Chosen One, how did I end up as the villain?

"Whoosh"

With a soft whooshing sound, a tiny golden pebble pierced Shen Jie's arm through his armpit.

moment.

He felt a sharp pain, his violent aura suddenly stopped, and his raised fist stiffened briefly.

In the blink of an eye.

Shen Wan'er's punch had arrived, and with no one to stop it, the immense power poured out with a gust of wind, striking directly at the opponent's vitals.

Shen Jie's pupils contracted, but it was too late.

"Bang!"

With a muffled thud, he felt a sharp pain in his face, his head suddenly felt dizzy, and blood began to flow from his face. He staggered back a few steps uncontrollably before falling heavily to the ground.

Shen Wan'er was stunned. She didn't know what had happened. She had prepared herself to be seriously injured, so how could the situation have changed so suddenly? Could it be that this beast had a change of heart and stopped attacking?

But then I thought, a dog can't change its nature of eating excrement, let alone something even worse than a pig or a dog!

She didn't understand, and then quickly walked over.

Damn, that was too much force! He's probably going to die!

Qin Huaiyu pursed his lips and quickly stepped forward to check the situation.

Sure enough, Shen Jie, who was lying on the ground, had become incredibly ugly. His nose and eye sockets had collapsed, and his skull was obviously fractured. Blood was flowing continuously from his seven orifices.

".........Despicable, it's you!" He raised his hand, trembling, and pointed at Qin Huaiyu.

Upon hearing this, Shen Wan'er's gaze shifted, and her beautiful face instantly turned cold.

"I don't understand what you're saying!"

Qin Huaiyu shook his head and quickly denied it.

Wan'er's attitude was clear: she wanted to handle her siblings' affairs herself. If the other party found out that she had secretly intervened, who knows how much her pride would be hurt.

"Cough, cough..."

Perhaps out of anger, Shen Jie coughed up several mouthfuls of blood, his lips stained with blood foam, and said:

"Qin Huaiyu, don't be so smug. You... will end up like me sooner or later. Do you think your family's caravan is clean?!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Huaiyu frowned. "What do you mean?"

"Ha ha"

A wicked grin spread across Shen Jie's ugly face. "Don't worry, you'll die a much worse death than me!"

After saying that, his eyes glazed over, his head lolled to the side, and he breathed his last.

died!

Qin Huaiyu wanted to ask more, but the opportunity had already passed. He frowned and pondered, what did it mean? Could it be that there was something wrong with my family's caravan, and there were survivors in the mortuary massacre?

Or did the caravan experience something else?

His dying words were a threat, and there was no way they could be false.

The caravan consists of people my Qin family trusts. Then we changed the route and cooperated with the Shen family. The whole process seems to have gone smoothly!

If I had to point out something wrong, it would be the procedure, right...?

His expression changed, and he suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis. It seemed that this matter was not so simple.

"Did you really help me just now?"

At this moment, Shen Wan'er, who was standing to the side, interrupted her thoughts.

Qin Huaiyu was taken aback. Why was this girl taking it so seriously?

He rolled his eyes at the other person and said:

"Please, do you think I'm that insensible? How could I possibly interfere in your family matters?"

He thought to himself, "Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. It's worth it even if I was naive. Otherwise, it would be such a pity if such a beautiful girl were to die young."

"real?"

Shen Wan'er understood in her heart, but she didn't want to admit it. After all, it's better to be a little confused about some things for psychological comfort.

"certainly!"

Qin Huaiyu nodded seriously, then quickly changed the subject:

"Alright, stop thinking about that, the Insect King is about to come out."

After saying that, the two of them turned their gaze back to Shen Jie's corpse.

In less than a moment.

Sure enough, a pool of blood appeared on the corpse's chest, and a blood spirit worm, larger than the original two, crawled out from the chest, biting through the flesh.

It was still bright red, but its body was covered with many black lines, like runes, making it look both mysterious and disgusting.

