Dashing Student Chapter 984: The New King Gu

The scorching sun hung high, but the people of Moon Tower Dong Village felt no warmth at all.

King Gu was their faith, but now King Gu had abandoned them, leaving them facing extinction.

Some villagers even knelt on the ground, tears streaming down their faces as they looked up at the sky, not understanding why their Guardian God chose to abandon their village.

In this moment of despair, Chen Nan stepped forward.

"Perhaps, I can try."

In an instant, all eyes gathered on him, but instead of shock, those eyes were filled with anger.

It was as if Chen Nan was their enemy.

This reaction was beyond Chen Nan’s expectations, and he couldn’t help but frown.

Could it be that his stepping up now was not a good thing for them? Why were they looking at him with such eyes?

Ah Bai quickly came over, pulling Chen Nan aside, his face full of anxiety, his expression also mixed with anger.

"Mu Lang, have you gone mad? Even King Gu has abandoned us, what can you do?"

"Being away for ten years, have you disregarded the customs of the Heavenly Border?"

Somehow, Ah Yin appeared in front of Chen Nan, pulling him directly to the side.

"I didn’t explain it clearly to you, in the Heavenly Border, being abandoned by King Gu is worse than death."

"I have channeled the power of King Gu, yet I can’t solve the Immortal Epidemic, which means this epidemic is the curse of Demon Gu, unremovable..."

Chen Nan realized why these people harbored such hostility towards him.

Even King Gu couldn’t solve it, and if he stood up to challenge, it would be questioning King Gu, questioning the faith of the Heavenly Border.

Faith to them was more important than life itself.

"But are we to just watch them die with open eyes?"

Chen Nan looked straight into Ah Yin’s eyes, asking solemnly.

This question was like a heavy hammer smashing hard into Ah Yin’s heart, one side was the faith of thousands of years, the other side was the people’s lives.

"I..."

Recalling the old priest’s last words, telling her to protect the villagers well, she couldn’t face the sick villagers.

After thinking for a long, long time, Ah Yin suddenly raised her head to look at Chen Nan.

"Do you really have a way?"

"I said, I can try." Chen Nan did not give a definite answer because he wasn’t sure himself.

"But even if we cure them, losing faith may cause the village to fall apart too." Ah Yin said worriedly.

Chen Nan, however, curled his lips into a slight smile.

"King Gu is your faith. Did you forget, I also have a King Gu in my hand?"

Although he thought the little snake was the real King of Ten Thousand Gu, according to the classification of Gu Insects in the Heavenly Border, the little snake was indeed just a King Gu.

To become the true King of Ten Thousand Gu, one final step was needed.

But how to cross this step, no one knew.

Hearing Chen Nan’s words, Ah Yin suddenly realized, giving her forehead a heavy slap that turned it red.

"Oh, how could I have forgotten this?"

"Hehe." Chen Nan chuckled softly.

Upon his return, he had to deal with the funeral and the Immortal Epidemic, with so many things happening at once, it was no wonder he couldn’t remember everything.

Despite her delight, new worries arose.

"Why are you helping me?"

She thought it was due to a threat to her life that she invited Chen Nan to the village, in her mind, Chen Nan may not be a bad person, but certainly not a good one either.

Chen Nan thought for a moment, smiling, "Perhaps, because of the medicine you gave me."

"That’s it?" Ah Yin scratched her head. "If you like, I can give you a hundred bottles more!"

Seeing her so pure, Chen Nan gently knocked on her head, realizing that the priestess in front of him was merely a young girl.

"It’s not the same."

...

Under the angry eyes of the villagers of Moon Tower Dong Village, Chen Nan and Ah Yin stepped into the center of the crowd.

Ah Yin stood out, her eyes sweeping over the faces of every villager.

"I know, you feel our village is cursed by Demon Gu, that’s why King Gu abandoned us, but are you really willing?"

"Our ancestors have lived here, contending with nature, believing in King Gu, why are we still abandoned?"

"We must save ourselves! Even if King Gu has abandoned us, we must resist, just like in the myths."

The myths of the Heavenly Border were special, woven around Gu Insects.

According to legend, at the dawn of creation, two special beings fell to the Heavenly Border, and they were the original Gu Insects: King Gu and Demon Gu.

King Gu and Demon Gu were natural enemies, their struggle lasted no less than thirty thousand years.

With human assistance, King Gu eventually defeated Demon Gu, suppressing it.

King Gu promised to bestow power upon humans, thus Gu Masters emerged.

However, though Demon Gu was suppressed, it was unwilling, thus releasing a curse, which is the origin of the Immortal Epidemic.

In Chen Nan’s view, the myth of the Heavenly Border was very appropriate, whether true or false, it depicted the challenging survival scene of humans in the Heavenly Border.

The struggle between King Gu and Demon Gu mirrored the struggle between humans, demon beasts, and poisonous insects.

Therefore, Ah Yin invoked the legend of the Heavenly Border to make the villagers understand that they possessed more than just Gu Insects, but also the spirit of resistance.

Sure enough, some villagers began to ponder deeply.

Someone looked tearfully at Ah Yin, "Priest, what should we do?"

"It’s simple, we must fight too!" Ah Yin said resolutely, raising a small fist.

Some villagers were utterly despondent, "But this is the curse of Demon Gu, what can we do?"

At that moment, Chen Nan approached the patient, narrowing his eyes to carefully observe them.

"Mu Lang, what are you doing?"

Ah Bai stepped forward, questioning harshly.

Chen Nan smiled slightly, saying slowly, "I’m here to give you a new faith."

These words made several Gu Masters in the village immediately uneasy, for their belief in King Gu wasn’t something that could easily be changed in an instant.

Thus, against the heretical Chen Nan, they all summoned their Gu Insects and cast them towards Chen Nan!

"Mu Lang, how dare you!"

Seeing several centipedes, scorpions and the like flying towards him, Chen Nan unhurriedly summoned the King of Ten Thousand Gu.

The little snake slithered onto Chen Nan’s shoulder, flicking its tongue, its eyes full of dissatisfaction.

No one would be happy being forcibly awakened from a good sleep.

At the moment the little snake appeared, the Gu Insects attacking Chen Nan, as if seeing a cat faced with mice, fell to the ground one by one, not daring to come within thirty feet of the little snake.

The trembling Gu Insects on the ground left several Gu Masters dumbfounded.

Looking at the little snake and feeling its aura, they knelt down with a thud.

"Is this... the new King Gu?!"

Hearing this, the other villagers widened their eyes as well, and then devoutly knelt down.

"A new King Gu has appeared in the Heavenly Border, we are saved!"