"Ah?" Chu Yu was puzzled.
These insects from Nanjiang weren’t something you could just pick up willy-nilly, "Did it bite you?"
"No, it’s quite fun, I’ll take it out and show it to you later!"
Although their voices were low, people with high martial arts skills could still hear them, and naturally, Hu Lao San heard as well.
Considering Amdo had been scurrying around in the cave early in the morning searching for something, and now Yun Jinnian said she had found an insect.
Hu Lao San felt a chill run across his forehead.
Could the insects of the Moon Worshiping Sect be casually picked up? And judging by Amdo’s anxious demeanor, it definitely wasn’t an ordinary insect, yet Yun Jinnian managed to get hold of it without it biting her.
One should know that the Poisonous Insects of Nanjiang were extremely spiritual and could even recognize their master...
Hu Lao San suddenly remembered that last night, Yun Jinnian had stirred for a bit around midnight before falling soundly asleep.
Could it have been then when she found it?
During a break to study the route, Yun Jinnian took Chu Yu to a spot sheltered from the wind, opened her purse, and saw a pitch-black insect sleeping inside the small cauldron, which startled her.
"How did it crawl inside?"
Chu Yu took a twig and gently prodded it, and the Spiritual Poisonous Insect rolled over and then fell back asleep.
"How did you coax it into your hand?"
"I fed it some blood!"
Chu Yu looked at Yun Jinnian, astonished, "You learned that from a book?"
"Uh-huh, I just wanted to try it out, but to my surprise, it actually ate it!" Yun Jinnian said as she took a silver needle, pricked her finger, and squeezed some blood out. The Spiritual Poisonous Insect immediately woke up, lifted its head looking pleasurably eager at Yun Jinnian.
Yun Jinnian squeezed the blood out, and the Spiritual Poisonous Insect skillfully caught it, then lay back in the cauldron, its body gradually changing from black to pink.
"It can change colors too!"
Chu Yu was also amazed, "Let me try!"
He took a silver needle, pricked his finger, and let a drop of blood fall. The blood did not blend into the cauldron, and the Spiritual Poisonous Insect looked disgusted and started to vomit.
Yun Jinnian felt that this was odd and took a handkerchief to wipe off the blood from the cauldron; the Spiritual Poisonous Insect then clung to Yun Jinnian’s finger, extending its tongue, and looked at her pleasurably.
"Want to eat more?" Yun Jinnian asked.
The Spiritual Poisonous Insect cocked its head, and after a while, it nodded.
"It actually understands!" Yun Jinnian felt surprised and squeezed a few more drops of blood to feed it.
The Spiritual Poisonous Insect ate its fill and then shook its head, curled up in the cauldron, and went back to sleep.
Chu Yu exclaimed, "People always say Nanjiang’s insects have a spiritual nature, it’s true!"
"I also found it peculiar last night, it actually resembles this small cauldron..." Yun Jinnian paused, "I always have this strange feeling that both the cauldron and the insect have a mysterious fondness for my blood!"
"Your feeling is not wrong, Jinnian did you notice that ever since you started researching this small cauldron, those insects, snakes, and beasts have never approached you, and it’s been the same after entering the mountain. Last night, the person leading Nanjiang was constantly fidgeting, this insect must not have escaped on its own but was released by him to bite people, yet it ended up in your bag by some strange twist of fate!"
Upon hearing Chu Yu say this, Yun Jinnian realized as well.
"Chu Brother..." Yun Jinnian hesitated because sometimes she called Chu Yu ’Your Highness’ and other times ’Chu Brother’.
Chu Yu affectionately ruffled Yun Jinnian’s head, "No matter what you call me, as long as I know it’s me you’re calling, that’s fine. I’m broad-minded and won’t take it to heart with you!"
Yun Jinnian lowered her eyes, feeling somewhat shy to look at Chu Yu.
"Keep this small cauldron and the insect safe, and when we find the time, ask Hu Lao San about it. He’s a native of Nanjiang; he’ll surely know a thing or two!"