NOVPUBThen Chen Nan drove the car, swiftly taking Niu Xiangxiu back home.
At this moment, Niu Kai Xuan and his wife had already been waiting for a long time.
Seeing Chen Nan returning with their daughter, both parents revealed expressions of anticipation and anxiety on their faces.
"Teacher, Teacher’s wife, please don’t be in a hurry, I still have some preparations to make," Chen Nan said with a smile and then entered the kitchen to fetch a porcelain bowl before returning to the living room.
He casually picked up a bottle of Wuliangye that he had bought earlier.
After that, Chen Nan placed six centipedes in the bowl, each one over ten centimeters long, their bright colors giving off a hair-raising sensation.
Crack!
Chen Nan twisted open the bottle of Wuliangye in his hand and poured it into the bowl, using it to cleanse the bodies of the six centipedes.
Although these six centipedes had grown beside clear streams and appeared clean and flawless, it was still necessary to disinfect and sterilize them.
Once all the preparations were satisfactorily completed, Chen Nan picked up a fruit knife and smilingly handed it to Niu Kai Xuan, "Teacher, please cut your finger with this little knife and feed your fresh blood to these little fellows first."
Upon hearing these words, Niu Kai Xuan involuntarily shivered.
His face was filled with confusion and doubt, and the look he gave Chen Nan was laden with gravity, feeling that Chen Nan’s actions were too cryptic and strange.
It was like a fog that made it difficult to perceive the true scheme behind it.
Seeing her father’s hesitation and bewilderment, Niu Xiangxiu quickly showed a reassuring smile and gently persuaded, "Dad, just do what Chen Nan says, how could he possibly harm you?"
Hearing his daughter’s comforting words, Niu Kai Xuan’s heart still retained many doubts, but after a brief hesitation, he slowly raised his hand, firmly grasped the knife, and carefully slit his own finger.
In an instant, the crimson blood, like a string of gleaming rubies, slowly dripped into the bowl that was ready and waiting.
Just as the fresh blood fell into the bowl. 𝑛𝘰𝘷𝑝𝘶𝑏.𝑐𝘰𝘮
The six seemingly calm blood-red centipedes, as if suddenly infused with endless vitality and wildness,
were like sharks sensing the smell of blood, becoming vigorous in an instant, swiftly dancing with agility, and consuming the drops of fresh blood with lightning speed, leaving nothing behind.
As the fresh blood was ingested, a strange and horrifying spectacle occurred.
The blood glow on their bodies, like flames being ignited, grew more intense and dazzling.
Their bright, captivating, and eerie colors interwoven and entwined, just one look was enough to send shivers down one’s spine and make one’s hair stand on end.
After all, centipedes are creatures that inherently evoke fear, and their many-legged forms only added a sense of gloom and horror.
Chen Nan looked at Niu Kai Xuan with a calm tone and said, "Teacher, what I’m about to use is Gu Technique from the Miao Border, there’s no need to be overly frightened."
"Next, I’ll briefly explain the treatment process so you can be mentally prepared."
"The reason your legs are disabled is ultimately due to nerve death."
"And the mission these centipedes are about to undertake is to enter your legs, to replace the dead nerves, so that you can break free from the confines of your wheelchair and regain the ability to walk."
He described the forthcoming procedure and the significant role of these centipedes in a simple, understandable way so that everyone could grasp it.
Upon hearing this, Niu Kai Xuan and his wife couldn’t help but swallow nervously.
They had only heard about the mystery and terror of Gu Technique from Miao Border in TV dramas, but never imagined that such a peculiar method could actually exist in real life.
What they hadn’t expected was that Chen Nan intended to use the Miao Border Gu Technique to treat the disease.
The thought of these Gu Insects soon invading his legs triggered a wave of inexplicable fear and unease in Niu Kai Xuan’s heart.
However, the prospect of being freed from his wheelchair and regaining the ability to walk gave him courage. He took a deep breath, his eyes revealing a resolute glow, and declared, "Chen Nan, I trust you—let’s get started!"
Niu Xiangxiu and her daughter both held their breath, not daring to even exhale.
Chen Nan’s expression was somber as he silently recited the ancient and obscure Miao Border incantations.
The next moment.
Something eerie happened.
The six centipedes seemed to be drawn by an invisible mysterious force, their bodies emitting a bizarre blood light, slowly crawling towards Niu Kai Xuan’s legs.
Niu Kai Xuan grasped the armrests of his wheelchair tightly, his knuckles turning white from the pressure, as beads of sweat formed on his forehead like dewdrops on grass in the early morning, rolling down one by one.
His eyes were wide open, staring unblinkingly at the gradually approaching centipedes, his fear rising like a surging tide, wave after wave assaulting his sanity.
Yet, he clenched his teeth, striving to suppress the fear inside him.
When the first centipede’s cold and slightly spiny body touched his leg, his body involuntarily shook like a leaf in the wind.
Seeing this, Chen Nan hurriedly reassured him, "Teacher, don’t be so nervous, they are the spiritual beings that will repair your legs, and they certainly won’t harm you."
The centipedes traveled slowly along the meridians of Niu Kai Xuan’s legs, like Spirit Doctors well-versed in the mysteries of the human body, each step precise and accurate.
Niu Kai Xuan felt an odd tingling sensation spreading through his legs like an electric current. The sensation was strange, as if countless fine needles were gently pricking him, and as if lively ants were slowly crawling, the feeling spreading along the nerves like vines throughout his body.
In the end.
It reached the vicinity of his thigh, where the source of Niu Kai Xuan’s nerve damage was located.
The leading centipede tore through Niu Kai Xuan’s skin and directly entered his leg, under the horrified gazes of those present.
As one centipede after another burrowed into his legs, the tingling sensation grew stronger, like raging waves, one cresting before another began.
Niu Kai Xuan’s legs began to tremble uncontrollably as if a mysterious force was churning inside them.
Niu Xiangxiu watched the scene with such tension that she dared not even breathe, her eyes wide open, unblinkingly fixated on the horrifying yet hopeful scene before her.
She had never witnessed such a mysterious and strange sight, and felt an inexplicable awe towards Chen Nan.
"It hurts so much!"
Without warning.
Niu Kai Xuan let out a heart-wrenching scream, the agony on his face as dense as dark clouds.
Chen Nan knew this was the critical juncture where the centipedes were deeply integrating with and repairing the necrotic nerves, akin to rowing upstream—if not advancing, then retreating.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the room became so tense that it was as if the air itself had solidified into substance, weighing heavily on everyone’s hearts.
Moments later, the expression of agony on Niu Kai Xuan’s face gradually eased, as if the dark clouds had dispersed to reveal the first rays of sunshine.
Seeing this scene.
Wang Ru, struggling to contain her excitement, asked, "Old man, how do you feel now? Have your legs regained sensation?"
