Wei Ling grabbed Jue Ru's hands and pulled Jue Ru close to her face.
"I'm at a bottleneck right now and feel like breaking through!"
A sinister Gu spider-like Gu crawled from Wei Ling's hands onto Jue Ru's!
It crawled steadily and devilishly up Jue Ru's arms.
Jue Ru still felt trepidation at the scene before her but she did not fight back, as this had become a normal occurrence to her.
The spider-like Gu crawled right next to Jue Ru's neck, where two little scars could be seen.
And then
*pssh*
The spider sank its fangs into Jue Ru's neck!
Its fangs began to glow bright red, and a deep tattoo on its back began to fill with the same scarlet red.
The tattoo depicted the image of a malicious looking skull.
As the tattoo became brighter and more filled, Jue Ru's aura became weaker and her face was losing all of its colours.
The once robustly gorgeous pink hue of health was now being drained at a speed visible to the naked eye.
After a few minutes, Wei Ling commanded the Gu to stop.
The Gu then crawled back to Wei Ling, while the lifeless looking Jue Ru collapsed to the floor.
"Tsk tsk," Wei Ling shook her head, "Only this much in a month? Work harder next month!"
Jue Ru, who was collapsed on the floor, weakly, said: "y-yes mis-tressss."
"Hmph, you should be grateful towards grandpa and me, who else would be willing to bind their life to your pathetic existence." Wei Ling scoffed: "If we didn't do this regularly, your 'special' constitution would kill us all!"
Wei Ling held immense spite and disdain towards Jue Ru, after all, she was not only prettier than her but more talented and desirable!
She was the apple of everybody's eyes.
There wasn't a single man who didn't want her as their wife.
Even the most eligible and desirable bachelors were saving themselves in hopes of obtaining Jue Ru's affection.
None of them would even give her the same level of admiration and affection, leaving only the men who craved her because of her connection with Duke Wei.
These men were all subpar, had no hope or not much future and were only either from a prosperous family, a wealthy merchant or normal good looking kids with no talent in cultivation.
They saw Wei Ling as their way toward an easy and carefree life, but Wei Ling wasn't interested.
She only had one desire; vengeance!
Hearing about the sacrifice her parents made, and the stupidity within, made her abhor and disdain the commoners whose lives they saved.
"These insects should have gladly and readily given up their lives, instead they're here while they…they…" Wei Ling always choked at the thought of her parents.
She had very few memories of her parents, and they were filled with nothing but kindness and sweetness, yet that didn't stop them from being killed.
Causing Wei Ling to attribute such traits to weakness.
"I will not falter like they did, if only they were just a little bit more selfish if they thought of themselves just a little bit more if they thought of me…"
The loneliness that their deaths created had never been filled in Wei Ling's heart, not even after all the love and attention her grandpa provided.
All she wanted was revenge!
"There is nothing I hate more than the lives of the unworthy, except, for those damn Rockmen!" fire seemed to blaze forth in Wei Ling's eyes, as the spider-like Gu returned to her arm and proceeded to inject her in the neck.
"I. WIll. Have. My. Vengeance!" the power contained within the Gu flowed forth into Wei Ling, causing her eyes to turn bloodshot, and her gaze hysterical.
"Not enough! I need more!" Wei Ling let forth a savage growl, she turned toward the now completely helpless Jue Ru.
Wei Ling was letting out heavy pants, as she tried to control the side effects of the Gu, "Now is not the time."
But her hysterical bestial nature started to win, "NO! I must FEED!"
Wei Ling carved at her face as the two sides fought.
Meanwhile, Jue Ru was noticing what was happening, "The young mistress has gone berserk once again, I must find Master Wei!"
Jue Ru tried to get up but only attracted Wei Ling's attention:
"SEE!" her bestial side said, "She's trying to escape!"
Wei Ling's sense of rationality began to be thrown out the window, "You've always resented me!"
Wei Ling lept towards the already down and struggling Jue Ru, "I've always been jealous of you! Why couldn't I be that pretty!"
As Wei Ling began to vent, her physical appearance began changing, her body began to grow prickly hairs, that were as hard as steel!
Her face began to disfigure, as her mouth began morphing in the shape of two jugular fangs, as her eyes began dividing into hexagons.
More and more she began resembling a spider!
"This is bad!!!" Jue Ru thought to herself, "The young miss has gone from berserk to frenzy mode, if Master Wei isn't here to fix this she may be stuck like that forever!"
The Gu Wei Ling was using was a unique Immortal Gu that Wei Ze found.
He called it, Spider Devouring Gu!
It was a Gu that displayed many extraordinary Paths effects at once while being a Strength Path Gu at its core!
And it was only Rank 6!
The Gu had no need for Immortal Essence, instead, it used some of the energy it devoured as its food and activation requirements.
It had the unique ability to convert the Essence of one Gu Master or Immortal into a unique Essence that anyone could use, but there was a side effect!
Every time it injected the Essence back into its user, it would also start to corrupt them, turning them from a Human into a spider desolate beast!
Once the transformation was complete, the mind of the user would be completely replaced with the instincts of a beast and the user would be no more than a mere animal!
It was an incredibly double-edged sword Gu, and Duke Wei tried it out once he received the Gu and quickly noticed its faults, but he also noticed its potential.
