Chapter 399: A Marriage Contract, Taking Away Half of the Strength

Su Chen did not want to get involved in the battle between the two parties.

But as soon as he left, he felt a subtle fluctuation coming from his body.

This fluctuation was very obscure. If his soul had not been upgraded to a very powerful state, he might not have been able to detect it.

After discovering this fluctuation, Su Chen quickly traced the source and found the source of the fluctuation.

It was a Gu worm.

He did not know what Gu worm it was, but this Gu worm was obviously not as good as the Greedy Wolf Swallowing Moon Gu and the Sky Crocodile Ancient Halberd Gu. In Su Chen's opinion, its strength was at most that of a warrior at the entry level of the Divine Will Realm. But what surprised him was that it was such a Gu worm that he almost could not find it.

Gu worms were more unfathomable than he had imagined.

Fortunately, the Gu worm was not strong. The moment he found the Gu worm, Su Chen directly took action to suppress it.

The breeding Gu worms without the control of the Gu Master could not exert their full strength. After Su Chen suppressed it, he also knew who had taken action.

The direction from which the Gu worm attacked was exactly where Gu Yan was.

Gu Yan's face changed slightly when he heard this. He didn't expect that his tricks were actually seen through by Su Chen.

He naturally didn't believe that Su Chen was really passing by.

What he said just now was just a delaying tactic, the purpose was to avoid making enemies with the other party, so as to prevent Su Chen from joining Wen Qingya's camp and helping the other party.

That's why he secretly released the tracking Gu worm. This Gu worm is a fifth-turn perfect Gu worm, called Shadow Gu, which can hide in the shadow of the Gu Master, and even a sixth-turn Gu Master will not be easily detected.

He originally wanted to wait until the Wen family and others were dealt with, and then find Su Chen based on the Shadow Gu, and then take action against him, but he didn't expect that Su Chen would find the Gu worm so easily.

At the moment when Su Chen asked, Gu Yan realized that the connection between him and the Gu worm suddenly disappeared.

This made him realize that Su Chen not only found the Gu worm, but also directly plundered the Gu worm.

He didn't think Su Chen would kill a six-turn tracking Gu worm. After all, this thing is not cheap, and there are not many of them in their entire Gu family. He guessed that the other party must have used the Gu worm to take advantage of the opportunity to cut off his connection with the Gu worm, and then plundered it.

Thinking of this, Gu Yan had some thoughts in his mind, and he apologized quickly: "Your Excellency misunderstood. It was because I didn't discipline them strictly that the Gu worm of the tribe disturbed you. Please don't blame me. If you don't mind, I am willing to pay a thousand Yuanshi as an apology, and I hope you can return the Gu worm of the tribe to me."

He didn't mention the owner of the Gu worm, and wanted to get the Gu worm back without bloodshed.

"Yuanshi?" Su Chen raised his eyebrows, surprised in his heart, but his face was still calm. He said calmly, "In that case, then take it!"

Gu Yan was slightly stunned. This guy is quite easy to talk to.

He did not hesitate, but showed the Gu worm, which was a Gu worm similar to a golden toad. It kept spewing out Yuanshi from its mouth, and soon spewed out a thousand Yuanshi. Gu Yan handed it to Su Chen without counting them.

"This golden toad actually has a storage function!"

Su Chen looked at the golden toad spitting out Yuanshi without changing his expression, and his heart was filled with waves.

This scene made him more aware of the diversity of Gu worms.

It seems that in this world, Gu worms are not only used for fighting, but also have many other functions.

For example, tracking and storage.

"Su Chen, this Yuanshi seems to be similar to the Pure Yuan Pill, but it is not as pure as the Pure Yuan Pill. Instead, it looks like a weakened version of the Pure Yuan Pill."

Duan Tiandao checked the Yuanshi and found that it contained Yuanli, which was mottled and not as good as the Pure Yuan Pill.

Moreover, the Yuanli reserve of a Yuanshi is not as much as that of the Pure Yuan Pill. At least fifty Yuanshi are needed to equal a Pure Yuan Pill.

Su Chen also discovered this. To be precise, the energy in the Yuanshi is more like the Yuanli that has not been purified.

Su Chen thought about it and refined all the Yuanshi. During the refining process, a not-so-pure energy entered his body. After being purified by the power of the mixed Yuan, it finally became less than three strands, which was far less effective than a piece of pure Yuandan.

However, at this time, he was not too picky. The pure Yuandan in his body had long been consumed, and he could replenish his Yuanli as much as he could.

"Sir, this is a thousand Yuanshi, what about the Gu worm?"

