181 Finding the Cause

"Village chief, do you know what the hell you're trying to do?! I'm trying to discover a better Gu vessel, for everyone's sake! And you're in my way!" Wu Ling bared her fangs and displayed her despicable side after hearing the village chief's words. She drummed even faster, forcing the Gu worms to break through the white-powdered barrier.

"I think it's this activity, this refining of Gu, that caused no more boys to be born in Yanyi Village. The sin from all this must've been too grave," the village chief lamented. He took out a small bamboo flute, which he carried on him at all times, and indicated for Xu Lan and co to leave as fast as possible.