After serval years of testing, he managed to find a Killer Move that could keep the negative effects at bay, but not remove them.
He did further testing and found that it was possible to use this Gu to quickly bring someone up from Rank 1 to Rank 5 with unmatched speed.
The only issue is that going from 1 to 5 would also result in the change being immediate and unstoppable, even with his methods, the limit seemed to be between Rank 3 and 4.
Where the change would be semi-permeable and not completed, spawning a bestial nature and a human one.
These 2 sides would battle for supremacy, with each use making the bestial nature stronger.
Once, the beast within wins, the Gu master becomes a slave to their instincts and will be able to directly absorb other Gu Master's strength without the Spider Devouring Gu!
Duke Wei estimated that this split would only occur to Wei Ling once she reached Rank 4, and permitted her to gradually close in on that Rank under his supervision.
However, one thing the Fuke did not know is that immediately after experiencing the baptism of pleasure the Gu provides, would drive any sane person into an addict.
Even without the desire to grow stronger, an individual will find themselves hooked on the sheer pleasure of experiencing months, if not years, of progress in just 1 minute!
This has caused Wei Ling to periodically take small amounts of Jue Ru's blood, making her stagnate at Rank 2.
Jue Ru only agreed to this whole setup because Duke Wei informed her that the moment she made it to Rank 3 she would explode and kill everyone!
And that he had no method to help her get over this hurdle, but that the only method he knew was to constantly lower her cultivation and give the access to Wei Ling.
When Jue Ru asked if this was Duke Long's plan all along, regardless of having an Extreme physique, the duke revealed a guilty sigh.
Duke Wei was an honest and upright man and he felt incredibly guilty over having to deceive Jue Ru, but he informed her that she had no choice.
Now a normal person would be dismayed or even outraged, but Jue Ru wasn't, she never wanted the life of glory and reputation.
She just wanted a quiet, normal, peaceful life.
And it was her own request to the Duke to be the personal maid of Wei Ling!
"I know you had malicious intentions when approaching me, but I still can't thank you enough for breaking me free from that toxic environment, you have no idea how much it means to me," Jue Ru's smile was full of innocence and a relaxation that she had not felt in so long.
Even though the Duke was still using her like everyone else wanted to, he did it more respectfully and with some degree of humility.
Although the Duke was clearly no benevolent saint and was still after his own objectives, Jue Ru saw the light in the darkness.
This was the best option for her.
Not only would she make no more waves in the public but she would also be able to live the rest of her days protected by the most powerful figure in the Sect!
The situation may seem terrible, but she was already in a no-win situation.
This could be considered the best outcome.
"What a shame it's all about to end.." Jue Ru lay on the ground, accepting her fate, "My only regret was that I did not ever find my prince charming…" she had a bitter smile on her face as she closed her eyes, while Wei Ling approached her neck with fangs out.
As Wei Ling leaned in for a bite…she smelt something.
"*Sniff* *Sniff* What is that delectable smell…it smells similar to Jue Ru but so much stronger!" Wei Ling lifted her head away from Jue Ru and shifted her bestial gaze towards the direction of the tree she had just been under.
"*Sniff* *Sniff* Someone's there! Someone Strong! Someone Delectable!" Wei Ling began to salivate, her drool dripping onto Jue Ru's face, causing her to grimace in fear and trepidation.
But the cruel and painful death did not happen as Jue Ru had expected, instead, she heard the sounds of footsteps leaving her and the sun shining on her face once again.
"Am I already dead?" was the first thought she had, "At least it was painless."
Jue Ru carefully opened her eyes, only to find that she was very much still alive, and the bestial Wei Ling was growing more savage by the minute, but for some strange reason, she was headed towards a tree?
"What is she doing?" Jue Ru was puzzled, then relived then afraid once again, "Whatever she's doing I hope it'll last long enough for me to get back to Duke Wei!"
She tried moving once again, this time carefully, but despite making no noise,
"And where do you think you're going!" the piercing hiss of Wei Linhg's voice assaulted Jue Ru's ears.
"Crap, how did she notice?"
What Jue Ru did not know was that Wei Ling had been given a spider's uncanny ability to detect motion, even when she's not looking!
"I knew I should have dealt with you sooner," Wei Ling's voice was becoming less human and more garbled and monstrous.
Just as Jue Ru had resigned herself to death once more, a hand popped out of the ground beneath the tree that Wei Ling was at.
This caused both parties to look at it in intrigue.
Another hand popped up and together the two hands pushed the dirt aside.
"Phew! That was a close one, to think I managed to escape, I guess luck really is on my side. Hmm? The Rank 5 Sleep Lurk Gu is dead!? I guess it must have happened recently, it should be due to starvation. Thankfully I fed the rest of my Gu enough to last a year."
The Young man stood up from his tiny hole and noticed the 2 women staring at him, one was incredibly beautiful, causing him to fall in love at first sight and the other...
"Beautiful miss, is this fowl beast attacking you?"
This comment caused Wei Ling to go from intrigued to pissed!
"HOW DARE YOU!!!" she let out a savage roar.
But the Young Man just snorted, "Hmph! You're no match for I, Chen Hong, the successor of the wielder of flames Cheng Qiang, and Rank 5 Gu Master!"