Seeing that Su Chen did not speak after accepting the Yuanshi, Gu Yan's face became a little ugly, so he asked in a deep voice.

"Gu worm? What Gu worm?" Su Chen asked back, his expression was very calm.

This made Gu Yan's face darken, and he said coldly: "Why, do you want to default on your debt?"

Su Chen's frankness was beyond everyone's expectations: "You are right, I want to default on my debt!"

How could a mere thousand Yuanshi offset the fact that he dared to put a Gu on him?

He just wanted to see the so-called Yuanshi, and now that he has seen it, it's time to settle the account.

"Okay, okay, no one has ever dared to be so arrogant in front of me, you are really great!" Gu Yan gritted his teeth.

Immediately, he made a move directly, forming a strange hand seal, in which a white Gu worm was vaguely forming.

He did not use the Greedy Wolf Swallowing Moon Gu to deal with Su Chen. This Gu worm was now being used by him to keep an eye on Wen Qingya and could not be moved easily.

If he wanted to deal with Su Chen, he could only use other Gu worms.

Moreover, Su Chen could find his shadow Gu so easily, which meant that the opponent's strength was at least a seventh-level Gu worm.

With such strength, he naturally did not dare to be careless.

Gu Yan's movement of forming a seal was very fast, so fast that it was dazzling, so fast that even if Su Chen took action immediately, he would not have time to stop it.

However, Su Chen did not intend to stop him. He planned to see what the other party would do.

He had come to this world where Gu worms were respected for no reason. He did not know how long he would stay there. Of course, he had to see the Gu Master's methods.

"What kind of Gu worm is this?"

Su Chen suddenly appeared and interrupted the confrontation between the two families. Wen Qingya did not take advantage of Gu Yan's attack on Su Chen. She watched the situation quietly.

When she saw the Gu worm that looked like paper that Gu Yan had sacrificed, she could not help but show some suspicion on her face.

She kept searching for the name of the Gu worm that looked like paper in her mind. It felt like there was a thin veil between them that could be pierced at any time, but she could not know the real name of this Gu worm.

Until she saw the Gu worm reveal the form of a black and white butterfly, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed through her mind, and she instantly realized what kind of Gu worm this was.

"This is... a paper engagement Gu!"

Wen Qingya could not hide the surprise on her face. Her beautiful eyes slightly widened and stared at Gu Yan.

A marriage contract, a rare Gu worm among the six-turn Gu worms, can only be used three times in a lifetime. After three times, it will completely lose its power and either fall into a deep sleep or disappear.

After using it, without the consent of the person who is poisoned, the user can be forced to sign a contract with the person who is poisoned. This is not an ordinary contract, but a strength conversion contract, which can convert half of the power of the person who is poisoned to the user. As long as the Gu worm does not die, this conversion will exist forever.

But as long as the person who is poisoned dies, it is equivalent to the person who is poisoned violating the contract. The cost of violating the contract is not heavy, and it is still half of the strength. However, the stronger the Gu Master is, the more severe the half of the strength lost will be, and this will become the biggest fatal point of the Gu Master.

Because the most important thing for the Gu Master to control the Gu worm is balance, the balance between the Gu Master and the Gu worm.

Generally speaking, a Gu Master of several turns controls Gu worms of several turns, which can be compatible with downwards, but rarely control upwards.

Even if there are, there will not be too many, unless there is a lot of Yuanli in the body, or there are enough Yuanshi to feed these Gu worms.

Once the Gu worm cannot be raised, the balance will be broken. There is only one consequence of breaking the balance, that is, the Gu worm will attack back. If you are lucky, your strength will be damaged and you will regress by half. If you are unlucky, you will die directly.

In this case, you can imagine what losing half of your strength means to the Gu Master.

Moreover, this is not a temporary loss, but a permanent loss.

After all, no one knows how many times Gu Yan has used the Gu worm in his hand. If it is only used once, that is to say, Su Chen has to wait at least twice before the Gu worm sleeps or disappears, and who knows how long these two times will take.

By that time, Su Chen will have caused a series of chain reactions because of the loss of half of his strength.

Seeing such a Gu worm, Wen Qingya at this moment can't help but feel a little fortunate that Gu Yan didn't use the One Paper Marriage Gu on her just now, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

However, although the One Paper Marriage Gu is difficult to deal with, it is not without a solution.

The solution was unexpectedly simple. That was to find a weaker companion to bear the contract of the Gu worm for him the moment it landed on him. Because the Gu worm was too rare and its effect was terrible, there would be a little delay when using the Gu worm.

