"These two must have also received instructions from the sect or higher-ups, to start a war during this time, making those stationed at the border create some friction, giving them enough justification for warfare."
"Hou Zhongxiao is probably the carefully chosen pawn."
The youth sneered.
"Being a native of the Southern Border himself, and having intricate ties with both Cen Family Village and Hou Family Village, plus his skill in Gu Technique and his charitable nature, he would generously give Gu Worms to anyone who asked him for medicine."
"The laissez-faire attitude during this period was probably meant to let the Gu Worms spread. Haven't you noticed a problem? The Gu Worms only broke out in areas close to Shuangfeng City to the north."
"The local areas didn't have such outbreaks of Gu Poison; logically, the area at the foot of the mountains should have been the hardest hit, but oddly, there's nothing wrong there."
"Why?"
