Chapter 124: If Senior Sister Doesn’t Want It, You Can Give It to Me

“If Senior Sister Ou doesn’t want it, can you give it to me?
My large batch of Gu insects all need to evolve right now.”

Bai Yue said with anticipation in her voice.

Generally speaking, ordinary Gu insects are kept one grade lower than the life-bound Gu.

This ensures combat power while preventing backlash from the Gu,
and each grade promotion becomes progressively more difficult.

If the life-bound Gu advances,
the other ordinary Gu will quickly follow and advance as well.

Previously, Bai Yue obtained blood from a Hidden Yin Body
and forcibly pushed her life-bound Gu to Rank 6.

Not long ago, her life-bound Gu had only just reached Rank 5—
in other words, it skipped a grade.

The other ordinary Gu insects had not evolved at all.
The strongest batch were stuck at Rank 4,
and many were still only Rank 2 or 3.

Raising so many Gu insects requires enormous time and resources.

Originally, Bai Yue’s plan was
to raise most of her main combat Gu to Rank 4 within one year,
then push her life-bound Gu toward Rank 6 before high school graduation.

But now, due to this unexpected harvest,
she had reached the condition ahead of schedule.

So the next goal became
how to pull those Gu that had only recently reached Rank 4 up to Rank 5,
and also raise those still lingering at Rank 2 or 3.

All of this would demand a massive amount of resources.

The family would never tilt such resources toward a junior like her.

The only thing she could think of
was the blood of the Hidden Yin Body—
something absolutely vital for cultivating Gu insects.

Seeing the longing on Bai Yue’s face,
I finally understood that this small dish of leftover ritual blood
was an extremely precious thing.

If Xiao Qing wouldn’t drink it,
both Bai Yue and Mo Qingyan wanted it.

And honestly… it wasn’t even that dirty.

It had only been used as ink, dipped by a brush.
Both the dish and the brush were brand new.
Though not sterilized,
drinking it once in a while should be fine.

“Want to drink it?”

I picked up the small dish and asked Xiao Qing in my arms.

Xiao Qing showed a hesitant expression on her face.
In the end, she still firmly—

At that moment I suddenly snapped awake.

What the hell was I doing?
How could I let my childhood sweetheart drink human blood?

I hurriedly put the small dish back down.

“Hehe, it’s okay if she doesn’t drink blood.
Let her rest for one night.
Tomorrow she can drink some energy drink, or eat blood-replenishing food and supplements.”

Mo Qingyan smiled and said:

“As for this dish of blood…”

“I’ll take it.
I’ll clean up the ritual site myself.
Sister Mo, the thing you asked me to help with last time—I accept.”

Bai Yue spoke in an unmistakable, firm tone.
It was the first time I felt her being so urgent.

“Don’t ask me.
You should ask Yu Bing.
She is the owner of the blood.
And don’t forget our rule—equivalent exchange.”

Mo Qingyan said calmly.

“Senior Sister Xia, please give this dish of blood to me.
I’ll exchange it with one Rank 4 Gu insect.
You can choose whichever you like.”

Bai Yue immediately said.

“Uh… of course you can.
If you want it, just take it.”

I replied.

After all, Bai Yue had helped me complete the ritual tonight.
Giving her the remaining bit of blood was only fair.

Bai Yue instantly grabbed the blood dish like it was a treasure
and couldn’t wait to start feeding her Gu insects.

Several different insects flew out from her skirt
and began scrambling to devour that small dish of blood.

“Yue’er really made a killing this time.
This little dish of blood can pull a dozen Rank 2–3 Gu insects straight up to Rank 4,
and she only needs to give up one Rank 4 insect in exchange.”

Mo Qingyan laughed,
her teasing tone subtly implying
that this trade could not really be considered equivalent.

Earlier, just one drop of my blood had allowed the Golden Bee Gu to jump from Rank 2 directly to Rank 4.
Although the remaining amount in this dish wasn’t much,
it was still enough to advance ten Rank 4 Gu insects… or rather,
nine Gu insects to Rank 4.

Mo Qingyan’s estimate was spot on—
Bai Yue had indeed taken a small advantage from me.

“I still have to select insect types, turn them into Gu,
then cultivate them up to Rank 3.
That also takes huge effort and time…
Ugh! Fine, I admit I took a little advantage.
How about two? Two Rank 4 Gu insects, is that enough?”

Bai Yue wore a pained expression.

“It’s fine.
Little Yue doesn’t need to mind so much.
Even one Gu insect is already a huge help to me.”

I said.

Although to them my blood was indeed extremely precious,
I myself had absolutely no way to realize that value.
If it were up to me to raise even one Gu insect,
I probably couldn’t manage it.

While Mo Qingyan and Bai Yue were cleaning up the ritual site,
I first returned the two paper figures to the spirit shrine.

According to Mo Qingyan,
if I ever wanted to enslave my parents in the future,
I would need to take the paper figures out and carry them with me beforehand.
But for now, I seemed to have no such need.

Then I carried Xiao Qing to the bedroom next door
and gently placed her on my bed.

Xiao Qing was completely exhausted now
and could only lie there.

I said with heartache:

“Rest well, okay?”

After finishing all of this,
I finally noticed
that the footsteps outside still had not stopped—
sometimes loud, sometimes quiet.

It seemed that little girl was still walking out there.

“From the time I started the ritual, stumbling all the way until now…
it’s been about fifty minutes.
That little girl has been walking outside for fifty whole minutes?”

“Senior Sister Mo, Yue’er,
I want to send the Golden Bee Gu out to take a look.
What that little girl is doing,
and which family she belongs to.”

I returned to the master bedroom and said.

“Go take a look.
She’s not much of a threat—
just an ordinary little girl.”

Bai Yue was busy feeding her Gu insects
and only replied casually.

The “ordinary” in Bai Yue’s mouth
was not necessarily the same as ordinary in normal people’s eyes.
After all, she looked at ghosts and humans the same way.

So I still released the Golden Bee Gu as carefully as possible
and observed from outside the building.

I saw a girl wearing a white dress,
hair disheveled and hanging loose,
walking up and down the stairwell.

Her pace was neither fast nor slow,
almost like she was taking a stroll,
but each step landed very heavily.
The sound-activated lights in the stairwell would light up with every footfall—
this was one reason I could hear the footsteps so clearly even inside the house.

She seemed to have no purpose,
just walking up and down the stairs like this—
going from the first floor back up,
reaching the top floor and coming down again.

Walking like this…
really doesn’t make her tired?

If this was sleepwalking,
it was far too strange.
Stepping so heavily,
circling the stairwell over and over.
Most importantly—
didn’t her parents care about her at all?

Her hair was hanging down,
head lowered.
I couldn’t see her expression.

With no other choice,
I let the Golden Bee Gu fly a little closer,
wanting to see what she looked like.

Eventually I decided to have the Golden Bee Gu land on the stairwell handrail
in the path she would definitely pass.

When the girl came closer,
I finally saw her pale face—
eyes vacant and unfocused,
expression completely blank.

Was it really sleepwalking?

At that moment,
the little girl suddenly looked toward me—
or more precisely, toward the Golden Bee Gu.

Her eyes were still unfocused,
yet I had the illusion
that her gaze had passed straight through the Golden Bee Gu
and landed on me.

I hurriedly made the Golden Bee Gu fly farther away.

The little girl paused for a moment,
then continued walking upstairs.

Finally, after one o’clock in the morning,
she entered the seventh floor,
used a key to open the door of one of the units,
and went inside.