This delay was undoubtedly an opportunity for Gu Masters above the sixth level. As long as they seized it, they could easily avoid it.

Just looking at Su Chen being alone, it seemed that this method was not feasible.

What Wen Qingya didn't expect was that Su Chen didn't even have the intention to dodge.

He just stood there like an ignorant country bumpkin, staring at Gu Yan, as if waiting for Gu Yan to make a move.

This made her speechless.

She wondered in her heart whether the other party didn't recognize the One Paper Engagement Gu, so he didn't know how powerful it was.

It just shouldn't be.

The aura of Su Chen was at least that of a sixth-level Gu Master. It stands to reason that a Gu Master of this level should not be unaware of the One Paper Engagement Gu.

Especially since Su Chen was alone, he should have been more knowledgeable.

Otherwise, how could he survive in the Hundred Thousand Mountains?

Gu Yan must have known this and realized how powerful Su Chen was, so he used the marriage contract Gu as soon as he made a move.

Wen Qingya was surprised, but Gu Yan was also surprised. He had already prepared that Su Chen would take the opportunity to stop him.

As a result, the other party just stood there, looking at him expectantly.

This made him instantly guess that the other party must be a magic Gu Master without any power or background.

The magic Gu Master, who is ruthless and extremely selfish, walks among the Hundred Thousand Mountains and does whatever it takes to achieve his goals. He is a terrifying existence.

They are often alone and have no ties, so any force is very afraid of the magic Gu Master.

This is their advantage, but also their disadvantage, because they cannot accept the orthodox inheritance like those family Gu Masters.

Many magic Gu Masters are half-way masters, stumbling and barely surviving, and naturally do not know many Gu worms.

In Gu Yan's view, Su Chen is such a person.

Although he was as powerful as him, he was short-sighted and had not received the orthodox inheritance. It was normal for him not to know about the Engagement Gu.

"If that's the case, you can only blame yourself!"

Gu Yan smiled coldly, and the Engagement Gu was completely formed. The moment it was formed, it turned into a stream of light and entered Su Chen's body.

The speed was very fast, even if Su Chen reacted, he could not intercept it, let alone dodge it.

Seeing this scene, Gu Yan's mouth curled up into a cold smile.

Next, he didn't need to make a move, just wait, the Gu worm would soon take effect and directly plunder half of Su Chen's strength.

Then he could see Su Chen's face full of panic and at a loss.

Wen Qingya was also staring at him. She was not worried about Su Chen, but wanted to know how many times the One Paper Marriage Gu could be used.

This was related to their next battle, so she had to pay attention to it.

"Strange, why hasn't the Gu worm taken effect yet?"

After watching for three breaths, Wen Qingya showed a puzzled look. Su Chen didn't look like he hadn't been poisoned.

Gu Yan also noticed this and frowned slightly, but did not act rashly, because in his perception, the One Paper Marriage Gu was still in Su Chen's body, but he didn't understand why the One Paper Marriage Gu hadn't left Su Chen's body this time.

He naturally didn't know that it wasn't that the One Paper Marriage Gu didn't want to leave, but that it couldn't leave at all.

The moment it entered Su Chen's body, the marriage contract Gu was trapped by Su Chen.

"This Gu worm is absorbing my strength!"

Su Chen keenly discovered the changes that the Gu worm brought to his body. It was actually absorbing his Yuanli.

And this absorption was very strange, which made him feel that once absorbed, he could not recover no matter what.

He didn't know where this feeling came from, but he knew that he must not let the Gu worm absorb it.

So he immediately used the power of blood and qi, the power of Yuanshen, the power of Hunyuan and the power of Shenbing to trap the Gu worm.

The Gu worm can absorb the power of Hunyuan, but it can't absorb the power of blood and qi and Shenbing. Moreover, because Su Chen's strength is too strong, the Gu worm can't even absorb the power of Hunyuan completely, and can only absorb it slowly.

The Hunyuan power mixed with multiple Yuanli is much stronger than ordinary Yuanli, and it is far from what the Gu worm can absorb in a short time.

Of course, the Gu worm's own weak strength is also one of the reasons, not to mention that Su Chen himself is not practicing Gu Dao, so he is naturally not affected by the Gu worm.

That's why the Gu worm was defeated so quickly.

But Gu Yan didn't know this. He felt uneasy as he waited for the Gu worm to move.

At this moment, he was startled and looked up at Su Chen.

Because just now, the same thing happened. The marriage contract Gu completely lost contact with him.

"How is this possible!" (End of this chapter)