Female martial arts fanatics only love to fight, while men fight for their lives.

Chapter 275 Sleeping

Lou Xiao was thus placed under semi-house arrest in the nine-story tower.

Anilan's task is to guard this room of Qieyue Village's achievements to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the situation when everyone is busy.

She was originally very depressed that she couldn't take part in the lively sacrifice, but now her master asked her to look after this woman from the Central Plains, so at least she had something to do.

After Tianma Xingkong asked about Lou Xiao's physical condition in great detail, Anilan dove into the records of Qieyue Village, searching for the Gu that might match the condition.

Lou Xiao didn't recognize their writing, so he looked around the room to see what the so-called poisonous insects looked like.

It was unknown how long the various poisonous creatures in the cages had been locked up. There were all kinds of them, many of which Lou Xiao had never seen before.

There were also motionless worms lying in small baskets woven from rattan. If Anilan had not fed them every day, she would have thought they were all fake even though she had seen them move with her own eyes.

That is Gu.

After being tamed and refined, they will be quietly placed into human bodies by the people of Qieyue Village.

They absorb people's qi and blood like parasites. Qiyue Village has specific means to drive them.

The pain in the body will make the person who is cursed compromise.

This is indirect control and cannot really control people's hearts.

It’s hard to say what happened to Lou Xiao. When Anilan saw her appearance that day, she couldn’t explain what happened.

"If your loss of control is really due to Gu, that would be great.

If I can copy it, then we can start studying puppetry again in our village!"

Hearing this, Lou Xiao sat down beside her and looked through the witchcraft recorded in Qieyue Village.

Curious, "Puppetry?"

"Yeah!" Anilan turned his head to signal her, "Didn't you see that there's a person in that cage? He's the puppet we were researching."

Lou Xiao also turned his head to look over when he heard this, and said in shock, "You're using living people as puppets?!"

She thought she was locked in the cage for some special reason.

The man was dressed simply, with his head lowered and half-crouched in a corner of the cage.

If it weren't for the faint breath, he would look like a dummy.

"Why are you shouting so loudly?" Anilan looked up from the record and rolled his eyes at her. "Twenty years ago, he said he wanted to create a body that could be completely controlled, even the human heart—

As a result, the Gu refining failed and he himself was poisoned and could never wake up again.

Then someone else continued what he hadn’t finished, and used his body for experimentation.”

"What happened next? Was it successful?" Lou Xiao felt her own pulse, wondering if she also had...

"If I succeed, I will fight you myself?" Anilan pouted, "Putting him here is to warn the people in our village not to try to control people's hearts."

Lou Xiao thought of the old man she had met before who caused her to hallucinate.

"I met an old man before. The bone flute in his hand can make people hallucinate..."

So controlling people’s minds might not be impossible. Perhaps someone has already mastered it, somewhere they don’t know about.

Anilan was stunned for a moment, "It's him...it's poison."

She leaned over and asked Lou Xiao curiously, "What hallucination did you see?"

"It's a strange beast." The person downstairs answered truthfully, "It's so detailed, just like the real thing."

"Because the poison is acting on your brain, it deceives you that everything is true. But this kind of game is easy to break, it can only deceive you for a while."

Anilan said, "We also have this kind of poison in Qieyue Village, but we think it has no effect. We just use it for fun."

Seeing Lou Xiao's puzzled expression, she generously shared, "For example, when Qizhi and I are having fun together, we use it to liven up the atmosphere!

If you want, I can give it to you, but don’t eat too much. After the sacrifice, find a boy from our village to try it.”

Lou Xiao said with a frown, "No, I don't need it."

Her evasive look made Anilan laugh, and she dropped the notes and started talking about the secrets between girls.

"Besides Qizhi, there are other people in good health in the village. If you look down on him, there will be people from other villages coming. They will definitely be happy to accept it."

Seeing that she couldn't avoid the topic, Lou Xiao didn't try to hide anymore.

"What about you? With Qizhi?"

Anilan thought for a moment and said, "That was my original plan... But I want to try someone else this time. I can't just give in to him no matter what he wants. He's not the only man in the village."

She was also planning to ask Lou Xiao to take her to Central Plains to see better things.

"You're just talking about me, why don't you talk about yours?"

Anilan sat down next to her. "Qizhi, if you don't like him, that means you already have someone better... Tell me about him. How does he look? Is he physically strong?"

At least if she goes to Central Plains, she won't find someone worse than others.

Lou Xiao coughed awkwardly, "I am a martial artist, cultivating my mind is the most important thing, I can't indulge myself."

Anilan sneered, "I haven't heard my master say that practicing martial arts also requires cultivating the mind. Are you kidding me?"

No, it’s not about practicing martial arts without cultivating your mind.

Anilan came back to his senses and looked at Lou Xiao carefully. The master said that some martial arts require a very high mentality from the practitioner.

If someone is talented, he can reach the pinnacle in a short period of time, which others will find difficult to achieve after decades.

But at the same time – it’s also extremely easy to break down.

She is not much older than me, but she is so strong. Could she have practiced that?

Anilan was extremely curious. Her master had never thought of letting her take that path, and had never revealed where that martial art came from.

Since the woman in front of her was taking that extremely dangerous path, she really wanted to see how it was done.

"I want to test the Gu in your body. This time I won't use a needle. You need to get some sleep."

Anilan couldn't poison her, so he could only let her fall asleep on her own.

Lou Xiao was reluctant at first, but there was no other way.

Moreover, there were only two of them in the nine-story tower. The rest were preparing for the sacrifice in Qieyue Village, so no one came.

Anilan looks young, but he is the future high priest, and his words are always decisive.

It is not expected to be dangerous.

So Lou Xiao nodded in agreement, "Want to wait until night?"

Anilan chuckled, "Of course not! Come and smell it... Don't resist, I know you can identify some poisons. This is Natun grass, which helps you sleep - go to sleep."

Anilan waved a handful of burning hay in front of her eyes. Lou Xiao took a deep breath and her vision became blurry.

But he calmed himself down and didn't fall down.

Anilan poked her arm with a finger. "Relax... just a nap, it will be quick."

"All right--"

Lou Xiao closed her eyes to fully enter a sleeping state.

After a long time, Anilan tried her breathing and finally fell asleep.

Before she could do anything, Qizi's voice came from outside, "Anilan! Come out for a moment! I have something to tell you!"

The girl sighed, took the insect back from her fingertips, patted her clothes, stood up and walked out.

What did Qizhi want to do with her? He just wanted to have fun with her after the sacrifice.