiang went on to explain,
"To be honest, Master Tie, the art of Gu is ever-changing, and we Gu breeders are divided into different schools. If we can collect spiritual Gu that we don't have, it will be an extremely important task for people of our generation to study the art of Gu."

Then she glanced at Mo Juren's expression with her beautiful eyes and continued,
"That's why I asked this shamelessly, hoping that Master Tie would show some understanding and transfer this Gu to me."

Mo Juren thought to himself, since Madam Xiang asked so directly, I won't be polite with you and see if I can get direct information about the person who sold the "Corpse Worm Pill" in Lanzhou.

So he didn't say whether he would agree or not, but asked instead,

"Since Madam Xiang recognizes this Heart-Eating Gu, you must have heard of the name 'Corpse Worm Pills', so may I ask Madam Xiang, does Guigu have Corpse Worm Pills for sale?" "Corpse Worm Pills? It seems that Master Tie is also quite knowledgeable about insect Gu. This Corpse Worm Pill is not produced by us. It is... It should be a worm body similar to the Heart-Eating Gu, and it comes from the same source. It can even be said that Corpse Worm Pills are the failed product of the Mother and Child Heart-Eating Gu, and are the leftovers made by special techniques."

"Leftovers? Doesn't that mean the person who sells the corpse worm pills might also be raising the Heart Devouring Gu?"

"Indeed, but Corpse Worm Pills are easy to obtain, but Heart-Eating Gu is hard to find. It is said that even ten Corpse Worm Pills cannot produce one Heart-Eating Gu. Now, Master Tie knows how precious the Worm Gu in your hand is, right?"

Back then, Mo Juren spent three thousand taels of silver to buy that corpse worm pill, which was a high price even for the Jingjiao Gang.

This poison seller was selling corpse worm pills on a large scale in Lanzhou back then, which was closely related to his own assassination.

But after Mrs. Xiang's narration, Mo Juren speculated that the man who sold the poison at that time might have no connection with the Maoxiang Valley branch.

Of course, not everything Madam Xiang said was true. There was finally some clue about this matter, but it would take further investigation in the future.

Mo Juren was somewhat grateful to Mrs. Xiang for getting this information from her. Since he had rejected her request to buy Gu, he might as well show his goodwill in another way.
"Thank you Madam Xiang for telling me the truth. By the way, I once met a good man from your party named Tiegulu, who told me that Madam Xiang likes to keep pets."

"Tie Gulu? This man has always been reckless. I hope he hasn't offended Mr. Tie." Madam Xiang frowned.

"That's fine. I just happened to have two young eggs of an unknown bird that I found by chance. They look quite interesting. I'll give them to Madam Xiang as a birthday gift. Madam Xiang, please see if you like it."

Bird eggs and heart-eating bugs are living things, so they cannot be put into storage bags.

Mo Juren directly took out the two purple-white bird eggs from his arms and handed them to Madam Xiang, which were still warm from her body temperature.

"This is……?"

Madam Xiang held the bird egg in her hands. Her expression changed from calm to puzzled, and then to surprise. The more she looked at it, the brighter her smile became. Finally, she quickly put the bird egg into her sleeve and said with a happy smile,

"This gift from Master Tie is very much to my liking, and I would be disrespectful to refuse it."

Mo Juren was puzzled by Madam Xiang's expression, as if she was secretly delighted to have obtained a treasure out of nowhere.

"Why, does Madam Xiang recognize this egg?"

"Hehe, gifts given are like spilled water, Tieye, you must not regret it. As for what they are, I advise you not to know, so as to avoid heartache, Tieye, hehe."

Mo Juren burst out laughing, as if he had really made a losing deal.

Fortunately, these two bird eggs were just found by chance. At worst, he could just let the Cloud-winged Bird find them later. Mo Juren changed his mind and stopped worrying about it.

With this gift to ease the situation, Mo Juren took advantage of Madam Xiang's good mood and asked about the affairs of the immortal world, mainly focusing on how to operate the market town.

(End of this chapter)