Qin Huaiyu reacted quickly, took out a brocade bag, covered the insect king, and put it inside.

"It's a bit of a waste to refine this insect king. I suggest you subdue it and make it work for you. After all, it's very difficult to cultivate an insect king, and it's extremely rare even in the Southern Frontier," Shen Wan'er said.

"Um, how do we subdue it?"

Qin Huaiyu understood the benefits: a living Insect King could increase blood energy and suppress and deter Gu worms, making it far more valuable than refining them.

In case we ever encounter those evil Gu masters, at least we'll have some means to protect ourselves, better safe than sorry.

"It's very simple!"

Shen Wan'er said calmly:

"Eat it, then use your nightmare power to suppress it!"

...Eating, crawling out of someone else's internal organs, and then swallowing them back—is that so twisted?!

Qin Huaiyu's stomach churned at the mere thought of it. At least when you ruminate, you eat your own food. Why is it that things have become even more difficult here? Are all the methods for improving strength in this Nightmare World this brutal?

"Are there any other methods?"

"have."

"What?" Qin Huaiyu's face showed anticipation.

Shen Wan'er seemed to have read his mind, and glanced at him, saying:

"Make a cut on your body, let it tear through your flesh and crawl inside!"

...Damn, it's not disgusting anymore, but I'm going to self-harm. The pervert level has been upgraded.

Qin Huaiyu decisively refused, "Never mind, I'll think about it some more."

Bleeding and loss of appetite both seem like bad signs.

Shen Wan'er didn't say anything more. She squatted down, her expression somewhat sorrowful.

After all, he is my younger brother, and the bond between blood cannot be broken. Coupled with the broken family, even though I was prepared, I still found it difficult to calm down.

"Some things are not what you want. People have all sorts of thoughts, and we can't stop them. Just stick to what you believe in."

Qin Huaiyu used the comforting literature he had learned in his previous life.

But the truth is, it's completely unnecessary; it's just an old peacock showing off its tail feathers, a case of wishful thinking.

Shen Wan'er casually replied, "I know."

Then he groped around Shen Jie's body and quickly pulled out an ancient book from inside his clothes.

"The Book of Gu!"

Qin Huaiyu's gaze settled on a booklet with gold embroidery. The cover was wrapped in brocade, and the color was slightly yellowed, making it look old, but it was also very intact, clearly indicating that it had been carefully preserved.

Something's not right!

This book of poisons is so ornately bound that it doesn't look like an ordinary item, and judging from its age, it must be very old. How could it have been so easily given to the head of the Shen family?

Shouldn't.

Could there be some other story behind this?

He was very puzzled, but obviously no one could give him an answer. The insider had been thoroughly dealt with, so he could only put him out of his mind.

"What should we do with it?"

Shen Wan'er put away the Gu book and pointed to the evil Buddha in the middle of the four alchemy furnaces.

Perhaps because the nightmare power of the four Nightmare Devourers had been refined, the Evil Buddha was now even more lifelike. His black eyes were incredibly bright, reflecting the figures of the two people. His dark face showed a twisted anger, making him look very fierce.

"What exactly is this thing?" Qin Huaiyu asked, puzzled.

Shen Wan'er raised an eyebrow slightly. "It should be an evil fetus. In Buddhism, it is called an evil Buddha. It is a container made using a secret method. It is said that the internal organs and flesh of a child born with deformities are taken out, making the inside hollow, and then its spirit is used to gather evil spirits."

"Spiritual deity?"

"It's just a remnant of a child's consciousness, a wisp of spirit that was forged using a secret technique to absorb nightmare power," Shen Wan'er explained.

Qin Huaiyu understood. To put it simply, it was a container that could autonomously absorb nightmare energy. The reason for using humans was that humans were the most intelligent of all beings, possessing independent consciousness, and the body was the best way to store nightmare energy.

These hypocritical bastards actually used toddlers.

He found it hard to accept that "this evil Buddha cannot fall back into their hands; the safest course of action right now is to refine it."

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