Chapter 347: Chapter 340 High Salary Trap_1

Especially, the immortal text he obtained recorded the methods of refining and controlling Puppet Gu Secret Technique among the southern border’s Gu techniques.

It also mentioned the secret method of breeding Gu by feeding them human blood.

Humans are considered the most intelligent special creatures in the world, and no other species can compare with humans.

Many Gu Masters believe that the ultimate purpose of refining Gu is to deal with humans or assist the Gu Master themselves, so using humans to breed Gu insects achieves better results.

Another point is that humans are the most spiritual beings in the world, and Gu born from human women understand human nature and possess high intelligence.

Ever since the Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect was established, Gu Masters had essentially vanished from sight.

For many years, no Gu Master had appeared.

Even Elder Jiu Yin, who had fortuitously obtained the Puppet Gu Secret Technique, only dared to secretly study and practice it.

The sudden emergence of such a cruel Gu refining technique, using human bodies to breed Gu, and its appearance in the Black Tiger Gang’s territory, was by no means a trivial matter.

Qin Niu couldn’t help but recall the matter of someone living in Old Master Huang’s courtyard again.

If it really was someone from the Nine Insect Gang living there, then it definitely was one of their strongholds.

“Whose bastard child are you carrying in your womb? Speak!”

The veins on Wang Haikun’s neck bulged as he glared at his wife with a vicious look.

She was obviously somewhat frightened of her husband.

She must have been a frequent victim of domestic violence.

She closed her eyes, and tears welled up, rolling down from her temples onto the pillow.

“Get out!”

Seeing Wang Haikun’s shout actually made her unwilling to speak, Qin Niu realized.

Time was precious now, and Wang Haikun’s wife could succumb at any moment; by then, it would be impossible to extract any useful information from her.

“I’m not leaving!”

Wang Haikun was still worried that Qin Niu might do something excessive to his wife.

Without a word, Qin Niu grabbed Wang Haikun and threw him out.

“Alright, now you can talk. I’m here to save you,” Qin Niu said to Wang Haikun’s wife.

She opened her eyes again and gave Qin Niu a complex look.

“Did Sister Hua’s daughter really die?”

“Yes!”

“Did she give birth to the child?”

“She must have, but there was no trace of the child. She herself was found hanged from a beam. If I’m not wrong, what you’re carrying in your womb is similar to what she had, not a real fetus. Moreover, I suspect that Sister Hua’s daughter didn’t hang herself but was controlled by the thing in her womb.”

Qin Niu had seen some of the bloody records in the Puppet Gu Secret Technique.

Almost all Gu cultivation methods are extremely evil and bloody.

Raising Gu means letting a pile of insects fight each other to the death. The one insect that emerges victorious is entitled to breeding. After feeding, it continues to the next round of deadly struggle.

Some Gu Masters, to avoid these complicated and lengthy processes, would choose more sinister methods to cultivate them.

Like using living people to nourish the Gu, often virgin boys and girls.

Others use special carriers like pregnant women.

“My husband began to beat and scold me several months ago, constantly suspecting that I was having an affair with Xie Laizi. No matter how I explained, he wouldn’t listen. Life at home was unbearable, so I, along with Sister Hua’s daughter and He Saixiang from Daoyuan Village, went to the city hoping to find jobs.

We were lucky because we saw a big household recruiting female workers, and the salary was quite good.

We agreed to five pieces of Silver Money per month, with a bonus for good work.

Once we went in, we started off with laundry, cooking, and meat chopping.

That household needed a large amount of meat chopped every day, saying they had opened a dumpling restaurant in the city. But we never saw our employer take the chopped meat out of their residence. We didn’t dare to ask too much; we just did what we were told.”

Wang Haikun’s wife was recounting her experience of going to the city to work.

Behind high salaries, there often lies a trap.

Every day, I just washed clothes, cooked meals, and chopped meat. For this, I was paid five pieces of Silver Money per month, with the prospect of additional rewards. How could such a windfall, like pie falling from the sky, be possible for a few country women who had come to the city?

“What kind of meat were you chopping every day?”

Qin Niu asked.

Even wealthy families who didn’t lack money had a limit to how much meat they could eat.

Because a family can only consume so much in a day.

The richer the people, the stingier they are. They may eat meat themselves, but the servants definitely do not receive the same treatment.

“It seems like all kinds of meat. Chicken, pork, beef, mutton, dog meat… I’ve chopped all types of meat. And the meat the master gave us always had blood in it and we weren’t allowed to wash it. He said this made the dumpling filling taste better.”

As Qin Niu had suspected, there definitely was something wrong with this family’s master.

Making dumpling filling is all about the aroma of the meat; I have never heard of anyone deliberately wanting a bloody flavor in their dumplings.

Only those rearing Gu need a large amount of blood alimentation.

The Gu must be enticed by blood.

They are very particular about their food; they crave blood and will not feed without it.

“How many of you were there chopping meat?”

“Roughly seven or eight, it wasn’t very fixed. Besides us three from Jade Stream Town, there were also several from other places. All country women.”

“How much meat did you have to chop every day?”

“I estimate we chopped over a hundred pounds a day. The master required us to chop it very finely, until it became like minced meat. The first time, the meat I chopped was a bit coarse, and the master was somewhat unhappy. He made me work through the night to mince the meat finer before allowing me to sleep.”

“Have you always been doing work like washing clothes, cooking, and chopping meat?”

“At first, yes. Later, one of the sisters secretly told me that if I wanted to earn a lot of money, I could ask the master for some private work. If I could get it done, I would be paid at least ten pieces of Silver Money. Hearing about such a large sum, I was tempted. I thought that if I could earn more money to take home, it might make my husband a bit happier and stop him from beating and scolding me every day.”

Women actually have a very pitiable existence.

After marriage, they almost completely become their husband’s private property.

If the husband is affectionate, life can be very happy. But if the husband loathes her, there’s nothing worse than being beaten and abused daily.

What’s more frightening than domestic abuse is receiving the bill of divorce from the husband’s family.

This is also why many women, despite being abused and scolded in their husband’s family, still take care of their husbands cautiously. Because after being divorced, they face the predicament of having nowhere to go.

Rejected by their natal family and driven out by their husband’s family, they have no place to turn, and their fates become extremely tragic.

Especially for older women who have lost their youthful beauty, being driven out of their homes means death is their only remaining prospect.

“What private work did you take on?”

Qin Niu speculated that she and Auntie Hua’s daughter’s pregnancy could both be related to taking on this private work.

Could it be that the master had slept with her?

Sleeping once for ten pieces of Silver Money wasn’t a low price.

But for an unmarried virgin, ten pieces of Silver Money would definitely be too little.

“I can’t bring myself to say it.”

Her expression showed embarrassment and unease.

“Slept with the master?” Qin Niu directly asked.

“No! The master is very decent, he has never harassed us.”

She shook her head in denial.

“There’s nothing you can’t say. You better speak quickly, otherwise, once you start to react, no one will be able to save you.”

Qin Niu urged her.