Liǔ Cháoquè had always known that Nán Chǔ practiced witchcraft and used gu-insects to suppress the soul attached to her foot.
Though she had no idea how these insects worked, their very existence defied science.
Otherwise, someone as fiercely vigilant as Liǔ Cháoquè would never have allowed Nán Chǔ to place the parasite on her leg, let alone let it burrow into her flesh and fuse with her blood.
Chapter 90