Father, who is both a heir and a descendant, is still biased; the bound system has gone berserk.

Huangjue Temple.

Ying Nanyao never returned, and Ying Chengting was very worried. Could it be that something really happened on Jade Plate Mountain?

"Chengting, Chengting?"

Xuanjing's voice rang in my ears.

Ying Chengting snapped out of his reverie and said apologetically, "Master, I'm sorry, I was lost in thought."

Xuanjing looked at him quietly. "You've been distracted ever since you came in. Are you worried about the Gu poison in your body?"

Ying Chengting nodded and said, "Master, what has happened to me is truly bizarre. I am afraid that I will suddenly go mad again."

Xuanjing took out a palm-sized black box from a cabinet on the side. "Don't worry, your master will draw out the Gu worms from your body right now."

He opened the black box, took out a piece of black spice, and lit it in the incense burner on the side.

He then took out a silver needle and heated it over incense until the needle changed color before piercing Ying Chengting's wrist.

"This Gu-attracting Incense is extremely precious. Only the most skilled Gu masters in the Southern Barbarian lands can possess a small piece of it. No Gu worm can resist the Gu-attracting Incense."

Ying Chengting had also heard of this Gu-attracting incense, and his face couldn't help but show a moved expression. His master was so kind to him that he was willing to give him such a precious item as the Gu-attracting incense.

"Master has been so devoted to his disciple, and the disciple will certainly live up to Master's love and care."

Beside her, Liu Xueyan glanced at Xuan Jing with affection in her eyes, then glared at Ying Chengting reproachfully.

"Silly child, if your master doesn't treat you well, who will he treat well?"

"Mother is right," Ying Chengting said with a smile, admitting his mistake.

The moment Ying Chengting lowered his head, Xuan Jing looked up and met Liu Xueyan's gaze, an ambiguous atmosphere swirling between them.

However, this ambiguity had only just begun when the silver needles piercing Ying Chengting's body suddenly began to tremble violently.

"Master... Master... It hurts so much!"

Ying Chengting was stiff with pain all over his body, his face was pale, and he looked pained.

Xuanjing quickly looked down, and when he saw the trembling silver needle, his eyes widened and his expression changed drastically.

"How could this be? This can't be!"

Xuanjing pinched the silver needle with two fingers. The silver needle stopped trembling, but under Ying Chengting's arm skin, something seemed to be writhing and thrashing wildly, as if it wanted to turn his flesh and blood upside down.

"Ah!" Liu Xueyan covered her mouth with her hand, her wide eyes staring in shock at Ying Chengting's arm.

Xuanjing stared intently at the frantically wriggling and crawling object on Ying Chengting's arm. "One? You only have one Gu worm inside you?"

"This should be the mother Gu that I planted in your body to control Ying Zhuoxiu before, Cheng Ting. You weren't infected with any other Gu."

Ying Chengting looked up in disbelief. "I wasn't poisoned by any other kind of Gu? Master, that's impossible! If I wasn't poisoned by any other Gu, how could I have gone mad?"

Xuan Jing's expression suddenly changed. "Wait, something's not right! Cheng Ting, your mother Gu is out of control! Even the Gu-attracting incense can't control it!"

Ying Chengting's face turned deathly pale.

Someone tampered with his mother Gu without him even noticing.

A hint of fear flashed in his eyes as Xuanjing asked, "Chengting, have you activated the Zi Gu recently? Has Ying Zhuoxiu had a reaction?"

Ying Chengting, his face covered in cold sweat, said painfully, "Master, Ying Zhuoxiu has moved out of the mansion. I haven't had time to activate the Zi Gu to torment him during this period, nor have I seen him."

"Master, has something happened to the mind-controlling Gu mother Gu within me?"

"Chengting, the mother Gu in your body is not abnormal, but it seems to be controlled by a higher-level Gu, which is why even the Incense-Attracting Gu cannot control it."

And it instinctively wanted to get closer to the Scent-Attracting Gu, which is why it struggled so painfully.

This matter is probably inextricably linked to Ying Zhuoxiu. Chengting, you must find a way to bring Ying Zhuoxiu before me. I will know the truth at a glance.

Ying Chengting was in so much pain that he was covered in sweat and his mind was hazy. "Master, please take back the Soul-Guiding Incense. I can't take it anymore..."

Ying Chengting was in so much pain that he collapsed to the ground, completely powerless. Liu Xueyan stood up and came forward to support him.

"What should we do? Chengting is in so much pain!" Liu Xueyan looked up at Xuanjing with tears streaming down her face.

With a solemn expression, Xuanjing pulled out the silver needle and extinguished the incense-inducing gu.

The Gu worms that had been struggling and writhing wildly inside Ying Chengting's arm gradually calmed down and disappeared.

Ying Chengting lay on the couch, panting, his forehead covered in cold sweat.

Liu Xueyan tenderly wiped his forehead, her face showing resentment.

"This matter is definitely related to Shangguan Tang and Ying Yufu. Ever since they started disobeying, everything has changed."

Unexpectedly, even the Gu worms inside Cheng Ting's body have malfunctioned. What extraordinary methods do this mother and daughter possess?

A hint of unease flashed in Liu Xueyan's eyes.

She suddenly looked at Xuanjing: "Xuanjing, you must find a way to avenge Chengting. I want Ying Yufu to taste the pain Chengting is going through today."

At this moment, Ying Chengting gradually calmed down and said in a weak voice, "This matter must be related to Ying Yufu. My sudden madness at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet that day was also related to her."

Ying Yufu and Shangguan Tang must have encountered a master who helped them.

Xuan Jing narrowed his eyes. "A master?"

He sneered, "Then let me see what kind of expert this is! Is his skill superior, or am I more powerful?"

After saying that, he said, "Chengting, come with me."

Ying Chengting didn't understand what he was going to do, but he still got up and followed behind him. Liu Xueyan saw this and followed as well.

"Xuanjing, do you have any other tricks up your sleeve?"

Xuanjing did not stop her when she saw her follow, but said, "My Gu technique has improved a lot over the years. Let me show you my latest slave Gu."

"Slave Gu?" Liu Xueyan narrowed her eyes.

Xuanjing explained, "Once someone is afflicted by my Slave Gu, the Gu will transform into the body of the afflicted person, becoming one with their flesh and blood. That afflicted person will then become my slave."

Cheng Ting, didn't you say that Ying Yufu plotted against you? In that case, make her your slave, make her obey your every word, and then you can deal with her however you want with just a word.

She could even obediently commit suicide if you told her to.

A hint of joy appeared on Ying Chengting's face. "Master, that's wonderful. If we can control Ying Yufu, I can find out all her secrets with just one question."

Liu Xueyan also had a calculating look on her face. "Wouldn't that mean we could control everything? Isn't Shangguan Tang arrogant? We'll have Ying Yufu in our hands, and they'll have to do whatever we tell them to do."

"Didn't Shangguan Tang refuse to let us spend her dowry? I'll make her kneel down and beg me to spend it."

Xuan Jing's lips curled up, "The Slave Gu is the result of my careful cultivation over three years, and I will surely grant your wishes."

As he spoke, he went to the room where he usually meditated, moved the meditation cushion, and revealed a hidden mechanism underneath.

Pressing the protrusion of the mechanism revealed the entrance to a tunnel. Xuanjing said, "Follow me."